Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-24
season ABOUT OVER
Resume Of the theatrical Attrac-
tions Of 1899 1900 q the 0deon
"A Good List
Largest Houses Of the Year Were
Not Deserved In ! Great Many
Instances.
What Marshalltown's Amusement
Lovers Have Enjoyed Successes
and Failures

+ me theatrical season or 1899 1900 is
about at an end and amusement lovers
ina theatrical way will have nothing to
enjoy after early next month, when the
iOdeon will be dark until early next fall.
The season Is somewhat shorter than
last year, as 1t began little later last
fall and ends trile earlier. Manager
Speers has given the city by far. the
best and most artistic line OF attrac-
5tions that has ever been the fortune of
amusement lovers to witness. The sea-
son has had its disappointments and
many OF the better and more worthy
ATTRACTIONS have suffered, while others
not SO meritorious have played to ex-
ceilent business. Marshalltown Is the
wonder of the state in a theatrical
way, for the majority of cities the size
OF Marshalitown have not afforded the
class of attractions that this city has
had. The best attractions Of the season
that have been west and played In Iowa
have been produced in Marshalltown, q
fact that should be appreciated here.
The past theatrical season has been
the busiest and has also brought to us
the most artistic line of attractions in
the history of the Odeon. Among the
better things of the season now about
to be brought to- a close have beer
Hoyt's "A MIX White f la g,''i "A Piney
Ridge Thuel Burnham's piano re-
cital, His Better Half" William Owen
Robert Mantell. F'rohman's The Little
Minister the Lambardi Italian Grand
Opera Company, The Royal Box
Hoyt's A Black Sheep" "A Day and
a Night" Walker Whieeside, MY
Friend from India Frohman's BE.
cause She Loved Him So," Matthews
and Bulger, The Telephone Girl" Tin
Murphy, Frohmar's Heart Of Mary
land" Harrison ]. Wolfe. Hoyt's "A
Stranger in New York" Frohman's
'.zaza," Francis Wilson Opera Com
pany in "Erminie, Sol Smith Russell's
"A Poor Relation, "a"yVhat Happened te
Jones" Under the Red Robe .Othe,
Peoples Money" .sThe Evil Eye and
The Devils Auction"
Francis Wilson. even tho he was not
Identified, drew the largest house, ow.
| ing probably to advanced prices. Attic
the season has been fairly good, the
biggest houses, as a general rule were
attracted by the cheap-priced shows
and the slap stick" comedies. In pon,
of receipts Two Married Men
was, away ahead OF anything
during the entire season. The
next largest houses were drawn
by Rays "A Hot Old Time. the
Italian opera, The Little Minister
Walker Wh.teside. Matthews and Bull.
ger, The Telephone Girl" Tim Muir,
\ ply. Under the Red Robe. 2 The Evi
Eye" the Devils Auction" The Pay
Train, Jolly Old Chun1s," stetson':
Is"uncle Toms Cabin, 4 "A Black Sheep
1.-THE Opium Ring and Murray anc
Mack. while the most deserving plays
and expensive attractions, hard to get
| like Because She Loved Him So,'
The Royal Box "A Poor Relation
Heart of Maryland cat Piney
Ridge. Burnham's piano recital. Will
lam Owens, Robert AIantell "A Day
and a Night" Harrison j. Wolfe
..Zaza," etc, suffered severely.
Altho some of the better-class attrac.
lions did suffer there were barely any
instances in which the companies die
not take to the conditions kindly and
charge the evening to profit and loss
Manager Speers has the confidence and
goodwill OF theatrical managers like a
very, very few and there is no doub,
but this fact has more to do with Mar
shalltown getting good line Of at.
fractions than any other one thing,