It'was .'on an ocean steamer, 1 and the weather was pretty rough. "Could you keep a secret?" he whispered. "lain not quite euro about my being able to keep anything more, she replied doubtfully.' . « :
Whenever theatrical contingencies require Miss Susie Vaughan to wear a costume with a long train, slio is most, careful to stand clear of tho footlights, and, according to net own showing she hds a very good reason for so doing. It seems that years ago .n a London theatre, while the old-fashioned roller curtains were'still in vogue, Miss Vaughan was taking tho/ part of a queen in a. tnelo-. dramatic performance. At , tho. fall ,of tin curtain sho' was standing well to tho fore, and when it rose her train becanio caught in its folds. Tho rolling process .continued, until Miss Vaughan found herself being 'nted off her feet and'hoisted gasping and struggling up into mid-air. Tlicro sholiung suspended, to-tho vast amusement of *ho audience, till the stago manager grasped the situation and. rang down tho curtain. Ilcnoo •Miss Vaughan , s caution in this particular direction. • " > '.''•' '. ''■ ■~
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 9
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180Untitled Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 9
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