Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
Election Week Dull
One IN London Theaters
London Dramatic Letter

Is an enormous draw The elite OF
fashionable society Is focking to wit
ness her performance. Not perhaps be-
cause they are interested in her dane
ing. but In order that they may talk
OF II at lunch and dinner tables after
wards. Both friends and enemies come
tho former to applaud the latter to
jeer. So far as the Palace Is concerned
what does 1t matter? After all. one
mans money is as good as anothers."
1t seems probable that we are likely
to witness Scme startling developments
in the vaudeville world soon. A leading
manager who controls one of the big
gest provincial music hall circuits has
lately bitten off a good deal more than
he can conveniently chew and has let
it be known that he is prepared to get
rid of his many responsibilities. Yes
terday / learned from a private source
that Oswald Stoll had leapt into the
breach and acquired the various prop
critics. At the moment OF writing comes
an official contradiction of the rumor.
l should not be at all aStonished. how
ever, If something of the kind were to
happen, for Stoll's ambition seems
boundlesS. On the other hand, although
he has been colning money at the
Coliseum. 1t Is certain that the Moss
and Stoll provincial houses. of which
there is circuit of about 40, have
been doing very badly.
The obvious reason Is that Stoll, by
his own action at the Coliseum, has
forced up salaries to a point that prac-
tically spells ruin for the smaller
houses. This he can do at the Coli
scum because his weekly receipts there
total up to something over $4,000. Thus
he can afford TO pay an actress like
Bernhnrdt $1,000 a week without feel
ing draught But elsewhere such an
cxtravaeant policy must sooner or later
lead to ruin. Even Stoll himself may
4 discover Mt no very distant date that,
| like Frankenstcin. he has created a
| monster which In the end Will prove
| his destruction. Here is an instance of
| how matters are advancing by leaps
and bounds, / suppose If, a few years
| ago. anybody had offered Tree $500 q
| week to appear on the vaudeville stage
he would have jumped at the chance.
| Such a proposal would today merely
| elicit a smile of derisson. Tree has
| heard that Sarah Bernhardt is to have
5000 a week to go to the Coliseum.
Good" replies Tree in his sauvest
| manner. III Bcrnhardt's value is s.. 900,
| mine Is $500" And that in point OF
fact Is tho figure he has now placed
upon his services. 1 can only hope he
will get 1t.
Another example. Two years ago. OF
at the utmost three. Marie Tempest &C.
cepted an engagement to sing at the
Palace. her remuneration being fixed
Mt 81 900 week. Stoll has recently
opened negotiations with her 10 appear
ut the Coliseum after her presen,
American tour. But In place OF 81 00t
e week she now asks $1,000 In other
| rlg IL
200 per cent No wonder that Stoll Is
rapidly taking In the eyes of artists
the position OF fairy godmother ready
to shower golden sovcreigns on tho
heads OF his favorites. We used tc
think Charles Frohman did the thinr
pretty handsomely But even ht
''palcs his inoffectual fires" before thC
generosity OF Oswald Stoll. On tho
othor side OF the channel French artists
ar,o awakening TO the fact. The divine
Sarah, as have already intimated. has
fallen victim to trs u,onay cralza- ~