The Topeka state journal., 1903-02-07

later made the county seat of Osags
county but afterward lost the prize to
Usage City. Topeka became the coun-
ty seat Of Shawnee.
BY the passage Of the omnibus bin
Shawnee county lost II miles on the
south and was given six miles on the
north. It was not until a session later
that Col. Veale, as a member of the
legislature, got bill through which
gave Shawnee county six miles mora
on the north, making up the territory
that was lost.
The man who stole the electric illum-
mating bulbs from the Auditorium dec
oratfons must have been a light finger.
ed individual.
When the state labor convention was
being held in Representative nan three
years ago a reporter was sent to look
after the news which might crop. out
in the proceedings. A delegate from
the rural districts moved that no one
be allowed in the room who did not
belong to a union. The motion was
carried with a whoop. Then the rural
delegate moved that a committee De
appointed to wait on the reporter and
find out if he was a Union man. IL was
found that he was not and the rural
delegate moved that he either join a
union or be elected from the room.
What union should he join?" inquired
the chairman of the meeting me
painters and decorators or the boiler
makers?" There being no one to de-
eide the reporter was finally allowed to
remain. There was a reporters union
IN Kansas City q few years ago. It
was formed at midnight and It dis
banded the next morning as soon as
the members of the union reported to
the city editors.
There were some pathetic. and at the
same time humorous situations in con@
nection with the engagement Of the
Warde company at the Crawford last
week. The existence Of the manager Of
a transforming Shakesperian company
IS not an easy one, but Arthur Warde,
the manager of this company, found
fun enough in the prospects Of being
stranded
The company played Friday and sat
urday. It came here from Wichita.
leaving behind a hotel bill for S115.
which the treasurer could not bring
with him. The company played in To-
peka and man from Wichita stood be-
side the box Office taking the money,
which belonged to the company as the
usual percentage, te satisfy the bill.
After the last performance, which was
Saturday night. the. Wichita man went
home with all the money there was for
him to get. The company had nothing
but hotel bills in Topeka to pay and an
engagement in Newton for Monday
night. The Crawford had an open date
Monday night and Manager Crawford
kindly consented to allow the Warde
night. In fact the company would have
stayed over anyway, for it could not get
out of town without walking The
manager of the Newton theater was
telephoned by Mr.. Warde who told the
Newton man to shove the date of the
Warde company over to Tuesday night
as the company would play in Topeka
Monday night.
You are doing this to accommodate
Crawford shouted the Newton man
That's where you are mistaken
said Warde. He is accommodating US
by allowing US TO play at his house
Monday night"
I'll see if you are going to jump con-
tracts in this way. I'll come up and at
tach the box Office receipts Monday
night" roared the Newton manager.
If you come to attach you viii have
to take your turn; we are giving out
numbers to attackers the same as in
barber shop said Warde.
When The Turkish Texan" company
failed to appear for the Sunday nighr
performance, Manager Crawford was
anxious to ill in with some company,
as more than half the tickets had been
sold in advance. The manager OF a
melodranna company was at the opera
house. So was Warde.
Why, say, I can get my company
back here from st. Marys by driving
across the country in three hours.
shouted the manager of the melodrama
as he started for the telephone
NO you don't" said WaTde. who put
a restraining nanQ on nlf1- MY coiu-
pany is on the spot, 1 need the money.
and we viii fill in the date tonight
In a minute another manager ap-
! peared, and then three were anxious 10
have their companies get in on the nice.
( large advance sale, but Warde held the
fort and saw the big audience file into
the theater When all were seated he
went before the curtain and announced
that THE Turkish Texan" company
was stranded in Kansas City (but he did
not say his company was stranded in
Topeka), and that Manager Crawford
had begged him to have his company
fill in the date and that the player
would endeavor to give the audience
their moneys worth. The curtain was
rung up before anyone could leave he
tbeater.
why, this almost stranded business
is nothing said Manager Warde after
ward. You have heard of iugglers.
can beat them all. can keep twenty
drafts in the air at once. I was man
ager of the Warde-James company a
few years ago when we rented a New
York theater for a few weeks for so. -
600 and played to $4,000. I was barn
storming with a Shakespearian com o.
Dany once and put on Uncle Tom 3
Cabin" at 10, 20 and 30 cents so as to
get out Of town"