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of the theatres three performances are sometimes given in a single day,
the same members of the company appearing each time.

"Ballet girls," says Olive Logan, "get from $8 to $15 per week; the
prompter $25 to $30; the call boy $15; the property man's salary ranges
from $15 to $30. Then there are men up in the rigging loft, who attend
to the flies and the curtain wheel, and various assistants, at salaries
of $20 and $10. There are from two to three scene painters at salaries
of from $60 to $100. The back door keeper has $10, and two women to
clean the theatre every day at $6 each. The orchestra consists of a
leader, at $100, and from twelve to sixteen musicians, whose salaries
range from $30 to $18 a week. The gasman and fireman get from $6 to $25
a week; costumer or wardrobe keeper $20 to $40; dressers $5 to $6; ushers
$4 to $6; doorkeepers $12; policeman $5; treasurer $25 to $40."

One of the most important positions in the establishment is the ticket
clerk. The receipts of the house pass through his hands, and as a
constant effort is made to pass off bad money in this way, it is
necessary to have some one in this position who is a good judge of money.
In some of the theatres a broker's clerk or bank clerk is employed in
this capacity.

With the exception of Wallack's, the Fifth Avenue, and perhaps Booth's,
the theatres generally change their companies every season. The houses
named retain the favorites, and there are among these companies many
whose loss would be loudly deplored by the theatre-going people of the
city. Many of the best actors, having distinguished themselves here,
assume the rank of stars, and play engagements throughout the States. A
metropolitan reputation will carry them successfully over the whole
Union.

II. MINOR AMUSEMENTS.

Next in popularity to the theatres are the performances of the Negro
Minstrels. Some of these companies have permanent halls which they
occupy during the winter. The summer and early autumn are spent in
travelling through the country. The principal companies are Bryant's and
the San Francisco Minstrels.

Dan Bryant is now the proprietor of a beautiful little theatre in
Twenty-third street, just west of the Sixth avenue. It is one of the
cosiest and most comfortable places in the city, and is usually filled
with an audience of city people of the better class. The music is good,
the singing excellent, and the mirth unrestrained and hearty. Dan