The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-23
LEFT In THE THEATER
Queer Articles That Are Found
When tho Play Is Over.
Little Dog In Cigar-fsox Put Under
His Mistress Chair and There For
gotten-An Honest Man Who Was
Overcome by Temptation.

About eleven o'clock on bright
morning week or more ago fashion
ably dressed woman called at the box
office of the Union Square theater, says
the New York sun. She was young
and had an abundance of golden-yellow
hair knotted in coil behind her head.
She wore natty black cloth hat and
q boa of glossy black feathers around
her neck, concealing the collar of
handsome sealskin cloak. She was ac-
companied by colored maid.
Ibid you find little pug dog in the
theater last night" she asked the man
In the office.
a pug dog" asked Treasurer John
Cox. in affected surprise.
Yes" said the woman, her voice ris-
Ing to trembling treble. "a tiny little
dog. He was only few days old. My
maid here left him under the seat. Oh.
did You find him, slr?''
AT this the eolored maid approached
the window, and said that she had un-
Willingly left the dog under the seat
when she and her mistress left the
theater. and neither one had discovered
the loss till they reached home. Then
1t was too late to hope to And the thea
ter still open.
Yes" put in the girl, land hardly
slept all night thinking of poor little
doggy
but how did you happen to bring a
dog to the theater?" asked Treasurer
Cox, frowning darkly. "of course you
know that dogs are not allowed here. )"
..Oh. but my little doggie was SO little
and SO young" replied the young wom-
an, land couldn't leave him home all
alone. youknow. So told Dotty here
to put him in cigar box and bring him
along. And he was asleepin the cotton,
you know. and we were both SO pleased
with the play. you know (glancing APP
pealingly at the treasurer), that we
both forgot all about him. You see, l
thought she had him. but it seems she
had put the box under the seat and for
got all about it. Oh, do tell me, did
sou find him."
The young woman gazed so earnestly
INTO the treasurers face that he relent-
ed, and asked what the dogs name was
Gypsy" She replied, drying stray
GEAR with a tiny handkerchief. Treas
arer Cox then produced "A cigar-box from
under the desk. lifted the lid and dis
closed a tiny dog curled up in a mass of
cotton and sleeping peacefully. The
young woman seized the box with a
Joyful exclamation, and, with protuse
thanks to everybody in sight that
L.. .t.xl 81,
:cr,!tripped happily out withthe colored
maid following behind.
well" said Mr. Cox with all my
experience / never knew such a curious
article left in the theater before.
Women are always leaving things be-
1ind them in their chairs and boxes,
but who would ever think of their leav-
ng dogs behind them Now, we do not
allow dogs in the theater. and she had
10 smuggle that little fellow in. Why.
10 you know. she had that cigar-boA
neatly tied up in brown paper as if i,
we're some package she had got at the
tore, or had forgotten to send by ex
Dress"
All the theaters have rooms in tn,
.ellars where lost articles which ar,
unclaimed after a reasonable time ar,
stored away. The general custom is t,
hold found articles" in the box offic,
Tor a week or more, according to their
.alue, and il then unclaimed to sen,
hem down to the cellar. Here the
accumulate sometimes for years. The
nerd with the dust and theatrical trap
,ings and effects long since abandone
md stored for possible but not prot
lble future use. till some of these &c
ar rooms are veritable curiosity shop
little of real value is unclaimed. an
these subterranean collections ar
usually far more curious than val,
lble.
Il have had people come back fl
.hcir hats" said theatrical man tn
,thcr day. In warm weather eve
women occasionally walk out of tn
house in blissful forgetfulness of tn
fact that they have removed their ha
for greater comfort and hung them C
the back of their chairs. Overshoe
umbrellas, canes, opera glasses, owe
coats, cloaks, wraps, furs, handlle
chiefs-these are the articles more con
monty left behind. But purses are fir,
quently lost, and these little reticul,
that women carry. often containing va
liable articles. Then ladies very FIR
quently leave packages containing pu
chases behind them. after the matine
They come back in great haste al
often in great alarm. | remember
lady coming rushing into the theat
about seven o'clock one evening al
sobbing out that she had lost cost
diamond necklace, and must ha'
dropped it in the theater after Il
matinee. We summoned the enti
staff Of the theater, even to the sweel
and gaslighters, but every man al
woman swore that no such thing h;
been found. We searched the chair 81
had occupied and the aisles in val
Then we gave it up. She started aw;
sobbing. After awhile she came ba.
and told us the necklace was done ,
il small package.
"'Oh,' said |, why didn't you say
In the first place? We supposed it w
on your neck
"'Why. | didn't think to tell "
that
$50 we brought out several package
that had been found, and She selecte
one that looked like her package. Il
fore opening it she described the nee
lace accurately. Then / opened tt
package and there was the neeklac
indeed costly thing of the most $
perb workmanship. She said she h;
bought it for wedding present al
handed me a card containing the Fan
Of a very well-known woman.
"A man once came back after pc
Torrance and said. with white fac
that he had left seven hundred dolla
IN the theater. We went to his Sc;
and found the roll of bills caught in Il
Joint The sweepers had overlooked
But people don't often get back none