The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
BEES PART IN A SCENARIO
As Understudy in Play 1t Makes a
Sensational Hit.

IL was December ?, 1915, q cold. dark
| winter afternoon. Producer Myll. of the
George kleine studios. was engaged with
Bickel and Watson making a tramp
| comedy. Watson was about TO drink q
glass of beer. Producer Myll raised his
! voice and beloved as follows:
Willie Love. Where's Willie Love %
Willie Love hustled into the set and
| stood at attention.
''I want said Producer Myll. "a fly.
! a live fly. fly that can swim in a glass
Of beer
Willie Love was nonpIussed and num-
bled, Il don't getcha. Whadayamean, a
| fly that can SWIM
1T is possible that you can't under
stand English" said Producer Myll.
gently. so many things are possible in
this vale of tears that l will not be dis
| cOuraged. I will try again. ! want a
| fly that can swim A 'mouche.' You
know" continued Producer Mill, who is
fond OF using his French on defenseless
people. Now you run along and be an
'attrapeur de mouches.'
II you had asked Willie Love to bring
you the Koohinor diamond or the mum
my of Rameses II. you could sit back
and rest your mind. There are places
where one can obtain diamonds and
mummies-but a house fly, a ''mouches."
on cold, dark afternoon in December.
Zounds. Is there no limit to the fancy
OF producers?
Willie Love went into the actors dres-
sing-room and came out again. looking
discouraged. Then he went systemat-
ically through every office in the build
ing. Nothing found he but corrses. No
where could he find single ''mouche'
capable OF standing upon his several
legs to say nothing Of swimming through
the creamy waves OF Schlitz' best
Willie grew desperate. He telephoned
home for help. Then he went to a del
icatessen store close by, but that proved
too disgustingly clean for any hope
whatever. The adjoining butcher shook
his head and said he didn't keep them.
And then a flash of inspiration common
TO property men swept a happy smile to
willie's face. He knew where he could
bet a bee. and after all, why wouldn't a
bee do? Bees were interesting beasts
and had stronger legs than flies. and so
could doubtless negotiate that swim bet
ter anyhow An hour later Willie re-
turned to the studio with a fine, healthy
looking specimen and gave it to his pro-
ducer.
After Producer Myll had made divers
and sundry remarks concerning the exact
duties of property men. and had ex-
ing appertaining to the widespread jack
assedness and general assininity of prop
erty men. the bee was softly deposited
in the glass OF beer.
Here the scenario read: Watson
skips gayly into bar, grabs glass of beer,
and when about to drink. sees fly. ETC."
The camera started. Watson skipped
gayly in. grabbed the glass of beer. look
ed in and made horrible face.
No one will ever know what passed
through that bees mind. Possibly the
beer had gone to its head or maybe that
horrible face frightened it. In any event.
II lit full and fair just above the false
portion of Watson's nose. A Wild shrek
rang out. Players rushed from other
sets. The startled camera man stopped
grinding and gazed in petrifed silence
until, with a gentle buzzing sound sug-
gestive of an approaching torpedo. the
merry little stranger sailed gracefully |
toward the onlookers.
When peace was restored. Producer
Myll said to his camera man. You got |
that, of course" and the camera man |
replied:
Got hell, Dye think I'm an alligator
and IL you're going to make that scene |
over. you can call that trapper de |
to handle the crank.