The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-27
nur PINK IN CASE OF FIRE.

Tast TueBuay P
onr first visit to Messrs. Causey
Trl g Egan's immense hip
adro,ne establishment known as
t%s Skating Rink. While seated on
NO NJ the back forms Illuminating
~ The rather conhex question of the
uaoTals CT public carnivala, gFzing
= distracted wonderment at the
arrosure IN pink, and the amateur
.E9tress in white tights and a
aane to match, there suddenly
S SaP scross our mind the
th%aoonn0bt-what if some one
were to raise the cry OF IRE! a
basty glance around developed the
t H"S hat we were securely wedged
=; ~I hack of two rows of squeezed hu-
I ~ who were equslly unable to
r n va That for TIVE MY feet before the
entrance there was solid wall OF
ec.atOrs mounting up very much
Ike the third circle in Conference
time that several hundred skaters
were on the fioor.a of whom would
dash with lightning speed for the
door-snd woe to those who inter-
yened- that there was an album
dance of small windows just out OF
reach, that there was but one door
in each end of the building and o1ly
one of them open, and that one &C
eessible only by several steps and
0ne or two tortuous turnings. that
tbe place was heated entirely by
stoyes-not that there was any dan
ger from the heat that night, heaven
knows, and finally that we occu~
Died a seat equally distant from
either means of exit, and of all
places in the bippodrome the most
dificaIt..to get disentangled from.
With these reflections before our
minds. it did not take long to en-
gage in asuperhuman struggle with
our neighborS for q means OF egress,
and once with our hand upon the
east door knob we were in a little
better form of mind to gaze upon The
fantastic spectacle.
The proprietors of the rink doubt
less take every precautlon against
accident from fire, but the fate OF
their last building shows that pre-
caution is sometimes exercised IN
vain. The present rink is claimed
to be fire proof, and as far as it can
be made so, 1t doubtless Is; but
where there is any quantity Of tina
bering in the roof, where stoves are
used for heating, and where hun
dTedS OF people nightly congregate:
it is impossible to give an absolute
guarantee of safety; and even grant
ing that there were not the remotest
chance for cOnfagration, everyone
knows what drunken cry OF fire
has caused in panic stricken crowd
Of people, even WHIT n no fire existed.
The rink is fast coming to be the
regular place Of resort for amuse-
ment in this city. It has already
done heavy damage to the attend
snce st the theatres, and on Tues
day night there were 1900 people
present, atsn admission of so cents
per head. To secure a continuance
Of this heavy patronage, the gentle-
men owning the building should
take one more step in providing for
the safety and convenience OF their
guests, and according to us, that
step would be to knock out the
walls on each side of the rink and
convert them into the largest pos
SiDie sized outward swinging doors.
EMMA ABBOTT AND HER COMPANY.
This immense organization, the
strongest and most complete opera
tc troupe which has crossed the
continent OF late years, opens In San
FRANCISCO February 4th. and plsy
nete st the Opera House for one
week about the 1st of March; our
public are well acquainted with the
merits Of such members of the COM
m0y as Castle, Mrs. sequin, and
June Rosewald, each one of whom
4as before appeared in Salt Lake.
laghapletra, Campobello, Fabrini.
ana Slnlco are names we only know
1 t t0eir newspaper fame. Miss
1 1ooot herself, according to Grace
@ ."e;sn sketch, is the most
IkS Uy popular prima donna in
al sSide she has passed through
bas S1ch phases OF success as singing
pifts &c crowned heads, receiving
anti 4 tSl royalty, passing triumph.
anneor rintouSh an Italian season, and
T ondon IN the Crystal Palace,
Gree1ov' hellogg and Horace
sta"noyg were her earliest and
staunchest friends: Patti has
Even sven her enthusiastic encomiums.
0 UOunoa wrote in praise of her voice
re- r1 e neE score. Mapleson engaged
Rotb 10 !15ee years. The Baroness
eso'I1 lent her the most gen.
~ 5,0Is support, end her whole carer
LAS oeen a series of triumphs and
o ofahs- Il has gained a good deal
Newspaper notoIie.y from the os-
TTSIatory exercise known as "ths
luna Abbott kiss" and her relioi-
U0s ieD9enc'es have been equally ad-
L.I9ed since she Introduced g
nyhlh into the Bohe nian Girl or
some other opera.
Fnno NJ Mckenzie states that the
lima Lmms Abbott company play six
nignCs and a matinee, presenting
o osteh operas. Rigoletto, MigDon
NJ ~ LUCIA are In the repertoire.
.iI prize will be SIC for a seseon