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Show MR. SiNCLAUl TALKS! The Manager forEheaBelatesaFew Eem-iuiscenes Eem-iuiscenes of Oldeo Days. HE WAS A NEWSPAPER MAN ONCE. Consequently He Knows Whereof He SpeakB When He Say Anything. J. II. Sinclair, manager for Rhea, was luxuriating in his room (it the Con-tinehlal Con-tinehlal this morning when a reporter w The Times culled Uou him. "Yes," he said, in response to the reporter's re-porter's query, "the theatrical business has umlorproue it radical change in this country within the past four or five years; and in no department of the business is this so noticeable as iu that branch of it known as advance work. When I first went into newspaper work in the enst some years ago, I was put at the dramatic editor's desk. It was not an onerous position. My duties du-ties consisted chiefly in allowing the wind of advance agents to be blown against me and accepted passes for the 'show.' In return for the latter I wrote a notice that wns designed to 'attract' the eye and the dollar of the unwary. The agent who solicited this small favor was generally a man with a loud voice, a still louder vest, n heavy watch chain and a pocket full of malodorous Cigars. He belonged to the class now designated as 'oldtimi'rs' and 'back numbers.' Of course 1 did not say Unit all thoso who did the advance work then were of this i.!i.ss. but the objectionable ones were in a large majority. I have carefully noted the change in conditions ever since I served my novitiate, and I can assure you that it has been like a transformation scene iu one of Kir-alfy's Kir-alfy's old spectacles. To what do I ascrtli! it? It is, possibly, very bad policy for me, as an old newspaper man, to speak so plainly, and I am only voicing tho theory of a single person when I tell you that the cause may be found in tho fact that the place of what wus known as the "hustler" "hus-tler" a few years ago is being Idled by bright, reputable journalists who appreciate ap-preciate the valuo of a newspaper man's timo, and who refuse to tell you that black Is white and till you with impossible im-possible stories for the sake of gaining a favorable notice. "My old managing editor, who was a cvnie'of the most pronounced type, always al-ways declared that it was only a bad newspaper man who would forsake the grimy desk, the dusty pigeon-holes, and the lump that burns far into the morning morn-ing to go into the 'show business,' as ho sarcastically termed it. And that may be the impression of a good many people, peo-ple, hut it isn't so. To prove what I say I have onlv to turn to such men us J. B. McCormick (Macon), who was tho city editor of the Cincinnati '' Enquirer; Ho resigned that position to go in advance of W. II. 1 .mi. ' ..... 1 TV t ,A 'aimiiihL- uratio ami a no rauu. '"" is a newspaper genius and his employers employ-ers reeogni.ed that fact, but ho got uwav from bad copy and tho blue pencil, pen-cil, and has succeeded even better in the new Held than he did in the old. Then there is Julian Magnus, who is now managing Mario Wuinwright, w ho, by the way conies to your city next week. Magnus was one of tho best theatrical reporters the New York Tribune ever had and was earning a very good salary on that paper. It is only a short time since he connected himself with Miss Wuinwright in the capacity of advance ugent. As I have said, he is now her manager, and a very successful one. Then there is Ramsay Morris ahead of Elsie Leslie and "I he l'linco and this Pauper' company, and many others I might mention. "Well, my boy. 1 have been talking shop at a great rate here, have I not? The old saying is that if twonewspaper men get together they are nioro guilty of the crime of Bhop-talking (for it is a FOB THK KAMAH 8UKKKRK1W. J The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Sornli I Them Money. ' Tho chamber of commerce today forwarded for-warded to H. V. Uurkhurd, president of the Hailey chamber of commerce, a draft for $215, being tho amount cou- ! Imputed by the following parties: Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. J 60.00 Collected from old Bottlers by Mr. Perkins Fred Simon.... " J (leo, M.Scott & Co V. Anerbach & lira. Commercial National UanU H . McC'ornick & Co f Kemlnclou, Johnson & Co I . J Wells, Fargo Co 1""' (loldsmlth & Co J- " W. 8. Kmpey K.K.Thomas ' " n. Aiff ChnBros J.i (iroesbaek & Houithtoii. W tlo-op. Wai?on & Machine Co , au . Ueseret National Bank 10.o 3.'!8.00 Col lected direct by Mr. Perkins. . . I 33.00 Braft "remitted to H. V. liurk- hardt 81500 IWI8.00 Mr. T. G. Webber will call the attention atten-tion of the board of directors of the Z. C. M. Institution to the wants of the people of Kamas prairie and will uo doubt succeed in obtaining a car load of grain for them which the railway companies will transport free of charge. crime) than an actor, and 1 am inclined lo beliovo it. However, you drew me into it, and if your readers protest take the blame off mv shoulders. Before going I want to ask you and your wife if you have one to attend tho opening ' performance of Josephine' at the Grand opera house on Friday evening next. Not married? Well, bring your sister, your female cousins aud your aunts toso-j a beautiful ful production of u purely historical play aud some of the handsomest gowns that were ever worn on the American Amer-ican stage by an actress who could go on as Juliet In a Mother Hubbard wrapper wrap-per and interest any audience. If you are not delighted with Rhea and 'Jose-pliiuo' 'Jose-pliiuo' telegraph me to San Francisco, where I am bonding for now, and I will send you a box of tho best perfect cigars'l can find in the city of the ; (.olden Gate. AuKevoir." |