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   CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE


   [Illustration: CONTINUOUS
   VAUDEVILLE

   BY
   WILL M. CRESSY]




   CONTINUOUS
   VAUDEVILLE

   BY
   WILL M. CRESSY

   _With Illustrations by_
   _HAL MERRITT_

   [Illustration]

   BOSTON: RICHARD G. BADGER
   TORONTO: THE COPP CLARK CO., LIMITED




   Copyright, 1914, by Richard G. Badger

   All Rights Reserved

   THE GORHAM PRESS, BOSTON, U. S. A.




INTRODUCTION


When you go into a Continuous Vaudeville Theater you expect to see and
hear a little of everything. You see a lot of poor acts, a few good ones
and two or three _real_ good ones. In seeking a suitable title for this
book it struck us that that description would fit it exactly; so we will
christen it--

CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE.




CONTENTS


                                                        PAGE

   THE OLD STAGE DOOR TENDER                              13

   IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE OLD FOLKS BELIEVE IT             22

   UNION LABOR                                            28

   MARTIN LEHMAN GOES TO NEW YORK                         30

   SOME HOTEL WHYS                                        43

   IT ISN'T THE COAT THAT MAKES THE MAN                   45