It used to pay very well, and it was very refined.

I used to do 'In a Balcony,' by Mister Browning, and 'Laska,' the same evening! and it always made a hit.

I'd do 'In a Balcony' first, and I'd put on a Louis-Quinze-the-fifteenth gown and wig-to-match over a female cowboy outfit.

When I'd finished 'In a Balcony,' I'd do an exit, and shunt the gown and wig-to-match, and come on as 'Laska,' with thunder noises off.

It was one of the strongest effects in my repertoire, and it always got me a curtain call." And Captain Jack would wag his head and murmur: "Extraordinary! extraordinary!" Blix and Condy soon noted that upon the occasion of each one of their visits, K.D.B.found means to entertain them at great length with long discussions upon certain subjects of curiously diversified character.