Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-07
SHOW GIRL
TIES UP A TRAIN
AT COST OF s1,7OO
'Shuberts Are Mulcted by Dis
charged Young Woman Who
Wanted Ticket Back
to Broadway.

Kansas City, Mo-Special, =. ons
woman made a packed audience a
he Shubert miss q show the Other
night and the Shubcrt management
miss about $1.7oo. She delayed the sps-
company two hours, making II 20 late
shat its arrival In Kansas City aid
pot give the stage hands time for the
setting UP OF the production by the
opening hour at 9 o'clock.
The girl is Lillian Christy She
joined the seven weeks sgu
when 1t opened IN Atlantic City. She
wasn't a star-not ven q lesser. But
1t seems that she had ambitions to boz
come a star and a sense OF her i'm
portance herewith. Consequently
when a chorus man asserted In ChE-
cago two weeks q that Miss Christy
was several things which Miss Chrtsty
was sure she was not Miss Chrtsty
descended upon the gentleman In the
full magnificence Of her ambition
nursed wrath. When she finished the
chorus man was coddling an empurpls4
eye and carefully giving o revised
opinion
Very well. That Is, 81 frst. No one
bothered Miss Christy, h stage man
ager seemed to AVE passed over the
affair entirely and the company I'd
general stated It's opinion as being thai
the chorus man got just what was coms
ing to him. But, 70! at the end Of the
E THsf in h has ps Ghr ~ o. ss's HsSas " ass1c
among other things, that the Christy
presence was no longer Indispensable
10 the company. Said Lack OF indis-
pensability was to take effect satur-
day.
Demands Fare to New York
Very WELL" said Miss Chrtsty. NY
fare back to New York"
Al the end of the week." said w. W.
freedman, manager. I'VE like you
Miss Christy, but we simply can't have
o Gripping up the chorus mem"
The end of the week came. AT /
o'clock at night the special train was
10 leave for Kansas City. Leaving time
game. h scenery was aboard, the
company was aboard. and everything
was ready for a fast run. And about
this time Miss Lillian Christy quietly
entered a tourist a and sat with care
upon a car seat.
You're not going" exclaimed Mr.
Freedman.
"Oh, aren't II" rejoined Miss Christy,
We'll, look here, you high minded
providence on wheels! I am going un-
less you pay my a back TO New
York"
1T isn't in the articles" protested
Freedman.
We'll. it's in my articles, and Il had
better be in my pocket pretty soon,S
said Miss Christy. She added several
things, too, one OF them being tha3
neither Mr.. Freedman nor all his hired
minions would eject her from that train
until the Gotham ticket was forthoom-
Ing. Mr.. Freedman argued. His op-
ponent being a woman he presently
saw the hopelessness Of that, and called
In the Santa Fe agent who was to take
the train on to Kansas City. Kan. Hs
argued. Pure adamant.
Call In tho Porters.
After a while he left and returned
with a porter. Then another porter
Finally another porter. They all argued
Miss Lillian, who Is Spanish, and has
an evening look. merely sat q little
harder on the seat, while the rest Of
the company gave her secret SYM
patty and encouragement
Fifteen minutes flew by. then 80, and
they were still arguing. Event
pally, OF course, they ave UP.
Take your ticket" said Mr.. Freed.
man, and go to New York or--any
other place you may prefer" Accord
The train didn't though. Il had
waited so long that a regular train toy
Kansas City was ready to start ouS
ahead of 1t. Then It had to rive ths
regular train time to get out of the way,
and itself follow along behind. All
aight 1t crawled along behind the q
1lar, and as a result arrived here three
nours behind.
Special drays met II at the depot
and rushed the scenery up to the Shu-
bert "The Midnight Sons" is supposed
10 carry more scenery than any other
production on the road except Ben
Hur." One scene, in which a theatsy
With a balcony, a gallery, q parquet q
stage, and an audience Is introduced
usually requires Ia hours to set. II
was up to the stage hands 70 set Il In
about six
Still Working at s,16.
With so Kansas City acquired help
ers, they jumped in, but at s:15 when
the house began to I'LL up, they were
still working. Earl Steward, house
manager, announced that the show
would probably start by 9 o'clock. But
pit $3.50 he stepped in front of the cur
tain again and looking regretfully oyey
p solidly massed house, said:
O account Of the time necessary To
set the scenery, II is necessary for us
either to curtail this production for to-
hight or abandon II. We abandon IL
Money will be refunded at the door,
Latest reports are that Miss Christy
Is on her way to New York.
All Il