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TUB ALU A NCR ITERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1920.
Comment-and
Discomment
Something similar to a hornet's
est has been stirred up In Lincoln
daring the past few days orer rates
Charged by a theater for a perform
ance of "Tiger, Tiger." It appears
that the rate was 60 cents higher
Chan was charged in Omaha for the
same thing. Somebody discovered
the discrepancy, and immediately
there went up a loud howl from the
theatergoing populace In which,
Among other mutterlngs, cries of
"Stung!" and "Profiteers!" could be
distinctly heard above the din.
Those who cried "Stung!" were
eot referring to the kind of a play
they saw for their money. Indeed,
Frances Starr in the leading role
was declared to be well-nigh perfect,
And some there were who were more
extravagant In their praise. One of
the critics went so far as to say there
Is nothing now playing In New York
city that excels the performance.
The main Idea is that Lincoln people
bject to paying higher prices than
those charged Omaha people.
With the possible exception of the
"Passion Tlay" of Oberammergau,
there probably isn't a single theat
rical company on eartth that isn't
organised to make money. It Is more
expensive to produce plays than it
used to be. Actors and actorines are
no longer satisfied with press agent
notices of high salaries they Insist
on getting a fair share of what they
ram. Heaven knows that competi
tion in the movies Is keen enough
to make the salaries real, and the
legitimate theater must make the
salaries large enough to keep the
stars out of the movies.
AH of us can remember, a few
years ago, when moving pictures
were comparatively new, how a lot
of the theatrical headllners sniffed
when anyone mentioned the movies
In their presence. "No room for
real art save on the stage," they said,
but one by one the sliver screen or
the silver money won them over.
Some of those who said they would
never consider leaving legitimate
performance to act before the cam
era have changed their minds; some
divide their time; some have found,
to their sorrow, that they couldn't
get a job If they wanted to.
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It's made a serious difference In I
the kind of plays served up, not only ,
to the Lincoln public, but to cities In
Alliance's class A few years ago.
there were two or three good attrac-
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lions a monin; iupn me numoer
diminished steadily until now a
really first class production Is the
event of a season.
The manager of Lincoln's leading
playhouse, the only one which makes
a pretense of booking anything save
fillums and vaudeville,, has sub
mitted some interesting figures on
the season's records. Out of twenty
three of the better grade' produc
tions, but six have "sold out." Two
others had good houses. The re
mained played to "half a house" or
but little better. Now, Lincoln Is a
city in a class by Itself. There are
more so-called "cultured" people In
one block of Lincoln than in ten
blocks of Omaha. The state univer
sity does it. But despite the pres
ence of a state university and oodles
of people who are supposed to rec
ognize and want the best, the man
agement of this theater has found
that good attractions don't pay.
By "good attractions," we do not
meRn that the offerings consisted of
Shakespearean performances or n
bunch of highbrow stuff. The list of
plays drawing "half a house" In
cludes such titles as "Tiger, Tiger,"
"Listen Lester," "The Boomerang, '
Mitzl Hajos in "Head Over Heels,"
"Tea for Three," "Parlor, Bedroom
and Bath," "Turn to the Right,"
"Kobln Hood," "Flo-Flo," and the
Fanchon-Marco Revue. They are
performances that have made good
in places that are large enough to
accord them paying patronage.
Now that "Robin Hood" has come
and gone, two choruses may be ex
pected. There will be one class of
patrons, enthusiastic over a real
musical event, who will plead with
Manager DuBuque to bring other at
tractions of the same kind to Alli
ance. They will point to the well
filled house on Sunday and the fair
sized audience on Monday as Indub
itable evidence that there are the
atergoers here who appreciate seeing
and hearing something out of the
ordinary and- are willing to pay for
the privilege.
These people, unfortunately, have
little Idea of the money that it costs
to bring "Robin Hood" to this city
for a two-ntght stand. They look at
the price of admission, they see a
well filled house, and then wonder
why it Is that Alliance patrons don'?
have the same theatrical menu set
before them as patrons In slightly
larger cities. It will come ai a mat
ter of surprise to these people that
nearly every performance of this
kind has been a disappointment to
the box office, no matter how much
pleasure It gave the patrons.
Whatever profit there was In
"Robin Hood" probably went to
others than the local management.
The company's agent was more or
less disappointed lu the patronage,
although he conceded that It was as
good as the average under similar
circumstances. The real "profiteers"
In this Instance were the people of
Alliance and vicinity who had the op
portunity for three hours to enjoy
one of the best pieces of comic op
era ever staged, played and sung by
a cast of marked ability, at a price
that was remarkably low, under the
circumstances. Theatergoers will
cheerfully dig up carfare to see per
formances not a whit better.
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
(If you can answer correctly all of
the questions given below, then with
out doubt you are an average Amer
ican.) What Is the name of that man
who, during the present generation,
has had the most pernicious influ
ence upon American Journalism?
What large city on the North
American continent is it whose In
habitants generally are ashamed of
their mayor?
During what administration was It
that a certain admiral reproved a
certain secretary of the navy and
was backed up by public opinion?
Give the name of a certain famous
poet who, on a visit to this country,
was the victim of so much vulgar
toadyism as to disgust decent Amer
icans? The Inhabitants of a certain coun
try are In the habit of killing and
imprisoning with impunity citizens
of the United States. Give the name
of this country, and state bow many
decades it will be, in your opinion,
before anything is done about it.
What is the name of that invisible
thing, generally represented by a
piece of oblong green paper, that
cannot be eaten and has no value in
Itself, yet has lost nearly two-thirds
of its value in the last five years?
What is that which is not art,
which is not drama and which is not
humor, and yet which ten million
people la the United' States go to see
every evening?
Olve in their proper order the
names of those cities in the United
States that are noted for: Fleas?
Disloyal policemen? Hotel robberies?
Congressional bolshevlsts? Baby car
riages? Soot? Boulevards? Fllv
vers?
Who tampered with the malls?
What animal Is It that wears furs
la summer, silk stockings in winter,
goes without clothes half the time,
and eoats more money than any other
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