Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
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Stories Of
The Stage.

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John T.. siocum. VINO mansx.a a..
tour Of the broadway Thcater o,..s
company. tells New York reporter n.
following.
"In one town we played n nm. r,...
stand TO n house filled with wild 49,
ing cowboys. All during the perform.
ancc a big fellow. with fcrco look,a..
face and armed at tho belt, rtros,
menacinsiy up and down IN. csstsr
aisle. casting furtivc rlnnces rieht ana
left. The curtain on the frst act wen,
down In silence on the part Of the as'
dienoe. The singers looked at each ON.
CT In oatonishment ~ the finale had Al.
ways previously called forth burst =,
applause. During the second act ths
same npathetic conduct was naintaiust
by our hearers TO the close. Then N.
became genuinely alarmed. and tales a,
how Texan audiences shot hol..
through the drop curtain ana demoll.h'
ed the scenery and furniture were -.
called. In the interim. before tho Ia,
act. many ~ the frightened Thsspl,,,
located the IRE escapes and other t1e,r.
o. rapid cgrcss TO be taken adyapt.g,
~ when the trouble would counlnI.
The third and last act went palnftii,
and mournfully by. each singer dom,
his best 10 redeem the seemingly utts,
failure Of the two preceding acts. m
rough looking audience niod out In II.
lence. and II was whispered In A.
dressing rooms that they were feserv.
lng their wrath until they could eateh
us on the outside. | was sitting In ana
OF The dressing foomH when a thunder.
lng biE knock was heard ht the door,
Ihe DIG tell"w VINO had trampcd the
alale stood towering before uH with a
wicked l'cf'
Whhrs the manager % this ysfe
troupe
IfenhhnEf I replied that ] enjoyed
that distinction.
wen. Put " thnr, rard.' he aa1
holdinr out brawny hand. That's he
best theayt"t SHOW We ever had o. this
Town
we were struck dumb with aa'0nish.
men', nut the Fellows tone disarmed all
lncr,duli'y. Finally manneed 10 gasp
nut they didn't seem 10 like H.
They didn't clap their hands Or stamp
their fect or even ihuFhL'
Ihe i'hpWH race became corrugated
WIN Ief"eiU' ana hlH hands nsrVqufy
mpN'n IN the nlfectlon OF MS hlra, a. h.
iaip hlHreui
zap ,heir handr' stamp THEFT fesr
ihushl ~ nhe 10 nave caught Ne
h'hhk.V hlnnk ralsln fumpus NJ
s"oh hh"" hhe thnt was
Harry Fisher OF the team OF Fisher
anu Carroll u. as his name might I'M
ply. deNout disciple OF iraak walton
ana he u never % happy AZ when spin
ming nsh story. no matter how Old
Here II one. OF the truth ~ which no
cfedulouH Individual VIII have doubt
several persons had gathered around
larFe nre In the bar Of a one night stand
hotel after the show on frosty win.
tiers nlEht talking about adventures q
various sorts when one 81 the company
remarked that ne should Inc TO 49, a
mermaid. one man rtoutly denied he
existence OF any fuch being whefeupoa
Fisher. who happened 10 enter At that
moment. stated that he positively knss
they .siS,ed. Tor ne hnd seen 'hsm'
qulry.
We'll" said Fisher. "f'ii tell you. You
see. years before I became a 'trouper
sailed the ocean blue. and one Sunday
morning when on n trading voyage The
ship was bccalmcd OF the island Of ~.
matra. close inrhorc. and We let 20 The