The sun., 1910-05-07
SHOWS HERE AND IN CHICAGO
BIiI DlJIS TlLkS ABOUT
THE THEAFRg TRADE.

.t c1nu.tions In the Windy City. By
,r. wav. thev have a brand Of muasos
f., nsiv o'I' there that Hlls houses in the
West and middle West hut which never
-..ru, 10 he able TO stand up when Il gets
O. H-radNav
Hrcago - a good theatrical town and
s,. r-ally gooi show gets appreciated in
On" wav 81 adequate patronage said
~ laws The ratio Of it, population
,.nuared with tho number of theatres il
.Hout the same AZ that Of New Nort
koth cities arr slmWhat OverstOcked with
rlynouses Several outlying theatres
have been opened In Chicago in the
.i-t year, mostly for vaudeville. though
there are three that play dramatic az.
t-1rtions a. moderate prices these
.rrghborhOod' theatres. a. we call them
oIt thers are doing = good business
transportation In Chicago eats up n good
deal Of time and people Of moderate in
comes have taken largely 70 going TO
these theatres We feel this most in our
talcony and gallery, narticularly the lat
t,r a. thu prices az the neighborhOOd
theatres are about the same "a the gallery
m the more fashionable plavhouses
-Chicago IL becoming the starting place
for more and more shows Singer Bros.
put crli a great many musical comedies
thai have heen very successful in chicago
and the middle West and West. bat they
seem TO anguish when they strike here
Wbv Is ~ Well. after looking at the
Montgomery and Stone production last
night and seeing the 'Arcadians.' the
Dollar Princess and that class Of shows
belle,e the Chicago prO4ucts do not
hegn 10 compare ~ productions either
m numners on the stage or in ma mignlhcsnce
Of sstti7g
You 80. the art Of production has
wonderfully improved in New York.
especially in the last five or six years
should say that the productions out
therc ara a. witty a. those here. a. Ameri-
cans understand wit and the people
out there are mostly Americans and
nusIcally they are very catchy. but the
managers cannot afford 10 produce ON
the magnificent scale that is necessary
hsr Of courpe We get the New York
shoNs a. the higher class theatres. hut
while they are largely patrOnized they
don't sem 20 interfere very much with
the business Of the local productiOns
The latter are pat on at small theatres
with moderate prices and they have
steady patronage. some running more
than a year.
Before went to managing for nv
self out m Chicago | was associated with
J X Haverly The only thing ever
did IN New York IN a theatrical way was
wnen ! was connected with the Mapleson
Opera Company, and | was in New York
100 the first and second years " Maple
sons tenure OF the Academy Of Alnsic
IN is1p-s0 and isSD-sl Havsrly took the
Mapleson company on tour aud ! went
along a. his manager In those davs
the Old Union square Theatre was the
theatre OF New York ! went down there
Yesterday and found they were running
a moving picture show where the old
theatre used 10 b.. aud 10y the way.
u met one single person with an Amefi-
Can face in the bag thrOnx I encountered
In Union Square did not realize n Every
body ] aaW SEEMED 20 b. a f0rei xner
u ised 10 he quite different
In the company ! went out with were
Nine. Eteika tSer~teT Minnie uauk
Mare Rose and Anne louise Carey aud
then Ne had tampanIn.. the famous
tenor. GalaEsl. haryt0ne. and Poll. prU-
Cipal bass We took them - Gar ss ~
Louis IN two SPECIAL trans ! had a
good du-e Of the jealousy that can
exist between opera stars on the trip.
Henry Mapleson was supposed 20 be
the husband % Marie Rosr. aud Miss
Hauk and some Of the Others thought
that she was exploited too much l
remember that ons night in Chicago
we we're 20 give les HugIenots' and
Miss Hauk was 10 sing Grbdia aud
Miss Rose was 20 sing q more impOrtant
role The night before Miss Hauk had
sung Carmen. When Miss Hauk reached
the theatre on the night Of Les HugIbs-
nots' she found that the dressing room
she had occupied the night before had
heen emptied Of her possessions and
thoss Of Miss Rose installed She there
upon refused % 60 on and vent hack
% her hotel
'Mapleson vent over 10 see her. but be Z
failed 10 persuade her 20 change her I
mind. Then Charlie Mapleson tired his
efforts. bat without success
BY this tifne the audience had assem- 7.
blad and was beginning TO get impatient /
] vent hack upon the stage and found I
out what waa the matter. and Col Havsrly .
sent me over 10 see what | could do with |
Mias Hauk Outside her room ! en- I
cOuntsred q German dignitAry, a count I
or something. whom she afierWard /
married. and he was Tor nns iyttinx me /
So Mas Hauk a. all bat ! pushed BY /
him and got into Miss Hauk sitting room |
She was a Kansas City girl. biit her
mother was a German. and she was 4
present. told Miss Hauk that her duty |
was 10 the public. with whom shs had 4
made a distinct hlt a. CdrmsR. and that /
the public liked her better than anv Y
puma donna IN the country. They don't |
care about your little quarrela Go out /
and satisfy the public and then have u I
ont with the management later. ! urged /
her. Well. Miss Hauks mother kept ,
interruptinE ms with a food of objections
10 German. TO which ! was not equal.
bat Minnie went over and sang
Outside Of the Maplesons the big
men iheatrically in New York when
vas here were Lester Wallack and Henry
D. Abbey. Daniel and Charles FrOhman
were just beginning TO appear IN the
Managerial nsld. They bad been aaso-
ated with Hayerly Erlanger ! think
vas treasurer of theatre in Cleveland.
and believe Marc Klaw had a little
newspaper somewhere out in the middle
West Al Hayman was In Australia.
] had left him there the year before
when ! had gone there 10 advocate an
American route 20 Europe for the Austria
ans The'Pacific Mail. certain railways
aud the Atlantic lines were defTaying the
~Ip@nsas ] was most cOuTteOusly re-
eIyed and the result was that q good bit
travel vas turned this way. ] han
.si With no luck until became ac-
ainted with Hir Frederick N. HaddOn.
r1puetOr II the Melbourne Ddild Argus
and the AusiraiasiaH. 4 and he took me up
H't exploited my mission TO such an
"T ent that success resulted.
AInust tho first theatre I ever went
100 Was IN Baltimore. II was the Old
Front Street Theatre. and there ! saw