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HERALD, Established Aprilld. 1864 ( ConolidU,d Jln- 1896
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. MONDAY. APRIL 25, 1M0
VOL. XLVII NO. 2
FROM BEHIND
THE SCENES
Grew Company at Parmele
Seen by News
Representative.
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STAGE IN
BIG FLAY
A STRANGE
PLACE
Scenery Presents a Peculiar Ap
pearance to the Average
Theatre Goer
From belli nd the scenes in a thea
tre a show seems as different as night
does from day and a casual observer
would not be able to distinguish a
production from Othelo from Ten
Nights in a Bar Room. The activity
behind the big asbestos curtain com
mences about seven-thirty and when
you enter the stage at this time,
many peculiar sights greet your 'eyes.
The shining finishes and gilt that
are so conspicuous from the parquet
are entirely lacking and you look cur
iously at the rough, dusty floor before
you, at the piece of 6tone fences, trees,
houses and lakes that are leaning
against the walls. The back side of
Jihe wings arc fantastically decorated
j - J' with cartoons from the brushes of
yJ scenery painters. Up above you in
f '- tfio flics is ft muss nf rnnns ntul mil.
leys attached to large drops and up
among Ahem arc a number of flymen
scrambling around on their lofty per
ches preparing and numbering the
drops for the evening performance.
The stage manager is busily at work
in his shirt sleeves tacking the canvas
of a large panorama drop onto its
frame. Then the raising of the big
background commences and six men
tug strenously at the ropes. As the
curtain ncars its position the stage
manager, with his critical eye on the
work directs it's final fitting by "Heavy
on the short! a little more all
Vight! tie away!" and the big sheet
t settled for the evening. Then the
borders are lowered, the drops are
arrranged in order and numbered
and the scenes arc shifted into place.
The props hurry on the chairs and
a fireplace, a few tables arc put in
place and by this time it is a quarter
of eight. The stage director is seen
going from the dressing room below
the floor to the one behind the boxes
and later to the one in the flys with
a call at each of "Half hour!" to which
a faint response is heard, "Half hour."
He is notifying the members of the
trope that they have thirty minutes
before the raising of the curtain, and
if any voice fails to respond from the
dressing room the reason is immed
iately investigated.
The director retires to his room to
complete his make up and the bustle
on the stage continues. The juice
man is busy with his plyers the grip
men and fly men are repairing some
broken parts of a rope, and the prop-
4i
erty boy runs out to buy a piece of
pie for the villian to devour in the
third act. The "heavy" appears in
his dressing room door and in a deep
voice bellowa for ice water. Two
little kids spring up from noplace in
particular and hurry for the water
pitcher in the faint hopes of "gettin
a comp from the main squeeze
A number of stage hands are crawling
over each other deftly bracing the
chimney for the fire place,
As the court house clock strikes
eight the stage director again appears,
this time perhaps with a flowing
beard, a red nose, and a military uni
form, announcing in his basso voice,
at the dressing room doors, "Fifteen
minutes" to which is heard the mimic
ing voice, response.
The ticket-taker and ushers begin
their work and the house lights arc
thrown on. In a few minutes the di
rector orders "Overture" and the pi
ano and drums strike up "Cubanola
Glide." The stage hands are putting
on the finishing touches, or is up on
a step ladder putting in a window
cuYtain while two or three are arrang
ing a platform and aparatur for the
second act. The manager from the
0. P. (left' side of the stage, orders the
wood wings set out a foot or two
and the floor cloth straightened.
The actors throw on a few final dobs
of paint and one by one appear from
their rooms, fixing on their wigs or
pressing on their false nose. The
villian sets up a hubbub for the prop
has brought him a "Colts" instead of
a horse pistol and he stalks over to
get acquainted with the new girl
under the pile of red hair.
It is eight-fifteen, and at the call,
"First act, places" the actors hurry
on the stage and assume their posi
tions. At "Clear" the stage hands
make for behind the scenes and the
juice man gets ready for action at the
switch board. From the director
conies "Flash in yer orchestra" and
the cletrician gii-cs the musicians
the high ball with the glim. They
drum off perhaps two measures,
when "Let 'er go" from the director
sends the curtain rushing above and
the play is on.
The juice man is busy at the levers,
bringing dawn into day and the hands
settle down upon cracker boxes and
stacks of scenery to take in the per
formance. The hero is scheduled
for a quick change and ten or twelve
speeches before he startles the natives
by the dive through the window, the
property man and two assistants line
up his clothes for the quick work. He
makes the jump; before he is through
the window, he men have their hands
on him and while one slips on a pair of
chaps another ties a bandana around
his neck, a third buckles on his spurs,
and by the time the actors change his
hat, he is ready for his appearance
from the opposite side of the stage.
The act continues with many interest
ing and amusing happenings in the
rear, and a few speeches from the final,
a ring from the juice man puts the fly
man on his guard for the dropping of
the curtain. At two bells from the
man at the switches, the curtain drops,
but the wild applause from the audi
ence means there's something doing,
"Hold yer places" and the curtain
is run up again. As it descends the
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for slip-on's and sudden
changes in the weather.
We have the full line
in all grades from the $G
zepher coat to the silk
lined, light overcoat at
$40. Look in our corner
window at the all wool
rain coat we show there
at $15.
See us for automobile coats,
caps and gloves.
C. E. Wescolt's Sons
The Home of Satisfaction.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION
WITH FATAL EFFECT
Coal Mine Near Steubenville, Ohio,
Scene of Terrible Disaster.
EIGHTEEN MINERS
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
COLOSSAL SALE OF
FINE MILLINERY.
At Finger's Department Store
Without Exception the Great
est Bargain Sale Ever Pul
led OB Here.
Interior of Mine a Wreck and Many Miners Seriously
Injured by Fire.
Steubenville, 0., April 22. The
lives of eighteen miners were snuffed
out in a tremendous explosion in the
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal com
pany's mine at Amsterdam last night.
Seven men, bruised and burned, were
rescued from the mine and their es
cape from death is regarded as mi
raculous. The interior of the mine
was wrecked and all ventilation shut
off. The cause has not been deter
mined by the state inspectors and
mining experts conducting the search
for the bodies of the twelve victims.
The mine had been, inspected but
two days before the explosion by
Deputy Inspector Thomas Alorrisoiii
He was still at the hotel when the
explosion occurred.
From the condition of the interior,
the manager bawls "Lights" and the
house brightens up.
The stage is alive with hurrying
handswho have crawled off their com
fortable perches for their few minutes
of work. The scene is struck and a
second scene is thrown in place. Two
men are puffing at a heavy well for
the center effect, three others are tug
ging at a log cabin and in a few mom
ents time the place is changed from a
room m New York to a Western
scene, a few thousand miles away.
The second act is ready and a prop
is deftly slapping his knees to re
semble the gallop of a horse, the cur
tain rises and the hero conies in fresh
from his ride across the prairie,while
his noise making "horse" rolls another
cigarette and hunts up his former
scat. The act runs through quickly
and the last scene is set. The third
act follows and to the interested spec
tator in the rear it seems like but a
few minutes before the grand assemble
is reached and the play is closed by
the slowly descending fire
curtain. " Some of the actors have al
ready hurried into their street clothes
and wipped off their foot-light faces,
the others scramble up the stars
or below the stage to their dressing
room and their evening's work is over.
The stage men still have an hour's
work in striking out the last scene
folding up the wings and loading the
scenery on the big wagons that are
waiting outside the stage door. The
property men arc running around
pickingnup a sack of trifles, an alarm
clock and a nnmber of things that hav
been intrusted to them by the local
merchants. The orchestra has fin
ished, the house has cleared and it
is perhaps twelve-thirty when the
stage grows dark, the heavy scenery
door is bolted and the wagons rumble
to the depot where their load for the
morning train.
it is said, the explosion in point of
force was the greatest ever rendered
in Ohio.
When the explosion took place the
people thought that an earthquake
had occurred. A train was passing
the mine and every window in every
car was shattered. The trainmen fled
as a car of dynamite was attached to
the train. After working all night the
rescuing crews succeeded in locating
six bodies. These were taken to the
bottom of the shaft, and at noon
today lifted to the surface.
During the afternoon government
experts from .the- geological labora
tory at Ptttsburg arrived with oxygen
outfits. They failed to find any fnore
bodies.
the other morning, but the big tele
scope at Crcighton College has not
been able to find it yet and it is doubt
ful whether the students at the High
school were gazing at more than a
morning star.
The comet will be visible as follows:
Comet Sun Comet
rises rises before
1 Sun
April 23 3:38 5:30 lh 58m
April 21 3:34 5:34 2h Om
April 25 3:31 5:33 2h 2m
April 20 3:27 5:32 2h 5m
April 27 3:24 5:31 2h 7m
April 2S 3:20 5:30 2h 10m
April 20 3:17 5:28 2h 11 in
April 30 3:13 5:27 2h 14m
May 1 3:10 5:25 2h 15m
Alay 2 3:00 5:24 2h 18m
May 3.
3:03 5:22 2h 19m
Hallcy's Comet Bashful.
As far as could be found today, no
one in Plattsmouth has yet succeeded
in focusing their optics on the celestial
visitor that is supposed to be visble
in the eastern sky before dawn. The
mornings this week have been partly
cloudy and those who did rise two
hours before the sun have not been
repaid for their trouble. The obser
vers at the Omaha High school thought
they caught a glimpse of the wanderer
May 4 3:00 5:21 2h 21m
May 5 2:58 5:19 2h 21m
May ti 2:50 5:18 2h 22m
May 7 2:55 5:16 2h 21m
May 8 2:54 5:15 2h 21m
May 9 2:53 5:14 2h 21m
May 10 2:53 5:13 2h 20m
We want to close out our entire
line of Fine Millinery Spring and are
willing to make a great cut price in
order to do so. We have on hand over
200 Sweel Trimmed Hats, all brand
new, bought for the spring trade.
We also have a large line of Flowers.
Fancy Feathers, Ostrich Plumes, and
Wings, Ornaments, Velvets, Chiffons,
Mullius, and everything pertaining
to the Millinery deapartment, all of
which will now be sold at a greatly
reduced price. Also bear in mind
that we trim your hats free of charge.
Look Out For Old Goods.
When you purchase your hat at
some other store vou aro in danirer
of getting old goods and styles, which
is not tnc case at our store, tor all our
nats are new ana will bear the closest
inspection, for. as well as every lady
in the city and community well know
that last summer we closed out our
entire lino of summer hats at as low
as 5c each, and in order to clean up
the old line entirely, the winter hats
were burned in front of our store this
spring. Other places you might find
an out-oi-tne-season hat, hut here
you cannot possibly get anything but
new goods, bought for and made up
for this spring's trade.
Now, the spring season is drawing
to a close, and our trimmers may not
be with us many weeks longer, so we
impress upon your mind that if you
want your hat trimmed free of charge
our expert trimmers aro now at your
service, but we ask you to conic in
soon as they will not remain long.
Hear in mind that wc are offering every
thing at a great reduction and will
prove this to be true if you will call
m and see.
w-l-d-1 M. FANGER.
Surprise at Donnelly's
A party of friends unexpectedly
dropped in at the Donnelly residence
night before last, the occasion being
the birthday of Mrs. J. II. Donnelly.
The evening was every enjoyably
spent and the time was pleasantly
whiled away around the bridge tables.
Toward the close of the evening the
callers enjoyed a light luncheon which
they had previously prepared for.
Those who were present at the sur
prise party were Mrs. Henry Herold,
Miss Verna Leonard, Misses Mia and
Barbara flering, Mrs. William Clem
ents, Mrs. John Donelan, Miss Dora
Frickc, Mrs. Anna IJritt, Mrs. Carl
Fricke, Miss Maude Mason, Miss
Julia Hermann, and Mrs. J. H. Donnelly.
McMICHAEL
CONFESSES
Tells Express Officer This
Morning About a For
mer Deal.
PULLED OFF SAME
TRICK IN WYOMING.
Had a Diamond Sent From Sheri
dan to Newcastle and Got
Away With Stone.
James J. McMichacl, the man who
recently pulled off the clever diamond
swindle for which he drcw five years,
today oonfessed that this was not his
first work of the kind The confession,
was mado this morning to G. M. Byn
ton, route agent for the Adams Ex
press Co., who was sent for the pur
pose of probing deeply into the matter
and finding out all the particulars
possible.
The man in his conversation with
the express company official, confessed
that he had worked exactly the same
trick on the company at Sheridan,
Wyo., on March 8, escaping with the
ring and disposing of it it m Omaha
a few weeks later. When first ques
tioned on the matter he claimed
never to have worked in Wyoming
but as the conversation proceeded
and the net was drawn closer about
him he openly confessed that he was
the perpetrator of the deal in Wyoming
last month. He had the ring scut
from a Sheridan jeweler to the express
agent at Newcastle, called for the ring,
substituted it with a phony, and after
refusing what was supposed to be the
original, made his getaway. It is
thought that this is the ring he had
at the DeLong Jewelry company at
Omaha and which he afterwards
sold to "an Omaha Trawn broker. Tho
unfortunate express agent at New
castle was held responsible for the
diamond which was stolen, valued at
something over $110.00.
A deal that corresponds exactly
with McMiehael's work took place
in California a short time ago, and al
though the man stoutly denies having
anything to do with it, it is suspected
that lie is the man wanted there for
that trick.
It was a rather peculiar way in which
Continued on page 8.
Warrant Withdrawn.
The cold weather of last night seem
ed to have a decided effect on the feet
of Night Policeman "Doc" Young,
for this morning he notified 4hc con
stable not to serve the warrant for
the arrest of Lawrence Stull who had
disgracefully assaulted him with a
fusilade of bad words a few nights
ago at the postoffiec. The police did
not officially notify the judge of his
sudden change of mind, but instruct
ed the holder of the paper to let the
matter drop. Why a constable should
be called upon to do that kind of work
when it is clearly the duty of the city
police, can not be understood; and how
one of the brave maintainers of the
law could swallow the bunch of in
sults that were labeled out to him the
other night without placing man un
der arrest himself, is another ques
tion to be so.ved; and after the war
rant was secured, why was it not al
lowed to be carried out.
Miss Svea Johnson is suffering with
a severe cold and has been forced to
discontinue her studies at school.
Charles and Vomer Perry who live
a few miles south of town wont up
to Omaha on the morning train where
they will stay over Sunday.
Y
OU realize of course that its
worth a good deal to you,
when you go a buying anything, to know
where to go to be sure of
getting best quality and
value for your money; or
to put it more forcibly,
perhaps, to know of a store
where you can't buy any
thing that isn't best quality
and big value for your
money.
That's the kind of a
store we're running. All
the time safe guarding our
customer's interests.
Our special hand tailored
1 1 ART SCIIAFFNER &
MARX clothes are attract
ing more attention this sea
son than ever before. They
mark you as a man of care-
ful thought. They're most
economical clothes.
We'll show them to you
gladly, any time.
I 'Ms
SUITS
$10 to $30
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Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats I
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