The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-19
PubIiSherS Visit
Gay White Way
By the Score
By A. H. BALLARD.
New York, April IS

New York, April u
" HIS theatrical season of pinnacles
and chasms is Strengthening out
into a rather beautiful home
stretch
Although fortunes have been made ana
lost. the amount OF general good that
has come out Of the year has been pro
uigious and the men who have riSkeo
their money in theatrical ventures can,
In the main. gather together bankrols
which Justify and encourage playing
the game some more and plenty. Out
of sixty-fve theaters in the city, OF the
larger kind. the majority have been
open most of the season, and have
scored a success or two each, coupled
with spectacular failures. In Klaw &
,ErIauger's offices the other day I heard
a magnaJe zone who has experienced
many things tbeatricaD say: "One play
Sn fifty really succeeds. That is the
sort of game IT is
A large ripple in the rialto world Is
seen when the members Of the Ma
tIonaI Publishers Association get here.
They are arriving now, and the pro-
ducers are more than willing 70 enter
tain them. The Schuberts have placed
800 seats at theic disposal for the per
formance at the Lyric of f. H. Sothern
In Lord Dundreary,' for the matinee
next Tuesday.
The theatrical managers are astute
'Ih business managers Of the news
papers are here but once or twice a
year, but the theatrical managers want
80 be noticed in their columns all the
year around.
VIII See merry Widow"
Notwithstanding the fact that there
are SIS. coo OF advance sale money in the
box office OF the Merry Widow outfit
at the New Amsterdam Theater. and
New Workers are compelled 70 buy
feats from four to eight weeks ahead.
foom Will he found for the members
OF the Publishers Association when they
are here. you may be sure There is
always a box. a trouble seat" a Just
returned" seat. or some special favor,
which can be put forward by the
obSeQuiouS house manager lust In the
nick OF time 20 hatter and cajole the
visiting director OF an Out-Of-tOWn pub
1cattOn, which may be relied upon later
on 10 boom the attraction when 10
reaches the town where the publication
81 question is published.
I am not objecting 10 this order of
things, They are emineDtlY appropriate.
am only DESCRIBING how the dehcately
diplomatic aid practical methods are
conducted. II is we'll that this practice
prevails The visitors have a good time
with their wives, and the theater acts
we'll the part Of host for a purpose.
For a week the members Of this assO-
citation Will be entertained royalty b.
their natural enemies. who prey upon
them the balance Of the twelvemOnth.
Preference for "The Thief"
Their preference indicate the amount
of advertisement and general appeal the
plays in New York have in the country
at large. First call among she requests
for seats from the publishers Is The
Thief" Next, "The Witching Hour. -
and the '.Merry Widow The first re-
sains its place Of precedence for many
of the publishers have seen the second
and the third in the other cities where
they have been present ed. ''Th Thief
has not been taken out Of New York. F,v-
erybOdy has heard Of this masterpiece
from the French. and everyone wants
TO see II when he comes TO this city.
Polly of the Circus is a brisk third
choice Then comes The Soul Kiss be
cause so much merited talk about the
who. by the way, IS far away the most
marvellous sprite who ever came To
America and danced herself into the
love Of everybody alive.
Due Honor 70 Sothern.
There has been no opening this week
a. the frst-class hOuses-the Saturday
night opening Of Ida Conquest in Eugene
WALTERS new play. The Wolf. 9" coming
TOO late for me 10 send a review until
my following letter. Mr.. Walter wrote
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