Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-25
'Dramatio a0d Gyplc.
What Salt Lake Pays for Amusemonts Frank Daniels
Mckee Rankins Luck-Eddio Foy Still Aive-Mrs'
Frank Leslie as a Managor-Notes.

The statement In the NEWA inc
other night that the city paid $4,000 on
the eve, afternoon and night Of Waeh-
ington's Birthday to see concert aud
minstrel performance, and that all the
money went to homo attractions, starts
the rcfiection-How much money IL
carried out Of HAlt Lake annually by
theatrical attractions? We answer,
about $50, 0Oo-and VIZ will show that
the estimate Ia rather undor than over
the mark. On an average the theater
10 open three nights a week tho year
round, say $50 nights IN year. The
receipts vary-but they seldom go
below $500 night, and they often
run to $1,000, $1,000 aud even $500
when prices are advanced and the
attraction IL something out Of the
= ordinary. A very fair average OF the
receipts for the year would probably
be- $500 per night, which for 100 nights,
amounts to SIS, 0OO--the gross receipts
for twelve months. Most OF the tEav'
cling companies play ON shares, and
they receive all tho way from 90 TO 50
per cent, according to their grade am
drawing capacity. For nm Uncle
Toms Cabin, or Nh Alvin J0rlin com
bination, Mr.. Burton exacts % per
cent and enjoys the writing OF his
victims; for n show like All BAba or
Lillian Russell, no II content with %
or even 20 per cent.
The general run OF attractions
play ON the 60, 40 or the %, 10 basis,
tho travelling company taking the
larger share. II the average share OF
the foreign troupes he taken Mt 90 2'S
per cent, or two-thirds, II viii bo an
entirely fair estimate anu twO.thirds VI
S75,O00--nre $5O,000-the amount this
foreign attractions annually carry
away In New York exchange. This
5000 retained by the theater pays Its
own running Expenses, the advertising,
bill posting, etc., OF the year, and the
per cent dividend which under Mr..
Burton's regime has been disbursed 10
tho stockholders OF the corporation.
Besides the $50, 600 figured above, there
Is the amount taken out Of the city by
the various attractions brought out ut
Wonderland, which draws vastly more
money than any one supposes. IL Is
said that tho Saturday receipts at that
resort often go m high as 500 for the
day and night.
The thought thar we send away over
$4,000 annually for the one little, In.
significant item OF theatrical enter.
tainment induces another thought:
That 10, What community OF mighty
Resources We must be when we cDiislder
that even after wo multiply end swell
this item by Nil the fisures,..ecessary to
represent all the luxrhes and the
noeds Of life we bring, from abroad-we
still bave money enough left to run
seventeen prosrsrous banhs and
transact TIE enormous volume Oi
business transacted by this city. Think
OF the money sent away by the rail-.
Toads--by the Garfield beach line
espscialiy-to psy interest TO Eastern
bondholders; for the tons OF nails we
use; for the iron uprigbts and girdings;
for the lumber; for our wire; for ouI
rails; for our clothes, cloths, boots, shoes
aud mats; for our sugar, soap, oil, tea
and coffee; for our interest on mort
cages; for our life and fire Insurance.
premiums; and for the thousand and
one articles and things we have
not yet been able 10 produce
for ourselves. Think OF all this
and then count the resources we do
pend on TO bring all this money bacl
TO us, the foremost Of which Is un
doubtedly mining-and one begins L
get rome notion OF what the silve
question really means TO our Western
cities. But this Is u dlgressiOn, ant
the foreman may switch IL oil iutO tho
trade columns, under "A misapprehen
sion. But II La gospel, just the same
and II will repay c0gitatiDg over.
-
Frank Danielh IN not exactly thinl
OF beauty but he Is a Joy forever liz
drew another big audience TO thu
Thsater last night by whom his Dr.
Cupid was again voted unanimously
funny-though lacking In the quail
ties that made the success OF Littl,
Puck. Bessie SAMSON, who OIL tn
stage Ia Mrs. Daniels, was taken sud
denly Ill yesterday, and her place wa
fillod by an understudy. 10 muct
depends on Daniels, however, an'
there are no many speoialtles nsid
from him, that her absence, bright u
she Ia, was hardly noted. The cleve
dancing OF the DAILY sisters was mare,
by the vulgar "keel over" exhibition
that gave so much ofienso IN the Spide
and Fly monstrosity, and Mr.. Daniel
would score n point with the dowi
stairs portion OF his audience at leas
II he would prevent repetition OF tina
particular part Of the "dancing."
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Mckee Rankin, who has had ri
many ups and downs Us any man h
the profession, has had u stroke OF luol
at last. A Detroit dispatch dated tn
18th says:
The Journal announces that McKe,
Rankin, whose company Is playinl
"rhe Danites" at the Lyceum thrate
In this city, will retire from the stage
His company will be disbanded tOnigh
and the members win bs sent homo a
his expense. The reason given for TIL
Is that Mckee RAnkin's father, VINO |
dying in u hospital at Windsor, Ont
has turned over all his property, wort
100000, ~ his son, who will hereaite
look after II 10 the exclusion Of hi
theatrical business. IL was stated o
reliable authority that Rlniu In
boeu losing money all season. OPP
Read, however, was 40 pleased WI
the work OF the actor In ga Kentuck
Coloneln that no has given him th
manuscript OF "A new novel, "rhe o.
l0ssal," which il to appear In about tw
months. Rankin viii Mt once procue
IT, the dramntl22tion OF this story.
"a
II turps out that Eddie Foy is II,
dead after all. He was merely on on