The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
How Crane supped in Boston.

Comedian Crane was recently given a supper
by the Electric Club says the New York Moi
ana Express Invitations were sent to Crane
W III seymour, the stage manager Joseph
BrooEs, Cranes manager, an one or two OF er
theatrical people, and the scene of the sympo-
SUM was a private room in Younp'S hotel For
several hours before the time set Tor the repaSt
however couple of the hosts one Of VIII IN is
the superintendent of q leading electric Hght
company, took possession of the dinin room
ana were OuSY with various mysterious DreD-
aratiOnS which neceSSitated the Introduction Of
some queer looking jars and coils of silk-cov-
cred wire, Finally Crane, rubicund sun-burned
and smiling, made his appearance His hosts
were waiting for him, and their greetings were
warm and affectonate.
supper Will he served in few minutes -
sad on. but III the meantime have little
appetizer, and he handed silver Salver to the
actor GA which were two or three glasses of
something that looked ike Vermouth Crane
reached out MS hand and his fingers closed on
the stem of one of the wine glasses but as thav
did SO start ing expression Of alarm and an
preaenSiOn OverSpread mis- cOuntenance and
his fingers cluns tenJciOuSly to the glass He
tried to sueaI, but he could only gasp and
glare al his host. Nv nat 5 the matter CrannY''
asked the latter, with a well defined assumD-
ton of innocence. Matter" gasped the actor
Tine lufernal things bewitched - ard his fin
gers still chung to the glass tenacioIsly Dear
dear said the other commiseratingly Il
forgot that you were not used to our brand of
Nermouth. ana making mystic pass over the
glass he adde /: Now its all right g"
The panied look left the comedians face. and
his fingers freed themselves from the glass but
he could not be prevailed upon to repeat fine
experiment, though one after another of his
hosts stepped uD and, lifting a glass from the
tray, drank its contents to show him nothing
was wrong, The other guests began to arrive
first among them being Mr. Brools VINO as he
shook hands with one of his hosts on his
entrance suddenly doubled up with veil and
then began shaking his arm as though he
wanted to shaAe it off.
Tat tut" Solemnly said the electrician
1.-THE atmosphere is overcharged toni INT. and
I'm afraid Mr.. Brooks is overseas. tive an
op ion in W Ich that individual fully agreed
Tor, as he al LATER he felt as if he had had a
stroke of paralysis.
1t was when tley sat down to the table thougb
that tue fun BEGAN. First Crane jumped nm
from the cnalr ON which he had seat ii hims4if
as if propell d from catapult. Then when he
| tried to fish up his knife and fork he found his
hand suddenly glued, as it were to the table and
as SudIeuly creased.
The lnterlude being ended and supper half
over, dish of ordinary looking bonbons ona
OF whose contents he tried to remove assumed
the appearance of black cats back in the dark
when 1t Is RUBBED the wrong way and sparked
and cracked in q most alarming fashion
And so it went on until the guests began To he
afraid to perform the most ordinary action for
fear of receiving shock or of something start
ling happening. The QUeerest part of il all was
that though tle electricians might do the very
same things as Their guests immediate Y after
them, none OF the peculiar consequences would
follow. At last. IN funny speech, Crane com
pimented his host on having taken in most
thoroughly one who was himself q past grand
master IN the ar of practical Joking