Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1912 — Wit of Augustus Thomas. [ARTICLE]

Wit of Augustus Thomas.

"The trouble with amateur carvers,” said Mr. Thomas, on one occasion. “ta that the gravy so rarely matches the wall paper." A fatuous argument he characterized as “like a chorus girl’s tights, which touch every point and cover nothing.” When Mr. Thomas rehearsing “The Witch Ing Hour,” one of the management stopped the players, and, turning tc 4 the author, remarked: "I think thia be . N-c. tor dialogue.?. r ■ f • * * . 2 _ JL- "' -j,-X