The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-12
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Yesterday morning Mark Antony
geene and Cleopatra Eytlnge we've
.iuina in Room 70 Of the Interpa.
tonni Hotel talking over the gorgeous
Effect, that tho new costumes would pro.
juce at the evenings performance. An.
tony lust arrived .0n the morning train.
Ho va, accoutered In linen dusIer, and
,porled banged.up carpet sack. he an.
nouuced that the costumes were probably
on the train. Calling Agrippa, Cleopatra
uksd him 10 run down and see II the
wardrobe trunkG had come. lie soon 70.
turned with the intelligence that they had
mol, When the fact wan made known 10
lhetrlbunes, liclors and DICTIONARIES much
sOpsteruatiOn prevailed Il became so.
rious question as to whether the piece
would DO played or not. The Serpent Of
The Nile, however, was eqnal to the emer.
gsncy. She ordered sewiug machine Of
The latest Egyptian pattern 10 be brought
up to her apartment at once. Antony
aId EnOblrbus started forthwith and In
few moments secured one which, after
considerable profanity and Precipitation,
they lugged up three pairs Of stairs 10 the
rooms Of Cleopatra. Chatrmain and two
or three Of the eunuchs were then order.
ed to bring all the sheets, pillow. cases
ssd bedspreads they could find, and tho
clothing contract for the Roman and
E,yptiln armies and making Of tOpas
for Ca'ar's Senatorial gang began 10 ear.
nest. When her majesty tackled the Few.
ing machine il was lively work, 60 lively
in fact, that several present intimated
that 'hs must have served her time in &
beg factory. She paid no attention how.
ever, to these remarks. Antony, with r
biz pair Of shears, cut the sheets bias, and
Otherwise, and 0etavius Cn'ar Mn1er did
The bastinR. Enobarbus Ward from the
lack Of early training, was incapncitated
for anyihiDE except waxing thread, which
he did with considerable ability, while
Eros Miss Care WystD threaded the
needles. Rose Eytipgo 10 considered the
best teamsteeis in tho profession, aud
once took prize for fancy needle work
at the Nemaha County fair in Nebraska.
When it comes TO making Roman togas, it
il simply child'd play. She sews them to.
gsther with lightniRg.like rapidly, and
as soon az one ia finished she throws It
over her shoulder. 1t is inserted ON the
authority Of as reliable a man "a Mr..
Vinion that she kept one in the air all
the while. In the wild excitement ofthe
moment the troop having started in on
lOgs', hardly knew when 10 stop, and
while Cowper, Lsclair Thornton and Mur.
ray Woods were rushing around the hotel
snItching sheets from the beds, the rest Of
Ihepurty made them into togas, which
they piled along the halls.
When there were no more sheets or bed
spreads 10 the hotel they rushed into the
diningroOm and tackled the table cloths.
Hero Mr.. Hsnsk concluded that he sew.
ing'bee carnival had about reached q
point where il must spend its fury, and 70.
fused to allow the table linen TO be led TO
the sacriacisl altar Of Miss Eylings's in.
sutisble ssWing-machiue. A calm now
began to inauguraie itself, and where q
few minutes before waves oil togaa bad
piled themselves upon the Brussels carp
Ell, there was now but an occasional rip
pie, as Miss Eyuuge, in an distracted
manner, grabbed up q piece OF cotton
and transformed ii into toSs by few
turns Of the wheel.
Suddenly messenger boy, who had
been sent down to Mr.. Osbourne's for
his tOga," returned with an arm full Of
big miners shoes. As he 1uHR them on
the lOor he remarked that at Roos Bro
theirs they could "get all the stogaS"
they wanted. After the squirt Of toga-
making was over It was found that they
bad made about a dozen togas too many,
and after the play was over the hired
help Of the hotel were employed in rip
ping the stitches out Of the bed linen in
order that the guests might retire for the
night. This morning the regular cos
tunes arrived, and real old Roman togas
and sandals made from genuine sandal
wood will be used tonight.