United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25
STAGE employees

the Broadway had moving pictures
last week and this, laying off fifteen
or twenty men. There will be bunch
Of joy when it opens up again with
the regular shows next week.
Henry Fischback. head flyman at
the Broadway. has got himself in q
lot of trouble with his fellow mem
bers, and thereby hangs a tale which
has narrowed up the hearts of afore-
said members. The Young Ladies
Clio club, literary and musical So
ciety, gave function last week at the
Fischbach residence, Miss Florence
Fischbach (his kid sister as he calls
herr is president. of the club. 1t is
the custom of the club to decorate the
rooms in which the function is given
with the club colors, and any original
ity displayed in the decorations Is
duly appreciated by the members.
Now Miss Fischbach asked Henry to
assist in the decorative scheme, Incl
dentally mentioning that the decora-
tion committee of four of the ladies of
the club would be there to advise with
him. Henry was right there with i'm
mediate consent. If it had been a job
of decorating Sixteenth street or the
Auditorium, Henry would have had
no fear, but private functions was
little out of his line. But a wise idea
struck him, he would call on his broth
er members for advice, SO he wended
himself to the club. and that is where
the trouble started. He began in this
style Say fellows, the kid sister and
the Clio club are going to have
meeting at the house and l have got
to assist the young ladies in decor
ating. I'm just a little rusty on ideas
and / want you to help me out. Every
body jumped to their feet. Henry as
simulated all the ideas but scorned all
offers of assistance. But they had a
friend in camp. He had heard their
tale of woe and started on a sleuthing
expedition. He found out that the
function was a great success that dec
orations were greatly admired and the
entertainment and lunch were very
much enjoyed. He also found out the
Here they are, boys; The Misses Ina
Cavally. Bessie Hodge. Louise Flan-
ders. Ella Benesch and Florence
Fischbach. Now boys. it's up to you to
see that Henry don't put anything
over on you again.
There was gloom on the counten-
ances OF Business Agent Hamilton and
President Ben Enos last week-and
the action of Scotty Mclaughlin did
not improve the situation any. A
bunch OF the boys started for the ball
game a week ago last Tuesday. the
said bunch including the above named
gents A trouble-maker by the name
OF Sam Amburgh bluffed his way past
the gatekeeper OF the park and asked
Babe Harkins where the gang was
sitting He pointed them out behind
third base and he pounced on Hamil-
ton and Enos. told them they were
wanted at the Tabor right away to col
lect some money from a road company
due the boys for work performed.
When duty calls they must obey and
only one inning of the game had been
played. They wanted Scotty TO come
coming to him. He answered them
Go to. Attend to your business. me
for the ball game. I'll get mine later"
Hamilton was going to put in bill of
sixty cents to the union. when Scotty
objected and remarked to Ham. at
serves you right to lose the money.
You should be on the job all the time,
night and day. You have no business
Mt ball games"
Last week at the Tabor they had
one OF the .oldtime melodramas, THE
White Slave" and the way the peo-
pie packed the house showed that they
liked 1t. Mike Fitzgibbon of Montreal
was the carpenter and Jimmy Lee of
New York was the electrician. Mike
was kept busy repairing the scenery
that the actors chewed up. The
ladies' of the company wept all over
the scenery and dimmed the painting.
and Fulton of the Broadway Scenic
studio had to be engaged to touch II
up. But Jimmy, you ought to have
seen him. He had everything there
was in the shape of electricity, and 1t
kept him busy handling II. Jimmy
didn't stop to walk around anybody
when they happened to be in the way.
he Just ran up one side and down the
other. always with smile. He Is the
original Sunny JIM" and Force" is
his middle name. There was only one
thing that annoyed Jimmy during the
week. His chief operator, Scotty Nc
Laughlin. insisted on going to sleep
while the show was on and he had to
keep prodding him to keep him awake.
Scotty gave as his excuse that there
was too much action to the show and
1t made him sleepy.
Jimmy Leahy of Chicago local is