New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
TPUOLDTNG TIE STAGE.
TWO ACTORS WHO WERE CONIENi WIZ -
THAT WITHOUT TRYING To
ELEVATE IT.
From The Chicago Record.

wnl Davis Of the Columbia Theatre was
sparng' few minutes to n, ,hn 'SSonycrsaton on
past events the question Of elevatihg Tue 7
came up. o.or 49,, any Of that?" one Of the two
who were sitting in Mr. Daviss presence iau'I ue
once" the man Of the drama rmonetjtion II !
was several years ago. when was .anhe ard The
OF musical Tarauders through ths chraro church
choir Pinafore Company, with an ,ns E Inc AXE
c. conv Ne we're pretty shriil. but what we
were short Of in vocalization we hnr% vas va a
si"rGcr little woman Detroit. and she W sh
thc only person in the cast who was LION ~ r,v
and robust as If they deserved to be So anu our ~
hotel bills were object Of great concern enc rnchca
- occ, sion which | have in mind we nah r'''n'u
a little town away down in California. wnere our ,,
advance had arranged for ha I'm !, as new
Or and no incline had been made for the pa lcK
~%tG, ,1 I'M our men were handy-the first
tenor was carpenter ard me cofi. , Lir ~,
90 we rugged up a stage with the lumber Whith
W. found lying about We decided TO iet t''a
fourish Of trumpets quite cheering IN me CIR
.Wc wcrc given great reception The plaudits
Of The townspoop'e ncrved our folk to eXtrene
excrtions be cncrtaning and ne It.Po Io,a
10 he slender josephine, while the heayywGilfnt
1 10 MORN lG a SR na cspan
II very grcai but Just Is 1y ri that SOME
never before stage act so true 10 ne S tils
on 1t carecned like the billowy sea, ana XIV XIV
n couldn't hold out much longer than the close
Irrc,d lust before the finale a cracking noise IN
dcatcd that ii time to DO something TO save d
f,rnai thing; not a restle or beam could be found
on short notice, and so hurriedly called SIr
Joseph Porter. who was not quite ready 10 20 "n'
to take corner while ! got under tt,c othci,
and with the two heavy jost on cur shoulders we
4raced to keep that platform in an uprlsht pNt''-
/ Well u,on my life never knew that the last
hrd Of Iinafore was so long or hid so fnu'h
BOUNCING and humping IN IT. fl FRA hu,'' irnp
about In "A dance. coming down with every step
OF 1t with a good hundred and haif OF weight
1mpelcd 10 carol and also to leap and dance ana
whenever he went into the air and lit on his feet
] knew how Atlas felt, and 80 did sir Joseph
Porter Then the whole chorus set to scrarnhiing
and promoting and sweat and swaycd and
clcucied our teeth Suddenly the cue for sir
Joseph to enter was uttered, ana OF course Sr
ph couldn't. II he had attempted II a de
and inexpensive cast would have falen about hVe
fec into broken lumber. There was a pause ana
thcn the cue repeated. StiH no Sir Jos'ph.
Captain Corcof'in. Who was STAG n.'-c' ,.''it -.
determined to save the staec-w4iL th'n slld; o.,
'Whil, waiting for Sir Jos' pm Hc Will
have so at the fishers hornpipe. II You please,
Sir Joseph and ! moaned but We had TO stand
A. although il killing. ] felt as though some
body had shot another bullet into me every time
an extra emphatic motion was made by dancer.
time He yelled from where he was that. being
scaslck IN the cabin. he would rot come on deck.
but would be glad 10 converse with tn crew OF me
Piuaforc from his berth. If they would open
hatchway or something. The rest caught on. and
finished with an invisible Knight Commander
OF the Bath
And tho audionce'-
encore hut YOU can bet they didn't get it,
THAT, I may say Is the only time ever ttied
10 uphold the stage. | was lame for three weeks