The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-13

meals of varying quality and quanti-
 ty. That will leave one hundred dol
 lars to the good, which will replenish
 his summer wardrobe and leave a tri-
 file over for spending money with
 which to while away the dull months
 until he starts on the road in Septem-
 Der.
 If he has made good in the part
 which he played last season and if the
 manager is disposed to re-engage him,
 he can enjoy his season of rest without
 care for the future. If, on the contra
 ry he has not been re-engaged he must
 immediately begin to look about him
 for an engagement. It is during this
 season that all engagements for next | fall are made. In companies which 1 will start on the road in September or October playing the same piece in
 which they toured last year, the reor-
 ganization takes place Immediately on
 reaching New York.
 The travelling manager who looks af- 1 ter the front of the house on the road,
 enters into consultation with his supe-
 rior, the resident manager notes are
 compared and contracts for next season l eiics'S Dt company who are satisfactory. 1 The resident manager who owns a
 number of theatrical attractions sits in
 his New York office directing from
 thence the fortunes of his various
 shows. Each one of these has a sep arate manager and a stage director If an actor makes himself disagreeable to
 the latter his chances of reengagement are small. If he offends the former he is what he himself would allude to as a dead one.
 In the makeup of a theatrical com pany there is nearly always kicker, According to papular tradition 1t Is the actress who plays old women who is usually accedited with that unpleasant role. The kicker is rarely re-engaged for a second season unless he appears to be endowed with special talent for some part which is hard to All. To the star of a theatrical company the privi- lege of kicking is in the nature of perquisite of office, but like other lux uries, 1t must be abjured by the $30 a week actor If he would retain his po- sition in the cast.
 If the actor who has saved $500 dur HIS llt StdSOll IS IIlpl uutul, Ic VIII probably, on reaching New York, put up at cheap hotel on the European plan, where he pays s1 day for his room.
 At that rate during twenty weeks he will have paid there $40 of his $500, which leaves him $160. An expenditure of only $1 more each day for his meals will cover his entire savings and so, if he is inclined to play the races or get into a poker game, he will find, long ere the September days return, that he has wasted his substance in vain living. Then follows the parting with various articles of jewelry, of his stage wardrobe and, last of all, his per sonal wardrobe. Often the early win ter finds him without an opening, and one sees the poor fellow, sans overcoat, lowering about the agencies, trying his best to look nonchalant and happy. It is a curious fact that he who would obtain employment doesn't get it, if he looks as If he needed it. This is an aphorism that finds it's most frequent demonstration in the office of the the atrical agent, where the shabby of the seedy representative of Thespis has about as much chance of being taken care of as the gentleman who takes his nocturnal nap on bench in the park. Let ones heart be breaking and ones | purse empty one must nevertheless, | appear dapper and fit in approaching | the theatrical manager or his menal, | the agent
 During the summer the players who | have engagements in musical comedies 1 of extravaganzas stand a fair chance of steady employment for these lighter forms of entertainment are patronized even during the warm weather. The salary of a singing comedian in a mu- sical play will rank from $50 to $250 week. The larger figure would only be paved to a man whose name is draw Ing card The salaries of the actresses in such a company would also range between those figures and in the case 1f some celebrity or famous beauty even higher. When 0 summer engage nent begins, however. salaries are cut, being nearly halved, though he usual custom is to cut a percentage from the salary of all members.
 Chorus girls during the regular sea- son are paid s12 to $15 a week, while he figure Is increased to SIS on the 'oad, Small speaking parts just a de- gree beyond the thinking roles, pay SEQ ,r S25
 In the big musical productions only he principals furnish their costumes. \ II the wardrobe of the chorus, includ- ng stockings and slippers are furnish d them.
 Minstrel companies are the only or that pay the hotel bills of heir members. This is of little advan- age to the song and dance men, who eceve in that case a very small sal .. ny.
 Buffalo Bill feeds his cowboys and / indians and the business staff of his , how, probably finding 1t more practi- ,, al to keep his eye on them all The big salaries offered by vaudeville several years ago resulted in . large influx of legitimate actors upon /. he variety stage. Salaries have de- |. lined in vaudeville recently, while the ! opularty of stock companies has c pened fresh opportunity to many pro , essional people. Stock salaries vary T realty according to the prices of the T ouse--that is, for seats and admission nd the number of performances dur g the week. Stock salaries are also . cry often reduced during summer v,