The morning call., 1892-06-05
LOST Her BEARINGS.
The Good Ship PinafOre Did Not
Sail Last Night.
Everything at Skies and sevens on Board
The Juch Company Stranded on
Foreign Shore.

The last performance of "Pinafore was
given at the matinee yesterday afternoon
and probably tie last performance Of the
Juch Opera Company. Gilbert and Sulli-
vans popular little opera was 10 have been
played last night and through next week,
but when a large crowd assembled in front
of the Grand Opera-house last evening the
big theater was dark and gloomy, and a
placard informed the ticket-hOlders that
owing to the indispositi9n Of Miss Juch
there would be no performance, and there
was scramble for the box-of1ice, where he
ticket money was refunded, and the disap-
pointed crowd In twos and threes dufted
out again into the cold and clustering
night
Miss Juch, however, was not indisposed.
In fact she was never better physically In
her life, but mentally she was sorely dis
tressed. On Friday night the curtain did
not 90 up until o'clock, and then the audi
ence did not hear the pretty aud pleasing
pTima donna, one OF the other ladies' IN the
company appearing in her place. This state
of affairs was caused by the orchestra going
Oh a strike and demanding their wages.
The ostensible manager was >. Charles
Davis, but Locke, the uulucky, was the
man behind the scenes, aud this was known
to his innumeTable creditors. The musicians
refused to play until they were supplied
with some of the needfuL Locke was sent
for, and was requested to dig. lie managed
to dig enough dollars TO satisfy the cravings
Of the musicians, and finally the curtain
went up.
At the matinee yesterday Goldsteln &
Cohen, the cOstumers, made descentOn the
effects Of the company aud threatened to
take their costumes home after the first act
hafr ctr o. ad 4-h dnr
the fearful entreaties Of the chorus and the
pleadings Of the musicians, who wanted
more money The matinee went on and
the company thought everything was set
tied and accordingly went back TO the stage
door. They thTonged the little alley
at the side of the theateT, but found
the door locked. Sir Joseph Porter,
his sisters and bis cousins aud
his unfortunate companion waited ia
vain for the back door TO swing open. but it
did not swing and the monarch Of the sea
found himself badly handicapped on land,
and little buttercUp was sorry she ever
mixed those babies up. Josephine alone
was absent, for she knew what was going
to happen. Locke, tie eTstwnjle manager,
was also conspicuous by his absence, and
after waiting until the clock had struck s
and moved on. the weary procession moved
out Of the alley and Joined the throng Of
tc1et-hOldeTs.
This is the final stroke Of misfortune
which eliminates the Jueh engagements
Locke started from New York on his tour
across the continent with 125 people, but
some of his leading dancers dropped OF
long before the mountains were reached.
When he came westward his creditors dat
ing back to other unfortunate ventures
bounced on him, and he only squirmed out
of one difficulty TO plunge into another. In
Los Angeles the company struck an awful
streak of hard luck and the ''hOOdoo" has
pursued it ever siuce. They could give no
more grand opera here because the costumes
| and scenery we're seized when the FIRST en-
gagement ended.