Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — Delightful Cordiality. [ARTICLE]

Delightful Cordiality.

Minnie Hauk annoyed R a veil! very much while playing" Carmen to his Don Jose. For some reason she sud-. denly embraced him in the middle of a high note. He was so furious that he tried to throw her into the orchestra. She held tightly to him to save herself, he shouting to her to let go the while, until her grip wrenched all the buttons off his red waistcoat. Ravelli rushed to the footlights, and shouted: “Look, she has torn my waistcoat ” The audience thought it was all acting, and responded with thunders of applause. After this scene Minnie Hauk’s husband stood at the wings every night, armed with a revolver, ready to blow out Don Jose’s brains if he dared to touch Carmen, while Ravelli threatened her with a huge knife if she attempted to approach him. As Jose is supposed to be madly in love with the girl, it looked verv absurd to see them dodging away from each other all round the -tage.