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Show THICKS OF MANAGERS. I J i it Probably not more than one pc-ra h in ten thousand takes the troublSi I verify the extravagant assertions' J theatrical managers with regard tol I long runs enjoyed by certain playe.jj I writer on a New York paper has g6 1 Into the detective business on his qi K hook and hits discovered some i j amusing us well as startling dlscrepa a cles between the advertised number h performances and the actual prcsen' ' tlcns of some of tho plays heralded j ' having enjoyed long runs He tells Jh one attraction on Broadway which kejl the other managers figuring when f. opened and when It would clo.se Tl show opened on October SI and on l cember 31 It was advertised thai It wi . "now In Its third month." The pi J had been playing at the theater for ei Lf uetly thirty-two days or a trifle ov ' one month, yet the managers cou ? scarcely be called Jugglers of trutlif S saying that it was In Its third mont v Inasmuch as it had been played In 0" ? lober, November and December. $ Another attraction which openedy December 24 was advertised on Januai t '2 as being In Its second month. wh! e, was really true. But the boldest- f tempt to deceive the public was thejaj 'i nouncement on January 2 of an attra tlon that opened on Doc-ember 21, tottl effect that It was "In its second yeafl ft New York." Philadelphia Inquirer. i |