The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-15


so she told me in few well chosen
words. taken from the best Ffreside Story
paper, mingled with Coney Island idsoans,
how she yearned to be sAet OF the thrah-
dom Of hotel Efe and to 1uca4 aoee be
free. think she VII 60 on the stage.
Iewould not be SURPRISED d. as a.zesult
| oft, thestagesakesto its w{ngsand flies.
At the hotel table yesterday saw a
face that I had seen before, but I~coud
not remember where / have now
reached that age where prevaricate IN
that direction some, for Icaanot remem-
Der names any more. and 50 when this
gentleman bowed did SO, and we talked
on pleasantly. He asked me all about
Buffalo Bib and Herbert Spencer and
Steve Brodie and President Carnot and
Marshall Wilder and Neil Vanderbilt
| and all of our folks, SO knew that he
moved n our set. Then he asked me to
excuse him, but there looked 60 him 20
be a foreign substance ia among the
leaves of my saksd. paved over the
lettuce and discovered in it a newdollar
bill. 1 thanked the gentleman for his
kindness. and said YVES getting so-ab-
sent minded now that was EablS 10 90
away SOME time and leave a whole fort
une in the hotel sugar bowl. Hesaid he
was that way too.
Now, for instance, LEFT something or
other over there In that finger bowl,
believe. VIII yoabe kind enough to look
in it and see." l examined the finger
bowl and found his diamond Nng in the
bottom Of 1t. When [ got through my
meal decided to go and see some sort
Of show. Invent TO see Hermann. When
he came on the stage l remembered who
it was that ate dinner with me.
The performance did not run very
smoothly, owing to the orchestra, which
was local affair. In one place the per-
former is quite dependent on the orches-
ira for his cue, as the whole thing moves
along with the music. 1t is part of the
programme called Black Art, wherein
various skeletons come outof their damp,
i'll ventilated graves at late hour Of the
night and dance the hornpipe or remove
their skulls and blow the dust out of
them, keeping time to the music all the
while. Hermann had endeavored toim-
press upon him that the members Of the
orchestra must pay strict attention to
their business, for he depended on the
music.
When it got to this part of the pro-
gTamnle the magician discovered that
the leader had loaded his etruscan Jaw
with q giant jag of tystti frutti gum and
was kee1lly enjoying the show. Herr
mann 1notioned him to go on with the
music, and he spread cut his wings rs q
signal for the orchestra to sail in. AS one
ghastIy gentleman after another got out
of his nalarial grave and shook out the
kinks in his skeleton. the orchestra be-
gan TO play more and more piano. The
man who adnnini1teFs the clarionet TO
himself every evening swallowed the
first JOINT cf his instrument, and then
seemed to freeze with horror at the pict-
ure on the stage. All as once a slim little
ghost cTawied out Gf his grave, and TAX
ing out carpet tack which had been in
the bottom of his coffin 10 dcubt for
years and jabhing him in the back, he
seemed TO breathe sigh OF relief, and
turning hand spring lit ca the top of
tai monument worth $3.50
Then the man who plays the adjust
able brass pulled the instrument out 20
its fullest extent and forgot to put It
back again. 1fUre and more the or
Chestra seemed TO get interested in the
show and less in its music. The drum
1ner made n fox pass. Is the French say,
and tner paused with an unborn note.
still trembling on his lips Finally as the
CHASTITY funniest went on, the orchestra
got 50 dnninuendo that an cid blind
man, with a Croupy base tUba, was the
only musician who seemed to be earning
his salary.
Then Professor Hermann came out on
the stage and made d few desultory re-
marks to the orchestra personally. He
began 20 remove gum from the Jaws OF
the orchestra. and some said he got eight
pounds, but think that is putting it too
high. Between six and seven would, l !
think, be big enough. At this moment
the drummer sought to reply. y little
discussion arose between him and the
professor. and when it closed the drum
mer Was not there. The next day, am
told, he was found inside the base drum.