The age-herald., 1900-05-20
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was merely the average receipts of her entire season. Arguing that Ben-Hur is right, it must be remembered that the Broadway is one of the largest theatres in the world Maude Adams must have found equally capacious houses throughout her tour For We are informed that even on one-night stands 5000 was a conservative average One-nght stands are such places as Yonkers and Tarrytown. Perhaps the audience was swung in hammocks, like Mahomet's coffin, over the auditorium.
 Anyway, Lady Babbe says she took $4,9OO in two performances at Omaha and 1t is not for the likes of us to call a lady out of her name. When a lovely woman gets out her pencil to do figuring, Archi- medes himself must pause. Maude says that she has played "The Little Minister S41 times to receipts of a round million dol lars.
 ome Great Receipts
 "Her first season in New York lasted 300 nights and brought in $370O0O, a more mod est argument than that of Ben-Hur for his 194 nights Her last engagement at the Criterion brought the New York earnings up to $46O,O0O, and the 'one-night stands did the rest, contributing $540000 to her re- ceipts.
 Tt is fine country, and Maude Is fe- male Paderewsk. At this rate of reckon ing 'The Little Minister must have earned clear profit of $S00,000 in three years, and. we had better take all that back about fhe theatrical trust being disappointed in itss hope of one or two millions. and set down it's profits at double the amount.
 Yet, however suspicously we may look at her mathematics, Lade Babbie has made a lot of money. She is a clever actress with an engaging personality, and she has given us a capital performance of a good comedy. In these circumstances it is a ph ich hat Adams her million, and every mothers son of wishes it were two.
 Anna Held took in $27O0OO, which is req sonable enough, for "Papa's Wife had a long season, and standing room was gen. orally at a premium. The amount in this case is not remarkable the sudden rise of the ballad singer into a star com edienne, Oscar Hammerstein refused to gage Miss Held for $700 week, yet Flor enZo Ziegfeld no sooner had carried her from the altar than he cleared $2,O0O week out of his spouse's performances. And yet some people ask, "Is marriage fail ure?' Not when the wife is 'Papa's Wife,"
 Ntthersole a Winner <
 Another fortunate player is Olga Nether- sole She ought to do some figuring, too, for Wallack's holds more leople than the Broadway, and with some ingenious arith- metic Miss Nethersole should make Ben Hur look seven ways for a mathematic Sun- day. Olga had a setback by reason of Yellow Journalism and the Grand Jury, but 1t was a blessing in disguise, for "Sapho," which must soon have failed of it's own weakness, became fine a tragedy as Hamlet" and tempted many benest folk to see if the piece was as wicked as it was reported Olga will probably take home $6O,0O Her average receipts since she pro- duced the Daudet-Ditch drama have been nearly $15,O0 a week.
 ic mh rod tbat Car is small house and s1, 1000 from it's receipts are paid every week to William Gillette there does not seem to be a fortune in Sherlock Holmes" However, the meo- drama probably has paid more to it's man. agers than it did to its chief actor, and like as not, the play has cleared $50, 900 over expenses.
 Richard Mansfield has made a similar amount, although it was his second season with 'Cyrano, and The Christian has been equally profitable.
 Tn the days when he obtained good plays, MT. Sothern's income averaged $60- 900 year, but last season he was not so fortunate, and his earnings probably did not reach the net amount of 5,0OO MT Hackett has not done so well, but he is not so good an actor, nor so well known However, MT. Frohman is we'll satisfied with The Pride of Jennico,' and so Is the audience that admires this famous beauty
 
 Lest we forget, let us have a recapitrifa- ton of the seasons probable profits in this fashion:
 Ignace Paderewski ...... .... S250 ono Sir Henry Irving .... ......... .... 115 GOO Macrlce Grau ........... ... 100, 000 David Belaseo from his half share
 ol AdAd ..'''' ...'.. ............... 1OO,000 Theatric Trust from half share of
 ''zaza" ..... .... ............. 100, 900 Theatric Trust from season of Tit
 tie Minister .... ...... .............. 15O,GGO Theatric Trust from John Drew .... 5O,G0O Theatric Trust from Henry Miller .. 25,0o0 Theatric Trust from sherlock
 Holmes" "...... ..... ........... 5O,0OO Theatric Trust from Hearts Are
 TrumpS ...... ...... 25, ,000 Olga Nethersole zee. .... s....... 60,000 "Ben-Hur'' ........ ...... ............. 100, 900 "Way Down East" ...... .... ........ 10000 Minnie Madden Fiske .. .... ....... 3O,0O0 Julia Arthur ...... .... .... .. ........ 15,OO0 Julia Marlowe .... .... ....... ,....... 35,OOO "Papa's Wife" .... .,.. ...... ........ 60,0O0 Richard Mansfield ..... ...... ....... 50,000 'The Christian" ...... .... ............ 50,000
 "These estimates may not be sworn to before notary, but they are reasonable and to be accepted. They make no ac- count of 'The zangwil Play,'' Peter Stuyvesant" and a hundred other pieces which started the season joyously but came to grief at the first hurdle, and there- after died miserably." ry
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