Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1912 — “Are They All Right Cash?” [ARTICLE]

“Are They All Right Cash?”

Mr. Cash E. Tomlinson, who heads the company appearing at the Ellis for the week of Oct. 21st, tells a good story on himself. The incident happened in a small town that had not as yet attained the dignity of electric lights and the lighting of the stage was largely a matter of no lights at all, or what light could be had from a few lamps. A row of these lamps were used for footlights, and when it was necessary to have a dark scene some one had to turn them down before the act started. On the night in question this fact was overlooked until the curtain was up. Mr. Tomlinson was on the stage in the midst of a very pathetic scene when it struck the stage manager of the house that he had been instructed to lower the lights for this scene. He Informed the janitor to turn down the lights, and this the janitor began to do, clamping down the aisle in new squeaking shoes, and deliberately turning each lamp dawn to what he thought was the right height. When ho finished he looked up to where poor Mr. Tijmlinson was struggling to be.pathetic and soulful and said: “Is that low Cash-” Mr. Tomlinson absolutely refuses to tell what became of the scene after that.