Show = p sf HAZEL KIRKK History and Some Marvelous Its Facts Concerning the Mallory i Brothers and the Models Model-s Theatre of the Country Pleasant Conversation With Mr A n G Bernard the Business Manager of the Madison Square Tliaatre Company Chancing to drop into the office of in of items the Park Theatre quest crest yesterday afternoon our of interest found among others fro 4 reporter Bernard the wellknown busi n G ness manager for the Madison < Hazel Kirke Company uare quare met with such a decided suc which ti Tin last rtSs T-in our city in November Warding g this as an opportunity ge lost our representative Sf good to he repres Jrrtfsoou engaged Mr Bernard in tire prsation for the purpose of CQni eliciting information concerning e remarkable drama After some this remarks Mr Bernard mentioned feW general the forthcoming 500th Sfonnanceand in response to a performance cancernrng the various events lueeryconcernmg connected with the unprecedented X continuous run of Hazel two rke years at the Madison Square The Fir 1m proceeded as follows atre When the play reached its fiftieth foriuance that event was thought performance to be well worth celebrating and so handsome programme was printed a in colors for general distribution continued Thus as its popularity and the 100th performance was given we thought a rich blue satin pro was none too good On the rramme j a ° 00th performance the programme was prepared in bannershape with I heavy tassels and on the 250th a large book with illustration engrav ings were presented The 300th performance per-formance was reached and an expensive ex-pensive book in morocco and gold was presented each book costing about S275 whIle at the 370th performance per-formance the close of the first year a bronze plaque or card receiver with a fine medalion head of Eflie Ellsler especially prepared by the I Gorham Silver Company at an expense ex-pense of about 65 each was given The 450th performance was marked by the presentation of a large book of illustrative engravings en silhouette silhou-ette a very expensive work and the 000th performance soon to be given will witness a testimonial souvenir which will eclipse all the others You will understand that my company com-pany has played this play over 700 times the Xew York Company continuing con-tinuing their count These gifts must have been very expensive Was there no advance in prices to meet the outlay Not for that immediate purpose though an advance was made because be-cause the demand for places compelled com-pelled At the 100th performance S2 was the charge At the 200th I 250th and 300th S3 was willingly paid At the 310th So was as easy to collect as Si would have been and at the 450th tickets were in demand de-mand at as high as S5 each You never saw such enthusiasm and your citizens may congratulate themselves on the extremely low prices they pay for their amusements amuse-ments How about your traveling season sea-son We opened our season in this city during the heat of the presidential presiden-tial election November 5th 1880 and met with immense success Since then we have visited nearly every one of the principal cities in the country and have yet to play to the first losing house It has been estimated that the drama Hazel Ivirke is now netting its managers 81000 daily We have three companies com-panies on the road and the play is still running at the Madison Square Theatre with no prospect of a close We have a company walking about New York City drawing salaries regularly and doing nothing This is the Professor company waiting its turn after Hazel Kirke is withdrawn with-drawn How long their picnic is to last remains to be seen but there is no immediate sign of a close Are we to have the same company com-pany that was here in November As a general thing the changes being unimportant insofar as the in terests of the piece are concerned Miss Sydney Cowell is now playing Dolly Dutton instead of Miss Georgie Cayvan who is the Hazel Kirke of the company in New York City Miss Efiie Ellsler is still our Hazel Mr Couldock is Dunstan Kirke Mr Ferguson is Pittacus Green Mr Levick is Lord Travers I Mr Aveling is Squire Rodney and soon You will find no falling off I in the strength of the cast but the i reverse rather About theMaioi Brothers We have often been questioned as to their seemingly anomalous connec tion with the church and with the atacal matters at the same time r Will you tell us something about i them t anc1 Willingly George Mallory D D 1 Iarshall H Mallory are the publIshers of lhe OlnLrchman the organ of the Episcopalian denomi nation natl n In which Rev George Mal lory IS an or dialed rdred clergyman at present Without 5 a Pastoral charge devoting hIS tune to the interests of the the paper He has no interest in I theatre tre or matters theatrical those f oge his being entirely in the hands of brother Mr Marshall H Mal lory came into Possession of the the tre now known as the Madison Square Theatre after the destruction by fire of atre Dalys Fifth Avenue The which was the name it then his went b y Desiring to make at the building pay him something and PossIble same time to show that ifc is for a theater to be moral I run on principles and its manager to I suffer no deterioration from its associations asso-ciations he conceived the bold idea I of being the first to serve as a connecting con-necting link between the stage and the socalled church element Accordingly Ac-cordingly this beautiful little gem among theaters was built and no other play has ever occupied its stage since the opening night February Feb-ruary 41880 but Hazel Kirke and when that iswithdrawn no less moral play will be allowed to follow it He is extremely particular as to the moral standing of his employees and as a result our audiences everywhere every-where are largely made up from church people No amount of money would induce Mr Mallory to allow any of his companies to perform on Sunday and on Good Friday all our companies rested Thus you can see that it is possible for a churchman to be intimately inti-mately connected with the stage without loss to his selfrespect Ye have never questioned it and believe that a great debt is due to Mr Mallory for demonstrating this I hope you will speak particularly upon this point not that Mr Mallory Mal-lory needs defending but to disabuse the general public mind upon this subject upon which there is prevalent preva-lent a vast amount of unjust prejudice pre-judice And I am all the more I anxious that it should appear in your columns because of the high esteem in which the Sentinel is held by Mr Mallory Mr Frohman the companies and myself I have made extensive use of the article published pub-lished in November all over this country and always with great profit I am very glad to hear it But what are your movents after closing your engagement in this city We go to Chicago for two weeks and then straight to San Francisco for three weeks and perhaps more playing our way back again to the east This trip will be a delightful one as we travel in a beautiful new car named Hazel Kirke which has been specially built for the purpose at Worcester Mass And it is a beauty It is all beautifully fitted up and furnished with accommoda tions for cooking dining sleeping etc and as we carry our own cook and servants the trip will be a luxury The car will contain a stage piano etc and will make the journey jour-ney pass like a dream It will indeed and I wish I might be one of the party Good morning sir Good morning And our reporter left reflecting that Taking one consideration wilh another The actors lie is oft a hapty one Cincinnati Sentinel |