The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-04

A-e72 lions. BY first-class is
the quality of plays and plays
larger cities can boast of. the
that are seen in towns along tn
souri, river, Do even in Denver.
was a time when this communi
them and that was not so yer
ago Yet today Colorado and som
points much farther east seem
the jumping off place for ever
new ana brilliant one can harf
up a Denver paper without read
some late success which has bee
duced there with good results. 2
Lake was never accused OF ieJtlni
thing GOOD go begging, it mai
arouses a prejudice righteous
10 see this condition of affairs.
If someone should ask why this
is behind the times a couple or s.
or so, what would be the reply
is me reason. and who is at taul
near as can bG determined from S
indications. no one. The deEene.
SO to speak. is due TO natural
and il will require something I
ural, "a strenuous effort by me
for exampIe-the trust can do any
to remedy the situation.
San Francisco is known to the
fession as the graveyard 10
very clear reason that after g
there. an expensive combination
nowhere TO gO-that is, there ar
cities of consequence to play in
lump back from san Francisco 10
York is something managers pref
avoid. They have played ali the
towns coming out. and the em0l
railroad expense IS about all th
left to them. Salt Lake. being BET
Denver and san Francisco, gets
worst of it,. There are only a II
The best companies that viii max
long trip for the very good town
UaciaIfv when business is good "a
east. The result is that salt La
getting attractions. generally spea
which have been done to q. finish ]
east. and which frequently play
little towns along the road. a
majority of the bookings here p
time at many points of much les
lortance- ID is a good thing 70
little towns. but salt Lake may De
d0ned for signing that her ARTIST
and taste are in jeopardy
There is no particular need of
trati0n. but IL would perhaps sur
some of our UhcaJre-goers TO learn
the Bo-tOniars. that famous Orga
zion which can crowd the Theatre
after night. at any season, Is OF $
lie consequence i'm New York tn
plays at low prices at 70 cheap d
and is probably glad to- DO that
To Illustrate the other side of
question. take The Little Minis
That play has been dead and b
these TWO seasons. Vet Salt Lake
ace glad TO see IL for the first time
week There is some consolation ir
instance. A company once played
Provo and Ogden. and the reaS,
was not done here was Mar
Charles FrOhmau's promise that nj
Adams and her company would
duCc z first i'm Salt Lake. F'rol
cannot BE- blamed for not keepiHl
promise when his star shot way a
of the piece and was put into b
things and bigger money
the fact remains that salt Lake
never Vet seen The Little Minis
There are numbeTless plays of {
prominence that have not been
here for the reasons previously civ
The theatrical syndicate does
play big part in the cause of the
BILE. but il contributes. It makes
bookings 4 few men like AL HAY
Charles FrUhmau. klaw and Erla
and Nixon and Zimmerman begal
Teen years ago TO secure q cinch OF
theatrical business of the country.
have succeeded They say. i'm effe'
a company I'VE viii book YOU 60
whole season along any route YOU
t. So. thus saving you the mcC
nien.e OF writing managers for
For Tins YOU will pay us 5000.
course. If YOU don't want 10. You
have TOE The only thing is tina
control all the good theatres of
country. and we don't see how yoJ
so ON the road unless you let Us AT
Co this matter None of our man;
viii Iive YOU dates. Is it clear2
see. 10 is quite immaterial to us.
yourself"
The figure $1,000 IS perhaps an
age. When IIliasou made his lass
OF the south. the writer is infOrme