| Show r F C t I 1 t W n 2 TIlE THE IN flY CAVITE CA j 2 4 Wish come over to and give us lS a to see le your show chow Iho saul said sall the ito tars tams Them hem Frawley sure ur could make a 1 ahue pile hue pie over lucre hero said Aid the marine Tint Tim Frauley Frawley said ald Il he lie le could spare pre Sun Sunday Sunda Sunday day da for tUI the delighting of oC the sailor llor men menat me menat II at Ca vio He hIs le gave g 0 them hem n a weeks week notice anti and Informed the lemorl of at the tho Company on Ort Ori Oriental tour tU r on the following Sun Bun Bunday Sunday day they the would go train from Manila to lulo and play iday pil All 1 ii the ot or Home 1010 nt at the lie Grand Opera house In III that town t Is a mIles across the tho t he hay bay ll and a ferry terry company no le and alid f eight i to and from flum Manila In a lazy laxy way la The stage man mami manager ager nger utah and lud the lie property mean went over early oarl on the he afternoon of ut the day net act and amid t I wont went with them how wih to I Ipe see ee hol they t ed things for tor the hue American drama Imma In II the t lie Philippines Phi lippi mies The company hall had been bee II playing In Manila for fur weeks and everything ran mu rAi along t a hitch but the this property titan man said In Into Into Into to the hue provinces wa was wa u us departure slid and he lie to expected do doThe doThe doThe there would be 1 a I good gol deal dealto The ferryboat was wal crowding up when we I It I As AI the sun aun was wal baking the lie decks we silt But In iti the th dirty lilt stuffy tur cabin where wen vere the lie only on I seats spat on 01 the he steamer Several hundred stood or nr lay hay about In the he heat hent smoking their endless endis cigarette and ald chatting In lit Spanish or I Those who were not In bare lal feet wore tore plush slippers slipper without heels heel hel Some Seine of ot the these were werl crimson some saute Ile pale pule blue anti and antinina many nina merely meNI of ot a I dirt color On their un ie t they the moved mo d for forward forward ward warl ROd backward as R they walked giving a peculiar aspect of ot unkempt nets tesi e and ln a I sound lun In accord alcord with wih their appearance A or c o after the schedule time the ferry puffed away aWI from trum from the he and nd struck out for tor the opposite shore The noise nulI ot of the whistle wow WOH wal helped out by it h a scare tore of ot game ga me cocks cock tarried by I hi their owners They This were to In the chicken lists at San Ban lloque Titers There Ther were none but Americans In Inthe Inthe Inthe the cabin Besides Illde the actors anti and ani my lY If there theme were vere two tWI or three thre ladles Indle wives of at of oC the fleet ilett elt at avite and Ind five fe or 01 six soldiers A sergeant ot ut cavalry whose hO hulking hiking under a I hori hen horizontal hor sun had him brown as asa aso asa a o cocoanut was wa ae telling his fellows of if ifan an experience In iii Samar Samir and aud I 1 was listening Intently when a I fat tat Filipino of ot middle use lse entered und and nd in Spanish demanded of ot me rae 10 lU rents centa lot lor silting In Inthe Inthe Inthis the this cabin I 1 paid It I and In tn turn tur he hu approached the The were across the cabin and ant were wen be beginning I beginning leN ginning to tn open upen their purses purse when hien the hue sergeant In Khaki Interposed 1 l aint goll gob apay you he lie h wild said HIt to tl the Ju Filipino Dye Dy D think Im 11 loco boo lo I 1 paid haitI my m fare tare on this craft and amid 11 all al you OU get I dont stand Cur fur no holdup genie gamp The Filipino rushed ito to gestures and animated Spanish lie He said sM the com om company pany Rny always charged charge extra for tor occupy occupying occupyIng ing the cabin He lie 11 out the fact tact that all nih ni lila his countrymen were In kg th sun und and he tie called cale heaven to that list none non nonO hal hail ever had a 1 teat seat set or rods rode roe under shelter h lter except for tor 10 cents ex ox tr Well el then hen Ill Il teach tench you 01 a bran brn new trick said th Ih this swarthy arth sergeant no nil Chicago streetcar 1 1 come Caine on board to stand up ull The rhe Filipino 1 persisted and antI owed owe that nil all who ho did not pay I sy would have hate to seek ni the he sun stun Other officials of ot the boat bt backed him up tip and then lien the he th sergeant ll Icke loosened some choice United States Stales t mixed with the this native nathO brand You darned darne googoo youre but a 1 ladrone It If lo you OU In my lY town own hang han ye e fur tur hos hou ho The assembled ferrymen turned yel yellow el ello low how lo at the the word wor ladron a rn and with gestures gesture the wr lIe geant Th The rite latter hatter liter them like football tackle after a runner a I and they fi n fled d We heard an up uproar nl l sounds of ot the roar rear r on the th deck k tins n t wl i Il itt of ot PA PAun l un ni n stretched out there In a few lew t I Ithe minutes minute n et the cavalryman a I al returned u with t the thus tumbling from train his bin hil face ace I and chasing cha down iowa hi blouse blous Yeres yer or ef money alone he said ll to me tile meI I 1 made mado that googoo dig dl up hi his hll loot hoot when I got ot him luimit linnin over the lie side Bide HI I IB handed me ins the lie silver I had hat paid for formy my seat mat It t tAUer After AUer tint that we went along peaceably the lie Filipinos peeping In nt ut the windows to neo fe eO the Americano who hAll had made such Much u el row 11 while the he Samar yarn arn went vent wenton on cli the tho point where It was sas Inter Interrupted Interrupted by L he the collector Wo so the th sunken shuts ships sent down by b Deweys eos men Inca Irn that wonderful May Ma Ia day dR when the young Republic leaped for or the tue first time line Into the arena of at the he warrior nations The smashed hulks hll stretched out twisted anti and rusting arms of ot Iron to toward ward vard url where a n league away the ilag of at atthe the conqueror llew tote 11 I hl nl Hob Itoh Evans 1 ns command When Shien we e tied led up to the tho miserable little Ute wharf ut at lt Cavite the town tOWI wa wu already thronged with men mm off ar the war warships ships Jack Jacl hAll had been given a holiday to see lee the he show sho and the dozen hozen were Ie doing a I big bli business The stage manager and the I man saw Mi the scenery Jener unload anti then hen looked for tor the he Grand Opera House It I was tl tg not tar far Rr away awa for fan the we asked bowed elaborately and amid replied In II Spanish Senors you YOI are there here We Ve were In the very vcr shadow shallow of ot It I It ItIs I ItIs Is I the first building Inn one sees In ap op approaching preaching Cavite Calt anti and All only a Il hundred fp t from mom the lie wharf The Thus Grand Opera Oler Haute oue Is he of ot bamboo ambo and amid alias Its I ar Rr architecture I might bight he be assigned to the tue co cc colonial I lonial period for tor It was essentially i It I just JUIl a huge hugo shack with a n dusty ty thatched roof neif lor plentifully punctured by the he weather ather Luckily there thre was nl no sign of lt rain The Th floor WM wu th this the earth nd there liens ther was wasa 8 a n sprinkling ot of broken chairs where herl the this orchestra should be b One look lok behind the footlights muted caused CUI thin the stage inane inana lana K ncr er r to swear Wear I am ant al not familiar with the technique of at singes but should have has been there was Wa not and Ant everything was Wil wrong The two tWI experts told each other othen that It I would be Impossible to put pUl th thi the proper lr scenery f nery In place ilIaC dace they the swore wor a dosen dOln titmice times it not be b done dotie And Ant then like enterprising Americans they the be b begun gun tun to do to tb It I The sergeant In khaki hud had drifted Into the tie theater with two of ot Ms hll soldier comrade I low asIm a Jm goin to a San Ban Hoque and hose loe lot my m six peso 10 or win a hundred ha i isaid said raid Ild when the stage manager manar sought luht to tD draft him hint and alil the lie pair of oC privates as Os 18 assistants nl Pretty good ol chow shea ho you ou can n g se e It from froni behind and carry larrr away five ve LI too to said MI the employer 11 The Tho three lighting fighting men len got lot theIr heads hll together anti agreed Ired that they hey the would ouM take lake the job after ofer they hey had a bowl wl or two WO Pretty Pret won soon lon they the were WeN bock Wick ck and ant carrying In the scenery Tho The stage Itale was wa quite Quie deep but very vry low The property man said Id the his tl proscenium arch was WA as ne low how Iowa a as a I hOe dog doghouse dO house houBe roof rot The scenes istenes lenea were ere too to tall tal to Iw bo taken over oer the he th footlights antI and had hal to 1 Ie lie J brought In by b the rear ra This flu oc o a n diversion In the he work Thee TI stage ran mn clear clar hack to a 1 which had bad no railing and when the th sergeant ordered ordet a private to retreat with wih hi hIl his end while he hc a I draw drw Ingrom on to the he stage the he unfortunate ante nate fellow retreated too to far ta and ani an so Instant later hater r was 8 swimming In the Ull tide ide Id When Shien h M he appeared for work a quarter of or an hour after afler he 11 wore only an art Amen Amerl ran an n lIng hag draped about abut him him Not a A bad dress dres dr for tor Cavite Cai that Sunday for tor It was Wil hotter hote than The Xe Needles ele on the Fourth of at July Jul Oddly enough nOh though this the Opera House larked lacked almost almOt all ni the presumed requisites of ot n R theater It tt hind electric lights Throe Thres Ti hours work wok of ot shoving hammering sewing Wn aol and ADr swearing Rot got ot the tl scenery ener Into Ile tort sort of t shape hOI and anul the stage ta manager sad and the property rop rt man In took tok nok the th soldiers orr 0 to a for tor a tea few fe more mome m bowls I Ilont dont believe Ie George of e cyer cor Was IS In the lie th alleged Alk resort 1 but bt I e ee cf of e hulk b citation cannon balls bails ball had bad teen been en home dur dr ing the excitement Incident to to the th cap capture cp tore ture of ot and amid ant they the had hall lull left heir loving marks on omi 01 every Overy lvery thing they Ihy y touched Hight outside the this theater heater a 1 plank had h l en n stretched at the tho of n ii millie l elliut and mi no ait A nu f and tobacco The thief hll of at a n Filipino WUI directing ha arrange arrangement ment lent or of t lie o ed bar bRI He lie I sPOke poke some loins h and amid 1111 proved prod a 1 nice chap chapon ChilI ChilIon on acquaintance He lIe I became much mich Interested 1 In a I search for tor or Poops lire ure those thol vague agUe to stage settings the lie presence of lt it which may In go KO almost unnoticed but bitt this the absents absence of ot which may disrupt an Al entire Intro play Ilia When the ho villain forges the letter leter ha ho mutt must t at least have an on Inkstand and Rn even eWI If It there here Is I no Ito Ink und timid If It the he wont write In II every cery drawing room there lucre must ut be u a 1 sofa ofa It some chairs perhaps 4 a 1 pier gla glass and a few tew pictures Stuffed furniture Is II considered de lIe for tor stage tl but butIn butIn butIn In all itil 11 Cavie there ther was not one ont piece of ot list So they icy hail had to tu lie be li content with plain lucia yellow low bamboo r and what was WA spoken of ot by this the actors ns as a a luxurious Interior was a furnished only with wih a bamboo chairs a bamboo table antI and the this Harbors The barber woo wan a discharged Tennis Tennes Mean Han and for tor or a 1 ticket to 10 the he perform performance slice ance anc he lie ant offered even hits his hil operating chair A Mush vashi ul bowl anti and anI borrowed tram from rain the lie Army Officers Club Chub and several lalon loaned glasses and decanter decanI The sergeant and lilt hIs squad were told toll tiff off of to o got get for tor the lie audience a 4 as except for tor tho the remnants remnant near lie 11 stage and ant a A row of ot circus benches at t the en n 1 this the auditorium wes wag a empty Perhaps the lie sandy ald uniform of ot the tho ser sergeant sergeant geant ant mind hi his aids ahls all carried a certain crIa In command 0 In anti and PerhaPs there were tere rec tc recollections of the this lad bat lall days when this the householders were mod 1101 to seeing IIO In khaki with wih their eyes eye screwed In to the sight eights of ot rifles Anyhow there ther was a Hood of ot chairs offered anti and when h the tue House olse Was wan WI filled fled with lh them thel them they hey were W I decorated with wih numbers to aid the tho ho ushers The curtain wag wal wa to rise at 81 and about 0 ti I tho the cast cut at strived rived from om The rhe knIt half hal down ibsen toan American women In the be looked very ery ry dainty In II pretty light and amid all nih ni the population of ot Catie CIle gathered to tl HP le see them land There Thel were vero wel welI I hundreds of ot natives In Iii gala Ila attire lt Ire their I gauze gaui B hanging outside their drill tl trousers and thick vivid vivie slipper clippers i almost ai ac B lamp to lo their feet t t When hien In iii hi uk best the thc hue Filipino always hang II the ta It e tails sits t of 01 hi hla ii Is upper pieer I garment lor hi ii is trousers It I I is n a cool coci cl fashion this Ilia shirts bein heinl of ot or ci 01 Jussi much like a I silken net ne lady Mercy Is 1 this It 11 7 said Mid lid tho the ladyLike Like Ilke a biz ii said the conic In II five minute a hundred complaints hind had been e n registered with lil Frawley anti the he stage Itao manager Vhs The he leading lady Indy refused positively to share hare her itress with wih nil al the other women liven Uen In stands In Okla Oklahoma horns homa hor and amid Kansas lanns she hl hind had never lever been so 10 badly bl treated she said sid with whis whispered The leading Juvenile came rAme wih Pencil curses to lo let It I be lie ht known that he would rather rathe resign then themi and there than doff bit don thomi hue his clothe clot heR on 00 the Hut tit they the nil all al hud hind to make the best at of o the this facts for there lucre was wal hut but one on drew dress for tor or each sex leX ex and make ups tips were daubed on by b candle light The fhe electric wert wires wireR only over the tic stage anti and grease and wigs went wenton ont onton onton tAle on with a low murmuring like the mIte hoarse muttering of at the mob In Julius Julus Caesar About loul 8 S ocl ck the audience hogan began legan to come cools in The Tue arrivals were native I The he women wore wor the largest sod and of 01 i and auth had their heir hair hitI highly polished with wih cocoanut oil 01 and orna ornamented with sliver silver skewers Some had bad hll stockings hut but ut most mOI of ot thorn them were pre con content cn tent with lh their tn wn dark skins and hure In with wih naked n ke ankles All MI Al of officialdom t honored the show by 1 Its Il pres presence lice ence The This gobernador the and elCe a R halt half dozen others had hll front peats ets Rh The box lies olle was menaced managed manalle by bya L La a former mien Chronicle reporter and was wal Jammed with wih Opposite It was wal the readymade bar ba and after ater buying reserved places tars tare antI and sul stil of at dIets fraternized over glasses a I which Is I claimed to have made Mil Milwaukee Milwaukee I waukee famous Many of ot the men Inca had no money ns as n aspay pay day haul had hll passed a I fortnight hut but so obliging and anxious to lo r y the actors Actor 11 and actresses fur 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