| Show THE MON opera F facts and figures Cont ernin 0 theatre eat yesterday mr D D jones mana of the union opera house was I 1 nor ger bleed bya by a representative of S illow Is it that so many theatrical companies pass through without stopping at was tile rea po rae query 1 rapes coming along the road will not rent but desire to share ta R only furnish the troupe I 1 fur T properties tickets ticket seller local advertisements bill posting license stage hands house grammes receive and jako ot all gro 9 9 1 free iced therefore cannot 23 11 1 1 1 ahem what are the expenses of running one night TI in all the ex to run one bight are about allty five dollars without paying any license d t takes a 2 25 house to 11 expenses and the usual rent pit he house I 1 have several companies lately as tye awo old not rent and I 1 did not feel like boeing money or sharing w ith them which in itself would be a bofis 11 illow doyon account for the inibig lt to e t full houses lm papers are to blame this tile past why so they have worked against the 0 pera bouw for the pose of obtain lot a now one fp of doing their utmost to fill the codono and making a now ono necca arv by culli it tin 9 the taste of tile I 1 0 tia ey draw for every nights por armance twelve arad they ari the best patrons of the shows yet tacy run it down 90 t at a successful performance cannot bo given in it is lot 80 mach the opera 0 ai tile performances to the refer would good well draw pa ing houes hou es awell the good tro X pea aill not rent tile house and not sharo w ith themas the 1 trona e does not warran tit but wit minstrel 1 trot ipes comedy companies etc I 1 will s hare as they draw a house that j pays expenses and the class of people patronize those shows do not care for fine acting or at least that IS mo V itoe the house cry when they ill not fill the old one is like a child crying for the moon or some cannot fet you dont think it would pay to belld anew opera then no I 1 do not the ground would c ost 10 build logs and scenery and seating making a total of 11 two performances could be had each week averaging M each night it would make per month the expenses ir sharing payin 9 stage hands ushers printing act vertis ng managers salary interest on money invested eta would be out of the receipt a the share of the house va be shiell would leave when all expenses d tao per month for the wear of property paying and meeting the riak of a poorly filled haae the average attendance now Is means a house oh no thero is no profit in a the 0 house stage I 1 er an in about austi I 1 one c ira a su s way be made for a few provi ed the capacity of the is ade to hold a house find the average trin Is a I 1 could then gok good troupes to stop here by sharing AS they will hot rint to make these extensions and repairs would cost about it these improvements were made tile would serve the purpose for a low years yeto antil tile city would warrant the building of a new one ast thursday james ross a un in lev nor in the black J ock near butte was struck by some fall ing rock and knocked sixty feet down the shaft no was braided braised brai sed bout ww ra voyer I 1 |
