, 1880-04-25
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Current Theatrical Gossip, Local and
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matte Situation.

SOUR GlKlS' In 1ftOObLG'
Mr.. II. C. Kennedy is. as he tells us In his
bills, 1.-The manager and proprietor OF tne
sole right of production Of Henry j..
pyron's comedy Of "Our Girls" which dur
ing the past week has been running ut
lIooley's. Mr.. Kennedy is a young man,
and, like many young men who snddenly
find themselves in the position Of manager, Is
filled Will, an exaggerated idea Of his own
importance. This fact the company have
heen disagreeably made aware of several
times since they started upon their tour,
which viii! terminate tonight Where Mr..
Kennedy sprang from nobody seems to have
clear notion. It is said, however, that he
ms first found last season in Mary Ander-
son's company playing minor parts. That
line Of business being tride obscure, he, be-
lng possessed Of little money, thought he
would have d fly at management, and ac-
cordipg}y some five weeks ago he got hold Of
"Our GirIs'' and began to organize company
for six weeks run. He enga ged Miss
Katherine Rogers as the star OF the troupe,
Init trouble arose between them over the
subject of sleepingcar tickets, and their at
ranse1nent was declared Off. Then he Sc
cured Miss Helen Tracy in the place Of Miss
Rogers, the contract, we believe, stipulating
that the engagement should last six weeks,
and that fares should be paid from and to
New York. In the beginning of last week
Miss Tracy learned that it was the intention
to play Sunday night at Hooley's, and it was
the further intention OF Mr.. Kennedy to pay
the members Of the company not a cent extra
for their services on that night Now, as the
contract was understood to call for but eight
performances week, Miss Helen Tracy en-
phahcaliy objected to any such arrangement
on the part Of her young manager, Mr..
Kennedy. Thereupon Mr.. Kennedy, after
asking the lady if she decidedly declined
to play tonight unless she received extra
compensation, and being answered in the af-
fE1natiye, stuck a notice in the green-room
Sunday night, and that any lady or gentle
man who objected to play upon that occasion
for nothing would receive 10 fare to New
York The situation OF some who had been
inclined to take stand similar to that OF
Miss Tracy compelled them to accede to the
The people came to Miss Tracy and besought
her TO play, asking her to keep with them until
the end. For their sakes, she said. and not
for the managers, she consented Kennedy
came to her after this to find ont what con-
elusion she had reached. Miss Tracy told him
that she had agreed to play for the sake Of her
companions. and not for his, wllereupon the
young manager with top lofty air said
that if she IS didn't play for the sake Of the
management she needn't play at all,'' and
members Of the company. could sue young
Kennedy for the two weeks of the engage-
ment still to run, but most professionals know
ae chances taken in getting Indemnity for a
broken contract
We understand that late yesterday after
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