Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23
ssSTARS,, IN CARS.
EXPENSIVE LUxURIEs WHICH NopJEskA, NILSSON
AND LANGLEY DEMAND OF THEIR NANAGERs

From tfre hzl~sislphsa Record.
Three Of the principal female. theatrical stars
Of the country will travel this season In private
cars engaged especially for them. These In
clude Madame Modjeska. Miss Nilsson and Mrs.
Langtry. The star % to-day goes about In
great style, and 1t takes good big bank 40
count TO back up her whims and make her feel
comfortable. ModjeskA is the first 20 take the
road. She came here in q magnffcently ar
ranged car, the City OF Wore ester. which is
leased every summer to a party OF gentlemen
residing In the city OF that name In the Bay
State, and In which they make an annual trip
to the plains and Rocky Mountains. This Car
has been reftted by Mr.. Stetson, with whom
Madame Modjeska has the contract Ito do" the
country. The interior has been refurnished ut
an expense OF not less than $1,000. The
madame Insisted upon her private car. and she
holds her manager strictly TO the letter OF his
contract. Cars are rather costly affairs and
eat into the profits Of the engagement. In the
first place, they cost $50 per day for their use
which sum goes TO the parlor car companys
treasury, and does not inclnde the hauling OF
the car about the country, which is equivalent
to the fare OF eighteen passengers. SUNDAYS
count the same as other days. Then there ia q
porter, q French cook and servants tor the
madame, all OF whom are under pay during the
entire engagement, as well as a manager, who
accompanies the star and looks after the fnan-
cial interests ofhis employer. AT the conclu-
street Opera House Madame Modjeska will have
spent two entire weeks in this city. Her car
has been placed on a siding mp at Belmont
while she has been enjoying sumptuous apart
ments at the Continental hotel. The car costs
Just the same whether I'm use or not. and for the
fifteen days the actress spends here Mr.. Stetson
Will pay $3.50 rental to the Pullman company.
At the conclusion of her engagement the lady
starts on a weeks tour through the state. This
Ii where the car and Its attendant comforts
hot lima sh.. naEasr
hotels will be stunned, and the madame vii
eat and sleep on the rail- When the next large
city Is reached, and a weeks stay is made. the
car VIII be thrown upon siding to wait for Its
fair occupant TO return. The City OF Worcester
is the same coach In which PATTI made her tour
last spring. or course, for all this heavy OUTLAY
there must be an adequate return. Proprietor
Fred zimmerman, OF the Opera House, says that
Modieska, last week, brought 50, $50 to his
nobby amusement hall. What proportion the star
gets he is not aware bet he presumes 1t is not
less than 35 per cent. OF the gross receipts. Mr..
stetson, of course, receives a handsome per-
centage, out Of which he pays the company,
and Zimmerman Nixon pocket what is left
The managers all like Modjeska; she is not fret
full, and does not demand outrageous things.
The lady is a hard worker and never shrks six
nights and matinee If she Ia well enough to
stand upon the stage.
Next Wednesday Nine. Nilsson will come here
In private car, with French cook attachment
etc. She will give but two performances here.
The songster will be quartered at the Hotel
Bellevue in apartments which cost S24 per day,
not including meals and attendance. In addi-
ton there is provided for her use handsome
turnout-team, footmen and driver-the best
that the fashionable West End can supply This
VIII cost about S25 per day, whether it leaves
the stable or not
Following Nilsson comes Mrs Langtry, who
VIII occnpy the same sumptuous apartments as
her predecessor, and have the same gaudy team
and equpage as the queen Of song. Ii is a very
costly business, this moving OF female stars
about the country; but If they are a success the
couple OF hundred dollars per day expense en-
tailed Is but a bagatelle when the profits are
TAX en- into consideration.