The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-26
hoy WANTED"
COMES To GRIEF
COMPANY STRANDED HERE
MANAGER LEFT WEEK AGO AND
TIMES HAVE BEEN HARD.

six Weeks of the Road Has Given
Actors a Yearning for Streets OF
New YOrk-StruggIed Hard Against
Adverse Fate Which Finally Over
MheImed Them-COmpany Dis
played Talent Before Troubles Got
So Thick.
Dumping along from town to town,
with many ups and downs, the career
of the "Boy Wanted" Company has
come to an end and the members are
in Savannah waiting to obtain the
means to get back to New York. The
company appeared here Friday night
and Saturday in Brunswick
While the results in Savannah were
such as to raise f1utter of hope in
the breasts of the little army of youth
full Thespians, when the two perform
ances at Brunswick were given all
was lost, save honor. But one thought
possessed the members of the COM
pany, and that was to plant their feet
firmly once more upon the little island
which is the nucleus for the greatest
city in the country.
AS business manager, stage man
ager, advance man and actor, Mr.
Walter Hawley, the leading man of the
company, had for the last two weeks
been leading the forlorn hope. With
all the subterfuges known to the pro-
fession, such as orders on the box of
fee for expenses already incurred, the
actor-manager was yet unable to stem
the tide which finally engulfed the
company, and left it submerged within
the gates of Savannah, which has
connection with the metropolis both
by sea and rail.
Out just six Weeks.
On bright morning some six weeks
ago the boy Wanted" company start
ed from New York. 1t had been in
tended to start the night before, but
owing to an alleged financial strin-
gency the manager and angel was
unable to get tickets for the company
out on the night previous, $50 the
bright morning got in it's work, as a
starting point. The scenery was left
until finances got better and needlessly
to say, it is in New York yet.
The first stand was at Suffolk, Va,
where a satisfactory audience was on
hand. Intoxicated with success, the
show pushed on into Virginia, exhib-
iting with more or less results.
At the end of the first week the ac-
tors were paid off, and except in one
instance, the members of the COM
pany permitted their salaries to "ac-
cumulate" for the rest of the time.
AT Gaffney. S. c., the manager tried
to close the show, but was induced to
keep going. A week ago at Column
bia he finally left the company and
paid off in Il. o. US" At a largely
attended meeting of the creditors of
the boy Wanted company, held
shortly thereafter, it was decided to
keep the show on the boards, with
Mr.. Hawley in charge.
Company Was Disheartened.
But It was no use. The members of
the company were thoroughly dis
heartened and their ensembled work
became ragged. Poor houses and back
bills to pay were too much, though Mr..
Hawley made desperate efforts to pull
the company through.
After the performance here Friday
night a meeting of the actors was held
in the hotel to decide on what they
would do. 1t was voted to keep on to
Brunswick, and all but the leading
lady made the point.
The results not being satisfactory at
that city, the company has decided to
give up the struggle and get back to
New York Nearly every member of
the company has had considerable
histrionic experience. All hope to ar
rive at Gotham in time to make en-
gagements for the winter, either there
or out on the road.
1t is possible that some of the actors
will be secured for performances at
the Casino this week.