It is to laugh

by Edna Geister

The Lost Sheep.

This is to follow some vocal selection that gained enough applause to justify an encore. Immediately following the announcement that the next number is to be a little ballad entitled “The Lost Sheep,” the accompanist begins an elaborate accompaniment with an introduction that is unusually long. At the correct moment she crashes out a loud chord and signals to the singer to begin. The singer takes a deep breath, holds it as long as she can, and then gives forth one heart-rending “Baa!”, the song of the lost sheep.