Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
PERIsHABLE PROPERTIES.
Articles Eaten, Dranfk.,er Destroyed
in Modern Plays.
.ESt. Louis Post-Dispatch.I

-sWhen Clara Morris, Modjeska .er Bern
hardt sit down to the supper in Camille, :"
said the manager, ga layout OF real viands
and sparkling champagne must be provided
| that sometimes costs for a single perform
anee as high as S3s or $40. Six persons sit
at the tablein that scene, and when the star
is paving actress, like any 7 have men
toned. we can afford to provide: costly
spread OF course an ordinary actress won't
get a s35 table in camille About $40 or $12
Is fair average for a single layout in this
play In Herne's Hearts OF Oak, a very
pretty supper set SIS feature ofsone. of the
scSs; the dishes come ON steaning hot, and
Inc aetars sit down to the table and eat with
Ppetites that suggest the possibility of their
b swing foregene their regular Vesperal meal
ktae hotel for the sake of eating ton tee
st spa. Thisspread costs from Sc to s9 per-
fo rrnance. In-tAs YoE Like It the chaps wile
ba nas1et in the Forest of Arden have real
me al set before them, send in dozens Of othe1
pla Us palatabie wiands are provided for the
per formers"
g And they are usually all they are repre-
sent I'd to bee'
81 IsralIy. In Raymend's Col Sellers as
|, YOU S1now, the colonel his wife, and their
zyoun guest, the hero of the piece, sit down
TO a BOWL of turnips and pitcher of aqua
| Aissis sippi river. Well, now yan couldn't
expect sthe actors to eat sturnips-sIeh a diet
| would soon kill ttlen-so we have apples OF
pears eeied and prepared so as to look like
| the rut ahaga article. and of course the and
ence &C, .eFted them for turnips."
1.-THE drinks are, in nearly every case
reaIn'
sFWhen twine is called fer, nowadays, the
genuine ssff is usually brought on. In the
time of Be u De Bar eald tea was used, and is
used even yet by the performers who are tenn
perato AM t prefer a mild drink; but diam
payne and other wines are common on the
present STAG e. Last week we had a bill 0f815
for wine Sod in the sleeping-car scene OF
The Touris t. When beer IS used in any
quantities, a. il the picnic incident in Baker
and Farron's Chris and lena,'a keg of beer
is on tap behi nd the scenes.o
s'Who was The first to inaugu-ate the Use
OF real food in stage spreadsg'
81 think Matilda Heron is entitled to the
credit of the innovation. She always insisted
on having the genuine articles on the table IN
Camille Eighteen or twenty years age
such a thing was unknown, and even now
the tendeney to realism in small details OF
stage representations is overlooked by many
actors Jaues Walack never went te play
Macbeth without having a steaIning bears
head-the real flesh-and- bone-article-op the
board in the banquet scene. Neither Booth,
Barrett, Mccullough, Keene, nor any Of the
great tIagediars of the present day, demand
such property and,the banquet table isst'll
set with papier5pache goblets, epergnes, etc
as in the olden days. Before Herons time
fakes were used. Cleverly made pasteboard
| limitations of articles of food were employed.
Sometimes other methods were resorted to.
Often. in playing Dandy Dinmont, 1 have
| tackled chicken made from 27cent
Loaf of bread, - toasted brown and
CIT in the SHAPE of fowl with
real chicken leg stuck in one side, which Din
mont has to pull out and stick between his
teeth When a steaming dish was wanted, q
little lime or hot ashes with water sprinkled
over it gave the desired effect"
'fWho looks after all this stuff!"
'.The property man of the theatre. A COM
ing attraction sends on LIST of all its props,
and the property man is expected to have
everything at hand when the curtain is ready
to ring up on the play. All props not per-
ishable are returned to him fer future use, as
the phiaI of poison that Juliet Is supposed to
| drain eff, the piece of red flannel, and the tin
tomahawk welded by the savage super in
Oliver DSi1d Byron's play. Yes, the property
man is occasionally guilty Of a practical
joke l can remember the case of a promi-
nent actor, who, in playing Robert Macaire,
got the bottle of salt water fixed up for
Jacques Strop by property man who had a
grudge against Strop. There was much spit
ting and spluttsring on the part Of Macsire
, after he got the dose in his mouth, and there
came near being a funeral from that prop.
cry mans house il consequence"