The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-15
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
New and Notes of the Stage and
Stage People.

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of the jolly Della Pringle Comedy
Company will remove to this city at
the close oflthe season and will sum-
mer here. He has been resident of
Knoxville for number of years from
which place he has started his COM
panies for the fall and winter work.
1t is said that the company has been
collecting goodly portion of the
general prosperity of the country
during the past season.
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A number of Oskaloosa gentlemen
were in Des Moines one
evening of last week and had the
pleasure of seeing Mrs. V. K. Logan,
ofthis city in "McCarthy's Mishaps,"
and they speaklwell of the work OF
the lady in the company.
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Manager Fritz, of the Masonic
opera house, refused to open his
house to the "Della Rocco company
that was billed to appear in the city
Tuesday, March 6. The show was
not e proper entertainment for any
house and had been meeting with
rotten eggs and unruly audiences
wherever it has appeared. Manager
Fritz booked the company last fall
during the booking season for the
presentation of the play 1892" with
the understanding that it was bona
tide attraction. He had heard severe
criticisms on the troup and was not
surprised to receive advices from the
company manager that "we have no
advance agent but will fill the house
on the night of our engagement by
advertisements on the day of arrival. -
When the paper came for the bill
board advertising ofthe company Mr..
Fritz saw at glance that it had been
taken from other companies and he
refused to put it up. The company
arrived in the city on their agreed
date. There were six or eight women
and couple of men. They put up
at the Oskaloosa House and the man
ager attempted to make things lively
for the management ofEthe opera
house. Mr.. Fritz refused to open the
house or to give entrance to the bag
gage of the companyAmembers. The
business manager of the company
went to Mayor Wray and tried to get
license to put his show on elsewhere
in the city but here he failed again
for the mayor refused to issue a
license for the performance to be
given in the city stating that it was
not fit show to be given to the pub
lie and the company had to leave the
city. Manager Fritz is to be COM
mended for his action in refusing to
open the house to a show that would
offend his patronage, land credit is
also due Mayor Wray for refusing the
show license to play in the city.
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Emperor William recently fathered
new play in the Royal Theater in
Berlin. 1t was called the "Iron
Tooth" The play, Notwithstanding
the patronage and the presence of the
Emperor was loudly Kissed. William
is not so powerful after all, in some
matters. The play is said to be
miserable failure.
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Oskaloosa has another candidate
for honors in the world of public
amusement. Elmer Mendenhall, son
of Al Mendenhall, of this city, has
signed contract with Buckskin Bills
Wild West Show that will start on the
road about May 1, from Paduca, Ken
lucky, and he will make the season
as an artist with the rifle. The young
mans ability in this line are we'll
known and he can kill his ten straight
in the live bird business. Here's sue
cess to the young man in his new
undertaking.
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1t is not generally known that Iowa
is the winter headquarters for four
circuses and tented organizations.
Aments Big City show winters at
Muscatine, Buchanan Brothers at
Des Moines, Ewers Brothers at West
Point and Perry & Pressly at Webster
City.