, 1881-03-13
A Theatrical smash-Up-The Firm
Of Gulick & Blaisdeu.
4 Stellar Irruption-Nhat We May Ez'
pect hext Season.
Local Theatres-Buxom Fanny Daven'
. port as the Fragile Camille.
Chat Concerning Actors, Act
resses, Managers, and
Plays.
a'THr SMAcII-uP.

A THEATRICAL SN1AS11-UP.
The firm Of Quick s. Dlaisdcll, which came
into existence with flourish Of trun1pets anu Il
loud hurruh ut the beginning OF the season. mas
ceased to exist They organized bureau here,
and from this point they determined Win all
modern facilities To lick order out Of the chaotic
stt. of dramatic affairs Of the Northwest, form
circuits. and reyolt1tioutze things generally.
They organized n lot Of companies, ana called
thcn ".unrnnteed nttractl0as. --Gu1rahLeeo
by Guilck s. Bialsdcil to be OF the very hrst
watcr,-sand with these companies they staFted
upon n carcer through Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
and adjoining Stnte5 thAr landed thcfn III IL
ditch. Tho partners turned up In the cltg
tho other day. Their appearance WIS haggard'
and their story narrowing one. With the res
i4nution Of II man who knows he has been
suuarely beaten, Mr.. Joseph Gulick related his
woes and tho tule be thinks, should be Il sntts-
factory explanation Of the firms position.
1t has been stated that Messrs. Gultck Diats-
tiells original capital WIS but $'u', upon which
they have tried to run business requiring ten
times this money, but Mr.. Gu!1ck contrautcts
this story, and suites that they had IN tho tres-
ury S4,oW when the campaign was started. This
has melted aw,ly and their liabilities now foot
up some $l3,7S5-
"Our lntcutiOn," said Mr. .Gulick, was to
play the Northwestern and Western States,
nnd give the people III those regions
better attractions than they had been
in the habit Of seeing. But, alas!' sighed
the manager, ~ we cast our pearls before swine.
50 10 speak. We put John Dillon on the road
with better piece thnn he has had In years ana
n better company thln he ever bad. VIC had
Ditun about fifteen weeks. His average re-
ccipts were Ssll IL night, but we gave him such
ridiculous percentage that we cou!ul nuke
profit. Our losses un him were *j.N, including
tho liabilities incurred by his brenklng the ell
Eugemcut by gett ny drunk und neglccttng bust !;
n Don shafe y was Ia y per Is cent ner OF cep2 hs
e nesdes ne we aid s a bis is Nip and
S v e Scfore tho ae eeseo ' ,e asa
the business ran nowt, and VIC concluded to let
the party 90, The Hop Scotch party we hud
$5.5o5 on it. The sAr:.blan Nights company
was, l think, the best that ever went
wea{ Of cnisaso PIC; Snd ss Yss lassct a t"eigo o
these organizations OF course put us In II very
bud box and we determined to try aad recover
ourselves with Il m1ustrel company; Fate. DOW
ever was ,,.tttlst us, An We piled I'D 34,OOO
more debt when We concluded to quit. This
troupe would, think, hnve m.de money bud it
NOT been for bad wentner and .,s succession ; o.
seem For sout time past said Mr. Gulfck
Iii has becn hard struggle to get from i. town to
where We played to $3.50, and then were
showed in for five DAYS. [ don't know
how we would nave escaped from the pncc had
it not been for Capt. Gntes. the proprietor Ot
The l1utel. When we arrived in Chicugo lslafs-
dell hid just tive cents In his pocket. aud had
s. which I borrowed from the property man;
Our indebtedness is concentrated, and We will
pay every cent when we yet on our feet again.
Ne owe some 5000 salary
do su1tl the sans,lne Mr. Gulick: "but in tho
meantime | am going out, under salnry, to
manage Il company that will play q new piece 9
called Rooms to Rent aud Mr.. Biaisdell will
plny part ...--.
The tlrm sum ,1p their losses In this way: On
Dillon, S5JJ; ''4Araban Nights" S4.200: g." Hop
Scotch 81 100; ,ninstro!s. s3,O0U; notes due and
not coliectable, $l,ia5: expense Of organizing:
$2.,oN; engraving, ,o0o; dcfalction by on one ct
is understood thnt Of tie firms indebtedness
$l;3M is due the Nat1onal Printing Company,
$.tsu to j. II. ". Jones l. Co., and S.0O to Stow
bridge, III Cincinnati.