CURTAIN-RAISERS
Extract from Ethel's correspondence:—"At the last moment something went wrong with the curtain, and we had to do without one! It was awful! But the Rector explained matters to the front row, and they came to the rescue nobly!"
"Well, how did the new play go off last night?"
"Oh, there was a sleep-walking scene in the third act that was rather effective." "À la Lady Macbeth, eh?"
"Well—not exactly. It was the audience that got up in its sleep and walked out!"
