The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-06
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY. DEe,nMBnn ., 1870

the people of the company would de-
eide on. They had intended to pro-
duce "A Fair Rebel during the con-
ing week, and the piece had been in
rehearsal, but yesterday, after consul
tation, it was decided to close up last
evening He further said he had met
with unusual difficulties in obtaining
the right class of plays, ordinary ones
the public wouldn't have, and the best
ones the owners would not allow to be
done on royalty.
George Edeson, the stage manager
of the company, was seen in his dress
ing room after the matinee, just re-
moving the countenance of Dogbury
and allowing his own genial phiz TO
take it's place. Il was thunderstruck,
he said, ito read the notice, because,
while l knew business had been unsat-
isfactory. I had no idea such step as
closing up was intended. | am very
sorry for the management, and have
only the best of feelings for the COM
pany I know the difficulties they had
to encounter, the greatest of which has
been to cater to a public which has
been spoiled with the best things go
ing. It's very hard to give a satisfac-
tory show to such a public for 80 cents.
Still, I am hopeful the house will finS
some way to resume. l have a con-
tract for a full season of 80 weeks, but
I shall cause them no trouble about
it -
Walter Edwards, who was also Wis
tied in his room, a bandboX three by
six in size, said he had been astonished
at the receipt of the notice He took
a cheerful view of the matter, how
ever, and said he believed some way
would be found out of the difficulty
Il wouldn't be afraid he said, ito
take the house and run it, If Mr.
Rogers does not resume. | believe
there is money in it. I have a contract
for a full season, but l intend to take
no advantage of it: my relations with
the house have been too pleasant for
me to wish to give them any trouble.
1 am thankful he added with a smile,
that 7 have been able to lay a few
pennies by, and to put a few more in
several holes in the ground around
here. and If the worst comes to the
worst. I can go back to typesetting, as
I once did in the New York Herald Of
flee, when l was stranded in the me-
tropolis by the unexpected and dire
failure of 10 Arthur's ''Corncracker.
4 y
It was reported last night that the
legal troubles over the Butler lgarde
suit had expedited the closing of the
house. This was not mentioned by
Manager Rogers; at the same time it
is well known that Mr.. Buffers suit for
SIPS one weeks salary for himself and
wife, was decided in his favor by the
justice and it is pretty generally under
stood that while Mrs. Butler has gone
to San Francisco, where she is en-
gagged at the Alczar-Mr. Butler re-
mains in Salt Lake for the sole pur-
pose of bringing suit for $125 each week
that passes. His contract was made
for "the season." and he claims dam
ages as long as the season lasts.
Whether the closing will make any
difference with his plans is yet to be
seen.
Whatever may be the issue, everyone
will hone that the troubles in which
Mr.. Rogers finds himself will not result
in the permanent closing of the house.
We are indebted to him for host of
charming entertainments, and night
al the Grand once a week or more had
come to be part of the regular routine
of many Salt Laker's lives. The house
made mone-r on its first and second
seasons and ought to do as well as ever
if the company and the plays could be
kept up to the old standards. OF course
cheap priced theaters are most sue
cessful in large cities where there is a
big. class of the population less par
ticular than in cities of the size of Salt
Lake, but there is fair degree OF sue
cusss TO be obtained here if the past
standards of the company can be lived
I'D to. Mr. Rogers trouble this season
comes from the fact that he has him
self educated his patrons to expect
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