New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-02
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

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. CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
new idea for The basis Of play IL not often
met wtth but Maurice Rarymors has apparently
found one in his comedy 1Transsusion.' which Is
70 be brought cut this summer in San Francsco
Tho plot turns upon shs fao& rhst bishop Of tho
Established Church IN England b lying dangerously
i'll Tho physicians In attendance declare that nothing
hut tho transfussn Of = largo quantity Of human
Mood can save the patients life. Only one person
can be found who willing TO part with 80 muea
VITAL nud, and be 10 . tramp. The operation q sue
oesh,ly performed, but tho tramp's blood sup
posed to influence the bishops BRAIN snd sometimes
no acts with becoming dignity AND psopneW, ~nnS
AZ others The rsmps instincts gave uneonuonea
asosndanoy IS evident that snnl piaySrtggs ss
could DO built this foundation
Only a. fsw wseks ago an article entitled Booming
. Star WA published In these columns. The nsn
and dangers that wers then pointed out have just
rocsysd = remarkable confirmation In the failure Oh
An aIron Croodn q. the Fourteenth Street Tnesus'
That piece ives written for the purpose OF introducing
Mrs Marie Cross, . lady hitherto unknown 70 inc
.ocaI stacy. Both play and star failed disSuoasv'
though Is Il only fair 30 say that Mrs Cross ION .
SICK bed 10 sct on the Hrst night and on mo secono
succumbod to nervous prostrst!oA h~ oame near
having fatal termination. The theatre naa 0oon
hreQ IOf TWO Noek8 elu Aic E0us "e~ ~NAs
but Manager RossnQuest feeling that his properly
wss being injured by the continuance Of such piece
released tho managers from the second week IN, me
Sss Sr and q; 70 1 have BEEN borne entirely By
husband, q painter, who has recently finished some
large portraits Ct Lucky Daidwlns best horses
srhere's . field for our girls in architecture I'm
sures said q school teacher the other DAY. y ana !
wonder more OF them don't try II. am sorry 1 oh
not. instead Of falling into this prosaic fate for oia
maids tho profession Of . school man. ARC not
peope always DINING into the ears Of girls VINO want
to strike out for themselves, that womans province
the bome7 Why should she not design the homo
then Has she not special knowledge Of tho necessities
and the conveniences Of the house, which men In gen.
era know little Of and which so few. even OF the best
architects seem TO possess! As to once buildings UT
large public edHces churches, ETC., probably men
always would do better than women. since men, Is q
rule seem 10 take broader views: but detals arc a
woman's strength. while tho tendency OF men 10 lump
things often entails Inconvenience upon houseao'ders
At the expense Of good general appearance under
stand that already the gulf between the professions OK
architect and decorator is being brdged rapidly. The
best architects now lay their plans with VIC" % INC
decoration OF the building, and the best decorators
study interior architecture, and In this combination
woman Of and talent should certainly excel one
great difficulty, OF course. In her way wouid DO 'os
management of workmen. but II she hal tho brains TO
evolve the plan plenty OF men could DO ound e'tncf
as partner OF employe, TO see the plan carried OUT
an srhiteeps Once would soon decide tho question
whethnr girl posses SD any marked ABILITY In tns hno
or not
During the C.ntenniN celebration New-YorEe"
doubtless have had many opportunities to smile AZ tho
ignorance OF tho city which was displayed BY outof-
town visitors Blu, matter Of fact the outoi.so~n
visitor could often turn the laugh on tho NowforHef
The ignorance OF many old citizens In this matter
amazing There Is q business man whose pisco vi
business LOOKS out on tho City Hail. and who has been
doing business there for twonty years ana JET ne mas
never set foot in the City Hall, and confesses that no
has no nea tho character OF It's Interior. Thee
Is another prominent business man, whose ONCE
not 300 yards from the brooklyn Bridge, ana VINO
nevertheless has never been on It A we'll Ano~h
goods merchant told the writer tho othcr dsy' hs
although no has lived in the city for twenty-five years
no has never even that part OF the city oounooo
by si1hsve and the North River, and between Twenty
third and Fifty.ninth SITS. Another citizen who has
lived hero for nfteen years admits that he has never
been in Brooklyn, and except to pas through them
on the cars has boon In jersey City or Hoooken
Probably five out Of ton average residents OF tho city
have nothing but the vagucst idea - 70 tho LOCATION OF
such streets as East Broadway and Henryst. and were
they suddenly ransp planted into that locality they
would feel as helpless though they wers in
foreign town. Even Harlem Is On aneIpiored region
to an immense number OF New. Yorkers. And rs for
that Pa, OF s the Of the sy.ss Citizen
earning IL il simply dense II Is fact that many
Nav Workers know more about the out-ok thcway
loo alie of London and Parts than they DO about their
own city outside Of . few beaten tracks.
Tho disappearance OF the actor from tho ned OF
theatrical management Is natural consequence OF the
enormous proportions that tie business has assumed
within tho last fow years. The actor was seldom
well trained in mercantile methods. and his nature
WIS, As . rule, opposed 10 those thorough, sys-
,cmatlc and regular habits which are necessary In
these times OF Herce competition TO tho successful
conduct Of any commercial enterprise. Few people
re aAzo how largo Is tho amount OF money annually
spent In this country on theatrical and musical
amusements There arc, probably, At least DUO
dramatic variety, comic opera and small ooncri$ COM
panics now making tours. Considerably moro than
400 are annually started nom this city. Boston and
philadelphia, whilo many companies that arc never
heard of in the East play circuits of small towns IN
Ohio Indiana, Illinois and tho extreme Western ana
southern States. These 500 companies VIII play TO
average receipts Of 1900 nisht-a low estimate
which does not take into account manneos or Sunday
night performances Five hundred companies play
ing thirty.fve weeks TO this business win receive
over eo $50 900. The great number OK theatres theS
arc yearly built in new or growing towns are con-
rnuslly charging the area OF theatrical enterpr'se
zach additional theatre should insure At tho lowest
an increase of F25, 600 year spent on amusements
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