The morning call., 1894-11-29
EDMON D

60 the whole world but Mr.. Hayes, and
her elbow is as velvety and dmpled as
leading woman's should be to the public;
but again Mr.. Hayes is emphatically In
opposition to the accepted opinion. Why?
Because he got it-not in the neck, but in
the ribs.
Mrs. Downing seemed TO have one over
whelming passion when Mr.. Hayes was
making love to her, and that was, in re-
turn for his warm Iove-laden phrases. to
implant her elbow sQuarely between
his ribs. She wasn't even particular
about having any chosen bones for her
operations. and so after several months OF
this peculiar calisthenic exercise Mr..
Hayes left side was well nigh black aud
blue. He had become immensely popular
heIe as Blondel in Richard the Lion
hearted" but as the prince who wishes
to marry the slaveglrl in 1.-The Gladiator"
he went straight to the innermost heart OF
the matinee-girl, and every blushing maid
in town was captlvated by him.
The shy. timid creatures murmured:
Isn't he handsome?"
"Charming?"
Lovely? p"
TOO sweet for anything?"
They went again, and still again. to see
that handsome Mr.. Hayes" They rev.
eled in his long black curls, his blue
eyes, his erect, manly muscular form, until
they actually concluded that he must be a
prince in disguise. He looked so much
like one"
The critics were one and all OF the
opinion that Mr.. Hayes had remarkable
ability and a splendidly resonant voice
TTsuallv ha unnn0 uirpa haro oap5t
but Mr.. Hayes pleased the most critical.
Every one admitted that the love scene in
1.-THE Gladiator" between him and Mrs.
Downing was superb. and the romantic
maids way down in their souls fondly be-
leved that Mr.. Hayes must really be dying
Of secret love for Mrs. Downing.
Little thought they that when he was
! pleading, Come with me 10 the marriage
altar" aud his eyes looked undying pas
sion, when his chest throbbed with emo
ton, and his voice vibrated in tender,
thrilling, low tones. that Mrs. Downing's
| elbow was as far between Mr.. Hayes ribs
as she could possibly have it.
What words of scorn would have been
heaped upon the leading woman if only
those girls could have known the true
state of affairs. "Horrld thing" "How
awful of her." isn't she mean" and 81
hate her" would have been but few of
the milder epithets hurled al her,
At the best, cold-hearted on-looker
would have decided that it was making
love under difficulties. Sitting on a
picket fence or counting soubrette with a
whisky -and-onion breath would have been
by far preferable.
Then Mr.. Hayes AYERS that he never
knew what she was liable to do, so tina.
although the atmos phere of the stage was
quite cool the preparation 0oZed out of his
pores by the quart. When he came from
behind the scenes this was quite evident
to the girls in the front rows. but that only
helped them to believe that he really felt
every word he said.
So Mr.. Hayes left the company. He
would not state the reason for Mrs. Down.
iug's hatred for him, for it must be con-
fessed that she is not enamored OF him.
One reason for her dislike, Mr.. Hayes
and others connected with the company
claim, is that in Denver Miss Blanche
Bates, or rather Mrs. Milton Davis, was to
have joined the company. Mrs. K. NJ.
Bates. mother of Miss Bates and aunt CT
Mrs. Downing, in that CITY made her first
appearance with the Robert Down.
ing organization, but at the last
moment Mrs. Davis refused to come
west unless j. d. Frawley, who
used to be at Stock wells, was accepted