The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07

in hasty excursions i0r more pins, Miss
Rennsdalc and governess, however,
again paying coin Of the republic and
receiving Difference and the best seuts
accordingly. And when a third per
Torrance found all Of the same invet-
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 a 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
languages-Verman was 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 I
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 new
star. but for time. there was no |
caprice of his too eccentri c to be for
given. During Penrods 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 learn! |
And tagain alas this spoiled darling Of |
public favor, like many another, was |
fated to know in good time the tickle |
ness Of that favor L:
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 Schofeld & Williams military
band, when the music was quite drown
ed in the agitated clamors Of Miss
Rennsdale. who was endea voring to
ascend the stairs in spite. Of the phys
ical discussion Of her governess.
IT won't so home to lunch!' scream
ed Miss Renns1.:e, der. vo;ce ;acc0mPa- I
MED by a sound of ripping. II will
hear the tatooed wild boy talk some
more! It's lovely-1 will hear him talk
will! l Will! I want to listen: to-
Verman-I want to- want to- Il
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 unendura BILE aft
er this, but. like many. many other man
ayers. Schofeld &. Williams restrained
their ,choler and even laughed fulsom4 |
ly when their principal attraction Ell
sayed the role OF comedian in private
and capered and squawked in sheet.
fatuous vanity. ! |
The first performance Of the .aftef- !
noon rivaled the successes Of the morn.
ing, and. although Miss Rennsdale was
detained at home, thus drying up the
single source of cash income deveI-
oped: before lunch Maurice Levy ab- 7
,peared, escorting Marjorie. Jones. ard
paid coin for two admissions. droppily
the money into Sans hand with la |
careless-nay. a ntemptuous-gestue. |
At sight Of Marjorie, Penrod Schofidd |
flushed under his new mustache de-
painted since noon and lectured as he /
had never lecturedz before. A n(w
grace invested his every Eesturel Il
new sonorousncss rang in his voted
simple and manly pomposity, married
his very walk as he passed from curii to T
curio, and when lie fearless sly handed !
the box of rats and hammered upu1 It |
WITHHOLD insouciance he beheld. for
the first time in his life. arpurl Of 3D.
miration eddyiny in :iMarjorie's lolely
eye, certain softening of that I've.
And then ycrman spake-anl PeFod
was forgotten. Marjorie's. eye rd ted
upon him no more. -, =
l. "A heavily equipped chauffeur as4ndr
ed the, stairway. bearing the mes age
that Mrs. Levy awaited her, son land
his lady. .Thereupon. having dev@red
|. the last sound permitted (by the ban
agersl to issue from ,Verman, Mr.. Levy, /
and;Miss Jones departed to real haiti.
nee at a real theater, the hmpid|eyes
of Marjorie looking buck softlyI6ver
her sl,oulder--.h,lt ol ~ NJ the stu feoed
wild hoy. Nearly always it is Ylnnn
who puts the irony into life. Il. ls
I After this. perh;tps because of1tlted
curiosity perhap son count. Of sspins
famine. the attendance began Hlan-
g,lish.. Only four esponded To- {{33nnext;I
cal of the band four i}win.
died ia s1inalll t,les |ni1ent