New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-23
AMATEUR ACTORS ON TIE ROAD.

THEIR TRIBULATIoNs IN NEw-JRRsEY-" cAsres1
WITH TOO MUCH SLOW MUSIC ~
A party of youths and maidens set out froe.
New. Yerh with the highest OF hopes bounding in ea>
immature bosom about ten days ago. They were anate,
actors and actresses and each cherished yisaus 3
one day being Booth or an Anderson, Jefferson or .
Mrs Gilbert. They departed under the joint ieaierah
OF lady who has gained local fame as pr,fa.
siona elocuionist, and young gentleman whose cbst
clam to hstrlonic distinction consists In the fact tb
he once played with real" company for weak 4
fact until the Gay for the ghost walk arrived an,
the manager skipped" leaving the company IN,
miles from anywhere.
The brilliant idea had been conceived OF p,sr,,.
in a circuit Of small towns in Eew,Jer.rv
81 Caste" and farce being the proerapn.
They told their friends they would be away a weel
but at end OF three days they rod Broad
way. Haggard, worn and depressed they sought III.
secusion Of their respective homes and remained A.
tenaciousy silent the proyerbsl oyster in regard IA
the happenings and events Of their tour. TKrnux,
reporter, however, met the leading male member of Ia
troupe and from him heard the following sad recital
WELL you see we played the first night az l,ts,.
town not a hundred miles from Jersey City. Ne bal
not bad Do1se, and the curtain only fifty minu,
late in rising. Some OF the audience too. al
wanted their money back. but we explained that thu
gentleman who was to play Sam had been detained /,
turned crusty and woudnt let him off, though he pre-
Gueed telegram saying that his grand-aunt was dyug
and wanted to bless him before she left Earth. Wei.
got our prompter to read his part. ana al
went off rst-class You see the prompter being on N.
stage with the book he could give our cres oei,a
easily. played Haetrce. know, but forgot rns
sprit-gum and had TO stick my mustache on viii
some bil-stckers paste found in the dressing room
II smet awful and right IN the middle OF the LASS ae,
the 1r,., off no otdie
couldn't any thing funny in it. Well felt quits
done up so I stopped with some OF the company an
next day in the town, and only went on to the ncx
stand in time TO get 20 tile theatre and dress fers
was o beast of little circus there, and they pitched
right near the Masonic Hall where we had our show
The people seemed TO take 10 the circus there wasn't
much OF house. found Miss Brown" lae didn't cal
her Brown but the reporter has tender hearu "hai
engaged local Iestra Just before went on tyou
know Haw aud DAiroy open the scene). Miss B.
came TO a and said nk the tableau the second act
drags biz so told toe lea Ter OF me orchestra 70 gse
ew chords. How about the bandcues = safe l. '0s.
Hawee takes out ais watc Well, the orchestra struck
no tue Overture, aud 1t Ubeo mrned It brass
band OF about forty performers there wpr as
many persons almost IN the orchestra as there ia
he Audience We got through the first act right enough
had got some splrItgum but my uniform split np
the back as was putting on for tue second act and
ali about the con ounGed chords the old lady had
SPOKEN to me about Everything vent on swimmin CIV
Eshcrbega her agOnzng az Lauled out my watch aud
tod D'Airoy It was nIno 70 30.
orchestra rbey struck up Tine Girl Lett Behind Me-
which the leader evidently thought the hapyess Of
Thoughts, for he smiled compiacenty he waved his
baton wildly. | yelled TO him TO stop. but he
must have thought 1 meant go on. and the DIN
grew louder and louder. Ii was impossible
10 keep faces straight, and shouted TO the proper
10 ring The curtain down. But he didn't Esther IA
tears OF modification Polly and the AoFQUise screamed
with laughter DAirOy swOre loudly aud down aud
laughed nll the tears came In about five mfnnes
Eccics made his appearance and did his comic drunken
trance ana as he staggered the stage the
.ain at length halugly descended II appeared that tue
prompter had been threafrHed vita q lammng BY ais
big brother who payeu Ecce IL he let tine curtain down
before the after had gone Though his amphe1 drunken
act and Eocies was In bis dressng-roOin and knew
nothing OF musical officially. We'll. We were all
broken IN Esther the manageress got mad aud made
speech To the udience. telling them she shamefuIy
treated aud all the had be returned We all
uuarreiled among ourselves and straight back
home How about the receipts Well, we nearly cleared
our railway fares the first ugbt"