The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-26
MUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH.

left, the soubrette suspended in mid-air,
to the detriment of her digestion and the
wounding of her feelings. The next sea.
son the company carried a new player Of
the part
AT the time of the tank nlelodramas
several years ago, it was quite the fashion
to have the soubrette make a dive. In
many of these tanks it was necessary for
the performers to crawl around on their
hands and knees, instead of swimming
owing to the shallowness of the water.
In one piece, the title of which has al
ready passed into oblivion. the soubrette
in endeavoring to save the life of a hero,
was expected to dive from the platform
some ten feet above the stage Into one
part Of the tank was set a square well,
some seven feet in depth. The soubrette
miscalculated her distance one night,
striking her head on the edge of the well
The desperate hero had to stop drowning
and reverse the situation in spite Of the
authors stage direction. After this incl
dent the soubrette dove feet first, a fash
ion of going into the water which, if less
spectacular. was also less dangerous. In
answer to the protest of the stage man
ager, she pointed out that sprained
ankle was far more easily treated than a
fractured skull
In a border melodrama, popular several
years ago, the hero, bound and gagged
was placed on the railroad track in order
that an express train might render the
services of a coroner unnecessary
AS usual the "Prairie Rose" was
called upon to get the hero out
of the difficulty and to remove him
from the track in order to give the
right of way to the express. This tram
was collapsible, being carefully coiled up
| at one side of the stage, and was stretch
| ed by the scene Shutters as they ran
| across the stage, wooden supports beng
| provided about every six feet which were
| grasped by the grips" When the com
pany was playing one night out West,
where the stage management was not
particularly promising, the hero's coat
got caught on nail in the stage. which
had escaped notice. and his rescuer was
unable to get him out of harms way with
her usual promptitude. The stage hands
not noticing her dilemma, proceeded TO
rcsh the train across the stage at the
| proper cue, the one who handled the 10
connective, the front of which was stiff
fened by thin boards, running into tho
soubrette, who was bending over the hero
! with her back to the approaching train.
Some three seconds afterward the SOU
brette arose grandly from the ruins of a
/
man coach, while the five supers grovel-
| led in the wreckage. In this case there
was no risk of life or limb. A quarters
worth of ernica readily reduced all bruls-
es, but the sou'brettes standing with the
Recording Angel was severely impaired.
| The company's stage manager else risked
| his souls salvation in subsequent con-
versation with the offending Shutters.
Rather more dangerous was the stu
| alton of the soubrette in WAR on Wo-
men," who was compelled to roll down
! the mountainslide with her hands ana
feet securely fastened, into a camp of fe-
rooious Indians. A run or incline plat
form had been built at the rear Of the
| stage, which was covered by the seen
cry. Quite a realistic effect was pro-
| duced, until one evening the soubrette
rolled off the run and hung suspended in
mid-air from a brace which had fortunate
| ly caught her skirt when she went on
| the platform. Even the phlegmatic In
dams were considerably startled by TINS
new incident, and the only ones who real
| ly enjoyed the affair were the small boys
lin the gallery, whose well-meant advice
! only contributed to the chagrin OF tAe
| heroine of the episode Had her dress
| torn away, broken bones would have re-
suited.
when London Sleeps" introduced sem
sation in the shape of a young woman
who. to elude the villain, seeks safety by
crossing telegraph wire stretched 20 me
| opposite side of the street. In this case
ii was not the soubrette, but the leading
woman. who INDUCED in the circus IeaG
AS in the case of The Span of LIE
| an invisible suspended wire attached "
belt ha<ness was the real suppofuhs
force. One evening when the visible WI
broke, an agreeable variant was ole'eN
in the customary scene by the young w,
man continuing her promenade, suppor'eu
only by thin air.
There is constant competition now ior
something new and more startling thah
anything that has gone before in the INs
| of spectacular thrillers. If this demdHi
for "a sensation" continues 1t is quite pos
sible that in the near future the dramado
papers which already advertise for TON
actors that can double in brass anu
"soubrettes who can cook" will SEND ou'
hurry calls for leading ladies who arc
also lion tanners" and make a dellon'
for soubrettes who are familiar with ira
peze work.
1t is impossible to obtain statistics ol.
calculating roughly, it may be estimate
that tuHy fcty actresses are incapacilAr
ed for work for periods ranging from ono
week to three months because OF SONG
accident consequent upon the failure W
the much heralded effect to work prop
erly. one or two players have been PEI
manently injured. and a member OF tH'
class of performers expressed great sAus.
faction the other day at the fact that sic
had secured an engagement for next sea
son with a rural comedy In which s".
was called upon for no greater effort tnan
the fabrication OF a real apple pie In Iu,'
view Of the audience. On the other nam,
some of her sisters are less fortunate 1lu
one melodrama as yet unnamed VIII lane
the road next season. trusting for It's sue
cess to the finale Of the second act ~
which the soubrette. street W'i.
plunges from the masthead OF a ship mo
the muddy waters of the East river r
rescue the hero, a ships captain, VINO h.'
just been thrown overheard by an VIZ,
feeling gang of river pirates In .his tIi
Is used the old rubber cord. whicn hre ~
the jump, and then Snaps back INTO l..
flies. a trick hrst introduced over ~.
some twenty-five years ago by hAh'.
Brothers. II the rubber shO'.i,i ever Dir.
the chances are that there VIII be 49,
battered soubrette ana hasty Tes's"
ton.