The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

member enc scene particularly well There
was a water border" pretty well Up the
stage and horizon drop behind Then
bsufT in profile was set between the water
border" and the drop" and on the bluff
was little lighthouse. The lantern in the
lighthouse revolved. showing alternate red
sr1 white lights In the middle distance
behind SET rock a little sloop rocked IN a
very natural uay. TIE realism id not
end the-e, ard remember the expectancy
with which fhe biz audiences waited for
the GROWING feature that would stamp the
play as the greatest or the road" The
scene I have just described grew dark BY
turning down the gas-there was no cleo
trio Ugh, IN thezteTs shen-tse shee; iron
thunder rolled and lightning was made
with fash box The men IN the piece.
sailors and beach-cornberz, ran around IN
sIickers and .ou'wssters. and the rain
came down. real water It was. ard every
body got wet: the iifebosf was pushed out.
a rocket was sent up aud the acme OF real
ISM was changed from the blacksmith
shop in Kerry Cow - ne
beach scene in Hearts OF OAK
The effects we're az simple enough
ard nothing was needed for tn.
scene but ordinary accessories. feD
perforated pipes and actors who were will
inK 70 get wet
Now the sermon in these "reminiscences
Is the claim that Mr.. Murphy makes land
in which back him upb that there are en-
during qualities IN Kerry Cow and
'ts-haun Rhue" that appeal 10 the theafer
goers These qualities could rot have at
Tackled themselves % Hearts OF Oak"
with IT'S stage realism. because the piece
has been lost sight OF. while the Murphy
PLAYS have kept on backed M, as Mr..
Murphy says. with the peoples hands and
the peoples dollars This also in the face
o. Indifference ard csreiessness on the
part OF Mr. Murphy.
Since the times I speak OF the evolution.
as far as realism on the stage is con-
cerned. has progressed. Lightning is no
longer the result OF a flash box" electri-
city having replaced gas. it's thousand ap-
plicstlons are being put 20 theatrical use.
with the result Of greater naturalness in
effects
have written OF the theatrical nuisance.
the big hat. and have on several occasions
reviewed the progress OF the crusade
against a. I am glad that The agitation in
the East has so far progressed thai In New
York state an assemblyman. whose name,
Wilson. should be handed down by history
as that OF benefactor TO the theater-go-
ing public, has drafted bill TO cover the
case. which will be introduced In the iegfs-
lature this winter. AS the bill is at pres
ent II reads:
Section l. That any owner lessee pro-
prietor or manager OF any theater. han.
opera house or any such building where
e. satrical or ether performances are CIV
en- whene an admission fee is charged,
who permits or suffers any person attend
Ing such performance TO wear upon hts or
her head any hat. bonnet or covering for
the head which NAV ohstruct the view Of
any person or persons during the nerform-
auce In such theater hall. opera house or
hlsg'sinR where such performance is given
shall be guilty OF a misderneanor and shah
upcn conviction be fired not more than ten
nor less than two dollars.
''Sec. 2. This act shall take effect in1n1e-
diately."
Most OF ths New York managers are In
favor OF the measure and the playgoing
element halls the passage OF the law with
delight SIR. Edwin Knowles. manager OF
the Park and Amphlon theaters Brook
Ign. has suggested an additional clause. as
follows: I'm case the person be warned by
the manager or representative OF the thea
ter and refuses to remove his or her hat.
the person is guilty OF a misdemeanor and
IL subject to fine as above"
I quote Mr. Wilson'S bill and Manager
Knowles additional clause and would sug-
gest TO some incoming member OF the next
legislature in this state that ne offer Ii
Just as II is. Populist or otherwise. fu-
ture generations would rise up and call
him blessed.
Next 70 the big hat nuisance I claim
that the sale OF song books and photo
graphs through the theater between acts
by loud mouthed blatant agents
is the worst, not excepting the
man who goes out 10 get a
Glove. I asked manager Cal Heiig at