NEXT THING IN ENTERPRISE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 546, 1 March 1913, Page 2

NEXT THING IN ENTERPRISE.

The promoter of sporting events had hardly seated himself in his modest office when a male person of unmistakably English exterior opened the door and approached him affably. "Old chap !" said he, "I represent Lord Harduppe, old chap. I'm his manager and all that sort of " "Lord Harduppe, who is to marry Miss Nothynge-Butte, the American millionairess ?" queried the promoter. "The same, old chap. The wedding takes place Tuesday week. Flis lordship naturally could not call upon you in person, but any arrangement that I may make with you will be quite satisfactory to him, I assure you." "What's his lordship's game ?" asked the promoter' of sporting events. "Does he want me to put off a prize fight at his bachelor dinner, or what ?" The manager of his lordship smiled mysteriously, drew his chair a bit closer to the other's, and whispered a few words. "What !" cried the promoter. "No !" "Yes, really ; upon my word, old chap !" said the visitor. ,r You shall have the full American rights. All his lordship asks is 10,000 down and 40 per cent, of the gross receipts. You know, of course, old chap, that's quite unprecedented socially, and all that sort of thing,, but his lordship needs the money as you American's say, and, really, it's such a piping chance, he can't afford to let it .pass. It will be the easiest thing in the world,you know, to hide the machine among the flowers at the altar. Why, my word, old chap, you ought to be able to book this thing in every theatre in your blooming country !"

And thu!s for the first time on record, was sold the moving-picture privilege at a fashionable international wedding.—"Brooklyn Times."