The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
CHRIS STIR TARN|SHED
PALM GARDEN DOORKF FF,PFR
WOULD NOT HONOR LITTLE
DETECTIVES BADGE
ECHO OF LAST WEEKS EPISODE
When "a sparrlng Match WAS Inter-
rupted by the Plain Clothes
officer without Especial
PrOVOcatfOn.

SO far as little John Christensen, the
dlminut1ve detective attached to the CEN
tral station, by grace of Mayor Kiefer, is
concerned, the free list at the Palm Gar
den theater Is suspended Hereafter If
Detective Christensen wants TO see the
young women In short skirts pdrouette
about the stage, or listen to the joke of
the black face artist, he will, according
to Manager Weinholzer, have to put up
the price Of admission Detective Chris
tensen declares he will not settle, and
last evening made his bluff good, but
Manager Weinholzer has issued positive
orders to the door tenders that Detective
christensen must In the future buy
ticket or he will not be allowed in the
theater If the wee detective insists on
forcing his way in without paying, Man
ager Weinholzer says he will call a real
policeman and have the intruder thrown
out
The order to bar Christensen was is
sued several days ago. He stopped a
sparring match at the Palm Garden last
wednesday night to show his authority,
when the match had only thirty seconds
more to go and neither contestant had
been in any way injured. There were
half a dozen other officers in the place at
the time, enjoying the bout as Christen-
sen had done, until he thought he saw a
chance to gain a little cheap notoriety
and to let people know he wore a star.
but none of these saw anything about the
match to call for police interference. In
fact, Chief of Detectives McIntire was
present W9tPhfnOr 1a eJfa r. 10
finish and did not interfere, nor did he
direct his Lilhputian assistant, to do so.
On the contrary, after the crowd had
Kissed Detective Christensen out of the
building, Chief McIntire told the little
Fellow, before a crowd Of people, that he
had meddled and had made a mistake in
stopping the bout. declaring that there
had been nothing to warrant police In
reference.
Naturally this off1ciouSness on the part
Of about the only member of the police
force who gives it out that he has to
take orders from no one aroused Man.
ager Weinholzer's ire. Therefore he de-
c1ded that if Detective Christensen want
ed to enjoy any more Of the Palm Garden
shows he would have to pay the same al
any one else. Last evening Detective
Christensen, accompanied by g friend, ap-
peared at the theater. The door tender
asked him for a ticket. He flashed a star
almost as big as himself and announced
that he did not have to have a ticket,
brushing by the ticket taker with hIs
friend. Manager Weinholzer's attention
was called to the action of Detective
Christensen and he took the tiny sleuth
to task. He informed Christensen that
the Palm Garden theater was not fur
msh1ng free entertainment to the police
and their friends, and ordered him to get
ticket or leave the theater. Detective
Christensen refused to settle and an
nounced that If Manager Weinholzer
wanted to. put him cut he could do SO.
Chfistensen's friend returned to the ticket
sion. Detective Christensen kept his seat
and listened to a nice rich brown ''roast, ;"
administered by Manager @WeinhoIzer.
Il don't have to furnish free entertain
ment for you simply because you wear a
star" declared Manager Weinholzer,
land when you want to see my show
you'll have to pay just the same as other
people. can do the right thing as grace
fully as anybody, but 1 don't propose to
be imposed upon by you
Detective Christensen allowed himself
to be "called down" in silence and after
watching part of one turn, left the
theater with his friend.
Manager Weinholzer says almost every
member of the police department is well
come at his theater, but he declines TO
extend any courtesies 10 an oflcious
amateur whom he claims endeavored 10
injure the reputation of, the Palm Garden.