The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-05
Is It Funny and Unusual.


fees after paying their railway fare
and pay scalpers fancy prices for tick
cts 10 sec shows. However if you bring
the identical show to Kenosha it plays
to empty seats. Now ism t that fnnnyY
We should be Of the opinion that it was
were it not for the fact that it repres
ents another phase Of the trade away
from home tendency which promises
to badly handicap the development Of
any real theatrical life for Kenosha.
OF course it may look lot better to
see SNOW" in Chicago theatre.
Hamlet Is idea that "Hhe play $ the
thing is only half true Some peo-
pie insist on the play and a lot of trim
mings but if they can get the play with
the trimmings at the rock bottom price
of the play it seems only reasonable to
believe that they might show just a
little home patriotism and patronize a
home theatre sufficiently to make it
possible to put that theatre and its
offerings on q higher plane.
The stars that shine in the theatrical
world are just as brilliant in Kenosha
as they are in Chicago. On Monday
evening the local theatre management
offered to the people an unusual attrac-
tioI. Three stars who had scintilated
on Broadway in New York every sea-
son, and for many seasons on the Rialto
in Chicago trod the boards at the local
theatre and they received just about
as much patronage as Kenosha ordi-
narily gives to a second rate burlesque
show in Chicago on any Wednesday af-
ternoon.
There is no reason to discuss the play
- Good Bad Woman. 1t may be
entirely correct that it was "Good
bad play" or bad play well acted.
The one best bet is that not one out
Of fifty Of the people who did go to
see this play or one of the one hundred
who failed to 60 had any idea Of the
nature of the play. The people who
made up the east for the play were
far more interesting than the name Of
the play or its technique Ellington,
Lackaye, and Edeson would pack any
theatre in Chicago or any show house
on Broadway. They brought with them
70 Kenosha the success Of lorg dramat-
Ic training. They were not mere pre-
lenders to dramatic honors but ac-
knowledged successes and yet there
three stars displayed their artistry in
Kenosha to empty benches. Possibly
he management Of the theatre did not
ose anything on the production but
he people of Kenosha lost lot on
account at their failure to show an in
crest in it. The experiment of send
ng Lackaye, Ellington and Edeson to
Nenosha showed pretty clearly to the
men who book the big time shows that
Kenosha is not interested These men
ire not liable to send other big time
performances over the same route
again. The price charged in Kenosha
vas nothing as compared with the price
Nenosha people would have paid to
iave seen the same play in Chicago.
The faithful few were present at
The performance all right and they gave
70 the distinguished visitors the best
hey had in applause and appreciation
out the total of it was sorry showing
;or Kenosha.
Many people may consider the lack
ST interest in this sort of a production
As of little vital interest. 1t is Just
he same. A healthy amusement spirit
must be developed in Kenosha along
With other big developments. Amuse-
nent makes up a big part in the lives
IF lot Of people and if Kenosha can
offer to such people what they want in
The line Of amusement it is going to be
! long step toward making Kenosha q
>igger and a better city Kenosha peo-
Die as we'll as people in all other cities
demand their amusement. 1t is a part
y their lives and a necessary part Of
heir lives and the higher grade this
amusement can be made the more it is
yoing to be reflected in the general
development of the city
Cheap amusement with no interest
ihown in the higher grade is the indi-
alton Of cheap city Kenosha is
lot "cheap" city but the people
Who should make it high grade
amusement city just as it is high grade
a lot of other features are forgetful.
They are too near Chicago and Mil
yankee to see the needs of their own
own. Crying over spilled milk was
lever of any great value. The Hing
ons, Lakayes and Blossoms are how
ver coming to Kenosha some time
again in hopes Of finding that Kenosha
ias developed an ideal high grade
lmuaement and may be some Of the
people will not be forgetful next time.
It's worth While to develop Kenosha as
n amusement center just as it Is worth
While to develop it as manufacturing
enter. The two win work in mighty
yell together.
Scar We One Auother's Burdens.
Just as we believe that 4 wife should