Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
SHE TOOK THE HINT

circle had seen the play earlier In the week.
Neither OF her companions had seen the
play earlier In the week. and she probably
felt convinced that none OF the people In
the surrounding seats had seen the play
earlier In the week.
This. no doubt, was the reason she seemed
to feel 30 sorry for them that she wanted
to tell them all about the play, 80 they
would understand what It was all about be-
forehand
She unquestionably felt that they really
ought to know how the piece was going to
progress before the strong situations were
arrived at
Even with reference to the overture per-
formed by the orchestra, the young woman
appeared to feel that the people surround
ing mere were not sufficiently familiar with
us strains. which. no doubt. is why she
hummed 1t through, almost bar for bar in
unison-sometimes- the orchestra,
She wouldn't have done this IL she hadn't
thought she was helping out the people
around her.
Before the curtain went up she had deliv-
cred herself Of sort of introduction or
verbal prelude, something like. this In a.
buzzing whisper that couldn't have been
heard more than fifteen feet away:
The first act, y'know, Min and Aggie,
don't mount tub much. The fellah that
first comes on, yuh see, Is in love with a
girl whose father is 'fraid of gettin intuh
a scrape If he don't make the girl marry
the fellah that has some kind of deed o.
trust or somethin' like that, with the
fathers forged signature, yuh see-I don't
know jes' how it is, but the fellah has got
the old man fraid. anyhow.
We'll, the nice fellah-and, say, girls,
he's jes the handsomest thing, jes' little
gray at the sides of his lovely hair. yuh
know-well. he comes in, and when he asts
tub see the girl, wy. who should come
intuh the parlor but the old man. They
have perfectly dreadful time. Well after
he goes out-the old man, mean"
Just then the curtain went up and the
people sitting in the neighborhood of the
talkative woman began to look at her with
glances in which there really seemed to be
a trace of annoyance.
They were wondering if she purposed
going on with her Greek chorus running
commentary for the entire evening.
1t quickly became apparent that she did
so purpose.
Now, Min and Aggie," she went on in a
whisper of quite undiminished volume,
"jes yuh watch tub see the nice young
fellah come out, or in. rather. that side
door. Say, I jes' wonder if that leadin'
woman's hair is touched up or not.
Say, when he comes in, girls. he says,
Strange that she is not here! jes' like
that, and then he looks so pitiful! N then
he pulls off his gloves-slate- colored suede,
his gloves are-and looks around. N then'
when he is about tub ring the bell tuh
have the servant tell him where the girl is,
the old man strolls In. N then, when
they meet face tub face, the old man trem-
bles all over, he's so sore pout IT, yum
see, N he says, How dare yum, SIT. pass
under the Intel of that door, after l have
forbidden yuh tub cross it's Threshold! N
then he
And thus on.
The lips of the young female commentator
weren't closed for two seconds together
throughout the entire first act.
The people who sat in her Vlclnage re-
garded her with looks of deep. dark dis
pleasure, but she didn't notice these. nor IS
it in the least likely that she would nave
minded em if she had noticed.
Two young men who sat directly pehno
the loquacious young woman ana her wv
companions squirmed wrathfuiy curing the
first act.
It was quite out of the question for them
to nav attention to what was progressing
on the stage, for the young womans WINS
per was steady, insistent and totally DIS
concerning.
But when the curtain went down on the
first act. the two young men exchanged
glances as If they had simultaneously
thought out a scheme
The garrulous girl began to tell her Two
friends what was going to eventuate in the
second act.
.sWell." said one of the young men behind
the garrulous girl, in kissing Whisper that
was a perfect imitation of the young wo-
mans method when the villain nnds out
that the nice fellah-and isn't he Jes too
handsome for anythin' in this WIDE Worio
with them ears and that nose ne Wears-is
ies hound to marry the girl, why, he says,
I guess nit or somethin' like that, n then
he walks over tub the left-hand side OF
the stage ~, .,,
II wonder what he does them inquired
the other young man. with most bovine
expression Of inquiry on his face
ssOh," was his chum's reply, The doesn't
do a single, solitary thing but go ana get
a meat-ax with a handle on 1t as long as
..Cs'wayt'' exclaimed his chum, interested
ly. and all of the people sitting near, eaten,
ing on, began to look toward the pair OF
young men with cordially approving siahces
That's right-Tm not kiddin yuh." was
the solemn reply. AN then he takes this
meat-ax and juggies with 1t for while.
hollerin' and yeliin ike a Wla man -
against the piano. The blade of the meat
ak sticks intuh the piano ana rips Out q
hunk o. rosewood. 'Ha! he says then. n
then he takes up his position beside the
door, waitin' for the footman tub come In.
The unsuspectin' footman comes In, n then
the villain socks it tub the footman rlgnt
on the top of the conk with the meat-aX;
Awful sight, honest! Real piurd-piooo!
Great effect, homes 1nJun!
a.Git out, is that SOP" exclaimed the other
young man, with most serious expression,
and by this time the young woman win
the laxative penchant was next, as 1t
were and twisting her head around to glare
at the pair of young men with extreme
hauteur. ,.,=
But the young man who had been describ-
two Act IT didn't appear to mind her
naughty giares even little bit. He went
right on:
I'm then the william picks up the poor
eootman's carcass, n carries in tub win
dow. and throws it out. kerchug! Yuh can
hear the noise when the body falls on the
pavement below. homes yuh can! ~ then
when he's wiping the real blood of'n his
hands with an initiated silk handkerchief
say, such perfectly lovely handkerehiefs as
1bat villain does tote around with him
why. the girl comes in. and she sees him
with the meat-ax between his teeth, n
then she screams. n then he says 'Ha!
some more, n then the old man comes In
with bun on, n then the nice young fell
lab wades in and has his wallop at the
game, n then
But the curtain was going up.
The garrulous young woman looked ex-
tremely frigid and naughty for the re-
mainder of the performance.
But she was utterly and blessedly silent
until the curtain descended on the last act.