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mm m vvo ' • * * r * ' r* * ■ B ' V- •» ■ 4 IVUby the company. The troupe arrived nn a special train of 1 ears. Including baggage and passenger eoaclnv, yesterday afternoon. On*- V'-fc-ot liattK^K'' ear oft»n|ert!es had arr.ved pres iously during(the week and the cjntenfs have already been set in place.One who was familiar with the rope banging', fly manipulation:*, etc.. of the Grand » w«ek or so ago would he an utter stranger there now for everything is turned completely around. All of the slid's lor the holding of the scenery when it is in place, together wltli all .superfluous framework upon the stage, has been removed for this w« ck’s production. The usual equipment of drop lights which was a; the Grand has been augmented by an additional 1000 incandescent iiglils and between 7a and 100 drops have been lt;pm inplace.In speaking of the coming engagement. Mr. Towle said to a Tribune reporter this morning:We arrived t)| our special train from San Antonio yesterday. At 1 o'clock this afternoon we wlil have a rehearsal at tho opera house. Our production is exactly the same os played In New York and St. l.ouis with the exception that it has been augmented by a 14-piece orchestra. In the larger cities we are able to get the Instruments that we require, but in the smaller towns It Is impossible, so we have tp carry' our own music. We havs the same scenery’, the Nunc people, the same costumes and everything that we used In 8t. Louis during the World’s Fair last summer.**Ws have over 1000 costumes and my cleaning bill each week alone Is 1250. We can not keep our costumes clean In spite of every precaution taken. The only trunks that we carry bsyond the personalt nf I ho imr m har— r\t thn daW0Hv\ * byfin%\u\ fit;bA*NibfroallprcositInuronthreIswiSifancwftintbbiNtl:20
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Galveston Tribune
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Dec 19, 1904
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