| Show 1 I r Wanda Lyon Jumps Jumps- Cont Contract nt t J 9 9 4 9 4 9 4 Salt Lake Girl Faces Suit 4 9 4 c cFrank Frank Newman Is Very Wroth TELEGRAM FROM MARGARET r WHITNEY Portland Ore Aug 8 1916 10 F. F R n. N Newman Pantages theatre Salt Lake Utah Wanda Wando quit tonight without notice Has Hal Joined Al AI Jolson's Jollon com corn com j A. A pany Opens in Seattle next week Wire Wiro Pantages Pantages' at once co concerning In her contract A bunch of the boys bOT on this bill bUl told her you were wera powerless to do anything Better teach everybody company company- included ed that you can Wanda Vanda I had no reason for tor quitting except better chance MARGARET WHITNEY t When the kilter's uttered thou thoM fateful w words rde a mere ere scrap of paper he didn't know what a dangerous precedent he was setting letting Now ow Wanda Wand Lyon a Salt Lake girl has looked upon a theatrical contract with as al little respect aa the kaiser kale looked ed upon the Belgian n peace treat treaty and there Is J. the dickens to pay t Wanda got dazed by the tho spotlight of fame lame and nd forgot all about he hee agreement with Manager Frank Newman of the Pantages theatre She brushed his hi contract aide alde as a. a mere scrap crap o of and Jumped t to the Al AI Jolson Jolan company playing Dancing Around Now she has haa got Frank Newman n. n dancing ng around Hes He's experiencing some lome of the feelings feeling that helped make Oscar OKar Ham Ham- wish prima donnas donna had never been born 0 Be Because ause the kaiser kaler tore the B up Belgian scrap crap of paper piper a mighty ty nation went to war with Germany k Because Wanda Lyon tore up Newmans Newman's scrap of paper he's hes also going to war war Skilled lawyers lawyer will be his hi generals general while Injunction suits and damage suits will be his hI 42 centimeter guns guna Manager fan er Newman I se g- g I that he h he had u c wired r d instructions i i li t to the Pantages manager in Seattle 8 to apply for an Injunction to prevent Miss Lyon from appearing in the Jolson company she having jumped her engagement with Mr Newmans Newman's act lct without notice Also Mr Newman announced that he ha had started proceedings for the filing tiling of ot a damage suit against Miss Lyon for leaving his act in the lurch and for tor jumping her Ironclad con tract 3 Further than that Mr Newman sent full details of or the contract jumping to John Cort and 1 d Ned Weyburn reyburn two of N New w Y Yorks York's rk's leading prod producers An actor or actress s who wilfully breaks a contract is blacklisted with reputable e managers thereafter said Mr Newman The blacklist is the managers' managers only protection If It a per person person person son will prove unfair and untrustworthy worthy with one manager how can other managers feel assured in fn b book book- ok ing lug that person I It Killed Caesar You Know Mr Shakespeare tells ua WI that the traitors' traitors arms were not so deadly in the attack on the mighty Julius as s was waft the ins ingratitude shown hown by his trusted and c esteemed teemed friend Mr Ir Brutus Mr Ir Newman ha has has has' several ie eral of ot the traits trails of ot Mr Mn Caesar r. n among on-g on them a repugnance for ingratitude de He is suffering from the effects of ot a broken tooth His Jaw Is swollen n twice its natural size He has bB m many n other troubles but none of these things weighs so heavily on him as as the in ingratitude ingratitude in- in gr gratitude of ot Miss Lyon She used to sing in tho the tabernacle choir She had some ome local reputation for tor amateur entertainments but it was Mr Ir Newman who gave her the tho chance zo 0 o win fame and fortune He Hehl hl has s done a n lot lotof of nice things for her his reward Is' Is ingratitude he says When Mr Newman organized his I company for tor The Wrong Bird he gave gae Miss Lyon her hor tir first t r real al tunit He placed her at the head of ot the chorus and let Ift her sing a solo tolo The Tho Poor Little Bird She made a hit with that show which Mr Newman Newman Newman New New- man sent over the Pantages circuit So he did the square thing thin and featured tea tea- tur-d tur Miss Miss' Lyon In his next tl 01 A i. i 1 i J. J 1 VII Ul un n Mr Newman began laying plans for tor l 11 Miss s Lyons Lyon's future He eX expected to place her with one of ot Mr Corts Cort's shows where she could get a still Ull better salary and gradually rise to stardom If It her ability would stand such a strain ln He sent Miss Mis Lyon yon out with his act The Shadow hadow Girl another of ot Miss Margaret Whitneys Whitney's Ambitions Hold While playing with the act In Portland Portland Portland Port Port- I land the same SaInO malady that paved the way for Caesars Caesar undoing struck MIj Miss Mis s Lyon Lon Ambition got a good hold of ot her and Mr Ir Newman declares that flattery and false words of ot meddlers me turned her pretty head hend She had a contract with Mr Newman Newman Newman New New- man promising and pledging herself herselt to appear with his act fourteen weeks There was was the usual two weeks weeks' notice clause In the contract If It she had taken advantage of ot that clause Mr I Newman could not have legally complained com corn though ho lie might still have felt that as ns he had made Miss MIs Lyons Lyon's opportunity for her he ho was entitled 1 to some somo consideration about her fu fu- fu J ture u 1 But Hut as W nan ys y's s shows no notice was given The act wa wail was left one night by Its star and it was nece necessary sary for tor Miss Whitney to hurriedly fill 1111 Miss Lyons Lyon's place That was the inexcusable and unpardonable able part of ot Miss Mias Lyons Lyon's conduct so sotar far tar as Mr Newman is 18 concerned Mr McIntyre and I 1 risked our money gave O our energy and time and took all aU the gamble in giving Miss Lyon her first chance said Mr Newman Newman New New- man toda today Miss Lyon wa wn woo advanced as rapidly as at possible and her salary was rals raised d. d I also had plans plan to boost her still higher In the theatrical pro pro- 1 I feel teel that she treated d us shameful shamefully and dishonestly in breakIng breaking break- break In Ing her contract and leaving our act In the lurch without warning I shall l file rue suit for damages damas-Cs against her Al Alread Already Al- Al AlI I read ready I 1 have wired for tor an Injunction suit to keep her fr from m playing with the Jolson chow Sh She will go on the blacklist among managers back East Contract Jumpers jumpers' are not very popular popular lar Jar with them They want people ople whom the they can can trust U OPENS SEPTEMBER 20 Instruction at the Un University ver of ot Utah be begins Monday September 20 Registration of ot students and entrance entrance en trance examinations on Thursday Friday and Saturday September ber 16 16 17 and nd 18 1 j |
