Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-13
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?" going around curve. Take
de soil out of your listeners
and I'll light me torch. Parade me
whole grow up time before you.
When I was in me prime-no it amt
a song-ln Chicago about is worries
ago, l was always a fiirtin' wild de
stage. But the stage never dealt me
a wink. And at dis time l had to
work hard to hold me chair in de
feedin' cabin at home.
One day de family stole softly to
de room wild de pianer in it and held
merry gabmeet and concluded dat
little Archie-meaning me-was
about old enough to slide a cunning
lunch under one handle. dash cutely
from de old homestead and sew job
onto himself. To let out de said news
at once they pinned me on to de
John Morris company of Chicago,
big printing company, in de paper
ruling department. at which l shaved
hard, but always had me mind on de
stage. De foreman warned me six or
seven times that dancing or trying to
annoy de whistle slaves on me floor
each hour wouldn't find any swell
ing of de pay bag on giveup night.
And it didn't, as 1 spoiled two jobs
trying to remember song that was
dashed from some platform in de
many people town.
The foreman was a great fellow,
hadn't laughed since Brodie jumped
de Brooklyn bridge. One of desc
folded up foremen that looked like
am don't add" in de morning tat
tletale. He hadn't been to theater
since General Lee give up his cary
ing knife, and at dat time his brother
paid his trip. Cute, hey? Well, l
stuck to de toll day after day await
ing me time for revenge. One day
a dashing bill poster put up a good
looking tell sheet, which announced
de Hyde Speciality company-now
don't say where was DR.. Jekyll-
would dash boldly into our city and
put on daring stunts at our Olympic
theater on a merry evening in June.
Then the bug fever stole softly to me
brain patch and de merry ticker of
de grand old heart worked overtime
and when / stole softly from me
pillows in de mornings de Mounte-
banks arrived. | began to oil up me
thinking cogs and saying boldly to
de party of de first part, II will go
forth on de long path that leads to
de print shop. Noyl nay! bold fore
man. l must hike to de Hyde Spe-
cialty company where me favrites
will hold visiting day that we may
pay IOI CdlCHlii6 lHciu dl lllS.l
stunts" | started for work at 6
o'clock in de top end of de day with
my lunch pinned securely under me
arm.
The trick was to hang out It'll de
dear old theater doors opened at 1870
middle part of de day. Instead of
going to work I hung around, did the
old gag looking in window wishing
stunt TIL finally / got in line after
hiding me lunch-inside-and behold
me seated in front row awaiting de
stagites. That show was merry
peaches to Archie, all to de olives,
pink pansies that's all I can say.
oh, how 1 envied does stage fellows.
Then said I, to meself, "I'll get on
there yet, If l have to use a gum"
and then I strolled fer home. Ar
irving at home me mudder threw her
arms around me and me camping hut
was in a mixup, everybody excited.
Why, you would think it was wages
night. | couldn't get it through me
thinker what it was about, but take
your earmuffs off and get dis. While
l had been hugging a chair in de
merry playhouse the entire back of
the building where had worked had
blown out dat afternoon and de guys
who worked where I would have
been chained had left suddenly for
parts unknown. Now see de point
if had stayed working l would have
been blown up.