Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-12-02
Friday. Dec. =. 1910.
AMUSEMENT CRAZY.

To the casual reader OF tho dali
papers published In Salt Lake City !
IL natural 10 come 20 the conclusion
thn. the great majority Of the peopl
OF the metropolis are amusemeu
crazy. Every Issue OF these paper
contains accounts OF various amuse
ments held In the play houses wblcl
are patropIsed by the people to fucb
an extent that u IL seldom that there
is standing room 10 be had ut any
performances for those who are 80
unfortunately M to come In late.
IL ID en- evident fact that the human
race should have judlcious amount
of amusement. but II certainly seems
10 person from the country that the
amusement craze Ia carried TO the
extreme Ia Salt Lake City. No matter
how hard man has 10 atruggle for an
existence, II he be man Of family Il
Ia certainty that goodly portion OF
his SALARY goes To tho managers of
theatres aud other places Of amuse.
ment.
just 10 show, II possible, how the
average man does in Salt Lake City
mention 10 made OF tho actual living
OF laborer. lie at boat receives no
moro than 80. 20 per day for bis work
and he must pay out of that as rule
car fare TO aud from his work, which
reduces the amount TO practically
%. 10. AZ there are usually &c work
Ing days ia month he therefore re-
>celves Sha for his services. Dat OF
this amount no has to pay rent not
less than sl2; for food he cannot
possibly act off for less than sal 90
and ,his 10 very low estimate con.
sidering tho high prices that prevail
In Salt Lake City. The fuel bill Will
amount 90 at least 30, 20 per month.
AZ he has no sickness aud has fair
supply Of clothing he ekes out n
miserable existence on two thirds
rations aud the balance left, Sli. SO
Coca for amusement. Thls last assort-
Ion will be hard to believe. but 1t Ia
fact nevertheless. Supposlng the
family consists OF i've members. aud
each sttends not more than three
times week, aud usually with all OF
them II IL nearer ak times than three.
but the three times basis will sutiice
60 show what tho poor devil has left
after the month has passed, II he Ia
at all fond OF amusement he will frat
take In the higher priced show house
which will reduce his little pile say
81. so. OF course he aud his wife
will take that In aud along about the
middle Of the week the children 40 20
the ten cent show which will mean 30
cent? more from the dwindliug pile
of coin. The end OF the week the
entire family soss ont to the middle
GLASS or vaudeville, which will take
for the admission OF the family 80
cents. And usually after the show
they NO to refreshnent stand and
indulge In some OF the oonooctlonS Of
the day. which would ssom TO be per.
feetly proper. and a hard working
man and his family are Oertainly en-.
tlslsi 20 something out OF the com.
moa. These refreshments will coat at
least 20 cents, aud that added 90 the
moOey spenl duriag the week totals
up TO sa.o5 Tor the week, which
means eli. so for the month. Deduct
shss from thu slA.sb and he nov has
e3. o5. Out Of this last amount he |
MESA pay his light and telephone bill
llsals iAlpgs that eOassaOtiy are need
"A sAAa ere net tAouSAt ot In the re-
.uIar Ilvins sHpeassa Altar all Ia
.AAlaA 40 snnncaa % me b % 10