The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-10
TRANSFORMER TRICKS.
FUN ON THE DRAMATIC LAp-
DER'S LOWEST RuNG.
The Fake Trunk Sale .sobbinS the sIe sep
ing LandIord-HOw to soften Lar l.
lords Hard Heart-The Leading LEdy's
Watch, From Her Dead Mother.

OafHsGormef can tell MIN at
glance 1t il the fine DAYS INA
bring him out. Little is zen Of hin
on wet and rainy days, but give Ole
sol just half rAance and you won
der at the array of immaculate linen
cigarettes and Prince Alberts exhib
tied by these fly by night stars
whose ways of securing an existence
are as ingenious as they are mani.
fold
The men with but few exceptions
are BARRIERS o. walters who do not
work at their trade, as they are
either too light for heavy work or
too heavy for light work The ladies
are. as rule, the possessors of God
homes which they desert to follow
their cherished calling. company
Of Keystone talent leaves Philade l.
phia to play the state of New Jers sey.
Their stock in trade consists of a
twenty-five dollar bank roll and sew
eraI bundles-nOt trnnks-of ward
robe. OF course they are in pos ses-
sion of their ability, which is not ap-
precjated by New Jersey natl YES,
and after making several Stands,
pursued by angry hotel-keepers, they
go ashore on the rocks, and with one
accord all noses point toward the
Quaker City. The ladies have little
trouble securing transportation as
they are eXI erienced in the art of
telling the conductors a story caleu-
lated to soften a heart of steel They
ride, and before reaching the Della
ware river have touched the accom-
modating ticket puncher for three
cents each with which to pay their
ferry fare.
Several years ago a conn pany
stranded near this city. says the
Philadelphia Times, and all but the
leading man returned to New York,
he remained with headquarters at
the hotel in which he was stopping,
expecting, as he told the eouhtry
landlord, a money order from his
wife. At the end of three weeks no
money order had made its appear
ance. and the Thespian's trunk was
taken into the store room as secure
ty by the hotel man. The day fol-
lowing this move a young lady
alighted from the train and reg
ietered at the hotel, and in very
short time became acquainted with
the leading man. She wanted to buy
a trunk. He would sell her one, and
stated to the nkeeper that he had a
chance to sell his trunk, and
gave him the impression that the
proceeds of the sale should apply on
his board bill. The trunk was re-
moved to the actors room, where the
contents were taken out of it and
in paper, after which she
lady was called in to examine the
'kelster. She was in love with the
style and make of it and paid the
actor so in cash for the same The
bundles were lowered out of the win
Cow by the actor and expressed to
Philadelphia The lady paid her.6iIl |
1t the hotel. amounting TO one dol /
ar, and that afternoon left for this I
,ity in company with the lead ing
nan, who was none other than her
husband, and in whose pocket qui etIy /
'epOsed the bagga 5e check for his /
trunk, which the day before had
oeen the property of the coniiding
lotel keeper, and who. to this day.
has never received one cent frOm the
proceeds of that sale.
A common practice followed by !
hese catch as-catch can managers is .
20 give the country hotel-keepeG an
,rder for the amount of his bill. pay
lble at the box Office in the town to
De next played, to which place they
lgree to pay his railroad fare. They
each the town in the early houEs OF
he morning and the travelling hotel
nan is put to bed with the company's
manager, who lies awake until he is
Issured that his companion and dred-
tor is sound asleep. when he arises
md in a few moments is in posse3-
ion of the order he has given on the
DOx office, having extracted it from
he clothes of the unsuspecting sleep
II. who whGu he discovers his loss,
las nothing left but to return home
much wiser man.
Another dodge resorted to by these
kings to defraud the
ountry hotel-keeper is known as the
watch trick and is worked in the fol-
owing manner: The company. whose
.dvance agent has been called upon
y puFCudSo ClS dEGCC0S lOf diI n9m-
'ers, has played one week in a coun-
ry town and owes a board bill of
40 The manager informs the inn
.eeper that he is unable to pay, ow-
ng to the bad business done that
7eek, and tries to hit upon means
# settlement, Offering his note,
which of course is not accepted by
1ine host, who likewise refuses to
ccept an order on the box Office of
he next town. Finally the manager,
IS last resort, tells the innkeeper
hat he will try and induce his wife
the leading lady-tO give up her
1atch as security for the board bill.
nd departs for his wife's room, re-
urning shortly with the information
hat he could not persuade his wife