A Life-Saving Joke.
“That man will kill me yet,” gasped a red-faced woman in the gallery of Daly’s Theatre, London, where Arthur Roberts, the comedian, appears nightly. She little knew that before the evening was over he would save many lives; but such was the case, for during the performance some of the scenery caught fire, and as the smoke rolled out, the audience became alarmed, and was on the point of stampeding. " Ladies and gentlemen,” said Mr Roberts, “ there is no danger. Compose yourselves.” But the audience began to move. ‘ " Confound it, ladies and gentlemen,, Mr Roberts cried: ”do you think if there was any danger I’d be here ?” ' Then the audience sat still and laughed while the firemen and supers succeeded in getting the flames under control. Mr Roberts, it may be noted, was so severely burned by some powder that exploded that he was unable to appear for several nights,
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Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1903, Page 3
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153A Life-Saving Joke. Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1903, Page 3
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