The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-24

Gus SUMS FOREIGN Contrncts.

Gus SUMS Foreign Contracts.
Gus Sun, manager and lessee of the |
Orpheum theater in this city, recently |
returned from a trip to New York |
City where he made arrangements
with Richard Pitrot, the international |
Artists representative, to secure many |
noted European attractions. Mr.. Pitrot |
holds unique position in the vaude- |
vile field, namely, that of arranging |
tours for European artists 1t Is in
teresting to note that while Mr.. Pitrot
was attending performance at the
Berlin winter garden the name of Gus
Sun was mentioned from the stage
by an artist. A certain European
juggling act known as the Fleuris
Troupe OF Austria was appearing and
during the course of their act, ac-
oomplished feat that had never been
done before. juggling eleven objects
at the same time.
At the performance at which MRS.
Pitrot was present, Edward Fleuris,
the senior member of the troupe, re-
marked to the audience after ac-
complishing the difficult feat: This
is a trick that originated for the Gus
Sun circuit in America"
German language and Mr.. Pitrot was
the only one of the party of vaude.
Vile agents that understood Il, con.
sequently after the performance he
sought Mr. Fleuris and asked him
what he meant by the remark. The
artist stated that his brother is with
another troupe playing in America on
the Sun time and had written him
eyIn nttytn nf ha
ment he had received that he had
made up his mind to write Mr.. Sun
to arrange an American tour. On his
trip to New York Mr. Pitrot told Mr.
Sun of the incident and the final re-
suit was that the act has been engaged
for the entire Sun circuit at hand
some figure and will probably appear
in this city. Another prominent Euro
pean feature that was engaged by Mr..
Sun while In New York was the cele-
brated Ballalaki Russian band and
orchestra. This act comes direct from
st. Petersburg. Russia, and permission
TO play in America was secured direct
from the Car.
The act was booked " open for Mr..
Sun at the Colonial theater. Eria Pa,
and arrived in New York a few days
previous To lHt OptIlIHB udl'' Il lt
Russian embassy, however, heard OF
| the arrival of the band and II was
| Immediately commanded to give
performance. Members of the band,
fearing that If they refused to appear
they would be taken back to Russia,
| were obliged to cancel the Erie per-
| fcrmance.
Some OF the important European
! features that Mr.. Sun has engaged for
| his circuit were booked up solid for
five and six years and some of the
acts have been contracted for this city.
A European actor has finer sense of
| honor regarding contracts and they
never cancel unless absolutely obliged
to. A foreign actor, holding contract
] in America, in case of necessity can
borrow at least fifty per cent. of the
gross amount of the contract. The
| principal reason for this Is that in
! Europe contract is inviolable and
IL person breaks 1t, he is liable to
| imprisonment and heavy fine.
"The Man of the Hour" visited Ma
rion last evening for the second time
in the history of its wonderful career
| and success as a modern drama. 1t
was greeted by fair sized audience
| that was by no means lacking In en-
thusiasm, as was shown by the bursts
| of applause that interspersed the play
throughout.
The story, which Is political one,
tells of a young man who has spent
his life enjoying the riches left him
at the death of his father. He has
the fighting spirit, however, ana this
latent spark is set off when he meets
the girl he loves and finds he cannot
win her unless he accomplishes some
thing worth while. Political meshes
become entangled and the bosses and
| machine operators find that obstacles
and party troubles will probably pre-
vent them from electing their candi-
cate. For the sacrifice they choose
young Bennett. He makes a record
breaking campaign and wins in the
face of opposition. The bosses try to
control him but fail He vetoes a bill.
ruins his sweetheart financially and all
the men who have put him in office,
because he refuses to be a CRATER and
insists on needing his own conscience.
Gibbs, the man who slugged Bennett in
a football game, wins the girl, Dallas,
unfairly but later shows his yellow
streak and reveals his true character.
The girl tells Bennett she is proud of
him and all ends well.
John Moore, as Richard Horrigan,
the political boss and muckraker
played the really heavy role. Harry
English as the Man of the Hour In
terpreted his lines well and showed
especially bright in the second and
third acts. The story Is one that is
of special interest to all. The man of
the hour Is one that is honest and
above board and the kind of a man
that is making the best records of the
hour.
ORPHEUM.
The management of the Orpheum
announces In extra bill prepared