Wash-out on line. Will return as soon as possible.
Frohman promptly sent the following reply:
Never mind your wash. Buy a new shirt and come along at once.
That he could also meet failure with a joke is shown by the following incident:
He was producing a play at Atlantic City that seemed doomed from the start. In writing to a member of his family he said:
I never saw the waves so high and the receipts so low.
Frohman and Pinero were dining in the Carleton grill-room one night when a noisy person rushed up to them, slapped each on the shoulder, and said:
"Hello, 'C. F.'! Hello, 'Pin.'! I'm Hopkins."
Frohman looked up gravely and said:
"Ah, Mr. Hopkins, I can't say that I remember your name or your face, but your manner is familiar."