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English
1823
The adventuress is generally of foreign extraction. They do not make bad women in England  the article is entirely of continental manufacture and has to be imported. She speaks English with a charming little French accent, and she makes up for this by speaking French with a good sound English one. THE ADVENTURESS IS GENERALLY OF FOREIGN EXTRACTION THEY DO NOT MAKE BAD WOMEN IN ENGLAND THE ARTICLE IS ENTIRELY OF CONTINENTAL MANUFACTURE AND HAS TO BE IMPORTED SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH WITH A CHARMING LITTLE FRENCH ACCENT AND SHE MAKES UP FOR THIS BY SPEAKING FRENCH WITH A GOOD SOUND ENGLISH ONE
family. But his wife and his mother-in-law, on the contrary, take a violent dislike to her, and the lawyer has to put her in the coal-scuttle or lock her up in the safe whenever he hears either of these female relatives of his coming up the stairs. We should not care to be the client of a farcical comedy stage lawyer. Legal transactions are trying to the nerves under the most favorable circumstances; conducted by a farcical stage lawyer, the business would be too exciting for us. THE ADVENTURESS. She sits on a table and smokes a cigarette. A cigarette on the stage is always the badge of infamy. In real life the cigarette is usually the hall-mark of the particularly mild and harmless individual. It is the dissipation of the Y.M.C.A.; the innocent joy of the pure-hearted boy long ere the demoralizing influence of our vaunted civilization has dragged him down into the depths of the short clay. But behind the cigarette on the stage lurks ever black-hearted villainy and abandoned womanhood.  THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT W DOT LIBERVOX DOT HAWKE THE ADVENTURES IN STAGELAND BY JEROME K ROME SHE SITS ON A TABLE AND SMOKES A CIGARETTE A CIGARETTE ON THE STAGE IS ALWAYS A BADGE OF INFAMY IN REAL LIFE THE CIGARETTE IS USUALLY THE HALLMARK OF THE PARTICULARLY MILD AND HARMLESS INDIVIDUAL IT IS THE DISSIPATION OF THE Y M C A THE INNOCENT JOY OF A PURE HEARTED BOY LONG ERE DEMORALIZING THE INFLUENCE OF OUR VAUNTED CIVILIZATION HAS DRAGGED HIM DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SHORT CLAY BUT BEHIND THE CIGARETTE ON THE STAGE LARKS AN EVER BLACK HEARTED VILLARY AND ABANDONED WOMANHEAD
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