Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1913 — PRINCESS PACKED AT CHAIR DRAWING [ARTICLE]

PRINCESS PACKED AT CHAIR DRAWING

Amusing Incident When Lid Came Off the Can and Tickets Were Scattered Broadcast. It has often been said that the Irish are responsible for a great amount of unconscious humor, and Attorney Edward Honan caused the heartiest laugh that ever a Princess Theatre audience uttered when he let the top come off a large lard can in which he was shaking the tickets for the Princess chair drawing. A record audience had witnessed a splendid motion picture show at the theatre, the regular program being augmented by a special performance entitled “That Million Dollar Look,” an advertising pic-

ture for Royal Tailored clothing, and ah enterprise of Traub & Selig, local clothing merchants. This was pronounced by many the best ad-*} vertising picture ever seen here, being clear and distinct and having a very clever little romance to hold the interest of spectators as they were led through the offices, the tailoring rooms and the retail store and watched the making of a tailored suit of clothes. Another drama, two especially good comedies and Pathe’s weekly concluded the program and then Manager George announced that Attorney . Honan would take charge of the drawing. Pe asked two men in the audience to assist him and the pickets were dumped into a lard can and each of the committee shook them up. When Mr. Honan’s turn came the audience was expecting a speech, and about every person could imagine him saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, there is no deception about this award. This committee would not tolerate any act that had the appearance of fraud. This can in which there is a duplicate of every ticket issued by, the management of this theatre is a common lard can, you will observe that there is no false bottom, and”— At, this juncture the top. of the can came off and the thousands of tickets were scattered over the stage and in front of it while the big audience was convulsed in laughter. Attorney Honan was for once dumfounded, and it took some time for him to recover from the “Irish bull,” and big beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. Children in the front seats helped to gather up the tickets and replace them in the can and then the drawing proceeded. Elmer Cook, of the Rensselaer hotel, held the ticket that procured the bigehair. Elmer says it is big enough for two and that it’s a shame not to have some one to occupy it with him. Manager George was congratulated by many upon the splendid success of the performance and the drawing.