Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1895 — He Sent Them Something. [ARTICLE]

He Sent Them Something.

When Bill Hoey and “The Globe Trotter” arrived at the Chicago Opera house from the East recently the whole outfit was a trifle frayed at the edges. Salaries with great regularity had not been paid for weeks. Edward Eternal Rice was • behind the enterprise, but a long way behind it. Ariel Barney, the angel Child of the theatrical profession, had the pleasing task of wrestling with unpaid actors, hotel and railway bills. Even his neckties were subdued and the stripes in his trousers were chastened by the time the first week of “The Globe Trotter’s” career in this city had come to an end. To fill his cup the company individually and collectively informed him one warm afternoon that unless they were paid something on account they would not go on the stage that night. So Mr. Barney went to the telegraph office and sent this message: E. E. Rice, New York: Company refuses to go on to-night unless you give them something. ARIEL BARNEY. Back flashed the answer in two hours’ time: Ariel Barney, Chicago: Give them my kindest regards. E. E. RICE.