National Republican., 1885-02-28
DRAMATIC rEuILLEroN.

Ofcourse every one Is sincerely sorry for the
misfortune which bcfcll the National Thcater
Friday morning. ON all hands were heard eX-
prcssions of sympathy for the owners and
managers. HUT think how much worse II
might have been If the iirG had occurred In
September, at the opening of the theatrical
year. Before the new season begins there are
six months, during which time another and
finer thcator will riso rapidly from the ruins
whence three houses have alrcndy risen only
to meet the fnto of Friday morning. When
September comes the new house, with all mod
ern cOnvenicnccs sofconstruCtion and elCgauces
OF decoration, will be In readiness for tho
new season, which, let us hope, will be better
| in every way than the one now waning. Tho
management OF Mcssrs. Raplcy and Kinsley
| this season was wise aud good, and while de.
plorlng the misfortune which has temporarily
brought 1t to Il close, all look forward to u
more prosperous and brilliant career In tho
iuture
The members and attaches Of tho Ideal
Opera troupe were aveue to talking about
their plans for the future. When you sue.
cccdcd in getting them to talk, they were very
| indefinite and unsatisfactory. They were In.
clincd to let Miss Obcr make all sho could out
of the farewell racket, However, learned
several things which lead me to believe that
the plans for next season are well matured,
aud that the Ideal organization will be kept
| practically intact. The troupe will be run by
the principals ON a sort of cooperative basis.
The title, good will, aud costumes will be pur.
chased of Miss Ober, the chorus will bo kept
together as far MS possible, and Harnabec will
net Rs mauagcr, Engagements win be- made
1 ftnun will "a "a aI npn
expenses will be paid weekly, including sala.
ries of chorus and orchestra and what re-
mains viii DO divided among the principals
| Ofcourse there will be changes among these
Whltney's determination to retro Is irroyoca.
bic. Miss Geraldine Ulmar, | understand has
/ another engagement which will take hel
from the stage entirely, and which, unless II
turns out as so many other professional en-
gaRomen,s OF this kind have, will last for life
| Although II has been reported that others o
the principals have engagements to sing In
| Europe, Il is believed they mean to stay TO
gether underline arrangements above outlined
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Taking the profits Miss Ober has made regti
larly for several seasons back as n basis Of cal
culatlon, the prospect for the members Of thl
troupe is certainly an inviting one. Mis-
Ober's weekly expenses average Si,2OO. Iii
understood that Whitney aud his wife, who 1
In the chorus, receive about $3.50 week
Mr.. Macdonald and Miss Marie Stone, his wife
receive Jointly about $500 a week The othe
principals get from 500 to Sl7b n week each
The troupe is an expensive one, yet Miss ODE
ut the end of each season comes out from $50,
900 10 $4,000 ahead This year, one Of tn
worst known in the history OF the American
stage, her profits will not so much above so,
OOO Miss Ober has unquestonably manago(
the company well, but | don't think her nam,
has drawn any money Or gave tho troupe an!
prestige At the start, Therefore, promising
that the members of the company behay
with good sense and get II good manager, | So
no reason why they should not continue to d
u large business II they do, the principal
will have n handsome sum to divide up at tn
end Of each week, Success 70 them anyway
sngly and jointly,
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Mr.. Henry Guy Carleton, author OF "Yicto
Dnrand,' Is a blonde young gentleman, quit
bOyish in appearance Hts age, should say
Is not more than twenty-elghb AID he doesn'
LOOK that he wearB a delicate mustaehC