The age-herald., 1901-11-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Joke on the Tailor.

A Joke on the Tailor.
 ''There are tricks of all trades of which the layman wots but little, but heres one of which tailor was the victim that was exposed the other day by been ashamed of himself" said a man last night
 ''The cold-hearted man went to cer- tain manipulator of the shears a few days ago to order a suit of clothes made He saw some goods that pleased him nightly, but being properly trained as husband, he took Q sample to snow ms wife before completing the bargain. Ine suit was to cost $50
 "A day or two later he stopped again al the tailor's to order the clothes. fou charge too much for them, though Smith,, he remarked I saw the very same material down at Blanks and they'd make me a suit of it for SS5
 It wasn't the same material, then, obiected the tailor; they couldn't do 1t for the money
 Here's a sample of the goods re- piled the other. See what you thinK or it. And then-oh! the falsity or man he drew from his pocket the bit of goods he had taken from that very shop to show his wife.
 The tailor surveyed 1t in high disdain This is a common piece Of domesuc goods, he finally announced grumpiiy. It will change color after couple or months wear. so 1t is not worth even the s35 asked for It.
 And then the maxwell, he haoh't t4e courage to tell the tailor of the decep- ton shat had been practiced on him, so he meekly ordered a suit of the cloth that had just been so condemned ana walked out smiling a demoniae smile Now he's telling his friends all about It.
 Reflections of a Matinee Girl.
 ''The matinee girl is most enthusias- tic creature, but she has a good deal Of dramatic sense after all, and there are two or three things that she just can- not stand, to use her own expression" said the bright girl.
 "One of these is soft music during the
 
 exciting and touching scenes of the play.
 Just as soon as the hero begins to say sweet things to the heroine the orches- tra plays low. pathetic melodies. Tnis Is entirely unnatural. for the man In real life Is forced to make his proposal with out the assistance of such an expedient, and the matinee girl accordingly pro- IA particularly wishes to hear proposal and who can, with Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still or Annie Moore, ring ing through the theater?.
 However, the music can be excused and put up with. if it is positively neces- sary to have it. But there is another thing that Is worse. This Is the reap pearance of the actors after they have tainted or died or gone to another part of the country. Despite the inconsistency they will return to the same scenes. even from the grave, if need be, to secure the plaudits of the audience. This might be borne If they looked haggard and wan, or in any way unnatural, or If they ap- peared supported by friends; but that seldom happens. As a rule. they reap pear briskly In the best of spirits and with beaming faces. and how such con- duct does ruin everything. if by this time one has entered into the spirit of the play!
 Another thing that Is almost as an moving is the way in which the player makes his exit. No matter whether he be rushing for doctor. a fire-alarn box or a street car, he always turns when he arrives at the door and gives one fierce backward glance before hs disappears. Why that final glance is necessary to the success of the drama will ever remain to the matinee girl a mystery"