The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-15
The MeddLer
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Manager Fox is enforcing new
rule at the auditorium and II Is one
that ought 10 meet with approval from
all thcatergoers. People who arrive
after the curtain has gone up are not
seated until the close Of the act. This
Is no more than fair TO those who are
anxious TO see the entire performance
and get TO the auditorium in time.
When one is following closely the
story of play II Is annoying 10 say
the least to be obliged to get up and
allow several people to file past. BY
the time one gets seated again some
important portion OF the story may
have escaped, and the result is that
the enjoyment Of witnessing the re.
mainder Of the play is distinctly
marrcd. The new rule has been in
force now for several performances
and IL has already had its effect in
lessening the number Of late arrivals,
IL the fire doors and other exits
from the auditorium had been little
larger the entire audience might have
escaped Saturday evening before the
curtain went down on the final act, As
il was, a number of people were left
in the theater This desire 10 get out
before the end Of a performance is a
habit which Brattleboro theatergoers
ought TO break. II is discourteous to
the actors 10 make them say their
closing lines amid an uproar Of slam
ming seats and shutting feet, and 1t
frequently happens that there are peo'
pie in the audience who wish to fol-
low the story to the end. These I'M
fortunates are compelled TO be con
tent with occasional glimpses of the
stage snatched from a maize Of WON
en- Is hats and men 5 backs. And the
strange part Of this habit is that the
hurry which seizes people during the
closing moments of performance
seems TO vanish with the falling Of the
curtain. After once getting their
wraps on they are content 10 file out
slowly and are even willing on occa-
sions to stop and talk it over. To the
list Of Don rs which Mr.. Fox prints in
his auditorium programs he might well
add one pertaining to this evil.
The Meddler heard housewife com
planning bitterly the other day about
practice which seems to be in vogue
among celery growers. The woman,
it appears, had just discovered that
luscious bunch of celery which she was
preparing for the table was held to.
gether by no less than six long nails.
The nails, of course, had rusted and
the tips of the vegetable-which all
lovers Of celery know are the most
desirable portions-were absolutely
spoiled in consequence. The Meddler
does not pretend to be familiar with
mysteries of celery raising but the
complaint of the housewife leads him
to wonder if celery heads could not
be tied together as well as nailed.
A Vernon farmer was surprised and
chagrined a few weeks ago to discover
when he came to dig his potatoes that
there were no potatoes TO dig. This
statement may sVuhu a Wv F"'NHA
cal but il is true nevertheless. There
were the vines themselves looking as
prosperous as usual but the tubers
which ordinarily are found beneath
the surface were missing. The only
way the farmer can account for this
marvellous freak of nature is by lay
ing it to some of the Italian laborers
employed at the dam. These people,
it is said, appropriated the potatoes
and then replaced the vines, thinking
perhaps that a second crop would
sprout in time to recompense the farm
err for his season Is toll.
Instead of laying a new concrete ap.
proach to the town hall building Road
Commissioner p s. Eames has, by
means of cement and lampblack
transformed the face of the surface
into a mammoth map of what is under
stood to be the famous canals on the
planet Mars. Certainly the appear
ance Of the approach is unearthly, and
it is understood that Professor Todd
of Amherst college, who is an author
ity on everything Marian, is going to
bring his astronomy classes up here
for the sole purpose of using the MAP
in demonstrating his recent dlseov