The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25
to give every one a full weeks salary,
something no one had had for nearly two

to give every one full weeks salary,
something no one had had for nearly two
months.
The first thing l did after paying full
salaries was to give Cooley another 5000
as the bonus for his loan and did this in
company, who. actorlike, had forgotten
their promises
That show stayed on tour for thrty-nine
weeks after the memorable night that Cooley
became angel for the company, and every
actor and actress received full salary during
that period and when we finally closed the
season, still on the commonw ealth plan,
we each of us enjoyed a respectable divl-
dend. not even forgetting Cooley.
Cooley is still property. man, and ne
has never been an angel for any other
company since. He can always get an
engagement from me when | have one to
spare
Il have seen several wealthy show angels
In my time but none of them equaled
Cooley in nerve. The nearest approach
a Californian came to New Yor to
enjoy life, and naturally drifted into theat-
rical society. where, as a good spender'
he was speedily put next to new comic
opera which couldn't fail, if it had sufficient
backing to give it a good start.
This Westemer wasn't stuck on any
girl in the company, and the manager was
merely an acquaintance, though his stand
ing in the profession was first rate ms
Westerner dropped $4,000 on musical
production that failed without turning
hair, and when it came to settling accounts,
he simply handed the manager blank
check and told him to fill in the amount
himself, but to keep the show going three
weeks longer because he had some friends
from San Francisco coming East and he
wanted them TO see the show, even if 1t was
a failure.
philadelphia may be slow town, but 1t
has furnished pretty swift proposition
in the way of angels. No less than five
or six big musical productions OF the past
six years have been financed by TINS
Philadelphia angel, and not one Of them
has ever made dollar
"Still this angel retains his interest IN
theatricals, and he will tell You that ne
expects to get back all his losses by his next
venture. conservative estimate OF .hs
total losses of this angel in the past SIX
years would place the sum at approx
mately sl50,OOO
women once in a while become angeis
for shows, Everyone remembers musi-
cal comedy Of year or two ago, which was
admittedly financed by the woman whose
name appeared IA the author Of the book.
at was a $4,000 failure, but the lady
undaunted, turned right around, spent
the summer in constructing n new opera
which could utilize the scenery and cos
tunes of her operate failure, and bobby
production. This time she Jared better
for instead Of bringing her crude opera INTO
New York. she sent II on the road. and II
finished the season and is said to have
made something Of profit. though scarcely
enough materially to decrease the total
losses on the first opera.
Rubber shoes supplied the sinews OF
war for the advent Of a very. charming
actress, who made her stellar debut season
before last on Broadway. A wealthy
manufacturer of overshoes having ac-
cumllated about 5000 .OO0 in his humane
cccupation. died and left this tidy little
fortune to his wife sister If the actress.
"Now, the widow loved her sister dearly,
and when the sister expressed desire to
star. the rubber millions were placed at
her disposal. Three plays in all We're
produced for this Young woman, and the
first two were failures in which approx
mately $40 Ooo was lost.
About $4,000 more was invested in
third production. and though the papers
praised it, business was 50 bad that the
actress-star had to rent the theater ont
right in order n continue her engagement.
Every Saturday morning the widow Of
the rubber magnate called on her sister
and left a blank check to cover the amount
Of the losses on the week. In the six or
seven weeks run the losses amounted to
about SO. 600. and should imagine that the
lady's three starring ventures consumed
about Sos .Ooo Of the profits Of the rubber
shoe industry