Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-23
ROTTEN, ROTTEN,
WAS TIE CRY
When EiIeF'S Aggregation Of
HamiatS Played Kip Van
Wrinkle last Night.
aUSK OUT OF Town At NIGHT

For some days past Toe hi. boards
OF the city have been covered with
paper and autographs announcing
that on Friday aud Saturday nights.
june 10 and i6 Eilors Mammoth
Tcni Show producing the famous
comody.dfama. "iup Van Wrinkle"
Win great special scenic effects. ana
travelling in maFuiuCCuI SPECIAL ear.
would play in this city
True. Dos part 90 neir announce
menis. ere aFrfeEnfion arrived iH A.
nuqnorqur yesterday. ln their mae.
nlnceui special car which WnB a i0p.
aldef greasy ODD wreck thai rpnrm.
Died stock car transformed Cor the
time being into some Hrmhianro %
a Pullman
They pitched n small dirty side.
show tent. on Che vacant ioi beside
the santa ~ irncka. near Railroad
avenue. their hand raaded the streets
yesterday at noon. and last hlNht. 90
Hn audience % SOME 200 people. wa1
mad been led aatray hy the riaHng ana
seductive bin boardH. the mammoth
production with special scenic 81
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scented
Yo Uodal Gould the poor lamenied
Joe jefferson have known what was
was going on inside Of that tent he
would have turned over in hia grave.
in sheer disgust
The stage was about els feet hirh.
and maybe a. many wide. elevated
some ave feet above tho around. The
as.fua. fnt Ia ssnIfnar aH.fa .at $500.
and exits jumped down. ur clhmhofed
zap. thig i've feet % was graceful
The special scenic effects" CON
sisted ~ a dlngy Eaaoilno light in tho
back part uf The tent. two H'ckiy ruH.
ollne lights Tor fouiilghis. and a can
dc nr two aa border llghiH.
The whrcxy orchestra girnmmcd
ont "a piece. the drop curtain. hand
painted by the famous artist Don't.
no.hOw. ratified up. ana rip Van
7 Wlnkle" was commenced. just what
fbe hamfats and aclorinca were en-
deayoring 20 aay. no one la tho pitt
fHl bunch of Alhuaucfgueat. who had
been 80 ruihlcasly quilted, knew, for
: lho rattle Of the passing freight trains
aud switch engines drowned an
speeches.
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che railroad yards after a time, and
I the ham.fnta voices could he heard.
Then one wished the trains would
start up HEaln
some ono 10 tho rear hit the laso
drum a whack.
"Hcaylnnsi" screamed Gretchen.
/ hos the storm ragcs" A smoker
went through me audience
] HNa4a u sl.HrH .af.HNN a.. muaH
curtain relieved the agony uf the per
/ iormancp
Just prior 10 the final curtain.
I ruughnCCk with a voice like a rip
saw. mounted the dinky stage. thank
"a che people Cor their liberal patron.
I age Rud applause (whcrouunn. o yer.
table roar of Mugntor shook tho
[ moih-eaton teutl. auu announced "tho
great mirih-pr0voklug. entertaining
I special concert. to take place lmmodi
lately after the lnst act of enc present
piece. 400 tor tao inflHnInrauf sum
Iof fifteen cents The tickoi sellers
viii now pass among yuu Don't fall
90 zoo your tickets ior ihe big CON
cert"
/ a darkey. with more money than
I brains. and drunken lrlahmap.
u
amid d graveyard silence
] And faua Eilrra Mammoth Tent
! SHOW. producing With special scenic
I Cnoria. Rip Van Winkle." came 10
an lnglououa end in Albuquerque, FOR
iu keeping win the Aggregation.
which in plain English. was one os enc
fOtteneat exhibition. m Ia aii Of tho
hittronic arr that has ever been wit
messed in our Cify. they folded
I their Tents llke tnr Arabs. aud as
"sllonily stole away" in The dark
hours of tho night failing to romem
Dor shat they were billed Tor tonight
again. which, perhaps. D. just as we'll,
I tor several eases ni decaYed eFga haf
lalrcaay been ordered for tonight D.
last nights patrons
ln Now Me2ico there iE O. law
against obtaining money unecr false
I pfotonaea. and had the officers a tha
law been u0ing their duty laos night,
some twelve on hffccu fank amateurs,
ham.fai1 aud nct0r'nc8 WHo With
monumental nerve. charged may
cCnH general admission aud tWcniy
eve cents extra for reserved srata. 40
stiffness thHif punk performance,
would have been behind Che bars in-
day instead ~ vending fhc.r way. Ia
their HiQch yards special car % some
other town. there to take enc Eulllhio
inhabitants even al were car tuWna
people duued iaaf night
Eycn the health laws we're ruth.
iossly bfokcn last night for anything
i as roffen should ions since have been
buried
Though the teu % gene. ihe atencb
I femaina.