Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-10-01
A LUckLEss PIN THRUST.
A Carson Theatrical "reminiscences IT
Many Years Ago.

\ Carson Theatrical Remlneocenee " |
Many Years Ago.
It may have been fully twenty five
years ago when Chas. Pope was
playing Shakespeare in this city. Mrs
Norton Bush was the leading lady, |
Crosibie the comedian, and Pop Sui
livan doing the heavy. George Wood
thorpe, then mere slip Of girl was
playing inaenue parts. Ned TOWN.
send, since then the author of Chin
mic Fadden was the press agent of
the company was very much \ehi
armOured Of the ingenue.
One evening Mr.. Townsend and
the writer were behind the scenes
ready to lend helping hand whether
possibly give the star some well
ment advice as to how Hamlet should
be played) Miss Woodthorp was play
ing the part of a young Prince and
was gotten up in most stunning at
tire or plume colored doublet and
dove colored hose.
Sullivan, who was regarded by
Townsend as a rival for the affections
of the ingenue, was also in the cast
and in tights of the same dove color.
The fact that the two wore the same
colored tights aroused both the ire
and jealousy of Townsend and he
determined on revenge.
Seeing that Sullivan was at the back
of the stage, close to where the scenes
came together, leaving crack of
sufficient width to enable one to see
who was in front of the crack, pro-
vided the party was not too near.
Mr.. Townsend seeing a small line
crack was somewhat puzzled to know
which particular person was there,
whether Mr.. Sullivan, whom he hated
beyond all expression of language, or
Miss Woodthorpe, who he adored in
the same degree.
Determined to utilize the crack
some way he secured a small stick
and fastened a pin on the end of it
and then asked the writer to step
to the side of the stage and tell him
who was standing in range Of the
crack. The information came imme.
diately that it was Mr.. Sullivan and
a minute later Townsend jabbed the
pin into the dove colored hose In
front
Curiously enough at that instant
Miss Woodthorpe jumped nearly three
feet in the air in the midst of an i'm
pressive line and the star was throw.
off his balance and the entire scdle
went into confusion. Mr.. Townsen
who supposed he had jabbed Sulli
vans leg was having fit of merrimen
all by himself behind the scenes ane
getting ready for another chance q
his rival when the irate ingenue, b,
this time as mad as a coop of we
hens came striding back looking 70
the audacious party who had dare
to take such liberties with her.
She soon found iTownsend, k(n'
there the wretch was kneeling dow
with the stick and pin still in han
ready to repeat the experiment an
the way she opened up on that u,
fortunate individual was a cautio
to the whites.
Mr.. Townsend began to stammer e.
plantations but she would have nor
of it and there was a genuine case
high tragedy for a few minutes.
Most of the people in the vicini
found it convenient at that time
have business elsewhere and lea'
Townsend to the tender mercies
the Infatuated ingenue whose feeling
were several degrees above boilin
The upshot of the business was tn
Townsend left tie business of dram
ic press agent for the Pope Combir
ton and began writing up mini
accidents for the Virginia Chronic
The two never quite made up afte
that, although years after, VIII
Townsend's remarkable book W
dramatized, the actress to make it
success was the same Miss Wo,
thorpe who had the part of the que
little Irish woman, that made
piece the Ego" that it was.
1t was her sweet revenge to pl
the part SO Wei that it was s;
that if it hadn't been for her it wol
have been a fiat frost.
Then in Los Angeles they made
and called everything quits to
extent Of forgiving the repentent in
vidual who had been so inconsider
as to tell Townsend that Sullivan Y
in front of the crack, when he v