Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

musicians of temperament and chlldllke lack
of practical experience.
Last winter one of the companies of for
eign musicians suddenly found the clock
pointing to the starting hour and their Eng
lish speaking manager and announcer absent.
1t devolved upon the one who did the least
murderous things to the Kings English to
make an announcement He did so, in these
we'll chosen words:
"LATIEs UNDT CHENDLEMENs.-Def eerst
numbaire will been basso solo, getitledt
'Ashleep in der Depot py our Meester Irf-
ing"
A MOTHER orchestra leader, who is
matches futist, had arranged a dra-
matte stunt for an evenings Chautauqua
program. He was to have his musicians
burst into a wild barbaric strain of sensuous
Hungarian melody while he quietly left the
platform and, with lights turned to dim
cleaning, got to the back of the tent, whence
he would walk down the aisle playing softly
on his flute that fetching little air Dearie."
The plan worked admirably up to certain
point. Lights were low, the music barbara
cally crashed the leader got away unseen,
started down the aisle unseen, the audience
was obligingly and actually mvstitied over
the source of the sweet sounds; but just as
he had played through the first bar of
"Dearle' and things were at their thrllest,
the musician fell over dog that was calmly
slumbering in the aisle.
The rest of the picture may be imagined.
7 Asst winter, when Ralph Parlette, one of
- the standard humorous philosophic lee
turers, was riding from Toledo southwark
to North Baltimore, he fell into conversation
with resident of the Ohio village that was
no &C Il IL
" Is the hotel in North Baltimore as rotten
as it used to be?'
Il guess it Isl said the stranger. I'm
running it yet"
PUT perhaps the best instance of perfect
adaptation on the spur of the moment,
is found in an anecdote Bob Burdette vouch-
ed for as having been the experience of his
illustrious contemporary Bill Nye.
Nye and Burbank were being starred that
year by Major Pond. They were doing the
Canadian provinces, and on the night of the
special episode were at Victoria, British Co.
lumbia. Burbank was doing heavy dramatic
work as the best possible foil for Nye's subtle
and side racking humor. But in the audi
ence were several men who had that evening
tasted too frequently of the flowing bowl.
These would occasionally break forth with
remarks that were models of untimeliness
Finally, when Burbank was in the midst of
his most fascinating and tragic reading and
the audience was holding its breath, one
whose breath was too strong to be held burst
out into maudlin snatch of song which ut
terly sidetracked and discouraged the lee
turer. The speaker stopped, lost and con-
fused beyond recall.
But, just as the silence was beginning to
be felt, Nye stepped blandly and quickly
from behind the scenes, laid his hand on his
companions arm, and gazed thoughtfully
over the house. Then, in mild but distinct
voice, he asked:
rs DR.. Leslie E. Kelley in the room?"
Even the fact that it was a near British
audience could not hide the consummate wit
of the remark, and the evening was saved
and made a triumph instead of ignominous
defeat for the speakers.
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