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6 raMniARv m itNL THE WEEK IN NEW YORK MiR Klaw ElndMset Tjlcket Speculating on Gigantic Scale—Sothem and Marlowe Score at Academy—^A^deOm- ¥m!th.¥vsit tlL y^ latjewptiiig Gowip on Broadway "" WHEBB THERE'S A WILL.- _ ^ _ ■eti. (dapted from the FlaaCf't^^MMzle* CuBpbell. Weber's naatM. Mis. Cknutock .. LneU. Moore Ssrcb Isabel FrrD j emr I'aallne .. Bdpurd Daraod MIn WilMu IknecM UrrlaMc* , M. S'jMra -Snan L^V'' ^. .. .. W. a. Sollrr ~ — ■ ' rtte ~ a. ' ased sixty-two >wt dM. UMt ]•■« bis roans wire tX 000 Oa»-«t iMat ate tbongbt he haiL onlll bar - lawTcia railnl la Bad Ibe a r c ood wliL Ae-. canllDK eo bis Best srill. wblrh was made befm he oanM tbe aemod Iba. Dexter, h'a propvrtx vas to so to Potta- •ia au . Pa.. prorlilMl be died witboat laaoe— Wbleb waa tbe eawe. -' CKHplioa SkUmore. to wboqi Mrs. Dexter •ved 9101X1001 was detmnlned tbat i4ir aboDld lakartt the estafcs and be tried to brlos abnat a. ■Mcitace hHwm Mis. Hester aad Winiam ttMV. -la tkc ki«h that .ra cattalK ham . h aa d ii d dsya after tb» *atli eFSCr. Dealer. and Edward H. Sothm In ShakesiieaTeaa char- aeten at tbe Amdemr ot Moalc. Itttj hMTc aeted so manr times tbere tbat tbelr enaace- nent* can no looser be tesaided aa sapplrias a DOTeltjr, hot tbrlr art is lo floe that It Derer l«ees Ita frecboesa or appeal, and tne eeteetn In whicb tbrr are beld by tboasands of planniiTa sraa prared as>lo last nlgbt at their entiuee, wfacB_ tteigteat.hooae was picked to *Thi> WM'- m a n e and Jnllet. " Of Mlas HailnwcVWct ft m«£ be laiil without besi- tatlen tbat It Is the finest embodiment of the rbJiractiY alsee tbe. dax* of Slazy ABdefBOO." Tbe Tribooe- baa 'tbe followlos: "Mr. Sotb em's Borneo Is somewhat lacklns In romaotlc imlrlt. Mr. Sothem's coDOtenaQce Is not mo- bile. It has a fixed end rooted slifTnew. which detiacta from his elTorta to portray the deepl.^ fllrmi emotlone. bnt bis Tolce Is od« ot the best on tbe contemporaiy stase. and for tbe moet part be knows lunr to nae It. l^ere Is a settled melaadMir OB thla Borneo, eren In hia first enermnter with' Jnllet. and eren In the halfony aeene. ythm; it erer the dlaplay of a tbe plar slaply as "Kiddle"—the OMMtas child oC aa unftiitu nate woman aiie act wfeca lo I'arts some yean before. Tl>e m ya teH— PBtemlty of tbU cblld. whore blitory "Kraok" hat nerer rerealeO. fnra'fihrs a K*o<lal In the hooKe, the amjniplloa l>elna tbat be In the «>a of "Prank" hrraelf and Malcolm nackcll. a oewcpaper pnbllyher who I« In lore irltti ber and wbo rlslts ber fimneatly. Tbe smolder- lac. aranlal Is tanaed Into Ossae by a etaaer who Is Jesloos ot "rtaak." and whov la spite ct rerence, calla the atteatloa oC tbe eatlic Brbemlaa coterie to tbe strlUas leacaUaaee ■aetween "Kiddle'' aad Maieolia. It Is alaioat nefdicas to say tbat "FTaak" hecself Is en- tirely abore reproacb. In tbe final scene, de- sijtte tbe STostrst temptnrlona to fnraake ber pr=nclpl-s, "rrank" remains steadfast to ber creed that a man is no less re<po(tslbIe for tUs actions than a woman. In :iddUIon to Mr. Rlchmao. who api>eara as Kaicotm Gaakeli, the ccmjiany sapportlns Mlas Uaonrrlns l-wlodea Bntb BsaeicBBlt. Hden O i laslwe . Joba Sslnpolls, titm Cua' Artbor Bertbelet. and -Xaik ~ mji V* I ■ad that the child misht he palmed off. as 'Bexter's sod salUfy tbe reqniMnrnt of tlie ■kvnrh law tliat be did not die wllhant lasne. Jfnt why Mr. Skldmore was so tmcertaln of sett Ins his mooej was Dot made clear, for nndrr the New Tork law tbe w'fe would bSTe b*-en eolitled to ber dower ioterest in tlie es- tste. snd sbe woobi bare been abnndantly able to ps7 a tlO.000 claim ont of a fTSO.OOO share IB the prafwty. Jiercrtheleaa. _ Mr. Skldmors Into t be . found that tiie happy roaple were fltst roat'aa. How- erer. h^ton be rvcorered fnim that dtsap- polntmeat tbe fln^ wm was fooad. and Potts- town was l>-ft with a lesacy of flOO. . Bays ooe critic; "Ttum Isn't much occasion to speak at sny lenstb of tbe farce pntdoeed at Weber's Theatre. It Is of the French kind, made orer. and most people hsre se<'a this ae of thins attempted la the pant go often ir. ' • **" ^^.?'??^^'r??'^ "In Its original wrUk -Flvaek aelaes. Saranlt and Chaimy^ Cucc, I/bfaat Dn VIrarle, was pnibahiy ytty ftaany. PSt one tbins. the GsiIIc sndlence Tiew these tb'mcs differently fmn otxr own. and for another In rr>'DCh. scton play tbem so as to emithaslse the hsDor snd minlmlxe offense. liriu ml- saillr Is considerably In eiceos of faa. aad ci«a (or psnpla srho are lojk'oc for soshIMk AnrMas that la likely lo piore fataL "Vr. Jlaoilee Caawhatt calls hi the '^^SSS^liSan^^ hat with siirh slow-tiDoled tmtinrar^ it feere. tte lesnlt Is not worth the trouble of walllait tliroacb three acta. "Tbe best art'ns In ttte piece Is prorlded by Stephen Maley. s dry snd Datnral comedian, who may senerally be depended on to do some- thlns Interestins If siren half a chance. Tlie atheiK. Inrlndlns HUm Msy Bnck1>>y. wbo ss^ps nd^miTSles most nnpleasanlly. labored for tbe ' Jjsrt with more strennoosnuas than cotnlc K B. a OTHK By AND JULXA KABLOWE AT THE ACADE3CX OT MUSIC. Esraloa. .. .. .. .. .. EHe Blind ,^n1s »^ .. .. .. Albert Howam 'Jloatasaa .. .. .. .. Malcolm BcaAey Oapdet -. John Taylor Aa old aian .. .. .. .. .. .. Uiwrrace Byr* Borneo .. .. .'. .. Mr. Socheia Mevrario .. .. ^. .. ... VMcriai Lewto BrnToUo .. JMa llaaike Snlilraa ^halt .. .. ... ..'.^ .. ^rdacT Mather Rlar Lanrcnea .. .. .. ^. 'Winians Harris Bsltllaser .. Frederick Brisnd ftampson France Beodtsen Gre^mj ., .. P. j. KeUy .. .. .. . Boland Boekstoae .- Prsnk Mscsratb Mslcohn Bradley Bioadl, KoDdl end Aat^aed lady ItsatsiBa 4.' SOas BItsaheth Valeatfae I.rdr Chalet .. .. .. .. Mha Alma Kraser Allet Mlsa Marlowe narse Enxenis - WooHward to Paris Miss Katber'ne Wiuon CItlscns of Verona, kinsfolk of both hooves. Snards, wstcbtneD and attendants. Ms sk ers Mi«>ei> Wflimn. Depay sod Bealy Psses .. .. Misses Prallck. Xxrwis snd FraUdc One writer nays; "Time has aoft- eiKd and mellowed Mr. Sotbem*s work, and last nisbt lie played tbe ardent, sincere snd Sallant lorer. tbe Tlolent and bitter dnellst aad the dtsnaasht and ben'ft bnalund with Mlaa Marlews 'was the mtle It. jawJ l» ba r .aatliy aaiSeBce. _ balcaax. aane hroasht rolnmea ..«E applanse. as did the Uf t f of the fins] act h the tomb ot tbe Cbplfts. Mr. Soth- cn snd Miss Bfsriowe were eaOed tiefore tbe •cnrtals times without anmber. Their honors store shared In s desree by Prederiek l^wls. wbo played Mercnrio; John Maurice Suiliran. wbo 'was Tybalt, aad Mn. Bafeaia Wonlwatd, wbo played tbe nmne. The ■ ■« a i fc-..«< Albert Bowson, wbo pls.Ted Etnli^ waa'aa. llM w«rt~ aC rooaieodatloo." ~ aaja: "B* «Nat at the a sreater ' a aa iaaUs a «f pleas- tlar aaahar aC petsoas r lOaa JbOa yiiliwi THE PRINCE OF BOHEMIA. IB Iba Iiav : sallant and romantic spirit were eslled for, this most be tbe nrcasion ot youtbfol ferror. Mr. Sottaera's Romeo does not t>e;ln to arouse himself and Interest tbe spectator nntll the scene In which be dlspatcbea T>balt to bis fstbers. snd then he rises to real pon-er. "Miss MarIow>-'s Jnl'et lias lost none of ber cbsRn. One ventures to ssy tbat in tbe potion' scene she is one of .the aioat sitlatteally salla- tyfns ct tbe JvUcta oC tbe laat qaarter U a centnrr. This aeaaa la oaDallr dreaded hr the lodinoos becsose almoat ereiT a cttnas rsats Id It. snd tears the a'r and a^la the can of hearen. But Miss Sbtlowe icmiwrs all with a jfloe discretion. Her potion scene Is toochlns. not- terrifylns; conrlDclnjr. not refiellant. 8ne coneelTes it and enacts It in tbe risbt way. Her hulcfnT- Meoe Is one of maiden witchery aind tremor." I. MABr MANNEBIMG BJCrOBKS. Miss enss: A MSB'S World: Tbe theme of A Maa'a W«M BHir be warn- marized as tbe diefereoce to the metal staad- anla popnlarly iwcrlbed to ttie mascollne snd feminize sexes. Miss Crothars. wbo will lie remembered by New Torfcers as tb^ sntbor of The Tbree of Os. baa so eanstmsted ber play ss to show this dlstiortloo spp*icd to the sctiulltles of eTer7-«lar --Jtlstence. Tbe entire setloo cf the pisy takes place in tbe different apartments of a kind of stnd'o- lod^ins honse in New York City of tbe type Inhabited by artists, ainslclaBS and literary folk. MliM Manierlns playa tba ash aC a nor- ellBt. who wTltea imd- ' " " "Fiaak Ware" aad w» I aa abe baa to settlement work annns *[,** arba la a firm bel'erer In laida for man and woman. aa h« am a ntlla bv jkaewa to PLAKS AXD BKWB OP THK 3IBir TBBATBK Director Ames announced the plans of the New Th--atre. aoil tbe balance of tbe plays to be prcwnted the remainder of the season, wh'ch will end the latter part of April. With tbe clc^lnft nf the plajhooso the entire company will make a aprlac tonr. wblcb wtu open in Bostm aad dsae Is Gklease. aad wtU ii^Bde PmvldeBee. Hartted. Mew Ha- sea. Phlladt^phla. BaltlaMte. Waahlastoa. P'ttahars. St. I^ls and Kaanss CItr. In tbe ccder aamod. The new additions to the le ii e ilu l i e are The Witch, which will haro Its premiere MoiMlsy erenlitit. February 14: Sister lu-atrlce, by Msnrlee Mseterl'nck. torelber with a fonrth act of Ibsen's Brandt; Beetboren. by Ueno Prnnchols. snd Sbakefpeare's A Winter's Tale. TiM'ee plsys will complete the twclre pnHluc- tlnos the New Theatre set oat to make durl'>i; Us twenty-IWar wtAtf srsaon. together with tis Irile aaaraa. !tbe total ntimber of pro- daetioaa wfll be (aaulj -two, so sTcrase of aboot .aae a wack.'- BMw ■iaIHM ia s 'Mfeade Btar ta three acta. It has hsaa slrea witb aacersa ahcoad. tint haa nerer been p rodneed here, fbr the New Tlv>atre's pres-ntallon, the play haa bt transposed Into bisnk verse, snd will tie siren a mnslcal accompaniment and ancb scenic fea- ttrres as sre Dtilce to the mystlc'sm of tbe (Ircma. The plry Is based on a medieval I"s- end, tbe atnry of which U fimlllir tbronnh Tlie Non, a ballad by John Davidson, sail tbo poorn r,*jrena Provence, by Artelilde Anne rroclor. Marterllnrk'a draau. bowercr. Is based on the orislaai::Dattfe analaa aC iba tela, la hr^f. the ataor' hi .UMt aT Blrtu B s atrl ce . a naa soppaacd. iBbafB beta aa laaiali at a c aa iiat near Loofala la Ibe t MrtH Bl b eentnry. Be- canse of her lave for a man, aha reoonnces her Id. As she a( the .yBHa Katr deso-ada from Ita pedaatal aad In liie fcsh snd blood takes sp tbe doties of Slsirr Bestitee, for whom stie Is mistaken by t'je onns. Yean later. Sister nestrice, worn (■ by the sins ot tlw world, retiima to ae. k fur- fClvenesa. aad tbe stalite resutnirs ita plac^ -jn Ibe pedestal. Tbe penitent sister It told tbul <ibe bts oevvr left the convrat, Uiit such a \<c- lief on ber part Is merely s delo^oo. aoa sbe keeps ber s tu e t to ber dasllu Th« moral ot the plajr la ealiaalaed la tha Uit Uat. which tcad. "Ood pardOBS alaa done wllhuot hatred. There la no sin facstvcaess does nat. tench." The fonrth act of Bnodt Is the epltoaw of tbe entire pit}', which has nev>T been dooe hi-re and baa soidom been performed abroad, on-ini; lo lu sreat lenstb. Even the fourtb act Is new to Aaerlcs. It Is s complete vpi. sode in Itself, and Is described ss morlDs sod poetic. Ic has been freqncntly SK-rfonnt?d us tbe Continent aa • tgrepicca to some other drama. . - - A Wlotn's Tale ttn.'bB faaiiMM- «B a frp- lica of Sbake ai iea i afa .awa ataaa. c aasliB U sa tar tae New Tbeatn ob aoatewaat aarel llacs. The prcsrBtatiCB. bowercr. will dlifer from what la oanally kaewn aa the Kllzabetban re- vival, and llsB been prepared after s stndy of tlie remits of reaesrcb made by acbolan all over tbe world. Beccntly several Imtortint dlf^orerles bsve been made cooceminr the presentation of Sliskespearean plays dnrlos ttir time of tbe bard, and these will be Iskro ad- vanlaec of. Unlike the Bra Oivet prulnciluos. the play will not be s'ven witboat - arcnery. Shake<veare Indicated scenic lavestltore by filsdtt^ properties on the Inner - stsse, show- ns thereby what he wished to reptraent. For Inetance. Peontes' Psiaee. In Act L. ia Isdl-. CMted In an entirely dlffennt manner from tlsr Sbeph-rd's Cottase in Act IV. The Shaken pearesn stsee Is constmrted of carved oak snd buns with tspestrles. the most of tbe iu-.-nes belns sbown on tbe inner stasc itself. Tbe ooter ttas'* Is what Is known as tbe apron. This will project out Into tbe snd- lence. Ri did the stares of Ibe Olehc, Pac- tuoe. Hoi>e and other tocstres of ~ dsy. AltojetbiT it will bo Inilmste than the modem stsse. or Iba iOar' rfiislfal" lawtaetlaas. Aataar aad Cleopatra win aat he In the leperto're. No play wIU be sl*<n twice In any city where the company remains ooe week, as It Is Ibe Idea of those In eharse to pres -nt as many plays In a siven city as pore'ble. Where ttie couHMoy remslos more tbao a week, sever- al of the pliys will be glreo twice. The the- atre baa received reqoesta from many cities en route that tbe eooipany stop olT aad alee pertormaaces. Whether tbrsr reaarsta esB he caipH«* baa aot beea detttaUaid. MUwaabce la partlcniatir aaslaBB la bate The Hew Tbeatie OMapaay lat* plays, aad Ita drama leasne has writtca ta sarcrtaia >f It Is possible for tbe ctnapaar to give at least one ptsy. Amons the plsys tn be lakea on toor are dtrife. The Ntscer. Beethoven. Sis- ter Beatrice, Don, Ttie Witch, and The Cot- tase la tbe A'r. and tbe classics. Twelfth N'cht, The School for Brsadal sad A Wlatts'a TalB. ha i«te ar Mwla la Twelfib jUcbt, at' the ICew Tb en ti e. was Jaat akaot la oa tbe robe de nail aad dait IMm her di i aslag room oa tbe fourth floor «f Ibe stage abta she discovered to her cna- stemstlon that her costnme had disappeared as completely aa Iboaab It bad l>e<-o swallosred by the Paris flood. Slsnals of dislrrsa brooiihi a score of feminine consolers, tocether with the mnch-besartered Malvol'o In the person of tiswald Yorke. Ur. Torke olftmd tbe nlsbtle be wpdrs In the (boot scene, hat It was of strictly masrnPnc cot. and nofeovcr It pret^ mnrb Hfaccd aU Maria. BveB aa a aafesMtt It was a aad (einmeolsry aa aOL aad;]!!* Pasl»y diararfllns It as h l a Hl a g eallF ba- pr.salMe. eslled tor help. At this crttlcsl Josc- tnr^ s|ipFstcd ranonrcefui sId In Ibe person nf one Joe Doddy. p tuiie Hy man snd the tbeaire'* all-sroand aide-de-camp. Doddy boasts nu- merous locsl acquaintances, sinons tbem • rblnese Isnndry expert on 0>(ambos .%veone. knosm ss Hop Sins. Into tbe ear of Hop he nonred Ms tale ot tr<balalloo. and when he bad banded orer a tvro-doIUr Irfll be sraa pto- Tided with a gaaae-llke aaelnraal creation snrb ss asMaa oaeea tba. Um la l Bi .fcwa. W waa saiked M. IL. aai Om bbbst. Sac nU.. exiMled It la the m oealn s. Theas«see R mast he proBulU' rituraad that 'It ■'«bt be re- lanadrnd. Ibna waa ne perfaraaaca saved, aad It la qalle Ukely tbat the. tmatfM M. S- ts ast jat aware that aba laa d im U B U F-aMe* the Sew XhcatiB tea maw If «( «MfMV dIatieM. . . "V -- AMERICA TO 8BB ORAXTBCLEB. CharlM Frohtnan, tatat nIsbt (Mon- dayl annnaaeed bis drdslos to duidlcste the present- Par's prodnctlon of Chantpt-ler, pro rtnrlni Ibe play In New York, Btiston snJ Chlrsso next ttitoo. Mr. Frolunsn has secnmt the rlshls to Chsnteder, for the Easllsh wesk Inr world. In sssodstlon with llerts sod Co foelln. ar the Ferta Balat Mania Tb^lre^ aria. Tbo BlBr. aa-Wadaftd la the prtnclpsl rlllea if iMllllii nbr r VliT '- be trans- faited by Williuafl Baaiaails aaa. wbo haa si ready tamed sasM af bis father's earlier works into stace t ai Bivllsb verse, sotshly Le> Bomanesqnes and h» Pi l a t ts s e Lolntalno. Tlie first perfofnaocn of Chanteeler la Kob llsb Will be fiven In New Tork. acted entlrel> by an American cast, bot with Ibe prodocllon rosttimea and scenery made In Paris nf il"- prewnt Pnria prodnctlon. Wherever tbe pis} win be prodneed not only jn ensrmoos •nc"!'' win he required, bat the. Derforaunces wlU ae eeaslute ss weii a iii H sd ad- ab^ ■■«sk a *^r. pr« p ara I loo. dnrlas has* to ba closed. -la caainaatlen ot Ibe au— — -_- . Mntsder, last alsht. Chatlaa (OMtlaaad oa paga 41.)