The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
A Scrap of Mr.. Horsley's Le-
gendary Lore.
REMENYrs COLD SHOULDER
PROCESS.
A Tale of HinckIey.-The ViOllnists
Reasons.-Barratt Fay Temple
t0n.-Efiie Ellsler.-ItemS
Of Interest.

happening on the STAGE" said Mr..
Harry Horaley, chief banner bearer
leader of the ehouts, and head con-
spirator against the cardinal, to a
small party one evening assembled
in the green room, "tha funniest
thing ever 1 saw, and I've been
around this Theatre as long as
the next one, occurred during the
first engagement here of Sallie
Hinckley. The play was; let me-
see. I've forgotten the name of the
play; anyway, it was a piece in
which the principal feature was
grand fire scene, traps open with
blazes, set pieces hung with paper
and touched OF at back, SPARKS
dropped from the flies, real engine,
real fremen, horns, everything in
first.class realistic style. Miss
Hinckiey expected a good deal from
the play, but what she most dotted
on was the fire scene. The mana~
ger at that time was Mr.. Clawson,
and he made all arrangements
to have that scene go off in
grand style, not forgetting, however,
to take every precsution against any
accident; it was one Of the first
times, if | remember right, that 3
scene like that had been tried on this
stage, and he wss pretty nervous
about how ii would come ont I can
tell yoI; to make sure that nothing
could happen in the way of an acci
dent, the hose on each SIDE was all
putin READINGS, and the boys were
kept busy the whole afternoon
carrying water up stairs into the
paint gallery; On the day of the show,
lIr. Clawkon come to me and
"Harry," says he to me, "Pve got a
particular job for you to take charge
of to night, and l don't want to let
it go into any one else's hands; when
the fra tcene comes on," says he,
81 want you TO be on the pRinJ gals
lery with half dozen or so Of your
boys-(5he supera, you know
and l want all Of you to stand over
that fire scene with a bucket of
water in each hand; If the cry OF
sire" should BE- raised, do not hesi-
tate an instant to enpty your buck
cts On TO the stage; never mind the
play, the people or the scenery, but
let her come"
Well, [ hadn't been to any of the
Fehe7rsals you know, bnt I thought
thar was sn easy enough thing to 10,
so I get my boys and up we all 90 10
the paint gallery Just before the
fire seene was showed, I could SEE
Mr.. CIawson running around to see
if every thing was in order, and
gave him the nod to let him know
that we were all on time, buckets in
hand; well, the whistle came, Peter
and Jim ran off the flats, and would
you believe it, with the very first
blaze that showed ont OF the
window, hero comes Miss
Hinck'ey running OH to thu stage
screaming, Fire! Fire! Firep with
all her might and main. It was an
exc ting minute, / can tell you, but
remembered my orders and We let
her have j.; her lover runs on after
her when she screams, and before
either OF them knew what was the
matter with them we had emptied
| fifteen or twenty buckets full CT
/ water over the railing down On to
their heads. We were running to
the big tank for more, when
heard terrific round of applause in
front and saw Mr.. Ola wson tearing
his hair and shaking his fist I'D ct
the paint gallery. Then I stopped
the boys."
"Well2" asked breathlessly
listening super.
"Well," ans Rered Harry, cit was
all wrong; they had forgotten to
tell me that Miss Hinckley has to
scream sFirel Fire! Firel' in the
play, and we had ruined her clothes
and stopped the piece merely when
she was saying her lines. Mr.,
Clawson got me out OF the back
door in safety, but to my dying day
I'll never forget that womsn's
oaths as she rushed around that
stage, no, not if lived to be as OLD
as Mahalaleel"
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