The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02
THEY HAD RETURN TICKETS,
so THE "PRoFEssIoNAL IMATEURsn
DID NOT HAVE TO WALK BACK.

| Watches In Pawn with y New Jersey
Constable to Pay for the Opera House,
The Prospect comedy company OF Brooklyn
has returned from Hackensack In very I'M
pleasant frame OF mind. and the members are
| now trying to devise some way In which they
| can get even with their managers. who left
| them in the lurch. They were to have given
the tlree-act comedy Our Boys" in the
Hackensack Opera House on tho evening OF
| Decoration Day. and the performance was ex-
| tensively billed. Notwithstanding that at its
last performance In Brooklyn the club cleared
| SITS. tho professional amateurs" did not
wish to take the financial risk OF going out OF
town at their own expense. but Robert C. Leh-
| mann. o member OF the troupe. said he had
two friends who would guarantee nll expenses
and take one-half the profits This was agreed
| to, The friends were Alfred Darke and Frank
Bleekmap. both OF whom are employed in
Campbells wall paper factory at 514 West
Forty-second street. and their offer Of flnsn-
| cial backing was accepted.
When the company met at the ferry to go to
Hnckensack. Mr.. William Sidney tlillyer. who
Is the stage manager. demanded that all the
company should be supplied with retarn
tickets. which was done after some Rrumbling.
Mr.. Hillyer wishes 1t distinctly understood
| that he had nothing whatever to do with the
peculiar financial transactions which occurred
ihter on IN hHCkensack. On ltB uTTlVhl inc
company found that only So worth OF tickets
had been sold In advance This was discour-
aging. The piano player and the dresser.
who were imported for the occasion. went to
the box office with demand for their money
Darke and Bleekman Kicked. but Hillyer
backed up the claimants. and the money was
pnid. In the mean time spectators to the
amount of S3.75 had entered. besides num-
Der OF deRdheads.
After some discussion among tho cast.
during which remarks from behind the cur
tain in feminine tones informed the audience
that 1t was nasty. mean shame" and that
Jersey hole in the ground; the actors de.
half rnst s. and everything was in readiness.
the costumes llxed. and NJ inno playing the
House Disaster with big u. In the person OF
John EnGel. Jr.. son OF Capt. John Engel. man.
6r tho eH IF hH"ss IN hnna liz
marched down the aisle and went hehind the
thS IN mean time a. short stout
hristllng gray hair Just one-sixteenth OF an
inch long standing straight up all p oyer his
star part in the events that followed. IN pri;
pleasant man: in business his 9cauaintances
say TINT aaamant is soft q; eiderdown COM
n wHeR f Rs stern legal
ties ties Of his office as constable, constable has caused caused
as se % Hnr H h s0 aets
as general oyerseer Of the, opera house
for after ns ssssa nj Mr. Enes s snd
Mr., HiIlyer came out from behind the scenes
and went to ne box oiIce. There they found
the SO. 10 gate receipts. leaving tho company
any ts to for I'm, 1hs h
called the company to attention.
Darke and hickman have skipped with
the an4 ftt Us 10 he ought
shot Can't We follow them upi' said tho |
Soh, dear. Goy awful" I'D like to boil the
dos "oh. isn't it terrible ~ ~ "
which three OF the four women in the cast
burst into tears. and the remaining one tainted |
At this inoppcrtune moment Mr.. Misery Har- |
ing made his appearance
There's 81 - came In at the door Just now:
zones snS deep sSs e ias
ening up into. positive cheeerfulness. ut amt
At the word prison" four feminine shrieks
THAT Worthy @ LAID her Gently iown prodSced
rowling draught down her throat. Under |
this treatment she came to Just as the official |
sely you have to stay in prison
long Your ItiIEiie friends in N York d most likely
When the women were quieted down little |
Mr.. Hillyer went around to The various mem
bers to see what he could collect. The results |
i've left my purse ut home" Two dollars
and return ticket is all Two got" You can
have my scarf pin , and my overcoat" Fifty
These were the answers to his 1eGpests for
Sse ne
had the pleasure OF getting back their money
from Mr. Hllyer in the role OF SIR GeGtrey
that, owing to unforeseen obstacles. the cur
tain would not be raised;
ones and all left in, dissatisfied frame Of
mind except two small boys who had come In
deadhead and WHO claimed 81 cents apiece at
IS Still the Unstable held the fort behind the
susan He declined to let Sy6ody &C. and
duced from MIN gloomy remarks about the
county lni! which reduced the amateur &C.
security. and Misery, reIented suiicientiy to
a." shower Of Of everything from Dock Of Knives to
hairpins but the, constable said he wasn't
vsuan sht heTs oes te que
side scene between ono Of the actors and one
Of ths actresses ss;d tho vourr man won might
mond is wort til five times what We owe him"
than 19 give nj It u s0p ts yniueEs %
engagement ring. and I've never had it HtLs
iui scrape. aud you'll be sure to get it right
back |
Take it. but when that ring comes of our en-
That settled that point. AT this juncture
Mr. Maxwell Williams and Mr.. Robert C. Leh-
mann drew one long breath apiece and offered
up their watches to appease the raysno1s con
Mr.. Fngel who gave them to his father. who
now holds them in readiness to return to the
owners on rayment OF their Indebtedness to |
him Ms mannrer OF the opera house. The
company returned that night. sorrowful. sad. |
and with Just about enough money to get back
tickets had saved them from walking in from
Hack snsack.