The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-11

Ing to advertise her and supplied hor with a
cost an average of nearly 81 900 each. She win
s S55SSTt,flR go and her share VIII PISSa6y be
enormous. The second Of Mr. hlSs' stti. &C.
tl2nn nso viii c be "A ,SquaIe Man, in place Of
ESs and PR The Tn nsap %Sd
a. T,s0 W MT Hils pr3pGGriy has been taken or
ming the Peoples Theatre Of st. Louis. will
nave two companies on the road-the Lingards,
sixteen 4 persons. expense 500 per week, and
our Gobins," ten persons. expense 81 300 per
y9rcons, for which Mt. Mitchell pays a royalty
ance, but the mainstays OF the season viii he
The less expensive pieces 81 Camille" and
To-, East lynne' The Gobins company open
Messrs Simmons Brown will have two com
b nnirs on thc roadnHagne's Ministries and tho
BARLEY Campbell will have two White Slave"
combinations
one for opera boutIc, led by Mile. Thee. and the
other for comic opera, and has gone to Paris to
engage his company.
John 4. stevens has given up his Twelve
Jolly Bachelors and viii have only one com.
pany. ont this season TO play his Unknown"
]. II. Haycrly's boundaries have been greatly
contracted. :. He will have this year only his
theatIres ~ New York. Brooklyn, and Chicago.
John stetsons arrangements are not yet
ana 9ut na IN H "a m to MS typ New
at least ono company, and probably thrce be-
lore the season is over. on the road
Tho expenses OF travelling theatrical man.
agement are greater thi year than ever before.
The railroad companies have pooled their
issues on theatrical rates. 80 that there il no
more possibility of getting very cheap trans
Rortati2n by exciting the competition of agents.
fronSTd IN, bm hi
to average, cut of about 49,, per cent. and
now they , hayf t. pay extra f9r overweight Of
salaries have Increased 20 per cent ali along
the line since last seasons contracts We're
prnns Is s1 tha
In former years. That advance in salaries is
what managers dislike most. however. They
aver that actors nowadays are putting flc-
titious value upon Themselves. demanding $50
week when they IRE reaIlyn worth half that
A few days ago u young man applied to Mr..
Sam Colville for an engagement in World"
comlbinatiop WHICH he was partly forming.
Fifty dollars n week" the applicant replied.
What experience have you mad ~
We'll. was out part OF last season with
travelling troupe
Well, I've been a lawycr-studed law"
Coville took breath very hard for minute or
two. and then said:
Young man, what would you pay me per
week to ue allowed to appear on the stage in Il
piece under my management
IT was the young mans turn to gasp. and he
did it. Before he could find speech. Colvilles
anger broke loose:
why" he exclaimed how dare you come
to me with such a demand You get $50! On
the experience OF part OF season, Young
man. | was a manager before you wore your
first trousers, and your coming 10 me now TO
demand $50 week Is an impertin ence. an in
suit. Get out. before hurt you"
The rage among actors and actresses for be-
coming stars the natural outgrowth of the
combination system. is really making great
scnrcity Of good, available actors and actresses
and those who are in the market ratio them
selves very high 1t is probable that n number
OF juvenile men will be brought over from Eng
land this fall.