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Show H HENRY W. SAVAGE EXTERMI- H ' NATES THEATRE 3PECU- H LATION. HHl Much comment has been aroused Hi in New York, where the actions of Hi speculators have -recently aroused Hi public indignation by the publication Hi of the following in the New York World: HHl During all this discussion ancnt Hi ticket speculators and the strenuous Hi efforts that theatrical managers arc Hi making to suppress the sidewalk huck- HHl stcrs, it might interest some of the Hi play house proprietors who have Hi waged sporadic and noisy, but tin- HH successful war upon the "Hcrc's-two- HHl good-oncs-in-thc-sccond-row" boys to HH learn how Henry Wv Savage drove HH the brass lunged brokers from the HH corner of Madison avenue and 27th HH street in front of the Golden Theatre. HHl When "The College Widow" opened HH its engagement of thirty-eight weeks HH at the Golden Theatre, the Adc com- HH cdy proved to be what showmen term HH a cyclonic success. Every dramatic HH critic in New York heacped laurels HH upon the play, and at tlie second HH night's performance twenty-six ticket HH speculators besciged the entrance to HH the theatre and jammed their tiny HH diagrams of the Garden Theatre HH against waistcoats of iutcudant pa-HH pa-HH HH Mr. Savage immediately -stationed HH two negroes with big megaphones HH and bigger voices on the sidewalk. HH When ever a speculator approached a HH playgoer, the lattcr's cars felt the HH thunder of the negroes' voices from HH both sides: "Those tickets you arc HH buying will be refused at the door." HH This plan worked successfully for HH two nights. Then, the speculators HH deserted the theatre and stationed HH themselves at the corner of 26th and 27th streets where the patrons left the 'cars, two blocks away from the HH theatre, and out of megaphone range. HI On discovering this shift, Mr. Sav- Hh age drafted his entire office force and placed each member in charge of a HI small body of men whose duty it was HJ to shadow the speculators and inform HI purchasers that their tickets would be HI refused at the theatre. Should any- Hfl one persist in buying, he would be HJ followed by one of the Savage sleuths. ViI1e11 the sidewalk tickets arrived Hi at the door they would be politely HI refused, and the holder informed that Hi the face value of his coupons could Hb be secured at the box office. HJ To circumvent the Savage forces, HJ the ticket speculators hired by the HJ hour a number of hansoms. When HM a man bought' tickets he would be hus- HJ tied into a hansom and rattled to the Hi theatre before the sleuth could head HJ him off. Some of the amatcus dc- Hl tectives who were swift of foot beat HM the hansoms to the theatre and stop- HJ ned their occupants at the door, but HJ before the night was over the entire HV force was "windbroken" and had to HH give it up. HJ Then Mr. Savage hired a number HJ of hansoms for his men to make the HJ race more even and again the plans HJ of the speculators went awry. HJ On several occasions holders of HJ socculator's tickets raised a row in HJ the lobby of the Garden Theatre when HJ entrance was refused. One evening HJ Mr. Savage was standing near the HJ door keeper when two men in even- HJ ing clothes, accompanied by hand- HJk spmcly gowned women, presented HJf four contraband tickets. They were HJ refused entrance. HJ "Why?" asked one of the men. HJ, "You bought them from a specu- ', lator," said the door keeper. H "Is that any of your business?" H, "My orders arc to refuse them." Hi' "Orders from whom?'' "Mir. Savage." H "I'd like to meet Mr. Savage," said I the holder of the seats in angry tones. 1 Hi1 Hk "I am Mr. Savage," said thc tall impresario, stepping forward. "Well, why do you refuse these scats? They arc issued by your theatre." thea-tre." "They arc, sir," said Mr. Savage, "but they were bought from speculators specu-lators and if you will read what is printed on the backs of those tickets you will sec that I reserve the right to deny admission." "Well, why refuse them- If I want to pay a premium on these scats with my own money, I don't see that it is any of you affair." "I do it, sir," answered Mr. Savage, "to protect the public." "Oh, d the public," was the rejoinder. re-joinder. "The same to you sir," said the manager. "I'll sue you, sir," said the wrathful wrath-ful playgoer. "Go ahead and sue," answered Mr. Savage. "You may recover the price of your scats and your carfare or cab hire according to the method of your conveyance. I am willing to stand the suit; in fact, I'd welcome it." The partv went home without seeing see-ing "The College Widow" and there was no suit. On realizing there was no sham about Savage's fight the public pub-lic bought at the box office and the speculators were forced to quit. Since this experience the ticket brokers brok-ers made later attempts to get a foothold at the Garden Theatre, but they were met by the same determined deter-mined rebuffs, and ultimately decided to let Mr. Savage accommodate his patrons at the box office without interference. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBflBBHHBiHiifaBHBHHlMfiBHBHSHM,i' mrAnvM &&4w&jb"AAiM . -n tt .. t i ' t "THE CHRISTENING SCENE" IN THE VIRGINIAN. Which will be the attraction at the Salt Lake Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee with Dustin Farnum in the title role. , |