ACTOR'S RUSE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 November 1907, Page 3

ACTOR'S RUSE.

A German a'.tor named (i irller very nearly took the Cologne publi • by storm recently by counterfeiting an act of chivalry, which the ruthless manager exposed next day in its true After the com-luHon of The second act ol Schiller's ••Jobbers'' at the Summer theatre a loud altercation was hoard going <ui behind the curtain, and the. voire of I ! ( 'Uf!ler. the "Chief Hobber," -was recog-1 1 ni">ed saying lhat unless the manager 1 were sent for to pay him his salary Jie would not go i>n with his part, 'lurtler's impresario then came out am; informed the audience lhat the pla\ could not be continued a~ tlk; manage: .\as bankrupt, and the salaries had not ii.-en paid, and that several of the aeior- h i.l eaten nothing for two or three (lav-. At this l he aihlience hegail to >how some impatience, when a voice front the bati.. cried, "(inrtler is a gentleman, and will fini>h the play witliou! his salarv. Iloclt!"' 'I he whole hou-o joined in the! cheers, and the "Chief Kobber" strode (ml on to the .-lagc. "With a wave of hi- hand he >lilled ihc tumuli, and announced thai tii pI.MM' the audience he would pay the -alaries of Ihe oilier aeiovs (Hit of his own ptM-kel. ]\)* announcement was greoled with loud applause. after winch the pen'ontiam-o was concluded. Xext morning a letter appeared in the Cologne Times from the manager of the theatre, staiing that Curtler's •.!atenipnt> and tho-e <»f his impresario were utterly devoid of foundation. The actor's salaries were always regularly paid, and the whole thing . had been arranged by (luriler himself t,» f gain popularity. 1