The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-24
WASN'T GOING TO
STAND FOR SUBURB
THOUGHT OLD TOWN WAS the CITY
But Jane CorcOran's Advance Man
Was Convinced and Converted.
and Is Booster.

Frank Folsom, the advance agent
for Jane Corcoran, who will appear
at the Yakima tneater on next Mon
day evening, tells OF funny Incl
dent that happened to him last
night on train No. from Seattle.
Mr.. Folsom handed his ticket to the
conductor, informing him that he
would stop off at Yakima City,"
The conductor informed the ad-
vance man that his train did not
stop at that station and that he
would have to get off at North Yaki-
ma. Mr.. Folsom becam indignant
and demanded to be let off at the
city; that his ticket called for
transportation from Seattle en-
route to Billings and stopovers at any
point between the two cities, and
that he did not propose to be put
off at a suburban station when he
could go direct to the city station.
TIL conductor endeavored to con-
vince Miss Corcoran's agent that
North Yakima was the most i'm
portant of the two towns, and also
informed him that Yakima City did
not possess an opera house and
that Jane Corcoran would have to
play under canvass if she wanted to
play that town. This had the desired
effect of convincing the agent that
mistake had been made by some
one and made up his mind to stop
over and see for himself and straight.
enthings out before THE Freedom
of Suzanne arrived. The rest of
the story is best told in Mr.. Folsom s
own language:
well, the laugh is on me- he
said to the Herald man and Manager
Schaefer. Il never was was more
surprised in my life, than when
alighted at the station to see such a
beautiful, modern town. l have not
been at North Yakima in twenty
years, and then l rode over from the
old Town on horse. l was visit
ing a friend of mine at the time of
my last trip and was ahead of a
little attraction that was wildcat
ting through this territory and
played all the burghs that could
boast of an opera house, school house
or town nall. / made Yakima City
at that time for double purpose, to
see my friend from the east and at
the same time see if | could fill a
date in the town, and 1t was then
that l rode over to North Yakima.
Now, gentlemen, just think of the
surprise that was in store for me
the Transformation of a little ham,
let of 20 years ago to the hustl-
ling, modern town of today, with
it's modern structures and stores and
everything that could be required
for the foundation of hustling city.
The only real improvement that
would seem beneficial would be the
paving of the streets, but l suppose
even that will come before l again
visit your town, and l trust it will be
my luck to have North Yakima on
the route sheet every year, for
can truthful say that l am SO i'm
pressed with the place, that I would
like to locate here if it were not
so far away from Broadway"
Mr.. Folsom then gave an idea OF
the enormous business that Jane
Corcoran did at both Portland
and Seattle, and told how sure he
was that the patrons Of the Yakima
theater would patronize play that
has received the endorsement OF
the press and public in those two
cities Miss Corcoran will present
Charles Frohman's New York En-
pire theater success. "The Freedom
of Suzanne" by Cosmo Gordon Len
noX.