The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-28
REPLYING TO MISS LENN0X.
METROPOLITAN WLNfGERS SAY TH.IT
ONLY IBTLIIY RULES.
Her Charges said TO he Ridiculous and not
worth NoticInG-Not Known that "a Woman
ever pnid Money for being Brought cut.

Her Charges said 60 he Hidcuious and not
worth NoticInG-Not Known that "a Woman
ever raid Money rcr being Brought cut
Miss Adelaide Lonnox's monologue in
Stcinway Hall. and tho correspondence with
Jarrett 4 Palmer which followed. have caused
good denl Of talk in theatrical circles. Some
OF the charges that she made against Now York
managers were very explicit She asserted
that, without influence or money Il was impos-
sble for meritorious actresses either to procure
employment. or. having 10y some means obtain
cd an engagement, to keep IT, She said that
money would buy the favor OF managers. and
intmated that dshonor has been known to do
the same thing; and she spoke OF n young girl.
who had been refused by manager. who after
ward took Mrs. John Woods advice and dressed
elegantly. and was thercupon engaged by the
same manager who had a few hours before re-
fused her when she was plainly dressed.
Miss Lennox docs not appear to be well known
by New York managers All OF the leading ones
remember her name. and one or two say that
they have seen her. but they seem to DO greatly
surprised that woman 80 little known to them
professionally should have taken up the cudgel.
Mr.. Theodore Moss took on his spect!cles and
Theatre when Miss Lennoxs name was men
TONED To him Yesterday,
Miss Lennox," he said " believe l know
who she If but l can conceive what she means
Theatre is concerned, and. so far as I know, the
others in the city. Why. sir"-andI Mr.. Moss
made an emphatic gesture as he said it" Why.
sir. these charges are too ridiculous to notice"
A., How long have you been in the business.
About tyepty,six years and never knew OF
" Did you ever hear OF a woman buying her
"What nonscnsc but iii answer straight.
never knew an instance where II was proposed
by any one who intended To go on the stage
have advanced actresses ut the price of their
honor. don't believe there Is an Instance VI
the kind on record in New York"
Well we are talking, about respectablo
New York that has to be moro careful about on
gagements than q manager. Whyi Because, a
| bad one means loss Of patronage. The only
| thing We can AFFORD 10 look at Is merit. aud ]
| know that there isn't an actor or actress Of
merit in New York that need wait long for an
shh,SiG,gement IL iney VII Tx 2ne taat their
| that they have different ideas of their abilities
/ than managers have. But the manager ought
The reporter intimated that he probably had.
but before the sentence was finished Mr. Mos;
| continued: Then there's another thing. |
suppose We get here twenty applications some
| days. But our company is all made up. Now,
| tive take all of these or even those we know
have merit We have got to put out somebody al
| ready engaged, Applicants don't think of that
No. 40 far IA walack's is. concerned Miss Lon
nox is all wrong. Not charge that she makes
is true. and never has been here
g Has this attack of Miss Lennox made much
| talk among managers 2
We'll. I've heard more or less about 1t. l
took i as a Joke ut first. and don't think now
Tho sen-bronzei Commodore Tooker spoke
| OF tho matter with his customary lacOnlc force.
Jarrett Palmer pay out money when they
But has not Miss Lennox such ability rs to
OqB nfr Know STor heard Fl 6er II she
had paying ability in Jarrett 4 Palmerr's line
'4sf get SBoS s commo
81 shl Tut tut. there, the Commodore
said, appealingly raising his hand. It's false
Business il business in the profession. and
tomfoolery'l ruin any manager 1t takes a
man OF bruins 10 manage. He knows what's
what Do YOU suppose u man can be- Il success
full manager and foolY 1t don't stand TO rea-
Mr.. W. X. Floyd said that in all his expert.
ence rs a manager he had never heard 81 such
things rs those charged 10y Miss Lennon There
as H En- No manager Sr Viii vii Eeep Veal
talent on his stage when he can have good. 1
he did he's ruined. i venture 10 say that NJ
| woman ever oN'red manager OF a iirst-clas'
theatre money 10 bring her ont. II this were
done NO manager ever accepted it,
Is woman $ character ever made the price
Of an engagement p
answered but. spite Of some gossip, don't be
llcVe that this was ever done.
" Has there been gossip 10 that effect -
- You know that our profession Is more apt e
be goss pped about than others, but it has hap
pcn"d tnut actress about whom there has
been much gossip have been oncs who coul,
draw very full houses. That is the test tina
keeps actresses in employment II is safe L
say, think, tilat no woman nor man with am
ahility-and by this don't mean Morris moi
q Montague. hut with ability To- do any particu
lar business satisiactorlly-neod wat long II
THIS country for an engagement. VIII 20 fur
! thcr and say, ms personal opinion. that thor
never was a time when talent and aptitude fol
all lines Of acting were more in demand than
now. We need e'ruus- good men and women
They may not g,t into New York stool, comua
nes at once. but II they merit il they will
I sooner or later. But Boston. Philadelphia. chi
| c;u.o. and other cites. and companies on tn
road. oner openings all the time 10 ability lW
may rest assured that a New York manage
looks only 10 one thing in making up his com
lnny-a hility-and having made 1t M, It stands
! Even ability then Will not make q change. lIay
ng Montague at Muihck r. shall We discha"3.
! him because some ono else ot equal ability
perhaps, comes along aud demands an engage
! | mcntf'
In the Union Square Theatre. the Park an,
the Fifth Avenue. the charges 81 Miss Lenno
were rs strongly denied and the assertion tina
ability was the only requisite for an engage
ment when there were vacancies was as strong
ly maintained.