Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1901 — Business Men in Theatricals. [ARTICLE]

Business Men in Theatricals.

The New York Herald of May 8, said: “It’s strange what strides the stage has made during the past five years, not to speak of a century. Businessmen have now taken a hand in the pie. and find it a very profitable investment. Lawrence Barrett, daring liis grand struggle through numberless difficulties, was backed by some of the solid business men of Boston. Yiola Allen, who has electrified this country and at the present time is the talk of the entire east in “The Christian,” was furnished the necessary funds by a large printing establishment in New York. And now a leading business man of Chicago has taken hold of th -> comedy farce, “A Wise Woman,’ and having engaged an extraodrinary good company will appear in all the principal cities in a trip across the continent. Prior to their run in San Francisco they will take in some of the minor towns and thus make the journey to the coast with more ease. Theatrical managers, look sharp. The business men will crowd you out.”