New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-10
for the recipient of free ticket never buys
but waits for repetition of tie favor

for the recipient of free ticket buys aferwara
but waits for repetition OF tie favor.
END OF THE CONDENSATION SYSTEM.
what Is to be the future OF the present combination
system ~ Mr.. DAILY was asked He has employed IL ~
the close OF each season and sometimes has had comp
the road during therun OF pieces athe Broadway
80 he may be supposed to speak from experience.
The combination system, think" he said, is grad
ually destroying ITSELF and eventually believe we sha
have return to the stock company system winch ior-
merly prevailed with few leading stars travelling win
their own principal support onysay two or three per-
sons Formerly stars travelled with leading support
only OF the opposite sex This change IL pehg ponsns
about oy two ss aDa perform
ances OF numerous combinations whicn pay ot1 p
the same town The companies are numerous that
the standard has been greatly loweredi ana ns Tue
lie quick resent The public OF other cities may pc
guled once or twice by the trademark of wel-lnown
metropolitan theatre but when they are ask 20 accep
name but numerically titled they reject the whole OF
them fraudulent Then. too managers nna ahe s,a
uneven Besides they expensive. Managers are
compelled to recognize the custom Of paving Tor Dill
board privileges by admissons and THESE a.e very OK
acting in the smaller cities Why many Of these con-
bnations spend more money on their wall and window
printing than they do the salaries; Managers ire
quenty lose combination what they make Oh
three or four other engagements.
STOCK COMPANIES INCREASING
Besides" continued Mr.. DAILY, the public evince
disposition TO support good stock companies In the
principal cities and these there is notable increase
in the stock-paying theatres. This past season New
York had three companes next 1t will have
seven These will wallacks the Star, Union Square,
Madison Square. Fifth Avenue. the BuOu and Days
though the Bijou will be n musical company under
stand, but still stock company. In Boston the Bijou,
the Boston and the Museum will DO stock theatres and
IL ia Just possible Mr. stetson may make that of the
Globe stock company he has determined TO DO Win
the Fifth Avenue company in this city.
"This system will gradually extend the other cities,
think, and do not think many seasons viii eapse De-
fore there will be stock companies in each as OF yore
like Mary Anderson Booth Mccullough and others
magnitude will find IL TO their interest to travel
with Just few persons possible, relying Tor tneir
general support the companies In the various cities
visited and this Will give local managers better per
centage than stars with large companies can now onef
them The stars OF lesser magnitude and the leading
people who wasting talents IN melOdramano comD-
nations will go back TO the stage and learn anew the
business they have almost forgotten while playing tner
speclaes. From my point or view take this TO De the
eventual IL the immediate outcome or the star
and combination stem rather for they are
binaton company, and the combination, on the other
hand, starring OF s members or the piece IL plays
may be mistaken In foreseeng this end OF the system
hut OF one thing am thoroughly convinced"
I" And that IL r.
That honest fame and solid satisfaction,
benefit 10 the art OF acting and the dramatic pro
fess0n and money with less risk IN the presenting
OF thoroughly good stock company In comedy perform,
than In any other form OF representation that
know of-in New-York at least"
The imaginary button gave way at this junotnre and
Mr.. DAILY carried IL of with tile air OF who mas rat-
ised himself with the delivery OF fine sentiment even
II IL does not happen to be strictly correct.