Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-30

TURF VI NaNlNNi anu NhNg htAN lNAA iN'N
loving marks on every thing they
touched.
Right outside the theater plank had
been stretched at the height OF mans
elbow and an assortment of liquors and
tobacco displayed. The chief Of police
O Filipino, was directing the arrange
ment Of the improyised bar He spoke
some English and proved a nice chap
on acquaintance.
He became much interested IN a
search for props" Props are those
vague accessories TO stage settings,
the presence Of which may go almost
unnotced, but the absence Of which
may disrupt an entire play When the
villain forges the letter he must at least
have an inkstand and penholder, even
II there is no ink ana If the pen Won't
write.
In every well-regulated drawing
room there must be a sofa, some chairs
perhaps q pier glass and few pictures.
Stuffed furniture Is considered de
rlgeur for stage draWing-rO0ms, but
In an Cavlte there was not one piece
OF that description. So they had To be
content with plain yellow bamboo
and what was spoken Of by the actors
as "a luxurious interior was furnished
only with a half-do2en bamboo chairs,
q bamboo table and the BARRIERS mirror.
The barber was discharged Tennes-
seean and for a ticket 10 the perform
ance he offered even his operating
chair A wash bowl and pitcher were
borrowed from the Army Officers Club
and several saloons loaned glasses anu
gay-looking decanters.
1 L. Ma. 4 "a
of % get chairs for the audience as
except for the remnants near he stage
and a row of circus benches at the en-
trance, the auditorium was empty.
Perhaps the sandy uniform of the SER
geant and his aids carried a certain
command, and perhaps there were rec
affections Of the late days when the
houaehollers were used TO seeing such
lyuoWs In khaki, with their eyes
screwed TO the sights Of rifles. Anyhow,
there was a Hood OF chairs offered, ana
when the Grand Opera House was
filled with them they were decorated
with numbers TO aid the ushers,
The curtain was advertised 10 rise at
$3.50 o'clock and about O'clock the
cast arrived from Manila The half
dozen American women I'm the company
looked very dainty IN pretty, light
frocks and an the population Of Cavte
gathered TO see them land, There were
hundreds of natives In gala attire their
, gauze shirts hanging outside their drill
trousers and their VIVID plush slippers
almost os lamps TO their feet When
IN his best the Filipino always hangs
the tails OF his upper garment over his
trousers. II Is a cool fashion. the
| shirts being OF pima or jussi, much like
sllken net.
Mercy! Is this it?" said the leading
lady
Like a big coracrib" said the come
dian
In five minutes O hundred complaints
had been registered with Frawiey and
the stage manager The leading lady
refused positively TO share her dress
ingroom with all the other women
Even in "one-night stands IN Okla
homa and Kansas she had never been
so badly treated she said
The leading juvenile came with whis-
pered curses to let IL be known that he
would rather resign then and there than
doif and don his clothes on the seaWal
But they all had TO make the best Of
the facts for there was but one dress
ingroom for each sex and make ups'
were daubed on by candle light The
electric wires only stretched over the
stage, and grease, paiGt and wigs went
on with a low murmuring Ike the
hoarse muttering Of the mob In Julius
Caesar
About o'clock the audience began 20
come In. The first arriyals'Were natives.
| THE women wore the largest and stiffest
4 M Nod thnir hair hlWnlN
polished with cocoanut oil and orna-
| mented with silver skewers. Some had
| stockings hut most Of them were con-
! tent with their cwn dark skins and
shufAed in with naked ankles All Of
| fclaldom honored the show by It's pres
| ence. The gobernador the presldente
and n half dozen others had front
seats. The box Office was managed by
! a former Chronicle" reporter, and was
! iammed with ticket-buyers. Opposite
| il was the ready-made bar and after
! buying reserved places, tars and sol
! diprs fraternzed over glasses Of iluid
which is claimed 70 have made NIL
| waukee famous.
Many Of the men had no money as
pay day had passed "a fortnight but
| SO obliging and anxious to repay the
| actors and actresses for their journey
/ were the officers Of the army and navy
| that they had been furnished with
| hastily made scrip, and their notes were
/ taken by the theater treasurer These
amounts were held out OF each mans
pay at the next disbursement.
The officers and handful Of Ameri-
can women-their wives and sisters
strolled in lesurely from their quarters
| about the time set for the curtain, ana
| the orchestra tuned up. A dozen mu-
sicians an Fllipinos. stuck pretty close
| ~ to American national airs with a
| sprnklinC Of Spanish and so-called Fill
| Pine pieces "The Apuinnldo March ls
a decided fayorite with the natives and
Is a lively conceit, Aguinaldo used to
| teach school near Cayite, and Il was
| IN this province that the revolution be-
| gan In 1896. The bumptous little Tagal
was not at the show, but one Of his
| most noted generals sat in the orchas-
| ira circle and pretended TO understand
the stage doings.
It was half-past 9 o'clock before the
! curtain was carefully handed up by
| two men 20 a third. who nailed IL 20 a
/ rafter. II was too big for the proscon-
ium arch, and between acts 1t fell with
! thud when the aerial artist pulled
| out the spike.
just before the first act began there