San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-14
ADJUSTMENTS,
PRESENTING THE CANE UNDER
THE GASLIGHT."
The Great Metropolis and Life
Saving Corps-Grau Opera
Company, Etc.

night the Rehan company presented
their final performance of Under the
Gaslight" to very creditable show
ing of filed seats. 1t is hardly
thought, though, that the merits OF
the company were the drawing cards,
but rather the well advertised fact
that the winners in the LIGHTS
popular Clerks Contest" were to be
presented with their trophies. A
large number Of the clerks and other
friends of Messrs. Max Kaliski
and Moses Jackson and Miss Emma
Carrico were present, and there
was o buzz of excltement as the cur
tain ran down after the first act of the
play, and all thought the even
would come off. 1t didn't. The
winners were not present, and they
did not come even after the
second act, and the orator of
the evening, Mr.. T. w. Mullaly, who
was to make the presentation, began
to get nervous and to forget his care
fully conned little speech. At Oils he
was parading the foyer with one
hand under his coat tail and his
diamond ring glittering on the other
hand as he pulled his fine-haired
mustache and looked anxiously to-
ward the entrance. At 9:20 he forgot
his extemporaneOus remarks alto
gether and borrowed a copy of the
LIGHT to read up on what he was
4 Sop hof fhn
about. At 9:25, aftec the third act, he
stepped out on the stage before the
footlights, with Mr.. T. b. John
son and the elegant gold
headed cane a close second and
cleared his voice. He proceeded to
make few ingenious preliminary re-
marks while Mr.. Johnson tried to get
behind the big cane by holding it like
a dude. Gaining courage the speak
or eulogized the LIGHTS enterprise
on all occasions and this one in par
ticular and gave the details and the
figures in the contest Just closed.
Then he called for Mr.. Kaliski, who
had captured the trophy as the most
popular clerk in the city. Max did
not come forward. He was not in the
house. He was very bashful and
told his friends who called to escort
him to the opera house that he would
not 60 for $500 and be guyed by the
gallery. But the gallery did not
guy, even when Mr.. Albert Berger,
his best friend, walked up and accep-
ted the cane for him. MIR. Mullaly
then proceeded and called for Mr..
Nose Jackson, In order to present him
with the second prize, beautiful
diamond stud, as the next popular
clerk. Mr.. Jackson had also weaken
ed. and was not sin it, and the ora
tor proceeded to give him friendly
roasting for his cowardice. His re-
preventative stepped forward and &C
cepted for him, as did the escort of
the lady, Miss Emma Carrico, who
cast the most votes for any one cam
didate. Her escort received a beauti-
full bouquet and six months subscrip-
tion to the LIGHT for her. After the ap-
plause had subsidized, the curtain
arose and the play went on. Mr..
Mullaly acquitted himself so far be-
yond the expectations of his friends
that he received a regular ovation q
few minutes after. He was Just a
trlhe throaty during the ordeal, but
showed wonderful improvement in
his delivery and in remembering his
lines, over and above his first appear
Ance before the public one year
ago, on the occasion of his
presentation of q diamond to Miss
Lillian Lewis. In another years.
study he will be qualified to take any
part with a shorthanded company
that may appear, and even now
would make u good understudy for
leads.
Cards of thanks from all the capdi-
dates in the clerks contest appear IN
another column in today's LIGHT.
GRAU OPERA COMPANY.
At Rische's Opera house this strong
company rendered the ever popular
Erminie to larger house than pre-
viously ana acquitted them,
selves we'll in every detail. Theil
forte is to sing and act under all cir
cumstances wherever required, anC
to their credit be 1t said, In theil
present engagement they have full
filled their mission In this city. To
night the beautiful new opera. 9Th,
Gondoliers,n will be presented, also
tomorrow night; and Sunday night
special bill will be given.
At the Grand opera house tonight
the "Great Metropolis" will be giver
and also at a matinee tomorrow, anC
tomorrow and Sunday nights
After matinee tomorrow the audienc
is invited to step back on the stag
and view the life-saving apparatus
rs used in actual service on the coas
and by the New York hfe-savinI
corps. The company will take pleas
ure in explaining the workings of tn
scene, and will be glad to do all Il