The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-08

igpoc.i Correspondence
WAslaoroS. July 81 ohatted last
night with one Of tho lc.a.ue theatrical
manaccIa Of the United States. The
subject - actors salaries came ur. ana
tho manager told me they are on the ~.
crease. An cla,sos a. persons connected
with the stage said he arc getting
higher salaries now than they have ever
had before. and th.nl, that many of our
actors arc paid eco much We have 10
pay $500 n wee, for any kind Of q leading
man and good second is worth $3.50 "a
week. Ii actors would save their money
they would make - a rule more than the
managers. and there is no reason why
great actors should not amdss fortunes
Look AZ PATTI with 5000 q night Note
thccxtravaganccs of Sarah Bcinhardt, and
y0u can see whore the money goes toi
There g. GOO much competition in man
agcmcnt and 10 b. this competition that
raises tho price of salaries. / have had
actors I'll $500 "a wooS who were dear at
that. and who were paid $500 n week by
another manager. and have had actresses
whom paid $50 week taken from me
by other managers, who would offer them
$500
Are the managers as a rule making
money
some ase. but not many. don't
thiul, moro than one third of the manage
mcnts haVc come out ahead during the
past wear and if these have made an NV
GRACE oi over 10000 apiece they have
done we'll rs for me | will come out be
hind and have Il very fair troupe.
"What women of the stage get the best
salaries
Tho great singers, of course, though
greet gctog Of any kind is well paid.
Jude. that Scalchi gets at least 5000
n month tampanini s.. 600, and you know
that Patti receives s. 600 night by con
tract Look az the immense sums taken
in ~ Young Joseph Hoffman. Bar an
actor c.. actress is worth just what she or
re VII luug II she viii bring $1,000 or
$500 q night she is always worth $5.WO'
and 1 she IS only the side hight 10 big
piay she may not bee worth $50 week.
The average theatrical salaries run,
Judge from $50 to SO week.
Rose Ioghian used 20 get sou
"A week. Miss J,wctt had for a time
$500 % week aud Emma Abbott started
out with Sl0oO % year, and now gets
500 90 night tor concert Ter
stcr gets 81 200 night Sembrich can
make 600 nirht and Mrs. Langtry
he's gotten til fortune oHt Of her beau
tiful face Moajcsl,a has her own troupe
and usually does very well. Maggie
Mitchell makes lots Of money and saves
IT and Kate ClaXton is always q good
cul
How about the ballet"
'"Ihc high kiclcrs are, of course. paid
wen, bat the ordinary ballet wall flower
lcis barely enough TO support herself
Ilo wages range all the way from So
wccS upward and "a good utility woman
commands about $40 a week. As 10 the
ballet. think the days of great dancers
baYc past lOu should have seen Fanny
Ellslcr when She made the tour of this
couutY. She set the people wild with
her dancing. and il was SO with IagliOn
In Europe Jennie Durand died IN Den
ser bout four wears ago, ana she Was ono
oi 3d.. first ballet dancers Of this country
sho Vas great iayoritc in the mining
towns ol tA. west. and sine made gica.
deal oi money. Ta1lOni got $4,000
y'u as o. SALARY bat she was not money
maker mld She retired from the stage
WHOM SD. was stilI in her prime
"Uo sou tiuh stage life Is hcdiliH
occupalonf
"it depends on how it H. used. Was tie
rcplr. many If the actors of tie past
have i.od 60 "a good old age Macrcady
died g. 30. and Charles kcmtic. the father
of Fanny and Roger lived 90 the age oi
90 Join Bioughan died at 80. and Char
lotto eastman had passed hcr 'Oth year
when she died. kttic Give reached
TIE age ut "A. and Fanny E,lslcr the
Motel dancer. lived 10 be H. Sarah Sid
dons died at 70 and thc Nasiacks are Of
a long lived race Henry WaliaclS, one Of
Testers uncles. lived To he -, his father
was 80 Years old when he died, and has
grandmother died az 30. Thomas kne,
The original Sir Peter 'leazlc. lived 10 he
"a and the noted COlloy Cibbcr lived To
hc 81 There is 40 reason why an actor
should not live as long as the average
man provided hc docs not drink or en-
gaeo IN othcr dissipation Ii Is tr;.c his
lifa b. m exciting one, hut lac has bis
summer vacation, and he has as mach
time a. res; as has the ordinary man, and
Il g. the same witt, actresses.
Imct Professor y. +. Dawson here YES
tculay DO is iho man WHO acted rs
Grants private secretary during the
writing 9. his boon. and ID was to- him
that Goa Logan conhdcd many ot has
papcr< Mr. Dawson has The confidence
uf more luhhc mcn perhaps. than amy
othci m.n ia She United States. Aqu!C,
slender man az about 40 years Of age, hc
has ior years been connected with the
statesmen OF the country in confidential
capacity. tie has acted as private sccre-
taiy To more men than any other stcnog-
raphcr i'm Washington, and lac LAS col
lection Of historical notes which arc sur
passed only by those Of Bancroft He Is
Possessed of remarkable literary ability,
aid his sGupulous integrity has given
him access to matter which other writers
could rot obtain He has been gathering
all the material lac could find about public
men fog the past decade or SO. Iic gets u
fun biographical sketch OF each man Of
note ho meets. asking the man TO furnish
!, To hun, aud he also has an interview
with each public man about such other
persons Of note and about such periods as
bo To- 10, "A ,.,,tufpfa t with ., mi hers