St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10

delighted with its mysticisms and the
working Of its odd paraphernalia.
Who IS there among tfeater-goers
who is not familiar with the Hanlons?
Their regular visits to the cities are
looked forward to by many theater
patrons with as much pleasure
as a visit to the worlds fair is
| contemplated by the owner of a drygoods
store in Kentucky crossroads town.
The old folks. the young folks, the chill
dren and the babies are equally familiar
with 'Superba." They love to 60 to
see the good fairy queen who can by
wave OF her hand transform n flower to
beautiful young woman, the fairy
vessel on sea of roses. the funny clown
VINO meets with so many misfortunes,
and yet conquers them all. They are
frightened by the devils and imDs and
the bad queen Wallalia, but happiness is
always restored when IN the end virtue
trIumphs over wickedness.
LII is quite remarkable, too, the amount
OF territory that the Hanlons insist ON
covering each theatrical season with
their performances. The coming sea
son "Superba; will be played from
Boston to San Francisco; Jacksonville,
Fla, to Vancouver, British Columbia.
ana from Winnipeg to New Orleans.
ms extensive and almost freouenr
travelling must at the best be .iresome
but here and there many pleasant and
often amusing incidents and experi-
enees occur to intermingle buoyaney
and laughter with the monotony of
travel and toll. Some of the latter that
nave been experienced by 'Superba''
and Its people will bear relating here.
HOW MUCH HE EARNED.
In the day of the first success of
"Superba," Edwin Warner, business
manager for the Hanlons, employed a
property boy by the name of Shannon.
just what his given name was Mr.. War
ner does not remember. Suffice it to
say that he was property boy of the
kind to be found only with spectacular
companies, i. e., a blase and supercilIous
individual, to whom the president of
the United States was of no more con-
sequence than an ordinary spring poet,
and to whom the first base man of the
Boston ball club was an incomparably
greater man than either. One dav Mr..
Hanlon had to wait at the stage door a
few minutes and engaged in conversa-
ton with the hero OF this tale. lie
talked to the lad first about his
duties and then about the people
with whom he came in contact.
How much do yoa earn a week?''
Mr.. Hanlon finally asked. Forty dol
lars,'' replied the boy, as he moved off
to answer the stage carpenters call.
This rather surprised Mr.. Hanion, and
when he was talking with Mr.. Warner
later he commented OH the prIncely sal
aries paid to the property boys of his
company. Mr.. Warner sent for Shan
non. What did YOU mean by telling
Mr.. Hanlon that your pay was forty
dollars week?'' ~ didn't tell him |
got forty dollars. He asked me how
much earned, and 1 told him forty
dollars, but only get ffteen.''
A few seasons past some of the mem
bers of the "Superba' were in debt to
themselves and put in the whole season
trying to get even. One night Jump
was made from Jacksonville, ILL.,. to
GaleS6urg. For certain reasons the
Santa Fe road was travelled over, which
compelled the company to make consid-
cradle of a detour. They were sched-
ulou W ledVo JdchsOnVill6 atter the
performance and arrive in Streator at ,
a. M, where they would spend the
night, taking the train for Gaiesburg at
s o'clock in the morning. When the
advance agent went over the route a
week in advance of the company he,
naturally enOugh-it being his duty to
always look out for the comfort of his
acknowledgements very reasonable
rate at the Plumb house, and arranged
to have Il number of rooms held for the
company's selection. When they came
through one OF the company slept in
the waiting room of The depot at