Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-10
The Al, RiagI;ng Theatre

The Ringing Brothers have ohered
the Al. Ringing theatre to the city
of Baraboo as a gift, under conditions
which our city council have approved
and which seem very fair in view of
the size and magnifcence of this gift
The management ] understand, in
so far as Ringing Brothers would be-
concerned would be handled by some
of Baraboo's representative citizens,
who would be appointed by Ringing
Brothers-men no doubt who would
be selected by the city council them
selves. The other members of this
bord are to be appointed by the city
council.
The Al. Ringing theatre is Bara~
boos beauty spot. There isn't a the
atre building between Chicago and
Minneapolis that even compares Wits.
it, and even those cities or any other
city in this country haven't theatre
tina excels it for it's beauty, design
and furnishings. / won't attempt to
describe it, but it is truly a magnifS-
cent structure, complete in every de-
tail, built by a noble hearted, high
minded, sun crowned man who loved
his home city, always lived here and
fought and struggled against death
to see it completed, and it was the
fulfllment of his last earthly hope. 1
1t stands as a monument to a man, the =
kind of which we have too few i'm
this world, the kind that go down i'm
history as an example to posterity,
that they may seek the higher and
nobler ends of life And the same
spirit that prompted him to build it
is the spirit that prompts his broth
ers now to make gift of it to Bara-
boo.
Aside from it's beauty, it is large
asset to Baraboo. 1t makes Baraboo
a more desirable place to live, and it
therefore increases the value of real
estate. 1t attracts people from all
around the surrounding country. II is
about the first place you will take your
friends from out of town, and you
cannot but point it out to anyone with
great pride. 1t affords us opportuni-
ties of seeing the graf plays, operas
and musical entertainments, that
only make the large cities. 1t affords;
us a place to hold our large public
meetings and, Oh! SO many other adj
vantages! Let us stop and consider
conditions before we had it and
what would be the conditions now if
Ringing Brothers should lock it up,
and if were them l would be tempt
ed to do that, should there be any
organized effort against the city's
accepting it.
| have been told that the net re-
ceipts last year over al expenses
were around $4,000 and I further un-
derstand that all receints above ex-
penses are to be placed in a fund
which can be used to pay running ex-
penses for any year in which the run
ming expenses exceeded the income,
and this is very improbable.
The city of Richland Center, l un-
derstand, erected building at a cost
Of $4,000 for similar purposes, and /
wonder what some of our Baraboo
people would say to proposition OF
that kind here.
Let us all be united with our city
council in accepting this most beau
tiful gift and let us be thankful that
we were fortunate in having men
grow up in our midst, that have adj
vertised Baraboo over the civilized
globe and who have elevated the large
show business to high plane and who
by their large enterprises still con-
tinue to add to Baraboo's Industrial
wealth.
Let us remember the day that we
gathered around the courthouse tG'
do honor to our now deceased bene-
factor, who was also at the time rec
ognized by our state legislature by n
beautiful set of resolutions, and let
us not mar those memories by any
evidence of lack Of appreciation or
ingratitude, but let us show the Ring
ling Brothers that we are truly thank
full and that we honor and esteem the
spirit that prompts men to do those
things. T. e. MEAD
Rarah0n