, 1876-09-17
THE DRAMA.

THE DRAMA.
CHICAGO.
| THE MANAGERS IN COUNCIL.
1ru rumor in regard to the formation OF .
Managers Association in Chicago is probably
false; but, as q faithful chronicler Of the news
| THE TRIBUNE gives it for what it is worth
An anonymous report Of the proceedings ha.
been furnished for publication. We warn tht
public not to trust implicitly all that this anon
/ ynlous writer puts down. It is q well-estab
| lshcd principle in newspapcr-ofces that the
| man who does not sigu his communication
simply as pledge OF good faiths no better
than he should be-.
| Tie objects OF the proposed Association are
manifold It is to be called "The Chicago
| Managers Association for the Advancement OF
| Art and tho Reduction Of Salaries" Not that
| its attention will be confined to the narrow
limits indicated by this title. It will undertake
also to control all interests Affected by the the
atrical business. It will reach out with one arm
to the newspaper-otllces, regulating the appoint
| ment and dismissal Of critics, and securing the
| Insertion Of advertising matter in the news col
umns without charge; in another direction it
| will grasp the job printers, compelling them to
| advance art by printing show-bills below the
| cost price Of the work. If the Association has
! another arm to spare, we presume it will catch
the people and compel them to attend the the
aires. These subjects and many more were
under discussion at the preliminary meeting.
The views of the several managers present can
be easiest gathered BY brief abstract OF the
proceedings. Mr.. Pertinax was in the chair.
IT. Nou A hafrr S111a5 ffL tnf a
the object of the meeting, said he regretted
very much that there were so few persons
present. The house was the thfnnest he had
seen for months, but he had reason to believe
that the condition Of things was much better
upstairs, where there was club-roo1u. He
suggested that draft be made upon that re-
sion for an audience.
Mr.. Havcnough said it was not listeners they
wanted at present, but ideas. There would be
no use in gathering an audience if previous pro-
vision were not made for their entertainment 1t
had been his experience that the people could
not he deceived by old clap-trap under new
names.
Poor Richard objected to any division arising
among the company present. He had known
such practices to result most dsastrously.
The Chairman, lfr. Pertinax, said he had not
and there could consequently be no division OF
opinion SO far as be was concerned It was
time, be thought, that all this preliminary skir-
lnishing should he finished, and that the meet
ing should get to work. There WAS not q man
present who did not understand why they had
come together, and, fur from desiring that there
should be a large audience present, either up
stairs OF downstairs, he was in favor Of going
into secret session and closing the windows.
Willie everything WIS being made taut, above
and below, the editor Of the programme enter
tanned the company with a number OF choice
conundrums, which excited some dertsion.
The Chairman resumed in Q low voice. The
managers had come together to advance the
cause of Art. Their mistress was Art. There
was not man present who could not at any
moment make fortune by deserting Art Was
there one present base enough to Contemplate
such desertion? he could answer for them
ALL" No!' How could they best serve the
cause uf Arta In his opinion there was pressing
need oi reform measures. In the first place it
was desirable that the salaries OF actors should
be reduced. They we're becoming swollen with
earned wealth. In the old times good actors
could be obtained for &c q week; now they de-
manded ten times that amount The pride re-
sulting from successful avarce made actors diff
cult to deal with: Leading men we're beginning
to object to doubling parts. He had heard Of
an actor in the South who was humble enough
to raise Polouious from the dead and play him
as the Grayedigger, but probably there
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