Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-13
AN AUDIENCE FOOLED.
Paid Money 20 See a Good Show
and They Saw Another Kind.

Paid Money 20 See a Good Show
and They Saw Another Kind.
The local Opera house has giver
the amusement lovers Of Vinpa ir
the recent past an ivy Leaf' anc
"fhe Westons. II was thought
that in those shows the acme of ali
that is synonomous OF BAD,
spelled with capital letters, was
reached. The alleged show last
Tuesday night was even WORSE OF
"WORSER" as the word was used
on the stage.
The Ivy Leaf and The Weslons,
although they did not anywhere
come near giving amusement suf.
ficient to equal in worth half the
admission lee, had some redeeming
features. The show last night had
nothing to commend it beyond the
pale of boorish amateurness II we
except the dancing by local gen.
tleman and the serpentine dance by
woman OF the company.
In this latter the lady showed
herself clever, but with the absence
OF the veri.colored lights that are
usually cast upon her to lend effect
to the picture she presents, the
turn fell fiat.
Alter the Westons showed on
their first night that they were
poor indeed, as performers, the in
vitation to the public was continued
throughout the week, and court
visitors and some homs people
continued to pay their money upcn
an advertised promise that 1t was
a good show when 1t was not.
A rehearsal Of this awful per.
formance must have acquainted all
connected with the show with the
fact that it was simply the consum.
nation Of an ambition to be an
"actress" conceived in the kitchen
and given birth when wages enough
had been saved to pay fare to the
FIRST house that would book the
hastily organized aggregation.
Yet it was permitted to 60 on.
The "leading LADY, was so poor
that many in the audience hisssd
her in the hope that she would not
again appear. Those Of the audi
ence who occupied downstairs
seats, or that part which had not
already left, arose in a body and
departed before the last act.
"Miss West from the East is
certainly handsome and graceful
young LADY," but her life's work lie
not that Of the stage. She followed
"irost" but the dear young lady
was even colder and departs in a
yeritable blizzard. She needs to
return TO the comfortable warmth
Of the Kitchen.
A manager of an Illinois circuit
of theatres commands large audi
ences every time he opens the
doors OF any Of his houses to a
performance. The peopls have
come TO know that when a per-
formance Is gwen it is meritorious
and well worth the price Of ad-
mission. His system is to let
company managers know that II
they are not up to the standard
Ihe public will receive their money
back. None but those conscious
of having good shows dare play
his houses and, If a rehearsal
SHOWS hlm that company 10 bad,
he cancels them.
True he lost few dollars in the
beginning when he gave back ad-
mission money, but he has since
waxed rich because the amusement
seeking public patronize his house
generously because Of the conf.
denee they repose in him.
Sometime, tits to be hoped, that
Vinita people will have an oppor-
tunity Of seeing shows Of merit
the same as towns less rich than
this all around US.
The next show, "Maud Muller" "
however, comes to us highly
recommended by the press OF Ok
lahoma.
AMERICANS MORE RATIONAL.