Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-09-16
A PRlMA poNMA's HUSBAND



Csneeratng That Pepsouase.
Philadelphia Times
II is generally stipulated in rlima
donna's contract with her manager that
her name shall appear upon all posters
and announcements in type of certain
size. IL, through some neglect on the
part of the bill writer or the intelligent
compositOr, her illustrious name should
appear in type a size smaller. the first
person to discover il after the bills have
been postel up is her husband. He
says nothing to the manager, but goes
straight to the prima donna. infames
her against the wholly innocent and un-
conscious iinpressario, and instills into
her mind q scheme Of vengeance. Night
comes, but the prima donna, for whom
q crowded house is waiting does not
A quarter Of an hour before the time
for raising the curtain the manager finds
that his prima donna has not arrived
and he has no one who is up in the
principal role of the opera announced
for that night to take her place.
What is to be done. The only thing
is for the almost distracted manager to
Jump into carriage, seek the prima
donna at her hotel and inquire why she
has not presented herself at the theatre.
Having learned the reason, he must
then beg and implore her. almost upon
his knees, to save him from impending
ruin by not refusing tossing that night
When he is importuned for what the
husband thinks suf'icen, length Of
time, the prims DOM Snow, signs Of
elenting and ut lngth, after the
wretched manager has promised 10 do
all sorts of things to at, ne for the neg
lect of the bill writer or the inteligen:
compOsitOr, she c0nsen 10 sing. the re-
suit being that the curtain goes mp
nearly an hour late.
On nights when his does not ap-
pear the prima donnGs husband re.-
vades the whole theat e. lie goes be
hind the scenes, ma es love 10 the
chorus girls. and tries To STIR them up 10
mutiny against the unhappy impress
sario. lie spends his wife earnings
freely, for you know 'ow etsy it Is TO
be generous with othe le,o, les money.
and as a &ule near y sipactates some
male member of the IT. ilp entea,
ors to find out il any other lady of the
company is using his ufe's dressing
room. and If such is tn case he posts of
to tell the prima DOM /. nd the conse-
quence is that there 'sa repetition on
the following night of the incident al
ready described. He prizes about the
front of the house enc savorng to find
out the terms Of the contr Ct between
the manager Of the ompany and the
local manager, and II fiI.ds that they
ere of such o nature as TO enable the
former TO make any money he forth.
With incites the prims donna TO demand
sach AN increase Of sal ~ AS will absorb
The full amount of p OFT. lie carrie,
tales TO and about { manager and
III the members Of the pmany, setting
them all by the ears On keeping every.
body in hot water.
besides the above. AIMED method,
there are countless 9th ways in which
he coniriyes to make managers life
o curse and to cause hi to wish every
day that he had never been born. One
season as manager ofa opera corPany,
Asaded by a prima d. ma with good,
live husband, il emo h 10 turn the
hggest and finest an that ever
thSobbed and place Is owner in an
asylum for the insan have often
thought what bless NJ il would In il
Ve could have enacted eode Of social
hWs by which We couh ne the scandal
nonger, imprison fol life the anony-
nous letter-writer and hang the prima
donna's husband.