Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16

| the deck of Don Pedro's ship filed with
sailors who are attacked and massacred by
| Indians. 1t happened on this particular &C.
easion, however. that some OF the sailors
were unprecedented by q number OF stu
dents from the University of Pennsylvania,
among the number being a couple of husky
| loot ball players. The Indians got beliiger-
ent with their spears. and hit one of these
foot ball players trifie too Justify. That
was what caused the CLOAK. In the rush
that followed he was bravely backed by
the pseudo sailors. with the result that
the end OF that scene was exactly OPP
poSite to what the author intended. The
curtain went down with number of the
sailors on top, fguratively and literally,
Tor they had the aborigines down on the
stage and were calmly sitting on them.
One of the sailors having disposed of his
IsasSailants in this practical If not pic
turesque manner. and having couple of
minutes to spare before the curtain went
down, fired blank cartridges for the amuse-
ment of the audience.
Charles B. Hanford writes that he has
had good season on the whole with "Pri-
waite John Allen" but that his plans for
| next season have been very seriously dis
arranged. In spite of the favorable recep-
ton he met with in the modern drama he
was strongly inclined to return to the clas-
sizes next season, and the scenery which
was burned would have enabled him to
make handsome productions of any Shake
spearean plays he might care to undertake.
His loss leaves him in state of temporary
indecisiOn to his plans after he has
completed the tour of Private John Al
lem
Instead Of advising young men to go
west and young women to invade the field
of business in search of riches, feel like
saying to them. Go into vaudeville said
| Manager Chase yesterday, when I look
over my contracts and observe the amounts
to be paid in salaries alone
TIL give you few of the figures for
the 'headliners,' as we call the more emf
nent artists The Pageant OF All Ma
tions,' which I will play here, calls for
S1.4oo week Jessie Bartlett Davis gets
$1,000. Ezra Kendall commands 5000. Rose
| Coghlan is worth 5000 to any theater. and
gets it. Della Fox goes higher and pock-
cts 500 for few hours labor a week The
Girl With the Auburn Hair still earns $500
Bob Hilliard and his company exact 5000,
and earn it. J. E. Dodson is another bar
gain at $500. Narcotics Tableaux Vivants
can't be seen by manager for less than
$500. Fanny Rice in Nell Gwynne' draws
| 5000 The Strakosch Opera Company in
vaudeville calls for $3.50 Nine. Adelaide
Hermann finds $500 no Illusion Joseph
Hart and Carrie De Mar obtain $500 The
Banda Rosa $1,000 and SO on.
There are a hundred other acts that
employ from one to four actors and are
pald from S2O0 to $3.50. A legion of yaude-
Williams obtain 500 to 5000. and unheard-
| of thousands from 500 down to $50 for
six days labor
mo other branch of amusement purvey-
ing is as costly as vaudeville In the popu-
lar-price theaters a good melodramatic
company seldom is paid more than 500 for
all concerned. Even the high-class COM
panies rarely cost above S1,500 a week
But in vaudeville, with it's bargain-day'
prices, it is quite the usual thing to offer
| bills that will cost from $1,000 to 800
There is one consolation. however, and it
has always furnished proof of the wisdom
of my policy. The best is the cheapest
in the long run. costly bill, If really
meritorious, will more than draw back
to the box office it's high price Besides,
what can we do but pay? We must have
them and can't escape the prices demand
ed.