The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-15

: the selection of a piece it turned out
! that George had already looked out two
! little things that he thought would do.
| though he wished it Gltarly understood
| that he did not want to force them on
| anybody. The first was that old-fash-
| Toned. rollicking piece wooden Heads, -
/ full of fun and always a success. The
second was that sweetly pretty thing
! in one act entitled IAN April Love Story"
Now" said George, ION one thing I
insist. Mr.. Tarraway is organizing this
entertainment, and Mr.. Tarraway must
have the right of Veto We all value
his Judgment. and it must oVerrule any
| opinion which we may form ourselves -
This was agreed upon at once. without
single dissentient vote, and Mr.. Tar
| raway was pleased. The two plays were
read.
Mr.. Tarraway did not like either of
them. They were not his idea of the
legitimate drama Neither did they con-
| tain good Tarraway part, as he had
conceived it, But he was made to under
stand that if he did upset everybody by
| going against the majority and vetoing
these pieces he would be a poltroon, an
| ignoramus and a heartless cad. He did
not exercise that veto.
''Of course" said George IL don't dream
| of asking Mr.. Tarraway to take any
part in the farce. That is quite beneath
| his attention. 1t is all very Well for us
| beginners, but 1 shouldn't like to see a
| man like Mr.. Tarraway waste himself
| on it,"
II don't mind little harmless fun
said Tarraway, feebly.
NO" said Miss Agnes Parkinson
there must be limit to your kindness -
| AS to the sentimental piece, there was
! unanimous cry that George must play
| the hero. Tall and handsome, he would
! look the part to perfection. Miss Agnes
Parkinson said:
UNLESS Mr.. Tarraway wishes to play
| it himself. We must not forget that he
is organizing this entertainment.
Mr.. TaPrawaY disolaimed any desire ia
play the part, wherein he lied. George
accepted it on condition that Mr.. Tara
way played the man servant, which In
! Georges opinion, was a much more inn
portant part than you would think from
! hearing the piece read. He has seen a
great success made with it.
After the second rehearsal-esp specially
George-said that though Mr.. TarTaway
did the part to perfection, it inter
fered with his duties as stage manager.
They could not afford to lose him as
stage manager. At the next rehearsal
he was asked to give up the stage man
agement, though for the life of them they
| did not know where to find another as
good. The fact was that his clear enun-
citation and his splendid judgment mark
| ed him out as the ideal prompter. He re-
signed that post later, when it was found
that Mrs. Minslow, who had taken 95
worth of tickets, wanted 1t for her son.
AS George said, with fine public spirit:
ut is not as if we were doing this just to
amuse ourselves. We must think of the
choir fund. Besides, Mr.. Tarraway has
all the organizing to do, and he will be
wanted in front"
Finally Mr.. Tarraway was selected as
the right person TO take the money at
the doors. In this capacity he did not
take much money, but had the compen-
sation of missing the entertainment
The net result was a debt of 96 Is I'd.
And the vicar thinks that Mr.. Tarraway
might have put a little more energy into
it, The families agree with him-especial-
~ George.