The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

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Saturday night in January that The
i Mystery nrst came INTO the NE
Of THE Show Girl company. lie
occupied seat IN the front row on the
centre aisle, and before the opening
chorus was half over his presence was
noted by every man and woman on the
stage ana nearly every EirI III 'ne ','o-
rus had meh'aiIy cIalrhed MN I"r H''
own
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bis vbita waistr,,t v,s drawn rightly
about his sIi,, waist ana the broad tie
hat Matted shirt and high collar COM
rIcted a sartorial triumph that "The
show Girl" company had not encoun-
tered since it had left New York in the
early fall
That he would not be found at the
stage door after the performance did
NOT occur TO the members of the chorus
as even a remote possibility. As a
matter Of fact the young man was not
coon again until the curtain rose on the
first act the following Monday night
when the company opened az Chatta-
nooCa Then he was found seated in
his favorite place, once more clad in the
same faultless attire and smiling ge-
nally and without discrimination at
any one on the stage who smiled az
him.
on Tuesday he followed the company
10 Nashville and remained with it there
for two days. when 1t opened Thurs
day night at Memphis The Mystery.
as he was now known To the entire
company. was again discovered in the
from, row.
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comedian was possininr with n proup
NJ tho girls
",t, o,oss" no said "Is Diana Hon
lov rotice that at tho last curtain
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organization was the case of its chang
ing his nickname from The Mystery TO
the all embracing one OF our johnnie.
on Friday The Show Cir" moved
on to Greenville. and no one was at all
surprised 10 find our Johnnie In his
accustomed place. He had become as
much a fixture across the footlghts as
the musical director himself, and his
absence would have been regarded by
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