The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
BAN ON THE BABIES.
They WIN Not Be Allowed to Attend
Ellzs' Night Shows.
Hol Ye Babies in Armsl Attentions

Hol Ye Babies in Arnsi Attention.
Inc edlct has gone forth. No lOneer
snaA ye go to the Elks show at the
auditorium at the evening perform
ahees, If we have to be carried in the
arms Of your mothers, your brothers.
/ your sisters, your cousins or your aunts
tour chance went by forever last night
SO far as the Elzs show is concerned.
some Of you took advantage of it, howl
/ ed and yelled and disturbed the people
/ Yox PopuH! Your privilege is cut Oft
4ou have to stay at home. If any of
/ you appear at the door of the big hall
I tonight, balanced and swung in the
+ arms of your nnamnas, you will be de-
I MED admission-youu have to go back
home or somewhere else where they
| welcome babies
r. S. Brigham is the man who put
4 the ban on you, This is what he said
I TINS morning: Babies in arms will not
4 9e allowed to come to Elks' perform
| ances at night At the matinees every
one in Topeka may come. That will be
all right But at night they viii be
/ turned back right at the door. That
means those in arms, that have to be
carried along. There were a number
/ in the house last night. One of them
/ up in the gallery set up a Vociferous
I hulabaloo during Joe Callahan's inter-
pretat1ons and character performance
and knocked some kinks into it. You
! couldn't hear what was going on. That
3
to say anything about the matter last
night, but tonight, Mr.. State Journal
/ Man, you may flare up this an on
nouncenent 1nder headlines a column
/ long. There isn't a well-regulated the
alter in the country that permits chill
/ dren at its performances-that is chill
! dren in arms. My brother absolutely
observes that rule in his Kansas City
! house. 1t simply must be done for the
comfort of the patrons. Babies get tired
a. r. 1Af ora
annoyed. It is all right HEf them to
come to the matinee, but at night it
doesn't go. I have given positive in
structions to my doOrkeepers hereafter
at the evening performances to admit no
more babies in arms. And it will be en-
| forced
Lee Carter, chief .supernumerary.
head-door- keeper, and right hand man at
the Elks show stood by and heard the
edict go forth. please, Mr. Brigham
he gasped, give my job at the door to
some one else"
mot on your life," replied Brigham.
you win stand at the outer portals to-
night"
Carter went away a really pitiable
sight. He looked detected and to say
the least. worried to death. Verify, verb
~, he will have his troubles.
This is about the first time that an
order of this kind has been planked
down good and square to the Topeka
public. Many and many time have
performances, meetings, etc, etc, been
disturbed by kicking. squealing, howl
ing, yelling babies. It takes just about
10 minutes to get a baby tired of doing
one thing. and sometimes less, and then
the storm breaks loose. To tell the truth
it is cruel to keep the youngsters at
place where they simply have to yell
and tire their mothers out in order to
anuse themselves.
one of the Sunday night meetings of
the recent evangelistic services was al
most broken up by the youngsters
About q "in arms were in the hall.
They all broke loose before the service
got we'll under way. They worked
sineezw. doubly. in trios, quartettes, sex
tettes, in grand chorus. They commit
ted some vocal acrobatic stunts that
were positively paralyzing. They just
naturally ruined the chance of about
> 600 people of hearing the service.