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Show Pretty Strict. "Speaking of discipline" says J.J. Holland, business manager of Rich-aids Rich-aids it Pi Ingle's Mlnstiels, while In the city advertising his show for their appearance at the Thatcher Opeta house SatiiKtay evening, "why the public have no idea of the manner in which a company of our kind Is handled. handl-ed. We have strict rules laid down to each one, and attach a penalty for the breaking ol each rule. We deduct de-duct all the way fiom floe to ti'i.tK) fiom their salary. The highest Is for diunkenness. We Hnd that this is. the only way to keep them under complete control. We have our own cars and the members eat anil sleep theie. An hour Is set for them to lie In bed; also when to get up in the morning. If a member Is out beyond the given time at night, he Is locked out and It costs him 2.(K). If lie Is late at paiado It costs him another 2.od; missing parade M.ouj appearing n streets with shoes not blacked, .".Oc; using pio-faulty pio-faulty 2 to W; speaking disiespect-fully disiespect-fully to inauagei, tlO.OO, and so on for every offense. You see we hold track M0.00 on each tueinbei's salary which Is given him at the end of the season, and should he object to the Hue and quit, why we take tlie entire :I0. This Is part ot the wtlttcn contract wo make with each one. Foi that reason we don't have many of them without money. Of course theie Is a spendthrift In every lot of people tlie sie of outs. We loan them money foi their Immediate use, but charge them fiom 10 per cent to :W per cent per week for the use of tho money. That makes thorn cautious and they don't bortow over once. |