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TUB SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 12. 1922
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CURTAIN AT EIGHT FIFTEEN
(Copyright: 192S: by the Chicago Tribune.)
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Bloodrtein. the Venu of the candy counter at the rear of the
auditorium, looking her winsomest
First row in the gallery, showing three gallery gods of the present day.
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Lady of the ensemble, tripping merrily along the alley that leads to tni
stage door. Time seven thirty.
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"Have two tickets been left for Mr. Myers?"
"Won't you please look afrain and see if there aren't three seats for
tonight left in Mrs. A. B. Birdsall'a name?"
"What have you got way down front ca the aisle?" Etc, etc
Fifteen minutes past eight is the zero hoar at the box office, where, for
the time being, the line forms at the right, at the left and in the middle.
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Jt$ empty chairs of the late
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The ai!e seat lady
who did so hope no one
would sit behind her, so
she could keep her hat
on has fixed up the
nicest little nest to ward
off draughts, with her
coat festooned over the
back of the seat Each
time she rises to let
someone pass the whole
thing slips down and
has to be rearranged.
And there are the bag
and opera glasses that
have to be . salvaged
from the floor.
The standee, resting first on one foot,
then on the other, and then on both
No use it's just as tiring cither way.
Irate lady usher having words with the half-seas-over gentleman, who
is going to finish his cigar in the peace and quiet of an orchestra chair
or know the reason why. Thanks to the I. L. U, he is knowing it
Lady with bobbed hair combing out
the tangled locks before the curtain
goes up. Repeats operation at the end
of each act
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