The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-27
GIRL s HEELS HIT
MEN IN AUDIENCE
Dramatic Impromptu Scene at
Daniels Theatre on Sat-
urday Evening.
ACTRESS IN GREAT PERIL
DARKENED PLAYHOUSE ADDS
TO SUSPENSE OF sPE CTAToRs.

Swayinr and swinging IN a precari-
Gus little seat Of rope and wood at the
end OF n thirty fivc-fOOt gas pipe high
above the heads OF an audience OF sew
cral hundred people. who sat wonder
ingly IN the pitch blackncss Of the
theatre. while three men at the other
end Of the big pipe. with heavy pieces
Of scenery crashing down about them.
struggled desperately Co haul her back
90 safety, Lillian Sutherland. an &C
trcss with the curtis company, play
ing 40 the Daniels theatre, escaped un-
injured from "a fiftceu-mi mute session
Of accidents and chaos az that house.
saturday evening. that for a few mo-
mcnts threatened 90 result seriously
Tor both actress and audience.
AS 90 was. two men who we're view
ing the first performance OF "a Stub
born Girl from the fourth or fifth
row carried out n couple OF gOOd-sizcd
bumps under their hats. another IS
nursing the impression left above ms
right ear by a smart little boot with
French heels. and about twenty more
are wondering what particular portion
OF Miss sutherland's anatomy they
connected with. when. hearing rush
Of skirts and lingerie above them, they
reached up and grabbed blndly into
the darkness with varying results.
The performance had progressed as
Tar az the part IN which every light
on the stage and in the house Is eN-
tiuauishcd. leaving the theatre In Ut
ter blackncss. when. directly over the
heads OF the audience and TAR up IN
the dome OF the auditorium, Miss
Sutherland appears. suspended In the
basket OF a miniature dirtEible air
ship. SIS lights twinklins tn the dark
ness.
Girl In an AIrshIp.
Backward and forward over the up
turned faces she floats and around. in
ever widening circi es. with nothing Wis
ibic but the airship and the girl The
..H "a ~
big gas pipe. which iu turn is hung
about fifteen feet above the stage by
"a wire cable susp-nding 90 in the cen
ter. The other end OF the pipe is
weighted down with heavy bass Of
sand To- countcrbalance the weight OF
Miss sutherland and the ship. En-
sconccd In her seat, the pipe IS CIR
cIcd ON the darkcucd stage until Miss
sutherland and her air craft are swing
iuU FAR out over the heads OF the audi
onco. when the men I'm charge OF the
other end OF the pipe can so mapeuver
the latter. with the help OF the tiy-
man. that the girl and the ship ap-
pear 90 be floating at VIII through
the auditorium. The electric hghts
outline the ship and the girl through
the darkness. which is So Intense that
nothing Of the elaborate equipment Tor
the act can be seen.
Saturday night things began 90 80
wrong the moment Miss sutherland s.
feet swung free Of the stage. IL was
the first time the act had been trieu
with the house dark ana Wlcn l-sr
men operating the business end Of the
big supporting pipe had swung the
other end out into the theatre. the sig
nal was given for the electrician TO
throw on the lights I'm the airship and
those surrounding the girl In the bas-
kct A circuit had broken and every
frantic effort 60 make the lights burn
failed while Miss Sutherland sat
swinging in the darkness. waiting 10
begin ncr sons. Something crashed
on the stage and the next instant air
ship and gfrl swo~ped downward with
a rush and. the bottom of the basket
scat holding. Miss Sutherland brought
up arainst the heads Of two men acw1
I'm front. while the shin settled into
the eouhrcftc's lap. The sand Ncicnts
on the other end Of the pipe had slipped
off
The audience had treated the whole
thing laughingly. black as was the the
atrc. and as the three men on the stage
struggled to free themselves from the
fallen scenery. at the same time hang
ink onto the airship equipment. hands
beran 90 grab for the latter and the
GIRL Somebody caught her slipper ana
AS she swung up out or reach Miss
sutherland saved 60 by the narrowest
margin.