New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23

1.-THE ACTOR AT WORK"
fcnr now and not here yet Did OF tell 70 about
Cassidy bein on the jury Yes, he lie was
Srored and they was Just agoIn TO begin thryin'
man fer mtrther. The prisoners lawyer come up
to Cassidy Just they was gon' TO begin ana says
TO him. Heres $500 for ye; the case is dead against
this man and Oi'll give ye $500 more afterwards
II veil get the jury to bring In verdict In the second
degree Well the thrla whit on and 1t looked all
agalnst the prisoner and the lawyer got very ner-
vous but whin the jury whit out they stayed long
time and the lawyer says to himself: My mans
a-workin 'cm' Well. anhcr while they come In
Gentlemen, says the judge. have We agreed on yer
verdict we have, says the foreman 'Phat Is
NIT, saws the Judge. 'Murthcr in the second --''
jas, at this point the artist had something TO say,
and the voice from the next was interrupted But
presently there was a lul willie the visitor was look
ing at some pictures and II began again. 50 Did Oh
tell We about Cassdy's children Cassidys wife doed
Il good while ago and no had three or four chlnreh'
and thin he married n wildly woman that had 'hree
or four children and thin the two al thin had three
mr. four children The other day ClsSidyS wlie ohhe
rlnnln' to i'm and says: Come out In the YARD quick
and stop the throube there's foght out there ana
vorr children and my children are alcfIn' cur
chIdren, Ci wish Oi could fond Cassidy. Me and
Cassidy was wakln' up Fourhave. the other day. anu
as w, come 10 Nnctecnthst. OF seen quare ioohi'
bullding Phat's that buidlng'"' says Oi' INA. .
tho panorama says Cassidy. Phats paho'"""
SAYS OF. Oh says Cassidy us new dude name
fer gas house. Say. have We seen ahy'nn's
Cassidy! OF can't folnd I'M any place.
what have you got In that next room' the 'iSi'or
asked ais II n lnatic a variety shown
ooh It's nothing OF any consequence said INC
host: 1T goes on all the time; don't nina IL.
Dut # was hard to avoid mindng It, There
seemed TO be a whole company Of lunatics lnsHao Oh
ono and stranger STILL they seemed 20 be all suffer
J.tt AZ #
ponding decisions. the voices which now arose
II appeared that a mnatc named casey lhaeiheu
that he was about to start for Fall River on u stealth
boat and that n number Of bis friends, also iuhaucS
Imagined that they were seeing him on Moreo'er'
another lunaiic seemed possessed Of notion mat ne
was policeman duty at the pier, ana sun
another was convinced that he the pirser OF the
boot The voices OF all these people came clear ana
distinct and though It evident that all OF them
Uerc insane vet the insanity OF each seemed perfectly
consistent with the insanity OF the Others ouch
unanmlty Of delu,ion Is rare, even Ill the pcstesu
lated private Warehouses; but The srangeSt part OF II
all was that there was apparently lunatic Of
steamboat in the room. too. First bell rang, as II
n warn nlsscngers Of the time OF starting; then the
CON, I'm the en,dn-roon gave signals the laborious
nds OF tho engine Itself were heard. theh the Dca1
of the paddles In the water. ana finally low roar oi
, unified steam whistle a. the lunatlc Casey, who
imagined himself the Deck shouted ""ood-py
TO the other lunacS VINO lHlaHlh'u 'Hc"iSei''' u" wv
pier.
Tl,on thn original North OF ireland voice resumed
MD oi fell We about the accident that happened TO
Cqs,idyy Cassidy had been dhrinkin wan hlght' ana
In tbc mornln' whin he started 10 go Ia work he put
on his ovcralls wrong side before. lie "int up on
the wall ~ the house and he'd only been AT work
ab,ut a uuar,her Of an hour wln he fell of and
slrnk on nj, back in pile o. sand. As nc was
aiay,n' there tac people all gathered round him and
SAYS AR. yc dllci Cassidy NO. says Cassidy.
Orm not --'"
In thc name Of GloomlngdacT said the visitor,
how many people are there in there and what are
they trying TO do
"Listcn "A little longer" said the artist, III you
arc so much Interested In them. Perhaps you can
count them by their voices ana theh VIII Introduce
them 10 y0u.'
The Casey lunatc seemed TO have been
ei,cd by another dcson and the rest Of the lunatics
promptly joined him In 1t. From The talk IT appeared
that they all imagined themselves In a street car.
There we're several passengers and conductor be-
sides Casey himself. Casey had quarrel with dude.
and finally seemed. from the smashing of glass to have
thrown him ont OF the window.
"lsnt it about time to Interfere" asked the
visitor. "Thcy seem to be- getting Violent
"There is hurry the host answered; listen
again.
Il was goin' up >Xh-avc. the other day said
the North of Ireland voice. land III c0lored man
trOSSln tlc street. just rs ~ tot III inc
the street heavy team came along and knocked him
down and ran over him. The dhrlver o. the team
looked round after he'd got by him and yelled Get
ont % the A" The darhcy looked up at i'm and
says: Great Scott. boss. yer ain't comm back
yerl''
The artist knocked on the door and then opened
IT, MY friend here" he said has been much Inter
csted I'm your crowd OF people would you mind intro
ducing hmlr
There only man In the room. but he
surrounded by Photographs. All can do he said.
is 10 Introduce myself am an actor. but there
Is little aatlng To be done In the am spend
Ing the time telling stories and Dialogues 10 these
lh0nosraIlN. under contract with the company hat
places them. with nickel In the slot attachments. In
hotel corridors. railway stations barrOolls ana such
places. You So" ! have them 80 arranged that can
talk to three at once. and | give them just such
Sketches stories. limitations. songs and the like.
commonly given on the variety stage. You see.
too. have bells. whistles etc. to make the sounds
that cannot make with my voice. Listen 10 this
phOnOgraph moment
The actor turned back the cylinder little way,
the visitor pu; the tubes TO his ears. and the phono-
graph said 'Murther In the second degree says the
foreman. The lawyer came up 10 Cassidy and says
Here your other $500. but how did ye do Il OF
wan o. thin but me wanted to let lin on
Now listen to this one" said the actor.
He turned the cylinder back and the photograph
said: "'Are We killed. Cassidy No. says Cassidy.
Ohm no, killed. and then he looked down and saw
his ovcrals on the wrong way and says: 'Ofm not
killed In, must have got an awful twist
l. II A GOOD business - the visitor asked
Pretty fair said he actor "for hot weather.
II Won think II j. Interesting enough to write some.
thing about for Your paper. said the artist, will
make YOU picture TO 90 with IT,