The billboard (Sept 1905)

h ■.■ i.t U 1- I ' Dlltl>ciri -iBRtfeMBER-agt'ipibBu ON Monday Mr. Tree pieaented tor Ok opralnc ot Bis Ilajcstj's ui- tanm ansoa a lerlTal ot dUrcr Tirlrt. wUcb, U wffl »• RmOB- tactf. fead its pccmlcn « .tt»'lMt aMt «< Madge Fax. tbe flip-flap girl, made drbot aad seorcA fm^sblr. tbe sedate Psiaee aadince.'.tf' doinc IB • tac HB acton sbA played .at I«nl* sa Moadar; wlddi Rsaltrd In a ■ . I wa tl i ii; Cor the >)ckeTS. and a tnubel basket VBTarabckelB te tlie ActoTia OcghaDisc and %h* - - ..- - ^ ;'^>inad«n dnei—'*Wtw to the press \r 4fmr''t itmL, taght tua waA t sU r em the Al- ^dd thi) BdiIi* Ool iraa brlac to "plneh" M*Ba«er Geocfe 8«ott. Tbe Enpize said tber Bad n» audi Iiitentlin. The sn>«mh.. mmU the Kmplra old " 'taint" and tbti r jM; t>e •stOe was tbat tbe aalair caliad < The AdelphI season opened with Dr. IWUe'a Fluent. • title wMcb brinss baA ■eiuoflea af daja wbra tncb a title at tbe fld.^.^Ad^U^ mold bare symboUsed a dnuoa <i< - n a)rt«tloa> poiaonloss—some ancb plax as prnkfe OoOIas mlgbt bave bad a bud IB tUrlr /eaia aco. Bat tbcre are no ''nuclat 'dnV*' to tbe plaa ef Ifema. W. GsTer.' Uat&ar and )|Miert..Ord, and the only polxm in the play f» thwt s gTt t able Tenom wUtb wU|cb .Cnpld fBafcea deadly Us'darts. Jbi Eatl'a'daasbter. « .sWsIk u^iD.jU Jowir edgbi. a -vataatonl ■acetbw. tote at flrat sWit.' a gilmpie •( (be "*ot»^ cood or tne loTe," a saezUee.br tbe barenU' of~ tbe doctor, a mnVlMlwi Vg tbe Earl aad a - b«Bnr_ aaday, 'tmrtiftr to a aev pccsier^anl -wlidii'-SM^hded bo TncsdaT- nlsbt br tbe «rcat psbUe who crowded tlw. of the aad iU. tta fetodied bluiness Duringr the present at an the Wratend theatm kes baca abBocmal. and the qnenes ootslde —* aC- .tta- tbsatits-last ercnlns were more ilinislTN aC Eaztas;. Bigbt tbaa ot the (as (Bd Of the SBsamer.' ^: Two American visitors make a wel- eome reappeannce In LondoD next week at \ Tmy*. Ibcr ore James Csicw and lOaa Jnne Mas Annie Rtissell. known here as rAncttCB's best emotional actress," has been tor tbe part ot Barbara to t)ae |iew Saw piar. xnjer Battan. to ba iio- » at Ifca; Ctonrt. ■ On Tiie Liove Path is the title of a eooedr with wbicta Mr. Hant)8a''toHgaiated the B^Tmarket maoa on WrdSeiav'. dXhe au- thor Is C U. c. McClellan. a rery Telsatlle a«l*«ii who has stretched bis nnatlUtr to "tbe- breakfag point. He has written a soc- eessfot anslcal comedy, and an eqaaBy aoo- ccvful Bidotama. hot has (alien down bard «a tbe I«ee Path. Poaslbly the gods are Jkalooa. aad do not aUow the triple crown. Oie aa fail ed . eaoedi- b farce with a md' tbat rnmhlnatUn -to-anmslfig eDooxli, wtOi KTerat nnes to It which send rlppUns BKrth rooad the theatre. Tbe secood gires aa tokltoig or a melodniBatiC'. iBUmsUo—a dl- .<fcad;" liiiijr t>aa-'•^■'ftiiiv-'baittjito sweDa fat* a black and Towering canopy o( darkocos. In the third act, ratlrely o»ershad i>a liiA the towering landscape, and ending jUt- The Catch of The Seaaoo time bsortied and sUty^ftk • It Ir tbe The Brock Benefit ts always a big draw at tbe Crystal Palace, and the one held on Thnndsr was proof that thia sentleman'a pynMsibaia dtvlw* **• isgalsr aa orcr with Xaadsaaia. Tke voalkar waa aat an tbat it shoold bsTe been, bat Berertbeleas a splendid display was glTenl This was perhaps tbe most tinpwtaat drestoska* sbua wblcb baa taken ' oSMdtaplay tbe erent of toe visit of the Fteach to Portsmoottu Tbe rain toterfered wftb aoae oC tb!S larger set pieces, ud Jaw^afed-flna aid tbe were brllllsatly deari and it was not aatS tbe gigantic twttle pieces. TOO feet long. 'ttnt aSTtbtog Ufta CsUnre dae to thi at Ike aotlag war- rematoed, and the can- The Ulimihisfino of the by aoaw. o( tbe nckeCi, . eapcdaUy tbe aUTi menae crowd; oser 90,000 drawn to aydenbam. ;aiid-tbe plctme.preaented was certotoly coe of the slgbto of toe world. It has becB.aa anxioos day for Ur. BiMl^ jbat the annnal erent; In spite of ttk ..WtUfKMf. elements, ,piored a great sncceH..'^ Til* .Gotham Quartet aM ti» tba: fore mmlag algbtly I at «ke. Attain. With the approach ot the rain 'and tbe tag Salt's Camt picpMCs to ahat ap and The new play by H. A. Joaes which Virginia Hamcd Is to present la called Tbe Sword ot Gidasa. A Spacial Hshearsal the cqotralcBt of the Parisian repetltloa gen* crale was given to some llTe taimdred mem- bers of the I/ondon, Frbrlncisl snd Continental Press by the mana^ment of Dmry lAne the day before toe premiere of The Prodigal Sao. The Idea of tovlttog the Press to the last dress refacassal prior to. tbe opcntoc ot a' acw ploee baa. long been tbe enstooi oa the eimtl- nent. bat It Is now totrodnced for tbe first tlna to BaglaDd. The Idea la to allow tbe Joanallato aopla time to wbiai to prepare their Tha tooMatioa. win be welcomed by toe critics ot the motning popets. who bare here- tofore been compelled to prepare tbdr "copy" It tf^.toa ahoct tiaa toterrentoi; iind:'flihit«ttiw lit gatog to press. preparations for the Revue, to at the Palace at the end of Sep- «ia .IB haad, worn, we ate tdd, by aooc oC 'A*; somest girls to be seen on any EoMOB As regards tbe general acbeme oC tta Tarloos, and so far. mote or la reports hare been spnad. Tbe and tbe story sre still a'maaagcilal aetaal Idea Banard's Palace^ ,sl^iir'X£ 2 on Thnraday. Sept- T. to thaViau^cd >aaii|e who soeceed to giving the aoab' •omlnclng' proofs that they have lived ta ^^rfert^ baxptpy wlto mich other during tbe 'year 'ia^pt Bept. O. 190S. One poond win be gly«i to tbe next to 'oldtr ot Bwrlt. Tbls may belp lb fba kail for Hr. Banard. bat It Is playing It pnttr law. down when tnatofaa baa to be obtotoad tr .asA devices. The Empire, Liverpool, will hence- Coctb be Tim on the two-booses-a-nlgbt prin- ciple., nk latTM Mir '«M of tbe Haas Em- plces nfem tta eld. and to tbe pertocmer. nradi moK agieeable ayatam la to eogne. Messrs- Shapiro & Van TUzer are tmck in I<oDdon, and Boealre and Pareto sail to-day tor New Xock, where tb«y commenoe a ' tor «C toe Kelto Cbcolt. Ibe thilnfe to doe •to. many canses. Competltioa is one, hot sn au to t lu nate fire Is a more Important factor. Tka picasare seekers ef Sbscedltdi never took kUOr to .tta ' aiv kali; wbMi waa baQt to plaea'cit the . old. Tkto-was aa qppactanlty .qnlAIy grasped by. Teddy' Bsxisea. ' at. that time the manager of tbe stmg^lng Eoodon, a tow d u)a s down the street. DuLtof tba iv~ eseiT. tomsUe .bo aaaild'lay or tbice yeara abend, at tbe aame time patting up-an Inn-baand bontog Osose against- bis demolished icttaL Tbe eo astqa ence waa tbat iih aot'-'only ' e ajk i ii a d - tbe wbsie dlcateie ait tbe Cambildge, bat kept them, and It to aSUly to bla'etrbrto to tola direetlaa tha't toe London oijoys its present popnlartty. Tbe Cambridge has now been taken over by Chas. ' Hector, manager of the London, Collin's, and now, of the Ctmbfldse wblcb be calls tbe L. C. C. During the evening a few 'visitors were reminded by practical demoostratloo that It was here .tbat Oliver Twist met the Arttol Dodger, .and .tkat Xka Utter belqpflad la Bpi'jiat AiMttlier VWp OBiiwir. !■' tlmfof 'Say. bo,. and aww'wis so: OK to Podsey an to a tow.". So sang Toitohlie tiads and Lassies fltty years ago. as they made their pllj^lmage to Pndsey town feast. Well, tbe fair has vaatly Improved since those rongh and tumble days when the last days of the fast was "lawleas dsy." and tbe rowdy boys nsed to Onish np wlto the wreck- age of a staU «r two: or even dared to attempt to' poll down a 'Sbow to toelr riot. It haa taken Pndsey many yean to ladala lia ebar- acter; bnt it Is to-dajT. (M •( Hie THy beat of Torksblie Fairs. .Several of tbe most Importont (tf Bngland'a fairs were held this ireek. Tbe most popniar, likely. Is the historic Bamet Fair, which opened Tuesday and will conttone nntll Monday next. Quite early to toe afternoon an enonnoos crowd wu aswmbled In toe grounds, and tbe fact that many of toe attractions were somewhat lacking to originality did not prevent them flrom doing a roaring boslness. No one ob- serving toe exceptional patronage accoi^led tbe loog nnra at Sbootlag .OaUsilta enOld MI to taave It bona npsa bin tbat thaie ciMa a wideapiead ambltlan to aim stralgbt. Tbe boxing Bhowa are stOl. as of old, a featare. Tbete are abom of all klada, wltb gatgeoos l iftort ai % . Bid —tifm''4^ ganeilae Aant aanito, awlBgi, and nnnd^koato are legion. Partlcidar care has been taken to meet toe exadloDB of the hancry. '-The 'Enerys" and the " 'Arrteto" are offered a generons fsre ot «k» -kare aat aevolied ttb popdar dtUeaey are entered bootba aeattMad akont toe A scheme by which a check-taker and tbe box office assistant were able to rob the Palace Theatre Co. tor I detection, was disclosed at PoUce Court on Tuesday. Tickets already laaned by Box-offlce Assist- ant Ed. Geerts, and taken from vlsltsn by i.ttiWiB,, ttt <lwMilwr. «m le. Urn intgglarlly throngh anotoer box-offlce aa- t kerk ing the tickets snd going oat for On bis rctom ba found tbat tickets tm tr kaAv Bild* ~I kase aaijr bad ttna She win be Be*-n In n new play nnder the manaKement of Wi^ ;.;a.!y. aald Geerta; "I am very sorry. I been doing it tor three mootha." , AttoB«>l> agad ««^ and Geertsi, matt kaa^ baaa eaviayed at tbe Palaee tor years ud Ike iMhsr tor eleven dcred ^ misia' basd tabor (or sceaUa^ dnaa Ueketal' ' . ." ' C. O. It ia who baa won : In Europe as a TtoUnlst. to to tear Ike ptted- pal cities of tmerlfs thto' wtotcr. Hugo Gorlitz, manager .for Jan Eu- bellk. Is now in Enrope engsgtng arttsta to support the well-known Sohemian violinist to bis comlag oopeert taor of tbls eooatry. The' opmu'to be produced by Od Savage Onad anUak Open Ooaipan Ta^fttb —" " "" ~ " " ' Ooaipaiv an Tka at«gttie£ OatUt- ■aser. Alda. _ FaetkenlieueW Joint author 'With im Cressy of The Ucrry Kahn, a new mas l eal Iprodnctlon. .reporto tbat Jie baa sold the play'to' toe Sbnbert'Brotbetoi wbo irlll pro. dace It «n Btsadway tola aeaaoa. Now comes the report that tbe home of Hme. Nordics at Osslnlnc, N. T.. waa ■•■ cently robbed of aboat |S00 wortb ot sBwr- wan and Jewekr. Tba cattaaa to la (baiie of tka atowi'a'alator;' ilkto.1iiigdiw-^>dNg fc The report comes from Munich that Madame Gadakl has been honored by Prince Be- Rent Lnltpold, who bestowed npon her King Lndwlg's Order for Art and Seteae a . Vha Prince Begent recently beard ber alng Cbt ttne BranbllOta at aa open festtral. Professionals wUI readily recognise tbe above aa a likeness of Dave Lewis, who playa tite nkle of Jnllns Schmidt in the new moBlcal comedy, entitled The Geexer of Geek, now making a hit at toe Garrlck Theatre, Chicago, nts Is tbe role of toe sausagenjaker of Elgin. 111., nlio becomes shipwrecked eg the coast of Geek and wins the confidence of toe Sultan by supplying him wlto isnasiso. . Mr. Lewis ' ^ the piece a big baa* e( the