The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26

unlocking the carpet. Some supes u
out and turn their backs 70 the audi
ence, showing patches on their pants
and rip mp the carpet with no style about
them, and the dust flies, and the boyi
yell 'supe.' and the supe gets nervous
and forgets his cue and goes of tum
bling over the carpet, and the orchestrs
leader u afraid thesups will fall on him.
But 90 ont with quiet dignity that u
only gained by experience. and ! take
hold Of the carpet the way Hamlet takel
mp the skull Of Yorick. and the audi.
ence 10 paralysed. ! kneel down on the
carpet to unhook it in devotional sort
Of . way that makes the audience bow
their heads a. though they were in
church, and before they realize that
am only supe have the carpet un-
hooked and march out the way 'Pisco-
pal minister does when he goes out be-
tween the acts 1T church to change his
shirt. They never guy me. cause act
we'll my part. But I kick on holding
dogs for actresses.
Some supes think they are made il
they can hold q dog. but / have an am-
bition that . pug dog will not fill.
held Mary Anderson's cud Of gum once
while she went on the stage, and when
abe came OF and took her gum her fin
gers touched mine. and had to run my
fingers in my hair to warm them, like
. fellow does when he has been snow
balling. Gosh, but she would freeze ice
cream without salt. / shall be glad
when the theatrical season opens. cause
We actors get tired laying off."
well, I'd like to 60 behind the
scenes with you some night" said the
grocery man, offering the bad boy an
orange to get solid with him, in view Of
future complimentary tickets. mo
danger, is there?"
mo danger II you keep of the grass.
But you'd q died to SEQ my Sunday
school teacher one Saturday night last
summer. He keeps books in store and
IL pretty soon week days, but he can tell
You more about Daniel in the lions den
on Sunday than anybody. He knew
was solid at the theater and wanted me to
get him behind the scenes one night, and
another supe wanted to 60 to the spar
ring match, and l thought it wouldn't
b any harm to work my teacher in, SO /
got him q job that night to hold the dogs
for the Uncle Toms show. He was in
one Of the wings holding the chains, and
the dogs were just anxious to go on, and
II was all my teacher could do to hold
them.
II told him to wind the chains around
his wrists, and he did 90. and just then
Eliza began to skip across the ice, and
We sicked the bloodhounds ON before
my teacher could unwind the chains
from his wrists, and the dogs pulled him
right out on the stage on his stomach
md drawed him across. and he jerked
pne dog and kicked him in the stomach.
md the dog turned ON my teacher and
took . mouthful Of his coattail and
hook It, and l guess the dog got some
meat; anyway the teacher climbed up q
and the dogs trssd him, and
the stepladder fell down, and We grabbed
he dogs and put some court plaster On
The teachers nose, where the fire extin-
guisher peeled It. and he said he would
20 home cause the theater was democrat
ring in it, tendencies. Isposs il was
not right, but when the teacher stood mp
10 hear our Sunday school lesson the
next day cause he was tired where the
log bit him, said 'Sick-emr in Q whis-
pa when his back was turned, and be
Jumped clear over the Bible class and
put his hands around to his c0Attail q
though he thought tho Uncle Toms
Cabin party were giving . matinee In
he church.