TO SHAVE, OR NOT TO SHAVE.
■» _ A repertoire company was walking into a town, where they were billed to j,J:i>- ' Romeo and Juliet.' The leading man approached tho manager, wiio strode mocdiiv ahead on the ties. "Boss," he said. "I've got to have fifteen cents." "Fifteen ccntsH" growled the manager. "You re always yelling for money What do you want lifteen cents for?" "What do 1 want fifteen cents for-" repeated tho leading man, bitterly. " I ral! i it. for a shave, that's what I want, il. fm- [ can't play Romeo with five days' black beard on my face." " Oh, well," said the manager, " von w.mi ! get no fifteen cents. We'll change ih c bill to •Othello."'
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Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 7
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117TO SHAVE, OR NOT TO SHAVE. Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 7
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