Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-02
SULTAN s HAREM
STIR5 SENSATION
FIRST TROUPE TO TRAVEL
OVER NEW ROAD
Gallant Men and Envious Women
Greet Pretty Maids at Every
Station Where Train
Makes Stops

Twenty-four handsome girls, chatter
ing and laughing like a bunch of school
children turned loose for vacation,
some with high blonde pompadours and
others with low black ones, descended
from the Sultan of Sulu's private train
at the Salt Lake depot yesterday
morning and Immediately took possess
sion of not only every man in sight
OF the station, but of a representative
of the Salt Lake road, who was there
to meet the first opera troupe to cross
the western section of the continent
by way of the new route.
The troupe went out for good time
such as only chorus girls can have
and even the rubber plants in the sta
tion yard turned their heads in ad-
miration as the trinity shod feet and
dainty ankles tripped past.
Madison Corey manager of the
troupe, was the first man to leave the
special and after him came the sultan
and the string of girls, who are known
in play as the sultans wives. The
harem did not think much of their
marriage vows yesterday, as they
started for their hotels and Manager
Corey allowed them few hours free
dom, while he told the story of one OF
the most remarkable trips in the his
tory of the country to a number OF
his friends.
I'VE started from Salt Lake for Los
Angeles several days ago." said the
smiling manager. For some time past
there has been trouble between the
opera troupes and the railroad COM
panies out in this western land and as
a result we welcomed the advent of the
new road with a shout of rejoicing. The
Salt Lake people treated us royalty.
We could have given several perform
-, md n a
but there was a lack of show houses.
I'm some way or other, telegrams
were sent ahead to every station that
a real opera company was coming
through the country and the natives
turned out to give us a welcome. My,
out there were some naughty boys
among the crowds that awaited at
every station
AS soon as the train would near a
town the men would gather, while the
women would stand in the back
ground with that I-don't-belteVe-her-
Observation-Disclosures appearance ana
cast painful glances at their ungal-
liant attendants.
when the train would slow up,
there would be a rush for the car
where the chorus girls were quartered,
and the natives would climb up the
stems and look in at the windows in
=
"At other stations the scene would
be different Great brown miners and
plainsmen, with their red shirts turned
In at the neck would greet us at the
train Round and round they would
walk looking at the girls as though
they We're the first specimens of the
feminine oddity seen in those parts
for many years. But the girls didn't
mind They were the only women for
1e Of arN11T1H and thew
rather enjoyed the novel sensation of
having things all their own way.
"Buttinsky" Drummer
"There were several coaches on the
train besides those occupied by US. and
on one of these was the as-usual drum
mer, who always finds a way to butt
in Well, he made a hit with one of
the girls and as a result his opinion of
himself rose several notcheS in very
few minutes.
"a senator from Nevada became en-
raptured with another girl and the two
men nearly stole those chorus ladies
before I was aware of the fact. I broke
up the mutiny by offering the girls
their little blue envelopes with per-
mission to quit at Los Angeles and
after that I had no trouble.
"At Las Vegas the natives We're
given the treat of their lives, and one
which they will remember for long
time. The station agent had roped in
number of burros from the sage
brush and the girls were all sent for
ride.
For a while the burros could not be
forced to move because of their habit
of turning around to look at their
riders Those animals were the true
game sports all right and when they
finally started and hit the high places
along the trail and the lingerie began
| to wave in the air, even the jack rab
bits duclled out of the brush and stood
shaking their paws at the free eX-
hibtion.
Inside the train the girls proved as
much of an attraction to the other
passengers as to the outside natives.
Nearly every girl in the chorus is an
expert poker player and when Miss
Bernice Harte trimmed a smart west
ern outfit of $1435 the rest of them
took off their hats and decided that
without nurses.
1--WE have a Sultan of Sulu cocktail
with a cherry in it, and this became
| quite popular and we printed num-
Der of formulas and distributed them
| so that anyone who sees that famous
| jag of the sultan and wants a like
sensation can get it by hitting this
dope.
"First, two-ffths of italian YER
mouth, then one-third of Plymouth
gin, a dash of orange bitters and the
| Internal machine is complete.
eve arrived in Los Angeles this
morning after one of the most delight
| full trips in my history of troupe trav-
cling.
1.-THE company will open at the Mason
opera house tonight for a weeks stay,
and a number of brilliant new features
have been added to the splendid per-
| formance seen here last season."
ATTENDS FUNERAL. IN FETTERS