The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-09

| At the Auditorium Woodward and
Burgess cater to the popular priced
| crowd. While the Willis Wood was be-
| ing built. the high class productions
/ is one of the best theaters in the west.
Since the completion of the Willis
Wood, the Auditorium has been used
part of the time as the home of the
| woodward and Burgess popular price
stock company and latterly as a pop
ular priced house for travelling COM
panies.
The standard schedule of prices for
the house is 10 and 25 cents for mat
| inees and 10, 20, 35 and so cents for the
evening performance The Auditorium
is one of the best patronized theaters
/ in Kansas Cfty-at those prices.
| The Auditorium theater has an es-
| tablished scale of prices, the same as
the Gilliss at Kansas City and the
Grand at Kansas City. Each house
handles a different class of attractions
and each of the theaters is alone in its
particular field of amusement. So it is
absurd to make 1t appear that the
prices for the Village Parson" run to
a dollar at the Auditorium, twice the
regular schedule OF the house, and then
plays Topeka for less money. The
Grand theater in Kansas City is the
dollar theater Of that city, and it plays
higher class OF attractions than THE
Village ParsOn.
one thing which makes the alleged
kilograms published by the Crawford
@
fact that the telegram is directed to
Walter Sanford, manager of the Willis
Wood theater.
Walter Sanford is not connected
not been for about one month. He
was formerly the manager of that
house, but he resigned and left the
employ of woodward and Burgess
nearly a month ago.
'Her only Sim is advertised at
I
prices ranging from Is to SO cents at
night and at 10 and 20 cents only for
At Topeka the same piece is adver-
tised at prices from Is cents to rs
cents.
Don't forget that "Glittering Gloria"
without Isadore Rush in the cast,
plays at Topeka for prices ranging
from 25 cents to $3.50 for parquet
seats.
Don't forget that the same COM
pany plays at Winfield with a popu-
lation of 7,75S, at Chanute with a
population of 10,116, and at lola with
population of 1909, for prices in
each of those cities ranging from rs
cents to 81 for the parquet seats.
Topeka is asked to pay one-third
more for the best seats to this attrac-
ton than the Kansas tank towns"
The State Journal is in receipt of
letter from Crawford and Kane. 1t
follows:
Editor, The Journal:
I'VE note some comparisons in the
State Journal of prices for ATTRACTIONS
here and elsewhere, apparently based
upon newspaper advertisements.
Doubtless it is your intention to make
as complete record as possible for
the information of our mutual pa
irons. Wnl you kindly have some
comments made on the prices quoted
in the various advertisements en-
closed?
yours truly,
CRAWFORD AND KANE.
by A. S. KANE"
Enclosed with the above letter were
six newspaper advertisements.
Clipping No. 1 gave the prices of
SANDY Bottom at Manhattan, Kan.
They were rs, 35 and so cents and the
same as charged at CraWfords To-
At Crawford's Lincoln, Neb., thea
ter this play was advertised for Is and
80 cents.
Eagle showed 1.-The Village Parson"
advertised at the Crawford theater at
Wichita at rs cents. 1t is the same
price as at the Crawford theater at
Topeka.
The same play is produced at a Is to
so cent theater at Kansas City.
Clipping No. shows THE Village
Parson'' at Chanute at the same prices.
Clippings Nos. and show Gilt
tering Gloria'' at Denver and Oklahoma
City at prices from rs cents to $3.50.
you in mind; hope I can do something
Clipping No shows "Glittering
Gloria at Winfield, Kan, at prices rs
cents to $3.50, the latter being the price
for box seats, 81 being the price of par
quet seats.
plays lola Winfield, Chanute and Atch-
ison at a dollar schedule of prices for
paruuet seats. At Topeka at 81. so sche-
dule.
"Glittering Gloria was a dismal fail
ure in New York where it was first pro-
duced and did not run the length of
time it was originally booked for that
city.