Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10

many playing % The t15ss ~ -
manager must psY for their 9lsibutten.
He givee Gskst, Filth AaSes Thereht-
inrs uoufDeF Ara "dk6lbita1G 20 .
New York theatre issnevee leD than
500 week. This, added 70. the 30
for newspaper adveftislnS. brings up
the whole amount. Then there are
extras -billsi In the streeteazs, posting n
Brooklyn, Harlem, Jersey City, and
other suburban points. Hundreds q
hand bills are often spread about broad
cast. Picture frames are placed Ia win
dows, advertisements are inssrted IN
out-of-town papers. These items maybe
500 q week more. Say $50. This
brings rent and advertising accounts to
$3.50 . week.
The staff Of o theatre, business msn-
ager, treasurer, ushen. assistant treas
urer. etc, Is $3.50 more. The orchestra
costs, generally, $50. A theatrical u
cense Is $500 year or SO . week
Stage hands, scene carpenters and the
door-keePer (who 10 very often the JAM:
tor a. well) cost, making the average br
the whole season, 500 more. Stationary
coupon tickets, etc, are 10 be paid foe.
All! you say this ID al, surely.
No; 1t Is not. The manager cannot
give the performances In darkneo.
Gas Is an Important and unyieldinG
item. DAILY does without Il, but ho
Il sn exception. A well-lighted house
Is q very important thing. Then scenery
must be painted tor each new play, and
repairs are needed continually. Chairs
keep breaking, dust accommodating, raj
ings falling part and glass being shat
tered. The nimhle hand Of the female
scrubber is needed at least once day.
md windows unwashed have habit
of keeping out the light. Estimating
all theseSyet not troubling you with the
details-the total Of hard.pan, bedrock
expenses in the running OF = hrst.cltss
New York house comes to 81 900. There
are luxuries and etceteras, but these do
| not count.
Let us say that good company Is APP
pearing at the house. II Is performing
some attractive play. The house u
popular. The weather Is propltions.
| Competition Is not too strong.
On Monday night, the theatre, which
NAV hold fifteen hundred, Is two-thirsts
ull-a good house. There are one
| th ousand persons present. One hun
dred and fity have "bill-bosriS,' ono
hundred and fifty more are members OF
| the press, the dramatic or musical pro-
fession, are fellow managers, blu p,s-
! tiers, friends, etc, etc. Seven hundred
| persons pay. The receipts from these
are $500. The maraaer Of the combina-
ton takes Sou, The theatre manage!
! appli0s his soA " =. % .Se PAL. sesae:s,eHs
OF his expenses. This brings him down
10 81 $50.
On Tuesday there are fewer complf-
mentaries. The receipts are the same.
The manager Is down TO 81 100.
On Wednesday night the house jumps
up to 5000. The theatre manager takes
$500. He has still $500 10 pay of:
Thursday night Il rains. The weather
is Indictment. The house falls n $500.
The manager takes 500. He was two
nights of the week left and 500 10 pay.
Friday Is usually Q good night. The
receipts reach $500. He takes $500,
which pays just half OF his remaining
| expenses.
ffthc Saturday matinee occurs on
| fair day, he takes In 500; ifit IL incie-
ment il may he only $3.50. Put Il at
| $500.
| He has now reached Saturday night.
| His EXPENSES for the week have been
Il. 600 His share ~ the receipts II 81 40.
| he :, III $50 behind. Saturday H.
therefore. the nigh, which determ!ne' u
he has fair luck nc takes In S500-$256
goes To him. What he takes
in after $50 IL profit. He Ia 500 ahead
on business OF s., 400 and expenses 81
| 81, 900. II on Saturday night he strikes
a BOOM" To quote the theatrical phase,
his receipts are $500. This puts him
$3.50 ahead Of the week.
All these items and averages are fig
ured closely. Ofcourse, the margin Of
difference Il greater than have put II,
but substantially the figures are about
| correct.