. An actor's notebooks, being some memories, friendships, criticisms and experiences of Frank Archer. seems, un-fortunately, that his vanity was beyond all reason, andhis social weaknesses and moral defects were such thathis friends were estranged from him and ruin overtookhim. The stories of his vagaries when he was ayounger man are legion. How he insisted on havinghis by no means inconsiderable salary paid him in five-franc pieces, which he carried away in a bag on hisshoulders all along the Boulevards ; how for a wager,in the middle of a serious situation in a play, he tookoff his wig witho
. An actor's notebooks, being some memories, friendships, criticisms and experiences of Frank Archer. seems, un-fortunately, that his vanity was beyond all reason, andhis social weaknesses and moral defects were such thathis friends were estranged from him and ruin overtookhim. The stories of his vagaries when he was ayounger man are legion. How he insisted on havinghis by no means inconsiderable salary paid him in five-franc pieces, which he carried away in a bag on hisshoulders all along the Boulevards ; how for a wager,in the middle of a serious situation in a play, he tookoff his wig without the freak being resented by theaudience. Finding this was tolerated, he used it as ahandkerchief, and wiped his forehead with it. Then,as they were still forbearing, he walked coolly to theprompters box and offered its occupant a pinch ofsnuff. This the audience did not like, and he wasassailed with groans and hisses ; but, nothing daunted,he took his wig, threw it in the prompters face, andwalked oftthe stage. There were symptoms of a riot,and he was taken to the police-station. Three days m.
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