Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-25
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10y "A Dead Mash has heen ~
s $40. success | ever handled ana d..
only taking 1t off the road this yaar ~
s cause See here, perhaps the na,,
mss LOFTY Devoe, the leading ladv ~.
never neen brought to your atteption. Aa r.
you've heard Of Miss Deyoe Won have ha, -
VI ner as charming soubrette. virscions a
plquant aud orAinal, in fact the most , ~
boards. Exactly. ''e-coineoy
About year before "A Dead Mash,
IN rehearsal, the play was In INV hands me-
waiting for star. There was nohndnI
knew l cared about giving Il ~
recoilect the time A young rir, faI,s ~ ~
love with mummy ia The mnsar ,ais -
IT, nm 70 life. Nov, the responsible.
10y 81 hnding the right woman for It
~. STAR DISCOVERED.
One DAY | learned that little GIRL
name and professional antecedents nm,
Known to fame, had caught the town in
boston IN topical act in rank comic
opera went on to see her Honao
crowded, company guys, opera inexnressi.
oiei But the little grit 1t was inst tho
most perfectly irresistible thing Won ever
imagined She had topical song. Teach.
ing The Baby to Talk'-the one bright
.ning IN the opera-and by stroke Of
genius they gave her parrot as we'll as
baby. wen do
iou understand the idea. The parro,
| chlpped In with the things she was tryipo
70 teach the baby, and the effect was ont
OF sight. OF course it didn't take me a mo.
meht to see that. though the parrot was
iiSe enough, 1t was one of the dumb breed.
ana that the speaking was done from the
mes But it was billed as trained bird.
ana The audience took it all In and was in
ecstasies.
made up my mind on the spot | had
round my star, and before left town Miss
Dotty Devoe had engaged with me for the
ensuing season, and the paragraphs were
being sent round to the papers filled m
my company for A Dead NASH fixed
August for rehearsals and arranged to
meet Miss Mcpherson = real name-and
her aunt week or two beforehand, so as
10 get things quietly in shape between us
GAINING A POINT.
my dearsi such was the personal charm
and righteousness of the young lady that
II took me and the author week to dis
cover that we had run into the deadest
wall OF our lives, and that she couldn't act
at all-not little bit She was simply in.
competent.
IF man could go over Niagara falls
and retain consciousness he would know
how felt. | talked to little Dotty as
kindly as | could and tried to give her an
Idea or two, but it was no use She was
Observation-Disclosures it stopped.
Finally, while was telegraphing all
over the country to try to rake up another
! star, pressed her again about the topical
/ song, and she whimpered out that she liked
] parrots and had always just loved babies,
and she didn't like mummies, and that was
all there was to it.
i 81 seemed to get hold of an idea here,
but for the life of me | couldn't tell what
| it was.
; "There was, say, ten days before rehear
! sails need begin. In those ten days--don't
g laugh, for was serious-l made as good
d love to that girl as | knew how There
q was no reason shouldn't, except age; and
2 there was good reason | should, when you
IS looked at her | will merely say that I'm
younger than some other old bachelors,
and that at the end OF ten days she was
ready to marry me.
3 "'Now,' said |, my dear, want you to
s think of this play just once more. If you
I can love me you can love mummy,
Il guess.
b John she said, you must be crazy
J. "'My love, said |, 4 mean it. You are
T. to 60 on the stage this afternoon for re
J hearsal, you are to make up your minc
It that that mummy is me, and you are to ac
5. to it. And if you don't, vow ! wont
IS marry you.
) ut was an awful risk. but tookit. Sh'
n gave me one look, turned on her heel anC
walked off held on to my courage lik'
4 grim death till rehearsal came. She wa
there.
h SUCCESS IN AN UNFAIR WAY.
ct "Her first lines went off pretty well.
IS had provided property mummy as nue.
/. like me in the general outfit as well
( could be without calling attention In he
to first scene with it it was behind a glass, il
a case-and it was brought out and un
TT wrapped, and all that. Hank Edwards
b. that's the author, and were watching he
m all of a tremble She was pale and had
n red spot in each cheek Still. she went o.
e. all right until the uncovering-and Their
X sir she made sudden dart at the oplec'
re dashed it down to the floor, kicked 1t Tx
w A little fury, and then sat down on II CITY
IS ing as if her heart would break.
81 threw up my hands. was shakln
with excitement so that could hardl
sneak | grabbed Edwards by the cola
vo and damned the stage copy OF the play in'
of his hand 'Hankr gasped, take it-1'N
Ip it home with you, pull the whole thing
m pieces and rewrite it up to tins sceh'
of Rrinp it back in the morning If you nav
he to write your ears off Then pusne
We half dozen of the company out OF u
ar, wav dropped down by Dotty on th
Its .,,,n,,uv and laughed until the little la
Die ,ar turned round and hit me, sir, slappe
err mo soundly in the face, and don't olan
Sn her, It'll oo 70 ses ,
yn "And now, sir, II you VIII So W 80
naod Mash, the next time it is played ner
to and take particular notice OF the scene
ito which Miss Devoe kicks the mummy
lat .antonnt YOU will understand why
ad 49,, r. understand the paradox OF DC
80 ing" o.hod of educ
oh ait seems to me that metnou VI
wo ton was little unfair 10 MISS Oe'Oe'
ng suggested soberly =. ma momep
,he ord then said, quizzically; "fernsps
ma ,,,as because it resulted in her ha'ins
al m 80 me Come up and see US some r ua
he III na vor,l find she's got parrot Sn'
ted got baby, too he added reie''''''''
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