Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
A MASH on THE MAsTODoNs
Inc Female Minstrels Greeted at Hous.
ton With a Shower Of Rot.
ten Egrs.

| mere, were quite niIni,r
Gus. Last night the hour Of O clock
the time for opening the performance
arriVeu' mouse nearly full of men mn,
D0ys greeted the immense company
Inc curtain arose, when a cnnnI,
Oh negro male characters appeared
on The stage, evidently to omen n
low variety show farce of some
KIND. After this bad been going on
Tor short time the audience began r.
manifest signs OF restlessness and dis.
satisfaction. The negroes left tho
stage, and a bIawny-looking female
appeared with pair of Indian clubs
she swung" little when varjous
sounds of discomfort came from the
audience, as they began To see plainly
that me whole thing was fraud. Soon
several parties entered the theater and
hardly had they taken their seats
when a large, oblong, beautiful but
odorous egg. came sailing from the
crowd, and the artist at once skinned
out. This was the signal for liberal
yelling and jeering; but before it sub
sized regular female masher appear
ed on the stage and began to elbow her
bazoo, alias sing. This seemed TO he
a signal for war, and not less than sew
eral dozen eggs were hurled from the
CROWD at the prima donna,
she LETT, but was badly disiigured
ana perlumed. This was ACCOM-
panied by the widest yells and every
man sprang to his feet, that he might
SAY something about the merry war.
ihey ana not speak, but howled ana
Jumped upon the seats to see what
next. one man got up and moved
that the money (receipts) he appro.
priated TO some charitable object; an
other moved that it be returned 10
those who paid 1t to see the show, and
half dozen others made as many mo-
tions to dispose of it in as many diff
ierent ways.
AT this state of the game the whole
place berame pandemonium. Finally |
MIR. Watson, treasurer OF the theater,
appeared upon the stage and said that |
the money would all be returned i'll
such was the pleasure of the audience.
This was greeted with wild applause |
and deafening cheers. Manager
RELY, somewhat pale, but with
4 steady tread, was next on the
.tage and proposed to do the
lair thing. He was willing to give his
share for theater rent and gas. etc, to
he cause of charity. The bil-poster
his bill out of 1t, and Mr.. j. C,
Baldwin, if it was to be returned.
wanted his transfer bill paid out of it.
BY this time several gentlemen had
mounted the stage and were Grating
'ociferously and gesticulating wildly
II behalfof various plans of settlement.
rs soon as hearing could be had, il
vas moved and carried that DR.. j. j.
burroughs, Mr.. &. G.. Wiggin and
lr. j. e. Baldwin be made commit
&c to receive the money and pay IL to :
he Baylaud Orphans Home. They ,,
ot on the stage, and the money,
LA So, was turned over to them.
)uring this part of the performance =,
here were about 400 other suggestions
lade in public speeches as to what
lse might be done with it. Many OBJ
.cted TO this appropriation of the
honey. Many cried aloud to know 7
ow they got eight-tive cents in exact :
'oney. Answers came that
nat was what had been left r
tier purchasing spoiled hen fruit to !,
)mplete the performance. In the
leantime the members of the compa- s
had escaped from the stage into the I
ressing rooms. Pending this state of
liars, some one hogan To turn the |
shts out and the. crowd at once i
arted Tor the door. soon the building
us empty and the guests out on the |!
dewaik, laughing, testing and clean n
x from thelr tthose VINO had front l.
nfslc'n' hes the tracks OF egg that had v
He short OF the stage. n
After the performance Dr. Bur U
uShs aud Mr.. Wiggln informed U
'st reporter that they would turn
'er every cent OF the money this
ornlng TO one OF the trustees OF the
~ Ian orphans home, get receipt g.
1t and place said receipt in the ~
nds of representative of the Post,
be held subject To the order of the
oper parties. They decided not 10 81,
y any bills for anything whatever. pr
The Company Is aiming TO go To NV
leans to play week 3 engagement
ere, but it was reliably stated last co
5ht that 1t had not enough money to
out of town.
The remarkable skill with which
he of the decayed hen fruit was Ga
rown, and the marvellous accuracy y.
tn which each particular egg would Ms M'
,ch the exact spot for which il was Oh
signed, proved couclusively that VI
ere are more kinds Of Workmanship No
Texas than one. OF course, ii re- Ne
Tres quick eye and steady nerve 30
send bullet Ia its mark from the IN IN
lzzle of six shooter in the midst wv
excitement, but to send an egg
elk led with time and freighted with La
cay to the spanged and glittering 7
m of LOTUS MastOdon Is a kind -
4, ms rL = nanship that tho bpya of Ex