The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-29
SHOW GIRL
TIES UP A TRAIN
AT COST OF S., 7 90
shuberts Are Mu1cted by Dis
charged Young Woman Who
Wanted Ticket Back
TO Broadway.

Kansas City, Mo.-Special. Ons
Toman made q packed audience at
The Shubert miss a show the othss
aight and the Shubert management
Miss about s1,7o0. She delayed the sps-
2ial train with THE Midnight Sons.
company two hours, making 1t 80 Late
mat It's arrival in Kansas City did
got give h stage hands time for the
setting ZIP of the production by ths
ppening hour at 9 o'clock.
The girl is Lillian Christy. She
Joined the company seven weeks ago
when 1t opened in Atlantic City. She
wasn't q star-not even a lesser. But
1t seems that she had ambitions to be-
come a star and a sense of her I'M
portance herewith. Consequently
when a chorus man asserted in Chi
cago two Weeks ago hat Miss Christy
was several things which Miss Christy
was sure she was not, Miss Christy
descended upon the gentleman In the
Eull magnificeRce OF her ambition
nursed wrath. When she finished the
cnorus man was coddling an empurpled
y and carefully giving a revised
opinion.
Very wen, That is, at first. No one
bothered Miss Chr;sty, the stage man.
ager seemed to have passed over the
affair entirely and the In
general stated its opinion SIS being thak
Ehe chorus man got just what was coma
ing to him. But. 70! at the end of ths
Msef in h har pa Chs ~ . ,op received Nsfdh a little
Esmon ls 9th other PA inns '1 tbat T tha saids
presence was no longer indispensable
TO the company. Said lack Of tndis.
penSability was to AXE effect Satur-
BAY,
Demands Faro to New York.
VERY Well" said Miss Christy. My
fare back to New York"
a the end of the week." said w. W..
Freedman, manager, we Ike you
Miss Christy. but we simply can't have
you Gripping up the chorus men"
The end of the week came. AT 4
Q CLOCK at night the special train was
70 leave for Kansas City. Leaving time
ans The scenery was aboard, the
was aboard, and everything
was ready for d fast run. And abonE
this time Miss Lillian Christy quietly
entered a tourist a and sat with cars
upon a car seat.
Freedman. ~
oh, aren't II" rejotned Miss christy.
Well. look here, you high minded
providence on wheels! 1 am going I'M
York" ""
1T isn't In the articles" protested
Freedman.
+. We'll. it's in my articles, and Il had
peid o IN my pocket pretty soon."
ihinss, 700. n of them being mai
neither Mr.. Freedman nor all his hiraS
minions would eject her from that train
Until tne Gotham tickle was forthcon-
ponent being a woman. he p~resentyv
saw the hopelessness of that, and called
IN the Santa F3 agent who was to taks
tne train on to Kansas City. Kan. He
argued. Pure adamant.
Call in the Portors.
After a while he left and returned
with a porter. Then another porter
Finally another porter, They ali argued.
Miss Lillian, who is Spanish, and mas
an evening look. merely sat q lttfio
harder on thu seat, while the rest Of
me company gave her secret gym
patny and encouragement.
Fifteen minutes flew by. then 20 and
they were still arguing. Events
paily, OF course, they gave up.
Take your Ticket" said Mr.. Freed-
nan. and go to New York or-any
ether place you may prefer" Accord
The train didn't though. II ha6
waited so long that a regular train for
ansas City was ready to start Out
ahead OF 1t. Then it had to give the
'Ssuiai lTdin tHle TO get out OF the Way.
and itself follow along behind. All
aight it crawled along behind the e
1lar, and as a result arrived here three
hours behind.
Special drays met 1t at the depot
and rushed the scenery up to the Shu-
bert. THE Midnight Sons" Is supposed
10 carry more scenery thar n other
production on h road except Ben
Hun" One scene, in which q theatee
with q balcony, q gallery, q parquet a
stage, and an audience Is introduced.
usually equlres IL hours to set. X
was up to the stage hands to set 1t in
about six
Still Working at s:15.
With SO Kansas City acquired helm
ers. they jumped in. but at s:15 when
the house began to fill up, they were
still working. Earl Steward, house
manager, announced that the chow
would probably start by 3 o'clock. But
pit $3.50 he stepped in front of the cur
tain again and looking regretfully oyer
b solidly massed house, said:
"On account Of he time necessary e,
set the scenery, 1t Is necessary for ,uS
either to curtail this production for tn.
hight or It w abandon IL
Money will be refunded at the door
Latest reports are that Miss Christ~
is on her way to New York.
Still Singing at Seventy.