Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1913 — Girl's Love Song on Stage Starts Small Riot [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Girl's Love Song on Stage Starts Small Riot

Detroit, mich.—when onie waiford swayed in the spotlight on the stage of the Folly theater the pther afternoon and engagingly sang: “Come and love me, for it’s so good. No one could ever do like you could. Do I like it? Well, I should; For it’s so goody, goody good.” She expected only the usual applause. Instead there was a small sized riot, a forcible ejection, two flying squadrons, a police patrol, and a badly scared singer and chorus. It all happened because a dashing youth decided to accept Hiss Ollle’s smiling invitation, taking it for the real thing because she had beamed on him. The young woman fled in terror as he climbed on the stage and walked towards her. She and the chorus girls locked themselves in their dressing rooms, while the heroic! comedians faced the bold Lothario. ’Manager Shutt came dashing in and from bis six feet two Inches reached down and firmly seised the Intruder. Without ceremony he dragged him up the •isle and to the door. WIBBTOiP ' ll'> ■< "V, IWr ifr I '*•**' , ri 1 *- -

The house was in an uproar. Two of the man’s friend’s valiantly shouted to him to resist and followed gallantly at some distance. A crowd from downstairs joined in, the gallery emptied quickly at the prospect of a fight In the excitement the show was stopped and the curtain descended-. Then the audience, which had gathered In front, raising such a hullabaloo that the flying squardon was called, started back into the theater, only to find the show was over. Some one said they had been stung, and another police auto and patrol load of officers cam* and dispersed the mob.