Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-29

and yet she felt that Il would be unpieas.
ant for her TO be in the same company with
her ex-husband. She wanted the mana.
gers advice.
That gentleman was loath, In the cir
cumstances, to dispense with any of that
usually freely given commodity, and, like
tho girl in the play. asked for time TO
think 10 over He evidenti, I'D not arrive
nc n solution Of the problem. for next
morning he appeared at his Office with
heavy eyes. which indicated sleepless
night A moment later the ex-husband
entered. The managers breath came
quicker. Here was n nice moss. The actor
approached and handed him paper. Il
was his resignation. The magnate emitted
a deep sigh of relief. The resigner bowed
himself out The Gordian knot had been
cut
Many odd things occur in connection
with the stage In play presented here
last season the leading man and leading
woman were far from being friends.
Whenever the opportunity offered. they
would indulge In Il spat. In one scene the
man makes ardent love and Is supposed 70
kiss the woman with warm passion on
the lips One night when this point was
reached as he bent forward he whispered
very ungallantly: Turn your face side.
ways won't kiss you In the mouth
hgaiu until you either have your teeth
fixed or got n false set - Then the story
goes that the lady" stung 70 the quick
etc turned. and throwing her arms about
him murmured Il love youi" at the sams
time biting him viciously upon the ear,
while she Inquired 10 he felt convinced
that her teeth were IL perfect working or
der
a story which Is probably DOT true. 10
told of Miss Georgia Cayvan. the recently
retired leading lady OF the Lyceum stock
company Ii seems that the extra women
We're played by pupils Of a school Of acting
One day. as they were seated In the green.
room Of the theater, Miss Cayvan entered,
and with a patronizing air remarked:
Good afternoon, young ladies Well, I
presume that every one Of you hopes and
expects some day to become = good &C.
tress" For some seconds silence reigned
supreme Then one little miss. who was
looking over q copy OF 'Virginius" in re-
mote corner, piped out: why, certainly
we do. Miss Cayvan Don't your"
Silence then did some more supreme
reigning, beside which Its former effort
was as . Inere drizzle
What absurd exaggerations one tinds In
the New York newspapers with reference
tn coming theatrical productions For in
stance, Miss Fanny DayenpOrt's press agent
stated that IL cost her $40, 900 to put 'Gis-
Inonda" on Another attraction spent
SIS, 600 on costumes, and IL was not .
spectacular affair at that Then still an
| other Is to have 40 horses on the stage az
ono time. while fourth promises 100 ex-
ira people
Most of these figures may be divided by
| two and still remain we'll outside the truth
| The managers labor under the incompre
hCnsible dclusion that the public believes
all this, when everybody else laughs at it.
| Still as one stretches IL, the others feel that
they must do the same thing In self de,
Tense, rs the theater goers are certain to
discount any statement that may be print
ed. even though II be the truth Thus the
Munchausenism goes on with constantly
increasing force, and it seems likely to con,
| tinue indefinitely
BY the way. n very funny thing occur
| red at one of the best theaters here recent,
ly On the first night the audience wns
| treated to n view of numbers of female
supcrs dressed in the latest creations Of the
hest man dressmakers of Europe During
the second week many of these people had
| disappeared, and the question that is now
aeitatinR the mind of the average woman
! is whether those magnificent costumes
| "ett hllSh iot ie" hiEhN- vi the Hhha
ger simply withdrew the extra people e
save the as cents or 81 a night salary which
! they receive.
The proprietor of one OF the uumerou,
attractions which now carry Pickaninny
bands some lime ago thought to augment
the drawing powers of his show by adding
q corps Of Plantation Singers, composed
Of genuine ricetleld hands according e
| The hills hut IN reaiity tet ed from tn,