Show oV IY r III Epidemic Hurts Theaters I Iz 4 1 1 14 1 z p 1 t b 2 fl b b br br Costs r r Playhouses Fortune F 1 1 2 4 1 1 Managers Manager Show Spirit Ar i B By Longacre I hardest bow in their his- his That the theatres of America will suffer the loty by bv the prolonged dosin of playhouses in most of the largo large citi cities s of ot fAthe country because became of the lie Spanish influenza epidemic is is tho the opinion of or oral ocal theatrical lri L managers Just what effect the thc stringent closing regulations ns will have e ultimately ultimate- ultimate 1 13 ly is of course largely a matter mutter of conjecture but it is certain that t Iho tho o not only from a financial standpoint but hut in in Rl rees re- re es esar will ill be disastrous This is true especially with the legitimate houses houses- I ards ar ils s future futuro bookin bookings g. g s. s Already their book bookings must have e been disarranged ed i to a n point near chaos o l lS- lS I shows have hao already uly disbanded and it looks now as though thong the 1919 season will have hn to start t all nIL over oer again fig I Local Locally the effect of the closing of r i the country's country theatres ha has already been I 1 felt Such stellar attractions as Oh a t 1 4 Bo Boy and doing Up two of or the thc be best t of ot the musical comedy crop headed i 1 westward have hayo cancelled their theft engage engage- t I. I ments monts at the Salt Lake Lako theatre Many oan others other are expected to follow suit and t t It look looks now as thou though h the tho local legit legit- 1 f mate theatre Is la In for a hard battle batlle to toI f I secure future bookings s of or worth while j caliber I l- l Under existing conditions condition It will wilt be bej j p practically Impossible for tor many of or the 4 4 bl big bIg- musical comedy companies to hold holdt t f together throughout the tho closing period I Tho The same name la ta true truo of or those companies carrying a bl big cast for dramatic pro- pro J r Members of the companies returning to their Yat various va- va i a will insist upon J t rious hom hones homes even cn though tho the show r t owners were financially able to maintain main maln- taro tain their organizations throughout thelong the tho thelong Ion long period oC or enforced Idlene Idleness An example of oC the hardships to toa fr e. which traveling companies are arc subject subjected ed erl Is II seen hero here In Salt Lake bake In the cases catteR of or th the Youre In tn Love and tho the Th The named first t Jerry companies a- a aggregation was compelled to give gl up several se Idaho and md playing dat dates date's In Kr Montana cities and to Jump all the way y I from Salt s. Lake to Baker City Ore for fora or a three da days days' en engagement And this without definite assurances of Baker Daker v v- City b being ln open on their arrival th there re J Terry company had been as assem- assem em- em i- i bled in Salt SaIl Lake L fares res having been advanced d several eral members to enable i them to r reach ach h hero io In tn time for tor the proposed pro pro- proposed po posed ed opening Ia last t Thur Thursday da pro pro-l Vaudeville Is also hard hit tan l Managers ers are lire unable to advise the performers I when h n the they ma may resume their playing I engagements n and aw II a a. consequence ht hundreds of actors actor and actresses are walling waiting in many cities The They cannot return home In man many Instances because of ot the tho great expense and also Iso because Q of their doubt as 13 to Just when they ther can go o to work again J. J aln Th The Tho bran ban might ht h 11 he lifted at any time an and find ind them thousands and of miles mlle awa away from their en engagements There Is la therefore therdore nothing noth noth- I ing Sn- for Cor them to do but to wait and watt noth-I noth and I waiting is ml mighty ht expensive e In Jn these I days of or tho the It h. h c. c 1 J. I But Rut standing out above abon everything or e In iii I the th theatrical dilemma is Ie tho the attitude altitude of M tho the theatrical managers and prof pro pro They ha havy accepted the theer vcr vcr- f diet of the health authorities tt without t a R murmur even en thou though h It costs them thorn a small mall fortu fortune le to remain closed They have o shown hown their E gameness amene 8 in Salt Lake In many a a. way way- during the present 1 and done dono It Il in such a R. cheerful IlY as aa to win widespread commendation commenda- commenda tion from rota officialdom and the public alike And the they have ha done it In tho the face of tho the stern realization that the closing orders mean practical tation of or the entire theatrical business 4 after atte the reopening or before It Th The local theatre folks folka have ha been as- as cured b by br Dr T. T B B. B Beatt Beatty state commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of health that the they will be allowed to reopen at tho earliest possible ble bl minute commensurate with public safety It may be two week weeks and it may maJor be three or even en longer before r loea footlights are again Sighted lighted But whatever pr it may be be tho the Salt Lakon Lakers who have hwe out our amusement destinies in ln to tow may be relied upon to face Cace the mu- mu lc and take tako the hard knock s as they come romo and keep kepf smiling while the they do lO It It They are that kind |