The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-04-09

the hot summer months your locaI
manager is looking forward to
amusements for the winter days.
Manager Hoppe during season
throws into the waste basket hun
dreds of contracts Of Companies
not worthy fer his class of pa
irons He is the sole Judge abso-
lutte, and sometimes a ringer isrun
in on him, he feels it just as much
as his patrons, for it hurts his en-
tire seasons business, but those
things are unavoidable. He tries
hard to grade his list Of attrac-
tions, for instance he does not
want all of his shows to be the
same grade. He has a class of
patrons that are willing to pay
the price, if the show is worthy.
Along comes show like "rhe
Heart of Maryland, prices $1.5O
$100, IS and 80 cents, then follows
"East Lynn, missouri Girl"
and others at popular prices,
namely, 80, 80 and IS cents. Is
not that a fare proposition? Well,
along comes the advance man with
his line Of paper, Mr. Manager
gives him the lists of stands, the
window space, the newspaper
space, and all the heralds. Mr..
advance man leaves his goods and
flies to the next stand, and then it is
up to your local manager to get
busy and put the advertising
matter and see that all stands are
properly filed. His salary for
that work is nothing, tits mutual
benefit. But If the company fails
to arrive or has poor house, your
humble manager loses his work
and time. When you take into
consideration that the average
number of shows run about IS to
30 for the season at about $l5 to
500 for each show, you can
plainly see that show house in a
town the size of Logan is not
big paying proposition after all,
besides the theatre is absolutely
not making a penny in the summer
months. Of course yol will say,
well, he rents the house lots of
times and gets Il big rent for just
day or an evening. Well, dear
friends, it costs in the nelghbor-
hood Of 10 or II dollars to open
the doors, that's first cost to the
owner of the house. No sir, an
opera house is not money maker
for the owner or manager. He will
do well to get reasonable rent
from same. So when next season
rolls around don't go to the box
oilice and expect to see a $3.50
attraction for so cents. Show
people have nothing to give away, |
and as a rule they do not have
mark down" sales. We will
have something to say later on IN
regard to your actions after you
are seated, and you will open your
eyes and say, by gad am part
IF the show myself.
Fresh from its New York and
}hicaeo triumphs, "Brown of
Harvard, " the new college play by
tida Johnson Young, Will hold
he boards at the Southern
Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, on
Monday and Tuesday, April 2Oth.
ma 2lst. Mr., Henry Woodruff is
he star and is supported by
ompany Of thirty people, the ma.
GRITTY of whom are college
.raduates, thereby being ably
tied to inject the proper atmo.
pnere INTO the play. All the
Genes are laid at Harvard and
ruly reflect the life at the great
lstitntion of learning. While
ppealing particularly to the
ollege man "Brown of Harvard
hould be none less interesting to
he theatregoer who does not
oast of an alma mater, for it has
love story running undereurrent
nd plot that grips the attention /
the audience at the outset and a
'es not release it until the final d