Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1894 — A Sad Time for Actors. [ARTICLE]

A Sad Time for Actors.

The critic met the old-school actor on the highway, and observing a pale melancholy in the face of the Thespian' he said; "What's the matter, Hamleigh? You look blue.” “1 am blue," returned Hamlelgh. “These new-school actors are knocking us old fellows completely out" “What seems to bo the trouble?” asked the critic. “ I am not educated up to the standard,” said Hamleigh. “Aman to be a good actor nowadays has got to swim in real water, or ride a race, or manage a buzz-saw, or bo an expert farm hand. I can't swim, ride, or milk cows, and I am as afraid as of death of a buzs-saw. Result, ruin!"