The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

+. DANIEL FRAwLEY.
Fort Frayne." Friday, IAN Uncondi-
iionaI Honeymoon" Saturday matinee.
The Last Word" Saturday evening. An
Enemy TO the KING
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keilar. the magician, who wes a, the Sc
att.e theateF rot lorg ago. Is known for his
libera.ity and his inability to refuse any
one duuaing him for passes. While IN some
town IN Pennsylvania he was accosted one
day by man, who asked him for passes
on the strength Of being a cousin % GER
tain man VITO was manager of a theater in
a small town. The novelty OF the request
amused Mr.. keilar and be pulled cut a
bank pass and started 20 fill it in, saying:
Certainly. Shall make II one or two?"
Well responded the cousin" mo. I
want II for fifteen. You see. we had a wed
ding at cur house today and these people
can; get homo today. SO thought I'd take
them 10 the show
Mr.. KeIlar was. n say the least. para
iyzed by the mans nerve, and conc uied 10
teach him q. lesson. He flied ont the pass
for the number required, bowed him out.
and taen gave orders AT the box office not
TO give seats on the pass. and further IN
structed the ticket taker'to send the whole
party up in the gallery.
Promptly on time. when the doors opened
az nIsht the cousin. followed by his tri-
uTnphsnt army of fifteen. marched Up to
ths ticket window and asked for seats. He
! stared with blank afnazement when inform
Ell that the pass only granted admission
| but no seats. Thinking 10 find seats inside
he marched his followers 70 the ticket taker
only To find himself gruffly ordered 10 go
outside and take the entrance 10 the GAL
lery. BY this time there was a heavy frost
on verything IN sight. Mr.. keilar's mar
ager. who had been posted what to do.
took the pass and commenced abusing Ke.-
lar for daring 10 issue a pass for such a
number OF people. Mr.. keilar." he said.
''is salary. l pay him $1,000 a week
when ne fills the house with deadheads'
etc The cousin started for the gallery
door. but the appearance OF il proved so
unsnvi;ing, especially with a number OF
rev shoys guying him ana his party, that
he had finally 10 appeal 20 the men folks
81 the party for contributions sufficient TO
make up the price for fifteen seats. II =
needless 20 say that there were fifteen
people in tina; audience that were not very
enthusiastic over the performance or show
ed much appreciation for the cousins
pull on Mr. keiiar.
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John T. Stoves "UncIe Tom show put
IN two days and a matinee at the Seattle
theater ard did fairly good business. The
novelty Of the show consisted ia introduc-
Ing specsaities between the acts which
made II continuous show. Some ~ these
wcrs clever. especially the military spac-
tacle. representing q squad Of United
8; res colored soldiers on the island ot
"a q song descriptive OF he heroic acts
performed during the Spa 1ish war Al
the close of each verse OF this song the
portrait Of some az these heroes - ex-
posed. and an incident occurred on Thurs
.Iay night In connection with these that Is
worthy Of note as showing how contempt.
bic some beings can he WHO call them
selves mon. White the portraits @: Pres-
dent Mckinley. Hobson and Dewey were
received with unD0undei applause. when
the one OF President Mckinley was shown
alone gone small souied individuals IN TIA
balcony Kissed /, and Kissed IL loud enough
"a be heard above the applause. causing
the applause - Ia renewed even louder
than before The incident create! A great
8ea! OF ind euatton tn the audience down
stairs. especially as The time ard place ala
not Justify such display ~ malice ara Il
would not have been safe for those euiltv
81 the uneailed-for oGense % have been
found down stairs.
Chattanooga" ore of Lincoln J. Carter.
budget II Sensational! plays, nlIes IN the
week at the Third Avenue theater and
proved sufficiently attractive 10 DO good
business every night Of the week. The COM
pany Is well balanced and has some good
people IN the east. Amcng the most note
worthy OF these Is William J. CoEsweL
both 4 veteran act0r ard veteran soldier
OF tae civil war. Mr CoSxweil can safely
b. said 20 he today the olGAss professional
actor oa the Pacific coast. ana has rec
ord 80 prolific ~ incidents tAat Il would
require the writing ~ A beck - Recount
them all He e an az hor as well as actor
ara ore 81 his b@sF productions vss = leaf
{st 0g rs1<fus dedicated 70 the Grand Army
~ the Repuoisc. Of whleh Re IS a member.
Twenty-Five years sgo Mr.. Cogswed was IN
+ee he3zAt - his popularity ~ san Fra -
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