The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

poor a horseman that he was not al
lowed TO ride. He was instead assigned
to small part in a burlesQue hit, M.
and Nine. Dennis" in which it was in
tended he should appear in Outlandish
clothes and a red wig with a red nose.
In the meantime he was also required to
serve as one of the score or more Of
circus attendants. wearing a brilliant red
uniform. holding up sheets of cloth for
the eQuestrians to jump over and per-
forming similar services in and about the
ring.
The night before Belling's sketch was
to be put on. and during the regular
performance OF the circus, Belling de-
serted his post at the ring entrance and
sneaked OF into a dressing room for a
little rehearsal Of his own. putting on his
red wig and daubing his nose with red
paint. suddenly he heard a call for the
attendants in the ring, and, in a state
Of panic and completely forgetting all
about the wig and his fiery nose. flung
himself into his gorgeous red uniform
and frantically dashed into the arena
The crowd no sooner caught sight of
him with the others just inside the ring
entrance than they began to roar with
laughter and the air rang with shouts
of august which means about the same
in German as ''rube" does in this cOun-
try, or as ''dany" does IN Scotland.
Is Thrown Out.
When Mr. RentZ. who was very
irasCible German. saw the furoTs Bell
ings appearance was creating. he was
furious. and loudly ordered the cause of
the disturbance thrown out of the ring
Belling. seeing that 1t was all up with
him. made up his mind that he might
as well be killed for a sheep as a lamb
a nd Iafarpr3pad IN fun
of the thing as he could. So. when the
other attendants grabbed at him, he
dodged, fell on his face, and made the
thing as much worse as he possibly
could. He was finally landed outside in
state of wreck and, of course, was
formally discharged.
The next night. however having moth
ing else to do, Tom hung around some
where outside the circus and when the
point came in the performance at which
he had appeared the night before the
spectators suddenly began to shout:
August, August" They kept il up until
Mr.. Rentz was obliged to go out and re-
engage Belling on the spot Tom was
thrown back into the ring again. made a
big hit, and from that time his fortune
was made. From $40 a week he was rap
idly advanced to $500 a week. and he was
great favorite in Berlin for many
years.
King Edward Laughs.
In describing his experiences with Eng
lands King, Marceline said: King Ed
ward cyme with his retinue, and whether
or not 1 was to make him laugh was,
well, of cawse, the question / was wor-
ried. Y'know, seldom talk. They laugh
because I tumble funny and initiate
funny walks, and-well, 1 make my entry
fallink out OF a tree, landing on my shoul-
daire. The children, as usual, all laugh
and clap and cry, so there's our silly
Billy or Handy Andy or something of
the sawt-pet names, y'know. But Ed
wardjust sat there looking curious, and
so serious as though the fall had killed
me. / almost wish il mad. But / got
up and did my ten-men entry. myking
believe they were animals, initiating them
as they walked All. 1 assuah you 1t has
always myde a very grand entry. And
the ippodrome was roaring. But is 'igh-
nessi My word, but he seemed nearer to
tears than to laughter. Then in anger I
tore on my Ugh at and threw it on the
ground, resolving that l should make
fall that would make Albert Edward
laugh If 1t killed me. In stepping forward
i found myself stepping through my Ugh
at. Ny foot went through the crown. IL
did. and 1 tripped and fell. While laying
on the ground I reached my foot up back
ward and tipped the at down on my cad,
and. believe me. sir. when / cooked my
eye at the royal box Edward was laugh
ing sol Really, II was sawt of triumph.
"An accident but / 'ad tn do that act