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This WeeKs JktradWnsh Van Ness4Joim[Drew : &\*!NLy3N&f4'% N ovelty— Ifatherme (^^IJ^triM}^ American— Pollard Juvenile Opera CoSr^ pany - -• '- : ' y.V....;y :. ,^%^-v;^:^: \u25a0:! Princess— Edwoa Stevens "in'.". Wang". ' * Akazar— Farce, "Charley's -Apnt" > . Orphecm— JnEas Steger Heading Vande : vnieBm : , X :* V- - - Gentrd—Naval l^lodraia "The White' Stpiadron" . Ty ":^^*^. W^gwam-Vcmdevine . . - : -• -- - C MEYERFELD Walter Anthony ACTrVTTT ar.d progress arej synonymous symbols. The sod that 'is truly alert can do more tars oa its self than" can : a. mountain stream leap, backward ".toward its feeble spring and source. ... Is .must go on. In business this prin •.c:sle pl»ei dollars in the treasure chest j ;-£nd t^rp-aiiJs the "balance brought for- • . wkra" la the bankbook, provided dili g-er.ce and force are directed by vision. .•\u25a0It is the' tizn who crfacs and does; who sfres aid seize*, who will. own the \u25a0trfeurare chew and. pocket the- bank-. \u25a0VT-'hea you f?t^t' a m&3 with t pcet< eye*sd 2. loir's dxis. in whosi gentle-. r*5t walks -rith strength and dream , '" - , \ \u25a0 .\ - ' \u25a0 - -' -^-" 4 is g with i.i->r^p!j£.-33ej3U you asay be certain of ihist be will be a power in the l£.a«L Ke can no more remain, is .the mass tlias a NasMtleoa.rex^ala-ca knowq. I have heard ll tzlA of 'Morris Hey*erfeia tfeat if -he were "broke*^ aad| you t -sb.oria, lend hfrn ?10 he -and you] would die ri'-Iz." He •would - make the mosey &-i"d .nut forget the friecd-^_ f I quite bcMeve :•.. . P^^^fc'-^ "What I. started out to 'write about) • was of zrs. irticrvIeTr which he' reluct- > £Tit!y submltied to. •wh#rtla I sought to | ...learn what n€*" th?3g "rhe , Orph'euin 1 rsar.SkE-cment coatcicplai'ed. -Fiamor had it, you Jc^ow. that xhc Orp'beum rcircuit \u25a0company afttr corclag out of its strus , sjle'wlth Kl£ir & Erias^er in the re cent vaudeville Eght was t>eat on re- hc5i£!ities and taat it _wae on the point of ctLrrying a fig'ht into the enemy*'- territorj- and * entering'" the \u25a0 # ; legi'JJCEte £eid- Runior went farther. Jt W2.s j>o;ni«:-d out *.':.£*. MartVn. Beck*a •.•enterprise ia presenting'^Catherine Grey , . -at the hc^d of an excellent coinpaay at | . the Novelty theater in Oyde Fitch** 1 • plA;\.*TTi<^ Truth," was the 2rrt sign of j . the coming trarfare b*-i.ween the two j preat branches of the divided theatrical J forces in America — the legitinsate aad \ the variety. ' Local Managers Interested • . M&rtin E*ck 1« the general macagrtr { of the' Orphecia circuit, with teadquar- | ter* in New York. -and is second^ only to Meyerfeld in command of the vabde- | • v; He situations Rumor whi*per*4« sSatl this Novelty opening was .cloaked be^ ! bind &£artin Beck's c&nie and that 'it .was really ap .enterprise.; Moreover, it was. g-oxsip on the RiaJto that .represc atatlves o f th e niajraate^ of . the driraa were here from. New- Tork waicfcinu development?, as *sp{e* in-aj hostile couctry before- the declaration.] of war. Local theatrical zcacszerei • w#r» interested and concerned, for if atil these things^ were 'true It. irai'fcer t«5a that •theatrical echoes were about to be awakened by the clash of , rival j facUone. backed by millions', in " naoaey. ] *So, cot having the least right in the! world to meddle." nor the smallest in- 1 teresx at -stake, it was natural that' an ] ; iater^iew with Morris MeyerfeldJri.] ,' fceretofore aad hereafter referred; to I without the "Jr,~ should suggest yself.{ aieyerfeld had recently 'come from'Sfew York.. For the matter of that he is al ways recently from New," York. He •goes there as frequently ajs you do to Oakland, and to Europe as off»a .as • i=o*t folk care to go to— «ay Alajpedi. 2 think he has. a oommutaQon': ticket I b«wwrNew York and San.'Fracclscd: You fcad yourself believing r what Meyer^eld , tells* roo. It soondi^- what ever It Is he says— axiomatic.*- and *ev«n if you are not normally a' credaloa* being yon accept 'without question Vhat •*e says. He has a quiet way of regard ing you from eyes under languid -lhis." and a quietly firm way. of speaking as one who has *no immediate cohcerniin thfH matter discussed.: but who'j»p«*k*. Impelled by an inner force and; esoteric) consciousness of the trath.in'the^cir- 1 cur..«:asc«. He does not hasten to a*-*] •ure " you' or raise his voice in "earaest j effort to- conrlnce; he Just tells you j and you believe It. . .. \u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0 . -,^ ,-.\ Not Gpins Into "Legit" ! BAH tha-t Is preliminary to t£e as*tr- ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL DRAMATIC SECTION { tlon that he f the. .troth -.'^ the j roaon referred! to aad;.tbat_I: believe wh*t lie ".Bald^ ,1;- , ... f * .'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\V, i "How 'long- Is _this'- interview I goi-s to^tscer! \he .askedj,iwith v a ! : kindly -Jin^ j flection that the pleasing I suggestion that -" he : wished*' it, - i "were j longer" if he" were -aet^bc'sy-^rith" ether \u25a0 thi n ?s. "pTotv kcopr \u25a0 I;am "not J seeking j Interviews or aewspapecnotprlety.- „ I t h*H have £ to,- charge; you.- at;; the : rate jof ji« .tEboir, .'and "". fhat'i 'cheap enough."*-.".-. , ;- '-j .- • -'"-.,-.\; "J-, ...~ '\u25a0-. t We cordially; eoncurr«d{ en the; price which Manager'.M^rrliexa.grej^* should ' be takealoirt ©fjPres* AgViulJTerry^DlJ^ . t lon'sljsalirjr^^ k^^ti^^JnTeiTrfew^jir©^ \ receded * with . the^'understa^dlngf ibxt I only, the \u25a0qcestfon" Immediately; at! hand * :«ho«ld- be " '"\u25a0_--. ..'.•\u25a0*."v-»\-..-^ " j^v vx&"C3kri^_t^**4^i^tu^erVtieVex^ {pedleicy \ot "- goias'f Icto-^the Jecitlmate; 1 Jceid.'mad .Voiild 2i£Te--done-, sojif '; |*trn|rgl_e Cwitfa .tJ»f ?Klaw? Jc^Erlinirer . J forcer, had . not ended; siU8factoxilyi.to . as. -' Ab it- is. vre have ; no intention : of dotaK;anythit:K _to disturb; the; pleaiaat relations =pw eltistlnr *in^ jthe^theatri-MJ | world. rWe'ihaTeiourlownvlJne^toiad- 8 Jraaee 'kre : Ebt* : r6 t oJrfntr 'or any ac ftfTUy'. outside'- of Vda«s' A /r*.udeTilie.* * The , fact Martin "Beck.** our ' r«c eral; ; has* t:nderta.ken. an-: en terprise - of V his . own- "and •, is "starring: Miss ; Katherise'*^Grcy.-does *nqt cone ern the Orpheins/ which'i**:neither-dlrecUr nor- indirectly' Intereiteji;i3>the;prodnc- . tion beyocd*tl5e*fries^ly1int«rest j'which ire* nitcraliy \u2666 take? In '- the'ipriyate ; terprises of; any . of*-- our ; associates." i \ I can Z tell you \ thaty Mr; v Beck{ is" i a* Arm believer. i"n^ the 'gylrrtjss; .of f Mlss^Gfey. i £Jid% has b^tn ;, f or .ai leCg; tiaie *an , ad- J I mirer.of h.*r art y aaajtrei!. A He."has »pnt his own raoneyvb'ack- of 'i3er:-b'Jt ' I -do ; not Uhink hV^^iilljiidertake^to Ipreseat any. other*"starrbr company.^ The I fact \ that the Ofpheu?n-at one^time-did jcoatemplate goirigr r into* the ";leciUflia.te. added * U> th e " fact . that- its "greneral ; man r J lager "hmd7 presented --a'^ftae- \u25a0" star*; and r • ronipaay -ia -.a'» : Clj-de • i^ltch . play, ./on£ ] necessarily iiany . .wfco_ "de-. jd^ced _ the .inaccurate, cosclusloa that I the 'Orpheuni* *had:bro}«n; loose.* "ai~'~* Became a Showman IT • ' ' " ----- '"^^.^iMMIHMv! - \u25a0 - - • ! r **Ha'w'"did .^"ou "happitn* to -beco^ne *a showmanT? I as^r? .Mri . 5C»yer*eld, pertinently to\ nothing.' - "."\u25a0 : .* rH-m! r TV"hat; do >oa to^know [aboat that for ?.j The public isn't li&it- Jestedlin ray. ajrairs." : -.; ."; ' ! V .V-. \l .^Sa'a - F ". raII^ lsco 5s-*~Th« institution - 1 at which you stand the head and front [belongs la .V certain \»xA peculiar lense i to ihJs : city,/ where 'm ; was born % and J "It was -all bread, at .first, and -xery [little -imtter... ? GustavTf -Walter was { old ; time friend' and .my customer; when J < 1 1 ; was- senior * ca ember of ,the j firm*; of j 1 } lleyerfeid; "Mitc5ie21't^"i *~°Z ! .W&plesaleJ' j liquor^.^dealersl wVCalteriwa*! th'e} worst, f bueinessTnan^ *^1' 1^"**"' -?t*^*P 8 * that's '* whyl h« * thought" I -.w«^a ;Vej3his ' atY8=»ace. J-At*>"ny^_rate, l he "kept;, after ; me-to^jKuYa.; [little "inoney/Jnto^his, Or- , pheuia.'*. which.* 15- ; 'years>>ro, -was % a j rtTOggUnV-itts^Utctib^ as-Cybai and* all I ; j San - Fraociwsaisi^krtfw.r^:T|sere -**** one j thing- aboat , Walter/: He -wis .persistent; , besides,- he * ,was \ : nry 'custOTaer.rt^pd , tboi rr». half f intTr«t*wJth : *hiBL'^iIt*; ru • thoroughly J thiat 2 1 !?should , hare nothingj whatever^to ASo.wlth thjs \ theatrical^blisTceulexcep't^atHae: books. , I i was .to%tir^and^bVinig|atlitUe r order \u25a0 ont"of-XCalter"s.ta.cgIed«^Rac.claI~nietb r - , ods.* "He wasjto^ettendto.tbe* engigiiSg,' . of ; talent and to^the'actOai^rjsnaJngior . jthe.hoflse.' J When;h«.*died,Vln;a' year.fi \u25a0 |hand«* *»o to, say;> fr I > :hai|w^Sti«"tlio^l i |ljo*earnfst"orpoi*rthe;n5uC»e^-*IVha4 ip^V ; I into . the * business. iMeaattee.-^tad.^I | f bund . growing:* pleas or it :\u25a0 i'% £int»fest4 j In; my.»new., actlyitfy^f So r- h sold -ouumr -! jtoter;est'j3**tbexcbihmerclai^ | • •west' in%'tb,^seeVwfia^V?bu?lsessfliaa i \u25a0 SUNDAY^MAY#|i9Oa cou!«5 do . -with- an institution like : the • thealer>," \ *"• * -'"..' r ;^:" ! i Umpire of Judgment \\'jj . , «f,; judgment ; in ftnatters tak ing; j, bold '>oii~'arL; arfsVnotj always -those wijo know * a-JSttie -" of fona, r construc tion the teihhic :of -Ttb'e'^thln'ir.fOne. payVcoiF an'tbat aad be iik* "anjappie ] With bat one"s-ood spot. His Wnowlj| cdjre aad cririca! acumen are circajn^ scribed and of little-veluell^ftfiapsj b«ius? Mey<?rfeld looked fro'nf'a'bussl Be«» "'brala * t^rouKh'-'aTs'poVt'iVVyes'" fc» 8TT«»p«d the*: •leratais". of -Vucc«s^titt -fil« departo*nt of th*£iric.,3s and b«-came readily sp alirost ;'o:n<»rTlnff^JtJdjp*'lr«f " Uie> value j cf •."4^Lsl^ .c as!** r/oa ; t ha V? *cf j coant..\ No^cibjtJa^iJrSueai^nrith'i Martin 3?««k : v !n.-?Egtop*aav;trJr5-: zed -; fngagt*. t*l«nt in : LoH'Jci:;. ParJs H'-r;-:! Land"' anyTchere'^lfi^-lz^Europ^."/; .: -'"•* Her.**booked?'^e| i I>r»f in ? lJ»nd'opf the nlffct before^; sailed : rc- r rAniftrici. oc h!s ;Jas"t^r«^nd^trJp^betTr<>ea the coaf tir.er.irV " He 'saVlseiy Hkedlher.dasclo^ aaV;"'call*e4:-'on\h«V : T : !»fa1adrthe-r8clS?«*: He.rmade:tup Jhi«if naiad s-what^hefwaf worth , u>:,nlff2tj3ea.t*r* /a^d * offered ? that worth t t^ar«C^ttt|ll^dIff«TtiS»1b^tlr«tS contract • tvcs : (confirmed - ' by- wireless t*-lcgraph*.afterVMesierfeld was 'far tout on the * At!ani:e.~ ; The dancer is the" "tvoman 'reported .subsequent;, ly to havel-reiusedtt.be ;band:ai}d .heart of ; an;a"rcl!duk"e.' -c 1 -^ '-"\^ 4 *\u25a0_ "'^ -"-i."-^.^ ? OatKww15f©w^WMis- • \u25a0-\u25a0'! ; ;:>•' v dOTT23io"vc3icstiiealer.vSnd - wiiat'-are ?.we gtfi-air I tp, - _ do^i^riihrjout ;. present-.?: p.laj\- ; stand ':. by nexil; Ne^v Tear's " ds y. - '~ : £slto ' what " vrV.l are 2 V»5 n S "to . do - - TritSTuVmir ' I>r*esent \u25a0- horae.V we. - a r e ; \u25a0 ao t , a s ; ye t* cer*- \u25a0 tRin.' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0Th«?-prej«?ni plan,*VbJch*I ; think 1^^:51 'approre.'-is" to |" r<?tala r it " es rthe Orpiieum;".'"an<l rJ»fc*y /fa". fcSH';;6he;f'sre*.!i' dowritoVn,* brlr-irJnsr 'it here the.'fol loflansrjxs-eeK. ; r ThRt way ea^h^hpuse Igejplayed two we^l«,Sif|wo?thtlt.%v- - "~ > . 'The'" ; deterinJna.tfon^of ' tk^valise -.of ! 'an 1 act \u25a0 Is^the .,f8^ci&atiog|part:-pflthis' =PAGESJI^TO.?24^ [one j liavs* - on t-lensecK ground - > in ' San i ; Fniacisco.- worth less ;\u25a0 than^ -- -$20,000. r J^jr/^at^trinsr; of-, houses across the jcon-' 1 [tin»ot*jr€jprcients a capitalized . value ; \ofYat^ut-*3M4.QQ i K: ';.. -:"lz . ;/- •:\u25a0'•\u25a0: --\u25a0 '.'* "- '.I ' j ."Doa'l - you isee."'-" -said -» Meyerfeld. j~that -, those; lisrure^-arV 'raisJeadin^?- It : ioolcs as ; tbous-h'«_taat-i ihcreroeat hai \u25a0 I b**prajr«5rtl y* ont^ of .--t We - profits of j the* ttuMiheKs^CTcat" isn't; 59." Capiu:!"'has j jtie^n/KtirEcted :o~ o*ir.:J>usia£S*s" : or Iwe. ys<qouMa't'' l>i? ; able .10 .. make^thcishewlas |"wiiich*^lf ri'doh'.t; wa:ch"Iout.>"yoa will ; iturn'tintoraTsenEation.*' : . " / -~- ' \u25a0 .- - i f?5*5lyiHBwn- opinion. - respect- '' ? f u 1 1 y. - 4 Tra « - that ! i \u25a0\u25a0 h*..- had » his f. xray -in: !this.:sq-Jeezed; out interview he'd: maiei fitfjead .likejan en:ryi«n a^ournal'or aa i like- "the: previous ciintstes 'be- ! I -i 1 i~----v -;-,•.:-- i* \u25a0-:... -'—-.? '--:\u25a0--- -------- \..- - • • , ': Sin«lread5andr;:approved.";-vt --._•";.,- .- -\u25a0.\u25a0 \u25a0 Ju!T-»»",j \u25a0*-.:.>\u25a0 -.- \u25a0-.- ._\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 .-\u25a0 - » . *\u25a0; - - • \u25a0:-. ; -; I th« tiiKf of- the ;besinniE^.of j fmyiactlrltiesun". the: vaudeville business fc^^Si? 81 1 "^ at * * las ? \u25a0 \u25a0-' n [^5.^ gTa.vitatI.ngJ J;nate»- of. the- so 'called trnat. -Why shoyrd'jaot '.the, interests of- the 'sc*t^ tered^vaudeTillet-: houses'; be £ similarly linked?-- i> . * ;*•.». * .- " :-\u25a0 . :. . \u25a0 Cham of -Theaters ; , : - . i S*J^ti^a«|thSI t taakj5K*y*rf*id ft r at-' j , 1 than* proceeded; to- itsoAccomplishaieat. ! Bat - he ! had»to : have .Orpa«ura;houses »or j tb sre 1 would \u25a0.lie'-noj'cfeain-* * EcsVXnseles . 4 was I Is%-a.ded,^tfcen* Xaasas '--Clt vrVnext »•-._' --\u25a0-* .- - . 5, :---. \u25a0\u25a0; van J Orphean; rv^'as^opeii^L .•ln i'*Chaaha, : i-:\u25a0 '- "\u25a0• "-\u25a0 ". v^^'^v'-^f-i-- \u25a0\u25a0- : I then* a long J iijnp^was • siatJe ' to^ New .{--*\u25a0 :•-• •'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 -i - jfVHV'.VS'-^*". •?-\u25a0•;\u25a0-*\u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0"--*\u25a0*" \u25a0:.. ; : ; Orleans; - next /cacceTDenvpr,' Minneap-*,: oils;. St.»Pati.>SaUaake, "Menipfcis, Oak-,; land,*tDe^aioine^Si<jux''C3ty,-ta'nd ' this faH'.wfn, *e&' th«:; opening J^of- Orphena ho*JS»« In ", PortlandT^ Seattle.'* Spokane jand'Botte. -In- addltlon'to; these; tae* Or- Iplte'jrQ* has dlrect*-and«i£ni reel ; |/ntn t vaude vi Jle I fiWsesll In flCh fcca 50^ Mil i waukee.^Ci3c^nnati.7^Tln^aJ3*pbJ*ls" ; and Loals ville. \ PPermanentt -t offices Tare > es tablished •; in \u25a0; London, ;V Paris - ajjd-» Ber- I lin.7 where"- agents Vare T on ; the ; lookoui for . European^ acts.* '>*}.'_- - - - < \u25a0 •* ' *- - \u25a0 ? . "Are these eraplbyes^ln'foreign~ lands American sT*/ I* asked. • . - . = ,;they\^ are. : / Else _". they TTouldn't" b« ;* in? tosch ; with** what J. the American -. pliblic/^ likesCr "We " '/cha&sa them -. around --j freqa-eatly ' arrd - briag them back : to^Aroerica, sending* others fronifotir offices here to \u25a0take- "their '. places. We. do;this soittat they Trill remain Americans, v" I mi^htv, say that all of -them* are Gernoans-^sood Ger • nisn-Americans! ._ -. \u0084^. ., .: ' .. _:. ..." ;_•.*. . : ""Tbday o-ar; princical -business -I* in . the — -in Xew .\Tork*.\ -sOsr^offices there cover the entire: eighth 'floor "of the 'St. . James building. '.Ocr.'.Chica.sb offices cover the third floor of- the' M ajestic theater building. , The Saa^i^taa-. Cisco offices : are , ami 'will . reraain the center- of the , financial" and -lesal" de- partmcnt.*- Here *ail.^lrasesr are *madeT-| contracts 'entered in to~and~deeds*kept.** i : An -Army -Employed ; \u2666 : ! *.;. Then' the' ramificatiorisj.of" this£bnsl- \ ness ; o!< amu^is^* the^ pablie? were {gone j into.^ aadi an^idea.* gained ' of 1; araotsat | of I hard,|iEipDaVcIericail \ and '>tiTtistfcaI i .wor'« : Ys^baci 40/ ;* ftjotVlshts. ] |^I> ( lay£rsJandt?ceRjsrT.j'/AlI;'thls_, : ha*jb«ea| j.lhe * gro'irth .o» ,1 the ; which I l5raa once" aalHl reffb!ate^C liblated Csoa- i teeViu* .There 'are; tieV photopraph, de-"! ( jjarUaenC; the *»"prod£clagr i'departnieat;} tthe \u25a0• press * departiaent,'.asd "- numberless | ipth»r»braaches*of I the \u25a0 eat erptis>, -from | ?alirof ,wj:!=ji xeportsT.— at reafi i Ii!:e la, tank's c statement • 'are V nad* : to 1 • the [central I bjEce.-'C'At'.the' hiad "(otj the j j rXSlrokA. '\u25a0& epartraent * i s '\u25a0 Ma nagrer \u25a0 Bra dy. « i_-sfiio* ; r "forV"25any :: .'Tear»^wa* < : a , railroad ' official ;h5gh in/traiijwrtatlon^ircl-s. 'He- lay* " out-- th«;; route* _ ? for*^th'e;_per-;. formers," cjohservraj; retime"*.; amd : fxi'aX!??; c'ertain^tiit2^\y^rel!aade5 t la ' Th\"|^%t|^wl^aefrt«b^ tine.- "J/- I^In^tltfcieJ yarloa* JpreUtatQarx - depart tm^ts^an^arjpT^cTfjtoyif r \u25a0 l;jJOO : riaVa";~ !s vThis; =sea ns that bef ore {th« cpttain3;ri*ps*on*aa*"act*the*brala»ta^S* i miJs^leiWf^i.*ftoratVa*-"have"* torched "i t ' 4tf TOmjsrpolnt^pr'j'otfaer^CX^ : v*;.,' *'"\u25a0*' \u25a0 '-- v- -\u25a0 /„ --> '--'- : -' . ,\u25a0 •— "\u25a0 -~9 ! ~z I ?i: railroad J« fares alone . ih« 5 sum CS I $549.004^13 7^ expendedYannoaHy;- the Or ! pheumr^rculub^insr^e only vaodevina icgncern '.la ;". the J, world : that pays its J f?* 3^ 1 **; ;\I*****« -across the .continent |and^fr1»m>c^>toicity, excess •hag&Zg* ,: *^i*^:>"? r * t! y^ b '?y^ tbe- tickets" aad :• J^l'** 1 *? 1 ? 1 *^ 3 t Ao **« : rest - *" For *»'* * month, - was a li^hi- on*, oar ; tra.asj«>rtarlonticcbant i5 Vdebited .witli : *j^»9.-^^d}Meyerfei<i."_ -* ; A pecSilarity of; :M-y?rfe!d Is hi3 sMUty." to "hold, fast to hina > the men who-.axalbls Jcaptalns. lWutenairts and common * soldiers. . . In San Francisco John' Marrisjey has s-en'thVsnrowth oZ ' l he.tl*> years deVelo? tfae jtrasislini; i bu5ir:-ss Into, a millionaire concern and a;; force bj^tate^natlona! ; reach; Ilarry *^r?*?l?/ .??*»: stage isana^pr* then aod Is.5tas9«nsaaa5<r now;. Director' Rosaer stlllplays^ln" front of the footlli;nt3 as the eiOQcest^organ; Martin Beck, now BSneral; xaasa «:»r. was . with him" at tha .; startj} and; many_others have or are CsfoTringr "sTay '"or bald : in th* serr- L«s Angeles Next ? are » yon gblns to bnlld an Prpfcasa theater 'next T* I '; a3ked Mej erteld.. ./-;..". ' r -. ; " nn;Los Angeles. That was the see ondclty we; entered on leased ground, and" we; _coa:eraplate . pattin? cp a splendid theater building there ' next year. ..OUate . years we tave osU* oar own. theaters in Denver. Minneapolis, SU Paut:31enjphis, asd now. cozaes tha blgirest , and . greatest at them " all — our San Frardsds Orph*a=n. which, when completed, will : stand at a cost of not less than J75O.«fiO. It will be our largest, rrith a ; seaUns: capacity , o* i.~&& and the entire structure devoted exclcsiTeJjr, to oar OTrn business. There will'not eren.be a ciyar stand In front fcr.-rent." -.- B>* the -thiyaghtf u! grleam in Meyer feld*s"eye it mlsrht-be in Jor red that th* OrphecKi's building- activities hare only just b*Kua. and befor* Ion? there will be ; others.^ At "present the value of the buildings which hive been erected byf th^- corporation exceeds VandeyinevAuiiences '--MeyerfeWjCnds a.larse difference h« tiTeen^thevaodevilleatidlen'jres of Eu . rope and "America." "We are niuch nw>r» ; responsive \u25a0 her*."* he told me. '". "Ready - appreelatlo'a* ; is "given quickly, and I mtist -^confess that ' soa'e acts which I* think little \u25a0 of : se«m to pleas* ; at least there : is ._ no evidence . of " stinsriness in the : applause.-" American audiences 50 . to^ th« , theater - to be amused. If they I areiinstiTicteii it is ail right; bat that isn't-j why - r they i go. Th«y • want to be entertained, acd are wlllin? to b*. la Earopo'they are much less demonstra tive,** and 4 thexe : are '.many acts which they; eudnre^ : ' stolidly-. that -W3!ild roosa ocr papers -and ' critics to protest. American vasdevil!** is a eleaaer insti -*" M Whe3;I first became; uriwittinslr. *_ showman.^ther* _waa no s-och thing; a* a sketch^.- an-' abbrevtate/d play or a ton densed'eoTaedy.'.indHhere no such thin? as^a^leKJtimite . actor or actress t©~b* s«n;3a*a=br~:V;rrlety~"st3?re. Noir i the,hiarh«it class ju:toras-» into va«de« . r^Uefa^d , back^a^raln . into the - legltl taate^*s":- persons _-st»p froa aa« rooaa to^anCTther..- ,Thejr -; take a - enj;ag^m*nt:"b«ea 1 n»erof the aJlnririS* sajari-es .*h*ldcont" to .them and for ths variety -afforded. -^ ' 7Th.e - j : va"tul«Ttlle - sta^e is , responsibla forjin/intirdly^ new Tart — the art of*th» short sketch, uo-^which the best writers in the country are :\u25a0 jpiring: their atlen- Uon;- .The.. short." crisp. .'action loaded playlet^T<r hie h ~ has resnlteJ is a na tional-.typo of. art; aad the people 05 derstatsd'j^. At-.flrst the idea was * rldicnled,", but the 1 sketches Isave eome " to . siay«_:aad . th«. fact that tha great * American",, public -has imagination is ' demonstrated. \Watch tnyi of the ?lit tle?"plays;pat -on here and; s«e. Tak» •J4rs.^Pecxhaia*s;CarousaI.* for^an illus tration.- '- Nothing: is explained * except la,tfceistetehi*st fasfciocyet-the little piece- Is * losrieaL-jCoherent and ; artistic - SomcthtnariffJeft. to" the hearers* ir.ia=:i cations. - and * tha t "flatters *\u25a0 them. v rThe^coiains: ol-the hish>Liss sketch and the. "higher type of professional playirs has 'effectedf a channel ia the ch'araeter of - 'acdience^. When * wo first i-ade ,u? ocr.asltdstogtt/away " f fbih I the soair- and dance - turn "as an exclusively, variety- ;act ". It 'h*cam« ap " par*nt : at-.oncefthat we ware secarim? ': a,\b<eit*r "clas-s 4 of patrons. '2 An Orpheum audience iis T : typ!cal ; of the public now. The cellared "and edacated 2nd |their, way lo'.the box. ofiSce^and eom j plete ; '.a J, representative i sath*:rias. .A ip^rforma3ce>ini^blch Mrs. Brown Pot- I ter. "llrs. '.^Langtry* ;ZelJc - de . ,i.t3ssan. ] Us nc» - O'Xeill ; ara the rest of Use le- I gitixnates who -have vaudeville careers fcair-, afford'" ~\io * apj*«ar is worth any ftaan'sjtlxne r acd . interw;.- - ilndepHenaent^ Judgment B» ! '^.7Ai£fl«X\sifa^je* fact has developed. !t©o. T^Itji»^th*is: an actor or an actress ! or. a,» slander ; who" hats created ;a * success £<n#kl«";«f .vaudeville; will be adjndged. when \u25a0 he sets • o*foze "a vaudeville andl enee.v}«si<;a.«"independently as tho-a?h he ;bad;;n9?r?patatios 4f>an artist^at |alL He f*oaU.a'n»s pabUc, so to say. [ tbfr^eoHipon^ttt - i p«rts \u25a0 of : wijlch \u2666 ar^ largely -road^: cp^of tbose ::.Trho wouM nST*r .«**] 9 T ': H? 311 " *^ni otherwljte.; He wllI^VaeTerUielJ'isCrbe 'rated " with '.' r«f--li \u25ba erence ito^his ifello^w artists, with qalck [and" correct _-iad^raent. " "A- TandevOla \u25a0a«<3ten«e*s .'jrpprcivaa. in other words, is I worth ;i*ist. tts',-xKaeb. t and is ' as 'slsnsiflJ [ capita 3 :.tJj«"* steal * pteeed on his ' art ' bT ' [a .Tajhionahi* audience at tbe JIs«r*r pcfit^B jqpiera'.hbus*',.'*. " It* Is'. tfie voice i of ttef people. . . " . < l»'^^>w.^I«B'tUhl3 aboat enough? You I hay^* be*a"-here i aa .hoar, and yo^s kno-» I as" mtich a s . I^do this minute." i "I "t aid" I "wisHed I ka«T sts much ia"-a ' t year/jT.BBr Jt : yiwa . think / it "is ." easy Ittv. t set : . Meyerf eld to tal* about ; ; himself. I ?S^^ y "" : S 5*ni«tirae. J i ;I*n» > bouad 'to I coe f essjthatt ; ma'ny o_f ; attrfJnj- Ued'herela 'to htm,'ar* of iny/oWiaTjiiaiec < jhe - saidL**we'*.",or*:**tte "co*apaay,**.« and i otherwise :inferfere<;;with^the.; plaa^to | pres«JpeTSoaalIty^: iuto\ the j: talk. -"\u25a0"'He f evea^waclrd - to*^ know ' : what - kind » ot th«adjng:"l ? wa3 igoln^" to" makeC-andfob jected -to * thf es^ samples.; iaslstla^ that thV ;?tolen".inter*;law c bercaptloaed'tlllts a i led »er«L headJ ngr. ; , He wo n Id ' have I tin payfc]lo<jk^like a 'misplaced : sheet from a^loose sleaf blbd«r,".to* which, artaa^e *iMtit^I^We^a«loti3iy^]teQaI«sc«d.'^-.If£I; hidn'ti h«".wouUChaTe : ; written iit-hte se1l^i,whJch.rBi5htII»y":yoa: be/esteeined aiCir«ginistaiic« {i <leTotiUyi to be desired, j batiaotiby;Dafc. \u25a0-•\u25a0'."\u25a0 "1 \u25a0 ,_..-" - ,.-\u25a0 - '\u25a0