The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-30

Der sisters made at the Majestic the |
atres Chicago. reads good deal like |
the clever work of press agent. but |
the fact that it is told in Richard Hen |
~ Titles Round About Chicago" dig t
nifies 1t and is something of a guaranty
of its truth. The sisters are now APP
pearing at the Orpheum theatre. Ham,
mond
Briefly, the story OF the Farber sis
ters Is a story to show how fate oper-
ates In control of human destinies. If
II had not been for a telegram going
wrong. bald-headed man, head
ache, cross-eyed Chinese naughty
prIma donna, a farmer who ate on
ions, and few other things. this story
would never have happened at all Or
If any one of these elements had been
missing 1T would not have happened.
But with all of them present the story
did happen and points strongly to the
moral that we are naught but play
things OF fate after all.
In viewing the material. Sob human
interest and fatalistic, which we have
at hand, we first take our heroines
two in number: Exhibit A, Miss Con-
stance Farber age q, blonde; edu-
cation, common school; disposition,
lovely. and exhibit r. Miss Irene Far
Der. sister to Constance, age 10: bru-
nette; disposition. mild when not ruff
| fled.
| Miss Constance and Irene Farber are
not included in the list of American
women possessing in excess of $4,000
| 600. In place of that they wrestle
strenuously with the world for their
daily bread. They both possess excep-
| tionaIly good voices and are graceful
| dancers. Casting about for talents were
/ i'll suited to the manieuring shop, the
/ ribbon counter, or the typewriter ma
chine, and SO they selected the vaude-
| vile stage as the best means of secur-
| ing living.
But Chicago seemed barren ground
They interviewed every vaudeville pos
sfbility for two weeks, but it was late
In the season and they found nc open
ing. Then they got hold of another
manager. This manager couldn't put
the young Farber girls into a regular
hope-to-die theater. but he thought
they might be able to pick up a pre-
earfous livelihood by appearing a. clubs
| which delight in entertaining their
members at weekly or monthly vaude-
Vile shows. The manager showed
great enterprise and made two books
ing, one for last Saturday night in a
country club near Chicago and one in a
town an hour or twos ride from the
| city. Now then begins the little chain
of jokes played by fate on the Farber
sisters
They appeared at the Country club on
Saturday night. and after their act the
audience roared delightful approval
The Farber sisters were so over-joyed
they cried, and their manager pushed
them back on the stage to bow their
| thanks. Then a fat man threw a hand.
full of loose change on the stage. Thi:
is where fate started working. The
3 manager from the wings hoarsely said
r l"Pick it up"
Miss Constance Farber ceased cry.
ing and with great sang froid and ex,
cellent precision kicked two quarters
three niclSels, and a dime right into tn.
fat philanthropist's face. Then. gather
) ing up sister Irene she marched off tn.
a stage and out of the club house. TIL,
2 manager was deeply indignant and sale
gagament he had made for the Farbe
| sisters for Wednesday night.
The Farber sisters said haughtily i
y they had to have money thrown al then
y they would be most happy to have tn
Ii date cancelled. The manager said. &C
VERY WE'LL" just like that. and tn
small Farber sisters went back to thei
modest hotel to weep at another goide
opportunity lost.
They had previously written to
q manager in Omaha asking for routin