The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-07
At Local Theaters
John Robinson's Shows.

SOsiH 'ObsUoOU8 0nOWSs
A reporter was shown how show
people live. That they live far better
than the average everyday worker
goes without saying.
In fact, the management consisting
of about seventy people, have fare
that is not excelled by the most pre-
tentious hotel in the country.
The dining tent is large enough to
accommodate nearly 400 people.
There are twenty-eight tables. each
with q seating capacity of fourteen.
Each table has an individual waiter,
and he is held strictly responsible for
everything belonging to his table.
The performers have separate sec
ton, and the laborers take their meals
in different portion of the dining
tent.
The John Robinson's Shows feed ov-
err 900 people three times per day.
Meal tickets are issued by the head OF
each department to the various peo-
pie employed. The tickets state in
what capacity the men are employed,
and by this plan it is easy to deter
mine at what table they shall eat
The tickets are designated as prop
erty men, canvas men, razor backs,
side show, grooms, animal men, port
ers, pony boys. drivers train men,
performers and managers. The dining
tent is in charge of two superinten-
dents and they employ fifty men in
the cook house. Two men are employ
ed to cut fresh meat alone. The show
has refrigerator car which always
has from $4,000 to $4,000 worth of
fresh meats and groceries, all bought
each day in every town.
A large refrigerator stock wagon,
containing from two to three beeves,
and other perishable fresh meats is
kept with the show.
The show people consume five hum
bred pounds of bread daily. Local
merchants are contracted with weeks
in advance.
The bill of fare for the MONDAY
lunch consists of roast beef, cabbage
and boiled ham, hash, brown potatoes.
green peas. coffee and tea, with apple
dumplings and pies for dessert.
At breakfast two kinds of meats are
The show carries it's own electric
lighting plant and also has a physi-
clan, who looks after the health of the
employees. DIR. A. M. Beasley has been
with the show for sixteen seasons.
Don't forget the date, Thursday,
May Il.
Comedy PiayIets.
MI viz
singing and dancing, excellent aero
batic feats and the motion pictures
no patron of the Murray can COM
plain OF the quality or quantity of the
bill. Keeping an Appointment" an
original farce by Scarf Allen, is full
of laugnable incidents and is especial
~ appreciated at this, the moving sea-
son Of the year. The other sketch is
also continual roar and the whole
centers about a dog, Nellie, and is the
cause of much jealously but all ends
happily. DeVaro and Zemater, the hor-
izontal bar comiques are certainly
clever and well merit the hand they
always receive. With the motion pic
lures surely well balanced and fine
bill is presented this week.
Richmond Stock Co.
Richmond's own stock company will
present a new romantic play next
week entitled When Love is True
Miss Dorothy Smith has been making
a score of friends this week and her
performance in Carter of the Lazy Y
has been commented on most favor
ably. She has true womanly charm
which has gone far to make her a
big favorite here, and her work in the
coming piece will be eagerly watched
for. Mr.. Preston has engaged scenic
artist who arrived in town today and
will at once commence work on the
scenery for large production which
| will be presented by Richmond's own
stock company at an early date and
| for which unusual preparation will
have to be made. In fact there il
great probability that the Gennett will
| be dark" for several days to prepare
for the staging and the rehearsals OF
| the piece.