The New York Clipper (February 1908)

> •• •■■'' ':) \ TKDB, N^V YOEK : .. ! ■ I III 1 % III I II -■ ' ■ *JJBBRUABY 45. .•,'.■:.>,.:. v:, m ...'.«htW;JBIUIBY.-\.. , >; -■ .'Vj«eii»»»l(*»r-At,tlie-'JJemiirl£ (Geo. W. Bob- '.- Mj*. ■ WMtfW) "Th« Man of the. Hour" - Feb. • ,J<«b.i.'EItnl(»r/nnit5pn wo« well.appr/*clat«d, , InVIBUomyTmp." 3-8. Rose Stnkl, In "Thn . Cbohi* Lady;" 17-B2: • • •' < PrtQOTOR'R -.(R. ■CV-Mnarr, ■ resident mnnn- 'reri'.^-WeCk' of. Hi : "William Harconrt .and t«dlnp4riy- h»'..Srttff Days;" • Belle Blanche}- IHeWs Tales of. the Wild. Ktln.Br.KlnajaiKi ' tttea- Derrick, .'Hlce-and- Provost, .WaMrwiry ' OTosfiaritl Tcnny. Whlrlng nnd.Mclrfotto Sis- ,tets, and Bank*on* Newton. :, ■'" ?-, 1 CotcJirJiA rafco.'C; .racobs. manager).—loj Hortlz, In "Our TOW Frltr," »» * Fighting Chance" :W#«I moderate atlen- tlSrl 3-8. ' The P»n» KM" 17-22. TQUNsViTd''. AV. AIM .mamieer).—_-lomB Buffalo. KlnR of the Wild West."10-ld.VTbo Outlaw's Christmas" drew well 3-8. ratted on Her Brldnl Tour" 17-22. • VSU^ WaUimans'I) (Loo, OttoteDMl. manager). . —The Girl From ITappyland 10,-jri. Ibe Great Deluge nn*~the Ahwnpdroff Troiipo adds* aicc & IJartoVs^Gnlcty C*«fr«j good MWm.M- Clnrk'i Runaway Girls 17- EMPina (H. M. Hyams. manager).—The Ladv lllvdslO-lO. with: the Great Chick, Halley and McKlnnon, Adama and Kirk, Ger- trude Flake, and DeVeldo ami Zolda, In m+ Mail Watson's. BurUsfluers' drew well 3"-8. Morris. — Bonnie Whitman, leading lady With ,Watson** Bnt'esqaerp. was .confined to her Apartment last week; with mrpft^ As a measure of protection M local; tbeatrl- cal men, the committee. on licenses of tho romnoticouncil mode a «***!?*£&»*£ mlta to transient Rhows ot all kinds, of f'OO a day. .The- perro.anent. rota of jfl will ■ iSSSmiTto nil-- »bow«. established for six rnoaths.... ..Ohaa. Bnrtorj. ot.JUm.k Bar- ton" Show, *T09 reported Indisposed tout Trewton.--At.l)io. Tailor Opera Houso i Montgomery Moses, manager) Sam Bernarfl, in "Aluiost a Hero." failed to appear at this tiloybousc Fen. 1. as sebcdnled. Jitnc, Rchu- nahn-nclnH;-i!; played to. a blp/lioime. fcddlo °oy h"d the blEKost bouhc. of the Beacon,4. , Al. 0 Field's MfiTMrels, B had b ? audiences. Ilnttle Wllliotns. 7J \vas-well received. Big business tor <Sga Ketl.ersole, In "Sapbo." «- Clark II. Olbbs and his company of little tots 12. 10. Wm. 11. Crane IB.' . Tmnt Montgomery Moses. Manager).—- Week of Wl "Tfif I'lnno R blen<iji," Daisy p«- tnond--Doerv and panels,■ Jack .Wilson and oom-Danv.-Franklin and Kecne. Charles and SSSnffir, and tie Will Vantzer Troupe of n "<$TkTa STnEBT (P. 8. Shalters. Dianagcr). -TherSttSB Brothers 3-5 drew bte-hooaiw. liny Raymond, In Who- Candy Kid, 0-8. ulaved to big bnaness. Amateur night 10. Wroo Proud to WW^iSWJT* ' -The Card JCftg.■ot tho.CoaBt,;, 14, IB. T,jtle.^ r pictures. r<*.Aleawr (Htalkcr A T.ytfn^ man* ngers) •prosperlOr continues. . The pictures for the' week;were exci-ptlonnily goOd. ;.- , -. ;., ■ s , ■ — . Ccdnr rinpiils.^-At rirccnc's Opera House <.l. II. Henderson, managor) Allen Doona, In '•A Romance,In Ireland." drajy fioo^-buslnonn Ken. land matinee T: "Conylct 0(19" did w«ll'ovcriln«t 2.' "Plcklngd From-iPnck" ft, ErraKolidall, In "The tnnd of Dollars," 12. People's (Vic Hugo, mortagor).—Week of 10: Bootblack Qnnrtette, M. A. Hnrif and '.ompan.Vi Esmeralda, Howard - Cyh«9l;Chns. r -Oeno C.'HaTla, Dnffy'Shrtcrs, McCalt Trior, Gertie Harvey. Lottie I'roctor, May.Wallace, nrirt moving plctnrss. .. ■■■ : &*Lml Notr.— llie mnnngcra and owners of Soatli- crn Ihoatma met.In Atlanta Feb. 0, for the pnrposo n[ socnrlng refltorallon ol Xortiicr railway rate* for theatrical }g*fr*fr£e' glnln. North arid South.-Cnrollha. Oeorgl UllTlHll . represented. «Mr^M-n*ttlnA" Mtfanoeit. i'lnrldn, Alnbsrnn.I.oiiislaoai Mississippi.- Af- mrisris, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee wero teenrnr and dop. flny W. rhv.'nmT Josie manager) ' Bnatw Brown.;; drew- the MMI 1'hllllps. 2A, largo attendance Feb. 1. "The Lion aiid iho Mouse" 7, "Too Mayor of Toklo" 8, Chaun- cey Olcotl; 10. • »» | ' " XBW rOIlk STATE. nochnst^r. — At the Lyceum (M. F. Wolff, manager) Lillian Russell played a sue; ceHSfull return engagement in "W idflrj, Jfeb. 7, 8. "Tbo Lion and tha Mouse" lOli- Natjonat. (F. R. Parry, manager).—Joe Morris, In "The Banker, the Thief .and the Girl;" did well 3-5. Herbert Prior and Ethel HolYlngahead gave the star good support The Four Huntings,; in "The Fool. House, miim«ui>,—At the Grand • Operrt.''Hoii«o <Wm. L. Bradley, manager) "Pickings,From Puck" Feb. 'ft. • •**■' Jinou Uako Rosenibal, tnnnager).—Week of 2: American Florence Troupe off ncro- bata,- Ramsey SISterd,- Edwlrr Ol-orey, Hayes nnrt Wynn, Charles Hnnderj, and klnodrome. Lime (Bradley & Mnclay, manager*).— Storing plctvrea'and Illustrated songs. ■ «■» ■ RHODE! ISLAND. ' '^. I Prnx Iderrr.—At the Provldonc* r Opera ., House (F. B. Wendelschaefcr. nyinafier) again showed us their cleverness 8-8. ; La« ••Funnbashr'was well received Eeek^oflTcb. honsea ruled. _ "Sapho" 10-12,- Bunco li 3. drawing good business, this week. BUnn "Lotl . Iliordos i-j — ■ ' to'Liberty'' 17-22. •' .George Soulc Spencer was well cast. Lonn ICrtrn.") (Clias. Lovenbcrg, manager).— Kleschna" 10 and week. ' . ' „«„. Week of 10: Benjamin Chapln. Wlnston-'s sea Cook Opera Hocsn (J. H. Mnore, mona- lions, tha Sft Heran, tho Klnsons, FeBJt and. . B«r.).—Business S. B. .0 Bill week of 10. Calrc, tho Nichols Sisters, the LabaksnaV PbH "The Rain Dears," Charlotte Perry, NellIn nnd Nettle Peters, Murry K. u ill, MB and Wallace, Eddie Leonard and company. Julius Tannen. Keno, Walsh and Melrose, Black and Jones, and moving plct\iro3. ' ' Cohinthian (ft.- C. Jacobs, manager).— Tie Casino Girls Co. had big audiences yast week. The net of Moran and Wiser was ^fin added feature. Route's Knickerbocker Co. week of 10. "The toichjd" Arizona" 13-15, R»Kr.a (Richard Bnker, manager).—The BAKca Fsrrtiin (Spitz A Nathanfion, manajgere).— stock appeared to excellent ndvantngoi list «tilc, the Poor Saleslady," 3-8, dSS~well. week In "Madame SanB Gen*." Wjfm ff omaa a Shea 10-lC. ''From Sing Sing bott, In the title role, made a decided bit. l,n Tom. Healey, Noblo and Spencer, Jimp. s.,iniikl and tho Nohrena. ' , iMrEatAL (J. P. Hill, manager).—Will- lams' Ideal Extravaganza Co. pleased 3-8.' High Jinks Burletta Co.-10-13. WEa-rtfiNSTER (Geo. H. Batcbetlcr, mana- ger).—The Lid Lifters week of 8. Marrtl tJras Hui-lesnuera 10-15. Hlco ft -Carton'B- fTniety Co. J 7-22. • *H" i '-'••" 1 ••.•. ♦« ; » .. ., ■ ' MISSISSIITJ. Meridian.—At the Grand Opera House (L. Rothenberg, manager) Al. II. Wilson Feb. 4, Adelafdo Thurston JO, "The Lion and the Mouse" 11, "81 Pluakard" 13, Nat C. Goodwin 10, "Arl»onn" 21. . _— PALAta (F. N. JObnstofl, mnntig*r).— Week of 3: Prof. A. E. Scoter's Little Coun- try Circus, Al. Leon Bartlett, Menkemclller and Hasson, Frank Minor, the Great Kaluaus: Parkinson and Drew, Chris Christopher, nnd Johnston and Kartf. : LYRic (Jack Amlck, manager).—Week of- 3: The Orcnt Morrow, Ray Samuels, Dins-- more Sisters, Hill-Edmonds Trio, nnd Hal Graham. i«nie*son.->-At tbe.IBmplro.(A. M. BriiggOr ,ann-mSinger),w->ekof.li'ol).-10: Hal Davis, ffiI toSnanyV V:al\nban and St. George-. Jas. tarr MZ rovil SOW. Lamalie Bros., l-'rlend « ft"»owplwl I ollnson Pat<i«ette Trio, and •4*m .i fpy.;kinetogr3pb ...LVtBUM ' (|P. I J. Gilbert, manager) ;-"P*n- a?'II mi* tfmU go'>d. stod houses ; 4h. "Pbe Card Kip:' ol* thn roast' 10-1A too ' : ''Wav ?&•££& maknger).-Parisian ■ ! ' liell"^ gave ■ satistnctloti to good averago SSaSwt iWeber.ihlidiiCoi'd J|on^p».0-8... Gjy- • T^o Mnn,on the .Box'^, a heneflt,p 0 rform- iiico .at 'the. Oprrn .Hodhe .Ieb^\2IJ, -.. ... VinrcsMitallve >,nll)i«r.-,of >.lhe' ( fcya>um. la ■iw vliig "nrntralnlalloba ovArtho nnival at bis liomc «.f "l l.al,>- «|rl, Bolji moljior and • child are rio|n<r nlffj y-i J.-j ,i j. ■ i 'i / s i , '. , B ' ■ ■ ,l, n ,i,- (:itr.---At lhe„ Mnjoslic (Frank l„ UmZvZ, mJnngPr). -Mm W^ glw ' : '* ? AAAMi\tT (F. stt' Henderson, inanRgcrK— •«Wi*cSHiO* 4W' 10-lB, Russell Brothers l.j'^'-'l'^tcd on Jler Bridal Tour" inter- ralrHUMVM sited nttcndnrtco B-8. • ■».,,. nollfckow 10-1.1. Jolly Girls 17-52.. »» C«"- 1MMW 10.: Garjinofc nnil 81 "dtVal-d, iVoDby Pnndnni nnd Brotbor, "in toi I mul Mantellf Ward and Cmffi 'W* « itroV.nhd Agjies KcnU and Horaco Wright. ' •»;.'.•■.• '.■■■■,'■/■ . ' . ■ ' ■' . ' ' , ' ■ ■ rtiniden—At -the ■ Camdcti .'.(Ml V?.***- liVril, inaliBuar) ".Oeatlwnod Dick a List Hhot. X.It-S. did- wall. "Tuowh i ond praugo OMbiuu" 0-8. "Hhndnwad by. Three" 10-12. SSw BnOAPWAY (Jno. C. Feeblce, mnna- i»r.)i—W«eki-nt '10 :• Pltol Lo Croix, Monroe, Ma'cV bud Uwiviice, Ariliur Rlgby, tl(o Mor Sr&'Muddox 'HiiU Molvln. Ronsiatta and I.vbilin. ynd Kanford nlid •Dnrlluaton. •':, i i.oniDA. Jacksonville.—At the Dixie (Hal. Jlor- dauiit, manager), vaudeville Feb. 3 and week:■ LeWls trained dogs, Roberts nnd Dempster. I.n Belle, IIowso Sisters, Marie Montrose, and others.. ... , ■:•»•••• .■ .•? " ■ Noteb. —Florida Midwinter Exposition bas a nnellst of shows on the "Florida Tni.i," and.; nil -. report good business. Lincoln 6. •ITtlon At the Majestic' (NV C. Mlrlck, manager) "The Time,' the Place and the Girl" ployed a reenrn dote Feb. 3, and wa3 more popular than before. Arnold Daly scored wqll G. Joe Hortlz 0. "The Isle of Pplce" drew big, copsldetlng the weather, 7. Plnvwilght Geo. Btoddnrd, of Utlca, who wrote.the play. Was present at the produc- tion. "Robin Hood" 8, "Tho Mountaineer," local, 10; "The Holy City" 11, Henrietta Crosmaw, in "The New Mrs. Lorlng," 12; ■3oc Jefferson 14, 15. . , ■ OapnkuM (Ford Anderson, manager).— Vfai\ J. Hamlll. New York music publisher, will sing his.own songs. It Is seldom a pub- ji&er a&poarg: In thlB rol6. Mr, Hamlll :ls a fnraier utl'ca'n, and will -undoubtedly draw big. "~ , ' KriiTrjl! '(Fied Bergcr. manager). —This week: The .Stunning Grenadiers, "Little HIP," Colon Wl Four, "Watermelon Trust," Allen -kbd-' company.. Lee Tung Foo; and •pianchni-a-Bros.' ' . Beachy In making dally flights In his nir.-jhlp. ,AJt,.tlie Ssn .Toy. (.' agcy) crowned houses, ai raudevillft' pleases.,... .At: the Wonderland .A..F. Dillon, man-' and the blgn clasa ANNIVERSARY NUMBER ' OUT WfiXT wor-K. ' -..'':• UK St I tic TO OUT IT. (jai. Luxemburg, manager) new moving pic- tures'^continue to driiw good business: ,-• • ••• At "tho Duval (.las.- 1». Surbrldge, manager) moving pictures and,.vnudovlllo. :.-.-. », « . ♦> i' A.NEittR'^SK.V *'8rwic«n*.—^At the' Qrand Opera'- Houso <Chas; H.; l'lumraer,' manager) ..week, of Feb. 30i^b.D-Uej*0A company; May Tully and company,' Kororah,.'Smith and Campbell, Ap- dale's ajilmal.. circus, , Brown and Xevaro, Willie Hale and.-Blister,.nnd Elsie,Harvey BliiKluiiutou.—At the Stono Opera Housb ; { ^.(J.-P.'E.-Clstk, manawr) Helen Ufnyco Co;, d (WnJ -*tl repei'toVy, dt'ew largo business Feb. 8-8. : pteascq I kl ^wqM (B. M, .Hart, manager).—Week Ii'rrmont,—At the NOW Larson Lowery,, ptnnogcr) "Montana," Fob.3. plenac. "Oomlnjf Tliro" the Rye"'7. Mary Sfraw, lh,.«t 10: Mribol At nms, Manuel rtomaln and ">Ds, Wnrren's I'rofpsslon." 12. • 'yompnny,. Wurtenberg Bros., Dunn, Francs 'and comiiany, Asra, J. W. Wlnton, nnd Olllc Youpg and Bros. .,' • . mi B tJodtblack" 20-22. ^BiibIuosr continues good. KStrtiiu (A.i-M. BritcKonmnn, manager).— Weolc of 10: Lewis McCord nod company, Alcido Cnpltnlne, Mnrcclllcs, Bluns, Binns 1U id Bliioa, Bnrrv and Barry, Warren and Warren, and Tqcjanu. Bu9ln«s8 is line. " ■■ . ♦> '. » ; . MAINE. vortlnnil— At tlie Jefferson (Julius Cabn, inPuer) "Damon nnd >ythlas, by local talent, Feb; 8, 4. Francis McMillan. Mrae. ' ui -Van . Dyfc: nud Richard nageman Tlio Flayers" (J-8, business averaging 0. wal). >'Thc Dalrymaid-a" 10, "Quincy Adams Suwyer" 11-15.. • /_% . _ , .,„„,„ • • - ■ -KBITtt'd New Thbatiib (Joo. L. Moore, matngef).—Busuiess at this-InteU atldJUoi fi(.iho Keith circuit bos continued nno slucO tub Opoiilrtg Jnn. 27, arid iW patrons are «* llgbLed with tho theatre and the oxisillcnt ntlractlons olfoced. Week of 10: acDuniof Hand, Hill r.nd syivlany, Claude ond Fanny Dsher,. lllbbert and Warren, Knight Rrofc nndMarloa Snwtelle, tho Village Choir, and Faiie; Duttoit ond E*ne. • '■ i . „.. liitENMLAND- (J. W. Orenlcy, manager).— PjcVu?M. • with Delia , Rrnhson, Adolpbe ' Mum, and Mn^lcr Mnrlowo Pluiikett. n»f» up.a good bill a aud w«nk. , . . «avdy (Jnf. McClulnness. managar).—T. J. riaiiau, 0. II. .Myers. JIny Ooggln nod the . pictorPs dMw.wcil 3* ■. ;, • .': ._ .ronn.AKD (J. V3. Mooro,.manager).—Jon r ■' ilICPvMa. ■ftonnrlVateeu, llorlwrt D. Br-wen. SSl. tooTliiB pictures bad good ntlcndonce '^ci-nis.—Knlyscntoar ttall—«, Atlamowskl Trio mi Other thlelit... Cecil Fanning 18.... i AmtltWliiiio-J-ai.^cmbrlcb, Von Hoose nnd ' ZadorS. .' ,'-. '.. ... •;. '._.,.,i.,..«.i» .i—I— ■ '"loVrAi O.UnlnosA.-Al tlio O.rnnd 'Opc-ra Houso »A,P. Owens, hsslktant. iniinaner)."Wgfjf "I Hitklns," Fob. -7. rnnceled. "Tho Belle M Jknort" 8. "A. Despciate OUaneo," 12, and • Tho Cat' and tile Mouse." 24,^also canceled. •The District Lender," IncluflloirEtUrl ,P0VC!{ . and Frederick CTk,ucsdrll,ptay0l to a pneked homed; C "Pleklns."! frorrt • ritek ^12, 'The- Two Orphans" 14, (irncc Cnmcron 27... VKOtbs.— II. It. Strouse. agent for 'Ike JHstrlct Under " wao In.the city .Tin. 28. In the- interests of his company;.also l.d. Du- 1iU»sbr. business manager of "Pickings from mSkrVi Oilcnt (Cnrl.C. Strubl*. rnan : ngct) continues to (V*. Its'-wspal largo busj- ' n"is. ■ Manager StruMe'.-nnnonnres, Feh.- ft, ' tliiv-retHrn <>l' tftv•Passion .Play, pkturt's, in ' (i*litl«n to the jlan. : nilnclBco edithuuftk* '(,',•:■• ■'•.-' '•' '. :•' .-'••'• i ' i,.i|irt:c (W.'J. West, mann'ser).—Good biisi- ia'est. .. , ■ ,,? 3 i "' , .. -. , - i V i «■> ..,-, i ■ 4i , . COl.OHADO. .. Pni-bin.—At tho Grand Opera House (H. V. Oriicndlor, manager) "The Black Crook," Feb,.- U did well. ''Undo Josh Perkins'! 2, "Tho Mikado" Mocal talent) 4, 5, '"Che Mnfi on the Bo*" 7, Htotson's "Undo Tom's Cabin" S; "Ma'a New HuBliand" 0. Eaki. (0. M. Morris,' manager),—Week 3-8)! Bunth and Rndd. Three Azarda, tho Kharrodoi, Tolcmnn and Moxls, Wqlch 11- Itistt-ated aong and moving pictures. U'' ! •' _•- , - ■ ' » « » '" •••••' i ; . distiiict of wifljapAeJfj WiiKliliiKtmi—At tho New National (W. Jl, Knpley, manager), this woek, Lllllmr. Huh- sell, In "Wlldure." Last week. Otis Sklnnor, In "Tho-'Hdnor of tho FBiillly," had good biifllness. Krltr.1 Schcff 17-22. • „ , J Columbia (Luckett & Dwyar, mnhagcrs). —This we?k. Cyril Scott, in "The 1'iinto Chap." Last week, "The P.loht of -Wny". had good houses. Orossy and Dayncy In rt A Village LowJ-er," 17-22 •■''•''. . Bixanco (L. Stoddard-Taylor, manager). —This week, "The Gay .White Way." Last week, Mrs. Flake, In "Rosmoi-sholm,' bad'ex- cellent business. The Ben Greet l'laxcrs/ In repertory, 17-22. <]n1. i Acadi:my op Mcsic (John W. LyouV'nian- «gcr).-^Thls week, the Iftnir Moi-toni,-. In fieaeva.—At Smith Opord House (F. K. Hurdlson, ninuagor) "Uncle Josh Pcrklus" uavo n good pai-tormanco Feb. 1. '.'The Moon Mau,". 4, by Hohnrt College Paint and l'ow- dt-r Club, local, highly pleased a good honuo. I'i.'h. Holland 7, (notion pictures and vaude- ville .8-10, "His Honor the Mayor" 20- ■' I'onHriikcop-ilc.—At the COllIngwood Opera Houso (W. D. Millard, maoRgcr) Leigh De LaViov Co., Feb. tl-S, lu . repertory, Uld good biiHlncss. "Tho Shadow Behind tlio Throne" 10. . • , • . .. ' <»> ni ivniix til iiooii Wn* SiumvIhhiiiiI. lamest Shlpmnn rocchvd a telegram last week from Oraco Met-iltt, M'ho Is plnjlni under III* management In ''WJion Knighthood Was Id Flower," that the company was snow- bound at Berlin, Oct., Can., and that tho play had beeu put on there without Bccnery or costumes, na the car loaded" with the scenery was stalled outside of the city. Tho audience enjoyed,the uncostumed production, and the entire company, under the leadership of Miss Mcnitt, entered Into the spirit of the situation, and gave an unusually fine per- formance. It was, In the ■language of the telegram, ''a big success," • presenting a six- teenth century play- In street costumes and without scenery, nnd yet malntalnlug the at- ivfek. Lew Welch. In ."The Sb.oemn.ker," haij line business. "Gay New York" 17-22. I 5u ' G-AYRfr (Wm. S. Clarke, manager)..—Thta week. Sborldnn's City Sports Co. Last week. Rose Bydoll'B London Bellca did wclk, Balnty Duchess Co. next. %• . Lycctm (Eugene Kernan, hiana(ter);-^Thl9 week, Kuqt'iie Roman's Own Hoa •);^-Thl9 "J...C0 — WashlnsUn Girls... Last woek, the California for an engagement of "live weeks'. Girls seniMd well. - The Colonial Belles 17-22. follow Olga Notbersolo at.Daly'B, „ C»t,As.R'fi (Miss II. Winifred Do Wlthmsn- first porformauce on March 2. Her company agor).—'Ibis week: Milan*, and Rosalie .Crt*. will cobalst of the regular players of * Itnsslan Aotrcb* to Play llui> •». Mme. Vera Kbmls'arzhevsky, the Russian nctress, who Is to appear shortly In New York, has made arrangements with Klaw & Erlangcr, through M. Olloff, her Amorlcon roprcsentntive, tor the use of Daly's Theatre "'five weeks. She will at Daly'n. giving her linn - -«■——-: , , .. 'iMvseU-Bcttlna" -j»n W?fS«Ei tf&'fy 3 man's Acnrlemy, Baltimore, Md., Feb. .i, oy : Maxlnc KIHotl and her company. _.; - , JL"hc scene Is laid In■ a prim- New -EnR'" 1 ™ vllUge; the .homo of Botilna, -to .which; she has rettimed after four years ftmt^JUg, iTan qtmosphore of art omf •Wggjjjg licjnlnnlsm: to discover that ner hj"^.""! li™been wronged .by a former admirer or, iter ' ln HertlnB to save her sliter,' renounces. her arMst'lcc'ar'er and settles down as the wife of tho village m nlstor. whom she has tlWIiyfl n imlrod The sister endeavors to forget her part Iff adopting the career which Bettlnn IT^v'ls'a problem pl.v pure nnd simple, nnd neither novel nor convincing.- ■ Th" caV: -Tohn Marshall. Robert: DC.iet; LcnSx Marshall. Krlc Mntnrln: S^**g& Urant Mitchell: Ben, Thomas J. Kelly; Chrl* tine Marshall, Helen Tracy■; Annbelte Green, •leaf Suzanne Perry; Abble, Sarah Mc\ Icker, •MamlWaa. Mia ierrold; Bettlna Dean, Maxlnc Elli ott. • ■ *v jn Colion Annlrerwtry. The two hundred nnd fiftieth | perforroanc* of "The Talk of New York" will take Place at the.Knickerbocker Theatre. New York, on Wednesday evening, Feb. II). This date will also mark the twentieth anniversary of Geo. M. Cohan's professional dflbut on the stag*. Mr. Cohan will direct the orchestra and con- duct the jncdley of his own compositions on thn t evening. • .. ..— ■ • ' » , i. ' Kctt Theatre Plana. .The founders of the New Theatre an- nounced after a meeting last week that it was expected the theatre would be completed in time to open In'the*Fall of next year. . y T. . :. * ! f .,.-, '" ■ ■ •" P nee in l Gct» Libretto. ' - Glac'omo Puccini, ttie , composer, has./e- celved the libretto of "The Olrl of the Golden West,'.' written around David Belascp^s p ay of that nhme. Puccini will begin composing the'score Immediately. . • ■.['. .„ '. * ■ ' . ? .-■■■ ' ■ — ' ' -Margaret Anffiln'a New Ploy. Margaret Anglln will present/'The Awak* enlflg of Helena Richie" In Providence, R. L, on Feb. 17. The play Is a dramatization by Charlotte Thompson of Mrs. Margaret De- land'o novel. . <• >. • . ...';■: ". " ■ '. ,.,....'.. ; "i;.lt,i;'i, > \t - -. .^.,, Wl'.ke.'i-Ilnrrc Bnrlcsqwc House 0»en«. ; The new Luzerne Theatre, Wllkes-Barre, Pa; (Western-wheel boose), opened Monday, Feb. 10, with Jas. H. Curtln> Broadway <ialety.,(«lrls, headed by John Weber, as tho opening attraction. . _.'•' ' ,t The-majority.of.the Empire circuit mana- gers werij on- hand, and/after the perform- ance they .and .prominent city officials of Wilkes-Barre sat down to a collation acrved on. the stage.. ... ..'?„ :. •' ■' ' Geo: W: Rife, who Is vice president of the Empire circuit, Is the manager of the New Luzerne, which will seat 1000, nnd is one of the ptctttest burlesque houses ever built In America. .... •* ■ 4»» . . . MoonllKht iftntda' Itoaler.. . The .Mpohllght' -Maids, .tho new Western wheel sliriw, which opens .Its sHasonnt the l-'ollV Th-i4;re, .1'aterson, N. J... Monday. Feb. 10,-.hds,.fho' fOllbwhjg. roster,: Foui; Unnta IH09.V' mnsicnl nnd singing■ sot • Brown and Ilogg, comeaiansj/MlIe. IMrtMlette,- premier (latc«r-,.Alband Pelser 1 , comedy acrobats; the Tanners. - In. a sketch, and. sixteen chorus i,irls.i Tho.show was put oh and arranged -by Miinrlo* Jacobs, auu the Empire Circuit <>. arc the owners. • ■'■■•■ 4»» ' ' iiri««i>, Indlanapolln, Closes. Tlio Cayoty Theatre, at Intllanauolls, Ind., Kastom.wheel house, closed-for iho season on Bntitrday, Feb. 8. Tho closing was made necessary because of tho opening,ot the new tiicatrc'the Btnr and Onrtcr, in Chicago. 111., as nil attractions playing tit. Louis, Mo., go . to tho new house In Chicago. instead of to Indianapolis ,. '■:. ";' : .. .'. ». t . >! ! | ... '.- '■■• New Empire Clrealt Hottae in ..■■.'■.., .-'Brooklyn. ThoJCmpIts circuit has filed plana with the Hitlldlng Department for a now Western wheel house lu Brooklyn.. N. Y. to bo colled the Casino: • ' • Work wilt begin at once, In order that tbo theatre may lib ready for opening of tho noxt regular'*oi»Ron. '. • • •'■ ■ ■>'■ -.- •■-■ : ■ " . »»»■ " -'.. '■•• Kaufiiuiii NI uteri for Kiu-npr. Reh'a nmi Inez Kaufman" and mother aall - for. Europe Fob. 12, for a tour on the Moss be. Sto)l circuit; ; , ■■ . ■. . . ,.;.■., THSovittfl n prfo Tim latest 'Edison film Is entitled "A Yankee Man-o'-Warsmnn'a Fight for Love," and Is taken from an Incident during the Pa- cific cruise of the American licet. A Spanish- American sonport overlooking tho bay. The American man-o'-war lying at anchor. On the dock arc a Spanish girl and her parentB, awaiting the arrival of the "Yankee" sailors: i also some foreign sailors. The "Yankee sailor boys arrive. All crowd around to greet them.... A..bond of street musicians and dan- cing girl.. The little Spanish dancer with her castencts, starts a typical Spnnlsh danco. Sha notices one of- the "Yankee" sailors nnd ho quickly falls In love with her and-pro- poses a.waltz. Each Bailor selects a partner. A foreign sailor endeavors to secure the little dancer, but Is refused. Watting his chance, the foreign sailor trip up onr."Yankee" lad, and.a light ensues. They are parted, and ar- rangements made for a fair, square fight. The Interior of a Spanish inn. Articles are drawn up.(or the fight, and side bets placed on the winner. Preparations are made for tho fight. .Ropes and gloves are soon brought from aboard ship. The little Spanish dancer overhenrs a plot to, drug her '.'l'ankeo" lad, ■'.'-'fS'B" 'TJioobap'ii';' tos ■ new "flltris,"- Ihclndim, "aiMfcmfttea.'.: •. Two -.atnacnta. fit .<oUe 50 .2 cloAsroates, ronm-Yniitcs-nnd , plnvern. mi ,h« conefto^oofball ItMtttt', TJwy were the fastest of ftlehdsi.untll- a youug .girl nppeari-d . bi<. loved by,both. Now, the golden woof in-tb» weave of, friendship becomes .badly ..tan AS ■ni.-yr'e .shall see. Tbe.glrl.'hnylng,given brr heart.' to. one. of ,tht\-clnssinntCR unkriot.-n to tbo other, who,meets her for'the-flSt t|rne at •the football game.:\Tho graduation eioreisf. •follow..nh,(Uln turn tho-graduation hall, d ur . Idg.tho .course..ofi.which, there; Is. h' confetti rispce. It Is during-theso-festivities that iho yonth confesses hl» lovo,'for:-the jjir) and Is plunged into tho depths of ilcspnip when told that her heart la another's—lib chum. Tho unsncces.iful suitor goes to th« West, whore he erjgagea lit mining piirMiit,' nnd the other to the metropolis of the i:a«t becoming n successful llnnncler, the owaet of fast, horses and. above nil, the I lege lord of tbo fair charmer. Two years later the Wcsternpr .la drawnon business East, and meets bb old classmate.. The dead coals ot tbelr friendship are mildly enkindled, and an Invitation accepted to visit; the Easterners home. While the trio are enjoying a pleaBant chat over old times, an urgent message calls the husband away. Leaving his wlfa to en- tertain his phum until his return, tho chnra takes advantage of hm absence to renew hlj protestations of love, which .are spumefl by the wife, .who, .'Then. be., becomes Jnsloteet, nttempts to ayold-him, mounting the stairs leading to tbc upper floor. He follows; Whereupon .the wife, with a well-directed blow, aend? him reeling .down the-stairs, crashing through the balustrade tothe floor below, just- as tho husband rc-entoia,.amazed nt the sight... The .woman's deni>nci«tl6o ot the false friend brings about a terrific com- bat About the room they, struggle, smash- ing'furniture and brlc-a-brac to. atoms, until the husband lands a powerful blow upon hlj adversarv dropping klm like a log. He picks up a- chair, ana would have bralnad him but for his wife, who leaps between them: "Bob- by's Kodak." Papa brings home the kodafe for -Bobby, and at once Instructs him how to'work It.' First the family IS ntranged and a snip token; then baby, grandpa, and so on. Bobby has now., gotten a pretty'clear Idea of the thing and. resolves to go It alone —and he does with a vcngeanCo. JCLc yearns for something more Spicy- and piquant, aad his yearning was soon appeased. .. Going to bis dad's room, .where paterfamilias la In- dulging In a.quiet nnp, he sres mamma ex* tractlug the loose change from papa's pock- ets. Click goes.the Internal machine and the damaging evidence Is recorded. .To the kitchen he Is drawn by thla evil genius, ths kodak,- and there finds Maggie and the cop brightening their- condition of social, ostra- cism with apple plo and kisses.- Click. Later In the day papa's office I* vlsltedi Bobby now becomes the star of an evening's enter- taln'ment-nt home with the.stereopticon 3bow. On the sheet In the parlor are- thrown tho various scenes. Papa finally smashes tho ma- chine.' , ... ■ '»'. • -' ... -- ■_.'' ,,_.• v. i? Lt'sis has among hls'new films. "Ike Count of No Account," In which two.ttamps and a newspaper, wherein. a splnstef adver- tises tor a husband. .The tramps-decide to become suitors, for the Hdnd-of-the rich o d niald- They-bold up two passers-by, strip them of .their .clothes, and drcys-.-ln-fashion- able nttlyc. They make the(i- visit at, the old shiiistcr's , resl<l«ric«. Being the first and only ones wko./opWy. they,are received with oneri dfrhs.nre dlped and/ willed,- When at last-. Jealousy preyaila niopng-them -and the Ucht ensues.. The old mnld chtraes.them out of the h^use'la-nd; dbts-thc- pollcc'-at their heels...NoVfqllOws.one 6f,tjje,funnIostchases cver'see'n In moving,pictures. Thetwotrtopj In : their i Bight .-.drpp .through <MA sky Ight direct lp>o.the,courtroom,'.which brings,their rAval 'nJ!plratlf.nN' fo* a, snddon end. jThe BKnd.Bifv." A fnllier on hlstlcalkbcd tnal.es his will," leaving his estate to his youngest ch»d, a hoy blind from birth, and disinherit, lng his elder brother, leaving him the noto; nal aura of ono dollar. . Tho "ne'er do well ban his blind brother kidnapped and taken to an old rookery, .where he Is OjM treated, but manages to escape. In his sight- less condition- he--stumbles along an_ un- familiar path, eventually falling over.a preci- pice, He is .picked up-unconsclous by a poor sher'nTan, who takes, him to his cabin., rbe pttlcetB arq put on the- track of the. kidnap- peis..whoJiavc been, observed by#«MB photographer-as thej- were carry ng^lie^chi a nway, .and.who accidentally yecclved thMell- tale avTdcnca througli bts camera.. The elder blotter liasi altered the will .after stealing it, making.himself the successful legatee, and, a enjoy ng his brother'a cEtate. but tho officors finally unck him and his.associates nkm graggery, where tboy are l«d oftaiandeuffj Thtfpoor. Ittlc blind orphan la: providently pn.tccted and restored to Ills Uouie am) .po- sition. "The Magnetic Eye" An extraordi- nary looking mnrt^vakO^up Irt ho morning, after being pestered by niosqultoa. - He is possessed of unusual mngnctlc Ppwerf---O"" glaiice of his -eye Is Bnlilclent to remove or Sttract nnv.objcct or Individual.--In-dress Ing..his clothes tly through tho air to his person: on tho streets nn Wfc"SgfflL el ffi rlngn or push cart accidentally petlIng » hlu way, ia removed by n Blanco bl^hlj.e^ Meollng a charming young'lady, wither gi'imdfather, she becomos a• vlotlfn ■» » n » magnetic oy*. while the Old man "L^fS-JR beat n hasty retreat.. Some °mtlBlnr^ Inci- dents happen .to the couple in their strois around ,town, But gvnn^pn JPg.the little vntiion' n» on his track. Ond tlje... nu5 brother.' are On fclfl track, chievous hoy,'armed w4th a i-.-r-..,:._,.,,, meets his sister In company with thfcjnag and . a putty blower, policeman .. rejoins grandpa and brother. i.'-»;*sH5U k. Tun Rcw Stab Th E ati(E, to be locoted 0" Broad Streoot, Trenton, N.-J., wIlFbc opened on Feb. 22. and, wo arc advised, • w«l-be one of the finest moving plctiUc housesMti mat State. Phillip and Solomon -Fapler, wen known merchants or Trenton, iarc Ptoprt" 0 " of the entcrorlsc. and will Jw m .y ggg'K In mdklng the place very attractive. Tho m terlor has a floor space of 2t5ft. by IMtt., nna there are no obstructions whatever. ,ibo Beats, more than 800, will be built; On ;»n ia cllne, that every one may have a .clont^iew of .the sheet. Uniformed attendants, win be on ohd : decides tb thwart ItT Tlie Spanish"cour> ^"i to attend, to ^i«*^g B »J{f„S3 yard, The ring prepared. The fighters arrive, u { «"> PntroiiH, ond n fnII «oMhos^ will.P^. as well-as ibc referees and seconds Tho at every pcrfermance.. The boirt Froncn.mra» IkUok, niTi.i Fny. Henry B. M:inn and com- pany, P. Wilbur Hill nnd WnllotK* Wbiltnkci', Karlclll, KM Molvllle and Rohnrt Hlggins, I.eon Roger and tha American vltngrnpb. " ■»«» ' . her St. .Petersburg Dramatic Theatre, of which M. Bravlch Is tho leading man. Mme. Komlsar- zhevsky brings her own scenery and property. m l>iUvai<l Vrnoni to Return to Singe. .. Edward Yroom, actor rind playwright, J!or reveral years with Iho llooth-Barrett and GEORGIA. ' ft " Atlnnin.—At tho (irnnd (H. L. & 3. L. iV> . Give, manage™) Nat C. Goodwin, Ih'Thti Eooth-Modjctdta organizations, aud later In l:aFloi-nor," Feb. fl, 7. Mme. Calvo obcouu,,, .|iin.-ou-ii vorRlons ot "Don Ca>snr do Bozan," tt-red n Havero storm Jan. 31. hut wfti «rel- ^'Ruy Btoa*' and other plays, Is about to re- clined by h largo and nnpieelntlvO nudlonce. i.urn t<> |ho Amcrleau stngu. tit-udvancoil jn-locs. "The Mayor ot Toklo.'? Mr. Ymooi'd Iflot appenrnnce as nn actor with JObnIk Kearney, was w received vf- n In mis counU-y wna Irt bis production of Vvell filled house. Ilnrnld iMimr, pliinlst. JO; Francois COMtM't "l-'or tbo Crown," at Wal- Chh'uileo.v Olcott li, 12, Adelaide ThWaton ,,locU'i) Theatre, a decade ago, since which , Huorj iJake Wells, manager).—Billy B. Van, In "Palsy In Folltlcs." rujqycd S..B. 0., f.-8. "The Ninety and Nine" 10-10. '. ..i. OiiPHBOt (E. lCahn,. local managor).-^Tbe Uih'nl llbcvnl business prevailed 8-8. Tho bill whs! Lind, Cavana. Hal Merrltt, Beytoournnd Hill. Claronco Sisters. Woltlnjss horses, and moving pictures.- '•■Jmii.. ,.8tah (J. B. Thompson, mannger).'—Thls popular .report continues to prosper. . A clever bill, was presented 38 by: Geo. and Belle Milton. lUldwin and. Woodville, Vero Hart, Mm rveyaad Wallace, .Gardner and LtitiorL d»l«h,,'j ,,. , . -\ ,' ,aH •>" i" .'•■•.•*'-. v.- time ha has been In London, where be hat won Rticcois as author nnd principal actor at the. Druiy -Lime-Theatre aud In the provinces, ,'Ila will oroduce Ti new, play. , . , • ■ .',, . ' V- 1 V '< . ' .' * !'i.'- i --. * siiirluu KIVliv an I.i-iuUuK. W<iiniin. . Marlon Klrby, a yoking Chicago woman, wkq.,ha« ftpneared as a drawing room enter- tttip.fi''In olaloit storlOB, :hns boon engaged by Iltmry-B. Harris as lending woman for Thomas W. Rbss, In I He now comedy by James Forbes, called "Ths Traveling Sales- fight V°8 ,n9 -- It proves fast arid furious. Tho first round decidedly bad for our "Yankee" hoy. In the second round he recovers himself nnd bis Opponent, goes down twice, and tho bell Just haves him. The foreign roiei-co tries his ''drug" Bchemo, but falls, owing to tho little-SiKinleh-girl, who In on watch, In the third round the. foreign sailor Is d*zcd and fights wildly. A well directed blow sends him to the floor nnd he Is counted out. The "Yankee" lad In carried on the shoulders of blr. sallo^ friends In triumph around the ring, wbllfi the air Is filled with streamers and confetti. "DNqi.q'a Ct.qeij:," "The StrenuouB War Veteran's Story." "Music Hath Churms." "Gainsborough Hat," "Tbo Scout,"."Ancient Headgear." "Water Babies" and "Ob, That Cat," ore the latest Gnumoht films supplied by the Klolno Optical Co. "Tho Soldier's Wedding." a. story of battle and victory: "An Fplsodo of the French- Revolution," showing .Incidents of that, troublous porlod, nnd ."Satan's Little Jaunt," in the firay French capital, bare also proven to be treat entertainers; • -.- - Tun list of new Pathe aims includes: "Tho' Rubaway Horse," "FOr Hate of the Mlilw," "Avenged by the Sea." "A Man With a Calf's tlend," ."Electrocuted," "Neapolitan Revenge," "Sandwich Woman,'" "Flower ot Youth." '^Artistic Ragpickers," "A Gamblo for a Wotfjiuh" . ., .-. i.. every pcrferniautc. *«c .... .—, ;r -,,. , h „ wlll bo used. The,lobby,, porhons, will be ho .featiirO of the house. This will.Vo WfftfflSS of illc Italian marble, and tho colling ana walls' will be adorned In fres:o !W*j£*B entrance will be beautlQetl by rnynjas. g electric light?. The management iironOses to Kite a continuous performance, from l-o,«! q !,„ until 11 o'clock each day, nnd tho admission ■ will he five cents. -. • . •,'„;„ i„. The VitAOBAru present new 6ub urn, ,"' eluding "A Cowbov'B Elopement." "Ibc »10J* Ing -Hnnd" and "Sold Again." gmiHR* IMmlril" Bhows the tragedy Of the two.llrotn- crs, pprtrayed In faultless style. . . ,i.". . . Lew DockstAOnn'R own big fllrn surnrlsc-. "Minstrel Mtshntis," with Lew BocUstader m every Been*; will bo'nlflccdon the market-|n> moving picture theatres. Tbo HlmsftfO now • being shown with his mlnstril ovgnnl.ntio" on tniir. ' . '. . - - '-." ■ i ,.i i i- ^<i | " ■ » :' . A MATISEE Chapter of the OY.E. 8.. nomon St. Cecils, which meets the second and tourm ■■Friday nfternoon 'of every month,' rrt «'> Johnson Building, No. 8 Ncvln St Wet. Til 0 "?' • lyh., 8t.7CcelIO Clmpter-U. p. ~f. onWl M pleased -to; welcome members of the oraer. • retary (Mm.) Louise Be Lnlsl, .130 l«n.Avenue,- Brooklyn, >'. Y. /' tjf« 'an-6lc- • i '.' ' . ■ - '-' '■. .'■ ' ■ '.'-' s'- • .-•'■-. ,■ ■ ■' " •'-.. :■','. ■' ' : ■ -