The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15

, she was dancing about the seam Of her
coat gave way AM the lining came out.
Mr.. Al Meyer, who vas sitting in the
orchestra pit. called her over and said
she was too fun Of life and tl> rrimitN"
instincts were breaking out aNun, al
though any one could see /. was only
IN" lining. But, | suppose, jus, To make
up for his rudoncss. he told her that
She was To have some lines ana one
rise of a song In the first act, and Tn"
Savage cam" running back to the other
adde's, shouting at the top Of her voice
ma. she was to have a part and was a
regular actress.
Then she went dancing over To- the
roughly old stage dourkccper. whom
.Nrrybody else was afraid of, and told
him To send away her red taXioah and
'ct green one, because she had on a
green skirt and she also told him that
when the brokers called with orchids,
to bc sure To tell them that she was
rchcarSing her new part and to send
the bouquets to the nearest hospital.
~ all the ladies in the company,
always liked Alcen Mooney much the
best. ana If 1t had not been for her | do
not know how | should have stood those
four weeks of rchearsals.
But one day they at last took me out
Of the big book with the other music
! for THE Lady of Longacrc." and a
| young man. with long hair ana a sallow
| face. did what he called "orchcs,rating
me" which was really dividing my
| anatomy into many different parts.
! When hc had finished orChcstrating me
h" COPIED me. both entire and the many
separate parts. In fine, clear hand, on
nice white paper, and then carried me
! back TO the theatre again, and was put
| in a big trunk marked THE Lady of
! LOngacrc Theatre" Here | lay for
| two days. when | was taken with a
! whole carload Of other trunks and
scenery to a town called New Haven
whore it seems | was to make my first
! public appearance.
The great event was on Friday night
and on the day previous, which was the
same day We reached New Haven,
Was taken out Of the trunk ana while
the Musical Director sept the entire copy
| of me, the other parts were distributed
among all the other musicians. | shall
never forget how | sounded when the
Musical Director raised his baton ana all
those German looking men played tn,
different parts of my anatomy | was
certainly beautiful thing to hear, ant
when they had finished me the must
clans nodded at the Musical Director
and smiled, and | heard aftCrward thai
that was great compliment for me,
That same night there was long re-
| hcarsal, which lasted nearly the Who'll,
night and | could hardly wait for my
turn, but when it did come | suffered a
great Disappointment for "Thc Lady o
Iongacre" just hummed me instead o
singing the words, as she should have
done. 1t annoyed father and Mr., A
Meyer good DEAL too, and Mr.. A
Meyer spoke very sharply to THE Lad!
of Longacrc," but she at once became
pecvSh, muttcrcd something about IL
being "all right on the night" and wen
ON with her part. But as it turned out
"The Lady of Iongacrc" was wrong, an,
1t was not "all right on the night"
1t was "A splendid sight, that grea
crowd in the Fl, mt of the theatre, an,
he ladies' and gentlemen of the Compan,
looked quite wonderful in their beautiful
six and golden clothes. The perform
ance went on 1t seemed to me, with
great whirl ana The people applaude,