Show THE TH SHOW Mth ACi or Of THE TH SEN S I Police court on the sta stae c. c For Por chewing chowing gum on the stage stage stage-SO 50 cents to 1 SI For Tor missing a number 1 1 For Tor not wearing gloves when gloves should be worn worn worn-SO 50 cents first offense 1 thereafter For Tor kidding loud laughing or creating creating cre ore too much disturbance during an act act S1 1 For showing hoving up at the theater with witha a a. parched throat throat- hot head bead and eyes too we weary ry to look pretty 5 5 or sal The Tto stage director is the police judge and the traveling m manager of the he show Is the court of appeals with a bg big musical musical mu mu- muI musical I company lIko like The The Time tho the Place and the Gill Gui production at the Salt Lake theater this week Gouer Generally tho the m manage manager na e stands reso resolute lute Into and affirms the tho decision of the lower low low- er or r court for discipline must bo be kept behind the tho the scones scenes of a bi big biJ sho show which I in it The has as man nina persons as ns Time the tho Place and the Girl company carries Aud And the sta o police court rules and system of fines nes help to a large extent exten t to keep the behavior good dunn during the show Seeing Show Behind Scones Scenes Seeing the sho show behind the scenes is different from seeing it as one ono sits sils ina iu in iua a a. cushioned scat in front It is a marvelous marvelous mar mar- elous system behind the footlights It Its Itis Itis is s serious business there and tho the lend little ittle error might ht spoil an entire act an anti and call down upon the head of nf thesta the sta stage e director all manner of censure The Thu The Time rime the Place and the Girl company has one ono of the known best stage e directors in America He is Irving Ir Irving Ir- Ir ving H H. Christian who got out the enormous enor- enor mOlls production of Babes in Toy Toy- land He was sta stage e director with the H Wizard of Oz show and later played the part of the thc tin men man in that piece It is as s interesting to see sec him run the show from behind the scenes as it is to see sea the show from in front He is the dictator on the other side of the curtain from the audience Heavy Responsibilities He Ho must be in the tho theater early and be begin in an inspection First he must see I that all an the is in palce palco and that the stage hands are are on deck Then Tien one half hour before the tho curtain rises rises his hs assistant goes oes to the doors of all tho the dressing rooms and calls out the act net I giving givin the pla player er folk warning to begin beJin dressing Fifteen minutes later hater he makes another round Everybody must be ready after that An inspection is made to see sec if the principals are all in their dressing dressin rooms in in time for the show Stage D Drector DIrector Director DI- DI rector Christian must see that tho they are arc there thero or or noti notify their understudies to prepare for their parts There is is an understudy for every part and the un un- rehearse at least once a week and oftener if possible Ready for Emergencies A bi big production like The The Tinie Time tho the Place and tho the Girl is ready forny for any ny emergency and at a moments moment's no tice Mr Ir Christian can have bave an understudy under under- study read ready to t take kc the place of n a principal principal prin prin- cipal who should happen to become ill or bo ho out of the tho performance for any reason f I After seeing that the players are in the theater Mr Christ Christian Jn must make an inspection of the chorus girls to see if th they r have havo on proper costumes if thc their r clothes are arc neat if their shoes are shin and if they then have ou on clean gloves lo All AlI these deta details hl must be bo carefully careful watched by bv him for he is held responsible for all the tho mishaps behind the curtain W With th forty eight pers persons ns on the stage it is out of the question to think that they would woul not talk and gi giggle gle some when so man many of them are girls ana and some of them erin ho hovering around the tho a ages es of 16 au and aud 17 Ii I Soubrette on a Barrel Banel The soubrette will find a barrel or a box and sit on it while whilo waiting for her cue and the girl irl who pl plays s 's some seine other p part will come up and start a conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion ion about tho new fall hats or talk about the tho horrid dinner she sho had The chorus borus girls col conic come le from their dressin dressing rooms and line lino up near the wings awaiting their time to enter upon the sta stage c proper roper They go o in cliques and aud often forget themselves and talk too loudly or gig giggle le too much or kid each other until the sta stage e director goes almost wild and aud makes a frantic dash into their midst with upraised pointed finger fingerSh ShY Sh au sh sId sh he lie says to them as if he were try trying n to fri frighten a flock of chickens I sa say sh so much that tha t I ha have ve gotten got got- ot ten into the habit of repeating it in m my sleep said Mr Christian last night I I would b be a fine fellow to walk the floor with a l bab baby nt night ht I imagine ma after aftel getting down o n that sh so per per- 7 Must Be a Diplomat Mr Ir Christian has to say sh to quiet I the talkative e lau laughing hin girls of the tho chorus They arc always alwa's tuB lull of gin ginger er erand and roguish mischief And the sta stage e director must be a l di rho t. t When he assigns ssi ns the tho dressing dress dress- ing lug rooms ho must be careful to put Mary in in a room with Alice for Mar Mary is not not on speaking terms terms' with Irene and nd it would be bc a serious erious blunder th I give Mary Iary and Irene the same quarters There her would be a pulling hair match and on one of the combatants might not be beable beable able to finish the show So Sir Mr Ir Chris Chris- Christ I tian must watch th these se little thins things and I know which girls are arc rc congenial and aud I which ones will dress to together ether best For chorus girls like college girls irh go in Jn cliques rind every een now and antI then use a hammer when hon talking about some sonic other I clique ue Or individual Congenial spirits will find each other on the sta stage e as well as in the thc study halls Falling Down Stairs Whilo the stage director was explaining explain explain- in ing all this last ni night ht during the second I I act a man walked up and poured a j bucket of broken glass into an old box I filled tilled with iron iroll He Ho held the bucket hi high h and the tho sound of the falling fall fall- I ing glass la s was something awful I What What in the in is JS he doing that I Ifor for 1 the stage director was asked I II Why Why rby didn didn't t you ou Oil hear heal the man on tho the sta stage c throw the other one downstairs down stairs he lie replied replie This This bucket of glass represents the sound of that man falling downstairs s. Just then the man who had been I thrown down stairs stai-s came flying through h the wings ami anil sat down on a J. J bench to rest until his next cue came to Got ot Chorus Girls II Some Sarno of ot th the chorus chortis girls come conic from tho the most and to do families fam sai said Mr Ir Christian They get geta et a n love lovo for the footlights footlight which nothing c can call n quench They love hove the applause and awl the tho fascination of of the life Sorno of the tho girls arc well c educated there there is isone isone I Ione one who graduated a from it d convent ent is is hi hl cultured but hut she likes the stage Thc like lile to bo be in tho the front 1 7 10 7 at ut one of the ends Often a a. girl who is tri ln ly beautiful beau beau- on the tho street docs does not look well wellon I j I Ion on the tho stage Just Jutt as s o often a girl who I j Is considered homely o oa on the thc street is a i i stige stac e beauty She makes up well ell the pret j pretty girl t. t I rime The liitle Ie pony g girls gills a are rc chosen gen ren- I I for or their fi an amid aud their ability to The larger girls must I sin sing well nn and have have- generally attract attractive c deportment I They W Want Vant lt to Romp The Thc chorus girls often get too frivolous lois lous cf It I It is arv sometimes sometimes on to make them t that 1 t this is is a l business proposition ta said ll Mr r. r Christian Christin not nota nota not nota a play pIny game lack hack of the scenes If thc they were working in a store or factory I they could not riot w waste their time giggling nn and aimon aimo annoying n other people neither can thc they do clo it t on ou tho the stage hut but nt the new nev g girls sometimes overlook this when thc they enter the tho chorus A wardrobe mistress miste s travels tr with the I show how and sh she is the busiest one of all The company ny furnishes the costumes stockings shoes cud end gloves for the tho chorus borus girls and nert the wardrobe mistress keeps the stockings s darned and nd the tho dresses mc mended The TIme advance ad man who travels a week or two ahead of the s show ow sends back from c each ch town the list of hotels their prices and other valuable valuable- information for the company nj and aad this notice is posted posted post post- ed on tho th stage the thc n night ht of departure Cheesing Their Hotels It gives i cs th the tho time lime the thc train trin leaves e I over o what road what time it arrives at tho the next stop and other details Then the tee players and chorus girls know just where to go o according to their purses Tho The and the fascination of the stage draw 1 many man persons to it The coal man in Tho The Time the Place and the tho Girl company Harr Harry Fellows Fellows is is isn 5 n a graduate of Michigan university Ho llo Hois Hois is learned in the science o of medicine but the of sta stage c life caught him and he is satisfied Mr r. r Fellows is an no Englishman |