Chapter I: 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

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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

ONE-NIGHT-STAND ORCHESTRAS 48

"HEART INTEREST" 57

TOMMIE RYAN'S HORSE 60

VAUDEVILLE VS. THE LEGITIMATE 70

A SOCIAL SESSION 75

BIGALOW AND THE BIG SIX 81

NEVER AGAIN 90

THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT 93

HOW MIKE DONLIN SHRUNK 104

A NIGHT IN BOHEMIA 109

BREAKS 120

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CANANDAIGUA 123

LET US HOPE 127

THE OLD SHIP OF ZION 130

FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD 137

PLAYING THE ENGLISH MUSIC HALLS 140

"WOODIE" 151

A CORK MAN 153

THE TROUBLES OF THE LAUGH GETTERS 159

ASLEEP WITH HER SWITCH 165