Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-07

taItlAs total 10.
Schubert houses: New theater. Hip
podrome, Casino. Walack's. Herald
square, BiiOu. Comedy. Lyric. Nail
nova, Maxine Elliott and DAILY total
II.
Having so many houses under their
control 60 say nothing of those di-
Vidod between the two iu Boston, Phil
adelphla. Chicago. and the lesser cities,
there is Of course a constant warfare
70 secure for them the best attractions
which come upon the market from the
producing managers. and the managers
who control the stars. Naturally. every
one Of those wants the biggest houses
ana the latest dates, over which end
less contentious and disagreements en-
sue, somewhat like they used 10 do IN
the eighties I'm salt Lake. when the
Conference dates formed the bone Of
contention between the old Dcserct
Dramatic survivors and the newly
arisen Home club. Gov Wells and
John Spencer still carry some u the
scars) Hence resulted an alignment
Of allies, such producers as Savage.
Dillingham;. Harris. Henry Miller. Be
lasco and Fiske now operating with the
Trust Though the last three were out
side the breastWorks for a long period)
and Liebler & Company, w A. Brady
the New theater management Cthe
house OF the 400, - " Arthur and
F. G.. Whitney giving their allegiance
90 the Shuberts. Charles Frohman
lives most OF his time In London and
gobbles up nearly every English and
French success worth having. besides
having apparently life mortgages on
Maude Adams Ethel Barrymore. John
Drew w. n. Crane, w. H. Gnlctte,and
Francis Wilson, 80 that he Is an in
valuable cog I'm the great Trust wheel,
furnishing a big part Of the attractions
which IL must have to keep It's houses
open. keep It's local stockholders salts
fed. and keep the dividends rolling out.
by which alone Is the commercial fab
rio held together
II can be seen at n glance. there
fore. that both the Trust and Shu-
herts have three ever pressing
problems constantly before them. one.
how 10 secure the best attractions, two.
how to extend their chain OF houses
so as to guarantee those attractions a
fun season. three. how to keen the
local managers contented with the
number and grades Of attractions sent.
For some years the Trust had things
an their own way. there was little or
no opposition TO them. the local mana
gers chcerfully paid them FIVE per
cent OF their receipts for acting as
booking agents. they hired the best
artists, negotiated with producers.
and $50 claim the disgruntled ones)
carefully retained the best dates for
their own attractions. Discomfort In
evitably arose. First one manager and
then another went out as an "Inde-
pendent" demanding better terms:
sometimes they got them, oftener they
did not. but by some means or another.
all were brought back into the fold
except the Shuberts Where these
brothers got the sinews Of war that
enabled them TO go on building
theaters here. leasing them there.
swapping up such artists as Sothern
and MarlOwe, Nazimova and Maxine
Elliott pulling away from the other
Side such producers as Liebler &
Company Brady and Arthur. and now
inducing such old and tried Trust
lieutcnants as Julius Calm In the east.
and John Cort In the west, 20 come
under their wing-all this seems one
Of the mysteries. Rumor, wei ground
ed says j. =. Morgan Is one
OF the powers behind them. and the
fact that the Shuberts were invited by
the magnates OF finance who built
the New theater to take charge OF H.
lends still further color 10 the report
That bit Of recognition put a tremen-
dous feather I'm the cap OF the
Huuh'IA9s anu pI'"dulA mas uout as
much as any one thing TO attract
to thcm the producers and out Of town
managers who We're az first inclined TO
look doubtfully on the Issue OF their
struggles with the Trust.
w A. Brady Familiarity known in
sporting and theatrical circles as
billy Brady" was one Of the first OF
the fighters we encountered. and an
acquaintance Of almost generation,
reaching back 90 the days when he was
"a struggling advance agent who oc-
casionallv blew into salt Lake ahead
Of the Grismer and Lewis Morrison
shows. permitted a number OF in