Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-26

laudiug II. l could not lie to The pub.
lie, deceive my employer and gloes
over this failure; yet hsted--I hated
bitterly-the ooious task Of roasting
the thing to cindeTs. 1t Ia 50 much
more agreeable to be pleasant, But |
uld as | have ever done. 1 told the
truth. The criticism that was pub
llehed In the Journal informed tue
publ c Of the precise condition 81 lhlDPe
that might OU expected at the Lyceum.
Other pagers came out with lH suie,
non c0mmittal "noticse,' Mr.. FrDh.
man was "et down Nightly" 10 they
put 1t. The public was lett IN tie
dark, nHd 1 have always lound that
the public loathee the dark.
Well, what happened? "rhe CouTl-
ship oil Leone" apparently failed
dismally. After seventeen evening
performances 1t was Withdrawn. A tier
save"ieon performances Think OF
tina MI Ffuhman, am told, Doiled
with Iury TT my criticism because he
kew Tint 1t was correct. Ho was
iuticus--nOt at any unttu!t- but Ut
the Truth, the truth, ami nothing but
the Truth, 10 / could show him he
tnasa II cor e5pondoBce IA my mall
that grSeiuliy acknowledges my vera
wants the tTu,u. Perhaps lie does be.
ieve IT.. But ne says, ",ho public
sha'nt have 1t II l can prevent H."
The result wgB the cOntTett IN qs.
amusing yet eXaspgGating, that l havs
described above.
Nav my iieR is thit: lie, the mana.
gera clu Ct together AMI let them ue.
leot vii o. and suggta, to the various
Newspaper prOprietofs u' this city that
he wT.te all tho critici ms Tor ali the
payert. IL, HIS manuscript be submit,
ted 10 tue mana gers 81 tbBt thoy can
stFike Gu. my words that VIII COZ Il ct
with tboig Interests; lot him lvOid any
| uupleaJ coma Cnt; let evegythlf Il
be q "succssd"-a "hOTling sue.
coss, f" ? "d.stiuguiBhed unI emphatic
| aucce2s"-'rt The public learn to con,
slider such 'cgltlCsm" as paid thoatGl.
| cai advert umcuts. Let tho public b.
| informed that there is not a word o.
| genuine truth in such utterarce
| P!eaee the mnnagsfe iirst-.hRt is u Z
essential thing. That Is what we are
all here Tor. That Ia Why news
| paper5 are run. The mNuagert
| must lie placed on gcoa Terms
with Themselves, or the e.hicT
ul journalism are outraged. o. else
| II l. b. Giiiicult to eeeure writeI-ls
tile I'll :u Uoys Of iournallsm write the
| dramatic criticisms, auJ let the man,
| ayers iauttle" them with little tipr,
gracl usly administered, OF fiji them
up with cgmpagne. There is much
virtue in cnmpagne. Many managers
swear vi.
) me,hIuE must be done. However,
| mpy as wcliBt Y tina, shall! continue
- 20 "a the the ETA ultil further no.
tics; b / thall tell tbs tru auI
notuIuE out the truth; that eel ed
T. be tu.ldrz r; tuat 1 refuse all tafiy
anu tina. / acknowledge my duty tC
| the public ami 10 the Proprietor oil thu
Journal only. Mr.. Frohman has
written himself down as 3 Jolly, uul
rather pitiful ass, and II he unasnl
mind it-well, why should wt2 n
theatrical manager who slys-as Mr
Frohman says-"You can; come int
my thesteT and give my p!aye bat
uOticsp," - rather Entertaining in thu
mUrlbunu 1896. DON'T you think So
| Toe mkt thing he win DO is to Gus
| from his huu5e those patrons vino fat
| 10 applaud. II lie had done this viii
The Courtshlp OF Leonie, nobody
you'd have remained nut the ushera.