People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-04
SRPHEUM COMPANY PREPARES
TO GIVE FREE AMUSEMENT.
contract Signed by Metropolitan Street
Hallway Company and Orpheum
Company-scheEe for Furnish
ing Entertainments Free.

Ing Entertainments Free.
Free amusement good amusement
and plenty OF it is to reign in Kansas
1ty during the summer months.
What is prob9bly the most important
Ind interesting amusement enterprise
which was ever conceived in this city,
interesting at least so far as the pub
tic is concerned, was given a fair
start when the representatives OF The
Orpheum Company AID the manage
ment Of the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Company entered into an agree
ment by which the former concern
secures tie ei.sire control Of all the
amusement privileges ~ fairmouns
Park. Al first So, tl,s nigh; not
seem rait er OF gii~t hVmo"t 10 he
people at Iarce. br; E-s~ the plans
as @t.nonnced oy the orpheum Com
rany are considered il val IL seen
that the deal means a great dea. for
those WHO exepect 10 Cc IN the city
during a Part CIR III of The Summer.
In speaking OF the matter Colonel
Beck SAL:
Nov than the negotiations have
been completed do not suppose that
there S any use n trying to keep the
pu0.ic in ignorance as to what we
have done and what we propose to do.
by the terms of the contract the Or
pheum Company assumes entire
charge of all the amusements in Fair
mount Park and you may say for me
that we propose to give to the people
of Kansas City not only the cheap.
est, but the best, amusement they
ever had offered them.
There is not a company in Amer
lea today which is in position to Of.
fer the attractions which can be put
forward by the 0rpheum Company
which has now come to be recognized,
even in the east, as the strongest
vaudeville combination in the coun-
try. Since we established our house
in Kansas City a year ago the people
have been loyal in support Of it, and
we propose TO show our appreciation
by giving them something very much
out of the ordinary in the way Of
summer entertainments"
1T is the plan to put q vaudeville
show in the auditorium at the park.
"That is only one part of the
scheme we have in mind, and which
we are already preparing to put into
operation. We shall give a regular
vaudeville show in the auditorium,
but it will not be anything in the
way of a Summer snap" The Or
pheum Company, as you know, con-
trolls good many theaters, and in
order to keep these houses supplied
with the best artists, we find it neces-
sary to engage performers for a num-
Der OF weeks. Our houses in San
Francisco and Los Angeles are open
the year round, as are also the thea
tiers in Chicago and other cities, in
connection with which our acts are
booked. If we did not have any place
in Kansas City to play these artists
in the summer it would sadly disar.
range our circuit and this is one OF
the reasons for securing the park.
THE plan, however, provides for
still more. We are to have band con.
certs in the open lair stand, and these,
with the indoor and outdoor attmc-
lions, will make the performance
practically continuous one. There
will scarcely be a time of the day or
night when one may not find some.
thing in the way of good amusement
in the park. We have charge of the
athletic park also, and in that we
Shall have bicycle races, a circus or
two and all sorts Of contests of skill
and strength. As we have already
made arrangements to secure parks
in st. Louis, Denver and other cities.
there will never be any lack of at.
fractions at Paramount, for our whole
success depends on giving the people
a show which is worth seeing"
While Colonel Beck will have gen.
eral charge of the amusements at the
park the work in Kansas City will
be under the direction of Manage.
Lehman of the Orpheum, who will be
assisted by Manager Jake Rosenthal
OF the Omaha 0rpheum.