The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-08-27
GOOD ATTRACTIONS.
Grand Opera House Prepares For
Season.

ed and all is now in readiness for the
seasons opening which will take place
on Tuesday, September s. The man.
agement has secured the musical come.
dy entitled 1.-TWO Merry Tramps" for
the opening bill. This is the company
which so universally pleased the pat
rons of the Grand last season and it is
said that they will come to us strong
er and better than ever on September
Sth.
On September 18th will be presented
"The Girl and The Stampede" an at
traction Of more than ordinary merit;
carrying large and expensive COM
pany.
Mr.. Walker has deemed it advisable
to present two excellent one night
stands during the week of the Brook
ings County Fair, rather than tire the
people out with stock company, play
ing every night throughout the week.
And he announces that Pelton and
Shutters attraction, The Lieutenant
and the Cowboy" direct from the Cur
tis theatre of Denver, will appear on
Wednesday night, September 23rd and
on Friday night, September 25th, the
celebrated Lyman Twins, will make
their third appearance before Brook
ings audience.
| 1t is possible that public dance
may be given in the opera house either
Tuesday night, the 22nd or Thursday
night the oath. On Tuesday Septem.
ber 29th, the Riggs Brothers will ap-
pear in their new vehicle entitled "On
the Quiet" This company will be re-
membered as having presented the
opera Said Pasha" and "The College
Boy" in this city, during the past two
seasons.
This makes an excellent line of at
fractions for the month Of September,
and Manager Walker assures us that
he has some splendid entertainments
in store for the patrons of the Grand
for the various dates through the sea-
son; mention OF which will be made
from time to time.
| The management wishes to assure
the public that they will at all times
endeavor to keep the price of admis-
sion as low as possible and wish to
make the following explanation: When
prices are advertised as being 35, So
75c and 81, it will mean that only a
few seats will be held at the high
price, and wish to call the attention of
the public to the fact, that at such
times there will be plenty Of seats
which are just as good, which can be
secured at 75c And where the TOP
price is announced at 75c, plenty OF
seats, equally as good, can be secured
at so C. The object in making the
prices 75c, $1.00 or even $1.50 for the
larger opera companies, being to main
tain the scale of prices, so that the
business Of these companies may not
be injured in the larger cities, such as
Sioux City, st. Paul and Des Moines
by having the fact leak out that these
companies played at lower prices In
smaller cities like Brookings.
1t may not be generally known, thai
it costs a travelling theatrical manag
er three cents per mile in South Dako
ia, to transport his company; whereas
in Minnesota. Wisconsin, Iowa and
other states, farther east and south
the fare is but two cents per mile and
again the larger towns in South Da
kota are from fifty to seventy.five
miles apart, whereas in other ter
ritory above mentioned, a company car
travel from Is to 25 miles and play In
a modern theatre in a city of from
$4,000 to $4,000 population. For these
reasons it can be readily seen that II
we are to get the better companies
pi VI dululoolOu Dc lOWeI
than at first indicated. And farther
than all this, all contracts made with
managers of travelling attractions, pro
vide that the attraction manger shall
fix the price that shall prevail during
his engagement. SO that the best
that local manager can do, is to ad
wise the attraction manager, which ad
vice is promptly overruled as a gen
eral thing, when the local manager ad
vances the cheap price theory.
An agreement has been entered into
between Mr.. McGill, proprietor of the
Pleasant Hour and Mr.. Walker, mana
ger of the Grand opera house, whereby
these promoters of public amusements
will work in perfect harmony and on
nights when an entertainment appears
at the Grand, but one performance will
be given at the Pleasant Hour, thus
enabling the public to witness the en-