Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Mickey Finn, the newsboy, saw the
production of Othello at Mason's
opera house and this is his descrip-
tion of the performances
I saw Ot'ello Thursday night an
till de play got to de half way post
1 couldn't cop to what dey all wuz
drivin at but den 1 took a tumble an
got wise, an any time de Mason Opry
House pulls out de valve on Shakes
peare Mickey's is on it, for Bill is wise
to everything and Jonny on de spot
wit language dat gives you creepy
feelins down your back.
De house was on de bad an mostly
all de seats had rent signs out, an it
was frosty to de limit till de show
folks got dere speed and den when
dey got running good dey got hand
dat made dem gurgle an push out de
best dey could.
De curtain goes up on a whisker
settin' on trone, an back o. him dey
wuz a table wit newspaper guys keep
ing tab OH what come off. An den
Brabantes comes in wit trumpets an
makes his bow, an den Ot'ello hit de
camp, an mercy me, what lamps he
had an how he trun 'em round. De
cork wuz pulled on trouble early in
de game. Brabantes wuz de papa to
a bunny dat had blown de coop an
took UP wit Otello, which I says my
self aint right for he wuz to de smoke
in color an dey hadn't ought to mixed.
De old man tells his troubles wit de
safety valve tied down an den Otello
gets into de game an plays de highest
trump.
DE lady is me wife" he says, "me
own true wife, now what you goin to
do?" "Shc is your wife," de old man
says Den all de stuff is off an I'm
too late to get de train. But If she
is your wife you must use a rabbit
foot on her, for never in de history o,
de whole Brabantes family is any of
de girls hooked up wit anybody so
much to de brunette as you"
Den up Ot'ello gets an makes his
spiel an waves de flag an sprinkles high
toned English all about de stage an
tells de history of his life, an says
he's on de level, an de dusty skin he
wears don't keep him from havin' a
white heart inside o. him an den de
lamb dat married him runs out an
trows strangle hold on him an says:
ME Lord" she says, Il love you
past de limit; let me have kiss"
An den he hands her out a full
growed kiss and pumps de baby talk
an says dat she's his precious snow
white lamb an tells her dat she is his
tootsy and dat she has de whole fe-
male population look1n ike petr1-
fed lady in a side show, an den her
old mans safety valve blows out once
more and he pulls de stopper off his
voice.
Go take her, Moor" he says, "but
mind her well. She's handed me de
worst of it, so keep your eyes peeled
or you'll have it handed to you"
"Go chase yourself" Otello says.
DE grill stick" an den he takes her
out with shivery music from de fiddle
an de air begins to smell of trouble.
ooh woman in your hours of easel"
de old man says, you're like guinea
hen. You talk an talk, an when you
gets a chanst to do a thing you hadn't
ought to do you goes an does it Johnny
on de spot"
An den he packs hisself up an goes
off wit a down an out sort o. hump
dat makes me feel sorry for him, but
in a minute a couple of guys hits de
pictures dat you see on deviled ham
cans, an he states dat he hates de
Moor an dat he's goin to put him
on de bum. He must a been CRATER
for he makes a spiel on graft, an says
dat its de only ting. When people