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BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1
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Social History
Music Hall
Waxworks
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[A. E. Pickard]
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Pickard's Scrapbooks collection at Royal Scottish Conservatoire Archives.
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery
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English
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BP01
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Edwardian
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This scrapbook covers the early history of the Britannia Panopticon under Pickard's management.
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Daily Record and Mail, Evening Citizen, Glasgow News
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January 1907, February 1907
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DAILY REC ORD AND MAIL, EVENING CITIZEN,
.JANUARY*^, 1907.
GLASGOW N "few S, PATTY RE CORD AND MA IL,
~ JANUARY 31. 1907
r MUSIC HALL FAIL
DRASTIC ACTION BY
MANAGERS.
CONFERENCE OF GLASGOW
ARTISTES.
As far as the public is concerned the con-
! dition. of affairs in tho war between tho
mu.-io-hall artistes and their employers re-
mains unchanged.
I Tho London Entertainments Protection
j Association, after a long meeting yesterday
afternoon, passed an important resolution
which means the intensifying of tho struggle
and its extension to tho whole country.
Tbo resolution confirmed tho decision conio
to at the last meeting, and pledged tho mem-
bers during tho strike to loyally assist each,
other by lending, when possible, artistes,
fjtago hands, and musicians.
It was agreed not to come to any arrange-
ments with the National Alliance or any of
tho leaders who have initiated the strike
without reference to tho general body or tho
exooutivo of tho Association.
It, was saoertaiiMXi that no loss than 88.
London N$md provincial halls wore added
j yesterday to the Association. Among tho
1 latest recruits are the managements of New
' Palace Theahne, Northampton ; the Liver-
pool, 3t, Helens, Leeds, Brighton, Birming-
ham, Portsmouth, and Belfast Hippodromes;
j the Tivoli. Dublin ; and tho Manchester .
| Variety Theatre.
{ Mr. Wifi. Johnson, one of tho joint .
‘ secretaries of the Alliance, on being informed
of the above facts, said tho war would now .
I E£s undoubtedly bo carried into tho provinces, V
| ; and would be conducted on a much greater
MUSIC-HALL ABTISTES* STRIKE.
PROBABLE EFFECT IN GLASGOW.
LAUDER’S SALARY.
The Scotch Comedian on Hnslc.Hall Strike.
I
scale than had been possiblo in London.
It is said that at tbo bal’s controlled by
Mr. Payno and Mr. Gibbons there ha been,
notwithstanding the absence of the “ stare,”
hardly any difference in the dra 1 in.es, and -
the,.sa!aries list will, of course, be much less.
These proprietors are busily engaged in
booking for the future.
UNCERTAINTY.
i: In Glasgow the feeling of uncertainty con-
itimies to prevail among managers. Con-
trary to expectation in many quarters, thero
" were no local developments yesterday, and
‘the performances at all balls went off as
usual. .At the matinee at the Zoo-IIippo- N
dirctne there were two “ extra " turns, one
of which wes of special excellence. This
may or may not mean preparation for sud-
den vacancies.
To-morrow a Glasgow meeting of rho
Federation will be held at the “ Palace,”
Ren field Street — the local headquarters.
So far Trades Unions, as represented by i
tho Glasgow Trades Council, have taken no |
aotiom tho matter. Tho question, how- j
over, bean considered by tho officials, I
and it is likely that should no settlement J
bo arrived at soon the Council will inter-
fere. A number of -they^&rtiates may be
Interviewed in the course of the next few ^
days. |
Mr. Herbert Lloyd, the well-known artist,
denounces the extra matinees now in vogue, f
i for .which no payment is made, es a
| ,, «haar!e. ,!
Speaking to a representative of the “Daily
Record and Mail ” lnet evening, he stated I
that although ho personally had been very I
lucky in ••■ Hi had been required of him bv I
his employers, ho vet felt that many of tho I
artiste had distinct grievances, and he was I
quite willing to join the strikers if the I
Federation (of which ho is a member) asked |
him to do to.
He is of opinion that the strike is a wise I
step, and is confident that the artistes will I
in the long run get tho best of things. The I
•ays, “will stick on” to their I
present attitude for tho benefit of the less I
fortunate member* of their profession. 8
v l must not. forgoi. lo say, said Mr. Lloyd I
'hat T have always been vary |
sonorously treated myself.”
THE BARRING CLAUSE.
Li a letter to the ‘‘Daily Record and I
Mail” Mr. Harry Mountford eays:— -“Anl
ounce of fact is worth a ton of theory (from I
, any of the interested Trust managers on I
I the subjeot. T
“On Mopday night (January 28th), a. turn, I
a member of our Federation, had a contract!
to appe;"’ fct Crouch End, owned by Mr.f
Burney. lie reoeived an intimation from!
Mr. Oswald Stoll forbidding him to work!
thore because he held a oontract with Mr.B
Stoll to appear at the Empire, Holloway, to*
commence two years end a half from now. I
The consequence was that under the Barring*
Clause the gentleman, who is not a b>gf
‘turn,’ did not appear at, Mr. Burney’s hall.B
‘‘When you consider that, both Mr. Burney |
and Mr. Stoll are members of the London I
Entertainment Protection Association, who!
last week passed a resolution that they would!
unite together, etc., comment is superfluous.
J l l ca -plot, understand how any indepen-l
dent manager fails to see that wo aro fight- 1
ing his cause as well as our own a -gainst. I
these gigantic Trusts. The only hope of I
salvation for any independent manager is I
to, sign the ‘Charter.’ If wo fail to suo-T
coed in our endeavour, I am sure that in 12 1
months thero will not be a single indepen- 1
dent hall left in Great Britain.”
fhuiwakT 1 . nm. 35A. FF.BBrABT V igt.
NEW TALEN'I IN THE
THE STAGE STRIKE.
We understand that there is a probability
that the effects of the present strike among
music-hall artistes in London, and which it
is recommended by the profession should
be carried into the provinces, may soon
reach Glasgow. It is stated to-day that the
local managers here are in reoeipt of
official communications, making stipulation*
for future engagements, and intimating
that if these are not accepted immediately,
the strike “will follow at once.”
POSITION IN GLASGOW.
REASSURING INTIMATION.
\ There is little chanoe of the strike of
music-hall artists spreading to the pro-
There were no indications in any Tyneside
pvusio-hal 1 yesterday that the strike of per*
formers and musician* would extend to the
North.
The entertainments proceeded in the ordi-
nary fashion, and managers seem to have
no doubt that contracts will not be broken.
Mr Harry Lauder, who i&aippearing in
pantomime at tho Tyne Theatre, Newcastle,
sends the following letter to the “North
Mail”:—
‘T have toad in connection with the music-
hall 6trike a ist of salaries alleged to be paid
to performers. My name is mentioned as one
of the ‘stare’ at a. salary of £120 per week.
This, I may say, Is a lie.
“I have never vet Received half of that sum.
My salary for working three halls, four per-
Vinces.
Griff, the well-known entertainer, was
about to take the chair at a meeting of the
profession in the Pavilion, Atenfleld St., to-
day, when a “News” representative asked. if
it was the intention of the meeting to dis-
cuss the strike, and whether there was any
likelihood of it extending to ,-asgow?
“ This,” said Griff, “ is an ordinary weekly
meeting of the music-hall artists. Tho stride
may be discussed in the ordinary course of
the business, but I can tell you that there
is no prospect of the strike extending to
| Stoll’s nails in the provinces. I have re-
ceived a telegram from London to that effect
this morning.
“ You can see for yourself that if the
artists in the provinces came out, neither
they, nor their friends in London, would
have anything to live on. I am afraid tnat
j i..e Labour M.P.’s would hardly be able to
: give us the salaries we are accustomed to.
I “Out intention is to strike a blow in Lon-
I don. If we succeed there, the provinces
will naturally follow. And you can take it
| from me that there will ~e no strike in
Glasgow.” added Griff, in conclusion, “not
I tins week, at anyrate.”
-M
form&nce© per night, with the Tivoli Syndi-
• ” is £55, i *
/•? '? a Z
cate Halle, is £55, and during the last five
years with the Tivoli Syndicate my salary has
been half of what I mention, and I have had
to do three and four turns per night for that.
On a Saturday I had two matinees and four
night performances. In foot., I had to work
Like a Turk, as tho saying goes.
“I do not say I could not book now to play
for the syndicate at £120, but I will have
no opportunity till 1909. Then I may be
dead.
“But that dread climax would not be due to
a lack of medical attention on the part of the
Tivoli Syndicate.
“They will send me a doctor free of charge.
Why? I was indisposed Last autumn. I sene
my doctor’ soertificate, but that did not
satisfy tbo management. They were evi-
« dently anxious, and sent their own doctor to
jet amine me. If I had been the heir-
1 apparent, they could not hove been more
1 solicitous.
I “What would any sensible man think of &
management who did that?
‘If I had been a weak-minded man, they
might, by their action, have bullied me to go
on and perform, when I might have mined
my voice for the remainder of my life.
“Now as to salaries. Mr Stoll will not pay
any artiste a penny ncre than he is really
worth. In fact, I d > not know of any man-
agement that tli row sits money away. I ha’s
packed My Stoll’s houses for him for nine,
i tv'elve. twenty -five, and thirty pounds per
i week, and had I secured my full value I
vould havo been a rich man to-dav.
•‘I know ho has paid fabulous salaries to
book show sof other people who did not draw
the public.
“Proprietors and managers should not talk
alrout salaries at all. We (the V.A.F.) are
not differing abort salaries. It is f airplay.
“I guarantee if I had a contract to sign to-
morrow I would bo allowed to scratch and
scribble out al conditions I did not like. I
wish I had the ohance.
“I trust the public will look upon the
V.A.F. demands as honourable between em-
ployer and man.”
GRAMOPHONE MARVELS.
The gramophone has been 90 much im-
proved of late as to moke it a source of ;
great delight and enjoyment. Where tho
score musical of us 6omc yoore ago smiled the
smile of tolerant contempt on hearing it, it
lias now vindicated its existence as not only
the most marvellous invention of the age and
one of the greatest usefulness as a faithful
j -©carder of music, but as an edi’cator to th •
atudent and as a very artistic performer where
| repertoire is unlimited.
I The Latest improvement is the addition of ;
what is known as the “ Auxcto,” the mvon-
, tion of the Hon. Charles Pareons of turbine
fume. This ingenious invention adds addi-
1 tional power to tho ordinary gramophone aim
! also purifies tho tone in tho process.
| The “ Auxoto ’’-Gram ophone differs from
: the ordinary in there being a column cf ax
j foroed against a series of reeds. These ro. ds
' control tho pressure of air-current, and arc
in turn controlled by the sound waive vibra-
tions transmitted by the needle to tl e sous
box. For this purpose a silect electrio motor
is employed. ,
The mrusio conveyed by the needle to urn
sound box is thus given a current of- rushinr
air on which to carry its melodies, and the
recced is given as much air to waft itseU .
: upon as the original sound had when sung i
* bv the artiste. (
; ‘ Messrs. J- B. Galbraith & Sons are the
- Glasgow agents, and the nrotrument may be
hoard a.t any time in their warehouse in,
Recifiald Street.
HALLS.
STRIKE TAKES IN FIVE
MORE HOUSES.
A CAUSTIC REPLY.
LOCAL PREPARATIONS.
Fivo moro London music halls came into
the area of tlio strike last night.
They were the London (Shoroditcb), Collins
(Islington), Cambridge (Commercial Street), ! '
Hippodrome (Crouoh End), and Palace (Stoke
Newington).
The artistes belonging to the Strikers’
Federation were called out of each hail, but
none of tho houses was closed os a oon6c-
quenoe, emergency “ turns ” being provided
in every oase.
Tho orchestras were considerably doplested,
and some curious eoenoa retail tod. The
worst had evidently been prepared for by [
Messrs. BurtiOy and Richards, the managers j
of the “ London,” Shoreditch, whoa at 6-15 j
they found that tho regular artistes bad had |
their “ notices ” from tho Rational Alliance.
- Tho management tapped <t secret. store of '
talent, which they had bpen accumulating j
for the past week. Seventeen performers
appeared, all anonymously, and tlio secret
of tho bounce of tbo new •* turns ” was not •
divulged to anyone.
Of tlio original programme, which in-
; eluded Qhcrrgwin amd Mira Marie Lloyd ;
only two nirtiFtes appeared, and these inad- j
vertemtly.
FIVE INSTEAD OF FIFTEEN.
At the Stoke Newington Palace a full |
two-hours performance was given at both
the first acid second “ houses, ” despite Hu' !
' fact thait only fivo litoas out of an adve*- f
tised programme of 15 wero presented j
Miss Maine Daiaitoai was tilso most notable 1
aibfcoaitec.
The entire orchestra at the Car bridge
Theatre of Varieties, Oomundirial Street, j
: failod to put irn an appearance at the first 1
i pcrfoitnonce.
Moot of the c-rt-iflteg wero there, but they
I could not perform without a Iximd.
At CoUiiue’s Music Hall, lriimgton, Green,
I tho mcmagjement, -with a few excej-tions, wore '
! able to carry out- a full programme.
Speaking at the Scala Theatre last night !
'to an audience of 'musio-haU strikers, ^Ir. |
lion Ti Hot woloomed tho artistes as comrades
! with himself aud other- organised workers, j
In taking this stop, ho si^id, they were 1
; adding to thoir dignity, not detracting from !
it. Their contracts, side by ckki with (,h-> (
compound contracts in Bjui ii Afr?ea for the
Cfiiincsc, cortainlv compared to tbo ad- j
vantago of tho latt<'r. ilo do*pi<*e<i tbcj
»ec win-. « -t >ii ] • l draw up such contracts, ami L
I would despise tlio moo who signed it. |
I if they failed .the Trades Unionist* of Great
I Britain would promuc to t<Mcd up the cudgels
I on their behalf.
MR. STOLL’S ANSWER.
Yesiordav aft«rnoon Mr. Of weld S:/J
f/1
I received Lie Charter and a contiuct .
I front the National Alliance, with a i-y r I
|.9U9gest4ug that ho reoeivo th ^ I
I put. t. ion to discuss olw> same.
Mr. Sroli, however, took no noting * , ■
ontmu i.aiion, and contents him ” ' va
I nraklng the following statement :-
I “Tho Charter has boon delivr A * I
I I
I have been gl«d, a»* my r ply, f lock pout • bo |
I ar'iV-rs who wou ld allow rutl a 4 ,1
It-' l vi • • twsd! I) n< ?"' iiuadiOib J
of %>m n - -to lt8 foI1 ~ v
I .-uid dishonesty. _. . . , , H
“The firt=r clause of ^ 1
I actually blose tho I.dn « n H>PPodrc*ne bj 1
1 reason cf it« matinoOi, , c ft
-Tho (*coe<l claW 6 ** 05 * 4 that tra-nslers I
of artitiM fro.,, rfn, »'«
bom tnade v,itlioui.Atoia ».«*. *h«h 1
| cover haiypened “ 1 e ™ «»*•«««• I
1 “ The third o!a>» »•' rr»t» 'hat to ™.
taJ<o tho ton - n '>» program"© oil «w|
I wool; that I., >' c:: a-Hoco.‘«l to thoot ool
tho Mordo.*. *> «“* fnr ,1 ’-y f,vc or ,. t< '"l
I mimatoe’ »- »!»?; ““I
I five or te-n flinwtes m t.hc building. 1
I “The fith douse attempts to _ {bind down!
I n€gotiati<A» to a flw&rfbed barring dause. I
I “I lis^o : a id before^ ond 1 repeat, that if I
I I as a manager un dsked to enter into a I
J future joon tract I should be free to name I
I t.ho conditions upon which I aim willing to I
I do so- 8
I •* Ae to tho ninth 'blause, to emter into «■ I
| contract, to use a form of contract designed I
j by poo plo who nepQdiate contraota would I
I bo grotesque. I
I “If tlio artortes think the band and stage I
I hands should be betrqir paid let them make I
I thoir 5 per cent. Icvjf upon their own e*
I cos si vo salaries aiucl dKstril
tribute it among the I
musicians, etc., and tfcus bring about peace I
and honour. Our dividends are already |
too low to bear a groutor strain.”
THE PROVINCES.
It is reportofl that tho music-hall managers I
I in Birmingham. arc on th© side of tho London I
I Entertairrmeni Protection Association. A I
I strike in Birmingham would not oom© as a I
I surprise, and precautionary measure© have I
[ been taken by tlio management of ono of I
I the principal halls. j
I To-day, in GLasgo.v, ts wo have already I
I ©fated, a meeting of tho Federation is to be I
I bold. The managers continue to fortify them- r
I fcclvce against .the “call out” which is re- 1
I ga-rdod as inevitable Moro than one local I
J artiste is at present receiving a “ retainer ” I
I to secure bis sendees tho moment they arc I
1 required. ft
I It is undoubted that tho strugglo will bo I
I a bitter one ; both ‘idee, continue equally com- 1
I fidemt of victory. The strikers are circulating I
1 largo quantities of literature, aoi earnout tha,: I
I they arc neglecting nothin g that may ae*sibtl
I their oause.
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BP01.68 Scrapbook page
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Pickard's Papers: Panopticon Museum Vol 68
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Newspaper cuttings about a music hall strike and the gramophone.
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Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery Fund
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English
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Edwardian
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