The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-27


the Lyceum OF this city. HIS lsst
engagement IN this city was = terrible
blow 10 him and to the management. /
His term= were $500 a performance, bat
the reC5i,. Is were next TO nothing, com
paratively speaking. Il is understood
lhaJ Booth declines 10 play more than
Jhir weeks IN year. Al MS terms 81
$500 for each performance. or including
a m4Jinee, s. 500 "a week, this would
give him an annual income 0; 500 600
but h could easily play forty weeks al
the same1trrms.
HOW SOTHERN RAKES IT IN.
Mr.. f A. oJtheTn estimated his prop
PrJy year or two ag' At the yleasa0J
figure o. Jhree-qUeIJ o. a million
heal estate values have iaIlrE some since
JneD, but SOtheTn has ~ sde money >tlll.
His terms are always $500 a perfGrm-
ance, unless he plays on shares. and il
the latter speciality he has had IS high
as eighty per cent Oh the gross Tecei pts.
An engagement made Tor him by Nh.
Harry Wall melted hin, ia Canada, that
extraordinary per cenLage, and the mau-
agement made muneF at that. Unlike
Booth, SOtheTn iurni-hes the play. He
either OWLS or virtually controls all his
spe cialtie, and as . rule insists tina
certain specified artists shall support him
in the principal roles Although he has
made much more than So 500 a week, il
would be fair average Tor lOrty-hve
weeks IN each OF the past Il years. In
other words, he can calculate definitely
on 1857 500 annual income, not counting
benefits, OF which he always mas enc in
each city Of his circuit, or the large
sums made when he elects a percentage
on the gross receipts. Some years ago
~Othern invested largely in real estate il
this city and elsewhere in tie United
States, MAILING 81 mistake common IL
these times, rom which he not only
derives 10 income, but on which he has
TO pay heavy taxes. Occasionally Mr.
SoJhern has es-ayed tue role of manager,
but generally with indifferent success
In new plays he has found but little
profit, but g Our American Cousin" and
8 Gar lex" are mines which, although
worked necessarily for many years, give
no signs of being used up. l. Was said
some years ago that the man who would
write d HTsJ-Tate melOdTama for Edwin
Booth would make q fortune for himself
aud add to Booths anne, As we'll as give
him q monumental estate. The actor
has long wanted play IN which NapO-
| leon the Great should figure, he, OF
course, To play the leading role. Ia this
r, specJ he differs from SOLheID, who has
had many plays written for him, while
none was ever written or Booth. Like
Booth, SOlueru Is married. he, how
ever, lives IN style and spends Literally
IN entertaining, while Booth csrefuuy
/ saves and puts away tUr rainy day.
NEILsoN AND DAVENPORT.
In some Te,r,ec.s Adelaide Nielsen
was the most fortunate star our Ameri,
| can heavens have seen. She never had
An uusucat ssful season an inside money
where other !avOrites dropped money.
! When she first came here she was well
! herai3ed. aud sprung al once into favor
/ : f. mas made 30 much rs one thousand
/ dollars a night SIX nights 4 week for four
/ consecutive weeks At Jimps she has
rlave3 SIS low s. one thousand dollars \
week. but she found no difficulty ia
+ closing g1utrac.S .OT Htty-tWO Wees IL
. the vesy al Eve hundred dollars per
/ fsEul4Ic-. matinee 1ncluHeH- Indeed
the ,i..oI u.a,iue-a III Nv York and
/ Boston g.s Sc a.wass tatuT.5 o. tie wee k
- ia-.ia- COI.u attend without rsC0Tts,
o. ... which out Uf-Iowa and So burban
. residents July appreciate Ms Ngll~
/ sou property, real and lsrs0uSi, is
TART 10 invested IN Teai estate N f-evy
I York and Cui .qg0. When she ~Ns out
west, the surprising crswLI o. the
4 country imwes-e. Ter. an! She was
persuaded to buy q. avi!y ~ property
aIr,aly well hAiooUad. rs -uD-. queuL
/ heavv declines affected her seTi u-ly
aud had il not been for the Kind aid OF
bosiuess friends her losses wpu have
crippled her Sill, q woman who can
make ihrty-fgs hundred dollars q week,
not counting benefits ui which she av-
/ RACES ten annually, can not well be
disabled pecuniarily. Miss Nelson
wisely declined to purchase new plays,
but Conteuted he'seI with util zjng her
. oil repertoire. She is now playing ID
tbs British provinces, aRd doing we'll
. IL Is said Luag she cDutsmplates auothG T
visit 10 this C5UrtTy, and mau6gors are
Ieady Ton her old-time terms.
A veteran manager said recently that
next to Adelaide Neilsou, Miss Fanny
/ Davenport is the most valuable star III
. The country. By that he meant that
she c-uld aIasys command big rates and
ta4J her man gers EeeG nave no lear
about heT drawing ability. J. Is but q
/ few years since Miss Davenport played
III burlesque IN H0oIey's Minstrel Hal
In Brooklyn, dressed IN boy clothes
and appealing 70 tn symp.. HES # the
gallery youth. Her fortune II not large,
but she has made great dsa! Of money
and is alwsys Goo3 Tor 81 OOC s. week al d
a benefit, ben she plays in popular
dramas. In new roles Mss ID ,yeupUrl
does not make 50 much money She
: purchased the play If OIVs," aud
+ with company e her own organizing
travels over the country. Dramatic