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In III» sliow bualnraa who
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M « ir appear on 'ha
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They are th* unsung bo
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ri»#* o f Ih* theater of
whom Ilia indlenc# i n or
h**r Util* or nothing at
all. Tliajr auilura moat of
Ilia hardahlpa Inrtdrut to
tha bualnraa. yat I hay ara
n « t r permitted to baak In
lha limelight.
Whu ara thayT They are lha atage
bauds alarliiclaua, the mahla ami
vaiata of lha stars tlrkal takara. box-
ottica rterks arenashifters usher*,
l\
dressera. at age door kre|>era. anil la»t,
Ihnaa Individuata wliuee Job II la lo keep
ha fora lha public lha uatuaa and ferva And yaf. for all fixait, aha la ordinarily ganlcatlon. Few o f them undertake
o f lha playera by whom they are aim •lulls a plaasanl being, and lha two their Jobs aa their Bole means of au|r
ployed, keeping theuualvea lha while maids hay# been will» her for years. port. It la thus no great worry to
more or tree In obarurlty—lha prase
Klage managers loo, are outalda the them when a production shuts down.
agama.
theater picture.
And yet. tike the Among ushers there sre college stu-
Tha thrill of the show bualnraa a f mahla and valets, they live In a world deuta, and young women, married and
farla lha Ufa o f every |»arson run which revolves upon every whim of unmarried. Their hours of work are
lierted with Iba theater. Hue# bitten some (emperamantal alar or producer. short, and (hey hgve plenty o f spare
hy the microbe of lha ataga, Iheaa When the sheets are tallied It will time fur themselves.
Ticket-takers
Individuala are doomed to live In, be seen (hat they also contribute In the daytime have been known lo be
hy, and for lha theater. II la their largely to the gucceas o f the people letter-carriers, storekeepers, students
bread and huiler, and try aa they and productions which they are work and even clerks
may lo tear thriueelvea away from ing for.
Although this Hat o f unsung, un
Ila gripping fascination, they seldom
The avrrgge stage manager has recognised heroes o f the stsge might
make the break.
gone through several years o f p r e - l»e continued Indefinitely Into the out-
Taka, fur example, tha stnga-door lim itar/ training before ha reaches lying branches and offshoot* o f the
man, who représenta perhaps lha the hi* station, a training that may In- 1 theater there Is one more person who
ater's aaddaal story, aaya the New elude In Its schedule gtiythlng from cannot be neglected here, namely, the
York Times.
While ha receives a having been a call boy to g playwright press agent. ,
wags which la noi out of proportion who la trying to earn hla keep between
There are
aorta o f definitions
lo lha service ha renders, he has long the gaps o f hla various produced Concerning a l i y i agent. At a meet-
hours, and sometimes Is forced to w orks
' Ing o f the hoard o f directora he may
work aeveii days a weak. Ilia chief
The atage manager la, o f course, an
fraternally called a publicity dl-
consolation -and an Important one In Importaut cog In-the theatrical ma- ¡rector. I"
Intercourse he may
tha show business-Is that If ha chine, really a minor factor In the j ^ referred to aa n preaa representa-
proves hlmaelf capable, which Is not life o f a production
The stage dl- |
«he inanagera. too. usually
difficult, ha may be assured of steady rector, a more Importunt person, for have their own quaint descriptions of
employment In season and out.
Even the detached observer
haring produced and staged the play, him.
Fortunately. all stags door kee|»era learhea the atage manager exactly roust adtnlt tbit, while hla Inventive
are not married or bava familles U» how tha lines are to be delivered, ness la astounding, hla work la not
support. They tall tha story o f lha and after that the latter must aea to always appreciated, for. like other
human brings the press agent some
door keeper said to tie worth 320 . 1 * 10 . It that no alterations are made.
who worked hla ten hours or more a
Occasionally the stnge manager time* errs and when he does there le
day and never offered tha slightest may be asked by tha show’s owner for a price to pay. If he "pulls a stunt“
hint o f hla somewhat comfortable cir hla opinion concerning the selection that la pure fake, dramatic editors and
cumstances. The average door roan o f an nnderatndy. Rut. all told, ha city editor* learn to classify him prop
la either old or crippled Cimeequent- will ordinarily ha found hack stage erly and It la a long time before he
ly the laak o f holding the fort by tba looking at hla watch, taking note of rau come out of hla hiding place to
stags door where he can read hla; curtain limes, seeing to It that every face them again with another Idea
newspaper and smoko all day long | one la ready for the next cue and for publicity.
On the whole, hla Is perhaps the
without being disturbed too often la everlastingly "shushing” load talking.
aa comfortable an occupation as ha
Romrtlmee It happens that Ihe singe tnoet fascinating function of the long
could hope to (lnd anywhere.
manager has time to play a smnlt list o f persona who attach themselves
Consider, next, the dressing maid. part In the produrtlon. lie may have to the show buslnrae He Interprets
Hhe la taught soon enough to hear been an actor once hlmaelf, and he la to tl.e ontslile world the lure of work
tha brunt o f her mistress’ tempera ■till useful because hr does not suf Ing behind the scenes among painter
ment. While the alar hy whom aha fer from stage fright. There are even and powdered trouper*, beautiful
la employed mny ha (hrtlllngty happy stage inanagera who are rx-prndurera. rhorns girl* and principals of every
today, lha maid haa learned from ex having previously lost In their own rank.
A ancceoaful press «gent I* among
perience to he always on tha lookout theatrical gambles.
for some mishap, which, however
The lot o f the understudy Is more the «ciridls mast Indefatigable and
alight, will niter her employer's feel often on* o f promise than of fulfill- resourceful being«. Ill« itatementa to
ings completely.
nient. Rut the odds are usually worth the paper are. as a rule, couched In
The maid o f almost any theatrical taking, for there la the eternal hope picturesque and sometimes Illuminat
celebrity la to all appearnnrea one o f that some time she will he called upon ing language, and he leave« many an
Ihe happiest and moat punctual per- (o assume her aui»erlnr'a role. One editor gasping and guessing as to
aoua In existence. She la a quiet and such chance nmy decide a whole ca whether or not he Is telling the truth.
efficient worker and lenma quickly reer, ami In tlila fashion many a He Is not neeesanrlty a pillar of verac
enough the necessity of not missing player on Broadway today lies earned ity nor la he likewise at all times a
pillar o f Ihe lesser falsehoods. There
either performances or cues, always her first chance.
preparing In advance for (ha next
The tuiyi In the ho* office prldea are (lowe who helleve that Uie pres«
change o f nppnrel.
hlmaelf upon hla ability to understand agent Is one of (he most Important
Moat maids and dressers are exiwrt human nature, lie Is a shrewd gen fartora In Ihe production o f a play.
with the needle and often Inherit the tleman and ocraatonally may aell an He ran ruin n good one with stupid
discarded hut at 111 serviceable gowna
which their extravagant employers
have abandoned.
There Is n New
York danrer who la far from the
rank* o f stardom but still affluent
enough to employ two maids and a
chauffeur.
When things go wrong
backstage aha may be heard to shoot
and scold (hem with a thoroughness
that halts at no to rn o f expression.
orchestra seat to a person who feel.
ha would prefer to ait upstairs. Ha
knows, for Instance, that there Is a
difference lu the technique of selling
tickets to men and women. He knows
tji* laws, rules and regulations for
both.
Ttcket-takera and ushers may he
combined aa perhaps the moat de
tached employees o f a theatrical nr-
'* crystal-clear tone' In reference to
this Instrument.
Before this violin
la played It moat be 'blown.' so to
Attempts to make violin* from a apeak. Herr Hoollerleln Is about to-
material other than wood have all blow a double has* viol, which will.bo
tailed until recently, when a German presented to tho Provincial museum
glass blower who Is also a village mu at Brealao.“— Literary Digest.
sician In a town In th* Rissen Gebirge,
Peculiar Figurehead
hae succeeded In making on* of glass.
The cumbersome old warship# of
The Inventor's name la Bartel Hoollar-
laln. and Racisms Universum (I-alp several hundred years ago carried the
slg) speaks o f hla Invention aa fol- moet resplendent example* o f prow
carving over known. Perhape the
"On* can really u»e tha expraaslon handaomeet figurehead of which there
Violin of Glass
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Quick rails!from painful
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“ Where? Oh, he'* a celebrated mind
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On Exchange List
“Passing the Buck”
a marker I« sometimes put Into a Jack
pot, anothef Jack pot being In order
when the deaf passes to the player
haring the buck.— Pathfinder Maga
tine.
In a single lamio o f a Now York tab
Inld wo not* In the rlagalfled ads that
This rxpreoalon, whleh means shift
on# ritirati wants to exchange two Ing responsibility, la supposed to have
diving aulta, "good for deep aea work," originated In th* card room. In va
These Better ¿ a y *
for a raccoon coat; another would rious card game* a countar or marker
welcome a radio In return for a po Is placed on tho laid* before one of
It la Irksome, of course when your
liceman's hat and raincoat, and a third tho players to remind him of hla turn host insists on showing you how many
wants to exchange e muscle builder to deal. This marker, which la to pre atatlona h* can get on tho radio, hut
for s ukulele. Of course Ihero'a the vent mistakes aa to th* position of think o f the days when the visitor to
young Indy who wauts lesson« In bal the deal, la csllad th* "buck“ and Is th* family circle was expected to ad
lot dancing In exchang* for office passed from player to player aa th# mire the portraits In th* photograph
turn to deal goes around.. In poker album.— Boatoa Traaacrlpt.
»rork.—Collier's
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W. N. U , l u
Francisco, Now 33-1926.
i living in very dry places which seem
able to do entirely —Ithout d-ink are
snakes and reptiles. In the cold desert
o f shifting sand In Kashgar there are
no reptiles, and not even a fly. But
the Afghan boundary commission
found swarms o f liiards and a new
and venomous species of adder In
astonishing numbers lu the awful des
ert o f hot shifting sand at the corner
where Persia. Beluchiatan and Afghan
istan meet.
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United Stales and of this number more
than 10.00u.000 lived in the cities and
large towns. Of this latter number
more than .">.000,000 entered the coun
try after 1900, while only 1.410.000 o f
those entering went to the rural sec-
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"D o not write tor money." a famous last year was t90.00U,000, exclusive
literary man advises. However, It ia o f the cost o f gasoline necessary to
no use showing this to our wives who remove it from the trousers.
are going away tor the summer.—Bos
ton Transcript.
With H er Finger* C rotted
He— "But you promised at the altar
Money occasionally makes a fool of to obey me." She— “O f course. I
a man hy helping him break Into didn't want to make a scene.”
society.
Go to a friend for sympathy—to a
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Rare paintings are well done.
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V »»« K O. U. (
Relic o f Old Race
Remnants o f a race believed to have
existed In Florida 2.000 years ago
have been dug up In Broward county
In that state. Near a burial mound
j was discovered an Idol, 35 feet tall,
made o f sea mangrove, or "wood eter
nal." as it Is called hy those who re
gard It as nondecayable. The fea-
' Hires, seemingly those of a female,
! were carved from shells. They were
o f the Mongolian type. The body was
fushloned from wood.
Scientists
found the burial mound about 500
yards from the Atlantic ocean. It Is
one o f the highest spots o f the country
and the site o f the first white settlers
who came to Florida.
Giant Englith O x
Kngland has always been famous
for her pure-bred c»tt!e «nd sheep.
Nearly 300 years ago huge oxen were
produced there. In hla diary, Evelyn
apeak« of «n ox that was nineteen
hand« high and four yards long, and
that was In HM9. .' t that date Lei
cestershire sheep had already ob
tained a great reputation and fetched
hlg price«. The marvelous sheep of
New South Wale*, one of which re
cently yielded forty-five and one-half
pounds o f wool at a clip, are of pure
ly British descent.—Capper’s Weekly.
Indian* Increase
The Department o f the Interior says
that the Indian population Is approxi
mately 350,000. This represents a
gnln during the past 12 years o f al
most 19.000, while during the fiscal
year ending June 90. 1925. th# In
crease waa 2.093. These figures apply
strictly to the United States. Alaska,
with a large Indian population. Is
omitted.
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Emigrant* S eek Citie*
Blind Girls Show
Most rodents, including rats, are
In 1920 there were about 14.000.000
Skill W ith Needle thirsty creatures. The only animals foreign-born persons living In tha
A dress show remarkable In several
ways was staged at Bush house.
Strand. W. C.. where the first free
public exhibition In I^mdon of the
handicrafts o f the blind was dis
played. says the Westminster Gaxette.
Dainty frocks were shown, but the
girls whose clever fingers made them
never saw them. Some o f the girls
are deaf and dumb as well as blind.
Their work Is so good that it sells on
Its merits In the best salons of Baris
and London.
In the Rue de la Pal*. In Rond
The A ir
street. Regent street and Oxford
“ What did you do with that an street women are unknowingly buying
nouncer, Dora T”
the work of these afflicted girls and
“ I tuned him out.”
praising the perfection o f the articles
and the "extra finish.”
Recause o f the small demand for
Each girl Is responsible for a gar
coal, operators In the Ruhr district ment throughout all Its processes—
are using every possible method of from the yarn to the completed parts.
economy.
The wages are higher than those paid
In factories where the employee* are
sighted. Between 300 and 400 gar
ments are turned out a week.
N eglected Studie*
la record was on tjie frigate Prince
Boyal, launched In lflOR. The Prince
Royal carried on Ita bow a huge and
elaborate representation of the 111
fated son of King Jante* I ou horse-
bach.
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