, 1881-02-13
CLEAR THE AISLES.
The Citizens: Association Wants
HaverIy to Remove His
camp-Stools..
The Mayor Attends the Matinee
and Finds Everything All j.,
Right. ''.,>
But a Reporter Sees 1nfnit Possibil-
tiles Of Disaster.

But Reporter Sees 1ntlnat Possible
tiles Of Disaster.
The Citizens Association OF Chicago, which, |
from its office in the Merchants Building, exer-
cses a sort OF supervisory tuteage OF tho wei |
fore OF the c!ty's inhabitants, had It's attention
attracted during the utter part OF last week TO
the alleged fact that the atstcs OF HaVeflys 3 |
Theatre we're being crowded during the opera
performances With chairs and camp-seools" II
was in the Chicago Club that the reported fn-
frtnrement upon tho city ordinance was earliest |
discussed. the matter having been the suo]act
OF considerable comment thore last Inu1saaS
night Gentlemen who had attended me repre-
scntation Of Lohengrin ~ had found SO tnes
said TINT tho extra seAts had heen o'sposso ~
the passages In such manner as 10 enesety
block them, aud some Indignation was e1pressoo
in consequence.
The proper Committee Of the Citizens Asso-
ciation hearing OF tl.- made IN inVest'gnuons
and found sufficient evidence to warrant their
Interference on behalf OF the safety OF the op-
era's putrous, They learned that during the
performance of Thursday night number q
gentlemen &.
APPEALED TO HIS HONOR THE MAYOR,
who WAS In the audience, calling bis attention
to the fnct that the safety Of the audience WIS /
endangered by the Disregard OF the ordinance
framed 1QE tQG pEUtGGAnA VI oANA@ s"~-0-~s
but that his Honor was utterly unable to up
preciate the force Of their appeal. He said that
he did not notice that ans OF the a1sles were
crowded, and declined to interfere In the nnat-
ter. The Committee decided that the occaston
was one requiring their attention., anu a1ter
considering the most advisable action 10 De
taken prepared the following commnnlcauon
ana sent it to his Honor yesterday uoruinE:
The Hon. C,Irte7 H. HARRISON. ilaDef-OE1At.
SIN: We would Respectfully call your attenuop d,
| the representation uf the opera Of " "Lohengran
ut Havcrly's Thcr.re, It was patent to every one
INT the gefcs ctyd md ths, to dd
| TO tho peril OF tho audience some OF tna alnles
we're filled with chairs. 1l1aklug esress on1cHs.a. n
Of n possible ca1astrophe VA. felt uy every one.
ind It was mt due to any cure by the managess s
that no disaster oecurfed, @ ls,d Is lepof far mn
| other crush at tho mntinte performance
today the III manager sSne Tn eeuptdisy Of tho
is even more critninaI for to-days per,
| for,nutcc is the audience will bc composed
chiefly Of wotnen eng churen TO-, - s nnv ,tv
to call upon you to enforce tne otui!1au"es ,ii
| jn1fng to pl,ces Of amusement, that vsit1Aple
lives may not be sacsihcea To Tie steco - n"u'
The Mayor could not ignore this, so he ::
GENT n,1ILp1Sa SUPERINTENDENT KIRKLAND
to Huycrly's to notify the nlanAger TINT he must
comply with ths city 1t.i t.riormance vester-
uny afternoon Il TRIBUNE reporter calieo at 1oe
j theutrc ind ....
WAS ASSURED BY THE 31AxAGER,
Mr. FItzsimmons. that although extra seats M nao 70
disposed that tkey did not i'll any way clog .Ge u;
pnssases Ie drew attention To tho manner ~
| s;dt. end of each row OF seats chair had been
| SET which did not diminish t. my great e1een1
tho width Of the aise, end bAc5 .. tne au4a tna
,ynii which. Nlr, Fitxlsumons explained. wcro
| mOycd up against t1c lust row vs seats rs sooa
as the performance a Desan "s6nrs ruok care ,nat
| M additional se,ts were Introduced und |nni
Of the id setS ~ere fh aansnt
business m to be, the police would deprive him ot o
e5 and let its hP ,'s% standn sh1 rest ro
> onlr 1T lis disposal. And finally. Mun,
ayer Fitsmmons said Wnen ng ~, -
were ere reonested TO vacatc them, nnd the chnirs
: which Otherwise might become serious obssa-
clea in tho way Of tue nepap qnis nr.caurln
takcn with view to tue comfort OF tne uepaat. p -.
ng audience, Is tactt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS W ~ ~
serious obstacle to its progress: nno, IN one
event Ut panic arising, the p9llee aho usaees u,
should always, some moamsts ~ oos. ss,ts Of
what Is coming and remove the chasrs anu stools
| out Ut harms way. -u.,;,-,s ~,
COMMUNICATION from the Citizens Assocta aot
~, i've subject OF the uilegcd crewding OF The
asles, but that he would no ~ uno
tha ss,,hiect which would receive his most care
. full attention.
Just before the opera began
, ! MAYOR HARRISON VISITED THE Ill go tN he
an1 ,usncctcd its various purts. To the reporter
| nreseut he suid that he saW nothing ln tue ~
Engagement Of the few chnirs wa1en @ sIs ~
possible danser IT, to fhe na q case to lave in
terfered but under the cFcu!nstanSss, ~ 7h.,.
do nothing. The reporter nfoFnen MN tna, =,
Representative OF the Citizens Assocunon ~ az
i heen Instructed to call upon him dur.ng - tn ~
afternoon, but his Honor said ne wnulu not ~ nas r.
the pleasure Of meeting re n ~ Itrne, NJ
8 XII tho rest ot tho week he devoted to the ~
1 tercsts Of the city, but Saturday afternoon q .
j ANIMATION Of Il coy chat With tho Secretary Q
l.. the Citizens: Association could not te"pt a41
: to break the rule ....
: DURING THE PERFORMANCE
the arrangement Of tho chairs WIS Kept pret.''
;; mnt:b ns Mr. Fltzsimmons had previously lhal
Gated with hcre and there, however. an h; tuat"I
ton Of the house rules on the sun1ect ,,ti4 mnnu
!, not disaster. For Instance. gentleman whos %
wife occupied Que Of the chairs paeeu ~ =. ~ ~
extremity Of one sxa Of hI tine rows Second eaar whc
= narrowed the side aisle so that people tnox,K
and fro had to 80 Hdewnys p;ist tng his chm
3 % sqilettoes at anyhody who Obliged him TO s',il
| bF1 nDstt0u Eu4hc1Gn{lF d1lV" u " FAs-'~s-
= Tn,s wns done In sight Of both policemen ~, An
nshcrs. who did not call his attention TO inc ~
ti7at he was at once yiotartuG all the rules OF u
- | theatre ant3 city ordinance. o.. u,
- Take it altogether the dhngsr lncfdent ~ ~ "
70 nsa of moylhlc seats in crowded auoltos!uu i
s. | viii ha reduced to II minimum nt Hhsesy I
:, - lang as the rules regulating their emp!oyme1
are are %rigidis enforced still In case OF Pni F 4
~ there Is no knowing what damnge cnasr ~ .l u
~ ~ aisie might accomplish single person tnroH
= down by it vi xht lead to one Of those fntal 1an
a. in wbich me1, and women. their set-consI. -.
20 inst in the wild excitement OF the momeut. ~ -
~ ana unpn another, with consequences " :.
~ nniernaost which have been told IN sne s1o.y
20 20 more than one theatricnt disastes. Al a ~
"a there were perhaps not more thnn 'toextFa sea
~ - in the theatre yesterday, 30 that tne & e1'
= nr,flfs to tho management could haraly sseul
~ cnmpepsatc for the risk Incurred even tnous s
~ ms Mr. Firzslmmons put it. the very niGe t,e
~ neorfe say they must have seats, and tnen " M
~ ean YOU io7' Which remark goes TO sno" 4 tal a
oftar aIl In such disasters 1t Is the people @oe1
~ seiycs who arc partially to blame
H.
he Ancestors a In NIaj."Gen. Stanley.
lls A Paris iournal contains this advertisement n
~ | "Aucestors Mt, artist painter, W1lI ". =.
~ ~ at moderate pricen gallery OF ancestors K
VA ! -...tCc, nh srf1l rive him u COmEtl8S1oH ~1t