Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-20

am prepared to prove my words. There
is not n house in Chirago, no mnt,er
what the attraction, whose business
eau compare with that OF last year
"AbbeJ's spectacle America NJ the
Auditorium, which IL being played on
u big antee, is losing money. The
Black Crook at Moviokeris Is n ffost.
Lillian Russell, who COMES 10 the
Columbia, IL trying to curtaii me en-,
gsgement. Hol Smith Russell VIII
limit his stay, while the smaller mouse,
and attractions are approaching the TACT
thst they built In castles. -.
"Vtsitors coming 10 see tho WofIu's
Fair ind no time for outside enter.
tninments, No ono can realize what
an enormous and stupendous exhibi.
ton In at Jackson Park. To do IL
thoroughly and TO see everything re-
quires more time aud money than
most people anticipate. In the history
Of the world there has never been any.
thing 10 equal It, and generations VIII
come and 90 without being afforded
such sights. There Is not man living
who, nftor once visiting the Worlds
Fair grounds, can say there IL the
sligbtest hope for an outside attraction
" make monty.
"People who come 10 SEQ the Expo
sition md no time, or do they desire
to soc anything else. Al my house,
for instance. which plays only the best
attractions, Marie Tempest aud others
are playing TO disappointing business.
Where last yenr she would have played
TO $i2 200, this season the receipts do
not reach above $4,000. A month from
now they would not be 5000.
"Mauagers will IND ~ their sorrow
and disappointment, after an enor-
nous expenditure, that viaitors did not
come 10 attend theatefs. 1 for ono am
prepared and l expect u lo,e money.
Not that my spectacle All Bahia IL a
poor card, for We have never played to
less than $l2, 900 In the week, but there
never was a spectacle or play thnt could
compete ngaintt o Worlds Fair. Take
the expeditions Mt Paris, London,
Vienna ana Philadelphia--tid the
theatefs make any money? guess
not Now, II theaiers could not make
msney In these cities where the Or
position was no comparison TO ours
what can DO expected In the presen,
CASE?
"a feel confident In saying that there
will not be an attraction In Chicago
two months from now that 10 playing
there today. Now, I don't want Mirror
readers to misunderstood mol am q
Chicago man. | consider Chicago the
greatest city In God's world. We show
more enterprise, push and energy In
one day than New York does In q
month. We conduct everything on
the fair and square plan, and besides
having tbs largest population oil any
city in tho United Statss, have tn,
most Intelligent and enterprlslng citi.
zens; but, nsvertheless, ] must say
that Chicagoans are satisfied to devot,
three months OF century TO q Worlds
Fair and fully appreciate that Its bal
ancc OF tho time 10 all that theatrica
managers could renponably ask"
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Theodore Thomas has never been I
popular man among American musl-
clans, and the news that his reslgna
ton US director OF tins Bureau Of Musl,
at the WORLDS Fair has been called for
will not excite any widespread mourn
ing. Thomas has been so welded /,
German art and German musician
TINT not only tho profession but grea
section OF the public have often ralssC
their voices In protest agaiost Mr.
Thomas autocratio predominance II
the musical world. Concerning Mr.
Thomas and the choice Of his success