A. No. I know I couldn't smoke in the theater; the policeman was around there all the time in the dressing-rooms.
Q. Did you notice any fire extinguishers of any kind on the stage?
Q. Any appliances of any kind to be used in case of fire?
A. No. I don't think I did; there might have been.
Q. Did you notice any fire extinguishers in your dressing-room?
Q. Did you ever notice while in the theater whether there was any policeman or fireman stationed on the stage or around the stage?
A. Yes, sir, there was a fireman there always on the stage.
Q. Did you ever hear while in the theater of an asbestos curtain there?
Q. Did you ever hear of a fireproof curtain there?
Q. Did it take long for this curtain that you say was down and stuck to burn?
A. I couldn't stay there long enough to see if it was burning--it was on fire.
Q. You have had a good deal of experience in theaters?
Q. Would you consider that there was as good a protection taken at the Iroquois theater as there was in the average theater throughout the country in cases of fire?
A. You mean in the construction of the theater?
Q. Not the construction, but I would say in the management, and in the furnishing of fire extinguishers and appliances to extinguish fires.
A. Well, I never took notice of the fire extinguisher. If a man would look at that stage he would naturally think they couldn't possibly have a fire without everybody getting out in front of the theater.
Q. I didn't ask you that. My question was, in your experience in traveling through the theaters in different cities, would you consider there was as good protection taken on the Iroquois stage to extinguish fire, as there was in the average theater throughout the country?
A. Well, I couldn't say; I never took notice of what was on the stage to extinguish fires.
A. Well, I have seen fire extinguishers around at times.
Q. In theaters where you have noticed these fire extinguishers, what part of the theater did you see them in?
A. Well, they were fire extinguishers like a man would put on his back, with a strap to it.
Q. Did you notice anything of that kind at the Iroquois theater?
A. No, sir, I did not; I cannot say that I did.
Q. Now, if you did not see those appliances, you did not see them when you went in the stage entrance?