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REFORM COMMITTEEStops Production of Sun* day Show.•THREATENED ARRESTOf Manager, Performers and Others ~MNight Before Christmas’*Win Be Piayed Monday Night Now.The reform committee has taken decided action to prevent the production of “The Night Before Christmas” on Sunday evening, as advertised.Ihe attention of Theodore Alvord. , the attorney for the reform committee, was recently called to the advertise-' merit of the Sunday evening theater, and this morning Mr* Alvord. it is said, cor-ferred with Judge Kelly. Judge Merrill, H. C. Huntington and fF. Mack with reference to taking some action toward preventing the performance on Sunday evening. The result was that Mr. Alvord notified ManagerG. A- Boeckling that in case the show was put on Sunday night, the manager of .he house, the attaches, every per former and even the ushers would ba placed under arrest.Manager Boeckling immediately sent a representative to confer with Mr. Alvord, but a wordy controversy ended without results favorable to Mr. Boeckling. Mr. AlvGrd intimated that the committee was inexorable, and that any violation of the Sunday law would surely resujt in arrests.Upon tlie part of tee management of the theater it was pleaded that the Sunday night cooking was a mistake; that it was made without consulting the calendar to ascertain the day of the week; that no more Sunday shows were contemplated, and that the production of “The Night Before Christmas” would be in moral effect strong?^ than iany sermon ever preached from a Sandusky pulpit.Mr. Boecklirg had no intention of violating any law, he claims, when the show was accidentally booked or. Sunday. The ticket sale opened this morning, and as mar v seats were taken ceforc the reform committee issued its edict, Mr. Boeckling was very anxious to carry out his plans in good faith with the public.“The Night Before Christmas” opened at Toledo last Sunday, afternoon played there that night and every niglit this week to immense houses.It is. boobec. for Monday night ac Fremont and for Christmas at Lima, but rather thaB disappoint his patrons, Mr. Boeckling will endeavor, by the payment of damages to the manager of the Fiemont theater, have the company cancel the date there and play Monday night in Sandusky instead. The tickets sold tcaay for Sunday evening will be good then.Later—Manager* Boeckling has just closed arrangements for the production of The “Night Before Christmas’* on Mcnday evening. The negotiations were carried on with Manager Burt over the long distance telephone.
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Sandusky Daily Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 22, 1900
Page 11
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