Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-28
KEITH WAS MAN
Who INVENTED
VAUDEVILLE
Developed the Present Style OF
Show From 0ld-Time Va.
riety and Made II Clean and
Decent; Remarkable Career.

..NI iHN .N| .Nr |tIi HNtIIt II IIit
rio.hurs NuHUI u. thr a.u Vupn,
a'..plIur
Sen Nj E"W BIAS never ,uiu,d
! Uuy o>Dmalt, urswlDtlt rights tu
. continuous tIudoliil" which has bee.
, come '.u most pupular theatrical pr.
, ''manr" ut modern times Ne has
7 DI"u generously assisted other man.
as.rt vino have sought tH emulate
I him 100 Nh" promotion Ui This particular
aiti' ul entertainment he has kept
. himself ou GOD thr iimcligh OF public.
/ uN summed Ill huuoa that were o.
/ i'l"d 200 him. aud bias pursued the
Quiet tenor ui hIs va, So uCIsisiCntiN
. That rnr theatrical profession nI larg"
knows nothing of Nj Keith person.
/ allN although Do, Us The largest Iudl.
I Nidual owner o' theatrical property lu
America lodHN ilo owns COR controls
nineteen beautiful opnlirun thea.
lens. which arr the model vaudeville
pluyhpIscs oft th" world
When one considers what NJ Keith
/ has accomplished. hos ho has dcyol.
Z opod CO., mammoth structure ot ,audo-
vile nom if- humble beginning tween.
weight wears ago IN 'hc little museum
he started ON WASHINGTON street. Ros.
tOu with HaDy Alice. ouy AMI one.
hair pound mman midget a. 3s initial.
attraction the only us, t.iuufc one
con pay is to say This man lis the
-roatosi show man OF modern times
Mr. Keith at Close Range.
n has been NV singular good for
'uuc 90 hear The slurs of vaudeville
from Nh K.iihs own lips ana make
IFa tetI q la b. H..
man he rs q wosdcrnll, selicon.
tainrd PERSONALITY Indeed. he iml
presses ono as being more of the in. (
N"ntor ana thinker than the show.
man Ills manner Is mild ~ an times /
his voice soft and his speech slow
and thoughtful Ills owes. which often (
twinkle ioyally as he talks, are pouc
trating. deep set. and powerful In heir
command lie has y wonderful mem
ury for detail uud can recall distinctly 4
li'tio things which happened twenty II
wears ago uE ii they occurred hut tcs- II
trrdaN Occasionally when In doubt II
about something he viii take ont a.
small memorandum book and turn the I
leaves ha, kWnrd until he finds what Il
ho wants, aud sometimes when deep
in thought. he will close his ewes tor Il
T''N''I az fllIlN'fN NNilf ldlNiiH
The personality ct r. T. Keith is
ne most important factor IN vaudeville II
today Iio dominates the situation II
His enterprises. great as they arc
GROW constantly greater tie is more
Than ever The man ~ the hour IN
n The course at my inter
view with hia he made n plnin that
the prosperity ct artist ana manager
depends upon their working harmon.
lously together aud thai the universal
popularity of vaudeville can only be-
insured bv maintaining he standard
Df q clean stage which he has insisted
on from the beginning of his career
lcccncy ana harmony are the watch.
words which viii safeguard the laude
vile business in The future as they 4
have IA IN" past with Mr. Keith as
ih" foremost champion 81 This policy
People say originated vaudeville. II
said Nj Keith 'hnt ] have mover II
Iclt hat | deserved any special praise
FOR that ! have often wondered why Il
some one else did not discover yaudo-
vile before lid II has always i
seemed 10 hc that the oldtimo va
ficty managers were very thOughilc7s
hot 10 have appreciated the fact that
he yulgarlty on their stages kept
.hrao quarters OF The people in every
Hiiy away from thcir thcaters
Inspiration From the Farm.
~ was raised on "a farm in Ncw
where tho people never
went to any kind OF theatrical enter
because They were respect
,hic people and were offended 40 the
.oarsrucss of variety shows ana had
lu opportunity to srr the better class
II drama Thoy aid go 90 tho circus
once wear or SEQ, hut thDy had mo-
nance Co p1trouilo any other Kind
Of theatrical amusement and this
act made 60 great impression ou mo
was fond ot the thcutpr myself and
yurW that 70 nice. clean theatrical por- /
urWuu.' would certainly Dee uber-
.uN pstrnuilcd by people generally
Z they bad the opportunity.
'Aftcrward when ! lrft tho farm
'Hs working iu western Massachu-
ctts anl travelled about the country
With circus. found that the
anne conditions existed everywhere
throughout the United states. There
we're No theatrical performances oV-
'pi those OF hlgh-clnss dramn to
hich women ANA children could go
theatrical managers seemed to have
uitc ignored the wants of the aver
go American family for theatrical
musamcnt
cor course today II scoms Ia Ice
charitable that such "a condition ~
fiairs could have existed. hat those
we're tho facts. Tho circus that came
round ono" % year was practically
ne only family cntcrinluncnt iu
.morica and 10 was not enough The
nor" I studied the people tho more
onAinrcd became that There Naa
great opportunity for manager
no could give the public q nice. re-
mod pleasing theatrical ontcrtu!u-
l'ut which would appeal To- an
lnwrs of people equally, bat the
roni problem vas hoW ruild sal. d "A
how ho given.
" hnd no capital, only unbranded
onfldcnco in my theory that people
.aniTd To- bee entertained respectfully:
.owevcr determined 60 mako
lari in some manner After much
ardship and privation la trying 60