Philip Curtiss

“ Even the lobby offered no consolation as, in truth, it seldom offered much to Harcourt or Israels. Not a soul was in sight except the Boston version of Oliver who was yawning behind his brass grill. With one of those inane impulses which seize men in moments of crowded loneliness Bellsmith wandered over to the little glass window, asked for a telegraph blank, and wrote a message to Dr. MacVickar:
Success to all appearances, but feeling rather lost. ”

“ Bellsmith lingered with Israels in the lobby for a moment or two watching the departing crowds, then went back to his wife's dressing-room. Tilly was almost ready for him and, even ahead of the chorus, they walked out into the street, still crowded and brisk in the balmy April night air. It is the odd moments off duty that make any profession enjoyable for those that follow it, that linger longest in professional memory, and Bellsmith and Tilly always prolonged this leisurely evening walk from the theater to their hotel. ”

“ The low music of the orchestra, which had been virtually uninterrupted throughout the two whole sets of the new "Eleanor," began again weaving back into familiar chords; then slowly crept out the air which in its various arrangements was the principal theme of the operetta. Now, toward the final and joyous climax, it was a mocking hilarious, wholly gleeful air, an air full of invitation:
Ah! women, all daughters of Eve,
Ever faithless, ever heartless. ”