The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-07-13
saw REAL TRAGEDY
Movie Spectators Were Treated
TO Two Shows.
Ore Among the Audience Might A..
most Be Called a Comedy. uniess
One Had to Pay for Crushed
Headuear.

MY seat was directly behind those
occupied by the trio who figured In
serio-comic accident that convulsed
nearby spectators In n Broadway NOV.
Ing picture theater the other after.
noon. | therefore am able TO tell Just
what happened and give details that
must have puzzled persons sitting a
little farther away.
The two women were londed down
with parcels and small packages when.
right In the middle OF n thrilling drama
they slowly and cautiously fitted thcm~
selves into two orchestra chairs near
the middle aisle.
II was n tight at, n,r neither OF the
ladies' could be described as sylphlike
In form, and the armfuls OF purchased
bundles contributed In no way to IN.
cllitate adjustment of the generous
cargo nature previously entrusted 10
each. Parcels of various sizes slid from
their knees into recesses under the
seats In front and stopped into the
aisle from the lap OF one who sat near.
est 90 II.
The theater was In scmIdarkness.
and II was only by the cropping of
many hands. In response to whispered
appeals, that the troubles Of dlligent
hours spent In shopping were returned
10 them. They then apparently for the
first time discovered that the adjoining
sent--thlrd from the slde--wns unoc-
cupled. and Into II they dumped their
bundles and their hats.
Quiet In the immediate vicinity had
scarcely been restored when stout.
mddle.aged man arrived with coupon
calling for the seat they had Just con-
verted into n sort Of family catch-all.
Regardless of their exclnmntlons Of
despair he lnched his way In. while
they with frantic haste struggled 10
clear of the place upon which lie wns
to AFT.
Peace finally descended agnln upon
the nclghhorhood. and we had given
ou selves MP To undisturbcd wonder
concerning the fate OF the nlm heroine
should the villain penetrate her dis
guIse ms French artillery officer,
when one Of the packnge-laden women
said 10 the other:
Mercy | promised TO be h0me by
Ave o'clock. Lucy Is going ont and ]
forgot nll nbOut IT,"
While the speaker. who sat nearest
the aisle, arranged her hat and pierced
Il with n couple of pins, her compan-
ION struggled to convert the fruits of
their shopping into two portable nyrn'
mlds Suddenly she uttered little
scream. and then whispered TO her
friend In nwe-strlcken tones, ~ can't
md my hat believe that man II
sitting on H."
"Graclous goodness" said the other.
ASK him"
81 can't do It," said her friend. "You
ask him."
Thus appealed TO. the holder of the
two turned 10 the man. who appeared
20 have heard nothing of their conver-
satlon. and said:
"I think you are sitting on this lady's
hat"
"I am not doing anything OF the sort;
why should II" was the amazing reply
she received.
"Sit down" cried several voices TO
the hated and hatless ones, from
whose arms bundles again began 10
leak.
II am not sitting on your hat
ma'am.'" said the suspected male. "but
II It will do you any good, I'll prove
H."
Then he arose. and from under his
ponderous body the hntless woman re-
moved what had once been towering
creation. with twin pInnacles
sonrlng aIoft, bnt which was now only
a pancake NJ cloth and feathers.
A wave OF mingled applause and pro-
testatlon swept that part Of the the
ater. as the shoppers departed pnus-
Ing every few feet TO recapture some
parcel.--Madge Arthur, in
Buffalo Courier.