The New York Clipper (March 1903)

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80 TIJE NEW YORK GLIPPEB. MABOH 21" Cbe$s, To Correspondent*. D. K. Uaxlo*. —We can recommend Gos- sip's "Chess Player'* Text Book," of Dick ft Fitzgerald, 18 Ann Street, this city. The x meant "take*;" aq. means "square," alto generally omitted In games at unnecessary. Hbo. UFDcaaAnr.—Thanks for Circular of Iowa Cheaa; can not do It Justice thli week. XI. A. Shinkjian. —The desired paper for- warded. Bbo. Witcorr.—Notice referred' to tbe ofllce, with endorsement; "Cor»olr" perfectly regular. Bbo. Middlbtox. —Didn't we tell you there were chess snobs, Juat as though you didn't already know It? Solution*. BI v. B. rilZLPg. Enigma 2.40S, Part I.—Kt on Q B tka It on B 0; Kt to Q 0; Black B to B 8, and White Kt to Kt 7, mate Part II.— White retracta Kt from Q 2 tka Kt; Black retracta Kt from Q 6 tka Kt: after these Kts are replaced. 8..Black Kt to K 4; and 4..Kt to K 7, mate.—In answer to some supposed but Incorrect solution* The Lcedt Mercury aays: "A useful hint may be given here that 'you cannot retract with a piece not on the board.'" Our contributor saya: "Those retractor problems are very Interesting, and I think will ultimately be- come popular. From the little experience I have Bad with them I should say that, aa one becomes familiar with the Idea, they are not particularly difficult." Problem 2,405.—l..Kt to B 51 P moves J 2. .Kt to his 8. P moves: 3. .Kt to B S, If P bee (B); 4. .Kt to K 4!!, either B mates: If Black 8\.P (Q. or III; 4..Kt to Q 4 ch, compels mate; and If 8..P (Kt); 4.. Kt to K 8 ch, etc.—Noticeably piquant, White's every move being with a Kt. Enigma 2,406.—This problem was correct- ly copied, but Bro. Wurzburg admits tbat a Black P should be at e 2, Black's K 7. 'J'hanka to Dr. llaberer and Mr, Schafer for pointing out the double solution as It stands. Problem 2,400.—Here la a charming open- ing for beginners In aula. 1..Q Dome I, now If K goea up the file; 2..R chases blm on B 8 cb, K moves; 8..B to Kt 6 cb; 4.. It to B 6 ch, compels Kt tka, mate: III. K cornea down a peg; B again hits him from B 4, dodges as he can; S..P ch ; and 4.. It to B 4 cb, again compelling Kt tks, mate. "Simplex mundltlls!" Enltfinn No. 3,410. From La Strategic. BI IS. B11 ILK M AD Id NAT. 6 <& D*$ ft-8 ft ft ft KR8,QKt7, 2, K4, QH4, IH, KII2, 6, K R6. KB4, OR2, 113, <}n, KB, 4, KB2, b, aiitlO. On learning the result of PHIabnry vs. Tarraach the reader can make the necessary cbang* in their scores. A Cnt-and-Ttarost Battle. From tie. Anal round of the. PJIIsbury Com*. Ass'n's third! tourney, Hermann Helms vs. F. E. Thayer, of No. Cambridge, Mass. Contributed by Bro. Helms. QUEEN'S GAMBIT EVADED. Mr. Helm*. Mr, Thayer. l..PU)Q4 PtoQ4 2..P-QB4 P-K 3 8..Q Kt-I! 3 KKtlia 4..QB-Kt6 KB-K2 6,.KKt-ll3 QKUQ2 S..P-KS Castles 7..KB-Q3 8..BPXP *..CasUes 10..QR-B B<[ ll..B-Ktsu 12..QB-B4 13..B-Kt3 H..Kt-K 2 Mr. Helms. Mr. Thayer. lB..BPXKt PXRP + P-OKt3 KPXP Q u-itta P-QB4 Kt-KS P-KKt4 P-KB4 P-K R 4 . U..Kt-KS(a) P-K Bo 18..KPXP 17..P-KB3 P-R5 RPXB UPXP pv M..KVBP 2o..q-kta + 21..0-K8(1> 22..(lPXKt 23..V-K14 24..UR-Qsq 26..K-Kt8 2S..Q-KBA 27..0RXII 28..Kt_X P its? 1 mt 31..BVPI KRxB 32..K-B3 RXKt 83..KXR RXKtP 34..QR-Q7 Resigns. (a) We recommend our reader* to ex- amine this remarkable position; would give It on diagram, but tbat we more wish to present one later. (/) The fighting Is fast and exciting. (») What do you think of this? Surely correa. ches* la snaking off the old Incubus of dullness, especially when engineered by such banda aa we have here. BLACK (Mr. Thayer). B4, QK2, White to play and mate In fonr moves. Problem No, 2,410. The nuthor Informs ua tbat be sent tbla problem in a 7-plece form to Herr Blumen- lh.nl for hla "Schachmlnlaturen," but It bnB not yet appeared, and he prefers thla form. BX WM. A. 8HINK1IAN. BLACK. WHITE. White to play nnd mate In five moves. Gntue No. 2,410. Played In our "Counter-Gambit Tourney," between Dr. Carroll Chase and E. W. Llbalre. BIRD'S COUNT13BGAMB1T. Whit*, l)i . CIubo. White, Bliok, Dr. (HiHKf. Mr. Mhalro. 7..K Kttiillll OH lo KB S..K-B2 KKt-B3 0..P-K3 Kt-K. l> + 1I)..K-Iu»2 UXB + 11..«1X« JUX.P+i and While resigns. a mere flash In the Blank, Mr.Llbalre. l..PtoKB4PtoK4 2..BPXP P-Q3 8..K2dPXI , KBXl' 4..P-Q4 U-K8 + S..P-KU K Hxl' I 8..RPXB QXKR But tula waa audi nan that our contributors played the fol- lowing games la its place: SAME OPENING. Dr. Chime. Mr. Ltbalro. 1..IM0K1U Plo K4 2..BPXP P-Q3 3..P-Q4 OKt-U8 4..0B-B4 Ol'Xl' 6..0IIXP KtXll 6..QPXKt (|-H5 I 7..P-K13 Q-KtM 8..K1-Q2 Kt-K 2 V.. P-K 4 KI-QB3 10..KKI-B3 OH-KtA 11..B-K8 KH-B4 Dr. Chase. Mr. Llbulrc. 12..Plo OKI 3 UHXKt 13.. K 11X11 Caxtle.tjll 14..0R-BHU o-lui lo.,3-" ■ * - • 18.. II- 17..U-her3 1S..U ' Kt-QA K-Ktsq KI-H0 ( 0. 11X11 XKt 1D..IIPXK !W..K-hls 2 !I..1'-U1U and White resigns UXH I- (5-117 R-({ m, Ohcaa at Monte Cnrlo. Of course every one Is now on the alert to ask "what of the battle?" From the Im- mense mass of matter before us the latest actual summary la o( the seventeenth round. Aa these great International tournaments have often shown, the players towards the close seem lo arrange theniBclvcs Into pretty well defined groups, the llrst Parisian Inter- national, as we pointed out nt the time, set- ting the example. In the present case, utter thla seventeenth round, the Idea Is quite dis- tinctly brought out. Class 1. the first half, with a splendid relative record; class 2, the next five: 8, the two tallonders, Col. Moreau having the mortifying distinction of being literally nowhere. Record at Seybntkkntii Bound. .Vamos. Won. Lost. Name: H'um. hunt. Plllsbury.. 12 6 Marshall... 8 0 Telchmnnn. 12 fi Taubcnhaus 7'4 I)Vj Marocsy... 11V4 5V, Wolf 7 10 Tarraach.. n \{ r.Vj Albln lift 10 Rchlechtcr. 11 a Mason «% 10 Marco 10V4 OVj Itegglo fi 12 Mlcae*.... 10 7 Moreau 0 17 By dint of overhauling Coraair we can add the following Interesting continuation: Mnrcb fl—In tho olghtccnth round Marocsy beat Mason: Mioses laid Moreau out (of course); Schlechtor won of Marshall, nnd Wolf of Itegglo, both rather summnrlly; Taubcnhaus beat Telchmann, this is Import- ant; Albln laid Marco out, again a second lowering a first rate; PIUsbury-Tarrascn, ad- journed. Thla give* us: I Names, Won. Lout. Marociy... 12*4 RH Plltsbury... 12 11 Telchmann 12 6 Rchlechtcr.. 12 0 Tarrasch..,. IIVj *H Mlese 11 7 Marco.... 10tt 7<A ironic*. Won. ;,»*». Taubcnhaus 8 Ml OU Marshall... 8 10 Wolf 8 10 Albln 7W, 10V, Mason n(i ll',i Rcgglo fi 18 Moreau.... 0 18 WHITE (Mr. Helms). Move 27..Q B take B, P take P check. —Play on. N. Y. State Obamplonabl*?. The twenty-first tourney for this honor was held In the rooms of the Manhattan C. C. on the 28d uit. There waa an addition to the usual routine, in that a premium for each game won or drawn, in addition to the four prizes, which were ployed for In the final round. The following leading players contested for the championship: D. O. Bolrd, B. Del- mar, 0. W. Field, H. HelmB, J. Jaffe, H. Keldanz, W. Koch. O. Roethlng, L. Rosen, If. Kosenfeld, J. 8. Ryan and Harry Zlrn. After the three all In rounds It was found that Helms, Roethlng and Rosen had clean scores of 8 each, and JaUe, 2W, Field head- ing the minor contingent with 2. In the final round Roethlng won of Helms, and' Rosen of Jaffe, to the two victors bad a tie match, the first winner of two game* to take the first prize and championship of the State. The first of these games was played March I, and won by Mr. Roethlng. Several papers have announced Mr. B. as having won the championship, but at this writing we have seen no report of the second game. The general tourney had no less than twenty-eight entrants. The result of the regulation three rounds showed the follow- ing contestants to the fore: Rubinstein, Tan- nenwurzel end Wltkow with clean scores; Curt, Zlegler, Shapiro and Bearle 2Vi each; Baldwin, VIII and Luka, 2 each; toe rest running from XVi to 0. The first three named, with Curt, chosen by lot, played off for the four prises. Rubinstein beat Curt, and Tannenwurxel did the same disservice tor Wlthrow, so the two first named divided first and second prises; Wlthrow took third, and Curt fourth prize. The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Professor Isaac L. Rice; first, second and third vice presidents D. F. Searle, A. MeMartln and 8. P. Chit- tenden ; secretary-treasurer, Dr. L. D. Brough- ton; advisory committee, W. E. Scripture. O. N. Cheney, J. M. Hanham, J, Finn and II. Helms. for the Austrian masters! Chess Ian t: yet strangled with the rope of "*oond,' thank Calssal CMckers. To Correspondent*. Da. ScHAirxs.—Pleased to hear from yon. J. H. BoBiHsoif.—Please don't forget us. O. A. Pibbcb.— Received 0. K. W, Sbwahd. —Games and poaitlonsat hand, (bank you. J. m Lima. —That was a good one. Items of the Game. In the Washington's Birthday one day tournament, held at Boston, Feb. 23, A. J. Heffner won first prize, 8. drover won sec- ond prize, and William Parrow won third prize. ' At the business meeting A. 3. Klrby, of Grafton, was elected president; W. H. Lewis, of Providence, R. I., vice president; M. J. Dowd, Lowell, secretary; O. H. Dean, Boston, treasurer; C. Ubel, J. F. Creelman, H. F. Pigeon, C. H. Dean, C. H. Poland, 1. P. Davidson, W. O. Dennison and 0. Bal- lon, directors Joseph J. Lannln, the Boston captain In the late team match vs. New England, Is enjoying himself In New York, playing checkers and making exceed- ingly good scores, at that Prom The Bydney Morning Herald of recent date we learn that a match of Australian import- ance will soon be contested by F. T. Best, champion of Victoria, and J. Gardiner, champion of New Zealand. The match Is to be restricted for £250 a side, to be played In Melbourne, Mr. Gardi- ner to receive £fi for expenses A move ment Is about being started by Dr. Schaefer, of New York, to gather some half a dozen of the local experts together and make a trip up the Hudson Blver, stopping at the checker playing centres, Coxsackle, Hudson, Albany and Troy, to whoop up things gen- erally In the checker line. This undoubt- edly would do much toward Increasing in- terest In tbe game, and prove of lasting benefit. We wish it success Wednes- day evening Is now the principal evening for good, bard checker playing at the rooms of the N. Y. C. C. Visitors cordially welcomed and entertained The Droughtt World, published at 92 Trongate. Glasgow, Scotland, by A. Bryson & Co., has attained Its tenth year In checker life. It Is undoubtedly the grandest checker publication ever Issued. Mr. Bryson con well be proud of It. May it have at least ten years more of usefulness, A burse of money was presented to the old Glasgow expert, Wm. Bryden, the first winner of the Scottish tournamentB, held eleven years ago. This was gratefully accepted, as Mr. B. Is now in poor health and long out of employment We re- gret to learn tbat H. D. Lyman, the eminent firoblemlst, had the misfortune to recently ose his wife, after a brief Illness. He has tbe heartfelt sympathy of his many ad- mirers and friends. Position No. 3, Vol. BI. End game, between Ferrle and Buchanan, in Scottish tournament. Black 20 K 10 22 23 80 FEBBIE. White 28 20 K 11 12 10 Black to play and win. Appetisers. Tbe presidents of tbe chess clubs of Co- lumbia, Harvard, Yale end Princeton have written to L. D. Broughton Jr., secretary of the N. Y. State Ch. Association, formally accepting March 27 and 28, suggested by the British unlversltlei of Oxford and Cam- bridge, as the dates for the fifth annual cable match for the Isaac L. Rice challenge trophy. John F. Cook, chairman of the chess commit- tee of the Boston Athletic Association, has also written that the dates will be perfectly satisfactory to the association The New j York Herald, 4tb Inst., says: "The most In- teresting game of chess yet played by wire- less took place on Monday. 2nd Inst, between selected experts on the Mlnnetonka and tbe Etrurln, nnd lusted six hours, during which the utmost rivalry and excitement prevailed. Tho game was finished In thlrty-slx moves without a hitch, each move being promptly telegraphed while the steamers were far npart. It resulted in a victory for the Mln- netonka." London Sporting Lite, Feb. 14, aays: "The chess room or divan at 'Simpson's,' which has long had a universal reputation, follows the furtunes of the res- taurant, and will be duly revived. The old chess boards have witnessed contests between oil the great masters of more than fifty years past, and the list Includes the names of Morpby, Staunton, Anderssen, Stelnltz, Do Vere, Kollsh. Zubertort, De Riviere. Black- burne. Lasker, I'llUbury, Maroczy, and a host of other famous players." The tie for the championship of Illinois, which came up in Chicago on Washington's Birthday, be- tween Cons. W. Phillips, and Louis Uede- mann, has been solved by the victory of the former gentleman. A fine portrait of the winner accompanies tho announcement That Indefatigable chess worker, Hon. Max Judd, Is said to bo tho dens cj maohlna for securing Dr. Lasker a professorship in St. Louis; out whether the doctor Is really se- cured seems an open question Just yet Jus. I. Jellett, of St. Paul, won the cham- pionship of Minnesota in the recent tourney; second prize, E. P. Elliott; third prise, N. M. McLeod V. Jellnek, C. M. Baulsoo and Carl McdlnuB, each with three wins and one loss, are tied for third, fourth and fifth place* In the race for the Illinois champion- ship, won, aa above, by Mr. Phillips Iowa Is decidedly making herself known In chess. The recent annual tourney at Des Moines had twenty-tour entrants, tbe five Jidzcs going In succession to Messrs. W. E. 'owlor, J. R. Caldwell. C. J. Wonser, Dr. J. D. Davis and M. A. Van Hemert. In State matches—with Nebraska, 16 boards, Nebraska, 8 ; Iowa, 8; with Texas, 40 boards, Texas, 4; low*. 8: with Ohio. S4 boards. Iowa, 10tt: Ohio, 11%. Good! More next week... ."The Vienna Chess Club has offered 8.000 kronen, about $1,624, for an Interna- tional chess masters' tournament, to be Jitayed In Vienna next month, under the con- lltlon that nil the game* will be opened with the King's gnmblt, and an the players engaged will have lo accept such a gambit." 'Rah The Nutnbereil Board. OBH Lft NPOW LK TTBB. (from: oub own cobbbspondbxt.) Clipper Bnreaa, Granville Honse, Arnadel Street, SiraudV London, • W. •■** MABCII 4. "A brilliant comedy, but an nnsstlafac- will be devoted to the British BoMi**, . Bailor* Wive* and Families A«so"i„,' *? SJ" New Theatre will accommodate au-.utifiH spectators, and a _ good view of n, e i{™> from every corner Is assured, as there «2¥ obstructions In the wny of pillars, ihsrf.H and gallery being built on St tattSS system, '/he decorations have bee?SSS out In the Louis XVI style, the pr,,i om i„» Ing color being del Icatejplnk. The dron tor, p..y" M wa S C Th e e a7 ver D dTct I KHjK BWofTre^m Ringed with"-oFd 0 "" P!F»j_ ™" -t,.,. ..~,» "Whitewashing "The Limited Mall," a mm. ..r...™-. oduced at 0. J. H. Darnley, an >y Arthur Music," and other successful plays to th. Bourchler. Mr. "Jones'Is essentially a_dra- music of Ton Button, a clever young com nniinredI hv one critic upon "Whltewasning ."roe umireii man, a comic mm. h . S^lT*«^»!w3^P^iSra a.J. H Darn to, author of -J-, , «■ £ the Garrlck on Monday_ evening, Bourchler, Mi matlst, but In bis" piay he" seems "to have noser, Is ear marked fbr'produ'-tun' 0 * .. ,*\ . I U..,.^a anil T r*nr\nr - * matlst but In this pay ne seems i« "»»; uuncr, »» » «■« «."r prouu' t on in Sent away frL nil his usual standards, and London shortly after Easter. ™ ■ ■ n>i»«Snfa serious olay. pointing out a ter- Stage superstitions die hard, but the n»„ rift!^"wrnett moral, KoVglven us a light tomlme at Drury Lane *honTd tav,*J£ entertainment, ia three acts, with no moral, them the coup de gram. Despite WbVH Snd with almost as little plot. Mrs. Julia duced on Friday with thirteen *<■<.&.» WrenT a handsome young widow, and for- ballet of peacock's feathers and a danejof merly a bright light of society, has, after open umbrella*, to say nothing of ihlrteen an absence of two or three years, comeback rows of istalls oa the first night. "Mobj? to her bouse, in theparlBh of Shanctonbury. Goose," Sidney Smith declared, Is the gmt. She has been abroad; and some time before est success lie has known at the National a story was spread about a foreign roysl Theatre during hi* twenty years' connection duke a hidy'e puff box, dressing bag. and with It. The gross receipts are so to 40 other articles, and Mrs. Wren. Nobody per cent, larger than those of any prevloi, v.j_ v«. t...~i Christmas annual, and as a consequence the directors have declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent on the subscribed capital Before Mr. Saunders' production at the Coronet Theatre, on March 9, of the new version of "Chllperlc," will be produced > little romantic musical play, entitled " It Is knows anything, bat everybody has heard the story. Is Mrs. Wren to be welcomed by her friends or not 1 They decide that the proper thing Is to give her tbe cold shoulder unless she explains, the prime mover In the decision being Bevls Plnkney, who Is the son o( the local nobleman, tbe husband of'the bishop's daughter, and tbe apostle of the extreme rigors of tbe Boclal code. Bevls l'lnkney exercises a good deal of Influence over his mother, Lady Plnkney, who has to set the tone; he overcomes her natural kind- ness and liking of Mrs. Wren, so that, with- out going so for as to cut Mrs. Wren, Lady Plnkney gives her disagreeable good advice, and keeps out of her way as much as she can. But Lady Plnkney's brother, Mr. Stll- llngfleet, whose large experience of the sex haB not dimmed Ills social lustre nor dulled According to The Figaro Mme. Sarah bis wits, has tbe good taate to fall In love Bernhardt has decided that Racine's trig with Mrs. Wren, to pay assiduous court to pflv. "Esther.'' shall be her Brat nrmiimti,,.. and the Blue Wolf." It T* a story told through music, by Avalon Collsrd. of two poverty stricken composers in Hungary, who sre trying to keen off the gaunt wolf of starvation by the disposition of their ramie but finally the wolf conquers and Ylv ssc' cumbs. Herman Veeln is to have a benelit matinee at Charles Wyndoam's New Theatre shortly after its opening, but the date of the per- formance has not yet been definitely settled According to The Figaro Mme. tier, and to win' her "affections. Mrs. Wren evades Lady Piakney'B attempts to extract an explanation from her; she has asked her lawyer mysterious questions about the law of morganatic marriages, and the lawyer has given dark hints to Lady rinkney, but no explanations are forthcoming. Lady Plnk- ney's two sons solve tbe difficulty be- tween tbem. Edwin, tbe elder, engages himself to Rosle Benbow, a young lady of superficial attractions and no character, the daughter of a brawling adventuress. Mrs. Wren suggests the natural means of dealing with Edwin'* case—a postponement for six months, during which the lawyer may use his skill. Before that period Is quite over the lawyer has obtained Rosle's bond not to molest Edwin, and produces It ,.....- .... -— on the very day when Stllllnglleet announces posal Into effect. edy, "Esther,'' shall be her first production at her Paris theatre next season. Ellailne 'Ferris, who had, In consequence of bad health, to drop out of the cast of "Quality Street," at the Vaudeville, for s few nights, ha* now fortunately lecovered. and resumed her original part on Monday evening. Louie Freear Is again seriously III. and consequently out of the cast of "A Chinese Honeymoon' at the Strand Theatre. Tbe proposal made at tbe recent annual meeting of the Alhambra Company that a testimonial matinee performance be ten- dered to Dundas Slater on his retirement from tbe management has token practical form. The directors have kindly glveu the theatre, and a strong committee of organ- ization has been formed to carry the pro- his engagement to Mrs. Wren. Lady Plnk- ney is ready to welcome Mrs. Wren as sis- ter in law, but Bevls Is resolute to have no dealings with her and no scandnl In the family. His resolution Is upset by the ap- pearance of Mrs. Benbow, who recognizes him under another name, for Bevis some years ago was the friend ot Rosle, and had to pay her a large sum to leave him and go to Australia, where Edwin has made her acquaintance. This little disclosure made to Stillingfleet at the right moment enables that gentleman to change the tone of Mr. Bevls, who Is now too delighted to welcome Mrs Wren as Stllllngfleet's betrothed, and to assure his mother that all has been ex- plained and that be Is quite satisfied as to Mrs. Wren's character. Stillingfleet, before thus crushing Plnkney, ha* hacl bis private explanation with Julia. He wants no ex- planation and will have none. She has brought the whole true story in an envelope for film to read; she urges him to read It It he Is ever likely in future to be troubled with doubts or curiosity, and bis deliberate reply is to burn the envelope unopened. We get no enlightenment upon this point. Julia lias had a post, but what past was It? We can only presume tbet in whatever she fig- ured she was blameless, and therefore It is Lard to Bee where the whitewashing process came In. And the audience, if amused. Is perplexed. Tbe acting all 'round was good. As Stillingfleet, Mr. Bourchler plays with an insinuating breezlness and a delicate hearti- ness that Is most pleasing; Violet Vanbrugu was distinguished, graceful "iind intelligent as Julia; Charles Groves Is good Is bis own cheery manner as the lawyer; Sam Bothern, as the hapless Edwin, Is very amusing In the best drawn character In the piece, and Kenneth Douglas Is capital ns Bevls, Miss M Easter will bring us new ballets at the Empire and .Alhambra. Tbat at tbe Em- pire will be in two scents, the first passing In the Opera House, Paris, where a bat masque Is In progress, and the second In the Bols de Boulogne, where will be tnacted a duel in tbii snow similar to tbat presented by Panl Martlneltl. The subject of tho forthcoming A'hambia ballet will be not'Les Cloches de Cornevllle," but "Carmen." This week sees a large number of Amer- ican artists In London, and during the past four or five nights I have ran across more than I have seen together In tbls city for a long while. Weston and Yost, having canceled thel: Brighton engagement, are here with a con- tract to appear at tbe Pqlace next week. They have hod a moat successful tour on the Mobs A Thornton circuit, to which they are booked to return. Their Palace engage- ment Is. I understand, an excellent one, financially and artistically. Barton and Ashley return to London, also, thla week, and are appearing at both the Canterbury and Tlvoll. They are starred n the Canterbury bill, and are big features In the West End honse. They continue to be an amazing laughing success, for not only In the provinces, hut In London, has Canal Boat Snl caught the taste of tbe people. I'hroBO, the "mechaulcal doll," is at the Tlvoll this week, but the act on Its return visit to London seems to have fallen abso- lutely flat. If the Tlvoll audience was mys- tified It did not show its appreciation ot (he fact. Julie Mackay is another American on the Tlvoll bill. She Is developing, unconsciously I have no doubt, many of the peculiarities of manner and style of our well beloved Marie Dressier. . Looping the loop, by Madeline Barber, his intolerable prig of a brother; _ Talbot Is easy and self possessed as Lady opens on the Mobb tour at Hackney this l'lnkney. and Ethclwyn Arthur Jones week. The apparatus Is not the same aa playB the bishop's nelce very cleverly. In the one used nt the Empire. I have not the cast also, as Charley Dobbs, was Master Been the performance, but from the descrlp Charles Denier Warren, x son of Charles tlon I understand that the loop 1b similar The black men occupy squares 1 to 12, Inclusive; the white men, squares Nos. 21 to 32, Inclusive-. Black always moves first. Set the men up on a checker board, and piny over the nbove game. OUAC1B EMMETT Has for many years held a prominent place In the amusement profession. To enumerate tho many roles she has played would re- quire too much space, but suffice It to say that for several years she was considered one of tbe best soubrattes and character actresses before the public. She finally caught the "vaudeville fever," and In this line ahe repeated her dramatic successes, and In her sketch, "Mrs. Murphy's Second Husband," she was at once among the top notch feature acts. Miss Emmett. accom- panied by a company of clever people, la at present filling a prolonged engagement In Australia, under contract with Barry Rick- ards. *»» — John J. Welch and Emma Claim were married In Chicago on March 2, Justice Wclf oOclatlng. Warren, and a very clever little lad. His role is email, but the boy Is natural and con- vincing. The audience applauded the play heartily at the end, but Mr. Jones refused to appear before the curtain. Arthur Roberts' new musical comedy, "Bill Adams," produced on Monday night, at the llrlghton Theatre Royal, was well received, ana when worked up will probably be popu- lar, Its condition on Monday was a little chaotic, but Mr. Iloberts, who Is on the singe most of the time, worked like a Trojan, nnd being in capital form, kept the audience laughing heartily. As the piece opens the last guns of Waterloo arc heard, and pres- ently the redoubtable Bill appears and In- troduces himself in a long and droll speech frankly based upon Mr. Snazclle's well known recitation. Over his shoulder is slung a goodly sized bundle labeled "Loot," und he prances about the stage like a two year old. A little while later he appears made up as tho Duke ot Wellington ("Onkoy' 1 ), with a prodigious nose and a comically peremptory manner, and In the second act he makes a still more amusing appearance as Napoleon. The. play, how- ever. Is subject to revision, and the authors 1 Messrs. n. Shelley and R. Bacchus) are likely to eutlrely remodel the second act. Meanwhile. It bos had ns good a send oft as could have been desired. It does not appear to be yet decided whnt is to be done with "The Light That Failed," when Easter comes and the Lyric Is wnnted for Messrs. Owen Hall and Sidney Jones' new musical piece. That It will find another home is sincerely to be wished, since It Is tho most Interesting and thought- ful play on the Loudon stage. Of the new piece It Is stated that it will be called •The School Girl," and the cast will Include : Ada Bceve, Sylvia Sablanc, Ada Blanch, Palsy Jerome, Ruth Vincent, J. E. Sullivan, Normon Salmonrt, Laurence Calrd, Frederick Itanslow, and J. R. Dale. Fortunately Owen Hall, who Is down with pneumonia, had completed tho libretto before he was taken 111. to the one used In America by Lottie Bran- Morrel and Evans are featured at ths Standard, Victoria, thla week. This team have worked themselves steadily to tne front and are now quite accustomed to tne position of top of the bill. They deserve credit for constant endeavor to Improve whnt Is already an excellent act. . Charles R. Sweet was a Bureau caller this week. He continues to be sn Immense favor- ite with the Oxford audiences, and seems destined to be detained In England for some time to come. , ,, ,„ The St. Onge Brothers, comedy 'cyclists, open a series ot London engagements shortly. Despite the large number of comedy 'cyclists now working In London, the St. onge Brothers should do well with their act. Little Fred and his dogs are at the Em- pire this week, where they will remain for a run of twelve weeks. Little Fred bos made many additions to bis act since It was last seen In America, and in many respects has greatly Improved it. . „,„ Jerry Hart and Beatrice Leo are ot tne Hackney Empire this week. Jerry Harts net ball teams are proving an Immense at- traction everywhere. _ „ . „ The new Gothams opened at the Islington Empire on Monday night with what Is, W my mind, an Improved vorslon of tbe old act. The quartet now consists of H. E. Fairbanks. Frank Parker, Stanley Beechman and Lyflia Pierce. , ^ Belle Davis and her plckB continue to ne the hardest working team In London, lnis week again they are playing three halls— the Cnmberwell Palace, Hammersmith raiace and the Bedford, . , . Rockett and Hazard, In tbelr muslcol trip around the world, made a big bit at t.ic . Empire Palace, Birmingham. . . Everhart goes to the Circus Carre, Am- ,'rrtnm ff-nm (lin Hnna, VTnmblirtf. H ,s Bterdam. from the Hansa, Hamburg. hoop rollng continues to be a sensation on tho continent. He ha* added a dozen new tricks, and the act Is now an astonlshias ..... ,, revelation of his mastery of the manlpuia- Lnst Monday saw the :300th performance tlon of tho hollow circles. of "Three Little Molds" at the Prince of Cooke and Rothert. after a most success- Wales, and tho 150th performance of ful month at the Hansa, Hamburg, go " MmiBlour Hcaucnlro nt the Comedy. the new Moulin Rouge, Paris, for March , J r , ne t . nc ?f, ?^ n at management at the Adclphl will be undertaken by Walter Mel- ville, who, fresh from manv a successful experiment nt the Standard, proposes to bring tho full blooded melodrama of the East End to tbe old home of melodrama In the Strand. Tho characteristic plays of bis own which Mr. Melville Intends to In- troduce here ore: "The Worst Woman In London nnd "Her Second Time on Earth •" and he will bring with blm a company able to Interpret his work with all the robuBt spirit needed for aucb a task. Charles Wyndham will open his New The- ntro on Thursday, March 12. with a revival of ■Mlosemary,'' In which Mr. Wyndham, J. "in^IUmi fflSK , BI »>">E,Jl«>d Mary Moore will resume their roleB, 1 Rouge, £ After Paris they go to Amsterdam, then Brussels, n Summer tour of Russia, and then home for a season In America. .. Happy Fanny Field* Is at Newport tins week, playing ot the Stoll house, the Em- pire. As usual her place Is on the top "» the bill. Dave Meier and Belle Mora are now Pa- tenting a new act, including comedy, sin-r- ing nnd ball punching. It proved a suc- cess st the Alhambra, Brighton, this wee!:- Stanley and Wilson are doing well at tbe Empire Palace. Sheffield, this week. „ ,„ Manning's Entertainers, Folk and Kolllns. r.nd Blanche Sloan share the honors of tne Nottingham Empire bill this week. Falke and Senton. have received pres* Nc The nlgbt'B receipts notices for their work at the Olympl*. New-