New-York tribune., 1884-12-06
HINTS FROM THE MANAGERS.

GLIMpsrS OF THEATRICAL BUSINESS AND PLANS.
A. M Palmer. Madison Square Meore.-rhc interest
taken by the public in the Private secretary is as
grca, IA ever house is filed every night We
have not yet decided upon its there are no
symptoms OF u dcclnc IN the business 1t IL doing. AS
it begins to fail we shall put Oh one OF several
plays we have under consideration. New-f"rk IL u
curious city, however In London could safely pre-
dict run many months. but here IL is different ana
without any warning business may begin to droop
was amused at some Of the Democratic news
paper accounts Of the Actors Fund benefit IL was the
actors benefit with the actors left out Mr. Cleveland
occupied their attention to the exclusion of all else
Harry Miner president Aotors' Pnnd.-Thcre is no
doubt as to the of Thursdays benefit. hut am
afraid that people do not quite like the way in
which, they phrase IL, doomed dhngs My notion
that the chief thing the benefit was for was to make
money for actors, Acting upon that supposition,
tried in every way to attract public attention and
think my efforts were successful Perhaps my critics
would rather have things run IA they were last
year. when the receipts barely paid expenses.
sec'e Mocknye Nco Lyceum Thcdrs.-we havc decided
to open the new theatre the hrs; week I'm February
which will entail an immense amount OF hard work for
all Of us between and then Among several novel
ideas of my own which shall introduce IL that will
cccualy suppress the bugbcar Of manascrs-hc ticket
speculator obliged to certain air of mys
terry In speaking OF my new Inventions as have suffered
somewhat in the past from opposite course ! can
only say that the tickets will be novel IN design and ma
tcifa and bona fde holders Of them pass In
and out of the theatre unchallcngcd.
.,oscph Brooks | had long talk the other day with
stuart Robson and Crane, and concluded definite ar
rangcents with them for their the two Dro
with in my revival of The Comedy of Errors"
They are both eager 10 appear once more In the play
witch ran for long ~ the old Park Theatre and really
made them famous I also received long letter iiom
Lewis Wngfcld yesterday. He has already begun to
make hls sketches iur the SCENERY and costumes.
Inn bp
~ ia,uinbiy received WHEN shr h's appeared IN
Amrnra AN negotiating ior u Ndc6h to support her
during hrt Kew Nu,k enlargement
" H. isat,h -ihpir hns been nu sueh business dome
n ii tnntl, Theatre snrr u urrni asls lulns 10y
Az AhaMrss hltn" Al hisi " seeinth "a thrnrh the
aas frush oil, ~ attending bn, dnihs The lasi week
,hpf nnHAiAhei,i ,hs men ~ ihe anlrnep lhr,a was
lee lieh ani o.lrc,leNebt features ihpe pn moo
eiFi 10 e ras, whp VIII hp siphi Sheht snr lht shp
10 eni ssieen, and she "a ehefen hsh'ii n' hri ss
~ HimmsrmgH, manage inr tgha h's'sea " Mnhln
CstO 10 actually increasing ~ popularity 'h's season
aud ihins play II even heler Than when We iFst
started out with II Before eleolion of COURSE in com
mon with every other attraction We suffered consider
ably, but since then We have done excellent business
been the most disastrous for iOr ali hnat
rca business Meiodrama ana farcoa comedy are the
only things which spell success ON the road
Samuel G1au Aimtes manager-Madamo Aimee is
drawing larger houses Engishscomedy than she did
in French opera boufe. As our party now, including
my sci numbers only dozen. you can see that there Is
II larger margin for profit than when had an opera
company OF seventy eighty. Her English improves
daily In fact. she speaks almost too well for her part
which that of French girl She Is maryellOusy easy
to get along wha fact no one appreciates more than
myself This week. for instance she plays ten perform
anccs IN Chicago but when asked her 10 play an
enth for Actors fund she did it without mur
muir She reaches New York the week after next.
Franklin Sargent director of Lyceam Theatre School,
Our school will be In thorough working order as
we are In building. 30 far everything is com
We have many pupils as we can safely handle. and
have refuse applicants almost daily. so far we have
all been surprised at the aptitude shown by the majority
of the students and the Improvement We have noticed
their work began
j. 3. Pond lecture manoger.-Mrs Charles Watson.
who made successful appearance recently at CHECKER
ing Hall under my management, promises to become
well known as u reader. She Ia an EnglshwOman and
her husband Is English Army officer. For some
Mrs Watson has been popular i'll Canada and last
acted IN the United States but has before
appeared here all clocutlonist.