, 1874-10-11

Travelling Companies aud Their Or
genization.
7halr Troubles with Landlords anu
the Country Press.
Special GorroWs Of Chicago Theatrical
Job Offices.


Advertising Tricks Of Strollers.
In this greet and glorious country, cities an
Gowns ar11a very rapidly. Given = raiiwa,
station As nucleus. thon follow from ten to I'll
teen dwellings,. seven Or eight churches to ropre
scnt the religious unity oi conception, aud the
the:e mnat come towE-hail. But wtile th
, to"n-lati is bailding-for even il sn.ails town
the hall is h grand opportunity worthy Of ii
closest study, aud should no: be built until eyer
!: available dolla- had bcen squeczad ont OF it'll
J community thinks OF the Inst remaining neces
sity, aud builsIs
A.. oPEE A-uoUsE.
That Is, one 1nan who has been in theatra
thinks 1t ia good inrestmons, and builds one
OF late years, little towns OF 5000 inhabitants
hare gone to work to build opera-house.
| Of considerable Size aud at great expense
! Some OF te!,cm are really handsome little thea
tres, while others are mcaGrc, miserable affairs
defective III acoustic properties, mlserably de-
signed, and shabbiiy a1tra7asant~ 0ne pair O.
flats generally serves for aceuely, and lasts for
ever. Giseu a large district acatte1ed over will
little towns, each ono boasting its operG-house
! andhere is IN lnduce.nont which
,sAsAaEI:s or TRAVELLING COMPANIES
cannot afoed to ignore, Aa fast as tile opera.
houses so '1p, SO fast do travelling companies
form, and 30 fast, or nearly 80, do they "go up n
also. The modern mania for theatres ia respcn-
| sibie for tho vas: number of what are known a.
"ssiide companies, i" travelling uuder tbs man
| ageinent OF Ecme unserupnlous adventnrer. In
ti:is country, Vincent C.ummles has long ago
been distanced That worthy rnan ind al idea
as,a really arrived at an artistic representation
| His thoughts were not wholly absorbed ia max
Ing money, nor it his sin, to get ont of town
without assistance from the people in the shape
Of warning to quit. He selected his trere]ing
company With great sagaclty, and IN eye to their
geneaE Gtncss for certain lines OF irauatio
representation which modern managers would
do we'll to initiate even in feeble and highly
ridiculous 1asnner.
It would probably bo as difficult to find the
man Sho first organized - snida" company az
to discover the hero who first engrIleI an oys-
ter. liz must hare been .; brave man and .
cyi1ic. His ideas Of human intelligence on the
average must have been urcomplimentary to
the race. but experience probably taught him
that p:,:fer7 would tazo the place OF merit, and
which ia, proverhially .. least, regarded rs the
besr-while acdoIn followed
The travelling sho%man Of til past age WAS
circus- man, but We hare nothing to Say shout
'o'e e''"ss rx,n
il usna1.y nm actor whn las ~ n,.yad ~ o;+ia, .na
being weighed, has proved wanting. Sometimes
he Is an - actress husband," Que OF those not
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t,:a.ta ~, .nand .si,o,anor 1,na - a nste
may MAKE, and to considcr himaeif highly uEe-
fnl member Of society. He may have been au
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