The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-12
M SHOW AT THE CASINO.
ZEE NOTORIOUS ENDING or 1.-THE
RIIyMiKER OF SHRIk."

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u,.,,feid Didn't Appear at the Theatre
.v,,h Rack salaries, and the Chorus and
c....tr, struck Amer . Very Loss
sy.,. an. Audience Was Turned Away
,..,, 400 persons had found their way into
.,,C..,no by 81 o'clock last night and were
.n. throughout the orchestra and bal
The ushers who hung about the Hobbies
oVa, .udience down to their seats with a
". AZ lass incredulous air. and II was sp-
H. NJ, that no one was quito certain whether
pa, .The Rainmnker OF Syria" would do
..sns.s that night. The seats usually ooou-
W. ,v tho orchestra were vacant and the
p'oN yootliabts were dim. The audience
w.. at their watches, then at each
- and then sat staring at the
o ,a curtain. which moved to and fro every
NV . ,,oments in a non committal way. Once
~ there was mild murmur OF voices
S.s,,a tho curtain. and several timea o face
1900 $500 ont into the audience. But no orches-
,.nnsared and the lights throughout the
house remained dim.
In.y while there was chatter In tho Or
.s..tr,. and the audience. straininR hard to
s..r any sound OF encouragement sat mp In
.s.ir ssats and stared. Then they saw the
-. addle. enoased In q green baize cover.
-. bobbine up from under the stage. It
W. ,.rried BY q stout man with glasses. He
.oot The fiddle over into the leit-hand corner
sstA. orchestra and leaned 1t gently against
the railing.
..,rna into the dusky auditorium. apparently
.nsared in that operation which Is profession
All, Known as sizing I'D the house" What
- ths musicians conclusions were. the
sudience was disappointed to see that he took
n. ssat without removing the green baize
.o,.r rom the bass fiddle Whom he sat down
.,d becan to read an evening paper the dis
.,u,aaement Of all hands was complete. At
sn,h rate It looked as though the full orches-
n, wouldn't be In place for twenty-four hours.
But n was something to have ono musician
a, hand. 40 the audience sank back into their
go Watching the occasional vibrations Of
N drop curtain. which followed every little
ootburst Of stihed conversation on the stage.
~ picked up their programmes and became
MA IN the inextricable confusion OF Rosen-
f,ds Rosenauests. and Rosenbaums which
headed It
Lter ten minutes somebody underneath the
s,ro vhistled to the owner Of the bass fiddle.
Who iropped his Newspaper and disappeared.
having the fiddle leaning up against the rail
a. tho orchestra. After several moments con-
y,ustiea the musician came back. and. seiz-
ins tho fiddle. dragged It down under the
ssge and the audience lost hope. By this
time some man who probably had paid
He said them IN q loud tone. and talked
matters which could not possibly be expected
70 have any force with an audience which had
cotton In for nothing. 20 his renarks were
ooe Of tho ushers tramped down the middle
aisle By the time he reached the stage.
svsr yone in the house was standing up ready
for his announcement that there would De no
II Il e. came. and the Information that those
Who had bought seats you'd have have their money
30 iled slowly out. and about Is stopped at
the box office and got their money back. The
lights were turned out up stairs, and The
There was o lively scene going on at the
stage door all the time that the audience was
waiting for the show to begin. The door
ss@s IN eS' Vent ou Most Of them Vent out.
sydney RCsenield since 80 According to
salaries in full before the performance
"a the e, TINE .-s No a.csaS came
The male mem bers OF the chorus reached the |
same decision earlier in the evening. There
were fewer OF them. however. as they have |
the night before last only two soldiers were |
left 10 the army Of the King OF Syria.
while the chorus was making up It's mind |
discussion under the stage. After a while |
they too decided not to play unless their sal |
Dry; due now for week. was paid before the |
lined up at the stage door with the chorus. ~
=, The principals had arrived early and were |
al made "" and costumed for their parts. |
excepting s Mr.. Mark Smith. He waited about
reacb aId Sp
ict. he said. III there's to be any perform |
ince; would not prevent q performance for |
Mr. Smith. who got sum m ons for Rosenfeld |
y Jefferson Market on Monday. and signed |
etter yesterday, saying that he regarded him |
y M al n, ho5oTsbls gentleman. protested like
md hurried to the Grand Central Station to |
:ateh the 0 o'clock train to Buffalo. He en-
tagged "a to Join The Algerian" com pany there
ne s ode tbeen Tent their
he stage door, There they ventilated their
,pinion about the action OF the orchestra and
ne chorus people.
Sydney kosenfeld did not come about the
h = rI he was not at the, Lambs Club. nor
y hls hotel. The probabilities are that he |
u nnaa ma nave bad warm reception u he, had
y \ 4 4; fosen baum. who SAYS that his client.
!, W. koseborn. has lost S2S.OO0 since the
psta started out was at the theatre but he is
emf ~ tbs 70 oe out OF the enterprises The
n np.a and the ushers and employees OF tho
M is. arc said to have received no salary for
Bloomingdals Brothers have brought suit
r, d. v: Roseborn for Sl.02l. 10 for cos
smes supplied to the company. The mem
look t afs sh3 ts, hHyG engaged Louis Allen
DO done. """' 10