, 1877-01-19
The Trials and Tribulations Of
Daly's Theatre Troupe.
Tolerating Life on Apple.Pie, Mtlkless
Tea, and Similar Dainties.


Railroad, Just 1lo]1 hours from New York. The
members Of the Fiji, Avenue Theatre company
looked as though they might hare had hard
time Ut 1t. They ula'lo thelr way u the IRE
mont House, where Manager tc'sctt Wilcox re-
fres1led tllctE bulIes anil minds with savory
breakfast. When cacl, member nf tho
company had done sufficient Justice to
the ytands, Tribune reporter fct1 In
with them to get little Of the experience of
the members. There arc In tho party ]. c.
Duff, manager; 81. II. Barrymore, Charles
Rockwell, John Moore, Charles 1.o Cicrcq, G.
u. 1}ainbr!dgc, George Elliott, and It. Warren;
tho Misses 1ctfreys-Lcwls, Gcorgfc Drew,
Alice GREY, Ada Gilman, Elise Moore. Miss
Du.au1l, nud sliss Boyl,-nftccn people in all.
"TuAT WAS ONE or THE EPlsoDEs OF oCis
said Mr. Dun. "Onu that VIC shall not soon
forget"
"Ycs, }" intcrposcl the reporter, I" presume
II was an occason that touk you by Storm"
IA little that way, sir. It brought down our
house. You see VIC were solon5 showed In that
NO thought somewhat OF engaging cottages
near Castillo, n. T., whcro nc wcro senow-
bouud.' It's no bounding out Of tho way when
tell you we saw CASTLE In ait It's beauty loom
up to U.s. but no tsoap' to sec US through for Il
weeks washing. II 1t had been possible, We
might have collected our scattered population
together, md would hare certainly gtrcn
romantic production Of rlquc' as II then entered
our minds. 'Itfc' Is too short, however, to
look back at that now. Sir. Daily thought serl-
uusl7 Of sending liz Lemons by mail, and in this
way prevent 'D!yorcc' of tho company. Tho
members thought they had struck a DIg
Honanza,' but, while fookfnG over Article AZ
they founI their mistake. We received i fs-
patc!. from Miss Mutton hoping that wo were
not Led Assray.'n
"But to the point" said the reporter, "lct's
have 1ittlo real experience"
We can easily givc that, and
HERE ARE TUE FACTS:
We left the Chambers Street New York; Dcpot
Of tho Eric Railway at n'cturk Saturday eycn-
tng last. We had d contract that VIC should bo
landed in Chicago by Monday morning in order
that NC should be nbtc to perform In the cven-
Ing At l1aycEly's Theatre, where wc were to fill
II twu-wccks' engagement ..
+" Everything went on swtmmlngly I'LL VIC got
to Ilorncllsyilie. u. T., where We arrived Sun
our train was large one, and We Had about 3EW
passengers an beard. al tnld. The Fifth Ave
hue Theatre company had n Pullman car to
themselves, nearly. M.c llad guilt, lot of emil
ing Saturday night, nnd tho drifts werc deep
everywhere, rs NC saw when We calne through.
"On either silc of the railr0nl tracks thu
snow r'sc T.. hunks Mf from twelve to fifteen
Illrtlccl. We we're told that no trutns had
becu through to Buffalo from this place slnca
the dny before. Around u.s. everywhere. lay
SNOW. It covered fences and hid natnrt fron
1attrn tsnwn with It. .....
"Dclightful prospect, VIC thought; but We
lad to put up with 1t, n1!d Wy lay at llnrncls-
Vile for trty-six hours, until Mullay evening.
w.. Ht-as NJ rnR nt1 flint hr
had snt!n-cdgetl bl Of fare, aud Included ex-
Cellent solc-lcatlrr, sllrllalne1 stcaks l'anncl-
wailleH. And queer tea nnd coitce. Tic meals
lIa.1 tho variation Of hcIny ull coukel in thu
Rat.c skillet, ulld varied III to orders only III thu
detail Of scrytng.
pany .......
for us 50 that VII might get through. Twenty
four niles west Of Us there was enow..lrltt
covering the trarlt estiinate.l Ut frs'nl thirty
10 furty ftrt In height. They started four
rngnrs, headed BY slow-plox, fur lilo SCENE
started Oh our way. nnh had gotten ~ fur -
Cast.lc, twenty miles wrat Of uorne1lsytl!c.
Four inies further III tho four engines h,.,l
jumped tho track intn tho rrt,w-',ank. Thu
plow md two cnglnus we're wrecked completely,
anil twD ut tho engineers very lns1ly Injured.
uur 3D0 passengers hal been travelling slowly
NIL dAy. mud were 1N'w hungry ns wolves.
lIorncllsyliIe hal fa!lcd to furnish enough
Ia a warm car worth, ! ask YOU, with
an empty s,nn,arhl Our p,rtcr VA. tLc l.Appy
nun. lie BACKED our boNts, a,nl Insisted TINT
| thry shuull be Kept bright. Our hcti.lincn
| gays out, too, asla ~ we hau to lu tile best ne
could.
at CASTLE VIC found annthcr restaurant.
| Our fare ut llornelsviie had l'ern as t.retia
banquet compared tn this place.. lulasinu u
scven by niue ruot,-tl,at was al' there Was III
| tea, and M 1ntk.,' Tile pies didn't ~ round
aal4 about. .slo ot the passengers drew
| mp III CASTLE, nilA APPLES were not t. be had.
| Water We could yet from tho snow and lefcles.
| W. stail here another thirty hours or 70. II
tie meantime had teleErupAed to supcrlnteu1
| ent Abbut tp
SEND ME- 4 SPECIAL Train
to take US back tu Hornellnyi1le, In order that
our company might Ert to C9nago oyrr the
STORM, which coated The rails viii
tec, nnd rendered trayrl exccc!l!nsl,
dangerous. The. ci,sncsr refused +
turn back towards iIaruellsyilic, lest he ah0n!s
run Oft thn .ra"k at some point where no III,
| could reaeEl hin in casc ol ali aTttcnt. At
oc!urk T.sesaay night VIC started for the stcu'
If thu wreck, four lnllrs distant from Custilc
Here VIC had to stay until midnight, Thr plar'
hat another llttls restaurant, We i'uA to r.
through from twelve to twenty feet Of snow Il
set there, aud VIZ ds.l. Tns lure limited u
| ArFi.E-FiK AND fEHf WEAK TEA,
which WIS served III every Kind OF
ycseel frum II platter To tt,l.enn
| Tra an'l pic were soos exhausted
and only about 1o] Of ..s got one or Thy Other
nn,l thu rest drew up an"tllrr notch n thei
wnst.uandt. Still We were tnppy. We ha
hcas,l that there was tllarntt's cottage 10
rent. two mtlcs from thc railroad, wh!tl. VI
thought Of engaging. Blackwell offered To fn'
nlsh it with paper, willis Barrymore though
we'd haye to see the doorkcciNr Or Else "
couldn't "pass through. Cows In this enilI,
try must br scarce, for MI could sct no mil
anywhere for love or money.
s'Atter VIZ had eyuporatctl the lunch, there va
q universal series Of howls. Miss TREY Though
VIZ should do better when tho thaw gaVe ts
chance, and anticipated u yrry delightful tia
when the bird. should sing agatn.'
with this suggestion ringing 10 our ears, VI
got buck to thr train. About lu'rlock Ne.ihcs
Iuy lnornIng traln arrived to take us " lsutll
~. Then We hy.ecl up, " became u, In tn
Aupc Of ONE musc seeng civilization. Torthr
were tigltea up, and In that weird manner "
lad our baggage and ourselves transferred
the other ears.
ut Was une Of the
MOST ROMANTIC slGnTs