The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27


In the Klondike theater get SIS day and
the members of the orchestra are paid
little more. The actors get $3.50 a week.
and no difference is made in their pay. II
they are good enough TO go on at all. they
are worth $3.50, and we don't want any
worth more.
THE actresses get the same amount, but
In addition are allowed % per cent on all
drinks that they induce customers to buy
You see. between her turns singer 10 al
lowed to rest herself at one OF the tables
out among the audience, While she's rest
ing, II a gentleman desires TO refresh her
with wine, naturally she doesn't object
There's where her big money comes in
THE show goes on till IL or ! o clook in
the morning, when dancing begins and
continues til about or o'clock. All tho
actresses must he able to dance The price
OF a ticket calling for one dance is Sl.50,
and the gentleman who likes dancing is
supposed to like wine also, and generally
does. The lady gets her usual percentage
The great trouble a theatrical manager
has to contend with Is, the girls plake
money too fast Many OF them get mar
ricd or else they go back to the Ssates
with a big pocket fun Of dust and owning
a mine or two The two best singers in
Dawson, the Oakley sisters OF Crippl,
Creek are the only actresses who have
| staid right through the piece. They got
$500 per week each for long time, then
started music hall of their own-not a
theater, mind you. but a music haiI They
go on a few times day and have few
other singers, and are getting rich fast
we have struck strictly TO vaudeville
so far but I'm thinking of trying on a
little play Of some~kind next summer if
can get bunch OF talent that can take
II of properly / want to run II about one
night week, but I'll have to raise the
price of admission. can't give good
drama for nothing, you know We put
on prze-fight every few nights and il
may seem odd to you to know that the
| fights have been limited by the police TO
ten rounds Another thing about Dawson
that might surprise you people here Is that
all saloons and theaters close at midnight
on Saturday nights and remain so over
Sunday No side door business A Sunday
I'm Dawson Is tanner than in New York
The busy season there begins in June.
when the miners finish their cleanup
They dig all winter on their claims, leav-
ing the dirt till summer opens, when il
Is washed; then the town is wide open
and the theaters get their share OF Il. I
should say that the ordinary evenings ex-
pense of a man who wanted to take In
the theater will average about S400 for
everything costs a little something there.
For instance, he'll want a bath first thing,
as man who has too much pay dirt
sticking around on him wouldn't have any
fun at the dance. There's a public bath
house in Dawson, which charges only IS
a bath, but that's something. A shave
costs 81, and $3.50 more goes for hair
cut. It's these little things that count UP.
The only thing In the way of luxury there
that a man can't get Is a shoe shine.
There are no bootblacks, because they
would starve
| you see, Dawson has only one street.
| and the mud on this Is from six inches
| to two feet deep. There are no sidewalks,
/ but we are going to have some pretty
soon, for the town treasury now has a
surplus of $1S0000 To raise this they fined
recently every sporting man in town $50
and every gambling house paid $1,000 We
have a fine hospital, which was built
principally by the gambling houses, and
| the town has nearly everything else that's
| required In a first-class place. There are
| about forty policemen on the force, and
there is no disorder. Stealing is almost
unknown, and the larger number of pris-
oners doing time are men who have cheat
ed at gambling The penalty for cheating
an a game Of chance Is three years inn
! prisonment. Take 1t all together, Dawson
| Is a pretty good little old town.
Manager Marcus desires it stated that
| IL there are any stagestruck young wo-
| men knocking about the country to-day
who would like to accumulate money sur
/ fcient to start a bonfire they may apply
al the stage door Of the Combination The
alter Dawson City, any time during the
coming night, which in that city last four
months.
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