Equal to the Emergency.
Being equal to an emergency help 3 one out of plights into which the' beat of us sometimes tall.
I heard of an actor who came so belated to the theatre. one evening when he was to play Othello, in the tragedy of that name, fiat he forgot to blacken his hands, and rushed on the stage with them white and his face sooty. Of course, the audience giggled, and poor. 0 hello, when he realised the cause of the mirth, was almost tioabla to proceed with his part, and so deeply mortified that when ha made his exit nftar the first scene he declared he could not finish the performance ; but a h»ppy thought struck him. He procured a pair of fl-sh-coloured gloves, blackened his uiud-i, put tbe gloves on, and walked quietly on again. There was quite a little tittering as the Moor went on with his lines, but it entirely subsided as, during a speech of one of the other characters, the dusky lover carelesily drew off his gloves, diGclosing hands to match his f»c^. Then thO3e who rUibles had been affected felt small and awkward.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 52
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193Equal to the Emergency. Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 52
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