The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-27


 was most scantiiy stocked, but repIen- ished at Judicious though regular 1n- terval. Rickets Johnson went home of nights along in the wee small hours when he felt like it and was given the Tudor room because the window null lions and other vertical decorations re- minded him of a pipe organ. The renaissance music room, in which a mechanical organ, an electrical plano, a birds eye maple phonograph and an automatic guitar had been installed. was turned into a rehearsal hall, and here, while Dfcky DoIger culIed nose gays of wit from vast sleaves of dead and bygone Hhrettos to adorn the plot of The Lama's Goat, and Rickets Johnson 4adapteds the hit numbers of all the successful musical productions since 4Pinaforer and Rlackie and Wal lingford In the dutch library conceded weird and still more weird tales con- cerning the marvellous LEaa of Lhasa, Violet Bonnie, with the unobtrusive assistance of Mrs WaIIingford. took up Melissa Trtpp as a lump Of raw material and molded upon her the Dance of the Sacred Goat
 Attired in 8 short skirt made from an early spring chinon, which had been ruthlessly cut off at the knees, Violet danced alnd postured and explained and did it all over again from mid afternoon to dewy morn and enjoyed almost killing her constantly complain ing pupil, who held that genius should not need to work
 Honest, Fannie Violet declared after about two weeks of it, "this has banting. dieting and all the other fat. cures beat to a custard If Melissa Tripp only lasts till we get through I'll be able to squeeze back into that year before last lavender that I keep to measure. myself by
 Members of the 'professiou wan derea into the rehearsaIs, which soon began at the Avon and said, My Gawd, how could they ever cast Tom my Delaney for that part!', or they said 1t about Willis Lawrence or Elsie Devoe or whenever they happened to know best, and went away. Friends of the profession came in and hsten- ed a while and yawned and said: ssDe- HghtfuIly reminiscent! Why in b1azes don't somebody spring new one?7 )and went away, forgetting that ninety nine out of every hundred who defy Broadway by s.springing new one'' die the recipients of charity. Man agers of other houses came in and yawned and said Why, look who's here! Dkcky Dolger and Rickets John son, the pair that never came back! Well, order the hearse!s and ckuckied and went away.
 After all this criticism upon the part of the experts in the game the piece was bound to be a stupendous success. and Business Manager WaIlingford was so certain of it that during the last week of the rehearsaIs he went back into the lonely corner where Dan Sickels always sat in gloomy apathy. ssWeli. Dan, what do you think of the pieee 2 he inquired.
 Dan tried to force smile. You never can tell. It's all a gamble. No- body knows" he said.
 You're entitled to a guess, Wall Hngford insisted. Come on, Dan, tell me honestly, what do you think about it g''
 well. I don't like to durt your feel ings," SickeIs hesitated.
 sI haven't any, WaIlingford prompt Iy informed him.
 ssWelI, if you leave it to me, don't think it's any kind of musical come dys anyhow None of the boys thinks SO You see, WaIlingford, you got in wrong from the start. You got Dicky Dolger's and Tickets Johnson's names tackled on the program, and you're un- lucky in your cast. Delaney and Law renee and Deyoe are all right, but they haven't had decent parts for three sea sons, so what can you expect? Violet Bonnie hasn't been in touch with the game for 8 long time. Then again,