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THE OMAHA SUNDAY 13EE, JANUARY 26, 1908.
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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.
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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.
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