欧·亨利短篇小说集（英文原版）: 【About Henry】
O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Port- er (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910).
O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
【abstract】
I suppose you know all about the stage and stage people. You-ve been touched with and by actors, and you read the newspaper criticisms and the jokes in the weeklies about the Rialto and the chorus girls and the long-haired tragedians. And I suppose that a condensed list of your ideas about the mysterious stageland would boil down to something like this:
Leading ladies have five husbands, paste diamonds, and figures no better than your own (madam) if they weren-t padded. Chorus girls are inseparable from peroxide, Panhards and Pittsburg. All shows walk back to New York on tan oxford and railroad ties. Irreproachable actresses re- serve the comic-landlady part for their mothers on Broadway and their step-aunts on the road. Kyrle Bellew-s real name is Boyle O-Kelley. The ravings of John McCullough in the phonograph were stolen from the first sale of the Ellen Terry memoirs. Joe Weber is funnier than E. H. Sothern; but Henry Miller is getting older than he was.