City Edition
St. Paul, Minnesota
Reported from the Midnight Edition · The Last False Alarm
Filed from the Orpheum Arms lobby—where Vivian Dole rehearsed one entrance too many and neighbors applauded before anyone understood the fall was not a bit.
Notices Filed Here
- Vivian Dole — Former dinner-theater performer known for theatrical fainting who collapsed rehearsing an entrance in the Orpheum Arms lobby while neighbors applauded, believing the potluck had begun with a bit.
Objects Recovered
- garment bag with FUNERAL / BETTER FUNERAL / THE ONE WITH SHOULDERS
Motifs
- theatrical fainting
- rehearsal mistaken for emergency