The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

squeeze he's dead gone on her. too an
when her hired gal comes 70 Cy an
makes date wid him he gets dead aufty.
for re thinks she's gone or him. Say.
maybe he DOR, git trun down. Roxey
comes ar tells him she's cracked on
Christian. an asks him ter tx i; Gor her.
sos Christian II have de gurnption ter
tell her II he cares for her Den aftsr
she's went. in comes De dude w5d A huh
push behind him an ne begins 10 give
Cy little siaps about his beak. an gel
his nobs gets Wild I was lookin fur a
big scrap den sure. an furgittin all ahoa,
ben IN de gallery wid De sgells. tabbed
me elbow Inter De ribs Of de female on
IT. left an whispers; say. Gull. Cy won't
do "A ting ter aat guy
Shades o. William Winter
HELEN BERTRAM. the prima donna
IL OF the BoStonians. which play an en-
gagement at the Seattle taeater early
in May. carries the ashes of her late
husband. F. J. Heniey with her in
chamo.s tag In all her travels. She
wears them I'm a pouch Of the yellowish
leather suspended by gold chain from
her neck Sleeping or waking she al
ways wears the bag containing her nus
bands ashes next her heart. She says
she could not sing or act or dance IL IL
were not for the gentle presence OF that
precious bag.
THE concert given by Sousa and his
band recently al Kansas City, in the
the great Auditorium, was a success in
every respect, says Musical America, but
the concert came very near ING a dls-
astrous one II IL had not been for the
presence Of mind Of Mr.. Sousa, who had
just begun 10 play the last number on
the afternoon programme. when some
Sav I1rN- n
Of the solo.sts The audience, thinking
fire" had been shouted. arose and looked
around for smoke. A panic was !mmi-
nent. but Sousa was equal 10 IL. Fac
ing the throng he waved his baton. ana
the band struck up Yankee Doodle
Three times the band played IL before the
crow was seated again in quietness-
OCCASIONALLY. when he gets reminis-
" cent, Stuart Robson talks about the
old Ben DE Bar stock company days.
II was on one of these occasions that he
said: "Haekett the great Faistan, was
playing an engagement or The Merry
Wives o. Windsor upon one occasion
assisted by De Bar as the host and my
self as Slender. De Bar and Hacket
were d,s-tirae friends but seldom agreed
on stage matters On this occasion they
ot;arreled regarding some Shakespearean
polnt. and De Bar said 20 me: IN the first
scene. when you meet Faistan go quiet
IL I'D behind him and stick a penknife in
10 his pad. i; Is inflated with wind and
will collapse and ne who went on the
stage as Falstan will come of as Slender
n yot: Will do this for me and net tell
anybody / will put that extra 81 week
| promised you on your salary. l did
Il" SAYS Robson. ''aud got the raise in
my salary. together with a sound thrash
Ing from Hackott To see fat man
grow thin In the face of an audience
was the rare treat given 10 the old play
ers of forty years age"
A ND row It's Marie burroughs, OF the
u Stuart Robson company. the next at
traction AT the Seattle theater, who has
H.. stellar bee huzzing In her bonnet
rs too bad to spoil 50 good an actress
hy tnoculating her with such virus;
nevertheless II IS announced that Man
aear Daniel v Arthur. who for the past
three seasons has directed the tours OF
Stuart Robson has completed arrange
rnents 10 star Miss Marie Burroughs next
season. contracts 10 that efTect having
haen signed Misc Burroughs VIII finish
the present season as Mr.. Robson's lead
,rp lady Mr.. Arthur has secured two
piays far Miss Burroughs. one Of them
h& an English author the other OF AIneri-
can origin. The Burroughs starring tour
VIII begin on or about September next