The New York herald., 1878-08-18

Mr. Gaydissr N q bpsssh Another shouts, "Avs they
gong to rebuild the theatre Akron, Ohio" .Yes"
says Mt Gardner; sit viii be ready 10 open ~ Feo'
ruary. DO YOU want tho opsnInps?" Another qu"s.
non, ais Christmas week dlIcd IN IIneinnan Z"
"Yes," says Gardner, without LOOKING az his books
and still wr,iing away" A little maa looks up from
a memorandum ana asks, "whsn is LOUIS uew thea
ire 10 Providence 10 be donef" BE ready 70 ope.
the 23d OF Scptember says Gardiner. and TO be the
handsomest htsie theatre In New Euglaud" gen
tse man steps up 10 the desk and asks, which are
Palmsr's cssobrsssd Case eombisaMes;;
say two or three voices 'If you have ovcS sunday,
says one. Another-"No you can't have thirty
appeal Al the man nagsr's desS-aIi you leave Phia-
dclphia NJ ten minutes to twelve ana 60 70 eres'Ine
you can make as9n al 'I o ,S ySu ss~
Orleans . over sunday % "Na" III you get special
10 Jackson The way Frank Mayo did last season you
tion TO the regular business every moment, ana SO
goes on If business brisk you oascn fragments Of
soasop,-"Wnat is the hail In f'-"D niies''-"Em-
ersou I'M az" Duv On port'- 'H esss" All
strike together. and for lev moments Daoei
reigus.
Over in the corpcr lot OF manaeers-Lebnen, oil
Syracuse; Beltop, oi Rochester. and the reverend
lcoxLg Jonn Meecb, OF Buffalo, are conspring 10
attack desirable attraction and divide an open week
with all the skill and grace OF fnisned operator
generally coutrvng by bunting IN trio 10 got oostsr
terms and moro favorable dates.
OTTER VISITORS.
The Leading theatres oil the country are wtdoly
Represented. Evans, Of Galvss.on, compares notes
with Love, OF Providence, and Mcdonald, OF Mont
gomery. Ala. chats with Minnie Macner. o. NIL
waugee Hosford OF Terre Haute; Norris, OF Chilli
colhe; Thomas. OF Dayton; Smith, from Fau kIver;
Sam sack. the oil country; R,ester, OF wheeling;
Francisco-each and all arc intent on secur-
ing the best attractions; and beng on the spot,
ready with proposals and tholr open aalcs .ney ars
winch insure them n suecesstui season. The ro'und
rosy Miles from Cincinnati drops IN with the stsaay'
practical level headed Spaulding. from the Olympus.
OF ST Louis aud MRS Oates' appearances ~ certain
datss 10 arranged
Many OF she managers N their dual capacity OF bulls
and bcars--i 6, of controlling company N tho field
and u theatre IN a large ci.y-h.ve almost anhmtso
power as 10 terms, dates and conditions. But there
Is usually little dspie this point There seems
be hearty, cordial feeling, which recognizes the
right Of each 70 'livs asd let iive ana each side
comedies something until mutual grouno is reached
Sometimes II happens that Mr.. Gardiner's advice Is
nece .sary and has come u BE- IN quiet
way final. Most OF the various combinations VII hch
are to be In the 1cld next season nave tner
representatives here some time during tue Gay.
Before his departure for Europe Harry Sargent the
manager Of ModJeska, twrhng his little cane, was
frequent VISITOR he now represented by John
HavIin. his business agent
Nj. JooI. inc aUs assistant to Strakoseh, drops
quietly IN and buried IN close consu ilatiOn with
Gardiner He pulls out contract motions 10 Ar
Spaulding and they both sign.
M Hess the successiui imprssario of many sea-
sons English opera, looks ais mail and gives
diton oi MISS Emma Abbott to bis company makes
his time eargerly sought Tor.
T.. w. Vayl0uro. Inc autnOt, betOT ouo manager,
drops in to nx a date or close contract. or say
word 10 30 me ore about his coming ssas0n with the
Chanfrau Company. He tells Gardiner 10 book him IN
Fred Berger, the youthful but experienced man
agsr OF the Berger family. consuts apart with his
confidential business man, Fowler
The two KIraliys appear for a moment, seize upon
their viotim, and, with brief word TO Gardiner,
march him on TO tho sdo room 20 close = long pend
The smiling James Collier steps in. chats u moment
with the chief and COOS oil to the Branch, leaving
Charley Atwood in tuil command OF the fortunes OF
his combination.
Mr.. Abbey, OF the PARK, fingers for momen, to
confer as to the OF otta arrange point
about the PARK Theatre. He manaaes both next
Albart Aiken. with his ready smile and inevitable
haudtui OF papers; Milton Nobles, Drowned Dy the
sun and fresh IRON his yacht; Canning, neat
these Of others Stroll IN to taik moment
with and another and depart their several ways.
ADVANCE AGENTS
Yonder stands knot OF advance agents. men upon
share OF the cspoasibiIity Of success or failure.
Ed Gardner, VINO shrewdiy manages Havsrlys In
trlcatc routes; Earnest stsbiy, the forerunner Of
rubicund countenancs; Tom Brown the father of the
procss,ou the quiot Rickaby; Gus FrohiDsn, just
sp,l,sr anxtous and preoeoupisd VIA she route OF
the Pomeroy Company; Warner, who takes Goodwin
aud weatpersby under his broad wing this season
Morse IN interests OF C. ID. Hess, up to his eyes
In letters and circulars and monop0lzing the desk
room with bis voluminous pspers; Grover. In
anxious conference with Mont gomery over tho
"Boaruing house" shoy are running, and the irro-
pressiDIs GotInold Grating as usual snd eniorcing
MS Argument with u comprehensive swing OF his
qoI .headed club he CALI q cane.
THE BUSINESS Is CoNLUcrED
In the course of conversation with The gentleman
in charge OF establishment which has thus been
described, he remarkcd:-''w hen was last year ar
ranging the seasons business for Ars John Drew ~
ness manager. found great d,incu,y in gs,,ng sat.
tstactory dates from combinations had 10 write or
telegraph them repeatedly, and wait long, some'mes
10 m1 serious deiriment, lor answers fhcy WIRE
probably waiting for other letters from ether theatres
and could give me no answers until those matters
we're settled. The whole business vexsious aud
annoying, slow and unsatistactory TO both parties.
The drama atic agsncies as they were then managed,
could not help mo, Tor they were pushing their own
people made up my mind that something had TO
be done and determined to do It knew pretty
much everybody ia tbs profession among
Now. II get tho open dates in the best
theatres Will you give me chance 10 book you, pro-
.'rhs men / went to-D.vld BiaweII. Charles spald.
Ing, l.. ]. slllis, Mscauiey. John Eislor, J. II.
HavsrIy, L. W. Davey. Fred stinson. CsIon sl
want somebody 10 do It. You shall MI my time.
Then / wrote the theatre managers, explaining the
scheme and arranging 70 take the dates, NIL them
with lhcso nne companies and shey TO pay me small
lee Tor coingiL You see It saved them an immense
amount OF work. sood deal Of snx,e.y ana atm eit
closing control for the attractions Tho nrst prac
ucal operation OF The oilce is TO bo simply agent
commu cation wish all the Ucss attraclions.
III secured the control Of the best thoatro In all OF
IN and III otCu OF tue sfnuIiof intervening
points, ana was able TO say to the managers, Now,
can h your route IRON New York 70 81 Paul, ST.
LOUIS, New orleans ana BACK to Nsw York.
Of course they saw ~ once ~ Vas lar better Than
they could DO themselves, aud besides At sxpcn
The various combinations began to send their bus-
ness managers one after another, until l think,
WITHIN this month / have had the Representatives
from all tho companies thai IA demand tnrough out
the country here in office arranging all or part
VI ther busncsk There are, perhaps, few exccp
tions, those whose business like Booth, Jefferson and
sothsrn comes undsr special ruics and who are not
In The general dramatic line.
THE BusISKss rHE OFFICE.
"Here are" saii tho sleakor, producing his
books. 'rho star companies whose business
have enurely arranged :--Msss Fanny Daven-
port. Hess Opera troupe, Oates Opera Company,
j. II. Hsveriy's, Mckee RsnkiD's Dsnites' Conn
binalion and botD his Minstrel companies, Berger
Family and Sol smith Russell, b. Macauley's Iull
company Ia Messenger from JARVIS Section rony
Denisr's Psntoinims Company, Dsnman fnompson's
Com mbtnatiOn, Emcrson's Minstrels Blanch Media 10
won Al Las Miss CombinAtou Louise Pomsroy' q
Coiubin natIou, Leonard Growers Boarding House,
Company, John A. stevens IN Unknown
''lns business or the following parties done In
this ofice but with limited power 10 certain
citics:-Lawrenoc Burrstrs travelling company