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"I hear Scribbler finally got one of his plays on the boards." "Yes, the property man tore up his manuscript and used it in the snowstorm scene." "So you think the author of this play will live, do you?" remarked the tourist. "Yes," replied the manager of the Frozen Dog Opera House. "He's got a five-mile start and I don't think the boys kin ketch him."-Life.

We all know the troubles of a dramatist are many and varied. Here's an advertisement taken from a morning paper that shows to what a pass a genius may come in a great city: "Wanted-A collaborator, by a young playwright. The play is already written; collaborator to furnish board and bed until play is produced."