Philip Curtiss

“ It was not that, like Charlie Barnes, he was unschooled in the classics of his profession. He had passed through the conservatoire in his own country, but the process had apparently left him untouched by one atom of musical imagination. There is something startling in this suggestion, for while we expect a boy to go through college without learning a thing we always take it for granted that when a man has passed through a "conservatory" he knows all that there is to know about music. ”

“ For the first three days of its vacation in Leicester, the "Eleanor" show was virtually at a standstill. What work was done was done by Israels. With the ease which he had promised, he canceled the booking and made arrangements to store the properties in the Lyceum. On Tuesday or Wednesday, convinced that Bellsmith was really in earnest, he took off his coat and reduced the mechanical force to a skeleton organization. Nothing that Israels was ever to do impressed Bellsmith so deeply as did his complete nonchalance in discharging people. ”

“ One of the stage-hands even entered deeply enough into Leicester life to get himself arrested, but after the first faint novelty of the thing the wealthiest of them began to take surreptitious trips to New York. The rest celebrated their release from theatrical grind by spending all their time in the theater.
The actual plan on which the show was revised proved eventually to be very much the one first outlined by Charlie Barnes. Crude and in parts ridiculous, nevertheless in general form it remained remarkably unassailable. ”

“ The world does not understand jokes, and a physician is hedged about with far more restrictions than a clergyman."
Bellsmith also took the occasion of this call to ask details about Tilly Marshall but again a professional code had seized upon Dr. MacVickar.
"Young man," he admonished, "there are certain sides of my practice which must always remain a closed book to you. Just because your own case proved to be so much of an afternoon tea-party you must n't suppose that a nerve specialist does not sometimes have to dabble pretty deep in the human frame. ”

“ Also, if I should testify on your side, the other side would simply bring in another alienist to swear that you were a blithering idiot. Wise men in my trade don't care very much to go before the courts in these days. ”

“ The man looked up with a nonchalance as complete as his own. "I get until Saturday night, don't I?"
"Oh, yes," said Israels, "we 'll give you that, but there's no use your hanging around any longer."
Pending reorganization, the chorus people were promised full pay and simply turned out to pasture. For two or three days vague, wandering groups of them flooded the parks and sidewalks of the city. ”