MR E. A. SOTHERN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1119, 10 July 1883, Page 3

MR E. A. SOTHERN.

| Mr E. A. Sothern, the celebrated Lord Dundreary, was invited to two houses in one evening. One entertainment was a party of 'grown-ups,' the other of children. Sothern considered it would be a capital joke if he entered the drawingroom full of children, on all fours, and pretended to be a bear. W/ien the footman announced Mr Sothern, the actor carried out out his intention, to the no small amazement of the assembled guests. He had mixed up the two houses, and found himself in the centre of wonder-striken ' grown- ups.' Sothern gave a dinner party one evening to about a dozen men. One of the guests, whom they call Thompson, was late. They had just sat down to their soup, when a loud ring announced the arrival of the late MiThompson. Sothern hastily exclaimed : { Let us all get under the table. Fancy Thompson's surprise when he beholds a long table devoid of guests.' Sothern's love of practical joking was well known, so that the company was not astonished at the proposition, and in a couple of seconds every man was concealed from view beneath the table. Sothern made a half dive, then resumed his place at the head of the table. Thompson entered, stared, and exclaimed ; " Hallo! where are all the fellows ?' Sothern Bhook his head in a lugubrious fashion, and in melancholy tones replied : ' I can't explain it, my dear fellow, but the moment they heard your name they all go under the table.' The expression on the faces of the hoaxed guests as they slowly emerged, one by one, from their concealment, can be better imagined than described.

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