The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-18
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In one OF their scenes they, had
soubrette called Fiosste. /. The soldier
that took this part was clever and
made fine-appearing and chic girl.
We Immediately fell In love with her
until two days nfter. while we were
on n march. we passed Fiossie with
"her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
pouring from her" face unloading
shells from q motor lorry.
As our section passed her l yelled
out: Hello. Flossie; BttKhty-what
Hcpesf" Her reply made our love die
out instantly.
"Ah. 60 to h-lr
This brought quite laugh from the
marching column directed nt me. and !
instantly made mp my mind that our
sketch should immediately run In OPP
position to "Biighty-what Hopesr
When we returned TO our billet from
the march. Curiey Wallace. my the
atricai partner. came running over TO
me and said he had found u swanky
place In which TO produce our show.
After taking on my equipment. and
followed by the rest OF the section.
vent over to the building he had picked
,ut. II wns q monstrous barn with
platform at one end which would make
an ideal stage. The section got right
IN the job. and before night had that
place rigEed out in nppie-pie order.
The next day was Sunday and after
:hurch parade we put all our time on
dress rehearsal. and It went fne.
I made four or five large signs an
,ouncing that our company would open
~ that evening at the King George the
rifth theater, on the corner OF Ammo
..reet and Sandbar terrace General .
admission was one-half franc. First
Ten rows In orchestra one franc. and
,oxes two francs. BY this time our
printed programs had returned from
London. and 1 further announced thai
IN the night OF the first performance
= program would be given free Of
.harge to men holding tickets costing q
'ranc or over.
We had an orchestra Of seven men
ind seven different Instruments. This
orchestra was excellent. while they
we're not playing.
The perfornisnce was scheduled to
,tnrt At o p. m.
At Sis there was q mob in front Of
,ur one entrance and Il looked like
Dig night. We had two boxes esch nc.
,ommodasing four people, and these
We immediately sold out- Then
brilliant idea came TO key Cohenstsin.
Why not use the rafters overhead, call
hem boxes. and charge two francs for
scat on themf The only difficulty
vas how were the men to reach these
,oxes. but to key this was mere de-
sil.
He got long ropes and tied one end
,rnund each rnfter and then tied o lot
Il knots In the ropes. These ropes
would take the place of stairwnys.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty 'uen and sold
hat number Of tickets accordingly.
When the tickefhoIders for the boxes
rot glimpse OF the rnfters and were
informed that they had to use the rope
stairway. there wns howl of indigna-
Ion, but we had their money and told
;hem that II they did not ike II they
.ould write to the management later
and their money would be refunded:
,ut under these conditions they would
aot be allowed 10 witness the perform
ince that night.
After little grnusing thay accepted
the situation with the PROMISE that II
the show was rotten they certainly
would let US know about Il during the
performance.
Everything went lovely and II wns
bowling success. until Alkali Ike mp
ocared on the scene with his revolver
ton1ed with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on a shelf was a long line Of
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left Of this line and break
six Of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles q
piece of painted canvas wns supposed
TO represent the back of the bar. at
each shot from Alkaii's pistol man
behind the scenes would hit one Of the
bottles with bis entrcnching tool
handle and smash II, 10 give the Inn
precision that AiknIi was q good shot.
AIknii Ike started In and aimed nt
the right OF the line OF bottles instead
Of the left, and the poor boob behind
me scenes started breaking the b0ttiss
On rne ieft. ena sfien fhs hoxholektp
turned loose; but outside Of this iittla
fiasco the performance was hinge sue
cess. and we decided to run Il for .
week.
New troops were conrts ptlx cominr
through. and for ak performances We
had tho IS. n. o." sign suspended out
side.
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