Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-11

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@ 5 solution ~ the problem, Tor -
tnorning 40 appeared q his o1ace With
heavy eyes; which Indicated Z sleepla,e
night. "A moment latsr Tho sx-husblnd
sntsrsd The VI managers hesath csnns
quicker. Hste was nies No. The actoF
approached ana handed him ! paper. i
va his resignation. The magnate omitted
deem Sigh Of relief. The resigner bowed
himself out. The Gordian knot had been
cut. % A. b 5G III,
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 spat InoDe scene the
man makes ardent love and Is supposed to
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
again until you either have your teeth
fixed or get false set.'' Then the story
goes that the lady" stung to the quick,
etc., turned, and throwing her arms about
him murmured. II love your at the same
time biting him viciously upon the ear,
while she inquired II he felt convinced
that her teeth were in perfect working CT
der. h. 7.'r
A story, which is probably not true, is
told of Miss Georgia Cayvan, the recently
retired leading lady Of the Lyceum stock
company. 1t seems that the extra women
were played by pupils Of school OF acting
One day, as they were seated in the green
room Of the theater, Miss Cayvan entered,
and with patronizing air remarked:
GOOD afternoon, young ladies. Well, l
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 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 a mere drizzle.
What absurd Axaggerations ono finds in
the New York newspapers with reference
to coming theatrical productions! For in
stance, Miss Fanny Davenport's press agent
stated that it cost her $40, 600 to put "Gis-
monda" on. Another attraction spent
$1s, 900 on costumes, and it was not q
spectacular affair at that. Then still an
OF her is to have ~ horses on the stage at
one 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-
hensible delusion that the public believes
all this, when everybody else laughs at 1t.
Still as one stretches it, the others feel that
they must do tho same thing in self de-
Tense, as the theater goers are certain to
discount any statement that may be print
ed, even though it be the truth. Thus tho
Munchnusenism goes on with constantly
increasing force, and it seems likely to con-
tinue indefinitely.
BY the way, a very funny thing occur
red at one of the best theaters here recent
ly On the first night the audience was
treated to view of numbers Of female
supers dressed in the latest creations Of the
best man dressmakers of Europe. During
the second week many of these people had
disappeared, and the question that Is now
agitating the mind 81 the average woman
is whether those magnificent costumes
were hired for few nights, or the mana
ger simply withdrew the extra people to
save tho rs cents or 81 night salary which
they receive.
The proprietor of one of the numerous
which now carry Pickaninny
bands some time ago thought to augment
the drawing powers of his show by adding
a corps Of plantation Singers" composed
of genuine ricefeld hands," according to
the bills, but In reality recruited from the