Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-18
LONDON r1eAren rours.

Eaw Patrons Are alado Miserable by
Cloak. Programme and Other ricnds.
iou have scurucly put your nose in
eide thcater before You are seized upUu
und called To stand and deliver. First IL
b. your coat Non and women rushuitcr
You and pesior you for your coat. They
would rejoice 1t all were foolish enough
10 yield 10 their importunnlb demands,
aud r-k colds, coughs, influenza and
bronchitis Tor the rest u their natural
life. Why, It 10 madness 10 vonturci into
the stalls without draft protector.
Modern theatem arc so constructed that
they are more draft traps.
II sou are seated near tho door YOU risi,
n stiH neck. You mugt wrap your cloak
around you and DO careful TO protect
your legs from the blnsls Of wind that
pour IN from every crack and canny. II
you are ia tho center Of the stalls. At
many theatcrs directly tho curtain 10
raised u tornado Of wind rushcs across
tho fooilights and catches you by the
throat often think that women are
mud who ycuturu into thc.icrs with low
dresses in winter time II is bad enough
Tor men.
And yet these attendants get quito Of.
fouled Il We do not leave behind Us the
only garments that will protect Us from
sudden death. Remember that no one
is FREQ from tho thcltOr highwayincn.
Even those who go IN with orders cannot
get out Of the cloakroom or programme
tax. At last they must pay. | remoin.
Dor once going into thcator with a
friend who had u keen sense Of tho lu.
dicrous, think II must have been w.
$. Gilbert. IL was morning perform.
ancc and he was attacked in tho usual
way;
Goat, drl"
"What do you want with III"
40 take II on"
VERY well, 'homurmurcd innocently.
The mghwayman prepared 10 strip %
his coat, aud behold! my friend, who
had prepared for the dodge, walked
away In his shirt sleeves. He had only
put on his oyercoat, with nothing un.
domcath II.
Unconconod he was preparing 10 en-.
ter tho stalls coatlcss. when the attend.
ant rushed after him.
Look horo, gir, you must not 20 into
tho stalls like thatI
"Why noty he asked with a bland
and innocent air. you asked for my
coat. You have got H. What moro eau
you wantY
Tho coat and cloak i.ouls hayinl, been
disposed of, you encounter tho second
rank Of touts. Now It is a programme
FOR which you must pay. Thoy inso.
lontly bar your passage. They dun you
and din into your oaus, Programme.
SIR II 10 not civil request to know
II yon would like programme or not,
but demand with VA implied threat.
The Implication IA ,ha, You are stingy
person, who has no right TO DO seen in
the stalls.
But this Is not all. Having gone
through the first easy stages OF theatrical
purgatory, you are worriedan the even.
ing with leo sellers and chocolate vond.
on and stale cake providers. II you are
In tho stalls. safely wrapped up from
the drafts, these touts edge in between
tho very narrow aud uncomfortable,
stalls aud gouorally mako hay. They
tread on your toes, thoy disturb the III.
Ito nest you hayomaic, they mako hayoc
with tho ladies' back hair, pulling out
conhdmg haiypins aud crushing the re.
lult Of tho maids hlndiwork. They
don't caro- II thoy dig You in the oya
with an leo tray or powder you with tho
refuse Of sponge cake or bury you under
chocolate bOxos
Their duty IS to mako rs much money
asrossiblo for tho spoculatlng contract.
TOR. II Is not their fault, poor things.
They all get commission on their
wares aud it Is their duty to tout
Clement Scott in London Graphic