The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
OLYMPIC OPEN AGAIN.
Some Old Visions of Pink Tights
and Beer Mugs.


DESPITE Mayor Dorans bluff the olympic
theater reopened its doors last evening, and
the large audience which assembled either
to witness the performance or the expected
clash between the management and the police
was entertained after the manner OF the GOOD,
old days, before Rev. David Morgan stamped
the theater with the mark of his disapproval.
Young women clad in pink tights cavorted
about the stage and sang sentimental ball.
lads, while loud-voiced walters vended every
kind of liquor throughout the audience, and
here, there, in the gallery and back OF the
scenes, was Manager Sodini as genial, ysInll-
ing and happy Is the congratu atoms OF his
patrons in having again opened the theater,
as though Mayor Doran had never threat
ened to close the place with his police force
Doubtless, however, Mayor Dorans chagrln
was as complete as Sodini's complaisance, for
the management of the Olympic had very evil
IDENTIFY stolea a march upon the city authorl-
ties and were prepared to laugh at the po-
lice even had the mayor dispatched the en-
tire force to keep the theater from opening
At the eeVnth hour the management, through
it's attorney, E. J. Darragh, secured license
to open the theater last evening, and, with
the document nesting i'll his inside pocket,
Mr. Darragh fingered about the entrance
the entire evening ready to forestall the
mayors threatened police interference But,
beaten and finally outwitted, License IN
sueCtor Maloney doubtless informed Mayor
Doran that the authorities were powerless to
close the theater, and no effort in this d.
rection was made.
license
ragh under an old ordinance which authorizes
the MAYOR or the city clerk to grant the
alter license when the council does not meet
in time to pass upon the permit for desired
nerformance The license secured is not per-
manent but sufficed for the purpose desired
and the Olympic will continue open until the
next meeting of the council at least. Ihere
was a lot of hustling by the mayors repre-
sentatiyes to prevent the issuance OF the
license. and when it found few min
utes before o'clock yesterday afternoon that
Attorney Darragh had triumphed, License
Inspector Maloney's rage was terrible. ne
him he had no right to grant the license,
declared it was an illegal proceeding ana
threatened all kinds of consequences. unth
shown the ordinance under which action was
taken when he wi,ted and acknowledged him
self and the mayor beaten. what Mayor
Doran said when he received Inspector Ma
loney's report is not on record
When Attorney Darragh found the ordnance
under which the license was procured he real
led the use.essness of applying to Mayor
Doran, but forthwith rendered $50 IN golo 10
tbe CITY treasurer and then sought the city
clerks office with an application Tor license.
w Johns the city clerks assistant, at first
refused the demand. but when shown the ordi-
nance filled out a blank form ana Attorney
Darragh hurried back to the city treasurer:
Here he received a receipt for the S50 anu
mon nresenting this to Assistant City Clerk
Johns received the coveted license. TWO M u
utes later License Inspector Maloney rushea
into the office expostu-ating' arguing, ann
threatening but quietly subsidized when SHOWN
the almost obsolete ordinance. The license
Is made out in the name of Bernard Edel-
stein, to whom the saloon license for the
OLYMPIC refreshment cafe was granted, but IN
reaIity Fdelstein is said TO be simply acting
as assoc scdinis agent. and as sodini assumed
charge OF everything at the theater last
evening, this is generally conceded to be tn the
situation. In going the full limit and dis
Donsjnp LIQUORS through the audience the
management of the theater realizes that ar
rests may be made on the ground that a
theater license does not allow the sale of
liquors on the floor of the house; but 1t is al
ioged that If this issue is made, 1t can be
beaten. The cain is made that the saloon
and the theater are under the same street
number mentioned in the liquor license. and
that the authorities capnot restrict the sale
of Houor to any particular part of the build
ing at the specified number.