Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-21
LEFT IN THE THEATRE
QUEER ARTICLES FOUND AMONG THE
SEATS AFTER 4 PLAY.

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me FanniSst u All wss Cats LittIs.Pst
Dog r1st Yss Wrapped In Bunals.
Manx ThinEs Ars ReesvsrAd- rhisvss
Are Often In the Audisnee.
About II O'Clock on bright morning !
tashionably dressed woman called It the
box ONCE Of the Union Square thes4re
She was accompanied BY colored maid.
ibid you ind little pug doR u tie
sheatre last night,v sbe ask9A ~ ni6a =
the ONCE Ssx " ~ q 3 Il
"A pug dogf" asked Treasufse Jehn CT
IN affected surprise
Eyes," said the woman, bsr voIcs Using
~ trembling treble. - tiny Mills dog.
He was only . few days old. Ny maid here
left him under the seat Oh, did you ind
him, STRIP
At this the coiored maid approached the
window, and said that she had nm willingly
left the dog under the seat when she and
her mistress left the theatre, and neither
one had discovered the loss till they reached
home. Then It was too late 70 hope to nnd
the theatre still open.
Eyes, put in the girl, aand hardly
slept AL night for thinking Of poor little
doggy"
"But how dtd Jon happen to bring : dog
e the tneasrer asked Treasurer Cox
frowning darkly. "Of courss you know
that dogs ars not allowed herr.
T0UED HER DOGGY
~Oh, but my little doggy was - little
ana 70 young. replied the young woman.
ANA couldn't leave him Il home AL
alone. you Know 80 told Dotty here to
put MIN IN Cigar Dox and bring him
alone And ne was asleep In the cotton
I5ou Know ana - were Doth 20 pleased
with the play, you know" tgianctng ap-
peaiAnRiy - tne tteasuerl tnaS We Doth
forgot Al ABOUT nim fou - thought
ene naa MN, Dut u seems sne had put the
nox under the seat and forgot AL about II
IN. 90 TELL me- oso you nno n1mF
Inc Young woman Razeo 70 earnestly
INTO the treasurers iaee that ne reiented.
ana asked wnat tine oog's name was
uyppys sue Iepheo. drylng stray tear
wltn . tiny nsnokercnief. treasurer Cox
then pfodnced cigar nox from under the
desk. hfted the lid and disclosed tiny
oog CURED up IN mas Of cotton and
sieeping peace1uliy. The young woman
seized the oox w'Sn loyful exclamation,
ana VAIN profuse thanks q everybody In
ngnt tnat seemed 70 pe connected with the
tneatre tfapped happily out, with the col
oreo mao toiiowing oenlno
wais ssad Mr. Sox. Win All my ex-
penence, never Knew sucn curious artt-
eie aeit n the theatre Deiore. women arc
| aiWays iesvinR tnings nenind them IN their
enAafs anu boxes Dus VINO would ever think
Of tneir ieavin8 oogs Denind themr Now,
We oon't siioW oogs IN the theatre, and she
naa 70 smuggie taat Mule ieiiow IN Why,
40 you know, snc nao that cigar box neatly
t'ed up IN brown paper, as II 1t were some
package sne haa got at the store or had
forgotten TO send by express"
ODD COLLECTIONS
All the theatres nave rooms IN tie cellars
where lost articles which are unclaimed
eItef reasonable time are stored away.
Inc general custom Is 70 mold "found arti-
cies in tne Dox once ior week or more,
accorcin9 70 tneir value, and II then un-
ciaimed 70 senu them down 10 the cellar.
Here they accumulate sometimes for years.
Ihey nero with the dust and theatrical
trappangs and enects long since abandoned
and stored for possible but not probable
future use. TIL some OF these cellar rooms
are taoie curiosity SHOPS. Little OF
real value ID Unclaimed, ana these su6ter-
ranean collections are usually far more
curious tnan Valuable.
nave nad people come BACK Tor their
mats, SAID theatrical man the other day.
IN warm weather even women occasion
MY walk gu. ., the mouse IN DiissIui ior-
getfuiness OF the TACT that they have re-
moved tneir mats ior greater comfort and
nung tnem on the oacks OF tneir chairs.
ovefsnoes' umbrellas, canes. opera glasses,
overcoats. cioaks, wraps. furs, bandker-
enieis-enese are the articles more com
monty ieit oeniho- put purses are Ire
quentiy iost' ana THESE h.tie ieticuies tnat
women carry oIten containing valuable
sracies- linen ianies very frequently leave
packages containing purchases behind
tnem aiter tne maIinee- Ihey come oacx
IN great haste ana oiten IN great alarm.
remember LADY coming rushing into
the theatre ABOUT fociock one evening and
soooing OUT tnat sne hao lost costly oia-
mona necklace ana must nave dropped IL
IN the theatre aIter the matinee we sum-
moned the entire stan OF the theatre, even
70 the sweeps ana gas lighters, but every
man and woman OF them swore that no
such thing mad been found we searched
the chair she had occupied and the aisles in
vain. Tnen we gave IL up. She started
away soDoing. AIter wniie she came
BACK ana told US tine necklace was done up
IN small package.
WHERE MONEY GOES
Oh, said l, why didn't you say so In
the hrst placer we supposed 1t was ON
your neck.
why. didn't think to tell you that
so We brought out several packages