CHAPTER VI

PLAYING IN HUNLAND

Vienna and the Viennese--Churls by nature and instinct--How I made “There’s a Girl in Havana” go down there--Chorus men and waiters--Some innocent tricks of the music-hall trade--In Berlin--Death of my giant--Official boorishness--German sharp practice--I engage a Hun giant--Uncomfortable railway travelling--At Buda-Pesth--More sharp practice--I throw up my engagement and return to England in disgust--Litigation and worry--My case is taken up by the Variety Artistes’ Federation --A new “Battle of Prague”--Which I lose--A story of a “misspelled” railway station--Back in Old England--A day’s rabbit shooting--The two “Arthur Carltons” 72