New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-08

v,vs OF MANAGING THE COMPANY
THE PROPERTY MAN AND ALL THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY STOCK
HOLDERS IN THE CONCERN.

ntYE PROPERTY NAN NM 49,
MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY STOCK
HOLDERS IN THE CONCERN.
a. A.. v,ndsor Theatre last night the swingueh
. p.vsI Chinese Dramatic Company closed their TWO
,sess, engagement In NewYork piacaiu pos'e
,..ueen the doors of the lobby announcer sie'"'
..cr,d concert by the Royal Chinese company Out
A the unintatcd It did not daer IN appearance o"
n, other dramatic performances when the same oo
many have given there. IL was eAps'noa w 'n'
managers however, that It was dialogue IN music
s.rne reference 10 sacred subjects. The musica ac-
tnc N the Chinese idea Of II, was certainly there
y, cons,stcd of the 20 youpcase bcaung Oh gohgs
the clashing Of huge cymoais' the oio"inN vi snii
wooden tr1,mpcfs the rasplng Oh t"o-suins "o"
and the strummlng of three string oauIos' Inc po,
sormanoe was the last one, probabys that Now iorA
win see by the swingten 10 Company ior soho "",o
tn. venture has not proved profitable one TO It's
n-,rc,ns, prmoter who is Tom Lee, known to many
.r,on. IN the community a Deputy Sherih OF the
county Of New-York and also the Acknowledged Mayor
n, CHINATOWN Tom says that the gross receipts nor
.n ar<t week we're ~ 900, and for the second week
m 500 making -, 500 in all. OF this sum the conf
many received onehalf Tom paid the rent OF theatre
which he says $500 week, and all the expenses OF
advertising and printing. He also says that he PAD
xoos for tickets for his friends, and IL will be news
no many chronic "deadheads' 10 discover that when
thev supposed they were bracng" the show, they
term II, they really enjoying his hospitality
Altogether his enjoyment of the privilege of backing
the first Chinese company ever seen IN New-fork has
cost him several hundred dollars.
Notwithstanding this and the fact that the company
n,ar~d 10 poor business 1t is said that several mana
GERS of recognized ability and standing have maze
offers for the services of the company and that the
NAV be brought before the public again under oet'cr
auspices The company has no definite plans Tor ue
present and Wong Chin Foo. who was Tom Lew
righthand man and press agent, says; we are
both out Of IL, and we don't care VINO mas one 0on
pany 80 long We don't"
The failure of the venture has brought to hsht
some curious facts regarding the Chinese way OF
managing theatrical company which VIII oiihg
smile to the faces of Mclean managers. FOR eA-
am pie, first night door checks were gwen out
as Is customary, those who wished ID stretch Their
legs or a man" next door. The shrewd G non
goans noticed that In some cases the persons Wiz VIZ
returned with the checks not those who oignsy
took them away The idea that any one could trans
person was something they could not understand, so
thew shu, down on the innovation hard that no one
ghfns they We're persuaded to admit representatives
OF the press free OF charge on the opening night, D1t
sesSsS The Company decided that the newspapers
did them no good and IN their minds az ieast ano
power OF the press Is unacknowledged ana unap-
Although therc was different play each night, or
,cctIon of the same play with many characters
introduced, the printed programme remained TIE same
.sys that sometimes they would give him the charac
tors and the plot of the play at O'Clock at night and
sometimes they wouldn't. Then he would have 10 20
behind the scenes and wrcste for Information often
coming away empty handed 49,.
Tho reason for this is that the company Is JOINT
stock affair and that the managrrs. the MUSICIANS ire
ubiquitous and untirng property man and actors ana
all. shareholders No play Is decided upon and no
important step is taken without holding townmeeting
on the subject and what Chinese town meeting Is
like may be imagined but never be described say
those VI s:s.. bon there Tom Lee and Wong Chin
Foo say that the company must be educeted up to
American ways and ideas. Judging, however by the
progress they have made during their two weekssstay
here, IL would take theatrical kindergarten about
2 900 years to do IT. Even then. the result seems