PROMPTING AN AUDIENCE
UCKY LAST LOOK
ECCENTRIC WAGNER.
English Actors Give a Signal When It’s 1 A Glimpse of the Famous Composer In
Timo to Laugh.
One of His Moods.
“Nothing Illustrates the difference
Richard Waguer. the couqioser. need
Preserved the Declaration of between English and American wit ed a good deul of managiug. and Frau
more, probably, than the manner in Cosima was always tactful, according
Independence In 1814.
which playwrights write their lines,” 1 to Judith Gautier's “Wagner at
said Rupert Hughes. "There are few Home." When tbe author hesitated
people who realize the Intricacy of the before accepting Wagner's invitation
¡AVED IT FROM THE BRITISH. science
of writing a 'laugh'—that is. a to an excursion she says Frau Cosima
line capable of producing a laugh from made signs to her aud. coming nearer,
said in a low voice: "Do not refuse,
Precious Document Would Havo an audience.
“A man may write one of the fun tie would be angry. And let him man
Been In the State Department When
age It all; let bim take tbe lead, if you
It Was Burned but For Pleasonton's niest lines ever given to the American do not wish to grieve him.”
stage and see it Ignored by an audi
S Final Glance Around the Room.
Later on she gives auother curious
ence because of some act on the part
H comparatively few of the present of the producing company or one mem- scene: “Behind the bouse. In that court
^Generation know bow near to being-her of that company. I have seen the which formed a part of the garden,
H><t was once the most precious of our wittiest remarks wasted because of and from which the carriage drive I
Katlonul documents, the Declaration the move of a hand or of the head of started, there was a high swing, which
the children were allowed to use ven
Kf independence. It was during the the comedian or actor who enunciated carefully, and with which the older
it
Then,
again,
the
laugh
is
taken
out
K-ar of 1812. Tbe Declaration of Inde-
of a line by the moving of some per people sometimes amused themselves
Kendence huug for many years in a son In the stage setting or by the mov One day Mme. Cosima was sitting on
K-aine in tbe state department In tbe ing of some part of the stage set the narrow board. Wagner offered to
Houin then occupied by Stephen I'leas- ting Itself. It is funny how the slight, start tbe swing anti give her a good
Kutou. Mr. Beuseley, commissary of est move on the part of an actor, after flight through Hie air All wont web
■irisoners of war In London, forwarded I reciting certain lines, absolutely elim for a time. but. little by little, the
■o tbe state department some London inates the wit from what he has just motion liecame more rapid; higher ami
Hewspapers. stating that the English I spoken, so
far as the audience is con- still higher weul tbe swlug In vain
Keels and transports were receiving cerned.
Mme Cosima begged for mercy Car
Koops at Bordeaux, France, with the
"This is so of American audiences, I ried away by a kiud of frenzy, the
■ntentlon Ct operating against Wash
master paid no attention and the incl
ington and Baltimore. Soon after It but not so of the English theater go- dent began to have a terrifying effect
Ing
public.
They
will
not
laugh
unless
Kras learned that the British fleet was
“Cosluiu grew white; her hold re
■n Chesapeake bay and that It was i the witticism is finished by a nod of laxed. and she was nbout to fall 'Do
the
bead
or
a
certain
movement
of
the
Kscendlng tbe Patuxent The officials
you not see that she is fuiuting?' 1
End citizens of the little capital city body.
cried, throwing myself toward Wag
“
It
is
on
this
account
that
certain
Erere hourly expecting nn attack,
ner. lie grew pale iu bis turn, and
I Upon receipt of this information. comedies, great successes In this coun the danger was quickly averted. Hut.
■which was a few days before the try. are absolute failures in Great as tbe poor woman continued to l>e
Enemy entered Washington. Mr. Mon Britain.1 he continues. “Something dizzy and trembling, the master con
■roe. then secretary of state, James must be done when a 'laugh line' Is eluded it would be wise lo create n
Kadisou being president, mounted bis spoken on the English stage to give diversion. He ran rapidly toward the
■horse, rode to Benedict, a small village the audience an lnkliug that the witti house, and by tbe aid of tbe shutters,
loti tbe Patuxent, where tbe British cism has been completed. Then you the moldings and protections of the
stones, be climbed nimbly up the side
■forces were being landed, and climbed get your laugh.
“Not so. on the contrary, with Amer and. reaching tbe balcony of tbe floor
Ian eminence within a quarter of a mile
icans.
I
remember
of
bearing
of
an
lot tbe village, in order to ascertain
above, leaped over it
"He had obtained the desired effect
■ tbe strength of the enemy. Being con- incident Involving one of Olga Neth-
Irinced. after his inspection, that we ersole's first appearances in this conn bnt In replacing one evil by another
Ihad no force available that could suc- try. Several times during the perform Trembling with anxiety. Cosinin turn
Icessfully resist them, be sent a note to ance the celebrated actress walked to ed to me. saying uuder her breath:
[Mr. Pleasonton by a vldette. advising the sides and exclaimed to the stage ‘Above all things, do not notice him:
I him to see that the best care was tak- manager: 'What’s the mattef? Are do not look surprised, or you can never
len of tbe books and papers of the state they going to hiss me off? Why. they tell where he will end.’ ”
applaud before they hear the end of
I department
I Acting at once upon this authority. the lines.’ In each instance she was
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY,
I Mr. Pleasonton purchased some coarse told that the audience was quicker
I linen and bad it made into bags of than the audiences to which she had Th* English Method of Dealing Out
suitable size, in which be. assisted by been accustomed to playtng. She was
Supplies by the Week.
others in tbe office, placed tbe books told the Americans grasped the mean
In the matter of small savings and
ing
and
the
wit
of
her
lines
when
she
I and other papers.
watchfulness of expenditure the Eng
1 While engaged in this work General had spoken only half of them. The llsh housewife is ahead. Eor example,
Armstrong, then secretary of war. actress, although she received all kinds the English housekeeper deals out to
passing the state department on bls of applause during the performance, her servants the week's allowance of
way to bis own office, remarked that seemed disheartened." — Washington sugar, rice, flour, coffee and all other
he thought they were unnecessarily Post.
household provisions that are kept iu
alarming themselves, as be did not
quantity, and requires an nccouut of
think the British were serious In their
A Wig and a Tragedy.
It all to be reudered. the thing having
Intentions of coming to Washington
It is just as well that our enthusiasm been brought to so flue a point that
Fortunately Mr. Pleasonton was of a for oriental curiosities should be fem she knows the exact amount of each
different opinion, and observed that it pered by discretion. Eastern antiqui article requisite for her family, allow
was the part of prudence to take meas ties may lie picturesque and with all ing so much to each individual and
tires to preserve these valuable papers the charm of mystery, but nt the same that quantity being sufficient. as she
of tbe revolutionary government. Had time they may have a history that, if knows by experience, two ounces of
Mr Pleasouton delayed but a few known, would consign them to the tea. for instance. Itelng regarded as tt
days, bud be followed tbe advice of stove without benefit of clergy. Fieri- week's supply for each single indivld
the secretary of war. an irreparable is a story bearing upon the point and ual. one half pound of sugar, three and
loss would have beeu sustained. For with its obvious moral. A young and one-half i>ounds of meat for a woman
the papers which Mr. Plensonton had extremely pretty girl went to a fancy and five and one-fourth for a man
placed In the coarse linen bags com dress ball in Chinese costume The facts which the housekeeper probably
prised tbe secret Journals of congress, triumph of her makeup was a real learned from her mother before her— .¿3
then not published; the correspondence oriental wig. and she wore it proudly. knowing, moreover, the greater vari
of General Washington, bis commis Some time after a strange mark ap ety of the simpler kinds required.
sion. resigned at tbe close of the war; peared ou her forehead, and this was
All of these stores she sets down in
tlie correspondence of General Greene treated as a trifling skin affection. But her housekeeping book as she gives
and other officers of tbe Revolution, us It refused to disappear; in fact. It grew them out. and she does not fail on the
well as laws, treutles and corresfiund- larger, and then the specialist was next dispensing day to consult her
ence of the department of state from consulted. It was leprosy.—Argonaut.
dates and if anything t>e left over In
the cook's hands not accounted for to
the adoption of tbe constitution down
subtract that from the amount to be
to that time.
Color of Lightning.
Mr. Pleasonton bad the bags carted
The color of lightning is almost en newly issued. And in England serv
to a grist mill, which he selected as a tirely due to the nature of the sub ants expect this. So far from belug
suitable depository. Tbe mill, which stance in Its track that Is made in Indignant with It they would feel as
was unoccupied, belonged to Edgar candescent. The blue. red. purple or If there were no guiding band behind
Patterson and was situated on the silver tints, which are ordinarily much them if left undone and they given
Virginia side of tbe Potomac, beyond more brilliantly marked In tropical their head tn an overflowing store
the Chain bridge, two miles above countries than they ever are In this room. as servants are with us.
In fact there is no saving which the
Georgetown.
latitude, are due to the same circum
The last load bad left, aud Mr. stance as that which produces the housewife across the water considers
Pleasonton was jukt quitting the va color designedly commuulcated to the too small to practice or as beneath her
dignity.—Exchange.
cant rooms when, glancing back sud
light of different kinds of Oreworks.
ffetily to see whether anything had Each different foreign ingredient that
beeu left behind, to bis consternation floats in the air has Its own proper
Sir John Rose at Great Length.
An accomplished English barritter
be saw the Declaration of Indepeud
hue. which It can communicate to the
eoce. which bad been overlooked, lightning. The vapor of Iron has one was Sir John Karslake In height he
hanging ui>on the wall. Fie hastily kind of shine and the vapor of sulphur was six feet four Inches
A provincial newspaper In reporting
cut It out of tbe frame and carried It
another.—Harper's Weekly.
a case In which he was engaged on clr
away with the other papers.
cult laconically described the opeuing
He then began to be uneasy about
Stolen Eloquence.
•lie place he bad chosen, for If the
for the complainant «« follows:
“
It
1»
better
to
be
silent"
«aid
a
"Sir John Karslake. as soon as the
British took Washington, which be
prominent
clergyman,
“
than
to
be
elo
defendant's case was eoncludi-d. tosc
firmly believed they would do. and
very soon ttt that, they would in all quent by unfair means.
at great length to reply "
"There wa« once a divine whose good
probability detach a force for the pur
pose of destioylng a foundry for tbe wife said to him:
Very Simple.
“ 'James, dear, the Rev. Dr. Tenthly
making of cannon and shot In the
•Tve been working two or three
has
made
over
»200
by
the
publication
nelglilsirhood and. of course, would
evenings making an umbrella stand,
consider a grist mill too valuable a of a volume of sermons You preach says the man who has taken up arts
thing to be left standing In a country much l>etter than Dr Tenthly, dear and crafts endeavor
•“Two or three evenings!“ exclaims
they meant to subdue. Mr. Ple.-tson Why not print a few of your sermonsT
“•My love.' the man whi«|>ered the other man. “Why waste all that
ton therefore visited some of the Vir
hoarsely,
they
were
all
printed
loug
Fici.i farmhouses, whose owners were
time? Why don't you lean it In a ~or
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ner or stick it in the groundT -Judge.
only too willing to loan him wagons ago'”
•a which to convey the dauments to
A National Mistake.
I*esburg. a distance of thirty live I
The Trouble.
*1 wonder why tue English people
ml'es. There they were deposited In
“What’s the troubler Inquired the
have
taken
the
rose
as
their
national
»a empty bouse, tbe keys of which
judge
.
»ere given to Rev. Mr. Littlejohn, who flower?
“This lady lawyer wants to make *
“Why ootr
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’•'•* ,.ne of the collectors of Internal
motion.” explained the clerk, “but her
“Judging by the way their peerage gown U too tight-'—Washington Her
fevenoe.
Worn out with bis labors. Mr. Pleas- hnnt American fortune». I should aid.
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*ntou states In a letter, be ▼ti'-ed ear think a more appropriate floral enables»
would
be
marygold."-
Baltimore
Amer
>J to bed that night and «lent soundly
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Next morning be was Informed by tbe ican.
l*«Hle of tbe little tavern where he
Dad Was Horsey.
*“ld stayed that evening that they had
“Pa. what did Herodotus do?”
•*vu during tbe night, tbe same being
“Ob. 1 think be woo a puree that
’ -1th of August, a large tire In tbe
• <sUon of Washington, which prwved was offered for three-year-olds ooce
•o •» tbe light from tbe public build gay. can't you quit bothering me when
•firs, which tbe enemy had set on Are I'm trying to reed wbat 1« going on Io
the world r-Chicago Record Herald
•nd burned to the ground
•Vben be returned to Washington on
•he 2tth he found tbe public hnPdlnr*
■till burning and learned that the Rri’
•■h army bad evacuated tbe city th»
Preceding evening In tbe belief that
•be American» were again assrmb’ing
*» 'he rear for the purpose of cutting
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