Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-18
farmer PERKINS TELLS CUB
REPORTER EXPERIENCE Of CITY

been to one of the things before / de-
cided that would take a chance and
go in. 5------
WAL, l went up to a place where
a Teller was lookin' out of a little
wnder and he looked at me for long
time and finally told me that it would
cost me four dollars to get in. Four
dollars was pretty steep price,
opined, but finally paid him the mo-
ney and he give me a little piece of
paSteboard with some writin' on it
and told me to go in the door. I went
in the door and there was a Teller
there who told me to give him my
ticket. He pointed to the piece of
pasteboard which | had in my hand,
and ] told him that it didn't belong
to him and that l wasn't goin' to
give it to him. Then he told me that
l would have to give it to him be-
fore | could see the show, and then
| got mad and told him that l had
paid four good dollars for the ticket
and that I'd see the show or he'd
know why, and | was goin' to take
90 my coat and prove it when an
other, Teller come along and talked
to the other Teller and then told me
that the pasteboard had the number
of my seat and that | would have to
give it to him so that he could show
me where | was to sit. Well. sir,
gave the Teller the little piece of
cardboard and he went and tore it in
two, put one half in a tin box and
give the other half to me- | thought
he had a lot of nerve to tear up the
ticket that l had paid four dollars
for.
Wal, this here feller leads me up
to little box right by the side Of a
great big picture and points out
chair to me what made me feel Just
like | was a-settin in the parlor on
a Sunday afternoon. On the floor be-
low there was a whole lot of folks
settin down and a whole lot more
kept a-cOmin' in. Fellers was a-rush-
in around shown them their seats
and they was all readin' little papers
with pTintin on EN-. | sat there
long time and waited to see what
would happen. All the people kept
loOkin' at the big picturs, but | was
burned if ! could see anything abaout
it worth lOOkin' at. Pretty soon some
fellers started to come out of a little
door under the big platform what had
the pictures on it, and they was car
ryin' horns and things. They all went
into sort Of little pit and set down
and turned on lights and kept a-tootin'
on their horns. After a bit they COM
menCed to play and the music was
something awful. 1t warn't nothin'
like Old Hundred or any of them
pieces Carrie plays on the organ.
After while | got pretty tired of
lOOkin' at the picture and listenin' to
the musicians, and l started to leave
when all at once the lights went out
and someone pulled the picture away
and there was Zig platform back of
it what locked like the inside of a
house. Some people come out and
started to talk, but didn't know what
IL was all abOu, | reckon they was
tryin' to sell sOmethin' beCuz there
was one Teller with a black mustache
WLO was always talkin' to q right
girl about the mortgage
or SCmethin like that. After bit, they
pulled the Zig picture back into place
again and all the people who was set
tiH Out in front clapped their hands
and hOllered fine. | couldn't see
nothin' SO gol burned fine about it.