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Show PGtmettie and ypie. Hi """ j V What Salt Lako Pays for Amusomonto -Frank Dnnlolo WMy MoKoo Rankin's Luck-nddlo Toy Still Allvo-Mrs. Hit f Trank Losllo as a Mananor-Notoa. B ' The ilattment In the Nrwn tlio fettier nlitlit that tlin city nld SHOO on ' IhouTc, aflcrnoon and nljlit of Wash- r InRton's Illrlliilajr to ssotioonctitt anil iM rnlnatrel performance, and that nil tlio B ,- money want to home attractions, starts H , th reflection How much money Is H . carrlsd out of Halt Lake nlinually by L , tbratrleil attractions! Wo antwer, H 'i about $40,00d and wo will (bow that Hl' the etllmato la rather unJcrtbiu otcr H the maik. On an iiveroge the theater H j la oiien threw nUlita a week tbo year H round, say ISO nlshts Ih a yiar. Tlio H receipts vary but I boy seldom ro H below 100 a nlflil, and they often H tun to HOOD, lUlK) and (jtuiJIJOO M k when (rlcea are adrauced and the attraction It eomotlilng out ol the m t ordinary, A Tiry falraTeraijeof the B relU for the year would probaMy B ' be $300 ptr nlKlit, which for lf3 nights, H amiuuU to $T5,0OO tlio (cross rsnelils M for twelro ruonthi. Moil of tlio trnr. IH ullnir comuinlra iiUy on shares, and J11 they rroelvo all tbo way from SO to 60 percent, accorJIns to lliclr gradu and - ,1 drawing caaclty. Kot an Unole iM ., Toiu'a Cabin, or an Alrln Joallri com- 1 1 blnatlon, Mr. llurtou vxaota A) per H otnt and enjoy, tlio writhlnKof hit fM . victims; tor a allow llko All Jlabior nt Mlllaullimoll, liu Is content with So A or een 20 per cent, g The xencral "ln f attraotlona : play on the CO, 4 lor the to, 55 lull, J. tho traveling coni any taking the V larger ahare. If the arerage fliare ol V the foreign troupes be taken at W23 per cent, or two-thirds, It will bo on entirely fair eitlineta anil two-tblrda of 175,000 are JW.OOO the amount the foreign attraotlona annually curry away In New York ixchauge, Tho tJS.OOO retained by the theater patella own running expenses, the aJverlUlnir, bill poallng, tie, of the year, nud the 8 per tent dividend which under Mr. H llurton'a reglmahaabren dliburtvd to H , the atockboldcra of the corporation. B lie-aides the J50.000 llgured absve,thare H t , Is the amount taken out of the city by H t ( the various attraotlona brougiit out ai fU Wonderland, which draws vaitly moro B money than any one supposes. It la fWx said that the Halurday repel ta at that H.,.f resort often go na high at 37UO for the J J day and night. WW r Tl,e thought thai wo send uwuy over sB 1 7 $50,000 nuuuelly for the ouu little, In B significant Item of theatrical outer. HL1, ' tamment Induces another thought: f " That Is, What a community of mlnhty H reaourcea wo must be when wo csu'ider l that even after wo multiply Mid awell H j tblaltembyall thu tlgureu;ti.eary tu K. I represent all thu luauflea and the Vl c iiocdiof life we brlnelrom abroad wo H .- still have money enough left tu run H(f ssventeea proiferous banks and H transact I'u? euormoua volume of l i butlneas transacted by this oily, rnlnk l of tho money sent away by the rail- B roads by tho Qarfleld tieaoh line H ejpsolally to iy Interest to IZailerii H bondholder!; for tho Ions of naiN we B use; for tho iron uprights and girding, H for the lumber: for our wire; lor our H f rails; for our clothes, cloths, booti,hoes H 'j and nat; for our sugar, soap, oil, tea H , and coir.r; for our Intereit on moil- if gatei: for our life and tiro Insurance Hr premtumi; and for tho Unuiaud aud V one articles and things wo have H , I not yet been able to produce .V for ourselves. Think of all this, Hr and then count tho resource we do. B pend onto bring all this money back Ht to us, the foremost cf which la uo- H doubtedly mining and ouu begins to get some notion ot what the allvsr l iMJertlon really means to cur Western t cities. Jlutthls Is a illgrnslou, nud H( the fersmsn nay switch li oil Into tbo H( trade columns, under a mliipprehen- 1 slon. llutltla gospel, Juit the same, H I and It will repay lunltailug over. H Frank Daniels m not exactly n thing of beauty but he Is a Joy forever. He Bl drew another big audleuoe to the K, Theater tail night by whom hi lit. )j Out Id waa again voted uuanhuouily H,j funny though lacking in tboiiualt 1" Ilea that made the success ol lilltla i'uek. llestle Hansom, who off the I stage Is Mrs. Daniels, was Ukuu suddenly sud-denly III yesterday, and her I lace waa tilled by an understudy, rio much depends on Daniels, however, and there nro so many specialties aside Irom him, that her absence, bright m , she Is, waa hardly noted, The ileer p dancing of the Daly sisters was marred ri by the vulgar "keol over" txhlbltlou Wi that uaveso much ofTousoln theHplder Ht aud Fly moustroslty, and Mr. Daulels ! j would score a polut with the down fv stairs portion ol hlsaujlauoo at least ' If he would prevent a re eilllon of that I articular i art of the "dancing." H MclCee Ilanklu, who lias hid as L many uja and downs as any man In Ht the profession, has ha I a stroke uf luck H j at last. A Dstrolt dispatch doted the H lolhsayt: K The journal announces that McKeo PH Jtankhi, whose oouipsuy Is pUln fffl Mrije Daultes"at the I,yi.eum thuater IjKi In this ilty, will retire from the stage. In' Jllsooin) any will bedlibsnded toul),bt IB. and the members will bj sent homo ut IsVi his xiente. Tho reason given for this M1' Is that MclCee Itaukln's father, who li IB) dying lu u hosplul at Wludsor, Out., I Hi lits turned over all his pro) erly, worth $i00,000, to his son, who will here liter I look alter 11 to the excluilon of hit KJ theatrical business. It uns stated on J reliable authority tint Hindu Iml J tieeu losing money all slssou. Oplo K, Head, however, Mas eo pleased Willi the work of the uotsr ln "A Kentucky EMll Colonel" that he bus given him the IH1 muuuscrlpt of a new novel, " llio Co Ifl 1 Icsuil," which Is to appear In about two Hbx mouths, Jtaukln willatouco procoeu !! tu the drauiktlulluii of this story. Bhl II dims out that J ddlo Toy Is net V) dtad after all. Ho wan imrely ou one H, of hla protracted fits of aUoutlclim, ) If which lulmliutuj in nu Illness rather J severer than Usual, and some tele. Ji graphic reporter sent out tho report ol II' hlsdemlie. It Is not ollen that a man W, has an iippcrtunlty of rending his owu obituary nolloes, but that experleuei !fll to the Jot i ' Mr. Toy. Wesliuulu think It would have been enough tu re form him, but we doubt It very much H , The time Is drawing rapidly near T wheu the always welcome iloslonlam j vltlt usagaln.wlth the perennially fresh k'H8lgs5-MSV J S and charming Itobln Hood. A weok from Mon lay opens the eogsgemsnt. Tho Knlckerhockera, Do Kovcn's new opera, will bo also n ndcred, and In It Jeislo llsriletl Davis ;aud llurnabee are bntli said to havuexcellsnt oppor tunllles. The Chloag) papers rovlaw lug the opera agreed that while It did not'icomjaiu with ltollu Jlocd from a mrlodlo standpoint the muslo Is never, tbelns rplrltcd and harmonious. The Old Ilomutoad Is on Ita way here again, and will bold tho boards three nlghta next week. This play la fast becoming a curiosity. With the aluglo exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, it haa been seen by moro I e ple than any other play ever written. It hat made Denman Thonion (who Is still playing tt Its the l.s,l), wno wroto It with the assistance of tieorge ltyer, a millionaire; It brought rs illation aud fortune to one of Kew York's leading mnnagera, and It has probably been witnessed by more people lu this oiun try than any Americtn lay ever writ, ten, with tbo exception of Undo Tom's Catln. Joshua WhUcomb, the first I'll, tlon of tbo I lay, was written lu 17i3. lu eight yiar.Alr. Thompson and Mr. J. M. Hill, Mr. Thonison's partner In tho enterirlte, had tharnl inflls amounting to J-vn.odj, rieuiy six years ago the (II I llometteaJ, prisi'it-ing prisi'it-ing Joshua Whltcomb lu much tho saico sjrroundlojis ns thoae of the earlier I lay,was wrltti n;aud the figures that Indicate IU ratperlty are almost lnoredlbly laro, I'or eighteen months Ihu play was acted ou the roa I with lolersblo ruccesa, aud then, In 1S9S, lis remarkuble metropolitan run Iwgau, At tbo Academy ot Muilo for three surreitlsereatouanf .1) weeks uacli Its averign recelptt were J 1 0,1X1 J a weok; aod Denman Thompion's prnllla ore estimated for that period at (IS'1,0)) for tho Hist seaton, over $l:0,0iRi for thu sscond. and over f lOU.OiW for the third. Tli u u the play again took the road. Durlug an eiignioiiitnt of IJwieks In ltoston the receipts reaclunl the cnoriiioussuniof$l65,OJO bieiklngtbu world's record. The last week ol the engagemeut (nine lerformancea being given) yielded $10,000 fluures tin. preceueutej In theatrical hlatorywhen it Is taken Into conildefatlji 'hat rri; ular pilous (!5 rents to Jl.til) were chsrgej, and thlt nas made possible because the Uoiton the iter stats 11350 persons. After the lloaluu euago. moot the eo le of I'ruvldence ono of tho worat theatrical towna In the country paid $10,000 In mm week to aevtlio Old Jloineitoul; llrooklyii fob lowed suit, aud Wlllltiiiaburg' reeorl waa broken with a lino showing, lm mediately alter wards an engagement of sevsn weeks lu i'hlladeli hlaattract-til hlaattract-til over $W,J0o te IbeboXKifUce something some-thing that hat not and has lint heou eualod lu tho htitory if that thy. Light weeks In Chlctg i brought $75,. 000 Into tho coni any'a oollors. The itnhff Run says of Mn. Frank Li tile's latest pluuge before the public: Mrs. 1 rank l.isllohsa nluned Into the theatrical business quite deeply, Hhj la the author, backer, dlreolor, press representative, advance ogtnt and society biouior of 'The froth of Hlolety, which Joseph llawnrth will produce Inn few days. Ou every three sheet Mrs. Leslie's namo It lu larger typo than that used for the star. Hllu claims to have translate 1 Dumat' Demi Monde twenty years ngo. When John Htetton'a com any made such a auc-ccta auc-ccta of the lay Mrs. l.nalle thought she would like to " her version nu thoatage. Joseph llaworth lot Mr. Htelson's rominny aud aflirnard Interviewed Mrs. Dsalle regarding her play. Hho hat written all tho ptojt notices and will travel ahead of the tomi any, doubling tho road ut at to ho preent opening nights In big cities. A feature uf tbo trip will be reoep. tlous given to the tumany lu tho various cities. It Is for this rcfltou that Mrs. I.esllo goes ahead. Hho won't post ally bills, get rates from the hotels, sign conlraots with baggau trautfer men, or Jolly Uio local manager. Her duties will loiiulro her tu cull at tho newspaper oflkes, getlutervlewol and leave typewritten accounts of the great ahow hi follow, nlsj to arrange lor the receptions among the society folk. T ho ISO. i! a Ivance agent will do the roullnu work, but It Is expected society will be so egltatid Ihtt other booming won't bu ueceaiary. Mr. JUworth wauiui lo tika his audlencu on the road with him, but Mrs. Jirsllu did not approve of this, Mr. lltworth didn't want tu carry around a low hundred, but just four or live well.d resied jouug fellows lo give revaptlouiluouo-iilghtetiada a swell aud dlgulflc I appearance. Mrs. Leslie believes nu ail Jlouce call bestcured III the towns visile I, but this It doulod by several comic opera miue.urs. 1 mM'KUIUNi.1. Noil., Nlblo's theater, New York, now cm. plojs female uihers. Now York do not bike kindly to Holland aud Kenued)'s Judge uod the llurgUr. Willie l.douln has b-en obliged lo elotu thu Loudon Opera C mlmie ! uu of thu failure of Trooper Clalretle. Wilson Harrott Is dolug gooj butl. nest lu Chicago, l'liaiaoh, n ( ecla culsr diHini, li tho fia.ure uf hit A merlon tour. I'aJcrivUkl hat been orJerel to ttku a rust, or to loio oue of hit llugors. At a couaiquunte the w eateru trip Is post poued. Joseph 11. Urlsmer and I'l cube levies will resent The Now South ut Hie Coluiiibiii thealur, In Harlem, nuxt Weus. Charles Windham will not bring Ills company to Ameiieu until n j ear irum uuw,iiccurdlng toa cauhgiaui reeeiveu here lust evening. Thorult n story olbat tithe eflsct that whan The I'e lolnx Maxtor lea vol New York J, M. II1I1 will travel uhu id uf the loiupuuy uud be hla own ud vnuie acinic. Drury Inno Is phylnj bljgur dlvl. Imids ihau uver no ore lu Ita history and yet It is eild that whou Hir Auguttiia Harrlft' Icato uxplrra lien j.mrHwlll pubablyho torn down t mtkero mforlriroveuienlluCtivuiii Jarden Market. Lillian Ilustell has Just receive la latter from London aDlrmlug thu truth of tbeatury ooncernlug thu reuulou of ; - . . . LBBVaBVaVHHaBaBaaMl ailUrtnnd Hulllian Hho says that they nre even now at work upon an opera, and that she knows because Mr Gilbert lint ollercd her an option upon thu American rights Thomas W. Keens, who It our only actor Just now appearing In Bbake-speare'a Bbake-speare'a trapodlo, will begin an engagement en-gagement In the Unlou H laro theater March 0, phylng Itlrhsu IH.OIhello, Merchant of Venice and Itlcbelleu, with special tcenory an I costumes. I'foJerick l'auldlng, who uaed to be a elar hlrnielf, Is Mr. Kecne's leading man. Walden ItiimaynstumsJ tbo role of Lord Windermere In Lsdy Windermere's Winder-mere's Tail at l'atmer's theater latt night lu tho loco of Ldward Hell, who created the role. Mr. Hell appeared on tho ila?o ou HMurday night lu a condition con-dition that undo matters extremely ombarraitlng for tbo list of tbo com-I com-I any, and hit services have been dla penaedwlth for thopretonlbyMantgor A. M. 1'aliuor. llcoorikr. Although Dtnlel Krohman hat decided de-cided to give a new production at the Lyceum aome time during March, this deolalou hat not been arrived at by any falling oft lu the attendance of Americana A broil. Tint play It still drawing Immonte tuJIencia. Mr. Krotiman menly wither to liavo his company familiar with some I lay oilier than Americans Abroad, III cseo he should need It during his comlcg World's 1'alr engagement. The Mountebanks, now running at tlioUardeu theater, New York, will lie replaced 'Thursday next by (llrolle-Olrnlla. (llrolle-Olrnlla. Manager V. Henry French I nominee a magnificent promotion id this opera, whloh, with the iolble exce lion of The Chimes ol Norman Nor-man ly, It the moat melodloof all the standard nira combuta. Lillian Ilustell will be (llrolle, W. T. Cailclou tho Mouuurk, Inula llarrlaun tho llotcro, and Hayduu Collin the Maris-r Maris-r tills. Kuw people nreawaroof tho fact that Ml. Hatlle Ilustell, Comedian Win. II. Crane's leading lady, li a slater of Mlts Ada Italian, whom she reteoibles very much lu restore and In style of work. Another sltler la Mrs. Kato Ill-run, the wlfoolOllvsr Doud llyrou, and all time are leading ladlea and excellent actreaset, Mr. Arthul Italian, Ita-lian, who for a nnmierot seasons has managed Mr. Augmtln Diiv'a atlrso tlous upon tbu road, Is ubr thar ol the cctrrilrs. A ipieer sirt of play hatjust been proilucedln Dublin, a combined mob-drama mob-drama and burletijue, by J. W. Whlto-brea Whlto-brea I, entitled, Hpectret of the l'att. It motet aloog like nu ordintry milo-drama, milo-drama, abouudlug In harrowing Incidents, Inci-dents, when suddenly It changes Into hur!cfiue pantomime, though later coining biuK 1 1 melodrama, tlio Inter-ludebelng Inter-ludebelng explained ns u dicain uf tlm perafciitul haruliie, I ho notion Is hardly slrunger than la tho announcement announce-ment that It bat bten particularly well received by Ihu Dublin public. IrlliicntlulcllUonsnf New York are making atreuii nit ellorta to Induce the Uermau cavalry and Infantry biudi, which are coming directly from llerllu to play nt tbo Chlotgo World's I'alr, to stopover In thlt city to give n oeek'a lerforraanro at tho Mtdlton Hiiate (Jardeu. llio roiicerlt that It la pro-ied pro-ied lo glvu hero will he solely for rliarllablepurpoais. The liands limn-her limn-her over ruo huuJred inutlclam, and If tbu efforts uf thoro who have thu nutter lu charge eru successful muslo lovers hav a rnru treat lu storo for them, A. 1' HorcI I'crhapatho most romtrtaWo suo-ci suo-ci st nf any American klrl In I'Jilt, at leatt for many jrnra art, belongs to Dole Fuller. The triumph of MIm I ullor and her aerpentlue dnoou items to be oompleto and pirmaiient. Two weeks ego her ouu huudiedlh er-fonunncvwai er-fonunncvwai marked by a souvenir night with little fans ("la Lsle") and such hjsterlcal nppltuiu as now and then greets a favorite at the gay J-renchaltnl. On that evening the tUuedatbree-yeari' contract will, the lutnaers of lue theater llur'if, Thlt Is not thu MIta fuller who gavu tho serpentine dance once lu Halt Lake. That wot Mollle Fuller; wife of Hallen,otHallen and Hart. |