, 1880-02-22

, | prietors of Chicago, the Sunday business
, nov regretted, not so much on account Of an
| religious grounds Or conscientious scrIples, bt
j, point of view. 4 representative Of TaE Tn1r
USE interviewed every manager in town th
other day. with the following result: McV1cke
, | Harnlin, and Quin1in against Sunday theatricul
and HaverlS, Emmett, and Sprague in favor.
MIR. o1'vIcKER.
Manager McVickeI, the venerable, WIS tn
first encountered. He knows-upon the Sunda
question-that he has left undone that thin
which he ought to have done, and he has don
! that thing which he ought not to have done an
he was very noncommittal. ttThere appears
the writer began, IS to be some agitation owe
the Sunday question, and I'd like to have you
views upon
MY dear Sir" the Governor broke in. NV
no views; don't believe In them: they're expen
| sive lu1uries.'
But I'd like to know, you know confiden
italy catching button OF the Governors coat
! I'd like to know why you give Sunday perform
ances-"
"For money!" he answered 1aconically ant
! emphatcally.
swell, what induced you to desecrate the
] Sabbath" Z"
| "31oney.''
Snow. Governor" said tho scribe, I" tell me-
and tell me- truly, do you think the receipts OF
| the theatres for the week, including Sunday,
! have been larger than they used to be without
| Eunday2'
! :" haven't taken the trouble to find out I
rent on Sundays for stipulated sum.''
hsnaHt r you ~ .hlak SUNDAY performances are d
Haven't given the subject q thought"
!" You can tell me, Mr.. McVicker, whether you
are e II n y fsEor Of Sunday performances?'
" It all depends upon what they are"
Well. for example, the German performances
at your house?"
II haven't seen them," replied Mac: don't
s,agS know- IheyIS in German, and don't UNDER
And yoq mean 70 say that you allow pieces
to BE Ihsy R1syed t9 your house and you
Mayor Harrison hath said: When in Rome,
5 DO as the Romans d9'; and for the present I'm
he%anma Tnen eeEmhn se;d 3Se ]Rqs11eer kq@1h
s1der 1t at all necessary for nanag-I mean
1an1tor-of theatre to examine closely what
4' The janitors business. my dear boy" re-
turned Mac in gil seriousness, SIS to take caro-
Of t the keys and draw, the rent; the critics to
Then the writer tried him in another direc-
Do you think, Governor, he said, that
Sunday performances do any good to the pro-
What profess{oaf" calmly inquired itsf 3oy1ck-
The theatrical profession"
its MEMBERS
senting bad plays and imposing upon % tie eood 10,
nature Of honest theatrical ianitors"
This reply satisfied.
IS Whether Sunday performances" said the
manager, are detrimental to the profession OF
not y matters little to the general public"
Because the public only live for moment
aa az happiness, regardless Of the interests Of
Well, SO far as You have heard, what is the
sentiment ct the profession IN regard to playing
on SundnyT'
~ That which yop call the profession express
Do the actors get any more for the extra |
NO." said the Governor, IT don't think they |
&C. ao rs rule. The big ones may; tho little onea
= Then the big ones beng in the minority, It Is
sa1e To say the majority Of players are opposed |
seven nights in the week." ~ -
Their fs acts would decidedly lead one to sup
y, do yon imagine the general playguing pub
DC ;, are r IN favor OF Sunday performances7S
II YOU'D be very easy matter to find that
0ut, II + the City Government desired to do so-''
AT our next municipal election let 8 vote be
taken u e Tor or against Sunday theatr1cals-"
= Do you imagine, Mr.. McVicker, that the
ounoas theatres hurt the attendance at the
has sHhasl kind ef people are soen In the houses
,at1aen can speak only for Meytcker's, which is
~ IAG 1SSl ElH5a Oh GGfmaQ8x' !
:" From purely financial point Of view the
eporter said, returning to u former question. |
m ao gon uhin9 Sunday performances benefit to
~ do not; emphaticaIly no."
'ol,nc 'o1tSr thai the sunday theatres kept many
'ourt docket On Monday morning?" !
=" l don't believe it. The taste for the theatre
n1 s1e TASTE for whisky are rarely found in the
From what you have eaid, Governor, infer 4
nas .s you @ are opposed to Sunday amuscments?'' +
ational @ amuscments On that day" :
what. Mhat do you consider rational anuse- q
:" Well" said he, 1.-THE theatre proner Mv .
iea OF rational amusement would CORRESPOND
tnat OF lew people in tha city. think il we
2uid y have series of historical plays, or What
ays would be Injurious to none 9 9
an mpossibility to secure legislation in nrdar a
oraw such distinction in the theatre. It Was p
e. iow VARIETY theatres where slang and coarse
r. was done. but their evil was as eTectiva q 3,
eek-d days as Sunday. In regard to the origin u
eeulauTe managers who had no respect for The ! .,
ann, ne community, or for themselves. Our a.
~ aofrtes ..nt aaed to stop them on account Of a
N gu 1dsinsss people hare often to do what ST
sy would rather not in order to keep up with tn
t to become a 'Romau,' I rented McVicker:s In
The German manager, who Is supported nv a in
IS o. Germans without superiors in the COM an
Then you really have 40 point to make 70
ainst I;i Sunday thcatricals e ' at
= me strongest one would make is, that were vi
y suppressed by law, It would be the means Of fo
ating regular German theatres They wouii | IN
run On an equality with Others, and would be NJ
py + aq fhe to tie otty for
our schools. We should have regular Ger1nan I ne