The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-25

A clause in the Illinois state form oi
contract has started considerable dis- d1iss
cussion among the Chicago vaudeVille
agents.
The clause states "Said manager
shall not pay for services not rendered
by artist by reason Of any theater
above mentioned being closed through
fire, act OF God, public enemy, Puble;
authority, or for any reason Dcyonu
the control of said manager,
Inst week G. f. Rowe. who owns q
theater AT Flint, Mich. booked through
the Theater Booking corporation, de-
Quoted one days salary from each act
on bis bill. claiming that because OF
thunderstorm the airdome was not OPEN
When asked to explain is action he
referred the artists to the above clause
in the contracts Up to date no one
has commenced action for the deducted
amounts. In the opinion Of attorneys
here, the Flint manager acted entirely
within his authority.
At present there are about thirty
airdomes under the jurisdiction of the
Illinois state law. Provided this clause
stands as it reads. there is every rea.
son to believe that the managers will
! 90 behind it in case OF rain, At this
| time of wear there are at least one or
| two transforms week, which obllge
the open air houses to shut down TEN
| porarlly.
Billy (single) Clifford. after having
closed a successful trip 10 the Pacl6c
coast with his show. 1.-THE Girl. the
Man and the Came NAV decide to
| play some vaudeville dates around New
York this summer Mr.. Clifford owns
the show and will star in it again next
season He also owns an opera house
in Ohio. so Billy is regular manager.
A Irritation between James *.
Hackett and vaudeville is now being
| carried on. 1t looks as though Mr..
at least for a week or two this sum
mer 1t is quite some time since
James X, has been seen by
varietygoers.
The question: What will he the
great American drama!' has called
forth the following answer from
number Of prcscnt-day stars;
According TO Robert Edeson. il viii
he "a drama that takes for its theme
the making Of money, wherein moral
turpitude is shown to be as great a
crime as legal wrong; it will be an ar.
ralrnment OF the great forces that
have obeyed the mandates of the law,
and bowed obeisance TO the statutes
created by legislative bodies. but with
MachiavelIiap cunning have accumu
lated large fortunes, leaving in the
wake Of their progress throtted amb.
ton. crushed hopes and aching hearts,
attendant with poverty, pain and
panic. Money is the root of all evil.
and money will he the subject of the
great American drama.
Frances Starr declares that ''the
great American drama. If ever writ.
ten. will be based on the sex problem
This is the greatest problem. not only
of the drama, but of life. and the one
problem that interests every person
alive. Therefore. the great American
play must be based on il.
Augustus Thomas, whose recent sue.
cessful plays. "The Witchine Hour,
" The Harvest Moon - and "As a Man
Thinks. manifest marked psyche
logical leaning, is said TO have had
an experience recently which Will per.
haps furnish HIM with additional food
for reelection on the idiosyncrasies of
the human mind, \ gray bearded
stranger approached him--as the story
has it-and offered for the modest sum |
of one dollar, TO sell him formula for !
the manufacture of gold from eggs |
The man further asserted that the |
process was both cheap aud easy, and |
offered 10 return the dollar if, having
followed the directions. Mr. Thomas |
was not successful.
The playwright owned to a dollars |
worth Of curiosity. The elderly
stranger pocketed the coin. drew him
into secluded corner and darkly i'm.
parted the formula. "'Nou take the
yolks Of twelve eggs explained the
ancient alchemist, land put them
INTO frying pan. Then YOU hold them
over the FIRE and stir them for twelve |,
without once thinking of the
word hippopotamus at the end of
that time the eggs will have turned to
gold
IL Is reported that for several days !
after this incident the noted psvcho.
logical playwright was observed to he
in An unusually mcditative mood. Who
knows what additions 10 the drama
may not result from these cocitations,
Booth Harrington was talking in Il
Indianapolis about the stage. In
There were two actresses in an r
sarly play of mine he said, Ehotb !
'cry beautiful, but The leading actress
vas thin. She quarreled one dav AZ '
Health and Re.