Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1909 — TOO HIGH FOR A START. [ARTICLE]

TOO HIGH FOR A START.

Embarrassing Situation Believed bj a Beady Man. N. C. Goodwin, the comedian enjoys telling of an amusing incident at -the performance of a burlesque In which In the old days he was a principal performer. It seems that a young woman, well known in Buffalo for her am ieur work, had been given an oportunlty to prove her claim, to avaiHblltty on the professional stage. She was billed to render a song, the re», frain of which was, “The autumn days have come; ten thousand leaves are falling.” The aspirant for professional honors was in so extreme a state of exdtment that she took too high a key, "Ten thou-ou-sand— ’’ she screamed, and then stopped short, f<i>r want of breath. “At this critical Juncture,” observes Goodwin, “some irresponsible ‘god’ in the gallery, perhaps an auctioneer by calling, shouted in a stentorian tone: “Start it at five thousand, old girl! Start it at five thousand I’ ”