The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

..rer vas more str:sak by a resemblance.
n me way, may I ask you 70 Ill this can
,rsff oil. and let me hand you the change
f0moTrowy
with pleasure said the resemblance.
a~.mtnS with good feeling, and the can
- ftIed. Ia time this sort Of thing wore
az. yfff, the old printer, and he thought
-. idea might he worked once or twice by
ais assistant. so the other Old man was
..nt 10 fiatter FOR Oil. He did IL all right
snen II came the sfiftiess fellows turn.
"a he hustled out with the can, as IL the
,rissior was the simplest thing On earth.
..Ieszst make any mistake called the old
man; 'remernber. he looks Ike Daily. Au-
sussin Daily, the theatrical manager" En-
ssrInx the little grocery he fairly threw the
<ar A. the beaming proprietor. and pluck
- 40 4 handful OF sweet raisfns. blurted
- between chews, "FiA IT up. boys, you
iook ike Gus T.ndaiy, the elub-swinger."
II ii Il
6,us Pencyer tells this Of the elder
y,ooth: II was but boy at the time. IN
unimportant helper in the property room
II one Of the Southern theaters. Junias
Ry1itus Booth came that way 10 fill an
engagement He had been drinking very
hard for days. and IL vas finally found
necessary to lock him In hts room at the
hotel l0f LIS own s0itt@, anu, flrfsfSr,
shat he might be- sober enough to go Upon
The stage at MINT I was sent to him
With q message by the manager of the
no Use, which | found ii quite difficult 10
make him understand, as IL had to be
deiivered through the hard wood of the
ooor by al extraordinary exertion Of the
voice.
Boy said Mr.. Booth as I was about
70 80 away. boy. can you do an errand
for mer
Yes. Mr.. Booth I replied.
Well then. go down 10 the bar su1
tel the fellow there TO let you have a pint
q whisky, and bring 1t to me under your
eoat.'
And the money said I.
II u here under the door, he replied
i returned In a moment or two with
the macn-cGseted beverage, but then the
question came row TO deliver It.
Here said he, get straw (which, OF
course. ! did and put IL through the key
hole There. now, that will do: so; Just
place the other end In the bottle and
then held 1t for him till every crop Of the
liquor was gene .
THAT night when they came to fetch
lin TO the theater he YVES a. drunk as a
lard. and the mystery about that house
for weeks was as TO how he ever got that
wAtsky."
~ Y "
Here are few Of the lines from Du
oouchets tine Man From Mexico" Willie
Collier as F'itzhugh, CARRIED In prison
stripes. with shayen head. tin cup IN
fis hand surveys sorrowfully the iron
bars which surround him. aud remarks:
"Bars all around and / can't get
drink"
why" says visitor. do they put the
prisoners ia straitjaekets?"
4 don't know" Fitzhugn replies; 'be-
earse they are crooked. / suppose"
Order for me. will your he calls after
~ other prisoners when they are march-
"a out 20 dinner.
After pecuiation I'm the prison cfTice he
remarks TO the warden: Say. do you
know. believe you have thieves In this
Place
When the roll is called his number Is
reached last.
Seven the guard shouts.
"Keno." murmurs Collier.
Dan Mason. as the German prisoner, re-
nanstrates with the guard. calculating:
Don't push me! l have got as much
rGnt In tie prison as you have
u u "
Among the new plays and operettas
r-omised American theater-goers within
the next month or two may be noted tho
following
Henry Arthur Jones' play, 1.-THE Tr!-
umph Of the Pnilistinss," which will be
the next production by Charles Frohman
q Hoyt's iheater. New York
Clyde Fitch's second new play. which
has been purchased by Herbert Kelley. II
s said TO res smbie Jim the Penman." I'm
iAeme. Mr.. Kelley In now having scenery
painted.
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske's drama
txsd version OF Vanity Fair"
Robert Buchanan's romantic drama "a
Nne Days Queen" which Julia Arthur
may produce along with "A Lady OF Quail
nv IL concerns the sad life history OF
Lady Jane Grey.
Two new Frohman farces. imported.
These are "oh. Susannah.' now running
with extraordinary success al the old Roy
aliy thester, In London: and new piece
BY odonneau, the author OF La Poupee."
adapted by Ralph I.umley.
Ina Carpet oagger, by Frank p,xtey
mo opie Real. 10 be produced by Tim
Murphy.
The Telephone Girl" In which Louis
Mann and Clara Lipman VIII soon make
thesr double bow at the New York Casino
About fifty persons will figure In IT,
soasa's new opera. THE Bride Elect"
. Dc given las premier at New Haven.
Conn, on December %
The new Sousa- Klein opera which has
httn ehristened The Chsrlatan."
The musical farce Miss Brevity of
honskong," in which Dorothy Morton Is
% make her debut as n real comic opera
star
pf Jules Jordan's new version OF RID
ssh Wrinkle" 10 he sung by the Boston
sshs Ia San Francisco this winter, with
barnshee as the Catskiii ne'er lowell
Tie Bale, Girl" which is 20 be pro-
sased az the Manhattan theater. For II
= = Rice has secured David II, f.tthgow.
vac IL 10 sing one Of the leading roles.
" Is q
Last night the Del conte Italian Grand
Vpefa con pany opened A season Of i've
sgsfs AZ the Seattle theater In puccinis
work la Roheme." now receiving its
aes representations in America. 4 re-
sNss Of the performance will he found in
another part Of this mornings Post-Intel-
aa<fncer THE GALLERY COP.
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