Evening star., 1897-02-20

began. and from behind the hat came the
words of one OF Mile. Held's best songs.
hidden by the big theater hat Now and
again dainty foot was kicked into view
and the audience knew II WAS missing
something. just what IL couldn't tell
The few ladies I'm the house who had kept
on their hats-and one or two OF those
stage eclipsery. no doGbt. looked even
larger than the one on the stage 10 the
poor people directly behind theu-hunG
their heads guilty. and after the next
dark scene there were several more liar"
heads to be counted I'm the orchestra chairs
than there had been before the lights went
out.
The rest OF the audIencc-the mon par
ticularly-enjoyed the Ittte Joke hugely.
and rewarded Miss Held FOR 50 cleN.rly
champtoning their cause with enthusiastic
applause. She responded to the Yociferous
encore and sang "A verse OF 4 Want Noh,
Nah Honey. with pretty little accent
ara some appropriate pSntonime. which
there was no big nat TO conceal.
Now. ladies, you know how Il Is YOUR
selves. How do you like it? Souidnt the
big theater hat 80"
Dan Packard tells a good story OF an ad-
venture on the road. while ne was a mem
her Of Miss Fay Templeton's company
some few years ago, at Hot Springs. Ark.
Now every one knows that the chief feat
ure OF Hot Springs life Is the daily bath.
the employees of the hotel which harborei
the comps ny during its sojourn there gave
elt"iile dFt oINlS OF the fsluNfnaiinS ara
exhilarating effects OF hot bath In the
waters of the medicinal springs. for which
this resort Is famous. Packard determined
to try a mineral water plunge. and after
making repeated inquiries to the effect
proper time TO stay immersed and proper
temperature, he hied himself TO one OF the
princira al bath houses. deposited the neces-
sary coin of the realm ana requested to
be assigned a sweating cell. lie WAS shown
one of long row OF little seven 10y nine
apartments In which was huge bath tub
with thermometer hanging ca the wall
Immediately ever the hot water spiggot.
The old negro attendant turned on the
water. assuring Daniel that Io2 degrees
was the proper temI eratGre; he left the
luckless comedian to his fate. Packard
disrobed and held down an old-fashioned
wooden bottom chair while watching the
steam and temperature rise.
The Thermometer began 10 get uneasy.
but rot to an alarming extent. and the
mercury slowly hut surely showed de-
sire to ascend upward. AS the thermom-
eter did not register over ~ Packard grew
impatient and turned on moro hot water:
the steam increased in volum, Jintn il Was
necessary TO make n very cloSe inspection
In order 10 determine the register and
when the tub was filled to oVcrfloniul, the
mercury was just flirting around the loo
mark. Packard had in the meantime
grown impat ent. and being a traveller Of K
periencc he naturally attached very little
Importance to a couple degrees of Fahren-
he!t and plunged boldly into the tuh At
this juncture the air became filled with
shrieks in which murder. police. help. min
Sled with choice collection of profane eN-
CARNATIONS very rarely cOunienanced I'm
polite society, startled the occupants OF
the other rooms.
The colored attendant rushed into the
room find Packard dancing arou.d
its sn all conine and shriekins AT the top
of his voice. Nv hat in thunder did YOU
mean by telling me that lo2 was the proper
temperature? 1 am scalded. I'm marked
for life
The old regro took in the situation at a
glance and said: Why, Nassa Packard.
the thermometer down and put il IN the
water? That water is lSD if it's ! degree"
Explorations were not only useless. bat
impossible, and. although Packard dia not
resolve never TO take another bath. he
registered VOW to not in the near future
take another one at temperate of lu2
degrees.
According TO the New York Dramatic
Mirror George ii. Bs.rnan, manager OF
Thomas +. Shea in The N3n-o'Nar's
Man,. had interesting experiences in Can
ton Ohio. last week. on Wednesday even
ing he was the guest of Marshall Barber
of Canton. who is a brother-in-law OF the
President-elect and lives In the old sax
ton HOMESTEAD, where his wife and Mr..
Mckinley's wife were born. On Thursday
evening Mr.. Barber and Mr.. Brennan vis-
tied Major Mckinley and were delightfully."-
entertained by him for couple of hours.
The Presidert-elect is particularly interest,"
ei In matters theatrical. being a part own
eT Of the Grand Opera House OF Canton.
Before Mr.. Brennan left ne WAS invited bv
Mr. Mckinley to call on him at the White
House. a1I in return Mr. Brt nnan extend
ed invitation to the Presilent-elect TO
occupy box It the openirS perform ance OF
The Ma1-o'-War's Man" at the Grand
Opera House, Washington. on Monday
March 30. Both of these invitations were
cordially accepted.