The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-27

company as soon as the season OF Ell
Captain closes. II can be stated posi-
lively that the only reason Mrs Hopper
has long remained with her husband
Is that she has a money interest In the
production. and realized that she could
best protect herself by remaining in the
cast. Had she withdrawn. the business
would undoubtedly have fallen off greatly.
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Cissy Fitzgerald inspires the following
rhapsody on the part Of New York
newspaper man:
when Cissy Winks.
There seems a twinkle in the air,
The bald front-seater wildly blinks.
The footlights fash with envious glare,
When Cissy winks-
The maiden in the front parauet
Soft asks her escort what he thinks.
And makes him look the other way,
When Cissy winks.
The dreamy dandies. neat and trim.
Gaze smiling on the sprightly mink.
And each one thinks II is for him.
When Cissy winks.
The sleek and portly millionaire
Looks on with eyes like hungry lynx.
And swift forgets his every care
When cissy winks.
The country hay-seed. gawky. green.
Cries I'm establishment. BY Jlnksr'
And wonders what the gal can mean,
When Cissy winks
The sober deacon. prim and meek.
Down in his seat in wonder sinks.
And feels a sort o wOrldly streak,
When Cissy wiAhs
The managers care not a-dash.
At whom the risky critter hlinks:
They sit and smile and count the casn,
When Cissy winks
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The annual benefit Of the benevolent
branch OF the Stage Employees Union OF
the Seattle theater viii be given sunday,
March q. and q programme Consisting OF
All the professional talent in the city VIII
be presented II vii comprise songs,
dances. comedy drama. music and spe-
ciRl,{es. ard feature viii be the expos
ure by the employees Of a great many Sc
cret and mechanical devices used on the
stage The audience will be initiated into
the mysteries behind the scenes. They
will be shown the means used for pro
ducior lightning. thunder. railroad. horse
and carriage. rain and wind storms. snow
storms. he raging of a great battle, and
dozens OF othe. effects About seventy
FIVE performers have already volunteered
their services and the biggest and the
best mixed programme Of the season Is
promised.
4 noteworthy feature about the theat-
r{cal year j. she invasion OF England by
American managers. plays and players
The balance Of trade seems % be In our
favor. dramatically. for the frsi tine In
she worlds history. and were getting
some of the money back that Sir Henry
Irving took away Charles Frohmsn was
the Napoleon. and after he had set hold
II \ cauDle e iheaters and made 2 hit
WITH lflHerfe's Secret Service ant Too
Much Johnson" he has been sending
American companies across The water y
every steamer IL almost seems. Earn9ul
business i'm London. and the light little
island seems Ia be regarded as a sort OF a
k.onslke by the actors. They al want 20
81 there 10 secure a "LOndCn inc0rse-
mont" Laura Burt "a ire latest She is
- appear IN production % Blue Jeans,
IN which the hoos1er dialect VIII BE- spoken
with = ccrkuey accent Before s2e left
Laura busted herself getting signatures
% a rernon STRANGE against law that has
been introduced IN the legislature lexsliv-
irx SUNDAY performances She has most
q the PROT ss3on with her. and she IA.
probably killed bill which threatened e
put the actors 0n plane with uswspsp @r
zen ara walters and make them wcrt
seven 3ays week
Primrose ana N-szf each % whom Aa5