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or will get it for you if not. tend tOi_. Tfa® Fins* CO* Ft Wsyh*. JdA ---1 • miniblame ghost gatnotdeteFOR HOTEL SCAREOrchestra Upset and Waldorf Staff Put to Wits' Ends toAscertain the CauseTTnithe pur-You allNEW YORK March 30 Employ e* and other pere on a in thp Waldorf- Astoria believe the great ballroom of the hotel 1* haunted bv the wrnPh if a eat For two weeks thc\ have scan h-j ed In \am for the musical or unmiM-: oil animal that interrupts evcrv r«m-1 ccrt of anything like mii«ir in that roomThose of the hoiet manng*meiit t-vk-' (ng a HU*h im*re*V 1n finding Hie i rfi, if ilive, or lavmj? its ghost if detfd. differ as To whether pu*$v has a xrvupl-♦ wl ear mat as nature-writers vorv In thfir opinions of a dog howling on henring mu*1c Snm*1 ftav ft is from migulsh and others from pleasure that the « It meows «c 111* essaiitUIt was at a rehear**I of the ^Ingera* Sm ietv a new member first i utter! the f*rlt; he*tra« then sang serornl to soloists The ‘drilled instruments were tn*t Retting In f«*rnk whet* the lt;(inductor dropped his baton and flapped both hand* to his ears The first violin glared at the fRll*’*, who scowled at the ham, who frowned at the Iromhone, who shook his fiat at the cornet, whosneered at th* Hute, who looked named at the oboe and all looked at the c»m-fhn torf?*ntlemen. the latter man said smr^thu ‘blit sh iking with anger, 1w^t i leetle false notes Now w* try again\i UMt worse this time, andpie conductor thundered made itE*ur\bor|\ uac angrv at the charge but dissolution of the *rlt; if yt was prevented bvM-m-e-e-i-bo-o-u-u-w -w.°Then all present laughed the conductor wiped rwjia a frown and Apologised For, 1n truth, in the long-drawn wail the cat or its unmusical wratlh, in rising and then falling discord, had touched upon a false note that might have come from null and all Instruments in the orchectri, except the bass horn, who had been absolved from the firstNV) RK \li r\TWord wnn «ent flt;» firms Brennan isNtifit in inHRcr that a i.it whs concealed In the room and a request was made some bod v remove It l^renrmn responded with his »*sihtant selt;r^tar* ZehntT Utile Torn M«lt;rraw, one ol the pages, Paul the he id eirpenter, Miih.ui «’uff, assist «m houseman, a i his a**lsta»tw Mike Murphv Thev lo*rd under the plitform, in ever’, hoo' the great hill mrt Cb n on ledges *tdr the windows, but no cat •satisfied with having torrerted the on hcstrn the cat waited until the first «*ol oi*t fccg i n The singer blushed wllh vexation wh*n alter holding her high note* for the long tb ic she is famous for, the spectre lt;at held to it on the wrong kej us usual, and doubled her time.After that nerve-racking solo duetthe rehearsal win tailed nff That night md th* nt\t lt;Hv meh bv order of tfeorge 4* Hotrit, the proprietor Of the \\ aldorf-A*torU e\en more thorough si ir* h w is tn ide hut no cat KvmliiR aftet evening * ime the interruptions the « at's voice Apparently gaining In strength with prai tllt; e, and do aftei driv vv ts the *evrch kept up until the hotel employes decided it Use the wraith the doppelganger of a en? belonging to a German mu ah fan that long *go h*d fallen froni an upper stnrv md meowed all the wnv down to deathThat Is fhi re ison 1he\ thifik the interruptions are more frequent md hidfons vvhen German mu*h Is being j lived, the «at mourning its owner on eirth when thi tmisU recalls hip kindnessYesterdav Mik eMnrphv got a long pole and vfnleptlv poked«A aeared pussy from beneath the platform.Here that i at Is.’ he shouted to BrennanPronn m was almost in tears as he petted the ruffled catThis is he said. I put herin there hoping she would coax the other out '*So, the vowltng wraith of the musical German's pet still haunts the ballroom.Amat:pefot hi*It t-.ftClt 1prctWb!«acidplat//con leni lint 1) on i ESlifroi of « df» befi to ’ wo:‘D*OtnkSCU^wllmewhlt;3hotwilofno!ofUrtTt«lo
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Trenton Evening Times
Trenton, New Jersey, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1911
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