The Warwickshire Herald. — 1890-08-14 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

STRUM OF "SUPERS.'  • lively negununsal seem was enaeled on Moe. day evening behind the Theatre Royal, at Binning. ham. It was is coining orantrast with the tragedy which at the semi moment filled the stage within. doors, and it had the same relationship to it, for all that, which the cents. backing has to a picture in oils. A noisy throng of youths was gathered about she doorway of the ancient boathouse known as the Theatre Stores. They were youths of that social status which is given by well -out bell-bottom Wormers and hard felt bat.; and their habitual decorum and modesty were shaken by a sense of wrong. "We'll not do amens stroke, kids," one was shouting. " Nut oz," was the ready response; "an' ow'll the blooms' plea look then t" "Lb l" they mid, altogether, sad then a chorus of mocking laughter went up. Three or four policemen wee* standing within easy distance of the scene with an air of unoonsoiour nese which gay, it quite a sinister interest. The malcontents were " supers, " and hod contributed last week, with • solid retie. kenos, to the picturesque mounting of "Theodore." They had beim gloriously arrayed as the Roman Army, loyal protestors of the famous Empress, and had then gone off the wens and clamoured for bet head as the treasonous faction, heard but not seen. They had oome to feel that much depended on their eonecientious assumption of these opposing rdies. It therefor* came upon them as • thunderclap on Mon. day to be told that half their numbee would this week be dispensed with. There was • mooning of stupefied incredulity, and then, realising the thankleu nature of their office, and the black isjustioe of a parsimonious management, they swore to win fame or to suffer obloquy together. The Roman army should not be disbanded piecemeal; the faction of patriota would not be extinguished in a shameful and bloodless silence. So they repaired to the Theatre Stores, and leis the play to perish. Their mood we. no bitter that they even seemed to rejoioe over the vanished glories they bad erstwhile shared with pride. "Bet there isn't four people in the gallery," said one of them exultantly. " Ah, an' who'll do the 'owli rig ? " asked another in tones of triumph. Well, the ease appeared to be extreme. It was only matched, perhaps, when poor Smike had to go on alone ass general rebellion. But the resources of a theatre are exhaustless, and not only did the furious bellowing of the populace break out as aforetime, bat • remnant of thou splendid forms of Justinian was somehow marshalled. No one in the audience discovered what • grave detention had been selered. and the play was resolved with hearty phridite The only dieguiriade felt by Ste was lest the population durrinebed capital, let loose ?eon Birsalaghan••disorder fad rapine; and lawearis *soca =sai se& posse of police. was Nast Is to pornasat law and arise. Bet the polio, beds. treable. They grwespersesded the isdigaant Hoopes • to gait the of the theatret awl en, is all peobabilisy. preserved the " blarialige • frees sough use%  Advantage is being taken of the Eiffel Tower to obtain high pressure through a manometric tube (the height of the tower) containing mercury. M. Cailletet proposes to utilise the enormous pressure —about 400 atmospheres—for his researches un the liquefaction of gases, and interesting results 10117 be looked for. An excellent measure, which will prove of great convenience to English visitors in Paris, has just been taken by the Municipality. All restaurant and café keepers who hold leases from the Municipality, such as the restaurant and café l-eepen of the Champs Ely Mes, Bois de- Boulogne, Ben de xincennes, Ac.. will for the future have to post up • list of the prices of everything sold by them.  At Creteld on Sunday, during • terrific thunderstorm, • house oontaining 50 persons tell. Some ot the inmates were mooned alive, but over 110 lives were sacrificed.  A man, who.. name ii supposed to be William Singleton, aged about 40 years, and having till sp. pimiento of a labourer, committed suicide in a railway carriage between Nantydirrry and Pontypool. road on Monday. After the train had left Shrewsbury the man was observed to be sharpening a penknife, aud later on it was seen that he was bleeding from a terrible wound in the throat. He expired in about 10 minutes. A pawn ticket found in his pos. scseiou chewed that he bad pledged his watch and at Warrington that morning  An interesting item of news comes from ThlMao reporting another fight between Russian 00411i0111 and their guards. On May 15th, at the 16th IP aril from the town of Tinmen, a party of 180 prima" escorted by 53 soldiers, suddenly halted sad demanded cart.; whether more earls, or whether they had none at all and were all on foot, is mos