The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

}"MODERN FABLES" by George Aoe}
TIE Modern Fable Of fbe bureau oil
Public Comfort and the Man in Cborse
Copyright, 1900. by Robert Howard RUSSELL !

and took a Pull at a Cigarette
was looking. The same Night sho 0ne
Mans oFercoat and Hat and did = -
BUCK and wing steps. just 10 show TIA, -
was full of the Old Nick. There Is no
In trying to conceal the Fact thai a.
a saucy Rascal. ~
She thought she was DUPLICATING Co
Career and getting into 4 Class w,,h -
Fibrous Heroine Of the English p~~.,~s
Play. who is signing for more Conn~~1
ments TO Break.
After the Fast Girl had taken the Hu,a,--
of three Seasons and cut out a Cal, -.
made the other Girls declare tina, a.
never say the Like she married a Mar -
had invented an Air Brake and now r.~
near the Works. She is a Member q, -
Married Peoples Duplicate Whist CHM 20
teaches the Infant Class at the Guild scho~,
On Sunday.
1t is a great Satisfaction to her to thin.
that she has a Past, and 1t would h.
Shame to tell her any different.
Moral-Never suspect the Girl who ssv.
she is Bad.
THE MODERN FABLE OF HOW
CRACKING GOOD SCENE FOR THE
HERO WAS BADLY REHEARsED
Once upon a time an absent-minded Laaa
ing Man. who was making the Hit ~ IA.
Life with a Costume Play and Slaughterinv
the Matinee Tidbits every Wednesday ana
Saturday, wandered out OF the Stage Door
and began to Act in the Street the same a.
he did behind the Footlights.
AS he walked along the crowded Thor.
oughfare and held the Mirror UP to Natur.
a good many of these slouchy Pedestrian.
who are always blocking a Sunny Prom.
enade saw him with his Eyes rolled upward
and his Shoulders thrown back, and they
said he ought to be taken In before he was
Violent.
AS the Leading Man approached the Cor.
ner he came upon a Coarse Character ana
a Woman. who were having an Argument
while waiting for a Green Car. She had
Toasted him for dragging her away from
the Remnant Sale before she had laid in
enough Taffetas to last her all Winter. and
he told her she was the Prize Time Killer
Inc a Beaut to go anywhere with.
No matter what they said. they had a
Right to say IT, for they were Married. But
Iii hCdQluS MALL Sill uIlOC the DcluSlOQ
that he was On the Boards, heard the VIII
lain give her this Lacing. and it offered a
Chance for a Strong Scene. Beauty in Dis
tress was always his Cue TO spread the
lower-salaried People and hog the Center
of the Stage and Talk about Himself. So
he made a Quick Entrance. II would have
helped some If he could have had d little
Chills III Fever Music TO bring him on.
He told the Man to Stand Back.
Instead OF Saying Curses on the luck"
and looking at his Feet. the Coarse Char
acter who had been abusing the Woman
merely looked at his Wife and asked,
who's your Friend?"
AS for the Prosecuted Woman, instead Of
seizing him by the Arm and telling him that
he had a Kind Face and seemed to be a
Gentleman, she told him to Mind his own
Business and not get Everybody to Look
ing.
When the Leading Mar said that he inter-
fered by the Right that every Man has TO
Protect a Woman when she is in Trouble
he expected a Hand. but II came not. al
though he made the usual Wait.
A Crowd gathered to find out what was
the Rumpus, and a Man who was selling
Turkish Candy from a Board strapped in
front Of him said that If the Fresh Guy had
tried TO Cut In when the Gu was Out with
Somebody Else, then the Other Party would
be justified In Handing him One. This View
of the Matter was heartily Endorsed. al
though such a Sentiment would never be
tolerated on the Stage.
A Policeman broke through to investigate.
and the Woman said the Stranger had been
Annoying her and Charley and seemed to DE
the least bit Dippy. She said she didn't
think he meant any Harm, but was just
Queer. She said they ought to let his
! Friends know. She was a Good-hearteo'
Sensible Woman.
The Leading Man would have landed IN
the Detention Hospital soon enough II the
| Manager of the Compan had not happened
| along. He explained TO the POLICEMAN tha'
il was only a little Realism that the Actor
| had been working of.
Moral-Don't be Realistic except on tne
Stage