The New York Clipper (April 1905)

ArR IL 99. THE TXEW YORK CLIPPER.- 221 new ?\w. «'M«ma'« P»P*»" ...» musical comedy, adapted by Joseph «"i ; BaIdwta"loane. wai given tor the by - v . jl „, .he Grand Opera House. Salem, Snt.i'",?^* ]° e b y jSaeph Hart .and Carrie Feb. s - J {;.,r e and'thelr*7ompany.\TJie story: 1" >'* "isnaner man named Blossom 1b a general of The general Is _, and la anxious ibout '".."^'nehter "happfly married before to «<•.*'■ K? g £ 11 not consent to her. en- lPe -i. nuKinnei man name ln ' J-.uvS 8tates Army. Th "The Flayer Maid," A comedy, In four acts, by Louise Mallory. was produced for the first time on any stage at Feeksklll, N. V., Feb. 11. The story of the play concerns Eleanor Hallam, "The l'laycr Maid," a gifted young actress of the old Drury Lane Theatre, at the period of Gar- rick's management of that house. Her genius, wit and beauty have made her the Idol of the people. The action opens In the green room, after a night of triumph as Juliet Charles Barry, a fellow actor. Jealous of the atten- World of Players, Howard R. Bbandon, proprietor and man- ager of "A Thoroughbred Swede' Co., writes. ••'We have had only two losing nights slnco opening, when the billiards prevented tne lieople from attending 1 have decided not to take out my usual Summer show, but will re- main out of the managerial business until next season, when 1 will put out three companies. I Lotus Wiixumu, In her new pl»y. bJ ChasB ltlanev. entitled "My Tom-boy Girl"" opened In Baltimore, at lllnneys The- aire week of April 10. It Is an America.i comedy drama, and. our correspondent states, contains fifty people In the cast. Inch ding a clfonTs "/twenty. The musical features arranged for the play are MM t» W JJ * atyle and character never before seen In piny of this kind. The star role, which M Nvi'llnms has, Is that of a high xplr bt k nt'wlth the newspaper man until ft K pcm ;"i«3 thesanction of the young man's s . rrtC hnt all efforts to locate her have PtfJT ' The br degr^,m Is distracted. The f,,,cd ' ^o? of the bride-to-be becomes serl- ^Vl land tne housekeeper Is dispatched ous i 7 i « veterinary surgeon. She forgets the !i£Lof tbdoctor and brlpgs Dr. Mendum ££another veterinary surgeon, back F(K> „ ; reneral's house, where Foots makes SJelf so obnoxious tbat he Is Anally thrown ?^n he Hver. In order to keep from taking «w be? drinks to excess, and becomes more ost'at rW > A bkcknt event for the old folks of Salt Lake occurred when they were guests or honor at a special matinee of the Harry Corson Clarke Co.. at the Grand '1 heat re, and when the curtain went up on "Mr. ros- tcr of Chicago." It was before a house crowd- ed with the older generation, presenting an inspiring lllustrntlon of tho kind of people who have grown old In the building of the West. The distinctive bndgea of tho old , folks wcro everywhere In evidence, the red ?i £. ,i B .v l? found designating thoso between seventy and olgli y k.'rf/hv'ne?natcn"s y«is of age, predominating, with n fight iSSJLSH 2 a h»hJ' falling off of the blue, that marks those >- a Mls« Irltcd fnlling ... W&mJmtt SagjS^gfti M J | rM^rs. aarkfleldrBrown ft Bt7«>.- who DntaJtefMM otthe play MI»Wllli™ gggj «W»|» ^c^Vatlng" tnSis'over Itoiburyrefused to accept an Invitation to be ™ m i "y mlnen( .e their season, under canvas. „)„„ impersonates a male character of "most Tfc „ wns n „ cd w|tl , presented to ber. This rouses the high temper „ n j, a , "(j" Tne y will play Montana, North 0 rl«lnnl type. In regard to scenic rnountlriK, ,,„'„„> , rom , nc uifVereut orphan homes In of the young woman, and while she Is at the Dakol ' Washington and Oregon, In which and from a musical, as well ns from a <lra- g , hoge chllulllh |„„ K |,tcr mingled height of a characteristic outburst of feeling ™"' company Is Immensely popular. mn tlc point of view. "My Tom-boy 0 rl Is h fa of th0 ol( , {ma |n cn j oynient ot Lady Dorothy Hastings, a voung he ress, la f l \\ vc t wenty-three kinds of special paper expected to set a very high Btnudnrd. ™ the clever performance. Tho street car con- announced. The heiress pleads with the i 0 "" m | B attraction, and can safely say that spring tmir of Miss Williams In this pay dllctors BCC %, Ptl the badges of thc old folks young actress to aid her In escaping a mar- « ' roninanv ln tnc west has a liner line of 5Q Include Baltimore. Washington, 1 hlla- f on tho cars to and from the per- rlage arranged for her byber gunrdmn ( when ""per. These gentlemen are favored by delphla. Jersey City and three weeks In New fovmnn( . c she was a mere child. She has lust returned v i managerial experience, a large capl- York City, two of which w II be at tie hour- NoTKa Fn0M AnsoLii's Comkuians.— We to London from Paris, where she has spent ■ , • d tne , U!)h - necessary to make a sue- tc<M , tn stn . ot Thentre. The protluclag and e , OHcd n successful season «t Coleridge, most of her years since childhood In a con- d S ,J Bate t0 prcu rct that they will management of "My Tom-boy Girl Is by tne Nel A (1 j 0ur gvD \ n ] manager, Mr. vent She is in love with another man and . ' ucceg8 f U | beyond their expectations. They chas. K. Blnney Amusement Co., anil tho Arno i d> gnve a farewell banquet after tho asks the actress to help her to wed the man h eDf ~g C d a company of eighteen people. nIav> w tillo traveling, will be under the oi- rerforroBnce Snturday nlpht. Covers wero of her choice^ The manjs none_other than [th Challenge band. They are at present r( . r tlnn of Henry II. Wlnchell, with It. w. | alll for g<! veutcen, and the entire company "Announces that, under the belief that S!!? forme? hu band-a sea captaln-bas i 1 " '"fat sea, she has tbat morning mar- *"? .L/ml hasband. Dr. Mendum Foote red a second husoaiiu. u i . cgcn youn - lnaJ Becure whom she had sent ahead to break :me news j The cast: Mau of her wedding. IJ spite of I oote a mio- „ oxbu E11 | ott v*,,, wncrasles. he ^ f^W «gep«» % «• John R f nce Jr . ; Dav | family clrde oi 'Mama s Papa. ah ar on ^^ Foot ommi rnnccments for the *« d .ow| « "« .^oung a slie rldan. James D. Thompson ; Lord rt e nd" r «rrives on \*%Jl £* conc'elres Canning. Frederick Beane; Sir Bmk Est- Se idea that It Is the general who has mar- the iaeain»i. ■»• j 0 ;pi on . that the sea the Earl of Roxbury. Eleanor Hallam con sents to aid Lady Dorothy, and tbat night, to the consternation of ber friends and asso- ciates, she disappears from London and goes to Lady Dorothy's estate. Then she falls ln love with the Earl and thus arises a host of complications which end happily when each young lady secures the man of her Maurice Beaufort. Earl Dexter: Charley Barry, David Garrlck, William Strong; Samuel Foot. Bennett Phelan: Willi a liiiniiruhs wm««. »-•-„ -. •• .,,. negotiating with several feature vaudevlla acts, which are playing the principal cir- cuits, and will have a strong company. I will have three attractions out. namely: My old standby, the Howard Brandon Stock Co.. which will go 'nto permanent stock In lort- lnnd. Ore., next season. I have Just corn- oleted negotiations, and the company will open early ln September for an Indefinite period *"■» --••» ' ""* '* Thorouehbred Swede," where, j Oregon, and _wlll play^cities only. CUrijr IU ocj^nraiiuva *«'» —— _« we'll t»|'l(vtu 'lift d. Will again put out 'A Thoroughbred becn op( , rn ted kj.• which has been well received every- do |„ K wpll . e. Thla attraction will open Sept. 4, in T||B KUMV Little as business manager. Ciiaklks Wvndium, who was Injured some months ago ln n street car accident In New York, has been forced to give up his work. He has gone to the Mediterranean, where he will rest for two months. Otimu Ciimmn. who went to London with "Thc Prince of Pllsen," and who has been appearing In musical comedy there, has " upon for appendicitis and la AL THBATBB, burred enrly In Alexandria, the morning, rl -iin was taken so 111 at Manila that he S5 to b? lak"to a hospital, where he was £?,r* t d by a Filipino, who goes through a S ceremony with him while he is In a ?Zl o^ delirium. The Filipino maiden has J/I fdlow ngthe sailor 'round. She arrives nn the scene, and the tangle leads to the "nMvelllnB of the -various Ill-starred rela- Hr^hlDS. Only Mendum Foote Is left out- L 52 the happy circle, and he is forcedto rslcn his position as "Mama's Papa." The ESP Dr Mendum Foote, Joseph Hart: rapt' mmm Vm. Herman West: Harry n? p Lm windce Darcy: Jack Merrlfleld, Tho? FortuneT Generaf Howland Raleigh. n„n-ke Sullivan; Jane Blossom. Gertrude For- Evelyn Raleigh. Ferrol Desmond: Mrs. Kra'iimeyer Carrll Behr: Dinah, 8usanne WUis "lot is Sinclair. Nellie Victoria; Violet nnvmo'ndI Kleurette De Mar: Dennis Riley. De Mar. «Z1»»." » drama In a prologue and three acts, by ilenrv Miller and J Hartley Manners, was S"n Is first production at the Star Thea- t" Buffalo? NT Tf.. March 6, by Margaret Vn'rlln and her company. The story la Sfe| on incidents InWllkle Collins- novel •The New Magdalen." The action takes nlnce during the Boer War. when Hester Trent a social outcast doing duty at the front In the capacity of an army nurse, sees a Toung "irl supposedly killed by a flying shell Hester knows the girl and her story, and knows that she Is returning to her father's friends in London. What Is easier court, David Hastings: Doggett, Gordon Ty- ler : Kitty Hayden, Louise Randolph : Mrs. Pendarves, Nettle Black -. Lady Dorothy Hast- ings, Margaret Corcoran: Sally. Pauline Soules; boy, Hector Barber, and Eleanor Hallam, Florence Davis. S 3X Egypt, was burred enrly In the morning, open at my Portland theatre, and will play Apr fi a. u Is supposed the Ore Btarted shortly mostly week time. My third attraction, Tha a f t( , r ^ CO Dclualon of the previous nights Funny Mr. Hooligan,' will open Sept. 18,J« performance. A number c North Dakota, and will play one Burned. The building wns not Insured. The In the West My scenic artist has completed ,„„„ , g egt ini fl ted at |8l>,000. special scenery for my 'Thoroughbred Swede "The Typewriter Girl," A comedy drama, by Adelaide Alexander, was given its Initial presentation at Allen- town, Pa., Feb. 20. It tells the Btory of a country girl who goes to the city to study typewriting, where she meets and becomes well acquainted with a young city man. They return together on a vlBlt to her country home, where she is greeted very coldly by her family and friends, because of the general belief that before she left home, she was affianced to a certain young man from her country home. The young farmer lad, how- ever, withdraws gracefully, assuring the girl that there was no reason for thinking that they were engaged. The young lady lea*ea home, opens a typewriter office, and depends t-ntlrely on the work brought to her by the young gentleman whom she met In the city. Her work falls off, she has no money, and, In her extremity the young man makes ber the proposition of becoming his mistress. She re- sents the insult, and assistance Is proffered her by a former country friend, who aecures for her a position as typewriter in a New York office. Meanwhile the young farmer boy, who has made up his mind to win her back, discovers a new process of manufactur- ing steel, becomes the owner of a large works, and bids In competition with the father of the young city man, In which competition he proves successful. The city man becomes desperate and endeavors to wreck the works of his rival by causing a '- work hnfo'r Hester To take the dead girl's place wrecK tne «»^ ™ STf^SSjM and have one more chance to redeem berse ft ■»«*. mm . is c^g ^^ Mi ^ •Hte moment for decision Is brief and Hester w e "^ »£ Ua S nd the typewriter glr vlelds to temptation. She goes to Ruth mer ™ / understanding, and decide t< vieids "to" temptation. 8he goes to Ruth Wilding's friends In London, to be^received bv them, and she gives her life to helping the poor and the unfortunate In a mission housTconducted by Ruth Wilding's cousin, the Reverend Gordon Claverlng. The Clav- erlnes call the girl Zlro, rather than Ruth, because she remrnds them of the famous pic- ture Suddenly the real Ruth Wilding ap- pears She was not killed, but stunned by the flying shell. When the two women are brought face to face Zlra falls In a faint Tten comes a period of Illness. The Claver- Ings give no credence to the real wjtns mer country . come to an understanding, marry. "The Love That Lives)," A comedy drama, ln four acts, by Paul E. Mortimer, was produced for the flrat time at the Grand Opera House, New Orleans, La., March 5. When the play opens Chester Jnmes, an honest planter and owner of La Belle plantation, near the city of Baton Itouge. celebrates his wedding anniversary. The celebration is marred, however, by the financial embarrassment of Col. James He and The Funny Mr. Hooligan,' and apeclal paper Is now in preparation for the alter. We carry a nice line of paper for my Thor- oughbred Swede' second to none, and If for- tune smiles on me as favorably as It has this season, I will be fortunate Indeed The two old reliables, the 'ghost' and The Clip- pib, are weekly visitors, and I don t know which Is the most popular, but 1 «"»•".? that with the combination of the two,, ai. should be happy, as they certainly are with my attraction. My business manager oftbe 'Thoroughbred Swede' Co. la at present busy arranging next season's time. Raymond 8. Bates will be business manager with my ■Funny Mr. Hooligan' Co., time for which la rapidly coming in." «.__. ... Hebsard FaiskaX ano Davd Elwin are booking the Empire Dramatic Co. tor ■ Spring and Summer tour through Maine and New ftrunswlck, featuring Annette Marsha and David Elwyn In the leads. They will play three nights and week elands, present- ing a fine repertory of royalty plays, with appropriate printing and complete scenic and electric effects. Next Beason they will play New England. New York, New JerBey'and Ohio time. Five strong specialties have been ,IB Flohbncb Galb sustained a severe sprain of her ankle while alighting from a carriage at Brunswick, Ga.. recently, and her season le closed, the doctors ordering her to take a complete rest for two or three months. Percita West, who has been leading lady for Robert Edeson this year, and created such a favorable Imprcaalou because of her extreme youth, has resigned from the com- pany ancf will go abroaa to further perfect ter voice and music under the best masters. Keij-t and Ashbt sailed for England last week, and will begin a long tour, aa they have good bookings for a long time ahead. Jack Db Castillo has closed a Beaaoni a tor B ?WA B rS? Ho?k. Pianist, b« closed a successful season of forty weeks with the Wallach Theatre Co., touring Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, and has Joined Belcher's Com- edlaDs for the 8prlng season. riAKNiE Mobton reports success as, lead- at the new Delmer Theatre, itorv ana consider her an Imposter. There lB , n(>wn g Urr ounded by his wife, two daugh- g °« lllgnel( ,, Mo . 1= a tremendously Btrong scene between Zira ter8 fln 0 i a darkey and an old friend,, Dr. p E CoMBDI Co. Notes.— During the and Ruth 1 then Zlra"tells the trum con- l George \\T,lte. When the celebraUon Is at t weeks that thl« v nttractton ha, Jheen *§**%»&&£ t l the colonel's son, Cyrus, In which t£, latter askes Col. James.to aid Mm In making good feises ber sin and puts behind her all hope for pardon. But she has counted without Including others ln her reckoning. She has won the honeat love of an honest man. uor- „ -* don Claverlng, and the finale of the play Is a sgo.OOO embezzlement from «e government Worthing: Cant. Arnold Sylvester. Edward n e appeals Emery: Sir Frederick Knowles, F. It. t.. Walter Allen; Major-General Graham. Heriry l'lrth: Lieut Tyack. Walter Boberts: Sur- geon Watson, Arthur Kent; Surgeon Marsh, John Winter: Orderly. A. B. Franklin: Ruth Wilding, Blanche Stoddard, and Hester Trent, tlargaret Anglln. "Tlie Price of Silence," A play. In three acts, by Edward Fuller, was »;iven for the first time by the Providence Dramatic Stock Co.. at the Imperial Theatre. Providence. R. I.. Feb. 18. The scene Is laid at Sir Robert's country place near London. Sir Robert, on his return from the city, finds that a gueet of his son 1b Edmund Rob- ert", who, during his stsy In the house. ha» received notification that he has been chosen »s Radical candidate for Parliament against Sir Robert. He has also fallen In love with "J*-??"^ 1 .■♦ffi l ^ 0 tK lea*H?om prl E on out this season it baB had only one losing week to Its credit, and that was during the Terribly cold snap that struck the South dur- ine January. At each Bland has this popu- lar attraction proved a Buccees, and the man- nger\ Henry F Wlllard, was forced to change Its policy and convert it Into a week stand offe^to-heip-pBy-off'the-a-lle-ged embezzle. ej-P«r. I«t«d of^ee^n.ghs^ and I S \ f nt C o 0l mfce W wVn° r h1m hlB (MaSt^ IKS ^ company_w..l a.teraate^.th^he Co James "fuses and sends Masters away James then shows the letter to Dr White, who promises Immediate help. Meantime Alice James, the colonel's eldest daughter, eV^'an attachment for Robert Le a cold blooded speculator, to whom for advice and aid. Mas Gram >n of a man convicted on false evi- dence of having murdered her grandfather. aence oi "•»» ^ th . Kt .. t «t meetings of Masters discovers the secret meetings the couple and exposes Le Grano to i* rrac'te T g the QS g.^ 'The 'S&S2 that Le Grand I. a murderer's son and the stain placed on her character drives the girl »■• * Le Grand, ~* and durint Wbel Paige Co., playing the Phceaix Park Theatre, Jacksonville, l^a., and also play stock at another Summer theatre Mr. wii- lard Is now negotiating for. The company will remain out all Summer and take the road next season with an entirely new outfit nf seenerv and electrical effects. Mabel Paiob Co. NOTBS.-Mabe V»\V**i he"company are In their thirty-eighth week of one of the most successful tours of bU magnetic little star, and crowded have been the rule each week. houses Miss «■• *eJ» tt*.?!8.£L2*$. *va.: reconellla Piuwnb Hai.l. has written the libretto tor a musical review, entitled "Fraialcd, Frenzied Fancies," to be produced In Phila- delphia by George W. Ledercr, July 1. Fannih ' Bbouoh, now In John Drew s company, will sppear next season with Ar- nold Daly in George Barnard 8haw's comedy, "Mra warren's Profession." Mr. Daly se- cured the American rights to this play con- ditionally upon Miss Brough being secured for the title role. "John Bull's Other Isl- and." another Bhaw play, will be produced by Mr. Daly next season also. Marie Ca'hili. will atar In a new play next season by George V. Hobart and MIKon ltoyle, under the management of Daniel V. Arthur. _ , . „ Tub Emma Buntino Co. closed Its sea- son at Mlddletown, N. Y., April t», owing to Miss Bunting's 111 health. "The SrECTRornoNB," a dramatisation or the stories of the same name, by John Ken- drlck Bangs, will be seen early next senson, as s musical production, under the manage- ment of Henry W. Savage, the music by Emanuel Klein, and the libretto by Mr. Bangs, It being bis first original libretto. Tho production will be handsomely mounted and will bo different from anything hitherto pre- CiiAnr.r.R Klkis will sal] for Italy April 20. Mr. Klein la completing a new piny for Daniel Frohman, to be produced at the Ly- ceum Thentre, New York, neit senson. Notes mow tub RiinaowKH Co., Burrowos Rros., proprietors: Boyd Burrowci.. mnnn- Rcr .—The company Is traveling In Its own palace car and will go tinder rnnvas about May 1. The Summer show will be vaude- ville, and the company will piny a number of fairs and carnivals. The llurrowes Co. will tour the Northwest next Winter with a repertory of new comedies and dramas, and will Include a band. Tho present roster: Boyd Burrowes. T. M. Burrowes, Charles Carter. Lewis Kline. Frank Murphy. Ivy Burrowes. Nan Hllsabeck, Norah Kline and Bnhv fJclllo. Our motion pictures and Il- lustrated songs, Ivy Burrowes, vocalist, with Nornh Klines, electric dances, arc big hits always. We get Tito Old Rbi.iaiilm every week and think the anniversary number heats anything before attempted In thla line. N'OTKH FKOM TUB WALKKtt STOCK Co.— This attraction will open Its next regular senson early In September, at Hammond, Ind., Immediately going Southward Into the territories and Texas. The company next Edison will be headed by the well known stock leading man, Klrby Hall Tlllson. The management will devote several months of time In Chicago, arranging special scenery and paper for new pieces, secured from the Nntlonsl Printing Co. High salaried vaude- ville features have been engaged, together with all royalty plays, which will make this one of the strongest traveling stock organiza- tions next season. All plays will be under the personal direction of Klrby Hall Tlllson. Fkankib I'AnTMDdB has signed with the Kathcrlno Rober Stock Co., for the Summer season, to play soubrette roles and do her specialty. _ _ „ Notes fbom tub Claba Tububb Co.— Business has becn good with tho company nil season. We close In Paterson, week of May 22, playing Interior cities of New York In the meantime. Miss Turner has received the approval of the critics of the cities the company has played. Our specialties are: Downs and Scott, 1'hos. O'Holduwortb, Irene La Tour and her dog, Zaza. Fred Kendall Is now ahead of the company. Tub Chasb-Lirteb Stock Co. opened at feasted until the small hours. Monday morn- ing there was a cvnernl hand shaking and n bunch of "smacks" exchanged. Jack and Anna Arnold will spend a few weeks In Sioux City, la.; E. 0. French and wife re- turned to their home at Ewlng, Neb.; Mnx Dlllne will rest a few weeks In Norfolk. Mo. Dlllne has signed with one of the lead- ing circuses for tne coming senson, present- ing his novelty clowning. Burt Shlnkle. our pianlRt. Joined a repertory show ln Kansas i the Three Osborns returned to their home In Chicago; Mario Carroll will spend a few days In Omaha, and thc I.nyton Sisters will visit their mother in Denver. The show never missed a'salnry day, nnd all the mem- bers were pretty well supplied with thc "long green." The entire company has signed with Sir. Arnold for next senson. NOTBS FBOM TUB 1>» I.ACOUR ft FlBLDS Co. —We open our seventh Summer senson, under . canvas, on May l.nt Bluffton, Ind. We carry between thirty-five nnd forty people, hnvo two Pullman cars, one 72ft nud other 08ft. long. Tito same territory will bo played this senson as <ast year, and nearly all our old people will he with us again. Among thoso already signed are: Art Witting, Mnttle Davis, ICd. Nutt, E. M. Barnes. William Mcader, Lew Fields. Nat Yale. Chas. Do Lacour, Valney Ilnlllnger, Louie Stcrzeiibach. Hnrry Wcstly, George Lawrence, Allison Fulton. Abo Studc- backer. O. M. Walters, II. Alhertsmcyer, Geo. Madison, John Meader, Genevieve Do Lacour, Krmlnle De I.ncour, Marie Fredericks, Minnie Murray, Eugene Murray, E. Van Uuren, Tansy De Iwirour and Frank Canton. P. P. Ciiavt writes: "A new star la the theatrical firmament will be seen next season in the person of Mary Ctowca, one of the cleverest young lending women of the pres- ent day. She will make ber stellar debut next season In a new play now bolng written for her by a prominent author, Miss Clowes has versatility and personal mngnet'sm, and her good work with Mrs. Flake's company and other high clnss organisations tins won for her the general praise of press and pub- lic." II. B. Ibviso recently made his first ap- penrnnco ns llnmlct In London, and was warmly received, his performance helnc spoken of In fnvornhlo comparison with that oY his father of thirty years ago. Pantaloon" and "Alice. Bit by tho Fire." to the North as far aa Charleaton, W. va., and It has become a fact.that each week of her engagement Is looked forward to as a money maker In the house where she plays. ^"(^JJSJ^K,,- B t" Joseph, »(o., April Commencing. May, IB i^U) popular star wui g i , adefln i tti B[a y, tEk | ng the place of Masters fesses forgln 5Sl«Q? Dr. Wh ion, Cyrus. Whert'Le "Orajd andl" Alice_are daughter, ore Donahue: Alice James, Ami™ lames Lotlmer Deane; Ruby James, !»'« Sherwood; Aunt Lucy. Clarke Ward. "From Clue to Capture," A melodrama, in ^"JjJi.g, ° D g m . ye »' iT f1 at the City Opera House, Mt &£j% Y The story deals largely with Vernon. N.J- -tncjii j adventures of the Incidents of the me nnu 8tockg his host's fiancee. His political affiliations j- - n r | E on, appears, ana auring a do not afford sufficient reason for the aglta- *£g^g Le Gran5, Masters and Col. lion Sir Robert displays upon seeing blm. g? .,^ Masters of the murder.whlch hut ln the second act it Is made clear that James, e of Le GrRni Roberts Is an illegitimate son of Sir Robert. I In the third and final act Roberts has made his decision to keep silent as to the real state of affairs, influenced to this end by a desire for Miss Harcourfs happiness, his determination spoils the plans of the villain. Tne " CMt . Robert Le _ C r Robert's secretary, who has been hoping Masters, Robert I to use his knowledge of Sir Robert's situs- ■ lion to further his own ends. Roberts an- nounces his plan of going to a new woria, v.here he can moke thc name for himself ae- nled him !n England, and the piny ends hap- pily when Miss Harcourt asks blm to take her with blm. "A Guilty Conscience," A four act melodrama, from the pen of Harry L Cate, was given Its Initial produc- tion at the Nashua Thentre, Nashua, «•»{•■ Mnrch 11. The play opens with a society marriage, which afterwards lays the founda- tion of the story. Through love of money nnd Infatuation tor a pretty face, two loving hearts are allowed to drift apart. Soon after Hie separation both parties and out tnat while their mnrrlnge had been a society affair, fixed by ambitious parents, they are in reality each other's choice. A series of "vents forces upon thc young husband, l aui Manning, the realization that bis love for a pretty face was nothing but a pausing; In- fatuation, and v/hen It Is too late be unas Hint he has lost bis only love—his wife, ai n penance for his wrong he gives up busl- iess. his wealth and social standing to take "P mission work in the slumB of New lort late, however, finally brings him mc i " face with his wife and baby, who have been subjected to mUery and poverty. A happy -ndlng. the bringing together of buaband, wife and baby, brings the story to a close Thc east: Paul Manning, Will W. Crlmnns. Mchard Barlow, Conrad Cantzen : John Man- ning, E. F. Nagie: Henry Burton. Chas. U. Dvnns: Officer O'Hara, Jack Dempsey. 1'renchle, Robt. K. Gordon: Jlmmle Mahojey. Arthur Conrad. Olive Norwell. Virginia Thornton: Margnrct Denton, Retn »"'»"• Itrldgct Mnhoncy. Adelnld: Oroundle; Dollle Manning, Baby Frayne. vuiuiuvu.-k — j -- q- - - ..nek enenze- >, tor an mueiiuiic omjr. »»™ Inaugurate her first Summer stock• eiejE. tac \\- n odward Stock Co.. whlct ment at *&F*E\**3*JXES&m f«rcd to Kansas City. Will M. Theatre, where she has jwti betien tne addition to tho Chase-I.lst«r^». , biggest drawing card of any "ttrortlon that "*."' n , X0!< jB tlie autnor , has signed plays In that city. A ladles ofchestra or George II. Brcnnan for the eight people *'" '»«»* ,£ e v ?J on le ' UDder production o his play, which Is founded on the leadership of Helen I^lseLaton. h [° u t £ 0 „,o S t successful novels, "The Leop- huVandRuby ,e youngest <^^ m ^ U /P$J$ PU?e IW'teT^U^TK* .. tor united, and ali ends hnPPly. T '° gcft80n D09 becn a profitable one in view Piece w I bear fo ne lh ™ 8 eaentat , on of t he ;r t Le Brand. Bertram Lytell hat ovcr hal of our booking was hook. IMP™ «' tU *. South, comnienc- fS&rsss E2tt£^$& a&^ya "ittrgSs ip^ EXSfb. .». which ,t«... b B brought F?ank L Ivlvester; Horatlus Baxter Herbert ^ n e s r '; n B '{' an ci and predict bFg business on our Rrenon • Mr. Higglns, Robert FltzMnurlce 8 ve ^ d Bl v |slt In tne Knst. We look forward Sismes Robert Ely; Uncle Toby. Hal °« c n u bl „ scnBon , inor.-00, as we play some of £ y „™l..V. mC Alle« James, Minna . Ph.lllips; ^"^(^tory that wo missed thc post sea two plnys, by J. M. Barrio, were given their premfen nt tho Duko of York's Theatri April B, and wcro accorded a great reception. "MoNRlBtm Pibooih," by Alfred Cnpr.s, was given Its Initial presentation In Paris, nt the Theatre de in Ronalssaneo week bo- forn Inst. . Tub IticilMONn Auubbmbnt Co, Informs tis that. In addition to their other enter- prises, which include numerous mechanical devices for the lending Summer pnrks, they ore organizing musical comedy companies to present New York siiccesces on a lurger scale then heretofore attempted In tho Summer pnrks. Thov are also directing tho toura of several concert bands and sensational Euro- pean vaudeville acts. Tho officers of the company arc: M. II. Wlghtman, president and trcnBurcr; Ilnrley Merry, vice president: A. G. Dclnmntcr, secretary and general man- ager; W. II. Lylell, general stage director, und L. O. Mercer, business manager. The compnnv was organized and Incorporated In 1001. Several Important productions for the senson of 1005-0 are also under wsy. M. J. Wlghtman Is the treasurer of the Acquarnma Co., nnd also of the Midway Magazine. Har- ley Merry Is also president of tho Merry Scenic Construction Co. Tiibuh are on foot plans to build a Hum mer theatre nt Parsons, Knn., to bo known aa tho Kleclrlc Park CnBlno. II. C. Moore- liead. the promoter, will mnnoge It. and ex- pects to open about May 18, with a stock company. , , ,, . . Tiioh. J. McGiiainb, who plnys Knto. In "Tho Darling of tho Gods," wns married to Vera lone Anderson, a nonprofessional, nt the "Little Church Around the Corner," New York, on March HO. , Wit. Hbakb CAiirnBl.f. will close hi sec- ond season with Fred Raymond's "Missouri Girl" Co., early In May. He will spend the Summer with bis brother, Thos. J. Ilcnke, at Youngstown. O. Lal'kbmcb DUNnAn has becn engaged for thc Ben Greet Plnycra of London, during the three weeks' run of that organization at the Btudebaker Tlicntro, Chicago. . ._ FnBn WFRHBn, baritone vocalist, has l>een engnged for Donnelly A HotOeld's Minstrels for next season. . , . S. Z. Pom, of Now Haven, has formed a $0,000,000 corporation In Boston to operate a vaudeville circuit In innny Massachusetts cities. Mr. Poll 1ms six vnudcvlllo theatres In Connecticut nud Massachusetts. 4»» " ~N Y The story deals largely with i.rfi'nf the life nnd adventures of ^''rhadwfckfstandard Oil, conpet• stock. nndTh^ W.'Lawson.fl fL urlng | > Mi. pro begins with the first d ", ctQ "-| J It Mrs Badwlck. In the town of splrntor, Mason Stivers. The cast Mrs. »Vigr 0 K«tl«■. Nonle Reynolds: Alice |«5Sfen! : G^ge C n r e% « ^, , ?osep S h%n I ? r wXr J ;^rk B G"Sw,. **♦ Fnnv Marttme, bounding wire performer, I^onl Trio, gave a sunper at the Crystal Thentre nt B C "^l^i it „ and Gonier. W T^xf^t Dick ton! Mamie Leonl. •]ack y Spflllt'Sna- n?.ke Macpherson. All spent nn ejoyable evening. , Mr. Myers Is placing Summer Btock In various tractlou parks through Pennsylvania. The Irene Myers So. opens its regular sea- mo Aug 15- Ml" "J" 9 wl " tahc ,; reBt during the Summer. Many of the old pco- Die will be retained for next season, some of whom have been with this company since It wns organised. Next season wl11 be our eighth, many new plays and novelt es will be ndded. nnd thc strongest line of plays ob- tainable will be secured. Gno M. Db Vebb, who has been with the "Captain Bnrrlngton" Co.. closed his season at the Murray III11 Theatre April 8. after a Bucrcsstul season of thirty-five weeks W L Stewart ano wife (Leah Stod- rfnrti were called to Hamilton, Can., on ac- count ^f the serious Illness of their I ttls son, Harrison, who Is suffering from blno'l jolsonlne. The surgeon performed an^opera- tion, opening the veins In nine plsccs nnd the little fellow is progressing favorably. _ John B. Wiiitbman, formerly of the Roe Stock Co., Is now with the Sam Du Vrles Stock Co. Next season he will be featured with his own company, under the manage- ment of Ilnrrv Shelby and II. G. Mayo. "Clara Bloopoood will be starred by Lleb- ier A Co.. In "The Gentleman from Indiana, taking the role of Helen Sherwood. Miss ltloodgood makes her first appearance In the •■lay at the MaJCBtlc Theatre, Boston, April 17. Ethel BAnRTMOBB will play sn engage- ment In this city ln Ibsen's "A Dolls House, at the I.vccum Theatre, for two weeks, be- ginning May 1. Ing to New York. Ciiab. OAitFtFLn, who was compelled to doec wllh tho ConkMng Comedy Co. on nc count of Illness, hns fully recovered nml nn* signed wllh the American Stock Co. for Juve- niles nnd light comedy. Tlie company will open April 24. nt Rockvilic, Ind. Ti'K "Maiip Mlli.kii" Co.. fcnturlnn Ben- Inh Thompson, closed In Norfolk April 1, till tfter Lent, when a short Spring senson Is to he given. .. Next season ihe play known for the past two venrs ns "Slaves of tho Mine," will he called "A Hero of the Mine." It was origin- ally called "Pennsylvania." . . Maiue Davwhon prcscutcd her huslmnd, Harry Hamlin, with n diiughter on March 20. Mr. nnd Mrs, llninllrt nrc with Jed Carlton's "Was She to Illume?" Co., No. 2. MAHTKH ABTIftJIl HlJI.MVAN clOHCd Willi •The Stain of Guilt" Co. In Bt. Louis, March 81 " ilAMit B. Williams (formerly Hilly" Wll- Ilnms), and Jnck Collins, report success as Mnrklnnw and O'Grady. respectively, with B. C. Whitney's "Isle of Splcc" Co. A hondmrnt to Sophie Karp. the Jewish nctross, who died a year ngo, wns dedicated April .'I. at Washington Cemetirv, Hrfklyn. •rhe Actors' Union and the Choral Union of MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS COPY- HiailTKD. iiy had delegntlons there. Joseph fcdelslcln the People'* Thentre. had charge of this cere- monies, and with him was Boris Tomnshcf- sky, a well known Jewish actor. Jehsb Ltnch Williams signed contracts, April 5, with Henry W. Savage, whereby his w ..£»* V comedy: "The Hlofen Story," will be 0"- W KSjt dnced In New York early next season. 1 lie „„ J r " o n i- c lr J big scene of the play wfll represent the In- terlor of a New York newspaper office at the hour of going to press. "In Ecstacy I Hlng." Cooyrlghled by Andreas, Davenport, la. •The Mnhognny Tree." Copyrighted Boosey A Co., London, Kng. "She Loved lllm For Ills Gold." f.opy- rlghted by J. II. Urlscoc, Denver, Col. ••Tin! Hummer Girl." Copyrighted by II. S. Dye. Wheeling, W. Vs. ,,,,,. "in the Great Beyond." Copyrighted \>f Carl Flacker. m ,,,,,.. ft "Rambling Queen." Copyrlglitcl by A. o. FrledrlcliH, Mankato, Minn. . "Varsity." Copyrighted by tho Harlem. Myers Music Co., Denver, Col. "Love's Greeting." Copyrighted by J. W. Hoffman Jr., Osslnlng. N. Y. "Have You Any References'/" Copyrighted by Ross Hulen. Tonknwn, Oklo. "I'm Building an Ice IIoiiso for To* Copyrighted by tho Imperial Music Co., .uua- kC¥l 'in tbc C Mcrry Month of June." Copyright- ed by Victor ICrcmer. Chicago. "Is He KntlHlled With Me?" Copyrighted by G. II. Maxwell, Orccncosllc, Ind. "It's a Blessing Kiss from Mother. Copy- righted by M. D. Morrcl , Itrooklyn, N. Y. ••My Song Shall Ue of Mercy.' 1 Copyright- ed by G. Hchlrmer. New V ,rl S. r, ■ 11 "O Little Town of Ilcthlchem." Copyright- ed by 0. Schlrmer, New .ork. "(5ur Boarding Lady." Copyrighted by Bonnie Schlomberg, New York. The Forbidden I.nnd." Copyrighted by " Sons, New York. .. a Love Song." Wltmark A Sons, New York. "The Second Fiddle." Wltmark & Sons, New York. Copyrighted by Copyrighted by