| Show Wi here There re is No NoT Theatrical T Syndicate y Charles Frohman Jar for the Saturday News AI F of or m 01 fly lire life la Ii In fl u II where there 1 Is an 1111 or H known as WI u tho thu 1 theatrical U It In III chain of or lung long of or o II e 01 ii mae na prehistoric s mo llO t r i jIH KC c occa to tOte Itself he h tr l te til r devouring playa uru uro ram New cW Y rk but never nt n 11 r un anything hinK but a 11 k and end d I Thc The i h r I half air of or my III life is hi pas d there theio la l I no In a clu IuRI L no mi tt q nil all lIrt at al I ns os fl re rV I made In III ono flO C ty tor tur tori turI I it ft nUd and U 01 In III I fl that I iV thi i b C of O manager tt It and Bud their h r b th thought of Ut other or 01 no fl hers to tn for Tho Jhu on nir flIr i with lit Its it i of Ut u 4 hungry humr f nt i 1 it ll r 1 I Ing all tin the wa from fromn toni th ih If t Tile Tito other san hun un n eW Y rk rh 11 tu l J small tin Island a n Junry 11 i populated contain Ih tr hi kt m ft f ll tile the largest cities In III the tho jg where tho the manager who Yhu i rill TI ri thc the Pi the tho li buet hI i to bo be bof boIS t M Ti f benefactor l ii IS called a II n ih eul the tho mime eh h read the tho th Hmo iame kind of or books tr tP Hit Ut rented rr ste In l much tho the ire ure In III Intile ame strikes the till one une country ns tile life tho the aged ems tragedy to utter and whatever to tu the one a 9 al humorous to tin the th other oilier In fu fa fat t tray ray flu t own oln c country and tho little Itil II 1111 i iI I yaK Iak of are arc BO so very much alike tho the other lither I at t from frum one un to than thau er cr different me rue nj fl very iu mg from lr m New Oel York to of It There are Just as ns grout great throngs In the of one on coun tn tr I a a 8 In the cities of ot tho the other uther The theatergoers III In both hoth of ot those these coun look jOOk upon ul on the tho theater In III the tha nine lame win Wa a all a II place of ot recreation will hut bitt must that tat ma may t If It It entertain Theatrical Then Is Ismini alII V MI II mini ming to t bo be no so simIlar between tho the little I land and my In oun n t that pla plus 3 inn Can now he be Inter Interchanged changed with almost perfect and general enjoyment In III oct It hums hus husI hll I ome possible to have hae Intend td cd for m my own country wrItten or In the Island country countr by men mon monn in n women who have ho never neer seen eon Amerl merl a i and very 11 few tew ow Americans Hul Itu the th tart fart fa t remains In of ef all alt Ir e that theaters are 1 end and Plays are produced In the little Island I 1 am speaking of or than In my nib own t There Thero Is no theatrical I lIdl tc nor l Is II there thero tho the likelihood of or any an Ing organised In tho the Inland I J have haven hleIn In n mind but there IH Is a Rood good dl hood of there thero alwn s being one In my myo m mo myown o own n It ma nifty prove entertaining to Inquire how It Is III that i u countries no en o alike In speech r ri tIns I ns methods of or doing business was a i ct rt living and of ot ono one mind In tn 1 great love lovo for tho the theater nf M s In the one case reel feel tho the nc no d 1 I f a II theatrical syndicate and In Inthe Inthe the other Ignore tho the very ve Men lilon Meno o ow W the quicker way uny wa of ot telling why wh there u is t a theatrical syndicate In l Is to tell why thero there Is II not tnt no ae in th the he country that Is 10 an nfl Island To will mil also 1110 bo ho telling why there mi m fl not be one non In America some day da daTIle TIle The I b speak of or as I J have hae i saud ald l l N an nn Island Inland 1 of or Jarge arge cities It Jl hM jj J Juit t as man Inan many Ch and andr r as n a America linn has On the tho flier her hand It has Just as lIS ninny many Jollo Sioux ClUes Cities an sat Lowells m as R America hUH has Hut It In to an un Island or r large cities cIllo ll It U is I usually thought of by hy foreigners Si as an Island of or only one erie big city elly the th t In tho the world so II large O that when then the holo Island 1 It is spoken of or b people p visiting It they speak only of this city All tho the other othor cities big hi I Imis as mis a the th they fire mire lire wiped out cut of or the I puNk mind by b this one dry cIty which Is IsI u I the of or tho the Island In point ot or n Kite Interest anti and 1111 1 this great cIty on nit tho thio of or n A I toy tt rIver l I Is the thu head that thinks fur or th the entire nation Whatever r It cabs soa nil all thu tho rest lest of or the time echoes whatever It II does do U is I fitting and right It does tio do It whatever It U sets eNt CP In III musIc or ur III tho the drama or the other othel arts art the ro rl l of or oftie tie the Island cannot he h oy until It roes rees Foe The king nn And ninny many kings H lIve llo In tills this gloat cIty It and arid the theo o kings of the tho purple the tite kings of or the mind with golden trans latis or of golden gold on or golden brushes hru hOll hOllor or golden and antI clil chIsels el 1110 live lle III In tIme tho tit city It IH Is I the Ih mart of or tho limo world In I ii It II I t slut o by h Hide are aro the licence homes of nr tho the aristocracy of or position t In mm and a nil tho t lie mm nat of lIC tie Life IlCe with nil Its It department develop etl od to their highest h of effIciency flows Down through Us lis streets I N elegantly intellectually and hornc It H In Is lIke na no n other othor great city In III tho the world orld It U Is III tho the covetous the jealous of or ever thin In III lIfe that Is la exquisite up lifting and progressive even Its 1111 Ice anti ami Its 1111 decadence possess nn nu Intensity alLy sity 1111 anti and fullness of or expression to 10 be he b found else clue on tho the Islam IslamI I Lute all LII great creatures and creations that OWl awe their greatness to living on others this great Ht beautiful monstrous city 11 charming to Its Ita feet all hint Is III lovely loCI stImulatIng enviable and anti hor hur In lii like Jlko u Cl miser millor keeps to lt it elt t everything It II gets geltl In lt lilt its many loony museums nto afe IU some celtic ot ut tIme tho finest paint logs ings ho tho noblest th most Oct ait of the time world hut they thuy always III ways stay In there lo to see nee theta them tho ho people who vho live lle In the th Hut Hn lottie L mi of or the Island to 10 tome up Ul to the Ity It at lit groat expense flown Din In the Ih old ohi part vart of or this thin great t ID is IL i i ra ms thou thel ruinous house lucre wh I f III that Id Ito HU iou In opera tibet most li in vocal beauty and v here the harmony of or the time theart arts art of r music and drama are HI set u fIt t forth forthwith with exquisite justice and II nil itO uin I alone ho hn noen eNI Artists Artiste from torn all III harts lortA of or the th sing InK a lid mit t and mini dame at lit thin this very eT out old Id opera house hou hut but they the do HO oo only thore They fhe novel BO go down to the Ih Lynne Lynns 1 lIus or 01 Lowells or ur of the Is III fl Jo Jo N N N wn ENGLISHMEN TO CLAIM BILLIE BILL E BURKE BURI E AND PAULINE CHASE FROM AMERICAN STAGE 5 ti 4 2 Y I Iw o w I f L C 0 kJ 0 i 0 1 I C h hi hC i C 3 mu t JiE 4 t 0 O t b i u r ri 0 i m i t I u r t tr r t 4 1 1 t I ij tJ t 1 1 I IK K tj It la is reported that two of ot the most popular on the tho American stage today Miss lIsH Dillie BillIe Burke anti Miss Paulino Pauline Chose Chase Chu e are to wed young within u II few months Time The young oung Londoners l who are arc about to em embark bark ImrU for tor the States are Captain Frank Trank Gary Cur of ot nut nit old Devonshire I family and Nicholas Jerls Wood better bettor mown as Bit Nikko Wood OtHI Both nn ore said to have proposed to the Ibe stage favorites time without success mcce and were only recently accepted They be will 1111 be bo accompanied d to this country by Viscount who boa bas been ben known ns liS a I racing radII partner of ot Ted Tod od Sloane BIllIe Burke Is now non 00 playing In Mn Mrs Dot Iud and Miss Chase became well welt k to theater goers ns no the pink girl In Liberty Dells Bells h B 00 Bu 00 00 u land after all they tho have hn only a n Quail not u II M taste So the time Lynna the time Lowells of the jR land are arc aI like the th prophet that must n como come to the mountain which Is the city rich In mind foil In Hence to hear hour 04 II it should be tie heard or chamber cham her concerts concert or recitals as nl they thy theyan an art buot tho the people of or tho the Lynns Lynus and luau tho the of or the tho Island hmo have to come up UI to tim the city ell because o the time city will vIll never hover lomo down flown to them any anymore more moro than will tho the museums with theIr anti and paintings or Its ItA singers singer and musicians or 1111 IndIviduals That which the time city line has hn It keeps keep keepIng keepIng keepIng Ing It makes It II n IL 1 blK cU I Io Xou o not Hot far mr from the tho markets the flower flover shops shop and time till of open trade tho the Island city olty hind had Its Ita hoot Hint III It theater And Boon other theaters theater too i Jt If It taking growth out of or the seed sed fallen from this thin th first one Olle sprang up on all skies I 1 1 cool and after a II time most IneRt of or these o flower moved further Into Inlo the tha heart of ot tho the city elt near tho the hotels or whom the tho traffic wits was thick for all ull Ms lug think they live on thorn them themselves selves and not on the country how fertile tho thom seasons soil Roll imy m ho Is a thought that never noer bothers them until there corona comos a n famine anil an thou then till the saying laying Is that the thu farmers farmer are oro lazy la Bo So Bothe Both the th these rather huddled together packing the tIme heart of or time the city not nol fur far from toni one ono another but all nit allIn allIn I In tho the stone mime district I ono one on a mm menlo main thoroughfare another the cor cot corner corner ner nor atilt another across the tho street and outliers others nr lire are down don side tilde streets until after it IL while wherever you ou wont went and ami tim Inn nIght light wits was 1111 big whatever you ou Into suio to be bl n a theater Of OC course counte cou too there thre were as 08 many plays an as n there were theaters and anil ton ten tImes more actors and than theaters That hint had to be IMS to keep tho the theaters open They The did not increase and multiply so much In excellence o oIn as asIn I IIII In III numbers anil by b no known knowlI law of supply and allI demand but merely by uy a mut tho the poor end and rabbits do tin Hut otter latter a n while a very ery great while I mean generations of at great real actors and anti famous theaters going gain UI up and down don some omo of or tho the managers of ot the these thelle e theaters more farseeing ceng than others began to realize that there not audiences enough to go round In the thA lug Ill ally elty that It II wits was not more mol theaters but more theatergoers that tho the traffic of or the nc needed ded And AmI with that thought for fill tho thio first time in Its lute his history tory tor some of or the of or one of the city blot I charms charm began to look beyond bond the time city walls wall and question Qu If Ir there thoro verO not people In other parts of or the tho Island Mand that might like to see BOO fIA and actors t Now unions 8 I have hao succeeded In In dictating to j you JU u or unless you jou OU realize the tho i cf a great city you jou OU will not understand what an ex ox 1 radical rI I I Idea It wn uns for these managers ever eer to give thought for rOl the Lynns and tho the Lowells lovelIs of or the Island beyond tho the pale ionic Until thou tho need of ot nn an extra outlet for their plays pia 1111 actors took hold hoid of or them the UIA Lynns anti time the Lowells were merely llIn l big ing III to the managers In the thue big bl cIty elt The They thought eo so r them that they the not even een hire the ac lt actors tore tors that came from reel them In the time great tight lights of or th thE big bl city these small smalltown smalltown town theater 1 x oi llo lo m howl I up n nil as rustics tillers of the noil uncouth and apoplectic looking like squires re 11 of or time Ihl Hut of ot course coline the Lynne Ihl the Lowells had their theiron own oun lIttle theaters stunted In the center of to toWns ns near tho the markets ny imy n day dal thor they as tho the by hy night tr rr ituna tetir leur pla or stock or mutest of all nil to ho he used u by strutting And Ami these theaters had man lean managers agers who cho acre Ero very el proud nf of r theft hou proud towards the th tb nettle but bill meek melk the ore erH In time the big city Of or the th K In hut the tho big cIty the tho th pen peo people Pie ph of the LyonS Lynns anti and tin tim tI 1111 only Know by b or t thru h the news newspapers papers that cameo down don from rote the timo bIg bli hl city after long lone 1011 lIonie It wa I tet with a reeling feelIng nf ct slinking shaking hands with lord lords that Ih th managers of or th the Lyons Inn ael lUll I heard IIno day clay lIB the tim ploy piny of ot tile the big bIj city CIt going In I n ml their th r anil actors notor to the little town aI i their seasons In th tho the big hilt pity cIty Tin Tiu Tinto to 10 over no an Si happy hart at the thought of finally All theM gnat 11 gui out lit pIOl antI anil great giant R at atri turn bum bott bI thom them in Just JURt time the fashion flU the th bl hi big i lIl It hurl had soen o n them nd noi us its u II matter of or tai fuel thi tho ems el In the tIme big bill city did nn l the and the time Unveil the th pla Pias s that thu the bIg III ili elt y V hud In ha ivory way uth I 0 tilt Ith seeing Hut flub batter r still lill th the they y sent nt along III With heel exactly the till actors and lid ir that had make muke Ih loINs II R d In time tilt lilg big i city Ity It That w s nt on elm rill for tit years yearn Regularly season after i oti the tho big hiI ell city disgorged It wit 6 of or the splendid treasures of or Its rl In III cI of ot everything that was delightful and benefiting In Iii plays anti and actors the big city II carried tarried alt nil Its wares votes to tho time little cities ammo the th Lynns Lynna and time the I wells were wore happy hIlPP Then one day tiny In an evil 1 hour of or cu nu cupidity and stupidity the time managers of or orthe the small cities begun to think them themselves Ih themselves m selves tho tIme managers of oC the big bl cIty too The They thought to themselves In our hands lies 11 time the balance of or power wo we have time the theaters In the timo Lynns and the we have hll 10 n a right to dictate what plays pia we se shall see 0 und upon what terms they shall holl be he played In our nUl theaters Saving Haying SIl which shieh h nil these the lit littie tie managers banded together to In asso naso associations of or theater malingers They The held hold meetings Interchanged postal cards elected 1 one another officers and arm armhold laid hold down laws That IN is to say IlY after being provided 1 with ASHi real pla plas Illas s anti and real ren players for t veral years the man mon managers tigers agers of or the tho Lynne Lynns 1 and tho the Lowells suddenly grow grew fat rat on nn prosperity for forgot forgot got that they time tile were ore still the tho tall tail In tho time scheme of or things and sought to wag wait the tho head hend That wits silly It And remember I 1 um tim not now talking about America but hut about tilt thin country which Is 18 an Inland island Now the time pia producers In the tho big city nr nm are nn arm I 11 I cool lot They do not In tho time face of or tin mun reasonable obstinacy they do not try tr to 10 Injustice to reform |
