The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-29

and surprised.
 ..You needn't thank me- retorted his proud .wife .sOf course, you don't know it, but you sloshed around among googoo eyes all night. and there's four Of the little blonde squads in the cho- rus that go at the end of the week; Nos. 8, 6, and 13. Give 'ern their notices, Ben
 By the way, how did Melissa go ?" asked BIackie earnestly, very happy indeed toSchange the subject.
 s.In taxi,' replied the stage man ager. q think she went away with a drfedtup little lollop that hung around on the prompt side all night, apologiz ing to the scenery.
 That's right; you didn't know about Melissa did you?v inquired Violet, with flush of anger that ended in 8 laugh. Ton know, she has two dances. one just before the goat dance Well, they giggled her off the stage in the first one, and she left for Squamo- sett, I guess, without even stopping to change her costume"
 'sI don't see how you cut out the sec ond1 dance puzzled Blackie. T wish I'd have been present at this show. I'd like to have seen how the plot turned out's
 s'It turned out fne!' Violet assured him with great enthusiasm We pull ed Dicky. Do1ger out of his souse in the back part of the right prosceniSIm box. and we fixed up the part in the seven minutes between the two dances Elsie Deyoe was just dressing for her third act chAnge. We explained it to her and threw her into Lhaa's second
 -i -7s xR, dance of the sacred goat so swell you could almost hear her bleat, knew every step of it just from watching that Tripp joke rehearse. Then she unveiled and Lhaa turned out to be the daughter, and as the sacred dancer had a right to marry anybody in the kingdom. It made the plot swell Next to you, Blackie. 1t was the hit of the show
 It certainly got 'em," agreed the stage manb ger delightedly. "The music helped a lot. You know, there were three managers and tailor hunting for 'Dicky DoIger and Tickets Johnson before the last act curtain rung up. They've come back. and so has Devoe and everybody else.''
 tDevoe's a perfect lady, I'll say that for her. asserted Violet warmly. She's strictly professional. She kept her eyes to herself and hated BlacAe and everybody else that got hand.'
 Walllngford and Mrs. Wallingford and Toad lJessop found their happy way back to the star comediap's dress ing room and added to the general | 1ubilation.
 'Its an honor to know you, Blackde, 2 chuclSied Wallingford, while the two women embraced each other fervently and sat on Delancy's battered old trunk, hand in hand, to tell each other all about it in agitated snatches.
 s.Did you see the show, Jim?" asked Blaokie in surprise. Where did you sft?''
 an the left stage box" replied Wal iingford indignantly. ''You looked at US half the timel''
 Biaclkie pondered that marvel in sf- lence moment. Have a drink?'' he finally sighed. "Toad, go scare us up another glass Jimmy, it's too bad you're not in on the personal triumph of this thing, along withlus artists. '"
 "Oh. I'm not dissatisfied" Walling- ford informed him with easy noncha- lance. Tt isn't my game, but still I'll clean up about $15O,Ooo on the side.'
 ''T suppose so.'' grumbled sBlackie It's got to be a habit with you. Who suffers this timer
 "Dillon,' explained WaIlingford chuckling. q bought one little $1o0 share of stock in his company today and, tomorrow I'm going to bring suit, as stockholder, for dissolution oi his company, von the grounds of mis ,4,k Of