Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-15

is a turkey dinner scene in the course
of the play, and that the characters on
the stage at that time gather around
the festive board and partake Of the
National bird with an APPARENTLY keen
appetite. The reporter happened tc
mention that the cast was sure of at
least one good meal a day, at any rate
during their engagement and that was
when the turkey came On, but he was
surprised to see that Mr.. Boyd shudder-
ed appreciably.
Excuse these tears, said the actor
'but kindly refrain from mentioning
turkey in my presence. I'm sick OF the
internal bird | have turkey six times
a week during the season, and when we
play matinees it's eight times, and I'm
liable to injuYe folks who talk turkey
in my presence. l even can't bear to
read anything about the Eastern Ques-
tion-Armenia and Turkey, you know
in the papers. 1t brings up unpleas-
ant recOllections and puts a bad taste
in my mouth. Oh how sick we all get
of that dish. and how we do like to
tackle something in the line Of plain,
ordinary grub like beefsteak or corned
beef and cabbage. Once or twice funny
little things have happened in the tur-
key line while we were out on the road.
Up in st. Paul for instance, we were to
play couple of days. l have an old
friend-TOm Foley-in business up
there, and when he ran across me moth
ing would do but Z must go out to his
house. Well, | agreed to go the next
day and ne said he'd tell his wife, and
she would have few friends in, and l
promised to bring out a young lady
from the company with me. Well. we
arrived at the house, and everything
was pleasant, and by-and-by we went
out to dinner. You can shoot me dead
if there wasn't a fifteen-pound turkey
in the middle of the table, and we eat
ing turkey every day from Maine to
California and hack through Texas. 1t
was enough to drive man to drink,
and ! think I must have shown it. for
the lady had taken along whispered a
few words to Mrs. Foley and in a min
ute that blessed lady brought in nice
rare steak TWO inches thick, with mush-
rooms on the side, and | was saved.
think / ate three pounds of that beef
before they pulled me away from the
table"
Ever had any bad luck with the tur-
key on the stage?' suggested the re-
porter
Yes we did once out West. We got
in during the morning and sent ont for
turkey, as usual The fellow came
back in despair and said there wasn't a
turkey in the whole town and that the
show was stuck. Look here said I.
L saw a few big geese hanging up at
store as We went to the hotel. Ring in
a goose on the audience theyl never
know the difference Well We got the
goose all right and roasted it, but they
neglected to parbOil it before they put
il in the oven, and when it came on the
stage il was as tough rs q sOubrette.
with a skin drawn as tight as a legal de
cree and knife proof The party who
carves the bird has it down fine from
doing it so often. usually cutting off
the wings and legs at just four passes
of his knife and Whacking so many
''lANN' NAi NAI' il AttNA If a. lNl III va lllf
wrist. but when ne went against that
goose his knife struck sparks Well,
he sawed and sawed. and the perspira-
ton ran down his face. while all the
people around the table were guying
him tin ne was pretty nearly crazy and
was swearing like a steamboat mate.
But the audience never caught ON. We
went through hat dinner largely on a
bluff. but we got no end of applause,
and nobody in the audience realized the
difference. AS soon as the curtain
went down, however, that goose was
kicked up through the flies by a dis
gusted carver.
Mr.. Boyd has a number Of close per-
sonal friends I'm this city. and it, is 70
wonder, for a more cheerful and COM
paniCnable gentleman would be diff
culttOfnd. Hewiil manage old Home
stead next season. and expects to add
to the success the play has already
achieved