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Show Belasco's Plans. ClP.irlv Mr. Belasco Is preparing for a bl BJ campaign next season. He Will enter en-ter 'on It with greater resources than in anv vear since he first fell the undercur-r. undercur-r. nt of opposition against him. It would be Interesting to see ihe season's balance sheet foi The Music Master." The prollts from that plav must have been enormous. The cost of production WHS not excep-tlonallj excep-tlonallj large We have learned In sworn testimony that the cost of producing ino Auctioneer" was less than JrtovO. and that the plav In two seasons paid about $.,i,H" In rovaltbs an. I gave Jfn.d for division between Mr Belasco and his associates It does not seem that the staging of "Ihe Musi. Mast.-r" could have cost much more than that of " The Auctioneer.' and When We come tO speculate on profits we must dismiss the latter play as a medium of comparison, for. successful though It was It did not posse.i the- enduring popularity popu-larity Of the other piece The cast of "The Music Master" Is small, and there 1 ivt not been anv traveling charges. The plaj has been rooted In Broadway for more than eight months, and Belasco Is confident It will hold steady through another an-other season He has been reaplnK a golden harvest In th.- last year. Tho profits from Blanche Bates's engagement in The Darling of the Gods"' In St iouls set a new mark for that city. Then take elrea," settled In the Belasco theater ..r almost five months, and with crowds at every performance. This manager will I .. his hand.-: full with six big companies com-panies n. t winter. Ills string of players Is becoming really formidable. At present it includes Mrs Carter, Miss Bates. Mr, Warfleld, Bertha Galland, Mr. Milliard and Brandon Tynan Where Belasco Is to tind lb--ate rs for all these players Is a puzzle, puz-zle, but he Says he will have no trouble ah ng that line- There have- been rumors of Belasco having obtained control of a chain of houses hitherto used by stock companies, -N" confirmation has been forthcoming, yet there Is a strong hint the near future will bring Ihe first steps In a peace h.-lween the warring parties If oid 1'. I and his opponents would g' t together and effect a settlement It would be a Joyous relief to playgoers, who Indirectly Indi-rectly have been the real sufferers In the long-", ontlnu. cl struggle Reports have ce me trickling in from "the road" which Indicate that a wa out of the diffic ulty will be- found without injury to the pride of any one involved. It is general knowledge knowl-edge that the Shube rt firm Is close to the powers that be, and now we hear that soin.- Shubert houses have been open to BelSSCO'S attractions At this stage the least sign of rapprochement is of the utmost ut-most significance, if peace comes at all it will be made manifest to the public in a gradual drift toward harmony. After all the hullabalOO It WOUlel not be jlieJIciOUS to lak. playgoers totally by surprise by a bare announcement of a peace pact. Mutual Mu-tual protlt would be Conserved by a give-and-take agreement, a nil It Is useless to argue against the dollar More hatch) ts are buried from kindred Interests In money mon-ey getting than from kindly Impulses, and who an be blind to th financial benefits accruing from a new alliance? Stranger things have- happened, and although splr-ilcl splr-ilcl denials are sure to be offered, no one may feel surprised if the w hite cio e f p i se. ii fluttering in Forty-second street William Bullock In New York Pr ss |
