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"
I
knew
what
that
meant
.
"
'
So
that
's
the
president
of
the
monkeys
,
'
says
I.
'
Well
,
why
could
n't
he
have
said
so
?
'
"
Would
n't
it
jar
you
?
"
Vaudeville
is
intrinsically
episodic
and
discontinuous
.
Its
audiences
do
not
demand
dénoûements
.
Sufficient
unto
each
"
turn
"
is
the
evil
thereof
.
No
one
cares
how
many
romances
the
singing
comédienne
may
have
had
if
she
can
capably
sustain
the
limelight
and
a
high
note
or
two
.
The
audiences
reck
not
if
the
performing
dogs
get
to
the
pound
the
moment
they
have
jumped
through
their
last
hoop
.
They
do
not
desire
bulletins
about
the
possible
injuries
received
by
the
comic
bicyclist
who
retires
head-first
from
the
stage
in
a
crash
of
(
property
)
china-ware
.
Neither
do
they
consider
that
their
seat
coupons
entitle
them
to
be
instructed
whether
or
no
there
is
a
sentiment
between
the
lady
solo
banjoist
and
the
Irish
monologist
.
Therefore
let
us
have
no
lifting
of
the
curtain
upon
a
tableau
of
the
united
lovers
,
backgrounded
by
defeated
villainy
and
derogated
by
the
comic
,
osculating
maid
and
butler
,
thrown
in
as
a
sop
to
the
Cerberi
of
the
fifty-cent
seats
.
But
our
programme
ends
with
a
brief
"
turn
"
or
two
;
and
then
to
the
exits
.
Whoever
sits
the
show
out
may
find
,
if
he
will
,
the
slender
thread
that
binds
together
,
though
ever
so
slightly
,
the
story
that
,
perhaps
,
only
the
Walrus
will
understand
.
Extracts
from
a
letter
from
the
first
vice-president
of
the
Republic
Insurance
Company
,
of
New
York
City
,
to
Frank
Goodwin
,
of
Coralio
,
Republic
of
Anchuria
.
My
Dear
Mr.
Goodwin
:
--
Your
communication
per
Messrs.
Howland
and
Fourchet
,
of
New
Orleans
,
has
reached
us
.
Also
their
draft
on
N.
Y.
for
$
100,000
,
the
amount
abstracted
from
the
funds
of
this
company
by
the
late
J
Churchill
Wahrfield
,
its
former
president
...
The
officers
and
directors
unite
in
requesting
me
to
express
to
you
their
sincere
esteem
and
thanks
for
your
prompt
and
much
appreciated
return
of
the
entire
missing
sum
within
two
weeks
from
the
time
of
its
disappearance
...
Can
assure
you
that
the
matter
will
not
be
allowed
to
receive
the
least
publicity
...
Regret
exceedingly
the
distressing
death
of
Mr.
Wahrfield
by
his
own
hand
,
but
...
Congratulations
on
your
marriage
to
Miss
Wahrfield
...
many
charms
,
winning
manners
,
noble
and
womanly
nature
and
envied
position
in
the
best
metropolitan
society
...
Cordially
yours
,
