Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-16
HIGH JINKS AT CONEY.
Concert Hall Singers Showered
With Gold Dollars.
THREW COIN ABOUT BY HANDFULs.

Pietzsoh, Who Had Acquired n Champagne
Jag, Acted Like the Man Who Broke the
handkerchief "a Sensation In Coney Is.
lands Bowery.
NEW YORK, June 16.-Erncst Pietzsch,
a hotel keeper at ST. Augustine, Fla, who
runs a concert hall and hotel in summer
at Coney Island, has been amusing him
self by showering gold and silver coins
upon the variety actresses in Naccas' West
End casino on the Bowery, Coney Island.
Pietzsch is strapping big fellow, with a
big, round face, beaming perpetually with
good humor. After acquiring n cham
payne jag he got two large cigar boxes
full of coin in the denominations OF
Just what the total amount of money thus
provided was Pietzsch himself is less ca
pable of guessing perhaps than any one
else on the island
When he strobe into Vaccas' concert
hall, he proceeded straightway to an upper
box on the left, where half n dozen of his
friends had congregated by chance.
Ordered Cold Bottles.
Seven cold bottles, and be quick about
it!' he shouted to a waiter.
Hello, Ernest! Whatever got in those
boxes?" sang out n chorus of voices.
Wait and see " was all he would reply.
Tho party did not have long to wait.
The Smilax sisters appeared in bright
new dresses and brand new smiles. They
began to sing Your Little Gum Drops
Loves You and at the end of each stanza
filled in tho time with a series of high
kicks
Hello, little ones.' shouted Pietzsch
~ 1t,
finished. Come it again. There's some
thing for your smiles" With this he
stood up and sent handful of coins after
the retreating girls.
The girls did not at first understand the
game; neither did the audience But in
response to the usual encore tho sisters re-
appeared. They We're received with an
other shower of shining metal. The eldest
sister began singing with All Your
Faults, Love You Still )" and kissed her
hand repeatedly toward the upper box.
The younger SmilaX began picking up the
money. She had no sooner finished than
she had to begin her task again, for a
third handful of coin had been thrown
upon the stage. Both sisters then left the
stage, showering kisses upon the beaning
PietZsch
Miss Florence French came next with
literally overwhelmed the girl. She forgot
her song in her endeavors to gather up the
money all at once.
Tho members of the orchestra and the
stage hands had by this time realized what
was going ON. The musicians were able to
capture quite an number of coins as they
We're thrown, and the stage hands rushed
from behind the scenes and also got some.
Showered With Gold Dollars.
After this he got into carriage and
drove with two of his friends to New York.
What was done there the friends are una
BILE to say, but Pietzsch says that after a
nights rest he went to his bank. At any
rate yesterday afternoon he appeared again
at Vaccas' just as Rose Austin and her
brother John We're beginning their trapeZe
performances His champagne jag seemed
to be undiminished. When the Austns,
after doing their act, slid down the ropes
from the trapezes and landing on the stage
smiled and bowed to the audience, PietZsch
took a small sized bag from his capacious
coat pocket. From it he showered gold
dollars upon the head of the smiling Rose,
There was a rush toward the stage by peo-
pie in the audience, the curtain was rung
down, and the manager, Count Naccas,
FASTENED upon the stage. He declared later
that he forced all hands to stand back and
allow Miss Austin to secure the gold dol
lars.
Pietzsch started at Coney Island several
years ago MS n frankfurtcr standkeeper.
He gradually accumulated money, which
he invested in concert hall there and in
the Plaza hotel at st. Augustine. He is
now reputcd to be well off. He is about
80 years old. Last night Pietzsch contin-
ued his spree and went to Naccas' place
and treated the audience to drinks. There
were about l, 900 people in the place.