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Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

in consultation with the managers of the
vaudeville circuits and II is believed that
out of their mutual experiences and mu-
tual concessions form OF contract which
will be of benefit to all concerned will be
evolved.
"All the travelling expenses of a vaude-
VILE artist are paid from his salary and
these expenses includes not only his own
but those of the people he may have hired
to help in his sketch, for not only does
he buy the sketch he uses but he is respon-
sible for the actors in 1t
when the English actors come over here
to go on the circuit they attempt to get
their travelling expenses or their equiva-
lent in salary, Mrs. Langtry on this last
trip succeeded in doing this and in vaude-
vile circles she is cited as being the only
foreign artist who ever did. On the home
roster a horse act has that same distinc-
ton, the expense Of carrying a troop OF
trained horses over the country being
taken into account in the contract and their
expenses allowed.
America is the only vaudeville loving
country whose railroads do not allow the
actors a rebate on their fares and a rate on
the baggage. Here they are treated like
the rest Of the travelling public, although
I'm the theatrical season where the average
person might travel hundred miles the
member Of the theatrical profession will
travel thousands.
In European countries vaudeville artists
are able TO take advantage OF the rate
which is allowed a party and the double
amount of baggage permitted their pro-
fession. AS It is no uncommon experience
for vaudevillian TO have twelve huge
trunks with him on his circuit naturally this
item is significant one
The other side OF this picture is pre-
scented by one of the vaudeville managers.
who states that the well known vaudeville
artist is rarely obliged to travel any great
distance from New York.
zone of my artists, who is very popular
and very well received wherever he goes,
only got last year as far as Hamilton, Ont,
which is not long distance from Buffalo;
and another did not even get as far away
as that" he says. The vaudeville season
Is one OF forty weeks, and one week is
usually the limit Of time allowed for a
theater
The same artist may in the interval OF
that forty weeks come back 10 New York
four OF five times, the remainder Of the
near at hand towns That does not leave
long interval TO MI up.
1T has sometimes happened that man.
ayers in San Francisco and other western
towns have been so anxious to have Ger.
tain artists come out there that they have
paid their expenses across the continent,
and when vaudeville artists embark on a
| tour around the world their salaries usu-
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ally begin the day they set foot on board
the steamer"
The injustice of canceling an agreement
after the second or third appearance is
enlarged upon by another vaudeville artist
THE fact that an act does not take"
says he, us very often the fault of the
manager, who either through negligence
or ignorance allows it to be wrongly
placed
Simeon Ford the noted after dinner
speaker, said once that IL he was properly
placed in a post-prandiAl program he could
have his entire audience in shrieks of
laughter before he had got to the point of
opening his mouth. Put me after a speaker
on finance, one of the Treasury officials or
the president of great corporation, and
my success is assured. on the contrary,
place me after a funny man and have
got to work like a dray horse to get the
ghost of a smile
THAT same rule holds in vaudeville.
People will only laugh a certain amount
and they will only listen to certain
amount of talk. They must have
constant change, and the success or failure
of the average skit depends to large ex-
tent on its placing
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Henry Dixey, clever as he was in his work.
did not get over the footlights in this work.
and Maurice Barrymore was absolutely pa
thetic a monologist."
One or two monologists talked to on this
subject admitted that they had witnessed
the effect of a good performance spoiled
by a baby's cry at a critical moment An
other stated that you must never allow
your audience to laugh itself out.
THE secret of success" said he, ''is to
know when TO stop them, just as when you
want to save fire you are careful not to
let It go out, for that means rebuilding.
There is always a psychological second
when you can check your audiences laugh,
and there is always another when a remark
is hurled at you from the gallery and you
might weaken; II you do you are dead
one"
The wit OF the vaudeville sketch is Inn
possible to describe. Those who are guilty
OF It admit that they don't know why II
takes oftentimes. Weber admits that often
a good Joke has to be changed around all
over before It gets the smile that Is in
tended for It,
One OF the vaudeville jokes that always
seems to appeal to a New York audience
is the tlme-honored "Matrimony is like
Brooklyn subway; anyone can begin 1t, but
anyone can't end It,"
Charlie Evans, whose wit is quoted In the
dressing rooms-which is said to be one Of
the criterons of merit-says a number OF
things that do not sound especially brilliant
unless one sees the accompaniment or
whirling action like a Kansas tornado. His
Get under the carpet" to an exasperating
person and his wearied "Oh. get a transfer
never miss a laugh.
Along Broadway Rose stahl's "A perfect
figure does save you money" is always pop
ular.
The explanation of another artist thai
the reason the actors on the Rialto wear
long coats is because "A long coat covers
a multitude OF shins is more or less OF an
honest confession and therefore gets its
need Of praise.
Another monologist takes his audience
into his confidence telling Of the rules ana
regulations at a certain theater where his
wife and baby could not get by the eight
dollar-a-week man at the door who wears
a thousand dollars worth OF gold buttons"
and as the audience had already passed
the pompous individual, the description Is
quickly appreciated
Another who recently told how Hammer
stein had received a cablegram saying that
Patti had been engaged for him for next
season ended up with a laugh by telling
how the famous Oscar had cabled back Inn
mediately, Male, black or real?'
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could not get time between his many ap-
pearances to go out and get his MONDAY
breakfast
''The continuous performance was re-
sponsible for the appearance on the stage
of the chaser that wondrous being who
sang so gleefully off the key and performed
ridiculous stunts that a boy of IA would
scorn TO show his comrades The chaser
was hired for one purpose and that indi-
Gated by the name
1T was this artists gentle and pleasing
task to clear the theater of a disguised
crowd who could stand him no longer, and
the quicker he did this the more he was
appreciated by a captious management
As soon as the one crowd was disposed Of
and the seats were emptied the house was
filed up again and the show went on with
talent of the best order until the manage
ment determined that the seats had been
occupied long enough, and again was the
chaser called in"
Just as the old chaser and the con-
tinuous performance are being replaced by
more up-to-date ideas" said a manager
$50 the wit of the vaudeville is rapidly
being elevated by the process Of elmina-
ton.
1.-THE serious and cynical Jim Thornton
and Charles case, Dlack race, VINO does
monologing and songs, are types of the
popular comedians now. Fred Niblo Is
another. When asked as to the difficulty Of
pleasing the gallery. he admitted that he
didn't expect to please them, but If he could
keep them quiet that was all he asked.
Fred Niblo is one of the few men who
know how to write playettes. He writes
his own monologues and the sketches for
his wife, Josephine Conan, and her COM
pany A good many of his jokes are flying
about the country in other skts.
According to his statements the vaude-
Vile audience is the tenderest thing In the
world to deal with. In 1t is the old lady
from the suburbs and the sporting man,
both OF whom have to be pleased, and the
secret of success In the writing and pro-
duction is action, action, action all tho
time.
THE reason the average actor and tho
average playwright fall down when they
face this ordeal is the inability to- grasp
that necessity" he says. I'm a recent
vaudeville sketch which was produced at
least twice the leading character walks de-
liberately across the stage, strolls to a
table, lights a cigarette and strolls back
again.
"All done very well, and It would doubt
less be very effective in the legitimate
drama but he had wasted two OF the eigh-
teen minutes allowed. and that is deadly,
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GeOrEetown.

The Georgetown team OF 1901 is expected
70 be much better aggregation than that
Of the previous year, solely for the reason
that II starts on the season With much
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

Take twenty-minute playette and have
1t first on the list. so that it's bright things
are said while people are coming in and
rustling into their seats, and It would not
have a chance for life. When the manager
after the third frost says 'skiddoo,' the
vaudevillian feels peevish about it, Who
wouldn't?"
On the other hand, the vaudeville man
ager says that he is worn down to an
average weight of $50 pounds by the trials
and vexations OF dealing with these peo-
pie.
If It was possible TO make program
with seven places in the middle" he says,
I'VE could get on without so much as a
dog fight, for Of course each one of the
artists wants his name in electric lights and
the best place on the list.
THE salary paid is usually an unanswer-
able argument OF merit II we can reveal
our little secrets OF this kind but II fire.
quently happens that an artist is con-
tracted for under the magic formula OF
headliner, and at the time he is playing
some turn Of the wheel makes 1t necessary
to bring a much greater headliner TO the
theater the same week Then we have
to do considerable hnessing."
The vaudeville artist is apt to look upon
himself as being a peg higher in the pro-
fession than the continuous performance
artist.
"In the continuous performance" said
a vaudeville performer, 'the grade Of talent
Is usually indicated by the expression
three time people and two time people,
which. as the phrase indicates, means that
they come on two or three times during
the performance.
Gallagher Of the wen known vaudeville
| team Of Gallagher and Earle tells how they
were billed once to come on three times
between and half past and that he
| followed himself so closely that he had
! 10 run around the back OF the stage at a
| sprinting pace in order 10 get around 10
! the opposite door In time 70 come on again.
| another vaudevillean tells that in
| Keiths Boston theater his turn was first
down at half past 10 in the morning and
/ when he appeared he never had any au-
! dience except the scrubwomen who were
, doing up the theater at that time. He COM
I planned bitterly OF their lack OF appreci-
: alton.
I "A trapeze performer tells how he used
: TO come on and do an aerial act three
times in two hours at one Of these continu-
Gus performances.
> The continuous performance originally
1 was billed 10 begin at half past 10 and
lasted until Y al night. Many an artist was
compelled TO come on the stage and do his
I turn while the women I'm the auditorium
| opened their lunch baskets and regaIed
| themselves with ham sandwiches and layer
1 cake. This was especially hard to bear
/ when the artist was himself hungry and
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10


Owing to the premature graduation OF
a part OF the senior class of the Naval
academy, early plans for the base ball
team were broken up considerably The
mild weather and exceptional facilities for
indoor work are expected to help counter
balance this reverse in part. Lombard
captain of the team and third base; Ba-
son, at second; Hambsch catcher; Stiles
first base; Van Auken, regarded as a re-
markedly promising pitcher; Lamphier, an
other good pitcher, and Purnell and Lange
in the field are among the veterans
Il is hoped that Douglas, halfback on the
foot ball team, will be able to pitch this
year. Among the best of the plebes are
Molten, Myers, Strickland, Julian, Scott
and Gildersleeve. The schedule, as far as
completed, is:
March 3, ST. Johns at Annapolis; q.
Columbia. at Annapolis; Is. Yale. at Annap-
oils; 80, Cornell at Annapolis.
April 8, Syracuse, at Annapolis; 10. Nir-
ginia Nj. l., at Annapolis; II, Dartmouth
al Annapolis; 49, Lafayette, at Annapolis;
L. George Washington, at Annapolis; Is
Harvard, at Annapolis, -, Johns Hopkins.
at Annapolis; q, University Of Georgia, at
Annapolis Is, ST. Johns at Annapolis
May !, Agricultural and Mechanical at
Annapolis; 2, Randolph Macon, at Annapo-
lis A. WaIbroock A. c., at Annapolis; s.,
Callaudet at Annapolis; 3, Washing
az Annapolis IS, West Point at West
Point.
The Harvard team has arranged TO use
the navy grounds for practice from April
u to ls and the midshipmen will play
games daily with the crimson then.
II YOU have anything to trade advertise
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

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manently cures blood diseases of every kind.
The action of s. S. S. is so thorough that
hereditary taints are removed and weak,
diseased blood made strong and healthy so
that disease cannot remain. 1t cures Rheu-
matism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Sores and Ulcers,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

I~xY The grievances relate largely to
- his dealings with managers.
The American vaudeville manager Is
absolutely the worst gambler in the world"
said one Of the best known vaudeville
actors the other day. Compare him with
managers Of legitimate attractions. The
latter put production on that may have
cost in the neighborhood of $50, 900 or s6O,OOO
After consecutive run of two nights dis
erection whispers Take 1t or and off 1t
comes without whimper.
THE vaudeville manager, on the con-
trary, does not eXpend one cent that he
does not have to. Everything that is used
in vaudeville sketch, or playette, the
term we prefer is bought by the producer
If 1t fails the producer pockets the loss.
Notwithstanding this the managers have
been in the past protected by the contract
which has read that he can cancel you II
he doesn't like you after the second per-
Torrance.
There have been other amusing things
In the contracts OF the past When a
reputable artist gets hold of one Of these
papers he begins to cross II out here and
there until when he gets through It looks
like a sheet of music. have known a
Judge on the bench to laugh when one OF
these contracts was shown him in a suit
brought by a vaudeville artist against a
manager who has Cancelled an agreement
covering thirty weeks after three per-
formances and to say that it was no con-
tract at all for It was not equitable.
"One of the methods by which a man
ager has been able to get the best of his
artist was to get the artists name to a
contract and when he got ready to cancel
him to show him where the agreement
called for a Sunday show and to announce
that as Sunday shows were illegal natur-
ally the contract was So, too.
This is all to be done away with, we
hope, by the action of the Comedy club.
committee from this club is at present
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

The Quakers did not have a particularly
successful season last year, the team being
somewhat uncertain until after the mid
season. This years nine is working under
the graduate system OF coaching, which is
expected to bring good results II IL is
stuck to long enough. The team win have
its same battery from last year, Captain
Judd being behind the bat, and Hay, who
was the most successful pitcher of last
/ year, being stll In college, Fennell is an
other pitcher who works in the outheld.
I Keinath, the basket BAH player. wiz be
used in the inheld, and Kakai, the Jap,
will also get an infield job, the rest OF the
makeup for the coming season being IN
certain. The Pennsylvania team Is weak
in its hitting and there is some anxiety
as TO this important part OF the work.
} John Rlakely is in charge of IRE team
this year. being assisted by other former
! varsity players
The schedule Of the team follows:
March 30. c. c. N Y, at Franklin Field
Aprii 1 Richmond college. al Newpori
News; 4 University OF Virginia, at Char
louisville; 5, GeOrgetewn at Washington;
q Georgetown at Washington: 10. villa
Nova az Franklin Field IS, Trinity, at
FRANKLIN Field; 15 Niagara, at Franklin
Field; Il. Gettysburg az Franklin Field;
fayette at Easton; Is, West Point, at West
Point
MAY l. Fordham. at Franklin Field: l.
| Princeton, at Franklin Field; g. University
I OF Virginia. Al Franklin Field; 3, Crsinus
NJ Franklin Field; II, Yale, at Franklin
Field: IS Columbia at New York; IS Cor
nell, at Franklin Field; 90 Lafayette, at
/ Franklin Field 20, Yale at New Haven
/ 2, Pennsylvania State, at Franklin Field;
( so. Cornell. at Ithaca.
June l, Brown, at Franklin Field; 6, Unit
yersity Of Alabama, at Franklin Field; s.
! Brown, at Providence; 10. Amherst, az Am
herst; T. Princeton at Princeton; H. Uni
/ versitv Of Michigan, at Franklin Field
Pending).
GeOrgetOWn.
! The Georgetown team OF 1901 is expecte
/ 70 be much better aggregation than that
Of the previous year, solely for the reason
that II starts on the season With much
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

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when
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S.
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write TINE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA
Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-10

RIEvANCEs and jokes mark the
conversation of the vaudeville ar
list when he is not on the stage.
The grievances relate largely to
his dealings with managers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-27

party is in power, but because of
the conditions that have been
fostersd by it and allowed to ex-
ist without any real honest ef-
forts being made to do something
of value for the great mass of our
people, something to keep g. bet
ter equilibriu mbetween the poor
and rich, between real value and
inflated values. something that
would make it impossible for the
rich to create suck conditions.
A day Of reckoning is bound to
come to any party, nationally or
locality that PERSISTS in having
pets, legislating for their beneft
and enrichment and ignoring and
expressing great sections and
numbers of taxpayers and cltl-
zens who have all equal share and
equal rights in all things per-
tanning to said government. Such
conduct may succeed for 6 time,
may wen flourish, but the Day
Of Reckoning comes nearer step
by step and no one, no party, no
country, need hope to ultimately
escape his just DEGREES.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-27

There is 10 particle of risk in
volved in letting business take its
natural course, and the people
can help themselves and the
country most by putting back III
10 active circulation the money
they are boarding. The banks
and trust companies are solvent
There is more currency in the
country today than there was q
month ago, when the supply was
ample. Fif5y-fve million dollars
in gold have been imported and
the government has deposited
another $50. 600, 600. These are
facts and appeal to the public to
Cooperate with us in restoring
normal conditions. The govern
msnt Will see hat the people do
not suffer if only the people them
selyes wall act in a normal way.
Crops are good and business con-
dirlons are sound, ard we should
put the money we have into cir
eulation in order to meet the
needs Of ou5 aboundiog prosperity.
There is 10 analogy at ali with
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-27

We notice the children Of the
graded school are again to be
requested to contribute table and
household supplies as a contribu-
ton to the poor, 1t is a very lauda-
bic thing to help the poor and,
where any one. however humble,
old or young, feels able to make a
bequest for sucn q purpose no oh.
etacle should be permitted to
thwart the inclination. At best
humanity is too salfsh and the
spirit Of cheerful giving needs to
be cultivated. Where and how
best to cultivate this spirit is the
question. In our humble opinion
the home is the proper place for
such Instruction and the giver
and receiver should be known one
to the other. Then true hearts
become one in fellowship, in
friendship and joy. The public
school is therefore intruding upon
one Of the noblest traits Of the
human character and most likely
causes many heartaches and phar-
a~saci4l prententions that had best
be unpromot3d. Potatoes put
into q general heep to be sent out
TO an unknown recipient, the
credit for which is given the SUI
parintendelt and not the real
giver, reminds us of buying gew-
ing gum from 3 slot machine. It
is too cold blooded. II robs the
act Of its blessings to the giver
and receiver. Another reason
Why the public school is not the
place for such s0-called charity,
is the fact that among those chill
dren are many just as needy as
may be found, They need help,
possibly to continue in school,,
aud their hearts, if they are cred
tied with having similar hearts
as those of others, are wounded
because they are TOO poor to make
gifts. Their tender feelings are
changed to resentment. especially
so, when his more fortunate school,
mate has no more discr8ssion than
TO boast OF his gift and give the
unfortunate one. These things
are the traits of children and it
would be hard indeed to get g half
dozen together without finding
much Of these elements among
them.
Giving is o~levating and should
be encouraged under proper con-
ditions, times and places, but
the gathering OF potatoes under
she above mentioned conditions
and place, Is, TO our thinking, not
at alI appropriate. The time is
not at any particular season or
Jurn of the calendar, but CONSTANT
" presents itself.