News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-07-14

there's goin to be a new performance,
and each and all are welcome at the
same and simple price of admission.
Pray pass out quietly and with as lit
tie jostling as possible. Re-mem- bur
the price is only 1 cent, the tenth part
of dime, or twenty pins, no bent ones
taken. Pray pass out quietly and with
as little iostling as possible The Scho-
field & Williams military band will
play before each pufformance, and each
and all are welcome for the same and
simple price of admission. Pray pass
out quietly and with as little jostling
as possible"
Forthwith the Schofield & Williams
military band began a second overture,
in which something vaguely like a
! tune was at times distinguishable, and
all of the first audience returned, most
of them having occupied the interval
in hasty excursions for more pins, Miss
Rennsdale and governess, however,
again paying coin of the republic and
receiving Difference and the best seats
accordingly And when third per-
iOl HihlSt lOullu I'LL VI Tie Sdllle lINpl-
crate patrons once more crowding the
auditorium and seven recruits added
the pleasurable excitement Of the part
nerS in their venture will be under
stood by any one who has seen q met
ropolitan manager strolling about the
foyer of his theater some evening dur
ing the earlier stages of an assured
phenomenal run"
From the first there was no question
which feature of the entertainment
was the attraction extraordinary. YER
man-Verman, the savage tattooed wild
boy, speaking only his native foreign
ianguages-Verman was a triumph!
Beaming, wreathed in smiles, melodi-
Gus, incredibly fluent, he had but to
open his lips and dead hush fell upon
the audience. Breathless they leaned
forward, hanging upon his every semi
syllable, and, when Penrod checked the
flow, burst into thunders of applause,
which Verman received with happy
laughter.
Alas, he delayed not DER long to dis
play all the egregiOusness of a new
star, but for time there was no
caprice of his too eccentric to be for
given. During Penrod's lecture upon
the other curios the tattooed wild boy
continually stamped his foot, grinned
and gesticulated, tapping his tiny chest
and pointing to himself as it were to
say, wait for me; am the big show"
So soon they learn; so soon they learnt
And again alas this spoiled darling of
public favor, like many another, was
fated to know in good time the tickle |
ness of that favor
But during all the morning perform |
ances he was the idol of his audience |
and looked it. The climax of his pop |
ularity came during the fifth overture |
of the Schofield d Williams military /
band, when the music was quite drown
ed in the agitated camors of Miss
Rennsdale, who was endeavoring to !
ascend the stairs in spite of the phys
ical discussion of her governess.
81 won't go home to lunch!" scream
ed Miss Rennsdale, her voice accompa-
MED by sound of ripping. Il will
hear the tatooed wild boy talk some
more! It's lovely-I will hear him talk!
will! l will! l want to listen to
Verman-I want to- want to-
Wailing. she was borne away, of her
sex not the first to be fascinated by
Obscurity nor the last to champion its
eloquence.
Verman was almost uncomfortable aft
er this, but, like many. many other man.
ayers, Schofield & Williams restrained
their choler and even laughed fulsome-
" when their principal attraction es-
saved the role of comedian in private
and capered and squawked in sheer,
fatuous vanity.
The first performance of the after
noon rivaled the successes of the morn
ng, and, although Miss Rennsdale was