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Ltions by ; regularatTvrte-. tt mMINSStrestArrive. !t:tO pmf*:4S pm ► a pm k:90 pm l»:40 am i»:ZS pm®:4 pup 9:40 amArrirt.8:90 pm0:00 pm 7:90 pm B:9S am 0:90 pm 3:OS pmArrive, nnectioa. 9:50 pmLO-.OO pm 0.90 amArrive9:50 pm pmSt. Louis during the World’* Fair last summer.We have over 1000 costumes and my cleaning bill each week alone 1* 1250. We can not keep our costumes clean In spite of every precaution taken. The only trunks that we carry bsyond the personalAtrunks of the members of ihe company ore ones built especially to caVry our armor, so that It will not become scratched or bent. If there Is a damaged urtielo of wearing apparel or acroutremsnt on the stage in a theatrical performance that Is the article or accoutrement that will be noticed when all the rent are not.“I wish that you would Impress iftion tho minds of the teople of Galveston the time of the raising of the curtain. At the matins performances the curtain rises at 2 o’clock prompt by the Wes-tern Union Jiime—not a moment' sooner or one later. At night the curtain goes up at prompt 8 o’clock. If my stage manager varies a minute from this time ho is Jacketed. During the prelude, which lasts but about 10 minutes, the house Is entirely dark, the only lights txsng on the stage, so that no one can la- seated during that time. Besides. Ir would cause a great deal of disturbance. whic.t we wish to avoid. Bach night Is a complete performance unto Itself. I have been told that some people here are of the onfnion that the play is something on the order of a Chinese drama, the plot continuing from night to night. Such is not the case.”When a«kcd something about the number of men employed by the company outside of tbe regulaf employes of ths operaIt is In ref the tbusln Nor tV this j 20 to ! mont poun* their iti tinNci that ger o grapl someIt lt;Ity tlsuitGouliUnioagerrSorWestacqumutiIarc »'.ess.licierbeinjcarr'Cert:thecont;cent!U
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Galveston Tribune
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Dec 19, 1904
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