, 1879-03-09

turn up. Col. Brown, husband OF tue latter
lady, Is getting up q "Pinafore party 1ol tEe
road And so is Clifton ". w. @aye ahsnfr,, II re
fever is spTeaanc. and there is talk OF making
it criminal offense to start OUT aay auv!1 soa!
panies with this piece. lfAoA1AA:
PHILADELPHIA.
THE THEATRES CHANGING HANDS ALL Ahooa1''
sp.eta, Correspondence. oj The Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE first fortnight
of Lent is not oYer, but already the air Is
thick with reports OF changes at the theatres,
and rumors Of more to come. Manager Good
win, Of the Walnut Street, has never forgiven
]. s. Clarke for buying the Broad Street, and
permitting 1t to be run in opposition to the wal
nut Street, which, although bis own theatre, ne
had leased to Mr., Goodwin. The trouble began
soon after Clarke's return from Europe lAe
Walnut does not hold more than !, 7oO persons,
but Clarke had leased it to Goodwin o Clarke
for s25, 1000 a wear, Mr. Goodwin to pay the rent
and then divide profits after taking out 30
week for himself. The natural result OF LUIS
was to make Goodwin manager, With alt the
pecuniary responsibility and salary. with only
triting share OF the profits. Even this CID
not satisfy Mr. Clarke and be said SO IN MS
quick mpered war. blr. Goodwin said, ray
me what I have gut In and Will 20 OUT,
or let me haye the theatre at $20EU year ano
YOU can go o,1t.n TO this Mr. Clarke agreed,
and then leased the Broad Street to Ford q
Zimmerman, and at once set about getting the
stars and combinations that had hitherto played
at the Walnut Street. This made Goodwin very
angry, and, though his lease has yet eighteen
months to run, he determined to get out OF 1t as
"a. In hog fhaFRfnTa. oH3En1
Arch Street Opera-House as telegraphed you
last week. The house stands At the corner ot
Tenth and Arch streets, and is as accessible IS
any in the city. 1t was built expressly LOT
minstrel hall, AMI has been run rs such until
this week, first by Simmons d s1ocum, then ny
Simmons, Slocum s. Sweatnam, and lastly ny
Swcatnam & Wclch. The owner OF the theatre
has always rented on percentage, and mad MS
own treasurer, There is really no prettcr theatre
in the country. It has mirrors all around the
auditorium, the seats extending all the way
across, and no parquet circle. 1t has 100
seats on the lower floor, 4A IN the
balcony, and $50 In ths eal1eT3yo; * tasEo tie
cts in the boxes for one night. twill be seen
that this is an admirably proportioned house,
and it is on level with the street, the entrance
being through broad archway not more that
twenty feet deep. Mr. Goodwin had to contenu
with A1r. Abbey, of the Park Theatre, for the
lease, but the latter agreed to stand aside, and
out OF compliment Dir. Goodwin, who never
forgets friend, has named it the fark lneatgc,
aud has made contract with ABBEY oy WHICH,
they are to assist each other IN any way POSSIBLE
New York regularly. The house bas q fine
stage, quite large enough for comedy theatre
about thirty-si1 feet deep and about as high
It can also b. enlarged if need BE-. It is un-
questiopably the most COSY theatre IN Io"n'
and in this respect has no superior anywhere,
This will be Mr.. Goodwin's special care: He
says that Air. Clarke having advertised thc broao
Street as the oest-locatcu theatre III tonn, lT :
let Mr.. Clarke's other theatre take care oi Itself.
his face, and has the contracts now ready tor
signature by which Col. William E. Sim, Of the
Brooklyn Park, assumes the management ; ne1I
season for either twenty or thirty weeks. MS
is the arrangement foreshadowed IN letter 10
THE TRIBUNE long ago, when Mr.. Goodwin vas
awaiting Fanny Dayenport's reply to his offer
for 400 nights. Col. Sim, who was Tor long
time manager Of the Chestnut Street, and knows
the city pretty we'll, will run it IN connection
with his Brooklyn theatre. with one stuck com
many for botu houses. he Will not nave the
lease, but WILL probably be the sole man
aeer. Goodwin has also put bis finger IN
another pie,-perhaps I should say another
mess,-for nc is in treaty with Fox Tor ti'e
American, and Hheu tOX gets ouL ol Jal1 t1c
business wll be concluded. Forepaugh has
nude Robert Fox an offer for the new Amerl-
can Theatre. which has been run since it was
rebuilt as variety theatre OF the lowest 51nd; a
It is large house, capable OF holding 2,ooo
persons, and has an admirable location upon
Chestnut street, within one block OF the Contl-
mental aud Girard Houses, the new Post-Othce,
aud is in the same block with the Mutual Lne
Building, the Western Union telegraph Con,
pany, and the Mercantile Library. T. viii need
further refitting to the amount OF Sl0otU or
$4,000, for it was never properly finished, car
nets and upholstery being entirely unnecessary
for the class of people who have been its
patrons.
Nor is this all. Ford & Zimmerman. who
took the Broad Street, with the option to shut
it m whenever they liked, and with the agree
ment that no second class entertainment should
be nut upon the stage, They have filed their
contract, and without any capital at nli-not
that it was lacking, but it was not needed
have made about $30, 900 on the season, or Will
have before it closes. They have cabled an offer
to Clarke to renew, but be has written, and they
do not know what he proposes as yet. Inc
chances are that they will have it, for no one
else could begin to DO as well With it. J..
tsBilyn Gemmill is keeping his own counsel
about tie Chestnut Street, upon which HaVerly
is said to have an eye, and no one knows what
he will do. He has certainly come out ahead