The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-14

lhs county for plays which will make
money TOR aJ'on. Thai u tins only test OF q
play with nm sotOr. On, OF tbs must sue cess
fl plays IN the country Ia The Man from
Jarvis bectioD, written by man named
l. ,cke who 10 now playing the violin NJ
Block Island. He Is not man OF educsLi0n f,
but no has that average Knowledge, better
than understanding, which makes play
that can DO laughed at. A play which
he sold 10 one actor, who could
make nothing Of the part. has been sold
again by the actor for $4,000 to Joe Emmett
Billy Florence has made no money IN Elg'
land. though he isa capital actor aud a
good fellow. The general Impression Is
that he has had hls hard work for very little
result. Joe Emmett. with all his
misfortunes is rich. Either him or
his wife or somebody in that FAM
ly has over 100000. His success is
phenomenal, and none of his fellow actors
can explain it. 1t probably lies in his rath'
or manly figure and lovable countenance
and pretty singing voice. In the same
way no actor or actress can explain
the marvellous success of Lolita Crsbtree.
She and her mother haye bushels
and barrels of money. They are
nice people too, well thought Of and
while they live well, they hold on to
their cash Ltta works hard and gives the
public the benefit of all her bounce. She and
the old woman probably have from $500 600
to $500000 ard they have got 1t well
invested too. They have pensioned off
old Crabtree on $25 week, and we never
hear any more Of him. 1t was Mrs. Crabtree
the motber,who staked Abbey, the manager.
aud started him on his very successful
career. Abbey used TO be the ticket
sci er at aR Ohio theatre. He has a pleasing
face and spirit, and old Mrs. Crsbtree took
liking to him, and as she wanted to produce
Lolita in New York city and could not get
her on the stage otherwise there, she told
Abbey to go and get theatre and she would
protect him against loss. He lost money. the
first season for her like blezes; but he had
way of making it appear success.
Only $1,000 out this week, be
said. why, that is remarkable 1t far
exc eds my expectations. Look at the other
theatres. There is nothing like that business
being done in Them He actually made the
old woman believe that she was taking the
town by storm when she was losing $4,000
week. He kept her spirits up and she kept
putting up the money, and at last they made
Lotta"
l asked what was the current opinion of
Haverly, the manager.
"Uuo uestionably a sharp fellow with q
gam bler's enterprise. He will buck against
the public as long as he has got a cant. He
has undoubtedly made money on number of
bis ventures, but he has put too much of it
into mines in the far west, and selling out
these mines after they were tolerably pros
pected. He vents to get a whole lot of cash
out of them al ae. then 8Iletwar9, wo'ch
ia a costly busiggss lie zoos petvr 10 DAY
Paul"
OF Frank Mayo, the actor ii ass said:
she is a smart itlicn a. IL good actor an
has made soue money ia rsa. Late.
Among his las, purchases IS Ds'aiu2 beach
off in Msssa aert2,'
OF John usw,. il Wa said There is
one of The best com medians in the country,
whom capital has not taken up A man
with means ought have play wri ten f
Lewis. or two or three plays suited to bis
idiosyncrssy, and make a star OF him and
give him company"
Of BARLEY Campbell it was said: For
some line he made piles of money, but in
stead of continuing to write plays and max.
ng percentage out of them, he insisted
upon having companies of his own to play
them, and they often made serious losses.
) of the play call ed the Widow
DtuOtt, IL Whs EAU tuuly iL1Sho h"S
sold it for five or elk thousand dollars, IL was
poor stock to travel with.
Speaking of "Uncie TOMS Cabin, which"
is now having big run at Niblo's Garden,
under Jay Rial, who plays it with blood
hounds chasing Eliza, ii is said: "That is the
most extraordinary piece to keep on run
ming that was ever written, but every actor
bates it.
In a conversation Max Strakosch was
quoted as saying at L uissille, when some-
body pointed out to him the usual fashion
able audience there in full dress, paint and
war feathers: "Oh, that is Just the ruin OF
the show business Boston, which Is the
best show town in America, gives you an su
diencs where the women wear their
water proofs and plain wooden dresses, and
as they have not put their money into
dress or carriages they can come once
week The year round to the theatre, tut
here wher- they run into fine clothes .hey
csnnot afford TO c,me but once year ="
Every body agreed that Boston was The best
theatre town in the cou try. II was also
said by the sectors that San francisco was
alb out the worst of large cities 10 The
country, and everybody cur ed Kesrney tor
having inf ctad himself on that Iich
Community, driving away US cap taA apo
then selling out the cause no espou'ed.-