The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
SD BAffERY'S LURID NIGHT
STRg IkED 1ITB TL.GSHES 90
GREEN "P.lNIs."
nro~Als1. ssesttRg s'oaspamS - TESspes~
Give q shsN ewli - ENrleisag &c.
R'aNes Tspped On ~ . Ceos nrlaG
kNhtbaelsa q GNeelleai ukwrseaaan~hlp

nsnNes TUpped On - . Coot lDron9
tNhtbtelsa 90 ENeetlena aksrseman.hlp
Ar lndisS who ~ore green pants
and c,.s.s=s. !. handkerchief Ia sssE zFss;s
back pocket Of them died thrsS times
In BrO"klyn last might Hs had 10 die
three times. did that INDIAN. b~cause
hs was the only uiember ~ tho Third
Battery 80 IN. Fir~t Ra,tahnn. Fi-ld
Artillery. Vito had been trained IA H..
q,het on the tanl,ark in the arrnOry white
the. Hebrew Orphan Asylun hand played
the dead march frS m saul
And IL Was severe strain On that green
PAINTED Indian a. H. thore With his
handkerchief showing l,rtors al thoss
peOpls IN thu gallery until The cowboys
with the aagora goat chRps Oh their legs
had coHle in and carried On All their dead
AFTER every night For the cowboys took
al their dead To thu tune IL Chopln's
inournful numbers invariably first. aud
Then that very dead Indian got SaUl and
n hft er"sswi>s on pony
Anybody who bellevca that an indian
Outsidc Of Brooklyn woNld mot wear
green pants" and n handkerchief had
only TO 90 Ia tho Third Battery Armory
last night. where the man and non-com-
min.iOned officers &c tho battery we're
giving their Wild West show. To lind
moro realistic indiana than that even.
Indians. ye~. and cowboys and con girls.
such a. travel mAdly across the screens
u moving pasture shove, and MexioAns
with bells Osi. TO say nothing % the life
like cabin % Trapper Tom and the water
hole. Every property and every locally
cOlored oiti1sn of tnat rosnantio West
which Brooklyn authors write about was
there ON the tAnhaTk. Lieut.. Julian {. a.
Stokes. who was manage OT the show.
saw TO the locally colored citizens. and
the properties and scenery were under
the direction OF Joseph he silva. who Was
once in the Theatrical business himself.
When Eugene =. Lohr. the announcer
rode into the middle ol the arena in front
q the Ragged Mountains Of s'nohomish
and announced that there would be a
grand entry oG the untamed Indians aud
cowboys there was promptly the grand
entry. D~adeye Charley Colyer. Jr..
At the head u his Twelve reckless cowboys
and four daring cowgirls. swept twics
around the circle and then paused with
a flourish of hts sombrero in front u Capt.
Chauncey Matlook. Thsn thu Indians.
who are known on the reservation by such
chsrscteTissically aboriginal names a.
Peterson. Adans. Du Moulin and Cook,
rc'ir~d b~hNd the Rassed Mountains,
which Property Manager he silva had
AIDE Iuaiely hraced. and the. attack On the
! Emigrant Train followed.
, This attack was designed to show the
mode % travel and the hardships endured
~ early pioneers a. the programme said.
I IL did. just az 500 n a. the emigrAnt
train. which was one Of the army wagons
properly eco. I'D by cowboys had come
to rest In the middle ~ the arena the
hardship Of coOking over a red IRE candle
was undergone. Right in the middle Of
tho stew one o. the Indians came shopping
in. He got to within ten feet Of ths camp
ing party without being seen. shaded his
hand against the light Of the rod fire
cooking candle and spottsd the emigrans
train. Then be retired 20 tho wtng-
To the Ragged Mountains. that Is and
told his dastardly comrades that the
enigrAnts out thew were stswing some
thing over . rcd fire candle. This intslli-
gence pv~cipitated q whirfwind attack.
There Nas a double swoOp around the
wagon. the Popping Of all sorts ~ as.
and incidentally an exhibition OF some
very nifty riding After which there
remAD ned only the burial Of the Indian
with the green pants. Who here died for
.
The Fight Over the Water Hole
was taken from the late Frederic RsminR-
tons famous picture. hut the water hole
itNf was taken from the wings and set
inythe middle Of the tankarked sDa ce.
water holes do not occ,Ir commonly on
the hoors OF armories 30 the Third Battery
men had To carry theirs out IN a large
green soup plate Once more the Indians
snooped Once more they charged. shout
ing and hanging and once TnorS they usre
I repuised. Then Death No : for Chief
I Green in the Pants
but the cabin was the moat realist ic
actor 70 alt. The cabin was brought On
: by Property Manager N Silva and his
assistants a. huTriedly az " IL we're in
the hands Of the HOUSE Mowers Union.
/ Local a. Ia va. a good cabin. but IL
had TO play a waiting role until Il came
time Tor the med Indians 10 set Il on fire.
Then was when the cabin got the big hand
The Indians whOop~d and tho reviewers
spit terribly and all the tirnc p VI nrfsjlva
and his two assistant r Ms moved busily
about IN the cabin waving flaming
torches. blowing sparks through tho
cracks and letting down the sides when
B q looked 10 them - " the tire had burned
long enough to bring down the sides
those who saw Mr. he silva prompt that
cabin ~ is part felt that with training
! al his hands the cabin would lse a head
liner in vaudeville nsxt seasoO.
J But Il vas not all this rough and raw
+, life on the UnStak ed prairtes There was
, a quiet pastoral duadrille by eight Of tho
! riders. sitting their ~adilrs easily. and a
NaypOle weaving which wa~ prettily
done Though the Third IL not a JOCK ~
battery. ~ they ~ay in the National
Guard ~ those organizations which can
ride daintiiy and cannot handle their
guns. vet the tyre oG riding that lie men
exhibited last night was oonvincing
Capt. Matlock has a pretsy good basis
Tor the claims he MAKE - an TO the excel
Ience oI his Third Battery
Eus~rai sf Prsf. Summer