The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-06-12
LEFT IN THE THEATER.
Queer Articles That Are Found
When the Play Is over.
4 Little Dog in p Cigar-Box Put Under
His Mistress Chair and There For
gotten-An Honest Man Who Was
Overcome by Temptation


About eleven o'cloc'c on n bright
morning 4 week or more ago a fashion
ably dressed woman called at the box
Office of the Union Square thcater, says
the New York sun. She was young
and had an abundance Of goldcn-ycllow
hair l1notted ia Z coil behind her head.
She wore a natty black cloth lat and
a boa OF glossy black feathers around
her neck, concealing the collar Of
handsome sealslIin cloak. She was ac-
companied by a colored maid
Did You find a 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 10 4 trembling treble, - tiny little
dog. He was only a few days old Ny
maid here left him under the seat. Oh,
did You find him, sr?'
At this the colored maid Gppro1ched
the window, and said that she lad IN
Willingly left the dog under the seat
when she and her mistress left the
theater, and neither one had discovered
the loss tiI they reached home. Then
it was too late to hope TO find the thea
ter still open.
Yes" put in the girl, 'and l hardly
slept all night thinking of poor little
doggy"
..I3ut hogv did you happen to bring
dog To the theater?' asked Treasurer
Cox, frowai1g darlSly. ''Cf corr'7e You
know t,lat DOR are not allowcs! here.
..Oh, but l-lv little doggie was SO littlc
and SO young" replied the young woIn-
an. and couldn't leave him home al
alone. youknow. So told Dotty here
to put hlm cigar box and bring hIm
along And he was aSleepi in the cotton,
vou know. and we were both SO pleased
with the play, you know lglancing ap-
pealingly at the trcasurer), that we
both forgot all about him. Nou see, |
thoae-ht She had him. but II seems she
had put the box under the seat and for
got All about it Oh. do tell me, did
you find him.
The Young woman gazcd so earnestly
into thc trcasurer's face that he relcnt-
cd. and asked what the dogs name was.
',Gypsy,- she replied, driving a stray
tear with a tiny handkerchief. Treas
urer Cox then produced Il cigar-box from
under the desk. lifted the lid, and dis
closed . tiny dog curled up in a mass of
cotton and sleeping peacefully. The
youag woman seized the box with q
joyful exclamation, and. with profuSe
thanks to everybody in sight that
seemed TO be connected with the thea
ter, 5tripped happily out with'the colored
maid following behind.
We'll" said Mr. Cox. with all my
experience / never knew such curious
article left in the thcatcr before.
Women are always leaving things be-
hind them in their chairs and boxes,
but who would ever thinl. of their lcav-
ing dogs behind them? Now, We do not
allow docs in the thcater. and she had
TO smurgle that little fellow in. Why,
do You know. she had that cigar-boX
neatly tied up in brown paper Is If il
were some package she had got at the
store. or had forgotten to send by eX-
press.
All the theaters have rooms in the
cellars where lost articles which are
unclaimed after a reasonable time are
stored away. The general custom is to
hold found articles in the box Office
for week or more, according to their
value, and If then unclaimed to send
them down To the cellar. Here they
accumulate sometimes Tor years. They
herd with the dust and theatrical trap
pings and effects long since abandoned
and stored for possible hut not prob
able future use, till some of these cell
lar rooms are veritable curiosity shops.
Little OF real value is unclaimed, and
these subterranean collections are
usually far more curious than valu-
able.
81 have had people come back for
their hats, said theatrical man the
other day. In warm weather even
women occasionally walk ont of the
house in blissful forgctfulness Of the
fact that they have removed their hats
for greater comfort and hung them on
the back of their chairs. Ovcrshoes,
umbrellas, canes, opera glasses, over
coats, cloalIs, wraps, furs, handker-
chiefs-these are the articles more COM
monty left behind. But purses are fire.
quently lost, and these little reticules
that women carry, often containing val
uable articles Then ladies very fire.
quently leave packages containing plT-
chascs behind them, after the matinee.
They come back in great haste and
often IN great alarm. l remember a
lady coming rushing into the theater
about seven o'clock one evening and
sobbing out that she had lost a costly
diamond necklace, and must have
dropped it in the theater after the
matinee. We summoned the entire
staff of the theater, even TO the sweeps
and gaslighters, but every man and
woman swore that no such thing had
been found. We searched the chair she
had occupied and the aisles in vain
Then we gave il up She started away
sobbing. After awhile she came back
and told rs the necklace was done mp
in small package.