Show High H ii Prices J Now Cause Cause Ga use Theater heater T J Managers to Groan time the cost of oC thin tho Ila W theater Itself has hu largely Influenced prices tom for CO 1111 elon there thero are aro a I other ph nIt le Hint Ihal enter Into nto tho the mactier In fuel fact as its IH limit has h boon been stated already b every COI other oIlier of I theater supply shows Increases In cost A piny Il cannot be hie 10 ninde to 10 appear OpI without actors of ot tho the better beter claws class It I ts Is H hun lin 11 possIble today to 10 secure n a 1 leading man of oC average appearance und 1111 Kilt abil abl ity Iy under Outlet 30 at week Ten veers ugo utro UI tho the samo sanie cla cias of o actors were isore ol r 1 tamable nt at lt about halt half that sum suit 11 The ranks of ot tho the dramatic are lre iii crowded It II l li Is true but they tho arc crowd crowded ed e 4 with wih mediocrities or porM biow b mediocrity when ability IH hs considered and the Iho ammo moie 1011 desirable types are few t Tho poorer hearer classes of o actors get no nn morn more money than lain they thy did ld 10 JO years er ago Their name nanie Is Its II multi tude tudo und they time glut the tite Hut Jul tho lie desirable classe Cla s are 11 BO so P few In num nurn lum ber that tho the rate mtr of salary thie demand and can cnn exact enters as its nn an n embarrass lug ing In factor Into the thit problem of ot the Ih man manager tiger ager Ant And this ills desirable class of ot actors lire III growing tutor and Ind fewer owing to the tile fact all that thai there Is no organized source of o supply and no method by b which they th the can cnn be lie 10 furnished And na eta 11 lUte ture tUI natty may llY In u fl I measure re ure b b be blamed possibly fur for If it I there were schools with and authority tho the number of ot persons who look putts pouts fluid 1111 ore are able ahle to net act nIl harts partH of the leading kind would still 11 bo be fur below the de 10 demand mend mand for or them Tho Thin increases noted are ale 1 by h others other The h building mind and Ind painting of o scenery costs cost ron rom 30 SO to M ro 0 pet per cent morn more than lien 10 years tears 1111 ago owing oll to 10 tile tho added 11 values or materials and alit ulI the Increased petit paid pall to mechanics anti minor mutt and ald artisans The gen RII eral elal mounting anti fays js is all th thin time hue i Increased expenditure b because cause of o certain that IIII must UH all 11 least 1011 be hI met me I wIllIe while thin the Shill Him Ihn In itt II each play lillY that hint U it I IH is I to 10 excel nil alt 11 efforts In Ina II a n classical 11 of oC the thuc best type lyric 11 thin the services of o an 10 Alma are lre re required 1 r fit at 11 a 0 cost for or born mero designing greater than that hint of or a I production In iii II tile th IIII days In the tile mere lucre 1010 cos cOa alone enormous sums are nr spent tIN the III hit stage hole here set nets or reflects the Re an Ei door does doel the tIle stage Ilage abroad And In Ili tho sums Paid to a stare 1 carpenters stage KII e hands musicians and nil jill il other with the In to Ii the lie greater cost of o theatrical t 1111 In Iii the tho fact Cn of at o those facts It II li Is nh ab sued MUlct for or persons memories seem I m to be he nebulous as I LI to 11 ii tile tho quality q 11 li of o the time commonly afford CN 1 to to them In tile the theater 10 a 15 or 20 0 years yearn ear ago I but hut of r H it 1 low loic lower er r rate charged e for seats letl is ha II vivid to cry that hat the Ihl managers of at o today tola are aro lt robbing the public through the Ihl prices which thy in I tile compelled to tn exact fur r offerings In iii thea theaters thol tern tes Tim Thin margin of ot Io profit ron ti to t the tho manager Is no nol l larger than Ihan It II wr wan to the th hut manager nf of r rIho thin tho days da when prices were lower and the time cost of ot production was M far CRr lens 11 than It II Is II now flou no hut Jul the risks of ot the lie mutineer rr arc nrC far greater grantor than heil those hose tho o of nt the tho th man manager acer ager 1101 nail and In cases of nt failure they 11 tIle quick quickly ly h ly total n a 1 mini that would have In tin tIme dl manager to toLk meek Lk other oilier th r 1111 of o The Tho public ninth tile the th profs press 11 which voices Iok I tIm Ihn plaint or of lie HIP occasional Oo grumbler about present conditions fondly rn the old tm when all lungs I were lucre lal should 11 n note 01 of r those fm tAd th and amid tem temI eon M I T I 1 eror with wih |