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Show 00 THE "SHOW BUSINESS." . la- considering the theater ono must not confuse the dramatic art with the 'show business," because they aro quite different A small part of the public talks and thinks about the for-mer for-mer but the average manager Jaughs at the mere mention of It With him U Is business pure and simple; he Is out o make monev and hl8 eye is tin eeaslnely focusedupon the bS offlc! agers who, On account of brcM (.. education prefer to produce p?iyf of rufipemont. and merit, provlS nS of course, they feel that' lh g ?9f a fair one: but there is no slmh i js a theatrica, manager i?ho SSf ortnj and deserves a hear'nr vhl Now theater tried that rollcv L 11 to close its doors. Way1 $ independent manager be forced into J philanthropy any more than tho aver- ago merchant? As a matter of fact, t most of our managers do not caro I what they produce They give the pub- , He what they believe tne public wants, I whether It Is Anna Held in one of her j vulgar "shows" or Sothern. and Mar- lowo in a Shakespearean .repertory. And the sad part of It Is that for a ;? number of years as many people went ' to see Anna Held as the classic pro- I ductions. Metropolitan Magazine. ' |