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an: Pilllililifilt.
. "Mm comer mu innit
Dalton! Fu- M w ll! '1'!!!
clinical counselled 1m
Buckingham Lockwood“ building a
cottage at the corner of East and Evert-
iy avenue. '
Hope Hose and Phoenix Engine com-
1 panier' baseball teams are playing ball
‘ at Norwallt Park. this afternoon.
Services were held at St. Paul’s
Kabul-ch. this morning at 10 oclock. it
being a saint‘s day.
Application has been 111 ado for the ad—
mission to probate of the will of the late
Ell Bennett, who died over ten years
ago.
Rev. Eugene Sullivan, of St. Mary’s
' ”church has been sent to Wallingford to
succeed Father Barry. who comes to
Norwalk.
. “Gil” Stevens, of New Canaan, has
purchased a pacer, 'which he claims has
arecot'd, and he proposes to make all
‘ the boys take aback seat.
St. Augutine Council. Knights of
Columbus, of Stamford, has decided to
1 give a picnic under the auspices of the
Council at Woodsido l’ark, Labor Day,
_ Monday, Sept. 7
A cross in the electric light wires
. charged the guard wire over the Nor-
walk Street Railway company’s system
in Wall street, last night, and there
were several pretty clecrical displays.
C. Ford Seeley, of Stamford, former-
ly of Norwalk, will attempt to establish
a world's record for tho quarter and half
mile, on the bicycle, riding on the rear
wheel, having the front one raised oil’
the ground.
The New York Press of yesterday
said that on Wednesday: afternoon a
Hatters‘ National McKinley and Ho-
bart club was formed. It is the inten-
tion to establish headquarters in Broad
way, near Washington place, and to
take an active interest in 'the coming
campaign.
Sherifl' Hawley was in Bridgeport for
9 while, yesterday, and though not feel-
ing first-class, said to a Farmer man
that he felt somewhat improved, and
was taking an entire respite from busi-
ness. Tomorrow he will leave the state
for a vacation until the courts open in
September. .
During the severe thunder shower of
Wednesday night the Glenn cottage
on Catoonah street, Ridgefleld, was
struck by lightning, damaging the roof
and walls slightly. Mrs. Carpenter
occupies the house. Her invalid daught-
erbarely escaped the bolt as it passed
above her bed.
The contract for the new power house
at Stamford for the Consolidated rail-
road lias been awarded to O'Brien &
Schindler, of Bridgeport. Vanstoae dz
Vanstone of the same city will do the
carpenter work. The building will ho
70:80 feet , two and one~half stories high.
of brick, and there will be a circular
brick chimney till feet high.
As fast as possible the military trots-
ers of members of the (l. N. G. are being
changed to conform with thine of raga.
lat army man. The llit'll wide stripe
has been taken oil‘ private‘s trousers
entin-ly. The corpornls in-reaftcr wil'
only have 11 half inch stripe, while the
sergeants will rot 1111 .1 full inch stri e'
The 111mm 1.111s \1 111 be 1li.~1ti111,.uisl1ed by
two stripes one half inch Wlfli‘ with a
small space lmtwcon, while white stripes
will be worn across tlu1 front of the
coat.
. dilfiavomietl
More it is male from the choicest
roots and habr—vthst'r why, too. its
body and life on so much ahead of
other. so called, root burr. ‘
It excels any other temperance drinks
and is tar more healthful than any alco-
holic drink. W .
1 A bottle of extract will unit! 5 gallon.
(1 delicious ,
on.
lc'a'mrw' w .7
“Gm
mu faithir constancy.
wintcrdcylssndrd. /
, A amund lights are blended.
'f'he thousand thoughts of lore.
Bright thoughts of ion.
The western skin are golden
As some arr-t Wheaten sheaf.
Bat brighter far ibutolden
Hw'cct tale of lovc's belief.
The sunsets die and vanish
,1 With each dcpartlng day.1
~But yearn sort c not to Milli
The love that tins sliver.
.And this is my song.
~Flavcl Scott lilacs in Oodey’s lady Book.
. A FAIR SUBSTITUTE.
’The fact that the speaking tube leading
from the prnrnptcr's desk to the «induct»
or’s chair in the Folly theater at ----sbire.
England, had. refused to fulfill its duties
led to two discoveries, one in support of a
physical law, the other semisclcntillc. The
physical discovery, so to speak, was that
11 small mouse can effectually prevent the
passage of a large human voice. How the
rodent came to make the speaking tube a
hiding place matters not. it. bad forced
its way some 10 feet into the tube, and, as
Lord Dundrmry would say, “The conver-
sation emit-d. " The second discovery was
an accidental resultant of the useless con-
dition of the speaking tube.
Forbes Henley, the stage manager of the
Folly; Corbett Kenyon, the musical direct‘
or, and K alley, the gunman and electri-
cian, were laughing ovcr the mishap to
the tube, and llenley remarked:
“l don’t see, Kenyon, how you caught
the signals if you didn’t use the tube."
“That's the oddest thing of all," said
Kenyon, taking hold of the electric light
which hung over the conductor'a music
rack. “This lamp did it. When i didn’t
get the signal for tho overture, l happened
to lean over by this light, and i heard a
small edition of your voice say, ‘What the
deuce is the matter with the band? Why ,
don't they hcgin?’ i didn't wait to ask
questions of myself, ..ud as i couldn't ask
any of any one rise through the tube 1 be-
gun the music. Well, i found out that by
listening at the electric light I could hear
pvcrything said on the stage at the prompt
entrance. .I can't account for it, l1ntit'11
90.”
“Ah," said Mr. Kelley, breaking into
the conversation, “l updi-rstnml it all.
The electric Wire's leading from my electric
and gas table to your light form an acci—
dental telephone. It often happens. Why,
l’vc seen an ordinary gas pipe which would
let you hear convcrsat ions held tn‘oorthrce
floors nwny~son1ething like those will»
poring guilt-rim l'vc read about.”
"We-ll, Kelley, i don't think we'll trust
to the accidental telephone, You‘ll patch
up the tube before night, won't you?" said
,llenlcy,
“Allrigl'1t,nir."
“ ind ace that theopcning to the tube is
kcpt shut hereafter, pimw."
”All right, sir," again rrplied Kellcy.
This conversation had been held after
one of the rehearsals of flu: ncvv opera
which the Folly management was about
to produce. The members of the company
had departed some time ago, and the stage
had been “cleared." L'p stage, however,
during the progress of these discoveries
and the talk relating thereto, a young no
man had been modmltiy waiting. Kenyon
was the first to notice her and mnarked
in an undertone to Mr. limlcy:
“Forbes, i think tbcrc's mun: oncwishau
to spcalt to you."
Henley turned and spoke up quickly
after recognizing the young lady:
“Did you wish to m: 11w. Miss .‘iar-
rioti?"
"if you please. sir," rcpliul the young
lady, coming down stage hmitntinuiy.
“Have you been waiting war since rc-
heursall Why didn't. you speak before?
l'm sorry to have kept you waiting, my
dear," using the meaningless term of ad-
dress in universal use upon the stage.
”i didn't like1 to intermpt you,"sbe an«‘
severed.
“What can i do for you?" asked Henley,
looking quite earnestly at her. And he
could haw: loolml upon few prettier. more
indyllkc or more modest nppcaringdnm-
M91! in the entire dramatic profession.
With evident mnlmnnseninit Miler Marv
riott nnnWrrwi her murmur-r; "i'oulil you
and Mr. Kenyon do men great favor-n
favor to my mother as well as myself?
Mother, as perhaps you know, air, u
once Well known as n alum". She's an in-
mild now, and all the pleasure left her in
mi» world is rum-tr. 1' re told lurnbont
tin1 new opera. and who wish” she could
«u- the score for only our.1 tiny. Then, too,
although For only in the chorus. i like to
‘rnn through' all tine operas we sing.
Mother holpfl inc. and i mulchnw feel i
can understand myown work bettcrvrhcn
i know the Wilfllt‘ (mom '1
“ lio you mean to say you study the
whole of the oprrns we sing?” askni Kill-
you. here Joining the r'ofivmalion
"You. sir. ” rcpllni Miss .‘fariott. turn
ing to Kenyon. “l' ".1 studicd all we' '9
pillyt‘fl no for."
Then- was no ort silence before limlry
spoke. saying: l in nine I don t know
what. to rrpl y to your mpmt. it sogaitut
iln1 ruin. nnd"-»~~'
“tih,lu1thcr the rnln’” inicrrnpml
Kenyon. “The opera rtllllflt, i111: t it? lly
.lovr. such intrmt in her work by om of
the chum-o rims“ some rmounilllrn. I44
Miss Marriott have the calm m1. I'll
trust her. "
"lit-ii, " slid Henley, with a brightened
fuce,“i‘ m gird tmlmm it you 'rsvvilliou.”
lic wrnt away, and soon Morning handed
the young lady a thick tuimrw of murm-
scrim.“'l'l1rrr1, my oimr. that stirs piano
1.1.1. 111111, inn' ll im (11??le of it. i rely on
your not letting any turn but your rootlwr
and yourself no it. You can keep it till
nib-r Hominy. lie slmn t Mil it. " ,
"Oh thank ymrso much! iii krm it
sacrrdly l‘ll promin- no one rhnli lwnr
or awe a potent it but moilm'nnal myself "
Ami with an uncommon lord: of tlun-lt
fnlnrm-unml milling morcwdivldrd
enratblrri to Krnyon, twotliinis to lico-
la-y. sh! bastrrmi sway. iirniry and Ken-
you mm follovml.
(if all the provincial theaters in final
Britain the loll y of Mmmm- has pnbspa
the most mwcmfnl All tin.- lmulon pro
ductlnnn hml found a quick rvpmiuctlon
burr, and unvarying prosprrity had attencl'
11d every venturi- Tbs mmipany had he.-
uomr mum, colonies-I1, sod tress 111111.
ed. diligent and admirably cmrslructcd
corps. Continued mares- haul madclbc
mans-armor bold, and now a distinctly
daring attrm was on the brawls—unit”
ly. an rpm new and original 0W.
“l'br Wayside lots on: in "beam! for
early production Fur-thaw. the au-
tho? of the bank of tha- nprra on Forbes
linky; the album of tho mm
wmu itrnym. mm mm can not
steal dinner of the Kelly respectively
[W imgwm. but“
score of
kid ’1 . '
amino: mailman company-juiced
chorus. baud—all 8M Q! if thcf
rash mm. a personal lower 1 the
welfare of the‘ new work. Alb—wit the
inevitable one exception. That exception
1.1111: the prints doses of the Folly compa-
ny, Rose Biauviiic. Now, it must liooon-
fessed that Miss lilanvilie was a good sing-
111. a clever actress and. mormver. a great
lavorlte with th! patrons of the li‘olly.
lint-ob. how those three letters do inter?
(era with the even currentof life's affairs!
«she was not a true artist at heart. She
was tricky. as flighty as a woodcock,
as unreliable as 11 tailor’s promises, and
of late the had tried to show her independ-
lace by aligbtiug her work, by breaking
i' no established rules of the theater in a
y ways. In all England there
as no ircr or more {not stage manager
Lilli Henley, but he 1! d expect the rules
to beehcycd. 'Only tho“fakirs” or “shlrk-
rrs" ever found fault with his discipline.
1111111111... «in of Milli! Blnuville it was
grin and bar” but impertlncnccs, her
-11uall misdemeanors, far Rose knew there
11.1 as not a leading soprano disengaged in
all (lmtBritain. Kenyon knew his, lit-n-
it y knew it; so they looped she would grow,
ircttcr natured, and 'from pr'ldc's sake, if
nothing more, do her best‘ln the new opera.
The rehearsal of today iron the second
full one—that is, of the entire opera lind
by all engaged in it. Exceptlng one or trim
quail kicks of Mimi Blanvllle, cv crything
had passed at! most promisiugly, and the
hopes of the author and composer were on
a high key amt at concert pitch.
Several days paused, and rehearsals con-
tinued. improvement was shown at each
successive trial, and even the prism donna
behaved quite decently. Changes natural-
i y suggested thunuwiw-s to the author and
gmrpou-r, and a short scene with a few
mlo lines was introduced into nttt. of
“The Wayside inn. ” it seemed to strike
both Kenyon and llenley at once and nlikc
that Constance Marriott would dothis lit-
ilo“l1itpnrt" nicely. Therefore that young
lady was made happy and proud by being
chosen to play this small part and also by
the knowledge that her name would no
longer be submerged and hidden in the
lint-widiingcrs, pctmants, etc., by the la-
dies and gentlemen of the chorus. No, alo
though ‘lt would be the last on the list
1her11itwould read: “Stelhua dairy maid) ‘
----- Miss Constance Marriott. ”
It. was quite pleasant, too, to find that
tbc'choiw had been a good onc, for Miss
Marriott snug and acted the littl-1 sccne
charmingly. True, both Henley and Ken-
yon gave her an unusual amount of time
and attention in the early rehearsals, but
soon, however, she needed no further i11—
structions. '
'll1n11 it went on till the Friday night
licfore the Monday night on which “The
Wayside fun" was to be first produced.
The local papers bud bc. 11 full of glorious
"advance notices" of the cwnt, and awry
scat salable had been secured fortln- open»
in“ night. indeed the London journals
had taken up the story. and the musical
critics of The Times, The Standard, The
'l'eirgrnpli and n half dozen more of the
lending dailies in tin- 1111-tropolis and else-
where but! rcqucstul “111-ate to be set aside"
for tin-1n for the first night.
Henley was happy. Kenyon was confl-
dcnt. As the forms-11 said, “Everything is
coming our way.” Had be foreseen l-‘rida‘y
trigllt'u happenings and their consequences
he might barenddnl, “And thedcvil came
also."
There is a very strict rule regarding
smoking in the dressing rooms of a then-
tcr. .\ctora~.ayes, 11nd actrrsscs, so for as
cigarettui git-often break the rule, but if
caught it means a more fine, unit-.1114 fnr
mule allot-in! reason there is a winking at
the otfensc. Now, llcnlcy could forgh'e
anything almost but the ladies smoking
1ignrettco in their tire-sing rooms. 'l‘oo
lane and flimsy studs hang around
«mm otcatteml about on the 1' hairs not to
make it very dnngcrom if a lighted ciga-
rctto should he dropped carelessly about.
it might result in 11 dire and (irmul panic,
1 coniiaurntiun. the loss of many lives.
(in tbctbinl floor of that part of the the-
11.111111 devoted to the dressing rooms ina
harm.- room where some half dozen of the
rhornu indies “1111111 “out to niiin- them-
r‘rivrs for the stag-1 ln-nvm-n tin1 not-1 (‘on-
Mann.- hlnnirnti sat alunv-on this Friday
night. There was no change of dress for
tile iwginning of the next act of the opt-rd
being played, and the fair chorus girl had
«night seclusion from iln-ci1ult1-rof i11~r
companions in iim ill’l‘hhlll“ room. l’rr-
imp-t who was"l1l1n1." At any mic, she
«cu-11ml to imthinkinuclc-eplyof millething
«r billlii'liflil”, and with chm-1i «you she
lcanul Ili'f [irony bend ngalnntiho “all,
hrr chair carelessly tipped back. She was
uroumi from Mr run-r311 l1_\'tln~m1n1nlof
min-11. but. near by no. they sci-111ml, nlv
though set-cry word could in diet inctly
:.m«1.1o be far It“ 11y. Comparing sinht
rrui round, «he lwnr-l rm mu- 1mm ihmnuh
opera cinema revrm-Ii. Miss Marriott was
mortal, a woman. a111l-—\\'cll, rliu' llru'llt'll.
film-411.111 blushed ni tiwmunclof tliovolm-n,
for rho mognircd the speakers.
"Mb-s lllnnvillc. i'l'ulwkmi you a score
of limo-s not to smoke clgnn-ttm in your
drawing rmm. it's against the I'llloll."
"You don't like it, ch?" Themunulof a
woman‘s voice (11111111 up to iltl' listener.
"So," was tin1 quick reply. 11 littio londu
1r. “but that's not the reason of the ruin
lml' of my 111.1111“! Mocking in tho tlwn-
Hr invalidntmoor insurance. if 1"». r
“i lug-imitative- nilt’lill tlur inuurnm 11!“
was the sarcastic lull m1 ulna
“i brg your pardon. ‘lm insurance."
lim came a plum-
"iiiil you l.cr-o k. lid on to throw that
. lam-1m1 runny?"
“Y," when l'w1 smokul all i Wish ionf
it and not before, ” u no line has“ t1r
"'l'iu111. Miss lllnnvilie. i shall line you
9.5."
”You will. will you! And i'll not pay
it." raid the feminine voice.
“i think you will," was the sub-load
but firm rriolndcr in male tom-n.
“And I know blamml troll i‘il not."nn1
curred lin- woman.
Just no the mmvcnnilon 11min] at this
point imotlwrof the chorus girl-ironic into
tim aiming room “1th (‘onsinuro him.
riolt bml burn listening.
"Uh. Millie." Mimi f'onelnnm at the
sight of her cmnpnnlmi. "whom you go
dzmn stair- rrill you tell Mr, Henley l‘m
iii? halt him to PXIZIiM‘ ms the lie-start.
will you? There's a dear! ldoo‘t want
to I19 fillnl. "
”ii‘by. ('onnic. are you sick!"
”'1' Hi, dear, i am truly—any head aches
fchrfully.
"ill mml ll tell bin, 1 ll come bark
in a minute if lrnn help you nny’. said
.ililllo. running out and than morning to
any: “Connie, dear. in the poi-hot «.1 my
sack—tho- my on!— tbrrr' s a bit of about
11y in a limit Tnkendmpnt 11 titlni’ 1111
do you ml.”
ii moisture didn t wait for the drink or
for Mllllc‘ a mum. For only a moment
siren-1rd berm a stunt the "Hand
listened. billions lilanville utter
Intuit lit-lit. ndrridcatly talking to her
rustling min haul the mum on»:
rum system rm In.
w an: rpm fili and
it“ Winfllllym ll! Mn. WWII ill!
bloomina ova-do he then!"
“You can’tdo al.1111311, can your"
inked the maid .
"I can't, can't it You suit I can't! My
old man' s we to givcnp
hm He'll take 1116 America he says.
11.1111 buy me a doctor's «macho. 1111
play ‘Walker’ with Mn, Henley, the duf-
icri lt' ll be ‘Tommy Dodd' with his old
tpcrn ”
i'll‘b‘i: was enough '05 Constance. BPoor
it s ewe-inn nan lithe ianl‘
ville s talk 1111311th 11:51,; boast. What
was (‘onstance to dot libs couldn’t. be a
telltale and warn Henley. it would look,
too, like carrying favor, and how could the
tell him the source of berinformaticnf Of
course she knew as well as if she had
shared in the scene all that had taken
place in the star dressing room on the first
tl‘oor, knew who the speakers were as well
as if she had seen the lips moving.
She hastened from the theater. Saturday
morning a kind note from llcnley advis-
ing her, if she were a bit lll, not to come
to the theater,'clthcr to the matinee or
evening performance. “I want you to be
bright and strong for the last rehearsal
Monday,” ran the note. it made the tears
start to Constance's bright eyes when she
read the words the “last rehearsal.”
Now, when a stage manager writes ti note
inf this sort to chorus girl it means a
good deal. You‘lnny not know stage eti—
quette, and as the boys say, "Hi give you
that for a tippcr.” But you and I do know
that (Substance was not ill at all. Never
thelm she remained at homd Saturday
and did not go out on that or the follow
ing day. lioth llcnfcy and K1111) on called
at the door of her lodging botWeen muti-
use, and night. performances, but she sim-
ply sent a message in reply to their one
rics, saying that she was much better and
would certainly be all right Monday morn-
ing.
The eventful day arrived. I12 vcntfuldays
are 111v. aye acting that nay- in fact, all
days are eventful to some 01111 or another,
and they continue to turn up as regularly
as tax bills. .
Contrary to the usual plan, there hdd
been no Sunday rehearsal. Every one was
“(lead letter perfect,” and the interested
parties had decided that a good day‘s rest.
before the final rehearsal was worthmoro
than one more going over the opem.
T1111 11. in. Monday found 111111115111me who
should be present on the stage of the Folly
theater. The customary “20 minutes'
gmcc" was uncalled for. Every one felt.
so deep an inn-rest in the 111-w produutiou
and bad so much pride in doing the best
for their fellow manager's and director's
opera that, as the low conu-dy man said,
“They set up all night to be on time and
would have come on crutches, except that
tho might suggest a lame [wrforrnntm-."
“ ‘lns\i'aysidul1111"wns bound to l1e“n
great go," so everybody said.
The orchestra got a good grasp upon the
note A—thnt is to say, cvrry member of
the bond put his instrument in tune.
The scene for act 1 of “The Wayside
inn" was art, and llcnlcysnid in a low
voice, standing in front of K1111yon‘s desk,
“i think we're all ready, Corbett." Kcn-
yon rapped his men to attention and held
his baton aloft. A lad cann- to lienlcy's
side and touched his arm, And the baton
slowly llEilCl'fllir‘tl. “Well, what is it, \Vil-
linms?’bsharply asked Henley.
“i don’t think Miss llinnvillc is here,
sir,” replied the callboy.
llcnlcy said afterward that so far as
temperature was concerned “the call boy's
words prepared him for arctic exploration
in just. two seconds. lie was outwardly
calm. however, and normed careless in his
remark:
"All right, we’ll hnvcto wait a few min-
ntca then. She‘s got five 111lnut11s more of
grace anyhow," looking at his watch. “1‘
did not need even tin1 tin- minutes, for n
linssengcr boy appeared and handed him
a letter. llo tore the curt-lope open and
read as follows:
Mosh" Mormso.
To Forbes licnley, F.sq., Stage Manager Folly
Thom-1r:
limit 5111 i beg to lili'ill‘ll‘ the heron llh 1lr.'11
('1 rtiilcatc. \1l11i1 will show you lcan't sing in-
iiiglll. Muyla-ie l sllnn'l mnokn no more 1111:11-
rciles. any way in your theater. yours truly.
ltosu llusx 1111:.
Elli-s lilanvillo was a be ~1111r singer than
a 111111 1ll11r.
’I' be inclosuro was as follows:
This is to (scrilfy that, bring professionally
rolled in yesterday (fininlui l by Mm itosw lilanv
\lil11,liiiiill11-r suffering 1a illl 111111111 hronc. hills.
I1 nould probably cause ilu- loan-f llcr \'Ilil‘|‘
lliouhlrhe attempt in sing for mortal works
to come. and in my [ll'nlt‘nhiuilul l'lllMill)’ i
hate forbidden her to use her voice until I
hive her permission on to tin.
FluNi‘IN A. t'1..un1111«.r:. .\I. it.
“it" n ali11'."11nl1l ll. 1111 y bonrwly. llc
pnysmlnnlyn1111111111ntn111i tin-111 turned in
Ibo nmanble-lmmpuny 11,11ci111111n wonmn
and child of n l1i1|1 bad 1111111 «numbing
was “gone wrong," and said in a steady
but wry prw'im‘ manner of spew-l1:
" Ladies and gentlenwn. i i'vgrvt to my
that .l have a doctor's certificate her-111111
bouncing H111 smiolvu lllilml of Miss lllnn»
villc. 'l'lu: rehearsal is tssiponmi formu-
liour, if you please, “bile line management
whlr. Kenyon and lll)""'il—-~t‘UIII-I1R 11s to
what will be done in ilu1 l'lilfl‘ut‘lli‘)’.
l'lcum1 do 11111 the favor not itlhllt'llk of the
matter about town yctuu bile. Everything
may come out all right. i rely upon your
C! 1-opvratlon. ' ‘
There was a murmur 11 hh 11 11111111111! 11
ltroundswcli of pity and unilllliiwrrtllnn for
1iwir stage manager. and the turn um-
ugly in their remarks about that “so and
so " lilunsillwnlnlthe women hold, “\llmt
a ni111nu11"ctc.,for no on» lwlh-u-d a par
ill in in Minn Illiiiil'lllu'u Him-M. The, pro-
plo were slowly iil'plli’i‘llm wi111nifo1mluncc
Marriott 111111111 down 141111111 and slmnl 111-run-
ilcnlt-y. Hhvanid in n 1.111’111 . mniiiicnt 11 try;
“.lir.!il11ni1-y, iwlsh you would call the
'[wnple ivni‘k. "
"Miss Marriott, this is no limo for plans
unity. i hardly ”period it of you," 111
Joined the stage manager. with an combo
«is on the “you."
“Pardon me. Mr. Henley! if you will
only try 1111-, i know i can sing awry not»
of Miss liiunvillc's purl. i think iron act
it, with 11 little help for l‘ve wnlclnwl lln1
liil‘illun 111nm fully‘
"\inii 11 minute!" cried iirnlcy. his fare
nl-larc with hope. llc cullvd m the top of
his voice: “ Please don‘t no. ladies and
grail-111111111! llcmniflelwru you an» just a
momentf" lverybody took a position 1111
if for a tableau, and all lookrol at (‘11...
slam-e Marriott and Forbes llculcy. " Now
goon," said he to the qnondnm chorus
girl.
"Only this." continued Miss Marriott.
‘l fared Miss liianviliewouldtiishpimint
y: n. mnlwit! 1 my moth-1'11 11 lic'lpl VFll'ilm
«l the music of the part sin- was to play
l 011 can try rue. it. trill dorm harm. and
if I 11111.1.ch you need not pmtprmcthe open»
ing.‘
Before limivy mold reply Kenyon, who
tvns never heard before or nitcr to utter a
Warm word. stationed out in the stage
'31me..1" hunt or were she's
“and bran-t think can in h.
to
thorium
MM! - 1
laid: liWc’ll begin the rehearsal,
picnic. Attention, every one! l’laceal
Act 1. . Oh you go, 0(1th 1!?
The overture went with a an 1111a dash
and needed not a word of correction. The
opening yhorus, too, seemed to be sung
better than ever before, and everything
went nimmingiy till the entrance of
brace Danish—the role of the prima den-
na. Then Constance entered, came down
it ago for her opening number, a beautiful,
quiet, rather pathetic song. Kenyon stood
up at his desk and whispered to her:
Take your own time! fling confidentlyl
1 rant to mai 1’“ help you anti”
She didn't need a bit of hfilp~not a bit.
'l'rne,at first her voice trembled just adri-
fle, but llenley whispered, “Don’t be
afraid—you're all right." And her‘tones
came out clear as a bell. That girl had
been taught the right Way to produce a
note. in heaven’s name, what had such a
voice been doing in a chorus?
Kenyon smiled, sat down, and albeit
watching Constance clonely showed be bad
no fear or hesitation.
’l‘he solo e1nlcd,tho rehearsal stopped.
It was no use. It could not goon. The
entire company burst into a shoot of up»
please, and as for llénley and Kenyon the
lattter had jumped upon the stage right
hver‘tho footlights and held ('onstnnce’s
hands in his, shaking them ip and down
’4 if they were rattles ail ho a big
11l1).llenley«w1ll llenley kissed her,
1.11 did, and thcn.ltx1king like a fool, said,
“i tine myself £20, but it’ 111 wbrth it. " it
v. as quite aw bile 112.111” the assemblage got
back to its united senses.
\\ by , Miss Marriott's voice was infinite—
ly purer and better than the llilSi'lIl lilnn-
villc's. She felt the music and made you
feel it too. Hing? Sin-.1 sang the1 proverbial
lurk out of his whole gamut. Finally the
rehearsal was resumed, and allowing for a
little ornrieucss bore and there,
11wku1ur1]1111ss-utni oven the crude-11112:.» dis.
appeared as Miss Marriott gain-1d conti-
dence—tire role was acted with “11111111111-
ble finish. “Save your voice, dear," said
Henley. ”You’re all fight," smiling on
his pretty savior from disaster.
“ inst 1111111 through the principal 1111111-
lore once more to get the nction,‘ said
Kenyon, and by this means parts of tin-
pcrn 111-n1 gone me:- twice or thrice long
lit-fore 3 o'clock,
When night came, to the crowded house
llcnlcy made a splendid speech of |1xpliiillr
lion regarding the change of cast in the
principal role The audience was a trifle-
mid and hesitating until after(‘ onstnncr s.
first solo, and tlnn, as Kenyon s11 .1id \1 in 11
lac held his stick on high for tho tumultu-
111111 encore which fulinil'rll, “She's got
'cm" ' Ami in fact sin- did ”hate them."
The performance- was 11 oomph-[e irir
11111pl1,l1nt ni1etin-r"'l'ln~. Wayside inn"
4..“ the new prinm donnn had 11.11.11 the gr11;1t~
or success it was ditlicnlt tosny.
in tin it several journals. and in one night
(‘onstnnci- Marriott sprang from a simple
churns girl to the. formiost rank among
comic ope-r11 singers. llcnlcy whispered to
Kcnynli as they stood at the stage door
after the performance.
“All right, old boy. lenvy you. Wish
you luck," said Kt‘ll}'illl,filiil he Marti-don
ahead of his partner in success.
lirule-y walked home with Constance
Marriott. lie must bog her pardon for
giving her that kiss. He did so quite clo.
qnmtly, and she gave it back to him when
they got inside the door of her dwelling.
\\ lint 11 Welcome came from the sweet in
valid mother!
Well,111li,well,wl1nt 11 happy boutt it
was uhib-(‘onstnncc told hon, after the
tin-t rehearsal We have spoken of. Fit? hall
overboard the description of the accidental
tolephontMrotn the prompt side to the lead-
1-r's limit; how she, too, had tliscowrul the
51111111 sort of .11 llflt'lll connnunicntion lead-
ing from iln- Mar dressing room to the
chorus room; how she had listened that
Friday night. how hlli.‘ hml deliberately
bribed the librarian of il’D tln'ntcriolct
i111r|1ave the score, telling him that bill?
had lm-n made “nmlcrstndy” and need:
to look over the prima donnn's part; bovv
1-111: and her mother had worked at the role
all Saturday and >11nd11y,nnd-» —-~
\ on know or can imagine the rest.
Forbes kissed lnrnunin—thistime right
L11 1for1- i111 1rou n Inollirr, who laughed a very
i no“ lag laugh. 'i‘ hen Forbes actually
kissed the motln 1.11 1
“The Ways-lilo Inn“ ran to crowded
lztlllscu for over five months and was then
raid-n utl. Mia's Marriott was unable to
appear for two weeks, and the public
would have no one rise in her role. She
took this fortnight's vacation ill-cause Mr.
and Mrs. Forbes licnlcy wenton their \vmi-
ding tour.~..\’ntbl‘l1iid11 in Short Stories.
Army and harry tune-«1111' llutlltl.
An army olllw r s onltit is expcnsivc.
The tinny onli‘rt chain at the wry ltiiir'rll.
his”. \’11ry f11woili11~1 r-1 nould be snilsflul
with n 61111011111111.
1l11il1.p-1orly lininln-ni ltln‘,‘r111,1ulatiun‘
and the mmnnnnli11goilicrr would have
to pan it.
1111-1111 in one of flu-twill" tent on otlicinl
ri'fF‘lllllfl. From tlsotlw out of tin1 outfit
fungi-s uptntfiihn, .‘lm-i 11f iiwtilllcntlm- in
in the HM of ill" Ilmlt1l'illllif lint uniform.
.\ naval tnillt'vr‘n nnlilt «111-L11 evu-n 1111111111.
A: the navy department they may that in '
mun-l numbers a “unmi' outfit nill cost
iii. .11 'lh1r11 are l iillolllumin tl11111111y
in the active list. if the navy depart
1111-11! look a notion to alter the character
of the uniform flllll mnlpmcntof itsofll»
cars so radically that tho- prvseut outfit
wuulai lu- mwimus, ii “mild cost rostrum
to 111nlw the change. All of this would
mnn- out of the pockets of the oflicct'n
iiwiunt-li‘l'n. it is very well to make oili
corn pay for their 11111111 ontilts, but they .
control so «tin-justice of paving for change-1
11 M11 l1 1l11 pend H11 H111 nhims of a superior
uliiu- -r and \1l1l1l1ln-nvtlt no one but L' nclc
Hum. ~ \‘nsbingion Star.
The Gallery (ind u re l‘ritic.
The gallery god in tln- imt critic of moi-t
odrnmn. 'l'ln1 11s~1111llnl feature of “turd
lilt'imil‘lllllll is thrill; and In- niwnys thrill-1
at the proper time and is not afraid to
manifest the snow. The thrill may or
mid down Mair». but 11oilit‘l1myllw utmos-
[tiit'l‘li uhmu tiwn- is not so highly charged
with enthusiasts. or vino- the high priml
patrons are More» to showing their feel-
ings. so they thrill in silence if at all and
map under the pretense of wiplng'tiwlr
cyeuinm Not mild-gallery god. fir.- is
out-when in his praise or condemnation.
lic- ltnovrs a good [mint when lieu-call.
and he in not. afraid to say so. Mon-over,
if the tin-lodrnnm does not come up in his
standard, which in prrtly high, be born-
you again. -.\i‘nsl1l11utnn Post.
,._ a
In u Janene Theater.
A Jupanmandirnce, when they with)
“pm disapproval of a bad play, do not
hiss or boot or make any hideous and in-
micnt mini-.111 merely rise to
their feet and turn their ochtotbew,
upon which the curtain immediately do
may and [hilly iofortb forthwith law.
‘A.
*fl‘
but no .1
'l‘hc l.on- 1
' don critics telegraphed over :1 column each
it is made of tin-op.
lint n11 ililli‘l'f’ would incl very «
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