New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF AK. 1hEE'
HOW HE AND HIS COMPANY WENT TO "A'i'''''
TON AND GOT BACK THE NEXT MohHiN"'

HOW HE AND HIS COMPANY WENT TO "AshiN"
TON AND GOT BACK THE NEXT MoRNiN"'
The excursion which the London Haymarhe'
Theatre Company made TO Washington o iiuaS
for the purpose OF playing Two acts Oh ria'"e'
at n benefit seems to have been. on the whoie not
disagreeable sort of affair after ALL 10 Judge from
tho given by the survivors on their return
To be sure the train to Washington was late ana
the programme of the beneft was trine ihiNeu III
consequences TO be sure the larder was empty De-
fore the end Of the journey was reached; TO be
sure a performance lost at Abbey's The
atrs on Friday night. and also. the re-
,urn train instead of breaking the record
OF speed as il was intended that II should came
near breaking the other end of the record. But
what of all that? Travellers must be content
When an American travels in Europe he feels really
disappointed if the hotel bill does not charge him
with a whole candle when he has had half and
has used a quarter of one, and just so the EnShsh
traveller in America would probably feel mat ne
had missed something if he did not get showed up
in a luxurious hotel on wheels
Unfortunately the two hotels in which MI Tree
and his company travelled did not start out win
anv expectation OF getting showed up. They had
no dining-rooms The train 10 Washington was d
regular train and it was meant TO arrive SO carry
that nobody would even want a breakfast OF an!
considerable elaborateness on board. But 1t ala
nothing of the sort. 1t went very iast wheh IL
went but the stops were waits anywhere from one
10 $50 minutes in length and the Prince OF Den
mark and the players from the city VINO were
10 be on view at 1890 o'clock did not reach Town
till o'clock.
This played havoc with the programme. ana
xhen the Prince of Denmark looked out OF his
dressing room to see IL il time for him 10 hoiu
his court he only somebody on the s'ase
tossing plates and Carving g-knives about IN 'he
most delightful manner, and when he had wai'eu
for a space and looked again to see II II was now
his turn he only beautiful young woman
,vinr herself I'D in true-overs' knots, TO the mah
fest 10y of the audience. At last the orcnesua
played a medley OF selections from The Galey
Girl" and ii clear that this was ih'ehoeu 40
a nreude to Hamlet" as indeed 1t was. men
.Uamlet" was played-or two acts OF it. What IL
the curtain did refuse to come down after Hamiet
was dead? Is 1t to be supposed that accide"'S
never happen at the Haymarket Theatre
After the play Mr. and Mrs. Tree called at 'he
White House. by invitation of the PRESIDENT a'''
when Il was found that the train when was 10
start early was really going 10 start late ana
that there was hope of a performance a'
Abbey's Theatre ii was decided TO nave CUM
Portable dinner in Washington. and theh let IL
take all night TO get back II necessary And IL
was necessary. This train again, being maue up
on the suppostion that Washington and New"
York were both in the eastern part OF the Chitea %
States had 1 no anns Sar and "a early evening
i had mo nS seSp4g de 'sls h YES u' indeed A It had for
Would. nave been pale If IL could; came 70 MT: Mr,
Abud. Mr.. Trees agent, anu dsheu " 80 -
and look at mar in the next car and see II ne
%nlonSed to his company. Mr.. Abud went ana
looked and said that the man did not belong 10 70
he wanted to know was that he had mad seven
teen bottles Of wine. . 49,, ..,u roao,ad
ne shores of New-Jersey. and there was less
trouble in crossing the ferry than might nave & eS,
n.c,ed and as il was only or O'Clock in the
morning there gent Of time & to get get ready sd FOR o
SSe.rrdav Sne night that they were bit tired. but
they said that they had had go4d % tme ,ha' he the
liked that sort Of thing, and that the American
trains were luxurious and had excellent service,
dining-car, with breakfast luncheon and dinner at