The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-01
GOLD BEHIND THE FOOT
LIGHTS.

GOLD BEHIND THE FOOT
LIGHTS.
The Money that Is Earned + ~ Some of the
Best-Kno,rn Of the Iiayrs.
New York World.
Miss Clara Morris, when at the Union
Square, gets six hundred dollars week,
AMI one thousand dollars when she stars,
furnishing her own dresses. Miss Fanny
Davenport is said to have received as
much as seven hundred and fifty dollars
n week when at the Fifth Avenue, and
one thousand dollars week when star
ring, besides being provided, as all the ac-
tresses ut this house are, with two new
dresses for each play. Miss Rose Eytinge
got three hundred and fifty dollars a
week at the Union Square; Miss Ada
Dyas has two hundred and fifty dollars
week; Miss Kate Claxton, one hundred
and seventy-five dollars; Miss Jefreys
Lewis, one hundred dollars; Miss Rosa
Rand, when in New York, seventy-fve
dollars; Miss Sara Jewett seventy-five
dollars; Miss Emily Higl, seventy-five
dollars; Miss lone Burke, seventy-fve
dollars; Miss Georgiana Drew, sixty
dollars; Miss Ida Vernon, one hundred
dollars; Miss Marie Gordos, seventy-fve
dollars; Miss Ida Jeffries, fifty dollars;
Miss Sydney Cowell, seventy-fve dollars;
Miss Effie Germon, ninety dollars;
Mrs. Gilbert, one hundred dollars; Mrs.
Marie Wilkins, seventy dollars; Miss
Mary Wells, seventy-five dollars; Nine.
Ponisi, one hundred dollars; Mrs. John
Seton. one hundred dollars.
When George Clarke was in New York
he had one hundred and twenty-five
dollars and one hundred and fifty dollars
a week, John Gilbert one hundred and
fifty dollars; VIM. Davidge, one hundred
dollars; u. 'Ha. kins, one hundred and
twenty-five dollars; James Lewis, one
hundred and fifty dollars; Stuart Rob
son, one hundred and fifty dollars
Harry Beckett, one hunded and fifty
dollars; c. R. Thoane, Jr., two hundred
and fifty dollars; John Brougham, two
hundred dollars; B. J. Montague, two
hundred and twenty-five dollars; Charles
Fisher, one hundred and fifty dollars
c. A. Stevenson, seventy-five dollars, J.
w. Carroll, seventy-five dollars; Mr..
Floyd seventy-five dollars as actor and
twenty-five dollars as stage manager.
All these salaries are paid for seasons of
eight months. Leading men like Thorne,
Brougham and Davidge have annual
"benefits" in addition to their salaries.
John Brougham Melted eleven hundred
dollars by his recent benefit at the Fifth
Avenue. Thorne made one thousand
dollars by his benefit at the Union
Square, while the genial Tooker sur
passed them both at his recent benefit,
by which he Melted three thousand dol
lars.
George Rignold, during his engage
ment here, was paid two hundred and
fifty dollars in gold, a week. Mr.. Soth-
ern plays on shares. one half of the house
after expenses; and Lawrence Barret
gets the same terms, and seven hundred
and fifty dollars a week when on salary
Edwin Booth is the only American ac-
tor who gets clear one-half of the house,
to use theatrical phrase half
of the gross receipts. While playing I'M
der engagement to Mr.. Ford, recently, in
the south, Mr.. Booth got six hundred
dollars a week salary. George Fawcett
Rowe gets two hundred dollars a week.
George Honey got two hundred and fifty
dollars, gold, week. f. L. Davenport
gets five hundred dollars a week. Fech-
ter used to get one thousand dollars a
week, but does not now. Joseph Jeffer-
son was once paid as much as thirty-fve
hundred dollars a week, and his mana
gers were said to have made money by
his engagements. Miss Charlotte Cush-
man used to have half the whole house.
Miss Adelaide Nelson used to get one
thousand dollars week; she now gets
half the whole house. Mrs. Rousby,
when she was here, got one thousand dol
lars, gold, week. Lester Wallack, when
playing under salary engagement to his
father, used to get one hundred and
twenty-five dollars as actor, and twenty
five dollars as stage manager. Barney
Williams used to play on shares. Mr..
and Mrs. Florence together, get five hun
bred dellars a week, when on salary.