Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23

| deprive Santa Claus of his whiskers
| this Christmas. Not yet. But why cot
tont Maybe we shall use-soapsuds."
! There are many good reasons known
in stageland why play does not get
applause. And sometimes. for no APP
parently accountable reason. your audi
ence remains cold.
| The Drama League Players. at their
recent presentation of two Shaw plays.
| stacked up" against one of the queer
| est, and at the same time most plausi-
! Bile. reasons for seeming GOODNESS on
the part of the audience.
/ The plays were going off well. but for
some unexplicable reason the response
from the audience was not what every
one felt it should have been.
! The audience laughed. of course. but
actually seemed to be holding its
laughter in check.
! Queer" remarked one of the play
ers to another.
Don't understand it at ALL" said the
other. They act like they are afraid
to laugh"
I'm going out to investigate said
! the first player, and out he went.
| Soon he came running back.
Well. did you find out what is tho
natter" they asked him.
| Il did" he said. grinlly. There is
going to be convention held in this
theater tomorrow"
Well. what has that to do with our
| audience?"
| preparation for the convention, there are
| big signs all over the house, reading,
SILENCE"
| Hunting wild turkeys in ole virginnie Is
| rare sport if you onto the game.
, But it is art.
The intrepid huntsnlan who thinks he
can go after the wild turks" in a blum
derbuss manner is liable to meet the fate
which befell Kirke Miller recently
kirke has quite a reputation as a rabbit
hunter. by the way So when these friends
of his invited him down for a good old
fashioned turkey hunt nobody thought it
necessary to give him lessons in the fine
art of the game
For the wild turkey is n wary bird.
Instead of hunting him, the object OF
the chase is to make the wild turkey hunt
you.
He-more often than she-takes flight
at the slightest sound
Hunters are even careful to keep the sun
from glinting on their rifle barrels
kirke's friends spent the whole day be-
fore his arrival looking for turkey
tracks, and getting the birds spotted, SO
with a royal day of sport. Corn was
strewn around in profusion, not near
town, but six miles cut in the woods.
Twelve-naile walk.
About O'Clock of the great day the
party started out to their blind
1t was about o'clock when the pa
thence of the hunters was rewarded
The keen, experienced ear of Hunter
Miller caught the first 'gobble."
"Whee" he yelled. jumping up.
There's onett'
And "oyer the top he went, pell-meu
after the king bird of the forest.
He carried the trench, too
Crashing through the bushes. and
making more noise than a troop Kirke
descended upon the poor turkeys.
He forgot his friends in the trench
es." he forgot everything except the
turkeys.
When he got to the clearing all the
turkeys had departed except one, a big
hen which seemed not to have heard
him.
Taking aim, he fired, but had forgot
ten that his gun, furnished by his
friends, had safety on it.
So he lost his turkey.
And when / got back to the blind"
Kirke says II found 1 was the most
unpopular man in the world. You see,
scared all the turkeys into the next
state"
CHARLES TRACWYERRn