Sells-Floto in the mud #2

I always thought that the sense of urgency in not missing a performance was due to the "show must go on" syndrome but D.R. explained it rather simply. The Kelly-Miller Show was on the road X number of days making money and X number in Winter Quarters spending it. When the show went on the road each year, added to it's daily operating expense was the amount estimated to maintain the show the following winter. This figure was pro- rated into each days expenses and for each day lost the "nut" for the remainder of the season would increase accordingly. He couldn't help adding that at the time we were with the show in the early 1950's, each year's total expenses had been met by the 4th of July.