The billboard (Feb 1910)

6 rrid Billboard FEBRUARY JMrn.- THE WEEK IN NEW YORK Tk^WitdialtlieNeW^^ BeckDeiii^dw$IOOPlate Cririniini Soriwrn nd MMtowe CbBtmne ^Big Fi»oritei Miitin 1dan Td Visit Ma^1>e--Hai^ m WITCH.—A draiu in fonr leU. br H. W * » f Jrimiro. mdaptcd bf " Xfe> Xmr — tmnh Drma OUvrr Ooaijr WMIIork Uwlvr Uabrtrl nawtbafM Ma^cr Ab9«dIoiii * Tbf Tuim CuojtCabI* May|i*r l*ntDHm .. JoMliiui Korlm Calfb Con-y .. .... .. Gooilr Cix-brrrll NalbiDlfl r«xter .. O. lianlrr Itrramter xmm , ». Bcrtba KalMi .. Eblf KMm .. CbarlM BalMr .. .. Jolla Blanc . Got Itatea Text .. Bcfi Joho-toa ■.. WllfrUl Norlb Aibvrt Dma'ns . .. W. J. Locke .. .. Vlclor Joboji MaiYar^t Fwxvleljfti V. llaanam Clark CfCll Yapp WUlUm McVa> Portngiiese to an eliWrly New f.mmif M an of wltehtm. ~ m iKt la t» hcirre las aim tiratii. Tbv <i|H'iilns; s:en» ol the play Is laid In tbe dcorysril of tbe bouse of tbe mto'liter. Abaaloni Hnfrthonif, wLere Oooilj Wliltlock. an oM baE. wkx n-fuKt* wbeii acniMil by Tillage pir- amtors of Ix-los a wltrta. Shp befoi tbe mln- Hter** wife Juan, to mtc ber. and vben tbe jmag woman irtnm. abe di-clanv Ilia I Joan's own nratluT liail brrn In Inienp wlib Satan, bat wcaprd pbndrat inmiidimrut brramw ot Ab ' A« teilkM^ AlUMMCh aba " IB CaMwtnl.'aaA m Ike Miflida aad aaor. Atsalam la latar ardMrt br bla fellow dl. •iwa af liaTiiv I<Kt h*« (aailmc sa a witch flortrr nul barlBX pniti and anag «o loodlr tlut tlie caofendoBa of Ooodr Wta'llork wera dmwo<-d br biM oam valce. Tbeae accoaatlona ooaerra Alw^l'ifa. and iie admili to Joan tliat botb tba aren>«tlaiiii ot tbp mlD'atet* Hnd tbe bi<ncnl witrb ara trnr. The raatlaatloa tbat ber mi>iber pn^'^w in -d aaaaisaX powera arofiaea in Joan'a blind tl<F nbqilr'nn tbat some of these powera ban^ ttfea Inberlteil bj> ber. hoiI atmoet na- cwr l a i idr aba brsina to teat .ttmn. tm tMb tt Mm ban aadr rTi*M Ibst Xm to IB IH* «M M»mamrm an. OabiM. a MbBi I jaaqr mmu .af btr nra ace. to aarb an •xtMM tbat hnth Iiaaa o ian oi u e tbF*r OMral arrnplea. Inan flUeil wltb tba tboo^ Ibat tba mar be a witcb. wllla Gabriel to mar to t»r in ihc- mMilTe nf tbe n'pbt. and be a;>peani. One da.r. (Inii la Atwalonj's abM>Qre. Juan In ttle pi^M-nre of Gahrli'I. wiRbi-a ber old ka^band de^d. A fi-w momenta later Absalum apmia and N*ip. her forjrfrene*a for bavluic nuirrinl ber and stolen her yonth. Joan refnuea to tot* t'n Mm. and In a torrent of rase te-la bin of bar latv Ibr Ma aa> and of tbeir raUtlai<. and br wMtaic bar bnahand dead. TIm- idil ■aa. aflHr«cd arftb brart dliwaae and rxtunatrd It a bmt row anow the bay. dies at her feet BIBiaay before her wlith la apoken. atrtrken by bla death. Joan, w'th Oa- ivfa Ticll that nliclit hy the old oian*k te fUlowlBS momlng the nelsbbora l>PKln 'ta wmaMp and wben Ihej an* ariKtoed afmna A b a al a w -a bodr. Caodwlte AMealU tbe a'a- motber acrnta-s Joan of mn'r death. She demanda tbat tbe laaajE man pat ber band on tlte dead aiaa*a bnui. and swear hy "tbe test ot toocbblB.** tbat tbe clirrce Ih nntrae. Joan. tieretofoR* alOHWt pai^ al.rzr<1 by fright, now cornea forwaitl. and wltb ber hiiml on .\b!<.i]oin*a Irnnr. coifeMva tbat the elMrTi-a are tme and tbat she la a witrli. Tb* Inferenre that Joan will be hanged ia left wben tbe rnrta'n falb<. 8t.T« tbe Times; "People who go to t** Tlie Witch at the New Theatre will protubljr rtrme iwa.r M.vlng It la a grim play: It certalnlj lan't what nn.T nne wojld deitt ribe aa a drama of eon tern porn leons bnm.in Infon-jtt. Ami. one man rery aptly remarkeil. If thia was the wax tiieae people "went on,' no hooiIit Ibey wrrr dr'aen oat of Enalaiul. It ia even more «*ltalB wifb thia axklMI la mlml ttal Hilem. HbaaaebaaetM. IB MS wsaaTt (SacOr a rbeer- M aart of jitm. Bat. thni. as mnarked an- •tber man wboae anrentora ilred In Salem. It Teasaloa to be n to» e d tbat even In tb«>^ early ^hjr the 8'ilemttea went aliont rnnt'nnally with han^t-doe faeea. qnorlnc Srrlptnre ad lib., and enoopla? ont witcbeit from erery bc^lae and bn-«h. Which aetve* to n-mlnl that there waa chwrfnlneM at leaat In tbe openlDK pirtnr*. a bro«d eTpan»«" of New Knpland land^raiie In aprfnc time, n-itb the apple treea In bl«Mim a beantjfnl sansblny scene, painted by nomer Emena. "After tbat II>e pletiirra Trere more In vhad- ow. eanille-IIrhted l-iterlora w'th pmoiij* of dmrea half In iight, half In gloom, aa he- flttetl tbe more or 1e«a hen'itlitrd net of i>-opIe of the atury. Pletrirranneneaa the plar at Iowa, and as maeb waa attained In the Ifxllrlilnal and " Keanal performance. Bnt to say that a waa erer any tme aen*e of lilna'on. that ■ play ha^ any erlp or bold, would be to go the facta. **na artliue. like tbe play. >a blcbiy rol- '«bML Snaa kal*efe itpnerally Mns raibrr pie- bBMM. aad'aiagrtBic nwMly la a rrin Miaicea- Hw *t tkr trre ntber tbin tbe Orrm tl- «>aer. At tiBHa brr lalea te barab and alrManl:' at aMeia. aad aMta often. It baa a p>ral>ar befl- nfee taae tbat |c<aes almoat rrefrlblac lars—In lier way of aayins it. a Mirf of alis- •onic art'drlal qnailty. Paaaloo abe exfimavs with dne waratb anti the terror of the wtunan. the Fndilcn paevlnjt of her facnlt'e^. and tlia bnrhlci miitterlnpa of a mind d'"<-««eil. she dellrerwl with good theatrical elTi-cl. IJke ber. BMut ot tbe otbeni play. In a aort ot ex> alM fccr. ■ atjia igwiaHii, mt "M'ts Jolia Blanc zires color tod intention to her role, and Mlas Tbala L.awton Is vlgMrtioa' ly eflTerilve In bera, tbousb srandmotber'a voice ■eema atransly Arm and jtmtbfiil. Mr. JiMiii- auo. In a m«t talkattvn rain, and Ur. Bmnlnc. s«r pS ir%W7^£L'.^.! Uc Onr Batea PmrB^^aM ■aMaSoe aMbod made lilm BMm like a person from anolber world, ai»d sometblna out of place, tbenefotc. But bis la a bad part at lieat. "Mr. SicVay'K waa decidedly tbe beat aetlnc performances of the nlsht. It seemed a pity tliat lie had to so bo aoo3. The Tribune: "Mme. Kallcb appeared wltb tbe New Tbeatre company Moodiy nigbt in a new play, calleil Tbe Witch, a work of Norwe- gian orijEla and Kew Knglaial ada p tation. Per- tbe emotional demands upoo lier role Increased. Iler cbarartrr of the eoloolal (ood wlte sica oMidera arltb ber." SOXBnU! AKU MARIiOWE IN or XBB SHBSW. cunao Hftpttota •* Vliird*^Io • l*ctniciilo • a Uremln • IfortcDsIo a« XnnJo ., • nion J«llo .. A Pednnt lUbertlaslicr Gmm'o ... mm mm mm •« .VWtnUm HarrI* i. Br c BlIiKl •n«<lerlck L^wlM Mr. Sothcra .. Jobo i'ayiur Mauric« SutUrttD . Albert 3. Uott»*ou .. Sydney ilatbtr Freilerick OoUad Bolaad Boekatooc MAX ANYER8 {9atk, MMT Bt ihB «■» Tm baps New Theatre aitillenrea do not know 3lme. Kalldi. hnt Ibey mnat bare lieard of her. Her faee. faowerer. moal be onfamli'ar to tbem. for tbey <]ld not lift a hand when tikey dlaeorered ber in the opening arene. Bnt tben Kew Tork aiuHencra are iHit armatonied to are an aetreaa of Maie. Kallrb's dislinetiea and powers aa Ibe scene wben the Otat eartala l i ma . It doea not rerord with tbe*r eaataak Ibr all tbair nniala- clalbm baa not departvd. Tbex will ap- pland tbe a ee n ery. as tlwr did Imt tbey ezpeei the Bnct manienlB at a p mj to Im Olleil In wltb sapemarorrartea aad other anull fry." Tbe World: "For two acta of Tbe Witrb there waa erecy proapect tluit tbe New Theatre waa shout to add to Ma repertoire a new play of great and nnl-ine Inten-iit. and of exceptlonut power. Ita atftry had opened well. An oml- nooa atmoaphere of aniveratltlon had been errdred nnd there was an all-perTadloc men.-ire of tlmae terrors of rmel itfai ration growing nnt of blind. Irnorant. rellglona zeal which. In Ibeee Ittler daya of enllahti-nment. are Inrofced 4>y tbe rery mention of Snlem w'trhcrafl. "Fp to thia po'nt JIme. Bertha Kallcb. who wa^ makinc her debiil In the Vtock company and her reHnw player* had rketajieil tbe (pialnt Ni-w Enalinl rturncler* with Tiridneaa and tmtik ^napalbr for ilie heroine. Joaa wbleb l« a l iae l nli nj a miial l al t<> the play's wrrsaa had gatbrred abaat ber peiMwai'ty. Ia ttrar llgbt- er «r»-ieB. wblrb n ni' « < - of tbe Impendlna evil bad |dj*yed with trm anil with ImaglnatlTe "Bnt fmm tbe moment wtm Tbe W'trb abmild hare be^nn to jcalher ita fnecea far Iba gr*m ellmax It liewao to loae armind. Joan tte* came a filth'esa wife nilh nnly Ibe mnai iran<- parrnt aent'mcntnl in«tlfleallfta for her wrnna- doin^ Tbe almr. Itself atralaMI bard to hrtuic almat ta rtlawUfH-tlai^- Hiiil IWBrtil ar a>l van.tkp aitMaa at Katherlne BIsnca ■■ W'dow .. .. rnrtia .. .. Mlas Marlowe .. Mlas Nora Lam''oo .. MIsa Ellxaheth Valentine Mra. Eusenla Woodwartl Sothbrn and Marlowe were seen at tbe Academy of Mnalc last week In The TamlnR of tbe iUitew. tbe seeoml of the aerlea of i fcfgi aa w aa p^rs arblefe.tbi^y are preaeallnn mal aad 1WW t a |*| y ■ w i rt il ifm' cast Mr. Snthem'a acting waa ebaraeteriaed br a f.-ilthfnl portrayal of the traditional qnal'tles nf i'etmcliln. He nerer failed to pmvnl the rmicdy In hl>, part. In the third x-enc nf lUe third ai t. no fooil-natnnil'y riolent illd br h~ come that be aat himaelf doa-n forc'bly npon the llonr. So moch amnaed was M aa Mar- 'owe tbat for Ih* time l>clng »lir erot rge.l from the part of Katberlne and enjoyed tbe predica- ment w*lh Ibe sadlenra. Mlas Hartomr' waa aa abrewlab n on.- cnnM deal* alt fbroagb the tist aet. bat ber mb- mininn to IVImehIo after tbP BMnlaBr waa rr-ther more mmpiete tbaa aap b Inl to bfttere Shrkeapeare Intended, la Iba tia*r aMOIenta of the play ahe reminded ooa of ilw awertnesa with which abe ^leaka the ilaea of Jnllet. bUBTIN BECK iUVS IIB niD NOT C«IX8D\1E THAT 'tlOO-A-PLATE" DiNNEIl. Mutln Beck never got that f100*8 mm at foad be ia rmllted wltb baring con- {■■Wi,ac tba IMIatMl llonae. fintulay rrrnloit, !!.'!?"',•' l-Buin. Neither rtid M. Mey- erf.ld. 'r~ PnsMtM or Ibr Orpbenm CIttttlt. u imm Iba Rev Talk MNaa alao enaiiled wlib a^-'^:TSxr^ ' "^^^ *^ ■(^ •■jMto Mr tbat aHferr at thaaa "compUmentary speecbes In tbe real-attata and ttieatrlcal luau'a uunor." or tJiat tbey clutched uoe tUiOdle uf tlie "^urlu^r cup of aulld aUvi-r. wltb bandaome baa rviirf decoraUuna" tbat nraa paa»«l aeroas tba Uble to tbe boat a« a laitp sg aauam aad Mtosliallaa. 4**-.?'*^ «■ *a papm tbat. aU nn b nai riag l j r. he baifeaM an twaltjr fsaalad. be sent the fulIoaite 'lHaB mbmm MlM. to the Philadelphia iSaMiR " " . •■FEISX ISMAN. nic Uint Arcada BUt<. Pblladalpbla. Pa. 1 wUt apiiffvctate joor caotvsdletlxig tbe tact printed in ttala momlng'a paper Ibal Ur. Ueiar- feld sod m.vsel( partleliwled la a dlaarr lat> aTcnlag atrea by Jsa or to xaa. .The tinib aaa- best fnfonned on matters of TandeT-llla- inc« l>ellcvr Ibat tlir erer-artire lauiais Irled to put "una orer" on tba leader* ot weat- em Tauilerille. B'.t Mr. Beck d-«» not «e* It •hat way U"r doea lie bi-Urrc In fcaatiag opon a $iOO-a-plat» baa«net—«a papec Ha aalM 1ft aatfafaetatr. So tar ao oaebi who was also tarlted. JOHN MASON AT MBW THEATRE. John Maaon. wtio Is presentlnK None So Bllad. at tba Hacbalt Ttaeatrv. will appear at tbe Kew T b aa ti a oo rebmary 28. In A S<aa of tbe I>eapl-, by Sopbns MIclasrIIa. De wiu l>e supported by iiis own company aad will girc aererai aperlal perfonnancea. On ibe dates af perfocmaneea tbe Baekett Ttwatre wW b» ST. ELJdO IN HARLEM. As -1 chiuiKe from a succesalon of mnidrai entertalnmenta. tbe We>t Knd Tbeatrr rerlred. laat week, Wlllard noln-uib's drama- tization of tbe old noTei, St. Elmo. Tlie aaime play, by tbe name comijany beaded by Tangban GIsaer, was acted aat laag aL» at tbe Academy of Mnslfc . It Ib -— jM fc rt l looed mi lodnma In whiift aasv' to IsM am' wltb a FUsrlauuia wlO be Biad. Tba acbeaw ama craHad tr Vkaak C. Payar. al-- ways oae at tbe- beat Uki* k«a aa Bi aa d a ay. Mr. Payne fOraaertr did peeaa work far n »aa T W. Saragr—now lie's with a ateamablp caaipaay —of cnurae all tbia baan't aorthinc to do wlllb tbe Parlvlm iaimt. or In partteotar wltb tb» fetory about same. R.\T>IOND N. HARRIS ELECTED. Further honora have come to Ray- mooil N. Ilnrrla, the yoougvat maasrer Broadway- baa erer known and one of tbe most popular. At a meeting of the Board of Dlrvetors of tbe Joseph King Attraction* Co.. last wi-<k. Harris waa elected to tbe preaideocy. Be ia ouly twenty six .rears old. Sereral years ago Harrla waa dclug adrnnce- work foe a Clifcaco tle^trlcal Ann. tba latter, tbougb hudtaiOrant and at atterly so tmpcrt-. aace la tbe aboar wwM. nereribr haa tlanls by diat of bar* «mtb_ spenMM la aalM a a aV tto baajibe jadj*^ Aad bla Two yeara ago forces aa prm agent, Isler the Una's pnbliclly. then repreaentaHre and wllbin the prMdileoey. Mr. Hartto and congratnlattona of aboar -aacld at lawe. FBOX BBOADWAT. , Walter Shnnnnn and Beatrice Mc- Kenzle are resting for a few wis-kt>. Walter Is a clercr fellow, we all prertlctMl bla rutu^^ eren ao far bark as the Cenlral Theatre daya In San Ftanrlaen—tbat la alao a remlnilcr. an- other of Uie old gnard la here iKwe. Mia* Ju'la Blanc, a m-mher nf tbe New Theatre, and of coorae making gnod. Ulaa Blaoe spent aer- erai seaaooa gttrgllog melodrama at popnlrr prices. ♦ Did yon Doilce that story on Krohman's pro rtnctloo of Tbf CMmux no IxMrd eMp> V'-r^' funny. Two NtTr York papera prlnlnrt tUc ^to^y. Bnlli hsil niarc*'nIgTnma—*jn-» wrnt Into f**taclea of praise orer tbe splnniMrt acting— and ft»e otijer paper prlottsl a mi-^wflcr alaned by Oms. rmbman to tbe effi-ct that tbe -ullro eaavaar «aa aeandcb and the -diow did uot anaw aK.. Ba Ihera yea are. Thia mixing of plaaaiae and ptaas dope is a fooilaber traslivas. TTie Orrat LePsgea. senaatloaat jnmpera, have r«lnrne<l from Barapc. Tbey staid oaly a minote tbca waat am- to BaMB. - -♦ * at bate da Tnang Tnrb. ■ae bnla. ♦ Bvn ■ nloetm-irevlt imkhi ban In do wla» tmi»«<nd tbe poUloff p<mrrm of r«lM:^-Robert- von. MarreHoe'B birthday was a bis au e W to (ai- cording to tba paces aasal).