The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-22
NO SHOW AT THE ACADEMY,
PRATT OGDEN DrDN'T Par THE RENT
-gYLMoREs MEN WE'RE VERY UGLY.

PRATT q OGDEN DIDNT Par THE RENT
-oILMoRrs MEN WE'RE VERY CGLY.
rureAsssrs Of T,ekets Fut Cat Iate the
wssn't Aay 10 Return. Though Some
One sasG sso Tickets Nae Bee. Sold
where was Mr.. slaaes
Advertisements said that T" an artistic. social.
and military event" was TO take place at the
Academy OF Music last evening. Three new
plays were promised. and "One OF the Sew
enth" was tho title Of one OF them. Indicating
that some OF the occasions brilliancy was to
be derived from the Seventh Regiment
AtSo'clock about $50 persons were In tho
vestibule Of the theatre. looking in wonder at
the closed inner doors. asking questions Of the
policemen. OF each other. and Of the young
nan In tho ticket Office. but learning moth
ing as to tho nature OF the trouble.
Around at the stage door the en-
ployees OF the house were quick enough
to tell that they had not been paid for the
work they had done. The actors. amateur and
professional. wore painted and costum ell ready
10 begin. They dlsltked to disappoint the peo-
PIE who had como to see them act. But Man
ayers Pratt l. Ogden. the controllers OF the
enterprise. would not pay the rent or could
not. and Manager Gilmore OF the Academy
would not permit the house to be used with
out prepayment Therefore the players dis
psrsed and the stage hands put things to
rights COR the night.
At tho front OF the theatre a conclusion was
not reached without dlsgraccful scene. The
people there wore mostly fashionable folks.
and unaccustomed to rude treatment: 40 they
wero astounded when. a. 500. rough and
tough fellow ordered them out OF the vesti-
bulo No notice OF postponement had been
posted. and no jot OF explanation had been
impaired by word OF mouth. Tho man began
to shut and look one after another OF the row
ofdoora. hustling and insulting the thronE
and refusing TO tell why the entertainment
"who il il t to give our money back ?" was
%Goa may know" was the reply but don't
Neither Gilmore. Trait; nor Ogden was there
~ on y so sSe e hssns 1T
tho coschn,xn to come for her at lOs. IT was
raining, and. rs she had no umbrella. she
"ntg she ceaid eali IN. me;;ssenssT .n ~, tor.n
man.
>. Az tho lady did not bulge. he seized her BY
example Of the diacomItesy shown toward the
victims OF the affair They dispersed IN very
II WAS said at the box office that certain
Hoase and I'D on tie Strength Of il the heatrs
n,d heen opened for matinee performanoeo OF
n: psys but the ssfss
Gilmore, In 1 Tompkins. refused to open the
mati H Of e essse. efsaes at Hoyts Madison
bst aor
Pof SD Sst y y SlR to seP ~.
Ten days later he bebbsd up sefssnelY and an.
wnsS tss LIZ
y onS!s1 ao p.1 and fa S%ona Fa a,
d hi.iattss price that tSe NJ IoT banked 81 Is
Sa d eesf g % m.nbers
nS' at each The aa
tusuIinT the rayme mt, OF al eXn.nttes: ,,,s.
clean n M sade s"s was r Hs on
would be at the Academy at 9 last night. ana
.S.; n ex wch ws ssGa ID c aa to
guarantee the aetSrs AGAINST loss Six o'clock
the managers waited in vain for his appear
nnce. It was 1T this juncture that Mr.: Van
ment III the little office. but Van Dusen was OBJ
Two gent!emcn named Clements and Moore.
'yanred q certain SUM to givn the show start.
anxious 70 see him; slade. i was said. had
b.r Of tickets had been BEEN sold. but the money
wns not forthrnntnG.,
gard tho whole matter philosophy al
study and rehearsal Had the doors been
opened. the show would haya teen given, as
ns pnn II fhe Mne aer hanens
nhnt for tins they gradually packed up
II was VAST a dive tf that in "one o., the
a delegation from the, regiment. would also
.. @ aoy tine
that III. Counel and his stan would occupy
The aitu'no " rerformanco was expected to
'e .!ttie more than q dress rehearsal It
PASSED PASS. Of: however smoothly; and the limited
M Es b !s ,r nss essnsa the
imrromTtu Inner given BY Jack Warb'tton.
f0 uny t t4euS H.e' Existed p pet%esn
Them. K. rceonciliatlon. after q much in
meal 6,0agh1 the IN the eur csst
sir. Coward. one Of the Joint authors. and
Nc; Albeit La Montague. They had the ,yal
Kate Lester and M: William Murray ."On
nlsctiGn Pay" which followed proved lively
trnancs was. entirely by protest. onals. who
also assumed the parts in "Ope OF tho
seyenth.", which concluded the programme.
Mr.. SHADES effort WAS some what disjointed
sffair end introduced number Of sc eclnlties.
Hr Wright Huntington: member OF E. H.
Sntnern's company. did some lively acting as
.I'"s. but Carrr's Land and the mi itary
pageant were omitted.
To whom the purchasers OF tickets in good
faith Should look Tor Reimbursement was not
announced
Cresso's Triumph Seems Assured.
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