, 1875-01-17
4 Comparison in Which This City Does
Not Come Gut Secqnd-Best.
The Diaho1ical Curse Of Slow
Music.
CHICAGO As A"sHoW.TovyN."

United 6E&tee. lsecao11y tneTa mas been soml
dissatisfaction among Theatrical people thut th,
.;, xas no lonpny ss rt,snonns;ye to tIa cJ.ins n
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Aao pt1AAA@ - - A@e ~ 9a9 eA4be !" ny
based upon 1act. Ihe Iity OF Clnca6o, 1t mus
be remembered, il not as large as Philadelphia
or kev Iork, eni ret il has twice as many theat
t-.a .. the former and nearlv M many ae +bf
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e1eas .Aoa ofoAe '-so"' "'u Popu'0l'ou VI
bo, ,aa. L IL m eF1oence OF 1hea1t1ea4 taste tha1
seven theatres and museum can exist Il" all
That they ara doing well in duh season. while
nA1 1no noues ~ >sm .orA arc f1sne' e'ozeo o.
doh8 no'1ilaas' In a4t'e11ns. 1nelo a1e IN
Chicago two hrst-clsss star Observation-Disclosures
sud the Academy OF Music.-whsra "a the
student at the play:bil1s viu zee, the very bes:
...-. =, thu con,t,v ,,1ar VIII. noo+h ~.
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man. 1an 0e o2|, Ano 4AIaa opera 60 70 Ac-
fickers, Clara MoErta John Mccullough, Toole,
snd Chhr;otte Thompson 70 the Academy, Then
~. h,vA Inn atock theetr~a -r1oo1or.a a,a ~.
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H'N"o' - '4 "Ae0 soI Ie"'es ~ Aato
e1ceAenco dooae5 pa3s eaiaf1es which only
tEo or three managers in the country can think
Of, and Eetk such artists rs Neil Buckley, Miss
Haw4orue. Mr- Kyer, and Ar. Cranoi wt,io Mr.
Baisdeti has OiIlon lad 6cggs, Mira Myers, ma
-Misa Msrsh: Thar are two variety theatres,
enc Of .Leu tbs handsomest in the countrs,
making sensation among managers OF no ordi-
raIy description. and ono minstrel theatre,
surpassed by mono In tho United States, either
1s hofso OF in the entertainment given. Add
10 tbia museum, well 1nauased. we'll arranged,
md better stocked than any in the West ct any
:Yato, and it will be found that competition
among amusanents in Chicago is rathe1 fo11nida-
ble- Aggregate tue receipts OF all the theatres
in this city, and il Chicago ia not tile leading
theatrical cisy in the country, ne are mistaken.
Including the Museum, We have eight reputa-
bio piAcee OF Amusement. New York has thir-
teen. These xre, Booths, the Fifth Avenue, The
Gsn 9ss saoss Sso s' s G'nd 6;a.c s;et f.
Woods Museum, the park. the Broadway,
and two minstrel hails-Bryxut's and tho
San Francisco. All these places Of amuse-
Ment have not been open together
patronage. Two Of the others havo doseneratsd
into not ftnt-casa variety theatres two OF then,
ire closed; DAILY is in straitencd circumstances
The Tu,on Square is the only one aoing1 paying
business in legitimate directions. On the con-
kary. all the Chicago theatres are dong trettv
we'll There Is no danger Ct their closing tIlis
seaaop for good eta-s have aiways gone away
satisfied, an1 the stock theatres are equally well
OF. With Ill the obtusenes. shown b. tho pub
lie, Hooley Is many thousands OF dollars ahead
II satisfied, and have their rrumps yet to play.
NalEdelt and Peck do not want anything better
xud Payne and Aims rot big figure for their
interest in the Grand Opera- House. :;
There Aro two Ne" York companies only which
can compae with Hooley s,-Daly's and the
Tuiou Square. Tho former Is familiar to Chl-
caEo people. It ID no better than it waa last
summer. It Ia weaker indeed by the l0as Of
Niles Dyas, It has lost Fanny Morant aud
George CLARK too whom we tave not seen in the
West. The Union Square company 10 very
strong, numbering among its members NackeY,
Bta;rt Robaon, Charles Ihorne: j., Mckee
:t.a.a u, .Sose - aHo H.nY Me:s'e' ous
eree .ur1,ass onr hona stock cornnanv. Jamaa
O.Keil will compare with Hartins to
his own advantage and rot suffer
y ehe gas Of 1T Ihorne or Khukin.
s,a Un1 osmmn' 81 n Heston
team: thev are vounr. and Improving. s too.
especially the latter pair. Our old ladies cannot,
in grp:p, 10 equslsd By any city in this ooun-
" O. EnSiand, where can be found SUCH
NsI.n m Fnas.s5 Whsra rnn hatter a1, nuu na, t,s
Rycr, Rainforu, aud Soggs be dlscovered? Our
leading iss1es--1liss Hawthorne, Mrs. Alien,
Miss noah. and Mlss Marsli3a1e hard to equal