The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

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impossible to bar out the noise of switch en- gines and passing trains. Is there a fire station with its clanging bell adjoining the site or in rear of the proposed location; is there a livery stable with its smells and noises across the alley; a garage or other noisy institution so close that it may disturb patrons or be heard during quiet acts? Be careful to locate on the right side of the street, for there are a right and a wrong side of every street, a popular and an un- popular side. Which way is the "town" mov- ing—is your location one that in a few years may be "out of it"? If so, don't build the the- atre there. Bear in mind that a bank, a jewel- er, a merchant may locate with much less need of observing this point so carefully. But a the- atre, dependent upon the whim of the public in a large measure, should be so accessible that if the idea occurs to people, while "downtown," to see a show, they will find it conveniently located and easy to get to. Hundreds and hun- dreds of dollars will come to the favorably lo- cated house each season, which the unfavorably located one will not get, even if the one in the good location have somewhat the poorer show of the two. These conclusions are based upon actual experience and observation, not upon theories. li4.