The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
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NEW YORK, Dec. lit is not safe
to punch theater ushere if they should
happen to show you TO the wrong seats
and later attempt to correct the error.
The question has been decided by a
Toronto court, and inasmuch rs the dc
cision is based upon common Law, it
doubtless will hold good in this coun-
try. In the Toronto case two young
men had been give the wrong seats
at theater. Subsequently they were
asked by several ushers TO move. Fin
ally the house officer attempted TO clcct
them, and n fight resulted. The court
is of the opinion that the young men
either should have accepted tho pro
posed change gracefully or demanded
the return OF their money: 81 think
the law is perfectly plain wrote the
Judge, "thnt where ticket is sold in
the usual course, and it is discovered
that the patron has been shown 10 II
wrong seat, one to which the ticket he
pure hased does not entItle him, the pro
prietor of the theater has right to
remove him to the seat TO which his
ticket entities him. Under the circum
stances / do not think the proprietor
was necessarily bound to rc1and the
rs cents which bad been paid for the
tickets before exercising the right,
which 7 think he had, of eiecting per-
son who persisted in holding his seat
in violation of the contract between
him and the theater proprietor
In the Limelight.
A little limeljght, this way: Mr., Os-
car Haumerstein has few more words
to say. he declares that he con.cm-
plates leaving New York to I've in
London. He is now considering an Of
fer made by the vaudeville syndicate
for his leaseholds on the Victoria and
tan opera house. The leases on the
flrst two have sixteen and thirty five
years to run, respectively. The opera
house, subject TO a S250,000 mortgage,
is owned outright by Mr, Hammerstein.
He will leave about January IA. He
also SAYS: "I could raise $25,000,000
for opera in New York, but it's too
haitian given over to vaudeville.
want to get away from it all, to forget
existing conditions,
Played in Candle Light.
William Collier, one night last week,
acts Of his new farce by lantern and
candle light at the Wieting Opera house
in Syracuse, conditions being brought
about by a fire In the power house Of
the local electric light company. At
the conclusion of the first act all the
electric lights in the house went out.
Before the audience had time to think
about it, Collier appeared before the
curtain. a candle in his hand, and an
nounced that the performance would be
continued without electricity. The au-
dience applauded and remained
throughout the play, ON Be Hanged
II Do"
German Tragedian Here.
Baron Won Possart, the German ira
9ediap, will appear at the Irving Place
theater for an engagement Of two
weeks, beginning Monday. December
l26. Won Possart is generally admitted
to be the foremost living German ac
tor. After his two weeks at the Irv-
ing Place theater he will go on tour
Of the principal American cities. His
repertoire will include "The Merchant
Of Venice" Chatham, the Wise"
Friend Fritz and Fallisscment, -
by Biornsen, The performances will
be exclusively in German, Herr Won
Possart comes to this country by per