Suggested terms for booking of Trojan Women, January 21, 1915

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A

Preliminary Expenses:

Approximate maximum estimate only

7 bunch lights $105.00
2 spot lights 55.00
False proscenium 150.00
2 collapsible platforms 50.00
Floor cloth 50.00
Cyclorama 50.00
Back Scene 100.00
14 costumes at $10 140.00
Electric Light bulbs at $10. a week 100.00
6 dimmers 120.00
Switchboard 50.00
Properties 30.00
Circulars, posters and photographs 350.00
$1350.00

If the actual expenditure should be less than $1350. the difference would be refunded to the Woman's Peace Party; almost exact estimates could be given before contract was signed. [page 2]

B

Company consists of twenty-one people, viz., four principal women, two principal men, five women for chorus, two soldiers (who are also stage hands) one general woman understudy, one general man understudy (who is also general manager), one stage manager, one wardrobe mistress, one dresser, one advance agent, one nurse for child, and one child (reckoned as 1/2 for mileage 2/5 for living expenses.)

Living Expenses:

Board $1.50 per day per head
Room   1.50 per day per head
$3.00 daily $21.00 weekly
Minor expenses (tips, carfare, etc)     4.00 [weekly]
$25.00 [weekly]
$25.00 X 20 2/5 $510.00 [weekly]

Postage, telegrams, telephones, extra help:

Advance agent $1.50 a day
General Manager   3.00 a day
Stage Manager   1.50 a day
$7.00 a day -- say -- 50.00 weekly
Unforeseen expenses -- 40.00 [weekly]
$600.00 weekly [page 3]

C

Railroad Expenses]:

Mileage at 5 cents a head a mile: viz.

2 1/2 cents going; 1 1/4 cents returning:

2/3 cent sleeper or pullman going, 1/3 cent

returning; 1/4 cent margin

50 miles, 20 1/2 people: $51.25; say $50.

100 miles, 20 1/2 people 102.50 say 100.

Drayage of scenery, etc. at $10. a transfer

two transfers going, half same returning 30.

Unforeseen expenses 5.

Total, 50 miles $85.00

Total, 100 [miles] 135.00

Every 50 miles additional 50.00 [page 4]

Provisional Route

April 11th -- Chicago

[April] 12th -- Urbana, Ill.

[April] 13th -- ?

[April] 14th -- Richmond, Ind.

[April] 15th -- Ft. Wayne

[April] 16th -- South Bend

[April] 17th -- ?

[April] 20th -- Grand Rapids, Mich.

[April] 21st -- ?

[April] 22nd -- Ann Arbor.

[April] 23rd -- Detroit

[April] 24th -- [Detroit]

[April] 26th -- Toledo, O.

[April] 27th -- Cleveland

[April] 28th -- [Cleveland]

[April] 29th -- Oberlin

[April] 30th -- [Pittsburgh], Pa.

May 1st -- [Pittsburgh]

[May] 3d -- [Harrisburg]

[May] 4th -- Baltimore, Md.

[May] 5th -- Washington, D.C.

[May] 6th -- [Washington, D.C.]

[May] 7th -- Richmond, Va.

[May] 8th -- Altoona, Pa.

[May] 10th -- Columbus, O.

[May] 11th -- Springfield

[May] 12th -- Dayton

[May] 13th -- Cincinnati

[May] 14th -- Cincinnati

[May] 15th -- Lexington, Ky.

[May] 17th -- Louisville

[May] 18th -- Indianapolis, Ind.

[May] 19th -- St. Louis, Mo.

[May] 20th -- [St. Louis, Mo.]

[May] 21st -- Kansas City

[May] 22nd -- Kansas City

[May] 24th -- Topeka

[May] 25th -- Omaha

[May] 26th -- Denver

[May] 27th -- Denver

[May] 28th -- Colorado Springs

[May] 29th -- Pueblo

[May] 31st -- Salt Lake City

June 1st -- Ogden

[June] 2nd -- X

[June] 3rd -- Sacramento

[June] 4th -- San Francisco [page 5]

TROJAN WOMEN
NATIONAL TOUR
WOMAN'S PEACE PARTY
CHAIRMAN JANE ADDAMS
CHICAGO LITTLE THEATRE
410 S. MICHIGAN BOULEVARD

List of "Trojan Women" Bookings.

Date Town Theatre.
Monday April 12th Urbana, Ill. Illinois
Wednesday 14th Richmond, Ind. Genette
Thursday 15th Fort Wayne, Ind. Magestic.
Tuesday 20th Grand Rapids St. Cecilia Hall.
Thursday 22nd Ann Arbor Whitney
Friday 23rd Detroit Colonial <K of C. Hall>
Tuesday 27th Toledo Auditorium
Wednesday 28th Cleveland, Metropolitan.
Thursday 29th Oberlin Auditorium <on campus>
Monday May 3 and 4 Pittsburgh Nixon.
Wednesday 5th Baltimore Albaugh
Friday 7th Washington Columbia
Monday 10th Columbus, Ohio. Southern
Monday 17th Cincinnati Walnut Street
Tuesday 18th Indianapolis Murat
Thursday 20th St. Louis Victoria
Saturday 22nd Columbia, Missouri,
Friday 28th Boulder, Colo.
Saturday 29th Denver, Colo.

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