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Show STAYED ON THE FERRIS WHEEL TO ESCAPE A MOB Behind the scenes In vaudeville Is al-waye al-waye Interesting;, for the simple reason that there Is always a pood story on tap. Vaudeville people are a widely-traveled folk and whenever they get together they ask about other acts and spin yarns generally. Last night at the Orpheum was no exception. ex-ception. Louise Agoust told how sht Jumped quarantine down In New Orleana during the yellow jack scare; Aurle Dagwell Dag-well related some of her trials In "hitting'-' a new town late at night and trying try-ing to get a room in a hotel after the show, and one of the Rlanos remarked that about the worst thing that had come his way was the night, a big performing perfor-ming baboon got loose and tried to cultivate cul-tivate his acquaintance. But the climax was capped when Ia Oette. the circus gymnast on this week's bill, told the story of the time he went through his stunts 150 feet from the ground, his rigging rig-ging being suspended from the shaft of the original Ferris wheel at Chicago, the greatest height at which an act of this nature has yet been performed. In telling of hla experience La Gette said that he took a photographer up with him for the purpose of getting a photograph. photo-graph. The footing being somewhat risky the photographer fairly left finger marks In the iron beams, so tight did ha hold on. In. carefully moving around on the footboard foot-board at the axle of the great wheel ha accidentally kicked over a bucket of waste greaae. It descended in good style until within about a quarter of the distance from the ground, when It struck a truss rod, showering the greasy mass over the white aprons of the waitera who were serving drinks below. Apparentlv It scattered scat-tered on the Just and unjust alike. "Something started," said La Gette with a grin, "which looked very much like a riot to me. Anyhow we did not care to go down to - investigate for an hour for fear of betng mobbed. Aa it was when wa did get down eventually we had to run. for our lives." |