Show HORSE GOES TO THEATRE AND WAITS IN PATIENCE FOR SHOW TO BEGIN Who is the horse on This is 15 the query that Is vexing all aU aUthe the attaches of ot the Orpheum theatre since yesterday esterday That the bill on at the Orpheum this week Is one of o the best ever eer presented at the popular State street theatre Is conceded by all who have witnessed it But equine Intelligence seems to be up to the standard of ot that of ot man judg judging judgIng ing by what happened yesterday morn mornIng mornIng Ing Just before noon some of ot the em In the front part of o the house noticed suspicious looking leading to the main entrance Treasur Treasurer er Howard was called on for tor an expert opinion aa he is supposed to be an au authority on feet But he could give no Information Owing to the many kinds of ot animals that have haye been on the stage Stage Manager Joseph Joeph Goss also con considered considered an authority was asked for tor in information Information formation After sage investigation and due deliberation Mr Ir Goss con confessed his inability to throw any light lighton on the subject Neither could Mr Hal Halliday liday the operator of ot the moving pic pictures pictures tures and But as it was waa noticed that the pe peculiar peculiar culiar footsteps ted led to the main en entrance entrance trance at the end of o the lobby a re party was sent out flanked by b numerous loungers about the place Entering the front door a strange sight met the gaze of the searchers A horse name and antecedents un unknown unknown known having heard of the great show on at the Orpheum this week had walked calmly In and lying down at the main entrance was calmly waiting for tor the show to begin Orpheum attaches are arc willing to wager any amount that there is such sucha a Ii thins thing as horse sense and in order to strengthen the of scoffers they have bave the footprints of the animal to show in the tho entrance of or the theatre But there are also other animals that have sense In addition to horse sense there is also monkey sense This was forcibly illustrated Tuesday evening while the performance of o the Hathaway trained monkeys and bab boons was going on at the Orpheum Owing to the severe storm then rag ragIng raging Ing the electric lights throughout the house were in bad condition They would go on for tor a moment then with without without out warning would slink oft off Into the unknown This happened quite frequently dur during durIng ing the th monkey monk e and baboon act The only anI light in the house at one time when the electric lights were off for t r some moments was a mammoth bulls bullseye eye ey on the stage But It was noted by bythe bythe the audience that not at any time did the monkeys or baboons show the least perturbation On the contrary no matter what trick they were perform performing performIng ing when hen the light went oft off with the light on again they the went right on through without a falter or quaver At one time when the house was in total darkness the monkeys remained just as they were completely under the control of their trainer and did not make a move until commanded If It that indicate far more in intelligence than some human beings have nothing ever will |