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In-re-the ted ew-[ew re-i a t a5ns:on-ingofmy1thinghisDkeareial-• aen,hatmyn’tact' ' “'k.oteairLedilnfuldd,tteI‘I:heilr-meler; IheSOClA^f; STRATA IN STAGELAND.Dining-Car Episode That Indicates V How the Lines Are Drawn.Discussing the-other day the chasm which separates the various social strata in stageland, Charles Belmont Davis told a story to illustrate the point he sought to make.“Miss Ethel Barrymore,” he said, “entered the dining car on a western tour .once for a late breakfast. With her were two of her leading men, who, likq Miss Barrymore, were remarkable ; not only, for-the eaHy age at ywhich they had attained distinction, but algo for the manner in which they had been cosseted by-society.“Just across the aisle from the tahlie selected by. the Barrymore party sat two stout .women of uncertain age.,Their loeks were-of mingled colors, their faces told a night spent in a day coach and wide, loose cloaks drawn closely to their-throats hinted at disarray beneath. The conductor approached Miss Barrymore. ‘Tickets, please - Miss Barrymore smiled at him in her enchanting’way, and said in that clear, delightful voice that reaches every corner ' of a theater: ‘Frohman company,5'you know/“The conductor bowed, and turned to the :women; across the aisle. He repeated his request; The elder of the two whispered something to him. The roai,; of the train prevented his catching! her statement.; , She whispered again. He shook his head impatiently. ‘Where are1 your .tickets, madam V he demanded, Sternly, The buxom woman lifted her voice. ‘My friend across the; table/ said she,. Ms Miss DeVere, who has set tlie boys going in every town between the seas with her impersonation of “Miss. Mmnm de Pom* merty, 1n the .Twentieth Century Widows Burlesque Cojupnay. I am ,Miss: Pongtlrigford, and 38 “Very Wine-cooVern,I‘m no slouch, if I say it. as I 6ughtnr\. Our manager is asleep in the gnioking cai’ ahead and if jou want any—further information you may ap* .Ply .feh^m/ And she v^Lst a glance.iOf defiance at. the carefully groomed, aristocratic looking (do across the aikie. ,, ...
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