West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-02-11
TO BIZ TABOOED.
By First Class Shows are Ma
rietta and Sistersville.
CLAIMS BAD TREATMENT
Ae Those Placex-Parkersbur Thea
ter GOeRs to See Fine Productions
Next Year,

There has of late been much talk
among theatrical folks of the treat
ment accorded them In. several OF
the neighboring towns, and If GER
tain plans are carried out, as 1t Is
now stated will be, there will be
dearth of good shows in these
places during the next theatrical
season. Two of the towns which
are coming In for a large share OF
the show managers maledictions
are Marietta and Sistersville, the
former being reserved by the show
people for the worst it Is possible
for them to say.
In speaking last night to News
man a we'll known advance agent
for popular show troupe, said:
"The show business would soon
be a thing of the past If all the
opera house managers were as I'M
scrupulous and regardless of their
contracts as are those of Marietta
and of one or two other places In
the Ohio Valley I know OF. Mari
eta Is particularly bad In this re-
spect. AS you know, there are two
managers of the opera house at
that place which Is the property OF
the city. When a show troupe Is
taken there to fill a date 1t may be
that they will find another troupe,
secured by the rival manager, bold
ing the boards, and there IS moth
Ing for them to do but to 60 on to
the next place and lay off for day,
which means the loss of big sum
of money. That was the fate of
my company when we went to Ma
rietta recently to fill an engage
ment and We are consequently out
of pocket to large extent. That
was also the fate of "Valley Forge"
company, which was to have shown
there on Friday, but found the
opera house In possession of an
other company. So they were com
PEELED TO come to Parkersburg.
Marietta is not alone In this re-
gard. Sistersville being almost
though not quite, as bad. All Of
the theatrical people are sore at the
treatment which has been accorded
to them at these places from time
to time and the matter will be taker
up at the end of the season with,
hope, the result that these place:
will be tabooed next season by al
of the first class shows.
"Parkersburg Is one of the bes
show towns In the Ohio Valley; II
fact, one of the best I know of, anG
I know them all. Next year Par
kersburg will I believe, have the
opportunity of seeing more higf
class productions than it has ever
had before. The new opera house
will have been completed by tha
time The opera house, l under
stand, is to be one of the finest and
most costly buildings in this sec
ton OF the country, and the show
managers are already casting eye!
In this direction with view Il
booking their companies. - Par
kersburg News.
The editor of the News Is hereby
respectfully informed that the
above article, SO far as i1 refers te
this city, Is lie pure and unvarn'
ished. He is further Informed
that the man who told this Is a liar
Further, we believe the liar lives II
and around the News Office. It's ;
low down dirty, filthy, Parkersburs
lie made up out of whole cloth anc
no respectable newspaper would
publish such stuff about theil
neighbors. The above item Is only
a sample however of what Par
T, kerSburQ liar can do