| Show J + t 1IIK TlllUIKIt ALOES Lila I rfcreltaWu tbat at the Theater oil Monday evenlcg name foollah ferion railed the cry of On A illgbt I puS of tmoka from a bakery near by came In through an tutilJe window brown open to admit air and a lira a f olelon of the mttoulloe tender railed a iboultbatlni crested a panic and if It hod not been for u 9 number of coolbeadoj people I and Ibo generally oonaletont frame of mind of 1 Ibe audience In j llitenlng to the languaee of colmnitv and reason the recoil might have been lerloua A > It war four or live women fainted and Ibe audience generally I I erally received a chock of agitation j which li not feting In a pltco of amutement J Itmiybe quite I charItable thing 10 1 Ely that the Individual who foollihiy 0 j gave the alarm really fancied tbore wai l iometblog wrongand tbetefore should o I be ezcuieO but the NEWS does not I tblnk 10 to that extent There li j ometblng of 1 the charitable feature to I I 7i to bo coutldered Ibe efficti upon Ibo 1 < I audience generally who are entitled V I to each reasonable protection aa can be rf > Horded even against ilmpletoni The 1 cry oll1rol la one of the meet potent dll lurbeii of the peace that cn be I brought Into a public aetemblaue and any person who mime the shout upon I a mere guaplclon without actual 1 knowledge of conan impending impend-ing danger ought to bo punished for dliturolng the audience audi-ence If Individual wbo gave Ibo > falie alarm In Ibo Theater at feat even tr 1 logs performance li known he j1 f ought 10 be made lo antler acme J penally to make him more careful nil tongue ID lutureand to Rive warning warn-ing to other with no better Judgment baa hedliplayed 4 Bo far at the actual occurrence ol Ore 00 i I la I concerned that tulldlnir t li I aa well I H t guarded in that reapectaeaeyedifice m the country To thom who know ol r 11 III iltuttlon and It bal boon related J to the public though a repetition L I 01 1 might be advliable there Ia l absolutely absolute-ly no came for panic If a fire ahoulil ti1 1 occur In oer Eros place I the Inflammable I Inflam-mable miterlal u reduced to a minimum mini-mum and In itiat putt where moil 1 of lilt I all could be coniumed without I I terloui Injury to tbe auillence were 1 j the latter to remain In tho building i The provf clone agalnet Ore ala of the moat eflectlve I character aa are alio the arrangement for emptying tho bnlldlng quickly In cue ot iiecea city when about two mlnulea r would do the whole work with 1 an audience UDder control Tbe j meant ol exit aro to ample for f I emergenolea that If either the front or J the Lack 1 doors tboulil be cut oil ace way of drape there atlll la door room I I to get the people out quickly and in I perfect eafety It Is only a paulo 1 atrlcken audience that could meet with Injury by oitllng each other aod even then all the ordinary ave 0 I niici of iBcape could not be blocked The TLaiter therefore It I thoroughly provided with moo of vgreea and no fire wblcb by nny known poitlblllty can occur there wool give cause for a wild ruth to any of Ibe door o II tinea there are < o maoy of 1 Ibo that If the crowd could get out nithuot dullS dull-S II gully The Tbeatergoeri to this city may bo perfectly tracqull aa to any menace from lire In the bulldlnx 91 which In Ibe main li fireproof 0 |
