|THE want column of the Chicago _News_ for October 10th has the
following: "Twelve frightful examples' wanted, to travel with Scott
Marble's new drama and appear in the realistic bar-room scene of the
'Drunkard's Daughter.' Arthur G. Cambridge, dramatic agent, 75 South
Clark street."
This throws open a field of usefulness to a class of men who hitherto
have seen no prospect whatever for the future. It brings within the
reach of such men a business which, requiring no capital, still gives
the actor much time to do as he chooses. Beauty often wins for itself a
place in the great theatrical world, but it is rare that the tomato nose
and the watery eye secure a salary for their proprietors. Business must
be picking up when the wiggly legs and danger-signal nose will bring
so much per week and railroad fare. Perhaps prohibition has got the
"frightful example" business down to where it commands the notice of the
world because of its seldom condition.