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Show tos OUT Off SIGHT. r THE V.OflK OF THE STAGE CARPENTER. 13 IMPORTANT. t"t la lbs fc!.,. J,e ,,,. S0B. l'risrltlrel..l,, a, ,,,, " M..I .,tr i,,,,,,,,, ,. utl r Tl,,.,,u . AstlwpuUlo must know, ners well M toffltui, ,,,,, ,wur T. )K? '"'I'1 1,v o1-1 it. This mo-' mo-' "' " '"lr ""'"bir for a good houw w ill .rn,."Wrt)"mn' fliiiai.. t6 I Im a"v, " B,"an Wo "'' call i knonf 'm1' """Whthocto.it fall KLuS Ttt lVaXx ' '"" ,",,"'t Uj tho wuj, spinlilng nf fires, tho awakening if tin niillioiUiia In miwt citlp ti i hi 1'inaiii s of tho ihmg r frnm lire s in th-at. rs niaki a no rn 1 nf tronhlo for tho Unao tar niir, as well gaast Inroads on I ho irnketa of tho manager Oi addition to tho cln trio llghli" Mr Alhaiigh tins latal) ail led to his theater a new aatmttu ( urtaln nml u great plpo for wntTi whtih inns along In tho llles omt can m madi to ilrem h Instnnll) ever) pnrtnf lln stago rh mM firo lin-nk out umniijf the Innniuiimlilo nntaof acencry nnd prortlcs vvhlclt mutt bo Mm ii) a at hand l'.cn In thoso ilnja, when mnny com Mnallons trucl with larlnails of speciil scencrj, tho thoaler lnutt Imon fair lark of Us hiwi Draw Inir room reem . woikI scenes, cottngGi,kitihtmnuil een birns must bo In stoil. Them nnl-j changed Indcftniteli Ii) nfuv smillixt piecis to bo use I in front, thus affording a arlely to those truvillng companies who uro willing tonso thoscincrj w longing tu tho home. This is nlnajj ileslrnblo from tho man vera ijlnt of Ion , ns tho lout nf gittlug special trrni. ry In and out of tlio theatir Is rolnlilor-nblu rolnlilor-nblu nnd is nluus nt his u iw On tho other hand, It Is lcs Ironllo-tomo Ironllo-tomo than ) ou would su pr to lu lit sjio ilil seiner), when It Is nicd, to thoro (lulrements of cllffcnnt hones Tho onl) difficulty arises In tho raw of n cr small theater, bin lhosiinu sometimes some-times lias to bo tut no 1 lapivil , Tliero Is ngreatdcalotilllTenneo In the easo with which lienor)' ma) lu handled. Take, for Instunu, tho storm scino In "(Jlcopitra " 1 ho ono uh l.y Mine llcmlninlt was mado In rraiiro, nnlnus so henyuud luiaslio that It gao no i ml of Inmtilo whin Mr It wint. I'nnny Daienporta wia much llghtir and moru euil) lmmlled, iiIIIuiiikIi tho cITict was moio thborati. Wo lould prciuro It In mil) fcliort tlmo nnd with-ont with-ont tlio slightest hltih. Bomo nctors nnd stugu inatiagira are much moro fastidious fastidi-ous thauothirs. ilr. .Mau"H"lit ts the mint exnctlns inion In this ru;w.t tint I know. Moru things ha o to Im hind for nMnns-Hell nMnns-Hell engagcuiint thin fur uuy uthn thrio coiuimnles Another er lr)Ing soa'on for tho atago cirpiutrls when grand opin cornea to town for n w'iiI: uml tho 1111 tt changed nit) lilcli.. Nicn ierformnnces, i mil ono with different dif-ferent Miner) mid properties, ImoHoil lot nf troitlilesomo detail fur huino UK t:cr) thiiiterluis its own tlnt frnmo and juliit bridge, nnd whin now aciuery Is ii'mlred thu ncno jiiintcr usuall) comes nnd does tlio work on tho t't. l.i er) thing concenied w Hit stngosottlrg is short lliiil.nnd soon liecoiuea cry rhabb) ou nrir lew, ludiawing room iccnea (ho iipholtterod f nr-il'nro is circd for us will ns potslhle, but thocomtant liast) hnudllng soon m.ikcl Jt liattend and worn In fnit, tho Uat inaleriuh for mantels, t linnets, bric-abrio of large lx , ivcn for i hairs Isthoimpler niacin, with which umr propirty man ran work audi woudi rs. It I) light nd laslly ban lie, nnd atauds hard knocks remarknbl) will Tho staj-o carintcr usually gets lili 1 1 in of thotconisrijiuireil for n torn-lug torn-lug attraction aomotiiuoln ntaucoof thu ingagemcut. tie must unit as many of thoneidans ho tan nut of his ttrick in hand, and then nrr ingu for tho tnanuf.icturu or rental of tho rest. Ho mutt bo on Inn tnt ncr) perfonnnmo to seo nbout tho actual work of changing chang-ing tho nines, and lie rudy to set straight any accident wlilch may onur. Ills builucaH Is n rognlur trade, ns In fact is that of oi in person ou thu mo-rhimic.il mo-rhimic.il staff of tho lioutc. Tho inr- piutir must oren nciompauy tho Ionian Io-nian iu ids perilous dutiis aloft it Delation Dela-tion inquires U) thu wa) , I onco 1ml a flvmin who was an old sailor, and found th it a tmu-tiial tmu-tiial cnnir was tho liest jmssIUo training train-ing for tho biisincia. tlowns tlio handlist handl-ist man at getting nrounll eur snw, an 1 if a ropo broku ho could si lieu It with inar clous tjneil. llwhlisull thiso ililtk'S thu stago curiwnlcr uttiuds to repairs re-pairs lu other parts of tho house, and nukes ltiiprot omenta wlurowr hu inn. 1 Inn o jutt louio this t turning from tho sk) light, w hero w u noed largir u "iu.'s for thu csuH'O of sutoki, warm air, i to. lho Mutilation nround u tlugo must bo quick ond thorough, so that w hen powder pow-der is used iu lolkjs nil tmoko and odor will piss quickly off 11 l Storrlson tu Katu l'icld'a Wnililngtou. |