The Washington times., 1894-08-26

season little or nothing to pass the heated
months upon.
This was particularly true last season. The
percentage OF moneY-makers in the theatrical
Ornament was so small that you could easily
put them all in Washington lodging-house.
Just who did make the money and who did
not IL is difficult TO say. Henry f. Abbey,
with Henry Irving and the spectacle Amer
lea and his Grand Opera Company, Is said
10 have cleared over S300.0 on the season.
This, it will be remembered, ran at the Audi
torium in Chicago all through the Worlds
Fair.
ON the loss side Of the ledger Mr.. Abbey
had Coqulin and Jane Hading. who. be-
lieve, dropped something like $50, 600 during
that tour for the great impressario.
1t is not always merit that succeeds on the
stage nowadays. as was profoundly illustrated
by the failure of the great comedian and his
associate, Nine. Hading. Two more artistic
delightful, and entertaining players do not
tread the the boards to-day and it was a re-
nection upon the intelligence of theater-goers
that they declined to receive them. / recall
the engagement at Albaughs with great dis
tinctness. There were hardly hundred peo-
pie in the house at any performance and yet
Washingtonians are supposed to be cultured
people with, of course, a knowledge OF tho
court language.
THE ADVANCE MAN.
INC press representative - uuObutE
tant factor in the making of a play OF to-day.
Have really good hustler like Jay Durham,
Frank o'Neill, Jim Morriscy, or Bailey Avery
ahead OF your company and he will do more
for its success financially than all the ordi-
nary advertising conceivable. Many man
ayers remember how Jay Durham went into
Kansas City ahead of Julia Marlowe on the.oc-
casion OF her debut. hired that old barn, the
Auditorium. and played to an enormous busi-
meas with jefferson and Florence in their
artististic production. The Rivals, Fanny
Davenport ia her superb production of "Cleo-
pstra. Donnelly and Girard in their popular
comedy Natural Gas" against them.
Mr. Durham. as soon as be alighted in the
town, found that Miss NARROW had little or
no chance against the stellar attractions also
playing there that week so he 'papered'' the
immense house, doing so with the greatest
care, and only inviting reople of prominence
the opening night. AS result the newspa-
pers the next morning spoke only Of Miss
Msrlowe's immense audience and the merits
of the other attractions.
Morrissey's Emma Abbott kiss and how 1t
was conceived and carried out as finishing
touch is too well known TO call for more than
passing mention. Little Bailey Avery has
alse frequently shown his great ability.
The fortunes, more or less large, made by
Stuart Robson and his old partner. w. H.
Crane, Richard NJ aHsfield, E. II. Sothern,
Rhea. Rose Coghlan, Moieska, and numberless
other stars is due Ia large measure to clever
management and the proper press representa-
ton All Of these players mentioned have
earned their wealth very easily.
No ROYAL THEATRICAL ROAD.
Nine Mojeska is probably the wealthiest of
those named. She owns an enormous ranch
in California. which is managed by her hus-
band, Count Boseffy. She viii retire this sea-
son. after having been treated with courtesy
by every newspaper in the country, which is
due perhaps more to her managers than any
other cause.
The madame is an old woman yet she still
plays Rosalind Almost any other actress in
the country over fifty would be ridiculed for
attempting the part
Money-msking plays are confined 10 a par