The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-17
HIRSCHERS GET THEATRES WMManage Three Local
 Playhouses. ASSOCIATED wTzJAKE WELLS New Place on Dexter Avenue to Open October l5. Manager Neal of Biieu Is Transferred to hattanooga--winter Season
 in Montgomery Full of
 Promise.

The three theaters of Montgomery the Montgomery theater, the Bijou the- ater and the new theater on Dexter avenue, not yet named--will be man aged the coming season. and for sev- eral seasons, by Sam and Arthur Risch- CT, who have managed the Montgomery theater about fourteen years with great success.
 In these enterprises they will be as- sociated with Jake Wells, the we'll known theater owner of Richmond. Virginia
 The winter season at the Perry street playhouse will begin the night of Aug. 2s with presentation of Under Southern Skies"
 The new theater on Dexter avenue is nearing completion. It will be opened to the public about Oct. 15. and for this season, at least, most of the larger attractions will be offered there. as the new theater will have the lar- gest seating capacity of any of the local playhouses.
 Just what will be done with the Bi- jou theater on Bibb street has not been determined. D. A. Neal, who has successfully managed this theater for three years for the Jake Wells enter prises, will be transferred to the man agement of the Bijou theater at Chat tanooga, which Is In the nature of a promotion for him.
 The foregoing announcements were made yesterday by sam Hirscher, who, with his brother, Arthur Hirscher. has recently returned to Montgomery ffom New York. They spent several weeks in the metropolis perfecting plans for the winter theatrical season in Mont gomery.
 MT. Hirscher added that it was im- possible just at this time to make any definite statement as to the list of at fractions secured for the theaters of Montgomery. It may be announced. he said, that the best of everything theatrical that comes to the Southern States will be seen at one or the other of the Montgomery houses.
 The Hirschers express eradication over their contract with Mir. Wells. With the announcement six months ago by Jake Wells and associates that they would build a handsome theater on Dexter avenue, the theatrical situation in Montgomery became complicated. It was known that Mir. Wells has a long term lease on the Bijou theater, which Is owned by the estate of the late George F. Mcdonald.
 It was also known that the owners of the old Montgomery theater had in N&LpHL yGttHH NAR~NANNftK K 1Ah HS bAltA Ol money in remodeiing and refurntsh- ing that playhouse.
 The contract was awarded for the construction of the new theater on Dexter avenue and the contractors are rushing the work. As the new build jug reared its head to the skies the Montgomery people interested in amusements and with knowledge of the inside of the game" wondered what would happen.
 Would Jake Wells conduct two thea ter here and would the new house compete with the Hirsehers? Was the new house being built for the Shu- berts or other independent managers7 Was it being built for Klaw and Err langer, to be leased to the Hirsch- CTS? These were some of the Qaes- tions that vexed the theatrically-wise ones.
 Yesterday Sam Hirscher fumbled with punches of contracts when he cleared up the doubts and confusion. He has been back from New York a week. but he could not talk of his con- tracts until yesterday. Indeed, 1t is said that all of the contracts were not signed until yesterday.
 Mir. HirseheT Talks.
 we will manage the three theaters in Montgomery, under an arrangement with MT. Wells" said Mir. Hirscher. Right now we cannot Say much about the character of attractions to be played in them Those things will de- pend entirely on developments. The new theater, which has not yet been given a name. will not be completed until the middle of October. Until that time we will go right ahead with the season at the Montgomery theater as usual. and there may be some attvac- tions as the Bijou.
 '"rhe new theater is going to be one of the handsomest and best appointed in the South. For many reasons the larger attractions will no doubt be played at the new house. One of the greatest drawbacks we have had in bringing the finer classes of shows to Montgomery has been our restric- ted seating capacity in the old theater and the fact that the stage is upstairs. The new theater is. of course, on the ground floor plan and has seating capacity of about 1,70O.
 "As the new theater sits back about fifty or seventy-five feet from the side walk, there will be ample opportunity for beautifying the entrance. There will be a handsome arcade leading from