The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-25
OUR DRAWtTTC STARS.
Enormou. Sums raid to Popular Fnvorites
The List Of Name. and Figures.

by managers to drawing stars are enormous. /
aud ii actors were ~ provileni rs ~" average |
grocer, thcir profession would be noted for its |
wealthy members
In the dramatic armament ono star differs
from anp'hnrstnr not alonr in the glory of pop
uarity. bat in two radical points brsidcs-sal-
AIRY and economy. Men like Chanfrnu get rich
every year and keep so Men ijkc Florence get
rich often, and spend all they make. TIL" three
most popular stars Just now-for, like fashions.
these actors have their scasons, and. lax" dogs
their day-are Edwin Booth. L. A. Suihcrn and
Mi-s Adelaide Nelson. We have. at consider
able expense Of time and care, procured facts
concerning these and other popular fayOritcs,
which will be found interesting and novel;
Booths history covers Il period Of twenty-five
years, Yes, thirty years, but until he made his
hit in Winter Garden coached ana directed ny
William stuart. neither he nor his history was
OF the least account. From that time until the
day OF his bankruptcy he lived on the very crest
Of popularity. and coined fortunes every year.
H. failed and lost all. His iathcr-in-aw, Mr..
McNickor OF Chicago. recently compromised
Booths debts, To- the amount of S2jO,OOO. at tlsc
rate Of five and quarter cents on the dollar 50
that once more the actor il free io make and
save. His regular terms are tbuu perform
ance or sl2OO u week. This sum WAS laid nm
during ihe last long ami rr'liilr-e 'n-n-,m""t
IN the Iycrum Thrdtrr. from wIi'h Manager
MrIicNer retired q l~ .f s4JDg Win
known he went 10 nr Awdrmy Of Music,
BruuNlyn. and in two 3D. BE- ri'dr"d ~ vuu'
50 that wh'n lac r''a.H' t. ms Western
none lac was not gu q dollar. Boaih y
known in the prof ~-ion us slider:
Ms murnot. For INSTANCE. hc plays now IN
tnrArch street Theatre. Philddr Ipniu, whore fNr
- per cent. of tho gross receipts b" furnishes
himself and his support. When he played ia
tho brooklyn Theatre he had 500 lur et'n per
formance. In SAN Francs 20. after thlrt In
years absence. he nctt"d f32,un in ~ weeks.
and the management cleared tue same sum.
Tho piuccs where Booth draws best are Ncw
York Philadelphia. ANA Boston. The recent
probably be- repeated. brooklyn is mol theht-
real town. and ~ manager ever counts On a
certainty there The good ID ~ Likely T.. inil rs
the had Ia succeed. Booth declined 1000
night lor loo nights. h" To- play Ia booth Thea
tr,. II j. Thought. now ihnt Ills dilil dlties are
settled he may play in his old nom" YET.
Mr. Sothcrn, who opened IN SAT- Lake on
Monday last has had AN extraordinary run OF
lux. lie Is not a young man, nor indeed a
miidlt-Hgcd nun. any longer. IL t"rgcS On
uld use with prpWn-up children ami LOCKS ike
each performance. or s3Jul a We, 4. lhcse
lerm- he commands ia New York; B'iton san
managed hy Harry Wall, gave him 50 per cent
ot the gross receipts leaving ~ per cent l"i me
EXPENSES, and the managers male money ~
that There u great diH"r'ne" h lW,eh buuih
and Sutu"rn iu money matters. lhc lormer -
stngy ami cNs", inc natter re- hlrs- anu eAtraNh-
sant IL no, Only lives WINE m ihl7 c"Hnlly IN
~ ~t utoiiga style, paying hut"l ulll- 81 souu 10
500 "a we.k, hut keeps up % ~ .hi Establishment
abroad H. gives ir'"ly and ~peui7 lpoiishly.
H. has prorvrt, yntucd az turcr-luart,rs ot
million ut dollars. Inc An, tirnn cousin is
tl.r biggest '~,ntuzi. although "Garrirk has
pal him handsomely. SotherA il under
contract To- any "a IA this clty IN September
next. H. has an ei-nt."n weok- certainty OF
$500 each l,rlormiu zee. with iliH understanding
tnat d -fi,, So il hr can r.ulaIn the entire sea-
son. Ia mo-, 'lt'. Soihern Is mot draw. Ia
Mis- Ad,laile N,il-on II a mnny- sided woman.
w;h host- Of friends and many drtractors. Her
don, Il aiiair7 are m 70 Pm =. ne sn'yeli
log phNlc e9mincht; "ul i't nll va. p',,tle VI
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anu - n" 7m-,r bo"ui' ~ vac way Is mar
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