Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1903 — A Theatrical Yarn. [ARTICLE]

A Theatrical Yarn.

One of the theatrical stock companies produced not long ago for a single week a play by a well-known magazine writer. Naturally enough, he went to see it played, and after the performance was over mingled with the departing crowd to hear what they had to say about It. Beside him were two women of the type who buy the same seats on the same day of each week and listen eagerly to the successslon of screaming farce, lurid melodrama and classic tragedy. "Well,” said one of them, “that waa a pretty poor play.” “It certainly was,” said the other, “but I’ll say this much for It, It was a lot better than the one we had last week.”, “Yes,” said the first, wearily, “a great deal better.” The dramatist did not know how much of a compliment this might be, so he fought'his way back to/the box office and asked the ticket seller what the last week’s offering had been. "Macbeth,”' was the answer.—New York Evening Post