Show PRIMA DONNA NEAR NAR DEATH lOTI ROM FROM FUMES fLAMES IN LOCAL THEATRE Miss Hiss Texas Guinan's Dr Dress ss Catches Fire as She Passes asses Switch Switchboard oard While the tile happy audience at lh the Nl New was J at the the com corn edy find md applauding t the b pretty ty music muSi and the tho stage was lively with members member of Tho Ibo Gay Ony Musician company which h opened the theatre last Jast ni night th the charming prima donna Miss Texas Guinan was lying lint in a faint in th the tho wines wings after alter a 1 narrow escape from fron death Some ome of her companions harlo had har lo to say at funny things and nud bine thou though b they didn't t knoW Know just bo how bow serious wa was wat Miss Mii i Oilman's Guinan's condition A As time the prima donna left th the s stage after a a. song sho sio passed e the tho big hie switchboard switch switch- board in the entrance and the tinsel 01 on her heror gorgeous or gold ol 1 dress cau caught ht a against a the electric electrio spark Instantly the tho flimsy material was a amass mass inasa of ot flames First Miss MibS lilS felt the warmth about h her r ankles then a ashe ns as she saw the blaze and clutched at il it ither it her gloves cloves were ere burned and she sho fell fell swooning to tho the floor Several excited men mn about lost their thoi heads and could think of nothing to todo do Leo White who plays the part o oan of an 10 En Englishman lishman in in the tho piece took off his coat Jot got on his knees and put tho the coat CORt about Miss Gunman's lees legs soon extinguishing the flames revived rocil cil coldwater coldwater cold cole Miss Guinan Unman was ro by water and her maid changed ed her dress I to one of blue and the tho plucky HUlo singer went back on tho stage c to do clo doher her ber work thou though h she was as half dazed still and says sas tho the faces in the tho audi audi- ence seemed to swim about her eyes cs fo foa fur for fura fora a minute or two 1 So splendid was her self scH control hov ho that she didn't lot tho audi audio once enco see sec any flaw in her sin singing int or her acting and finished tho the show ii in in good spirits though the average girl under like circumstances would hav have been taken homo home at nt once in a n cab am and put to bed bcd too weak to stand |