Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

ROW rdlu 10 actors, JOHn W. AlDduSh
said the other night that of course the
times and conditions had greatly changed
Dince he went into the profession, but it re-
sailed to his mind an effort he made during
othe early stages of his career an actor
and its result II was getting s12 a week.,
he continued, land as / was young and am
bilious, 1 given a great deal of hard
work to do. j was a quick study, and one
Gay the Juvenile man didn't show up and
I was given his part. 1 got letter perfect
snd played at night with considerable sue
cess. From that time l did all the Juvenile
parts. Later in the season the leading man
had some trouble with the management
end / was advanced to his position. / sus-
tanned the different roles assigned to
the satisfaction of the management and the
public well the stars whom support
I'd Still there was no increase of salary,
and / thought 1 ought to be getting more
money. So l went to the manager and
ssked him for raise. 1 told him that L
had been doing work for several weeks far
more important than that for which l had
teen engaged and that 1 felt had done it
satisfactorily. and that 1 ought to receive
the salary that had been given to the lead
Ing man whom 1 had replaced / never
shall forget the look OF Indignation that
spread over the face of the manager, as he
burst upon me with the question. Why.
young man. where else would you have the
opportunity of playing such parts as you
are given? You ought to thank your stars
that you are in this company and that the
diff1culties have occurred which have led to
your advancement. Think what reputa-
ton you gettingr
His reply so took away my breath that
didn't continue the discussion and 1 went
cut from mis- presence without the hoped
Tor increase. and may say incidentally
that played the season out as leading man
at the twelve dollar figure
There is truthfulness in the statement
OF results in every business but this said
MT Henncssy. the resident manager of the
Caslie square Opera Company. a hard
ware man, q grocer or CRY goods dealer
may tell you the profit he makes in a year
and you may rely upon its being pretty
nearly correct, but II a manager tells Won
row n1uch he makes In season you can
take the statement with Il good Zeal of al
lcwance. OF course, there are exceptions in
the case of some big stars, whose drawing
power Is an accepted fact, or in the case
OF some particular attraction that makes
phenomenal success. but even then the
temptation to eXaggerato is very strong
and the figures given may not be exact
icu see, he continued, the competition
In the amusement business is SO very great
that one cannot afford to have it known
mat his venture is a losing one. So he
Keeps a stiff upper lip and puts ont TIE
story of good business. hoping that the tide
Will turn. and that the public will recognize
1T a substantial way the value Of his at
traction Every new venture is looked upoa
with suspicion by those who are not in it,
W hen the Castle Square Opera Cor1pany
was first formed a short existence was
promised by those who had been unfortl!-
nate in similar ventures. But It proves n
Dig success. the greatest of its kind that
mas ever been known After a three years
SUCCESS in Boston and over year of equal
success in Philadelphia it has now branch
ed out into Washington and Baltimore l
can say that l am satisfied with the pa
tronage We have received in Washington,
and II looks as if the company was going
to duplicate its Philadelphia succ IS here
II is no small task to lock after three big
companies and keep them all in order. The
choruses are fixtures in their respective
cities. but the principals go from pace
to the other they most needed.
With such a large corps of principals as the
people of Washington have already DIS
covered we can give grand as well as comic
opera, and we are constantly on the look
out for new talent"
Mr. Paul wilstach, the author of "A FIRST
Ofense,'' which has been running so sue
cessfully at the Columbia Theater this
week. and which will probably make money
both for him and for W A Brady next
season. was naturally quite nervous Mon
day night when his literary offering first
saw the light of public approval You
never can tell he said. whether a play
is going TO be q success or failure until
it has been produced. 1t may read splen-
d;dly. and at the rehearsals the people may
all be in love with their parts and predict
opinions may be upset by the first public
performance. Now all the members of the
company that is TO play this comedy have
said some very nice things to me, apprec1a-
tive of the lines and the situations. Some
say it reminds them of the Gay Paristens'
scene of 'Charley's Aunt and all predict 1t
will prove a winner. / can't tell until after
the curtain falls on the last act
This conversation was held before the
curtain went Ap. After the performance
was over Mr.. Wilstach evidently felt bet
and lodi he "a a
profitable play. Mr.. Wistach has attended
every performance and has made several
suggestions which have been of value to
the members of the company.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE
-Tonight's performance of Carmen at
the Lafayette closes possibly the most sue
ceSsful week this season or the castle
Square Opera Company, and next week Gil
bert and Sullivan's happy and dainty oper-
attic creation of The M!kado' will be
given. The story of the opera is SO we'll
known that it is unnecessary to repeat it,
Cunningham. who has been singing che
Toreador in Carmen this week, will re-
main as His Majesty. the Mikado. The
Lord High Execut;oEer will be Raymond
Hitchcock, and W. Popert Carleton, who.
by the way. is a son of W. T. Carleton, will
be Pooh Bah Three very dainty we'll
Maids from School-Norma Kopp. Alice
Judson and Grace Golden. Miss Judson, a
Washington girl. sang with the company in
probably prove very popular. Norma Kopp
as Pitt Sing and Grace Golden as Yum
Yum may also be expected to do good
work. Miss Golden's recent success N
Brian Boru" and Miss Kopp's hit in
wang are guarantees that they will de-
light their audiences in the Mkado
Joseph Sheehan, the handsome tenor of the
Castle Squire Company. will be Nanki Poo
He VIII be remembered here in connection
with the engagement of THE Mandarin
last winter. He is a good actor and a robust
tenor Miss Eta Bartlett will be the Ora
matte and unhappy Katisha. Pish Tush
Will be sung by Frank Wooley, and Nee
Ban by Joseph Wiesner. The already elab-
crate chorus of the company has been
augmented, and very creditabIe perform
ance of this gay oriental opera may be
expected Wednesday and Saturday matt
nees VIII be given. Following their usual
custom. the management will present each
lady at the Wednesday matinee With a
beautiful rose.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-Next week the
Columbia Stock Company will present the
funniest OF comedies, "Niobe" by Harry
ana Edw. Paulton, authors of "E,rrninie"
Tnls comedy will serve to bring out four
more ladies' OF the company namely. Mrs.
Kate Denim Wilson, Miss Grayce Scott