The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

\ Homestead" fame, to go into this ciass
/ of work, but he refused. and sus
gested that Mr.. Greasy could play roles
I similar to his in THE Old Homestead
with success. So MIR. Cressy went in
4 vaudeville.
He started to write sketches about the
same time. and now IT is safe 10 say that
J his services are more In demand in this
( line OF work than any other man, except
I possibly. George Conan. Another inter-
esting fact is that Mr.. Cressy and Mr..
/ Conan have formed a kind OF vaude-
/ vile sketch trust ~ a mutual agree
ment neither VIII write an act for per-
! former Tor less than 500 Mr. Greasy sold
! his first sketch FOR SIS. II was "A great
| Success and the performers who got II
/ had their salaries nearly doubled on ac-
| count Of tts merit The next one went for
/ goo and his fame began 10 rise. Then
| act. but Mr. Crfssy did not want % write
/ Il for them "a he did not Ike their style
( Of work. and did not thiHk ~ could suit
/ them. iis pot what - thgages was a
/ prohibifige price o. t. sif1 Tsey jusaps9
I at the offer
! IN speaki.g of his work. - sid =
| have had number 0f curi3sss 0fGers siscs
/ have been writing sketches one w9-
Imam, who IL tiEhs-wirs oerfsrniers
wanted ne 10 write ar net fsr her. a man
who swings clubs and iezgies fanaAs eiis
[ while he walks On a revolving bail wanted
me 20 FIX one for him. : have nzI over
/ two hundred requests for sketches si1cs
| have taken up that line Of work The
most curious, however. came from man
who keeps hotel in Indiana He wrote
to me and said ne was going In vaude-
Vile and that he was going to take his
housekeeper with him in the business. He
I wanted a sketch. and said he would pay
the highest price for II. Ills speciality, he
said villains, while the housekeeper
was walking lady. / took it for more of
! joke than anything else, and wrote him
that my lowest price was $500. He wrote
me a very indignant letter saying that
he could get the best skeych in the bust
ness for SIS, and asking IL | thought he
was amateur.
Papers were signed last week with
E. d. Jordan, the millionaire drygoods
merchant of Boston, whereby that gen.
tleman agrees to supply property and
cash to the extent of $3.50, Co., with which
to erect for E. D. Stair, manager of the
Academy of Music. of this city, and A
| L. Wilbur, the opera man. a new theatre
on fremont Street and Van Rensselaer,
Place, Boston, This is considered an ex-
traordinarily good location. being directly
opposite the new Touraine Hotel. within
200 feet of the subway central station and
| the new elevated railroad terminal, and
half way between the new Colonial and
the Hollis Street theatres. Messrs. Stair
| and Wilbur are given full charge of the
erection of the building with permission
| to exceed the above cost by payment of
additional rent or interest thereon. As
this is Mr.. Wilbur's home city. he will
take active charge of the preliminaries
and 1t will be his pride to see one of the
most elaborate and coolest playhouses in
| America completed by next September.
| Its policy will unquestionably be that
which has brought success to the Stair
Havlin banner, good attractions for the
| lowest possible prices, catering to the
| best element of family theatregoers. 1t
Twill be run in CLOSE communion with
the magnificent theatre being erected for
Mr.. Stair at Broadway. Fifty-ninth
| Street. and Central Park. New York City.
The now formidable Stair-Havlin circuit
has lately be augmented by the addition.
4
atre. Providence the Grand Opera House.
! Kansas City. the Jacob Lift houses in
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee. the
| Walnut Street Theatre, Cincinnati the
Auditorium AMI Holiday Street Theatre.
Baltimore, and the new Columbia. Pater-
son.
Frank L. Perley is about to make his
second trip abroad with an amusement
enterprise. On March 90 he will sail for
England with his prima donna star, Alice
! Nielsen, and her supporting company of
singers, comedians, carpenters, property
men, electricians. wardrobe women, and,
last but not least, some fifty pretty Amer
lean chorus girls.
Mr. Perley's first trip abroad was With
| the Barnum and Bailey circus. His duty
was to exploit the mammoth aggregation
in the newspapers and to advertise it in
every way that his ingenuity could con-
ceive and his experience suggest. 1t Is
| a well-known fact that Great Britain in
the art of commercial advertising, Is
away ahead of America, while we sur
pass the Britishers in our newspaper ad-
vertisements and ideas So important
and widespread is outdoor advertising IN
England that the board of aldermen OF
| London derive an immense revenue frt m
taxes on property where holdings or
billboards, as they are termed In this
country, are erected Some of these Dill
, boards are gigantic affairs anu are nom
/, five to ten times as high as an ordinary
, | American billboard
Apropos of Mr.. Perley's coming visit
/, to London with Miss Nielsen ne reiates
Il ondon Times" when he was there with
the greatest show Oh earth. He was
! | tisemeut in 1.-The Thunderer. and sat
! up the greater part of one night dra1uns
/, Lone. When the copy was hnlsneu II was
q startling affair. fuii OF scare nS :a.
| lines alliterative adlectives, and str1k-
' | ing arrangement of rules and type lie
| took it to Mr.. Simon. the business man.
. | aser of the London Ilmes, VINO hau
never seen anything Ike 1t, ana at hrst
| would not consider proposal Tor IT'S
! publication at ALL Mr.. Perley was 50
, anxious that It should appear that, know
ing the Iiberality of the Barnum show,
he offered $500 for one Insertion OF the
adv ertisement, stipulating that IT Snouid
occupy one-half page.
! Simon who said he would submit 1t to
! the board of directors and would give
Mr. Perley his answer the next Jay. on
and the answer he received was char
acteristic Mr. Simon told him that the
hoard of directors had considered his
/ pro,,osition and had decided that MIR.
Perlev could have the half-page adyar-
! tisament by purchasing the London
Times" but the London Times was not
for sale.
, Frank Mckee has entered into a con-
| tract with Augustus Thomas to write an
original comedy for Peter r: DALEY, TO
he produced next season Christie NC
| Donald will be Mr., Daiieys leading sup
mort in the new piece. Although Mr.
. bailey has made hit in Hodge, Podge
a Co this s, 1son. and has always
proved successful in musical farce. ne
! has long desired to appear in straight
= COMEDY Mr.. Mckee has faith in his
r abilities and will therefore gratlfy TINS
ambition. Mr. Daley is natural come
dian of unusual ability, and should ME-
Thomas fit him with a part as Wen as ne
has Willie Collier in ION the Quiet, he
will undoubtedly prove big success In a
, new field of stage work
sis Hopkins, alias Rose Melville, stood
in the wings of the Academy of Music yes
. terday afternoon waiting for her cue.
when a Times representative lodged
those famous horizontal braids of hair
and claimed a few minutes of the actress
time. The pail of pease which help so ma
teriailv in Ridy Scarboro's confession of
love for Sis. was snugly tucked under her
arm. and she supported herself comforta-
blv on her ankles as if nature had failed
. to provide her feet with soes.
I'm Hopkins GAL said Sis in her char