Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1886 — Not with That Show. [ARTICLE]

Not with That Show.

An advertisement of: “A party wanted to travel with a theatrical company r s treasurer” brought about a meeting between a Detroiter and a theatrical man at a hotel the other day. “Did you ever act in such a capacity ?* was asked. “No, but I feel equal to-the emergency.” “Oh, you do? How will you go to work to get us out on the road for our first stand?” “Why? Haven’t you got any money?” “Not a dollar. We may strike luck the first night, and we may do a poor business for a week. Can you arrange to keep us along until we hit pay dirt?” “I don’t see how.” “And are you a talker? Can you get us out of a hotel where we are owing $25 and nothing to pay with? Can you give owners of halls the grand standoff? Can you fix it with ticket agents to pass us as dead-heads? When sal-ary-day comes around can you smooth it over with the kickers?” “I—l don’t believe I could.” “Nor I, either. Young man, go hence! Go out and strike a job of sawing wood, shoveling dirt, or ditchdigging. You’ll have less on your mind and more in your pocket.”— Detroit Free Press. Zinc dust has been found by an English investigator to absorb hydrogen from a moist atmosphere at moderate temperature. It has, in fact, the power of occluding the gas after the planner of spongy platinum.