The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
BUT COUNTY FAIR" ACTORS 90
WE'RE ANXIOUS ABOUT THEIR
MONEY.
GHOST HAD BEEN QUITE LAME
AND MANAGER BRENkERHOFF
WENT TO INDIANA TO GET
SOME 'LINIMENT."
BURTs WRIT OF ATTACHMENT
Was Served Last Night, But 1T Did
Not Serve Very Effectively Its
Master.

The New County Fair company.
which concluded a three nights en-
gagement at the Metropolitan opera
house last night, closed it's season at
the same time. Lack of funds to reach
Duluth, their next stand, was the
cause. The manager has departed. A
town called ConnersvilIe, in the state
OF Indiana, is said to have been Man
ager BrinkerhOffs destination when he
left st. Paul Friday night with the
aVOWed intention Of making a raise"
The members Of the company, who
have from two to three weeks salary
coming to, them, do not expect to see
Mr.. Brinkerhoff again.
So skeptical had they become that
they refused to ''go on" at the matinee
yesterday afternoon until different ar
engagements" had been made The cur
tain was due to rise at 2:30 o. m. The
small audience that gathered to wit
ness the rustic comedy stared at the
drop curtain until p. M, while the
Metropolitan orchestra almost ex-
hausted it's repertoire
Then it was that Manager Scott
came to the rescue. He went back
on the stage and assembling the mem
bers of the company together, assured
them that he would pay them for the
afternoon and evening performances.
This was satisfactory, and the entire
four acts of the matinee were present
ed
In the evening another audience,
SH11 cn INIYh ~ IL
Burgess play without Neil Bur
CESS The performance progressed
without hitch until the fall of the
curtain on the third act. The orchestra
played an interlude, and then rested a
few bars. There is an incandescent
globe within reach of the directors ba-
ton that usually glows like a FREELY
just as the orchestra is making a fin
iSh. That means that the people be-
hind the curtain are read to go on with
the show. But there was no glow this
time, for the people" were not ready
They wanted their coin for the matinee
| and evening performance having lost
all confidence in their own manager,
who was shy two weeks salary, they
wanted to see Lou Scott about those
two performances he had agreed to pay
for. Mr. Scott, unlike the company
manager, was on hand when he arriv-
ed on the stage, he was informed that
he had promised to pay the actors for
their days work.
well, what's the matter with your"
inquired Lou. Have [ gone back on
ycu?"
mot yet, but we want our money
now exclaimed the spokesman of the
! company.
Yes, that's right That's what we
WANT chimed in the chorus of play
ers. I'VE wantit now
Mr.. Scott perceived the delicate
| threat conveyed in the word now" If
he refusedGthe Last act would be cut, =
and the audience would depart-disap-
pointed or delighted-which?
It was bright idea, and Lou en-
braced it,
MY word is as good as my bond,
ladies and gentlemen replied Mr..
Scott when you finish the play you'll
get your money, and not before.
Unfortunately for the audience, but
fortunately for the players they finish
ed the play and got their money.
But where is BrinkerhOff? That Is
| the burning question with the County
Fair" company. They apprehend that
| they will have to pay their railroad
fares back to New York-for the
metropolis is the Mecca of the actor
1t is to be said for or against Brink
| erhoff, that this is his first experience
making is his indigenous occupation.
Eut the conviction that he could make
money out of THE County Fair" be-
! cause Neil Burgess did, got control of
him and so he engaged a company and
secured the play. which, without Neil
| Burgess, is worse than Hamlet with
| the Prince of Denmark Omitted-paid
| Burgess a fat royalty and started out.
| From August to January, he survived.
| Then came a frost, q killing frost.
Deputy sheriffs armed with wrts Of
| attachment shivered and skurried be-
| tween the Metropolitan and another
| place, during the entire show. One of
| the deputies was seized with chill and
! yielded to the temptation to drop inside
| and take look at the show. In less
| than five minutes he came out and sa-
| luted the weather
| The writ of attachment awaiting the
| show was an accompaniment Of suit
/ brought by G. A. Burt, a former as
| sistant or acting manager of the COM
| pany who was dispensed with in Chi
cago six or seven weeks ago. Mr. Burt
| alleges a breach of contract for the en-
| tire season, and as each week rolls by,
his alleged damages grow. AS time adj
| VanceS the mana cement owes him
more His writ Of attachment failed to
| fasten on anything substantial last
night. The scenery and props car
! ried by the show all belong to Neil
Burgess her-in-law-Burgess al
ways was eccentric-and the box office
receipts Mr.. Scott doled out to the
| actors. FaTL1
| Neil Burgess has much to answer for.
1t was a characteristic feature of the
uprising within the company that the
| player in receipt of the largest salary
| made the most noise. In the play,
she is that dear old soul, Aunt Alb
/ bie.'' In real life her name Is Sadie
| Stingham. Manager Scott thinks it fs
| most appropriate name. At any rate
when he settled for yesterdays per
| fomances, he paid Aunt Abbie first.