The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-08

pulleys on the side of the stage, as per
Mr.. Siegrist's orders.
The girls were evidently not hard to
raise and lower. Care was taken in
selecting the entire company to get
people Of the proper size-exceedingly
small persons for the Brownies and
Fays, and very large men for the
Demons. The girls appeared to be al
most dwarfs and the reporter found
himself almost stepping on one or
more of them several times while try
ing to get out of some bigger mans
way.
People on the stage who are doing
the entertaining generally seem to get
as much fun out of the evening, bar
ring of course, the t'jackings up" they
get from the stage manager when the
line" isn't straight or the mechanism
doesn't work well, as the people in
'front.'
While the stage was being set for
the third act last night there was q
good deal of room for frOlicking for
once and the F'ays and Brownies seized
the opportunity. In the center of the
stage the German Brownie and the
Butterfly danced a two-step to the
music of the orchestra. Two OF the
chorus girls sat on the back part OF
the stage fire engine and drank - >ottle
of beer, on their mat in front the Bo-
rani brothers went through the more
difficult parts of their acrobatic act to
be sure of themselves. on the back
part of the stage other members or
the company sat on trunks or scenery
and talked, some of them Scumed play
fully and one little girl sat on a Dig
trunk under a bright light and mended
a. tear in a pair of tights that WASH [
wearing at the time
The management of the ballet be-
longs to the stage manager, as every
AS they Went on in the Oriental bal
let he said:
Now see how nicely you can do this
tonight" and the girls said All right
But after they were on he FOUND
plenty to find fault with.
Line UP there, line up he would
shout from the side to the line OF
marching dancing girls. can I you see
you are out, Miss Johnson Move up
there Nellie. The lines are rotten to-
night III have you all up after the
performance if you don't dress LETT
The girls heard all this if the audi
ence didn't.
one Of the mysteries of the stage is
that a. man can stand on 1t before the
footlights and speaking in an ordinary
tone be heard over the entire building
in front but a man ten feet from MN,
with not a curtain between, can use the
same voice and not be heard BY the
The little tin race horses used in the
last act in connection with Miss Mule
pronounced AIillie) song refused 20
York as they should and the book
maker in costume shouted from the
middle Of the stage to the property
man outside, We'll it's wonder you
xvorldu,t fix EN-" Miss Mule was the
star in Gilbert & Su1livasn's opera. 'Fud-
dygore" which was given here eight
or nine years ago.
In spite of all the rush ana ousue,
there is a great deal of good nature on
the stage.
The two young men who attracted
most attention at the Browne Pc
Torrance last night were NeWnous~
and Waffle the musical team. ana they
were Kansas boys, raised az Law ~.
The audience accorded them i've en-
r,l,es+ar- Woodward. who is a pharma-
cist at SHOWS drug store ana q DIOILsL
of Mrs r. +. Doran, etteilueu W
Lawrence high school rev years ~
at the same time <esfti0
~They were both popular boys about
Lawrence he said, and lhelt. niuSic-A
sT1ili+v attracted attention TO them
--I.s~s7-er they went They were never
society young men, but they used 20
90 around with the boys and serenade
the girls about town When tney
wanted to 90 10 the Worldss 1a1f lhey
concluded they could go on their music
and accordingly Waffle took his guitsL
and NewhOuse his mandolin ana -
not only saw everything they wa-n e.7l-
to- but made money. During ana altst
the fair they stayed in Chlcago III -
looms and resorts and made sooo
money. x5ysa7.
They are both young men ~ y ~.
must be q and Newhonse e y a-ii-s
name is Deue. His fatneE' wiz - d
rOl1ltrv merchant. was N the ss1--s $50
last night and saw his son on 11s $3.50
FOR the first time. He enjoyed II great
" Newhouse's name is George, but
we called him 'Shanty- Wa1iie useu 10
be a good deal Of an amateur r aeeol.
It was c. r jefferson, Joe Jeiferson's
son. who heard them play ana engaged
them for Eai4 ''Ea2FeaHg Mes