Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-23
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special Correspondence, ' .ooo,,
SIP ~ york, July 1s--It now seems
"s" POSSIBLE that for the first time on
qu' eri the condition Of absolute peace
fe'O established between the New
lnay heater managers and the body OF
lU@ .,,nontallsts known as the Musleal
'DI" unite the most arbitrary ana
UNIV, ,abor organization In this part
~ country That Is to say the
.ra,c.l union is labor organization
ts claims for protection at the hahds
u rnited states government but
,.so rrobably isn't a solitary person
'D lts membership list who wouldh t
VI W., being referred to as a laborer'
r musicians esteem themselves ar
,,1,s hut demand the exclusion OF m
us's,,sntalists from abroad unuer the
sUu',s,ons of the contract labor laW-an
pos.soiyo,,s condition surely enough. yet
,yndoubtedly a fact that the pend
" agreement between the union anu
. .a managers has been influenced III
Wv measure by the fear that great
i,ss,her of musicians from torelsn
,nnds might be brought to TINS country
he ground that they were artlsts
ona not laborers, and ma installation
o. o. me principal theaters all over the
,,,i,c5 States to the exclusion OF the
,.rs.enf orchestra members There was
Fnrotracted conference the other uay
Tween a committee from the Man
posrs' association, and another from
10 Musical union. at Whlch pretly
uaariy ali questions at issue Were set
sed and during which Mr. Erlahger'
-, bebalf of his managerial associates
,'ade a speech to the union members
,not was marked by characteristic VIZ
"r emphasis and logic. lie sald IN CT
,oct NAT masmuch as most OF the loss
,s in The theatrical business We're maze
man musical shows, he dldh see
where the instrumentalists came III LOT
i,creaspd eXactiOns. and ne went INTO
sg,,rrs 10 demonstrate his position,
5onbtless greatly to the ama1ement OF
Me hearers As matter OF TACT no
manager dcyoting himself to muslcai
attractions IN this country or ABROAD
Sas ever wound up his career WIN a
fortine commensurate with MS elorts
and the capital invested. In England
DOyly Carte left fortune,but the most
mi il not all, was the result OF saga
cIous and lucky real estate speculation
George EdWardos is now reputed 70 pc
very wealthy man by reason or ms
musical comedy representations at the
Gaety and DAYS theaters IN London
Vnt a. times his losses have been so
Nreat that his collapse seemed quito
,,,sible n not imminent, and the risks
that lR
"on meyer feel entirely secure. In
America, Henry w. Savage is the first
manager TO meet with unbroken ana
unvarying success In the musical field.
Rnt Mr.. Savage came into the amuse-
ment business with a practically mex
banstlble capital, accumulated in COM
mercial pursuits. When he has pro-
duced an entertainment that didn't
seem at first to be just the thing, he
las stuck TO the task Of remodelling II
mill all shortcomings have been done
away with, and In this manner has
made II acceptable to the public. An
otber management with comparative
liz narrow capital. couldn't or at least
wouldn't. have waited for the changes
10 be made, for It has long been an
established theory In the amusement
world that when a play doesn't suit
al the outset. the quicker 1t Is shelvcd
The better. Looking back over the list
Of musical men, beginning with Stra-
kosch, Mapleson and Abbey. now dead,
and coming along to Rice, Lcderer
Locke & Davis. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.,
Frank l.. Perey, the Shuberts, Fisher
q Ryley, etc, there is ample and OBJ
yious justification for Mr. Erlangers
remarks 10 the Musical union commit
tee Al these men have made what
may be called big money I'm spots,
with their musical productions, but
have lost tremendously at other times,
for music pieces can lose much more
rapidly than they can gain,
Frederick Warde, the well known
shakespearean actor viii retire from
the stage after one more season under
his present management Mr., Wardes
purposes for the future are pretty near
" ideal for a man Of his temperament
and desires. lie has been so very
successful with his occasional lectures
to colleges and other educational bodies
on the subject Of Shakespeare that he
finds his services I'm this direction
enough in demand to justify the devo-
lion OF his entire time TO speaking from
lhe r0strum. In fact firm Of man
ayers engaged in this branch have Civ
en- contract to Mr. Warde guarantee
ing him 80 lectures a year, which will
bring him an income quite as large as
ne could earn az an actor, and will
simultaneously enable him to devote
much Of his time to the pursuits Of lei
iufe' He has purchased 4 tract Of land
N sullivan county New York, 10 miles
rom The nearest railroad, and Will
1nlld a handsome residence there find
ing 2 seolusion which appeals strongly
70 nm after his long years OF activity
under the public eye
Mr. Duss Of Economy, Pa. who has
appropriated large sums of money and