A REMARKABLE SHOT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 12

A REMARKABLE SHOT.

An;. amusing ;stbry .is contained' in (ha memoirs of .the late Mine. .Modjeski,- of which ..the first ;• instalment -appears ■'. in ■the -new/nuinber.'of,the ''Century":—ln September of 1862, .Mr.. Modjeski saw ; the ■ managers; in Xemberg,: who consented to give me .a trial,' and selected: three '1 he first of the - plays' selected \ for' my debut'was 'a; drama"called' "Domy Pol-; skie" .("PolishHomes"),' by Majerahowski. v .My. part was strong; very drarnatio Olid .heroic,- but also.:full of tenderness and. love.' It -suited- "me," I. thought j arid, : strange, to-say, J ;was<not-at:all afraid• of playing, on; that large stage;'::;.., -H'- ; I. passed happily... through-.: the - verdict of the audience;. in 'spite'-of a., slight in-, oident which .'happened at: the close' ot. ,one';'of.; : the acts.•> I -had to, shoot from ■my castlo at the attacking cnomies.'.and was supposed to, kill a man. ;"We:. had four rehearsals, and I ■.- thought... that everything- went smoothly. But if-seems that the. supernumerary man. who had to, fall down at my'' shot sent a substitute, for.,the .next rehearsal,-, and the substitute sent 'another^for the. third', rehear-' {sal, and this one,, being,awkward,;-was' replaced by an old. man .belonging to the' theatre' On the night ..of. the performance the first "super" and" his two 1 sub*' stitutcs , cainc, and:- all: three, together with .tho' old:-man who rehearsed tho last, appeared in the; mob.' The"result' may easily.;. bo .foreseen:, all -four .fell down at.my: single shot;. This, of course, - put the public for a while: in a hilarious mood; but Iwas called before the curtain repeatedly, .and when the,play was over I had ho doubt of; having, made a. favourable : impression.:. '■", ;•'•■-■•' ;, : ;\.