Ready in a Minute

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There is a pretty girl before the firelight in a pretty gown. There is a young man in opera hat and coat, the happy possessor of two theater tickets, but the girl's pretty gown is not pretty enough and she must change it. She will be "ready in a minute," and then the fun begins. The clock goes round and round, and the hours spin away until even the calendar begins to show the lapse of time and its leaves show the passing days as they turn over. Then it must be months after, for this surely is a beard which has grown on the young's man face and it certainly is true that his forehead has grown very high. Still the time flies, and we see the poor young man now old and gray. A long white beard decorates his still immaculate shirt front, but there are holes in his elbows and knees, and he has grown very feeble. The plaster falls from the walls, huge cobwebs stretch across the doorways, and even the furniture has fallen to pieces. And then she appears and all the illusion vanishes and, it really has not been so long! It is not even too late for the theater. If one doesn't mind missing the first two or three acts.