Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-06
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
The Way Panics Are Prevented - Co..in
About Theaters and Things Theatric,,

The Way Panics Are Prevented - Co..in
About Theaters and Things Theatrical.
| A the conclusion of the third act of ~Ntr
Barnes of New York" at the Bijou Thee.
ter last night little incident took place which
might have readily had serious results. Aman
in the parquet circle began to applaud noisilv
after the curtain had fallen and the house was
quiet There was no particular harm in his
clapping his hands, had he not continued it till
the whole audience was disturbed about
it. Then MIR. Dawson, the manager of the
front of the house, walked oyer to the aisle
near which the enthusiastic citizen sat, and,
perceiving that he and two companions were
intoxicated, he ordered them to leave the thea
ter. This was the right thing to do. The only
thing to do.
Yet when policeman came in and quietly
escorted the disturbing elements to the door
number of people hissed. If they had under
stood the circumstances they wouldn't
have been such geese. 1t was ungrateful
in anyone in that audience to
disapprove an act done to ensure their safety.
Before now panic has been started in a the
ater by the foolishness Of drunken man. If
drunken man manages to get inside theater
he should be removed at once, for his own sake
and for the sake of others, and if it is done
quietly and decently as it was done at the
Bijou last night the audience ought to be
grateful.
pITTsBURG ERs are familiar with Wilson Bar
rett's 'Clito," which was played here some
three seasons ago. 1t did not please everybody
here, and it was somewhat surprising to find
the queer imitation-antiQue drama an attrac-
tion of the first water in Washington the week
before last. Of course both Mr.. Barrett and
Miss Eastlake do some remarkably clever work
in fho undf 10 ar QorQdQ md ha nm
pany is good one but not remember seeing
anything of the sort this season that impressed
me as being so cheap, so full of clap-trap and
coarseness as the play of "Clito," over which
cultured Washington audience enthused tre-
mendously.
THE theatrical season is drawing to close.
1t will end at the Bijou Theater in the first
week in June or the last week of this month.
The Grand Opera House, 1 understand, will
remain open week or two later than the
Bijou. The Academy of Music closes with the
warm weather for the summer vacation, but
the end of the season at Harris Theater is not
yet announced.
1t is probable that the season Of lS90-9l will
commence rather earlier than usual at both
the principal theaters, the Duquesne Theater
not being in the field till October.
THE New York Mirror has adopted the idea
of ending the performances with
national air, and has already induced dozen
more of New York's foremost managers to
promise to see that their orchestras encourage
patriotism with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
as finale every night. 1t will be remembered
that Manager Williams inaugurated this Gus
tom at his Academy six months ago and Mr..
Teets has regularly had his orchestra play
national air to usher the audience out. A few
weeks ago the Bijou Theater adopted the Gus
.om. and THE DISPATCH has advocated the
same warmly. 1t is good thing. anyhow.