The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10
COLLEGE BOYS AT THE PLAY
HOW THE STUDENTS ARE APT TO
nun THE SHOW.
Some Typical Experiences Mt Ithaca.
A Dog Lured from Living Pie
ture--HamIct's Soiiioquy.
New York Tribune.

NeW 1oTk tribune.
Ithaca. n. Y.--wheu eleven sturdy men
from Lafayette rubbed out all OF Cornell's
hopes of standing first on the football black
board there was only one man in all Ithaca
who did not sorrow. This was the manager
of Ithaea's only playhouse, and he actually
hoaved sigh of relief Cornells defeat
meant that the show billed for that Saturday
night would not be broken up by "full
house OF happy students
The managers of theaters situated in all
college towns can sympathLsG- with the Ithaca
manager. ,or the disposition to harry Il thu
ined TO Cornell students Managers of met
ropolitan theaters are not dependent on stu
dent patronage for their box receipts. A
boycott on an Ithaca. New Haven or Prince
ton theater would be serious thing. and
the managers have to put UP with more or
less disturbance.
| making things interesting for theatrical
Accompany, they could certainly realize hand
somely on i by selling out to Cornell stu
! deuts, said one OF the assistant managers
/ Of lthnca's Lyceum theater a few nights
/ ago. THE boys are certainly up TO date in
/ this Kind of deviltw, and have been Tor
years. decidedly Tedeemtng feature is that
! they are always good natured enough and
never trouble production of real merit
/ After football victory and JUST before col
I lcee closes they are at their worst
"A certain opera company leaves New York
every winter for a series OF one night stands
chiefly and for years they have had de-
cdedly warm reception at Ithaca Tho peo-
PIE in the East would gladly out out the
weeks engagement here, but the box office
returns are large, and the management never
leaves Ithaca out of tho circuit The students
TN the house for every performance. TO
keep a senhlauce Of order half dozen police
officers sat the orchestra rail and face the
crowd Any attempt TO remove a noisy stu
dent would meet with determined resistance
from almost the whole audience. II not
nhye!cal imposshlity, II would at least bring
a rumpus that would be thousand times
worse than the original trouble. II IS never
attempted
Inst year 500 student first nighters greet
ed this opera company. with bells and mt
ties. These noise making instruments were
successfully operated from beneath the sears.
One Of the worst solos In the piece was en-
cored six times. AZ last the manager came
before the curtain and quoted the house by
q You would not have me let that come
ont again, would you?
1.-The last night the students determined not
to let the opera go on The actors finally
turned the farce into an impromptu minstrel
show, which won every attention.
"a poor company can not hope to present
Hamlet to student audience II was tried
several years ago by company In which
the opheln weighed $50 somethins over 20; goo
stage the students kept time with their feet
giving the impression that the noise came
from ophella's heavy footsteps, After the
u bier The students burst into roars OF
laughter. which did not cease until the funerai
procession moved on. llnmlets solllodny was,
unfortunately for the actor known 20 almost
every student in tho house lie started out
bravely enough with hls'
10 be, or not 10 be; that IS the question
From every part OF the house. and in
every possible tone OF voice the students re-
cited tho lines 10 the very end II certainly
spoke well for the efficiency in English litera-
ure. But I'm afraid the actor hardly APP
prpctntqu the assistance
Living pictures were never success be-
fore student audience. In Illustrating a
popular song, big. black dog was the center
OF fine pcture-the canine was well trained
and under ordinary circumstances would have
remained motionloss until the curtain fell
AS of one accord, hundred lips puckered as
soou MS the dog was seen, and whistle as
shrili rs II made by locomotive almost
raised the roof The dog hestated for mo-
10 the footlghts and barked until captured.
Girls In living pictures We're deluged with
beans and small shot. which stung severely
when sent from small sling shots
A REAL MOB BUT NOT ROMAN.
student 'supers' have never been used at
Ithaca since one memorable production of
Julius Caesar. The students we're 10 be the
angry Roman mob and we're armed with barrel
slaves There was to be a shield ight Thc
students made It far too real for the profess
SIGNALS. They went ut the actors with Will,
and several were painfully injured. Since
that time students have never been utilized
for stage effects.
Frank Daniels Is one OF tho most popular
actors with Cofnell's 5000 students. The Soys
entertain him royalty after every performance.
He leads them In his choruses, ana they add
| to bass drum effects with encouraging booms.
| There has never been an actor OF. actress
here who was successful in 'jolying stu
dent audience. LILLIAN Russell tried H., and
was laughed OFF the stage. Any one who takes
getting through with his or her lines, but the
| least expression OF anger Is fatal Actresses
have to be careful about the color OF their
gowns. Some color combinations that are
held dear by rival institutions OF learning are
| not tolerated More than one actress has
| found 1t necessary to change her costume on
| this account. The yell OF the old Roman mob
| is popular means OF expressing dlsapproyai
| at present The law students have several
cries thoroughly their own. One starts with
series OF groaus and ends with
black TO the mines!
"'Therell be no moro show tonight
''After Cornell defeated Princeton the stu