The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-08
Gossip Caught in
The RoteL Gobbies.

81 ,vOuldn' like to pose as prophet Of
evil" said Harold ]. Clu,oe, 4 theatl cal
man, in the lobby OF the Eijou yesterday
afternoon, but [ would like to bet a
hat that there Will be another big theatre
fire in the United States before the week
is out. Why? Because there have just
been two, and theatre fires always go in
threes. The two were on yesterday-the
Lyceum, in Atlanta, and the klondike, in
Hurley, Wisconsin.
1T is remarkable how railroad accidents
and theatre fires go in threes, and not
only those things, but threeS are fatal
along all lines when you stop moment
and think. This applies to gambling par
ticu!arly, wherein practically every sys-
tenn at every game ever devised is pr-
marily bas ed on three in some way. For
instance, craps, the three pass and out,
roulette three double and out, while all
the good systems for Beating the races
are three sequentials and stop. The
three even applies, under some systems,
to the classic game Of, poker. In railroad
accidents I have seen the fatal three turn
UP time after time. Ask any railroad
man about it, and ask any theatrical man
about the theatre fires. Mind if I made
a, bet about there being another fire. /
wouldn't hire d frebug to Win it, but you
Just watch
Z,
the way. it was in Atlanta where Jake
Wells, of this city, inaugurated vaude-
vile before the management passed en-
tirely into the hands of r. Coley Ander-
son, who continued vaudeville there. 1t
was the only house Of the kind between
Richmond and New Orleans, and was one
of the most noted Jonah houses in the
country.
Mr. Alex. C. King. of Atlanta. one of
tbs most distinguished corporation law
yers ca the South, and counsel for Harry
NJ Atkinson, who has absorbed all the
street railways, electric light plants and
other srrcnerties in Atlanta within less
than four years, and who is now reaching
out into other cities and States, is at the
Lexington.
Judge Timothy Rives. of Prince George
county, will be at the New Ford's during
the session of the Constitutional ConEen-
ton.
I'm these days of advanced knowledge
it is wonder to me that somebody
doesn't start a school for BANKED fools,
said a clerk of one Of Richmond, $ most
prominent hotels yesterday. He turned
to his desk long enough to oVer6Tafee
drummer three dollars, stab his nei
through the interanl economies OF
the set potato, kick savagely at the ofice
cat, and then continued along this strain
when urged to explain the thenceness CT
the which as to his observation:
We'll, the hotel has just lost a friend
for life and a customer through the
idiocy of that porter over there, and a
scorrful finger was raised to indicate
trembling wretch standing beside the
door. .'and all because he hash t enough
sense to do anything except Just "naf
Won tell him to do. You've heard Or the
fellow who comes in and orders boiled
ice?9 OF course Well, that youth over
there is the kind who would search TINS
town over for boiled ice, or needle no'o',
or No. Z shouts. or anything 1ool'sh-i
knew that. but didn't think he Wouid 20
what he did do a moment ago.
There was a drummer trying 70 eaten
a, train. and came down in the office mere
about five; minutes ago with about lhree
minutes to spare. Then he thought that
he had left his toothbrush on the dress
4ingrtable upstairs and shouted at that
boy:
: = Hi, run upstairs quick and see if I
left my toothbrush '
."The boy went. A second later ne
20 =, tearing down with q toothbrush