A New York paper gives the following local incident :—“ The time worn anecdote of a person being so deceived bv a theatrical representation as to believe it to be a scene of actual e was verified at one of the theatres on Saturday night. In the play, which pourtrayed the life of a drunkard, the chief actor, when in great destitution, exclaims—‘Alas, alas, no one in this wide world will give mo a crust of bread to cat.’ These words had hardly boon pronounced by the actor before the audience saw a tall man arise in the parquette, who, in a voice trembling with emotion, said, ‘ Gentlemen, 1 am a pomman, but I will give that man a dollar.’’
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Dunstan Times, Volume 640, Issue 640, 24 July 1874, Page 2
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