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rasRUARV 4, ma THE WEEK IN NEW YORK Two New Plays and a Couple of Gharming Actresses Constihile the Novelties of Gotluun's Offering this WedL The Inferior Sex Qwa its Success t^^^^ the Now^evdoped Art of Maxine ElUbtt nST two new plays tbU week ami two chamlDV •ettenM, Mulne Elliott sDd wlomme BOUe Barke. Anil, oil. rn, Chinncey Oleott Is brKltat'oK at the Arailnnr for a brl^f howdy do. Of conrae th»n» sie a few more picture Bbona with Tm- ned entertalmncnt. but ontalile of that moat -of n» BIT mnklDc repeat calls on the faror- mtJf'V*- players tJiat eren some of the anws :COUiiii*t dlacaara^. Speaking of crlt- !W wrinkle In Ucasts. Sbo- - -— > alnac RrMiI^ way. whrtm andlr pictarlia ntter of tbU or that show Is posted, now appear one sheets la four colors of oooe otbrr than MUter Critic, hlnwlf. Nestled orer a pile of jagged rocks St 42d street, one Immps Info pictures of Also Dale. Charles Damton. Adolph Klanher and FlwWIc McKay—coder each Imprint there's mt a line or so of sametblnK sweet said abnal SfJffJ *'L.S" shore. An an adrertlslng vtnat It's bony—and It kItcs the actor a chance to MinF-fMojta face wlHi the maa who wrltca tat Mui 11* to mind ODlte a new adeeztlslnr peipelnted tr. a bert. On m.wy ofJW lObMSSB a Kulne imiott .' AzthBr-BrxoD 0._B. Ctarnre Bra AMfawa Charles IT Bennett ..i-, .i O: 1 Ah Sin-i, T. Offlcer., .. .. MIL Qtiirtnrmastor ., .. •.. „• ••■.^.^MfOds Z^J^L " " " •* 'i' 9tu6 " MiePhccsoQ .. Om. X TUB STOBT. Charles WUtsIow Is the yacht own- er, who bires people t« mn his ship, while he wrlte« "works'" on the Inferiority of women to men. Re Is engaged on a two mootbs' cmUe WTille completing hU Utest effoM. to be called Xae ufeftor Bcs. bat before be has been tbree ■ifB at sea aa example of this sex comes on Mart against brr Inclination, to giro him a mrwiel foe ftirtber atndy. Bbe iB ■ta^Mhm. adrift ta. aallboa^^W tt' S£rM^ Is picked np by WlMlow** cm^TTiriMdoir, -Wh'ch * JWIt the «artlB% «UI« she week of tirlaK^tO perforce, la oblind to glTC bar Uo he rtoen most gmdgiwy, to ocmpy It dorug " has It at night. Re refnses point blank to ber a«hnre. for anch hia plans. So Kre, after persnnlr bhn to be cItU. decides steer lownni nomc land. She bints to tbo crew tlMt there are casks of brandy nnder lha cabin Boor Hid snid In the locker. The crew mutinies and Ere. dlscorering that her hint was taken •erionsly. gets angry sod drire* the aatlaata below deck awl fastens the hatch lo the eerloiiiiafo she wonnds one, Jib* Winslow's leg with a knife. Wirh the cn-w below deck and the aklpper nnenoff with chronic Inflnenxa. she hss to Ufeo cbane of the yacht. Aided by s laod- IfnaBraM. As gets a otaysall op and keeps giTpwMi tbe boat to ibe light wind, aftjr on deck, gnarte - . - steamer sa-ea tho' aboard. Br tUs belles* tbat Pmyy tbe TtoMa: ~lfb« niott -wn gmtat beartll7 on her flnt appeanqee as an aaeiiB- wions bat Terr attractive fonn eazried down the cabin steps by two rallors. Her perform- anre after ahe regained mnadonaness. and tbmoxh the rest of the play, kept the aud- ience titter'ng as much as did the acting of Arthur Byron aa the woman hiter. and O. B. Olsrenre as thi- nlet, and the bright lines anpplled by the anihor. T. Tamamoto. a Jap- anese actor, who played the Chinese cook, was tbe only other member of the company who had a role of any prominence, and be. too. brought ont plenty of laaghtec The two aettlaci aC tte pleee sbo» a rodlatfc ja«bt intarioc. aad an eqnally reaUsHc deck." tools IleFoe writes: "Sriiie Elliott prored beyond qa»^t'na. that, when properly cast, she need not depend holely upoo her marreloua bfMrty. Ber acting last night was delightfuL MfMrar. Jt was perfeetlj natnraL There •■MM t» be an attempt st dramatic effect, and yat ber work wm wonderfnlly effectlre." ■AAOCber critic nms on thus: "MIm Maxlite ■Uott dlsrorrrcd a new- English dramatic sn- tber to Kew Xorfc Ib FTsnk Stoytcn. Ineblent- ■ny. she cereoM bemaU aaew In eertala llfbt . come4r qnaVtlea o( tbe toaeb-and-gD order, and ■ bore aadlraro at Daly's gave creir Indiea- HOB of betag well pleaojd." _'Vbere Is not&lac to tteat arrloaly abont Mir. Staytwi's (kree. Tbe laietior Sax. Xkc antbor ba* been at nalna to niak* tbat draK Bat tbe Umo apokealv: tbe peopte of a omU coat ore tit .at sort put bcttbt. jM jkt ttlk. fa mm- CC poo- THE CAST. Mrs. Worthley. "Mrs. Dot" .. Freddie rerklna Miss Eliza .MacGiegor .. .. Gerald Halstsne .... !teme Mleacec OlisrlPR Mr. Wrtgbt .. .. M r. Bl xoa .. .. Q< .. .. B'HIe Bnrke .. Baal! Hal lam . .. Kate-Meek Jnllan r Estrange .. .. Fred Keir .. AafdenSsatoad .. Anoa Ueredltb k. UoiMI Oogartb r Wnr MocGiegcr .^BraeM CO ■ s o r t THE STOBT. Mrs. Dot, appropriately nicknamed by ber friends. Is In reality Mrs. Worthley, widow of a wealthy brewer, who baa left her the t'dy sum of £00,000 a year wltboot In- cumbrances. She Is yonag, beautlfal, sgn-e- sble. the type of Tvomao n ho speaks her mind freely, end baa a way with her. which. In tbe wHI^enlated cnstao of the thestre. la alto- getbfr Jimbtlbie. Oeiatd Halstane lotca ber. hat banrm on the brink of anaodal min. and Is too mncb of a man to propose nnder sa^ coodl- tlona. nowcTcr, little trifles of this sort can not deter Mrs. Dot. And so sbc praposea to h'm, only to learn that he Is pmnlsed to an- other Qlrl. hsTlDit suffered from a temporary wnthnental nradoesa. which time has not deep- ened <ir mode permanent. And msttert are not Immeillately helped by the sadden news that the dc-3th of a distant conaln, a peet, killed In "res him a title and illengrr. hitherto not ^_ i'm anit with faror. Mkes a AWOtsat ...virir of It aad withdraws roe ocorh oc a distant conali the Indian war, now giTes some m o i ie ilf. Ladr liellei Inclined josnd- Oofald'a t^kes a «mtsat ..-*inr of ■fbb^CMM.flipn la ntirke and her asooeiatsa can aot bopo to briHE It lo n groat degree of popaiarlty.** Tbe Times pola It thaa: ■■Heseral tblngs were proved at the r<)Teum Theatre lost nlghc one of Ihcm being that Mr. W. Somerset Maog- ham can thank bis lucky stars thst be was so fortnnate ss to hare .VIorle IV-mpest pisy Mro. I>ot orlg'nally. And It only goes to prore once again how very nuicb a rery good actress may do for a play. From the Lomlon accouuta one might hare Imagined tbat after a series of mi>re or less amusing trifles Mr. Mangham bad written a genuine eame>ly and a tine one. unt to call 'Mill. Dot a comedy ia to atrain a dell- I Itloa to the bfeak'ng point. With Mlu Temp- est lo Ita leading rote, howerer. the caanal ob- serrer migbt hara been deceived. The fact Is tbat from Mart to flnlsh Msrie Tempest Jumps at one from oreiT line and situation. It la easy In anderatand. at least, why the lAndon rerlewars aald that Mrs. Dot Btted her like a gloTc. A Tery snug, wltbout-the-sllghtot-sng' gesllon-nf-a-wrInk!e at It must have been, toe." Tbe Ainerlcau treats It brleOy: "Id Mrs. Dot Mlas Burke sets the psrt of s yonog and charm- ing willow. There wo* a good-slied crowd on baad to tild ber welrraneL aad Miss Burke re- -gelTod a datterlag racaptloa. Ia the eaat with OUSTIN FARNUM Mr. nmom, trttt |g ■ W ib rt ng Ma.r Buckley, has found CUN* SMf CM 0( tb* Mgiest successes of his career.. Ilkolv to Ko Into a decline If she loses Gerald. So sht invltt'S fvvrTbody conceriM*4l to her tUIs oa tl»e Thtiuit'M iitid iwts her wlt^ to work to Brmnge a match between Nellie sod ber nephew. Freddie Perkins; inctdenlally Gerald anuit become a bore to the girl; .aad dw to him. witb Lady acUenger clererv trickad Into belp- lan Mrs. Dot'a game aloaf.. . Aad a eoiy l a pf rt M* fMlor.'m^jMrijahene la tbe eraleal Hr. BMklnaop. wbo bereses that "no msn Is sate from a woman nntil be erts Into lUs care, and even tben a feminine worm Is aM to make a set at him." And who proves It ny beinic misled Into a belief that Mrs. Dot hss capltalated to him at tbe very moment when he hasn't the least Idea of being taken seriously, and doesn't believe the thing Is possible. It Is Mr. Kerr who plsys this role, snd he is a comedian whom It lis a pleas- nra to welcome back to New York, an actor w>tb a geiraine sense of humor, and a deft, au- tboritatlTe touch, to give quality to tbe role be acts Instead of merely taking ererythlng from the role, as so maiv actors do. . Hcia Mr. Kerr is the cjmlcsl maa at tho «Mld< oot the napleasint cynic, bat tbat easygoing."happy Indlrldual who can not be taken by atttprse, has s bnmorons outlook upon life, sod makes the best of It wherever he happens to be. And at that it Is cslled a thinly spnn plsy. Says the World: "Mrs. Dot Is one of those Ihlnly spun little plays of which London seemed never to tire. It was the 'means of dlnch'ug W. Somerset Msuebam's popnIsTlty on the other side of the occsn. but even In London, vdiere It ran a year. Mlas .Tkmpest wss prsc- ticaUy tho .whoia.'BMlRt-fta bt: rongb-and«aa4r Htfm- taccC* it't* cess. - -, .' "Actnally It la a olretcb of dialogae daeoratad with obvloasfar pramed'tatod cplgraau wUeb are used to elotbe the simplest of plots.' It Is not even elcrerly put together, altbongh the bneslness of tbe talk generally diverts atteo- IbM from tbese Imperfections. It Is polite to V aad with a better (natal cast Jllas Burke are Basil Ballam, Kate Meek, Julian rEstrange, Kretl Kerr, Annie Ramoad. Amie Meredith, A. Lionel Hogarth, lidgnr Mc- Gregor. Bmest Cosoirt, P. E. HcOor and Mtl- dreil Barrett." Tlw Tribune agabi dllbwaBy la thto. wtse: "Miss B'llle Bnrke Is worth loOMng at snd listening to through an entire erenlng. What- ever tbe play, whatever her part, she lemslns the prettiest, most fascinating yonog creature on tbe stasc. There la wltcliery In ber voice and In ber e.ves, grace In her movements, cbsrm In her dslnty ways. And so the public holrls ber In a kind of adoration, caring lesa what she plays in sn«1 bow she plays Jt than for the opportunity to behold bar srtfnl lovcllnrsi glld- Inn and wbeetll'ng oi tbe stage. In so fsr as this she Is Irresistible. Her triumphs sra those of s rare personality rather tlian a mre art. And yet she la an artistic Utile crratttra, richly eqnlpped br aatora w<lb oetfy saaentlal sttribote of a caoMlr. actnoa, 'tha baa •foiy> thing eseeptlax what tlma aad hard work will giro her—cxperleoee; abe has an Ibe rapacity, hot too Utile of tbe training. 8be was made a star too yonng. and sOie seema lo go on tier oivn w.iy unchecked, nngnlded. acqn'rlng man- mirisniB under the high snn of public favor." BAGfiiJD ROBIN AT THE ACADEMY. RsKged Robin .. . Andrew (?rattan Mantaret Qrattsn . Sbeelah Orattan .. Martin Rarer •• •• Jean Darey .. .. . I^ntj I.anlf;.m .. .. Beth Meehaa .. .. Shaun Casey .. .. Barney Btley .. .. Casejr BaU'ran .. . Itatby. the botplst Meg MnnnlnK ... . Be«s lii'ey i. . Mary, the b^iiat'f WUtrf Ilia* WcQ « :it.. Obanncey Olcott .. Mark I'rlce ^. .. Bow Curry .. ..Lottie Smith ,, Oerome Edwards Magila Foy . .. Andrew O'Nell .. .. Josie Claflin .. George Brennan Charles L. New-ton .. ..Wllllsm Jonea ,. Jno. B. Gaspiro i. Cbsriotle Smith -- Msy Mnrley Alice Farrell ~ BiaMH>ir THE STOBY. The play deals with folklore and leg- en<Is of Irvlanil, with the scenes laid st Innl- shsnnoo. Bagneil Itobln (Mr. Olcott), who bos been dlslnbrrltrd by bis fsther, becomes a n'snilorlng lulnatrel, famed for bis lovable na- ture and good Tolce. He aleeiia under the apple blossoms near the falnr'a well In tbe gardeo of Andrew Orallaa. The falitce frolle wb'lc be dreams. Be awaktna at onn-npi drtoki fram the well, and pasara -oa, Itoglog aa iriib ai»f. He awakens the dangbter o( Iba boaaebeld. Mar. Ksrct Grstian (Boae CanvK who also drinks from tlir welt. AcfonUbg ni the Ifgeod, aba will msrty the msn sfter whom she tastes the cup. for tills Is the lOlh of Msrch. Bobln returns with the village folk, and to Ibe arcotnpanlmeDt of harp and violin he sings The Eyes that Come from Ireland, and «iulte wins tl»e heart of Margaret, although she Is betrotbrd lo Martin Daicy (Oerome Ed- wards). Uobla la aboat to paaa ca whoa Uari caret bids bla uar> Ho lemaia* t* wotft ca the lann. Uarsaret taanlca Marlla. C^jr^ba baa given her wofd. wJ<hes to Join tbe two SnmH Ilea their dispieaanre in goes hark to tbe read. A famine follows this loveless marrlsge: Martin dies; tbe Grattana lose their money and go away to work In the peat bogs. Boblo'a father becomes recoociled. and Bob'n becomes a knight. He leturns to InnlKhanDon and learaa. of the poverty snd departure of his cmcthcait. ..WUIa he sleeiw In the old Inn thr fahr itoM limii the well snd tella Mm lo fallow Che wlil-«*-tbe-wlsp. He dteoecs la hto- nWnstrel clothes and follows the falry'a Tlica tlnn. and Is rewarded by Hading his amNt* berrt, whom tie takes sway to marry. Says the Tribune: "Tbe whole bomao race hss believed In fairies at one time or another, and ererj Indlvldnsl bss pssscd througb thst deUghtful stage of childhood when the little people of tbe sir bsve been very real. 'Were It not so, BUS Johnson Young and Rita Olcott would not have writtea Boned Bob'a. the mantle Irlab drama la VMS GhaaaMf . OMtt piraacs a laita andlcata ats-Ba'MMMHr.-«t Music." And tbe World has: "Doobtlaat there ai* mnr gtmler actors aad alaiets thaa Chaaaeegr Olcott, aad greater plays tbsa the olmple sad rather pretty faliy story derlsed by BIda Johnson Yonng and Mrs. Olcott, but there aia few In the rity who have been more heartily enloycd on the occasion of their flrst nresrnts- llon here. Uobin meets his true love, Msrsarct Orslt^n, MiKingh the fairies snd tlielr mystic well, snd imvlng remained fallbfu) to ber through many Ticlaslludra, wins her once more by their help. ".Mr. Olcell's rolee woold not give nnch pl«>anr« to an aadloDco at tha Haahatlaa or the MeBopdltaa, bat it had a Brmpatbellc tpt^iity last Bight la acna of tha lUtlag melo- d'es wbivii he saof to the aeeeovaalmeat of a harp and flddle thai wM Itb w»f late lb* h««its of most of his aadltaww ■caw at thsao anaga YOnNG TDRK COMES. On January 31. Klaw and Erluiviur presented Max Bogers lo Tbe Yoong Turk, st the New York Thestre. A story of Interest and a conalatent plot form the fnaodatlon upon which Tbe Young Tnrk Is bu'lL It Is In two seta, tbe flrst st Arrwwliesd Inn, snd the second la the audience ehamlier of the Snllan'o palace ilii Constsntlno- pie. Tbofo art tare haakein, one hss s son (Mn ltamfB),M Ma odhcr a daughter (Violet MeMniaol. Tbo^wMs oC' one of the bankets (Mande naymood) raaa away to Parla. takhit her daagfaler alooK. There n* rooac Mkp meet and fall In lots. One of Ibebaakers has been cnslodisn of tbe Sullsn's crown Jew- els, which he has used ss the fonndal<«o for msklng a fortnne. He la supposed to bsve died, leaving Jnstmetions for the Jewels to be relumed. -Qd for his widow to msrry his partner, the other bsnker. The pl«y opens st Arrowhead Inn, where the supposedly dead banker, who haa disappeared to try and lead an honest life. Is serv'og In the caiwelly of a waiter. Hie mother anil deniHiter are Ibere, sUo the boy and a Turkish reTolatloolst. who is plotting to obtain the Jevrels. Ttm banker Is ready to sail with the Jewels lo CoBSiant'BOple todeilTcr " Sultan, and the hay 1 ' same yschi, he being Jewels to be delivered t. .w,.„ their use. The Jewels chaore to be kept to n receptacle similar to one boMIng diabes at the Inn and In the departure's excitement, the dishes are tsken and the Jewels left with tho waiter. From this situation msny laughable and interesting InrldeatR ilevelop at the Sul- tan s palace nnUI everythlug Im happily worked out lo the end. HERE AND TIIERB ON BBOADWAY. Joaeph B. Whltingr. a well-known setor playing with Tbe White Sister Company, died last week. ♦ ■ Maurice Levi, "the Afagnrtlc." was a aur- nrlsing hit at tlie CMiimMa last Sunday night.. Tliere nrc bsnds and bands, snd other hands- hut N9W York votee nnanlmously for Levi. ■ ♦ ■ ■na' Paetaaa Ranter enutlnnes big at tbe ♦ Borlba Kallch has Joined tbe Mew Theatre forces. , Tbe company will go on tear brglnalag la i-Aprtl. ~*~ —' "— ••" I ready to sail with the t auppoeed . toMra the to the. rrvotatloalats (Or William collier' baa been engaged nn alaga msnager ftr • Bcw play for Battle WII1Uhm>