Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1892 — An Impromptu Dress Coat. [ARTICLE]

An Impromptu Dress Coat.

“About eight years ago,” said Auditoi Joseph Brown to the St. Louis Chronicle, “I whs in London, England. One day I bought a stall to see Patti at the Royal. A stall corresponds to our boxes. When the evening came I took the ladies around and walked in at the door. But I did not get far. ‘You cannot come in here,’ said the doorkeeper. ‘Why notT’ I asked in surprise;‘here are my seat tickets.’ ‘Well, you cannot enter,’ he replied, decisively; ‘your coat is a frock, and nothing but dress suits are allowed.’ lexpostulated. I told him that my hotel eas a long way off and that the ladios would be greatlv disappointed. I was an American and did not know the rule of the'theatre. Finally he told me to go into the