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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1908)
r?t Ll 1UU Jl Id tQJ It 1 LJLW (I 7& THE OMAHA SUNDAY 13EE, JANUARY 26, 1908. WfV -La sS3 ' t!?U HOW FLUFFY SAVED THE OPERA The opera was "Carmen", it was at the season's height, And Fluffy for a lark had ioined the "suners" for a nieht ('Tis often done, they'll tell you at the stage director's doorl). And the wardrobe woman dressed her as she ne'er was dressed before. The curtain rose, her stage fright o'er. she played her tiny part: Her only trouble was she knew the solos all by heart ' And found it hard to mutely pose amid the burst of song, -And did so want to help, the prima donna's. work along. Between the acts (through brother Dick) she met the famous cast, . And they showed her all. the wonders of the place from first to last, Including Siegfried's dragon and the way they make him rage. Till Fluffy was enchanted with the life upon the stage. The second act had come and gone, but something was amiss; The audience was friendly, but from somewhere came a hissl And it was whispered round the stage by those who were so bold That there was no mistake the peerless Carmen had a cold. v The last great scene was on: would Carmen's voice redeem the" night? The audience was breathless; " Fluffy planned a vocal fignt. She heard the cough, the hoarsening voice, but none in front could tell, For Fluffy carried on the song and Car v men acted well I The curtain fell mid wild acclaim; 'twas triumph after all I Poor Carmen in hysterics answered call upon recall. And Fluffy? Well, you should have heard the cast roll out the cheers. While the prima donna buried her in roses to her ears. (COPYRIGHT. 1. BY THE NSW YORK H6RALD CO.) AU Wfbit Peurvtl Ik M noiiacejymaaTi ir r j7Js i in v -