The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-23
threw EGGS At
Chinese ACTOR.
TclcStial Edwin Booth EXcitcs lie
\ riSion of Countrymen in san
Francisco.
he WITHDREW FREE LIST.
Fu~,il"dr of Lighted Firrcrackcrs
Mad" pandcmonium Sound Like
Half Il Hundred Men Engaged
in Pistol Practice.


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san Francisco. March Eth" artistic
-.-r-ramenf IS. U~.rhay-. more hi-hly de-
r.r.reI IN th. chimes theater-=pcr tha" IN
h American counterpart. II certainly T-'s
r/.rssro3 strongly eHough "hoa chew
20. ihs I'd at Cn.rsre star. VIII" recently
/am" 20 this e''r. after winning -" highest
T pra;-. from tho critics &c TIE Ghil"s2 press
il ~ Y.sk. VS. no!i.I with decayei "-cs
aud -r.. u.is IL TARGET oi .nnI:u-r!rie
lighted ar-.rHykpTS. al i.-rl'i~" "a" allied 10
dress She Itrt he was iiayinE N a proper
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chew Foo stands I'D practically the ne
I.ar q" ne chinese playEgcr that Edwin
Booth stood to the neutrality-suspicious. I,'h.Ic.
Yet Their were occasions in IL" -C""r "f
ira, great actor when he played Hamlet
ar:#v-d in a iul- froCil coat. HI" head coy
,I.G with ID silk hat. in place of ne raven
hair OF the mad Danish Prince. There is.
however, 10 record that The audiences did
uar max" fui alowaUc" for delayed uains
ami "asnee-awaE bridges. which were The
causes of ti" lack Of costumes.
Charged Admission.
Hundreds OF instances might he cited Of
i.4ul-.Ue. shown 10y American audiences
60 actors ~,:" failed to tT",s the parts they
w.ra PLAYING a. they saoull he .I-rS-eI.
There .sr- instances. right u this city.
wIrr.-hut never mind. these cases Lave
nothing r" 80 with the not which took p!ar@
49, 49, y a|-h= - Npff fAf - va 60
young MAS wn,n he should nave Worn that
Of an Old ne.
This. ln TACT. combined wiki the with
GlsWal Of the fre" .8SI Of Tho ghsatrr. Was
IN" "au~" OF the riot How much the dis
SIuutisd men, Who had in IN" past walked
into ;h- playhouse fer 1athlnS and We're
last night obliged to pay for The privilege.
lad 10 do with the disturbance VIII never
10. known.
Sergeant 'ouupy vas there. He saw chew
Foo rGt on th- s,aw.. For a moment no one
in the aujienc" moved. and then pandemoni-
um broke forth. There were yelis and cat
calls in Chinese and then a fTSiliaGe Of
Chinatown -"ES 5egan. The eggs that a
'EinHlnan Viii tarO : away are beyond de-
srript!oE- just niaIn. ordinary stale eggs
.hsv lat and profess 10 like. Thesa had 60:
beyond that stage ana were only tit TO ~
thrown away. Chew Fco got about 4 busheI
basket "f them.
Threw Firccrackers.
After that the men in the audience began
Ne throw lighted n.cc:aCkrrs on the STAG.
" thos" outside The theat-r il sounded like
hs$f "A hundred men engaged in pistol prac-
tirA ami word was sent to police headquar-
ters>thaI Ealf Of chinatown was engaged in
battle. murder and sudden death. ana that
the war Of the tongs had finally broken out
in real earnest.
Half a dozen policemen We're rushed to
The theaje: only 10 md the place rsstin :
IN perfect peace. There was no noise, no dis
tuIbanee. and The play wos going smoothly
along.
Perhaps twenty men are Eow NURSING sore
h"ads and broken Jttee. When Sergeant
Ailchhe! Joseph Iontoy quells 4 riot n
pIeilE II. and b" uses only his good right
ann and 2 short. heavy stick OF wood.
known as II night stick.