Evening star., 1899-03-18

Sir-ah-no" (short IL" broad "a" ana Ions,
-. After all it is but a matter of taste
As to Bergerac" there is less trouble
As nearly as the sounds can be approx
mated TO English ones. the first ''e" is like
long cut short. the "g' like the ~
IN azure, the second ''e' is like the first
only little shorter, and the "a" like that
IN arc, only not so broad. If one would
have 1t a French word the last sylabIe
should be accented; IL an English word the
accent should be on the first syllable.
"A man Is always making trouble" said
Miss Beatrice Moreland, "and the man who
is aiways about the house makes more
trouble than any other. These are facts
Whlch are self-evfdent to all kinds and con-
olions of women. Still. il would be a diff-
cult thing 20 get along without a specimen
or two of the king OF beasts, even IL these
specimens, as they but too often are are
dummies. 1t is about a dummy that nro
pose to tell you. You may or may not
Know That in my comedietta A Game of
Ioii man Is one of my stage properties
ana that in order to simplify matters and
save the expense of carrying a chaperon
have introduced dummy, a make-belieye
man, as the shortest and easiest way out
OF the difficulty. But true to the reputa-
tlon or the sex which he represents her
dummy makes more or less trouble for the
woman who looks after his welfare.
he made lightning change from vaude-
ElIIe 10 tragedy recently with some start
ing results. had given him in charge for
the night TO my assistant, Mr.. Charles NJ
Seay, and Mr.. Seay. after conducting him
70 comfortable quarters in a dressing room
lett MIN. In the early morning hours when
the broom brigade was holding the boards
ana the silence OF the hour before dawn
rested upon the city, there arose from the
regions of the dressing room a series of
ear-piercing shrieks which split the air I'm
several places.
Holy mother of Moses, it's killing me
the man is +! Help Murder !! Po-
I'm an instant the CO. workers of the VIC
tim of murderous rage were upon the scene;
armed with mops, with brooms, with
buckets. with any old thing which in an
emergency would do TO kill a man. Fol-
lowing this army of invasion came the men
from nearby, and monkeywrenches, scant-
ing and portable properties OF all kinds
were pressed into service of warfare.
Help! Help! Helpr screamed a yo-
man \agonized voice, and the invading
army as one man followed the trail TO the
dark and dreary region of the dressing
room After brave man struck match
and Hooded the room with light a scrub
lady was found lying fiat upon the floor.
and her by no means graceful heels were
beating time to her frightened cries for aid
Sitting nearby In dignity and silence was
the dummy man, who with all gallantry re-
fused to deny the truth of the lady's state
ment when she alleged: Sure the villain
struck me. He was after beating me brains
out with his foot
But my dummy man has his good quail
ties. could cite instances when he has
been the cause of small booms In establish
ments devoted to the sale of wet goods
Not long ago when We were in BROOKLYN
certain grave charges were made against
the dummy by the night watchman. II
seems this watchman was strolling through
corridor when in the dim light he beheld
the dummy and requested him with scant
politeness TO come out forthwith After
sundry calls, threats and gentle persua-
sions, the watchman retired and consulted
with man who keeps an establishment
next door. OF course, 1 am not afraid OF
him. but he looks queer. and of course he
might do me bodily harm. / don't like his
manner. Get your gun like q good fellow
and We'll rcut him in jiffy.' The man next
door obligingly complied, and. after the de-
nouement which followed, he told the story
50 often at the watchman's expense that
the saloon Keeper around the corner Is
thinking seriously Of keeping q trotting
horse"