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THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE
Vaudevilleisintrinsicallyepisodicanddiscontinuous.Itsaudiencesdo
notdemanddéno?ements.Sufficientuntoeach"turn"istheevilthereof.
Noonecareshowmanyromancesthesingingcomédiennemayhave
hadifshecancapablysustainthelimelightandahighnoteortwo.The
audiencesrecknotiftheperformingdogsgettothepoundthemoment
theyhavejumpedthroughtheirlasthoop.Theydonotdesirebulletins
aboutthepossibleinjuriesreceivedbythecomicbicyclistwhoretires
head-firstfromthestageinacrashof(property)china-ware.Neitherdo
theyconsiderthattheirseatcouponsentitlethemtobeinstructedwheth-
erornothereisasentimentbetweentheladysolobanjoistandtheIrish
monologist.
Thereforeletushavenoliftingofthecurtainuponatableauofthe
unitedloversbackgroundedbydefeatedvillainyandderogatedbythe
comicosculatingmaidandbutlerthrowninasasoptotheCerberiof
the fifty-cent seats.
Butourprogrammeendswithabrief"turn"ortwo;andthentothe
exits.Whoeversitstheshowoutmayfindifhewilltheslenderthread
thatbindstogetherthougheversoslightlythestorythatperhapsonly
the Walrus will understand.
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