The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-01
STAGE UPS AND DOWNS.
Managers Who Have Experienced
Fortunes CapriceS.
IT is A ytRY UNSTABLE PROFESSION
Among the Familiar Names Are Arorson,
Abbey, Palmer, Wallaok and Rice.
Generosity Of Actors.

The ups and downs Of stage managers
are Interestingly Illustrated In the follow
ing article from the current number of
Junior Munsey
! Rudolph Aronson recently bad benefit
performance at the Casino to rccoup him
for his losses on vienna Ilfe." Not only
was this 81 fresh evidence Of the profes
sion's brotherly interest IN its fellows who
have been unfortunate but Il goes to>provc
anew that Of all the calings man may
elect to follow none Is so unstable as theat
rical management "Up today and down
tomorrow would he good motto not only
| Ter Mr., Aronson. hut for many others Ed.
ward L. Rice, a. NJ. Palmer aud the late
Henry f. Abbey, to mention only few
wen known names
Abbey was known as the Napoleon OF
menagcrs.' Il dealt only In big names.
! 10 was he who first brought Sarah Bern
! hardt to this country IN 1850, and IL is said
! that he was required to deposit SlOOOOp In
| Paris before she would agree to stir step,
! lie also brought over Henry Irving, C1due-
| lin, Hading, Mrs. LAngtry, Melbo and CalVc,
! lie was born IA Akron. Ohio, iu lSiG the
son of a iewelcr and his FIRST essay at man
| agement was In running tue local opera
house. This was I'm lc69 Later on he en-
/ gmcercd the tours of the WurrCN Sisters,
/ Edwin 30 9TH ana Lolita. Among the thea
1 terS he has directed were the Park IN New
trv's dcbut in iosS WHOM II va burnCd ~
/ the ground; the Grand opera house All
/ boys NOV the KLickerhcckcrl, the Star,
| and Wallnrk's also i'm NrW York. the PAN.
uUI .rrpmont iu Bostou and thp PAM, iu
IhIlpdclphia, TO say nothing of the Metro.
| politau opera house, whose FIRST season,
| ms ,yrT as many sulspnucpf ones was I'm
his hands. That inaugural opera term fin
iShed with a friEhtful acncit aud IN April,
/ ont which netted hin, S3Go,O n ,yuS nftcr
This that the Goelets built Ahhey's thcater
for him working his initial letter into so
much of the stone ornameutution thar no
small eynppse was lncutrpd i'm getting rid
of in when his foimre sent the thcatcr into
| n,b,. ra '' Aii,,,tc. Gr,n v,Ie a, Nrs
ii n ,,t ISnus n,a,er go IN" oncro scssnns
Ht tl,n Mathematician
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Nu''"'' ""l''"N't VIM E"'' "'' "'''"' g.
a thcater aud lived 20 see IL removed is A,
NJ. Palmer Mt present directing the for
t,r,s ~ pt,bord 1I,psectd A. v,rlo,is
'uHeN Vl iH'uHlN N'"7"''u' H' '"'''"'
times In his career Mr. Palmer has been
known as the dean OF managers ana ga
,,oro.,o, .el,itsr r,. tor, va,.s MI. Union
i,'''''"e0i W. mo W.
Square theatcr was the fashion resort OF
New YORK, and he made an almost equally
deep impress on play gocrs by his produc
lions IN ihr SOS at the Madison Sl3Ate'
His decline appears 10 nay" begun Whth,
coming Into possession Of Wallnck Is, ne
caused his own name TO oe painted across
the front OF the hnlldnE.
man was born at Westerly, X. J., In 1910.
When ne came to New York as a Young
pracucing law, but sheridan Shook was
made Internal revenue collector ana young
Palmer found position Win MIN WhGn
Shook went out Of Office Palmer became li'
nInllah OF lhe nett" ~ in,'' "s'" NH
isi5 Tb,1 Mr. shook bought the Union
square thcater, which had been bullt iwo
years previously and CONDUCTED uh Nhtle
houS cioss ' Of ottractiops and asked Pal
MGR to take possession. Thus was lnaugu.
rated the lannon's iirm Of Shoob y I9imGE
~ III Su" ,t, SIIHirs us 'N' 'D''
Agnes" with Agnes Ethel, with which
the house WIS opened on September ~.
Isl was fohoMcd nN L9i'ou A"sNy ny
. win he hagIrring Of the second season
Mr. Palmer formed a stock company to ri
; yni those al paws anu AllacN 3. W.
HLS. i"4E IN " "a sbs ,1,iri ,ar ..,l'l,
Two Orphnus'' with Kate CluNton, was
the piece Gc resistance; and Tor the to4tlh
Rose Michel with kose ESu9E', u'
, hfth season was SigndliHed by MISS .Mn'
ton" with Clara Morris and by ~ &C.
DanichenS.' Later came Bronson, lioWnrn 8
great hit, THE Bankers Daughter ana
in 1888 Richard Mansfield made his sirko
: i'm "a Partisan Romance"
In 1855 MIR Palmer assumed control Of
the Madison square, which had formerly
fisher 81 religions weekly Here his sue
, ccsscs were "rhe Private Secretary,
, saints and sinners" "im the Pcnlu5n, %
.C,nt.Iu Su,fft'' and 'fAlabnrua" His lead
, MN az tbe Union Suuare was charles
rs .Thn Ill., oroof favorifc In his day: nj
N iS' Nio5Ionr SStiira Maurice BARRYMORE.
, '"' d
>. ,ooo Nh poiroo, n,ovad "a wallact's
AMI t,orobt u & willard from England Ia
. .1a, u,ore "radv WIndermorc's Fau." by
. nscor wudo and Bronson Iloward's .Aris.
e t,.,,n,,,,. were later PRODUCTIONS at this
,,,nso :. ,,as bcro I'm octohcr 1899. under
! 1.,a,,os Erohor,,s nona.cmcnt mat John
2 ~, ,o'.a, n,s careo, ne star Tho MAY
l ,ra, on odontotion from the French by
, C,.d, r,,t,J, s.1,bo uosl,ea Rail-" and
,,aa1o ,dar,s ,,oIkod INFO favor nt once
N4I"N 1N""'i'' ""'"'' 100, ~, p,,,,,or
e ~ leading woman. IN loof MI ''iii'.
added the Garden theater to hts list, and
80. T. . -. A., ,,,,o,, nm ,f arriIhy, % THAT
H''c ne in"We N'0'''' w. " ,..o,,i,l
was his last success he IRE" 10 "'E"n'N'
n new stock company for Palmers, but was
,,,,o.,,,roto 4, his choice Of plays, and In
Y u'i", luiiat' e1e ,he bnusn revertnd 10 its
, nynrT Theodore Moss, who had been treas.
! NM IT, Tester Waiiark's time. and VINO at
nrca r5etored tbe ORIGINAL name II is an
"uve 49, ,,,t On mo mutohilitv ot
thbpuv"tt ~ otti5si thSt INC tirst engagement
mus ~, 49,, ne" .eoir,e was tbot III 81 s.