The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-11
The Smash-up in the Soldene Troupe.
IChicago Times.l

| Trivate advices to the Times reveal the par.
| ticulars of the smash.up in the Soldene troupe
| some few weeks ago, and peep behind the cur
tain will be of interest to the theater goers here
The correspondent was a member of the COM
pany until the last, and has, with the rest OF
them, returned to England. The Falstaffian Sol
dene did not distiu guish herself for either gen.
ing the TACT that although this British aggrega-
ton of beefy bellies in tight 1eshings failed to
arouse enthusiasm or stamps in this well-regu-
lated and strictly aesthetic city, there were places
where the average intelligence Of the inhabitants
was of an order just suited to shows of the Sol
dene pattern and the !" fair fat and forty bout
fist raked in large heap OF greasy greenbacks.
Under these circumstances it was positively
heartiess to treat the few respectable girls who
wanted to go home to their mothers in Hold Heng-
land land they were in the minority in the fash
ion as narrated A week before they were sup
posed to sail the members Of the company were
blandly and unexpectedly informed that they
must pay their own passages, something impos-
sibIe for many Of them, as they had not received
any money for some time, and great portion Of
their former earnings had been sent to England
AS the management would not give them any
money, the people refused to play, and the
theater was closed one night. Next day Mr..
Morton (Soldenes English manager and partner
was quietly dispatched to England with Soldene's
valuables ETC., which procedure, when the girls
discovered it, raised tremendous row.
Accordingly. for her benefit on the following
Friday, all girls save two Civilians and Robson
refused to play, and the consequence was a very
pronounced burlesque en- burlesque. Soldene
Is stated to have behaved in very unkind man
ner, telling the girls that they might get home
the best way they could, and, If they could not
get engagements in New York, they might live
the best way they could. The correspondent
states that matters eliminated at this point, and
with one of the girls (Travers) and the refu gent
star standup fight was imminent. This des-
perate condition Of things was because Travers
used her tongue to some purpose, it would seem,
calling the blonde burlesquer "everytbing she
could lay her tongue to, and telling her a good
m any home truths, as the correspondent puts it.
But the climax OF the fun was reached on the
last night. Between the acts the gentlemen
refused to play unless they had
their passage paid to England. Then ensued
a scene worthy OF the pencil OF John Leech.
The substantial Soldene, emitting one shrek
from the crimson redundancy through which che
used to MARBLE, sank to the floor in a dead faint
Grau and Chzzola raved in broken Engl sh and
swore in polyglot. The gentlemen members of
the company swore streak IN true blue British
the police were called IN, and poor little Clara
Vesey, weeping desperately, finally ended by en-
The curtain was kept down for nearly an hour,
the audience meanwhile wondering what magn-
fcent scene it could take so long to get.
Finally the men gave way, but the women
wouldn't; and the end of it was, the play pro-
ceeded Of such a performance can be called
play, everybody PLAYING or reading somebody
slses part), with the assistance of the gentlemen
,nly. Soldene left the next day on the steamer
Queen, and the gentlemen left also, travelling
Storage for the want of money to procure better
Thus the girls were left m |
arge city in a strange land, dependent for their
passage, and indeed for their subsistence, upon |
uch friends as might commiserats their condi- |
ion. number OF them have returned through |
nff ~ta do +hn r.
where or anyu here, as it happens, several Of |
hem at the Robinson hal.
Such was the inglorlous finale of the Soldene |
charming" company.