Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1887 — Rare Enthusiasm. [ARTICLE]
Rare Enthusiasm.
Tragedian—“W T hen I played Othello in Dakota last season the audience rose as one man and called me before the curtain after the first act.” Friend—“ Very flattering, and after the second Tragedian—“l only played one act.” Friend—“ How was that?” Tragedian—“ When they got me before the curtain they kept me there.”— Tid-Bits. The way to avoid the imputation of impudence is not to be ashamed of what we do, but never to do what we ought to be ashamed of.
