Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-17

Ar.F of my life Is passed In a
III :::: :''; :: &C. E e s;
u,ee M OF a long chain Of theaters'
n.t IKE some prehistoric animal
',rstcbes itself from one ocean TO
'sa other devouring plays that are
-, an from New York, but never
'.ro5uclng anything but Dissatisfaction
and discomfort.
Tho other half OF my life is passed
Il ,o,,ptry where there is no theatre
1 III synJicate; where all first class
H 'a' 4t,.tfons are made In one city Tor
P particular audience, and in that
,ity he efforts of every manager nave
,neir beginnings and their ondlhss,
Win no thought of other theaters OF
49, cities TO provide for The ilrst
o '.,,,,,. /. America, with its ever-pros-
sv, responsibility Of u hungry chaih
''s heaters, lying all the way from
- work TO san Francisco. The other
.,rtr,, is an island, rather small
w.. tbirklv populated ISLAND, contain
@ ,r,p of the largest cities IN the
esrid and where the manager VINO
s,yes the public the best that Is TO be
sad is called public benefactor
Roth countries speak the same
sneech. read the same kind OF BOOKS
~ Interested in pretty much the
,r,e public questions. Whatever In
M strikes the one country as
,rsgedv. seems tragedy to the
o,b4r and whatever appeals TO
,bs one as humorous, seems
esualy humorous to the other In fact,
nv own country and the little island
st,aak Of are so very much alike,
mai going from one TO the other gives
mo no very different sensation than
nsssng from New York to Chicago.
There are just as great throngs OF
,hsatregoers in the cities of one coun-
r., In the cities Of the other The
tbeatergoers in both of these coun-
tries look upon the theater in the
sare yav. as place of recreation
mat mav instruct If II Will, but must
ALWAYS entertain, Theatrical taste Is
ror,ing TO be so similar between the
little Island country and my own
country that plays can now be inter-
changed with almost perfect freedom
and general enjoyment. In fact, II has
become possible to have plays intend
"a for my own country written or
aiarred in the island country by men
and women who have never seen
America and very few Americans.
hut the fact remains, I'm spite Of all
these similarities. that theaters are
managed differently and plays are
otherwise produced in the little island
| am speaking OF than in my own
country There is no theatrical syndi-
cate nor is there the likelihood of any
being organized in the island 1 have
IN mind. but there is good likeli-
hood OF there always being one In my
own country. Perhaps 1t may prove
entertaining to inquire how IT is that
two countries so alike in speech,
emotions. methods of doing business,
ways Of living and OF one mind in |
their great love for the theater,
nevertheless In the one case feel the
need Of a theatrical syndicate and in
the other ignore the very idea.
Now, the quicker way Of telling why
there is theatrical syndicate in
America is 10 tell why there is not
one In the country that is an island.
THIS will also be telling why there
may not be one in America some day
The country ] speak Of. as / have |
said Is an island of large cities II has |
Just as many Bostons. Chicagos and |
Phiadelphlas as America has. on the
other hand, II has just as many
Joiets Sioux Cities, Portlands, I.ynns |
and Lowells as America has But |
though II is an island or large cities, |
Il Is usually thought of by foreigners |
as an island Of only one big city, the |
biggest in the world; so large that |
when the whole island is spoken OF /
by people visiting IL they speak only '
OF this city. All the other cities, big |
as they are, are wiped out of the |
public mind by this one city, which Is |