Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-14
NO PERFORMANCE.
4 Small House Grccts "a Friend" and
the Play is not Given.
The Manager of tho Opera House is
Charged With Plotting Against
Paying House.

mt the opera house to hear the "a
FRIEND company play. The curtain
went up and the play had progressed
with the first act when Mr.. Marlande
Clarke stepped out with bow to the
audience and addressed them in the
following language.
Ladies aud conference.-the is the
first time that | have had to make an
unpleasant announcement, but L am
bound to do so on this occasion. The
whole of my company are ut present
on the stage, fully dressed and pre-
pared to play their parts. | have acted
entirely up TO my contract with Mr..
Elser. Forthe second time he has neg
lected to supply an orchestra, and
have proof that ten people who applied
for reserved seats this afternoon were
refused, that the play tomorrow night
may have n better house. AS Mr.. Max
Eser has not acted fair and square by
me, and the house is 80 small, ! have
no other recource but to ring down the
curtain, and take what legal steps |
may.
The audience were somewhat sur
prised, but showed their appreciation
of the situation by the loudest APP
plause possible from eleven persons.
The reporter, feeling that the public
would like To know something of the
merits of the matter, interviewed both
sides, and the result of his laboriouS
work is appended:
"a FRIEND" SPEAKS.
Mr.. Marlande Clarke was in COM
pany with Miss Florence Gerald when
approached by the reporter. He made
the following statement:
1--WE had AN arrangement with the
management that we should have 60
per cent. OF the receipts. Just before
| the rise of the curtain last night 1t
came TO my knowledge that there was
| some difficulty between the orchestra
and Mr. Elser. | went to him and
told him | must have an orchestra, ac-
cording to his signed contract with
me. He said he would do what he
could. / kept the curtain waiting half
an hour, and finding no orchestra
! forthcoming, and the audience natural
| ly very impatient, ] sent around to
| Mr.. Elser TO ask him what better per-
centage he would give me in consider
| alton of the absence of AN orchestra.
| He sent word that he would settle
| all that matter in the morning.
| 4
ager to explain the cause of delay TO
| the audience, which he did. Just af-
ter this, when the curtain was already
to rise, Mr.. Elser came to me in the
wing with rush from somewhere and
said with kind ofa neer on his face,
"If YOU are not going to rise the cur
tain of course | can easily refund the
money at the door, After the per
Torrance ON account of my having tC
undress | was unable 10 see Mr.. Elser
but Mr.. Page, my treasurer, saw him
and it was again arranged that all
matters should he settled in the morn.
ing. had to 80 TO Dallas on the two
O'Clock on business, and learned OH
my return this Afternoon
that he refused to make
any allowance on account o
the absence of the orchestra, and
thinking Mt the time that there might
perhaps be some fault on the side
of the orchestra, | decided to let mat
tiers lie over until night. Accompah.
led by Miss Gerald | went to Mr.. Gui
mond, who sells reserved seats, about
six o'clock, and found that not one
seat was sold. We then went up t
see Mr.. Elser. | spoke TO him abou
the orchestra last night and he eX
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