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

minutes tho cayalryman returned with
the sweat-rills tumhlng from his face
and chasing down his blouse,
"Yere's yer money he said to me,
81 made that g0ogoo dig up his loot
when got him hangin' over the side A."
He handed me the silver | had paid for
4, my seat
After that we went along peaceably,
the Filiplnos peeplng In at the windows
TO see the Americana who had made
such row, while the Samar yarn went
on from the point where il was inter-
rupted by the collector
We passed the sunken ships sent
down by Deweys men that wonderful
May day when the young Republic
eaped for the first time full-panoplied
into the arena Of the warrior nations
The smashed hulks stretched out
twisted and rusting arms Of iron to-
ward where a league away the flag Of
the conqueror flew from Fighting
Bob Evans command.
When We tied up to the miserable,
little wharf at Cavite, the town was
already thronged with men off the war
ships. Jack had been given a holiday
10 see the show, and the dozen saloons
Were doing a big business.
The stage manager and the property
man saw the scenery unload and then
looked for the Grand opera House, II
was not far away. for the first hombre
We asked bowed deliberately and replied
In Spanish.
Seniors, you are there"
We were in the very shadow Of IT, It
Is the first building one sees In APP
preaching Cayite, and only a hundred
feet from the wharf The Grand Opera
House is Of bamboo and nipa Its ar
chtecture might be assigned to the co.
onial period for il was essentially
primitive. It was Just a huge shack,
with a dusty matched root. plentfully
punctured by the weather. Luckily
there was no sign Of rain.
The floor was the earth md there was
a sprinkling OF broken chairs where the
orchestra should be- one look behind
the footlights caused the stage mana
ger 10 swear. ! am not familiar with
the technique Of stages but ,hateyer
should have been there was not, and
everything was wrong.
The two experts told each other that
Il would be impossible 20 put the proper
scenery In place: they swore q dozen
times u could not be done. And then
Ike enterprising Americans they be-
gan 20 do IT, The sergeant In khaki
had drifted into the theater with two Of
his soldier comrades
II low as I'm goin' 90 San Rogue and
lose my six pesos or win a hundred he
said, when the stage manager sought
TO draft him and the pair Of priyates
as assistants.
Pretty good show; you can see Il
from behind and carry away five pesos
too" said the employer.
The three 'ighting men got their heads
together, and agreed that they would
take the Job after they had "a bowl or
two" Pretty soon they We're back and
carrying in the scenery.
The stage was quite deep, but very
low. The property man said the
proscenium arch was as low as a dog
house roof" The scenes were too tall
10 be taken over the footllghts and had
10 he brought In by the rear, This oc-
casioned a diversion In the work. The
stage ran clear back TO a seawall.
which had no railing, and when the
sergeant ordered private 90 retreat
win us flAA NNAAlN lAN NA'NANA q NAAN
ing-rOom on TO the stage the unfOrtu-
nate fellow retreated too far and an
instant later was swimming In the tide.
When he appeared FOR work a quarter
Of an hour after ne wore only an Ameri-
can flag draped about him. Not a bad
dress for Cavite that Sunday, for Il
was hotter than The Needles on the
Fourth OF July
oddly enough. though the Grand
Opera House lacked almost all the
presumed requisites OF a theaier, It
had electric lights Three hours work
Of showing, hammering. saving and
swearing got the scenery into some sort
OF shape, and the stage manager and
the property man took the soldiers over
10 Dewey's Resort for "a Few more
bowls" l don't believe George Dewey
ever was IN the alleged resort, but some
Of his cannon balls had been there dur