The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25
SALARIES ARE LOW.
Actors Find Much Cause for Di
couragement-Plays in the Metropt

Actors Find Much Cause for Dis
couragement-Plays in the Metropo-
lis.
New YORK, Sept. 22.-Theatrical people
are growing about salaries, though it is
lamentably true that great many of them
have at present no salaries to growl about.
The 'slave Market" as that portion of
Union Square where actors most do congre-
gate is called, was never so crowded. 1t is
asserted by those who should know that
wages have not been lower for long
time. The summer has been a trying
time and the fall brings little hope. Ac-
tors who have played Hamlet acceptably
are getting along on ratIons that would not
feed The Ghost. Two reasons are cited for
the hard times. One is the perennial COM
plaint that the profession is overcrowded;
the other alleges that managers are becom-
ing meaner every year. In illustration of
the latter the anecdote of Mr. Harry
Miners trip to Newark is repeated He is
said to have offered the company fifty
cents on dollar of their salaries because OF
a bad weeks business; and great was the
indignation at such conduct
A fair measure of success seems to be en-
joyed by the New York theaters. Cora
Tanner, in Fascination" continues to be
successful in spite of tho much advertised
VI IOlco Ic-
qulre the assumption of male attire, and
her appearance in such dress is the signal
for vigorous applause. She has been highly
commended for her performance which, on
the whole, is decidedly clever. She will not
go upon the road until near the middle of
next month. Metropolitan critics say that
Col. Sim will make money with Robert
Buchanan's improbable comedy"
The Hill Mather inharmonious combina
fiOTD which haS ham MIA vi n nOnciG hi a
audiences in the local courts will make no
money for either of them. The lawyers in
the cast, however, are reported as dong
very well.
1.-THE Paymaster" at the Star this week
has not won the favor of the press. Its
leading attractions are a tank and Mrs.
O'Sullivan Dimpfel of Baltimore. Neither
the lady nor the tank was satisfactory, but
the former was treated with much less con-
sideration than the latter. The verdict
was just. In ten women selected at ran
dom there would almost certainly be nine
better actresses than Mrs Dlmpfel, and
though her personal attractions are consid-
cradle, they cannot atone. for her complete
lack of the power of expression. 1t is i'm
possible to put it more mildly. Neither
her voice nor her face reveals the slightest
evidence of emotion from one end of the
piece to the other. "The Paymaster" has
very little dramatic merit; and a debate on
the tariff could not be more destitute of
originality.
Edward Harrigan has reached that point
when success is assured in advance. His
latest play, "Waddy Googan," was given
faint praise by the critics, most of whom
said that it could not attain long run.
Manager Hanley thinks differently. The
piece draws ever increasing crowds and
bids fair to run all winter. Mr.. Harrigan
is close student of life, and his success
founded upon this basis should be great
encouragement to youthful and honest
playwrights. He is not rigid realist, but
his burlesques never distort the actual be-
yond an easy Identification. If the writers
of more serious dramas would study as Mr.
Harrigan does, there would be fewer stulti-
flying melodramas full of impossible emotion
and virtues that do not deserve their re-
ward.
1.-THE Kaffir Diamond" with Louis Aid
rich in the leading part of Shoulders" is
meeting with continued success and will
probably hold the boards for the full ten
weeks contemplated at the start Then
Mr.. Aldrich will go upon the road with it,
and his friends say that he will make nearly
as much money from it as MY Partner"
yielded. HOWARD FIELDING.