The New York Clipper (December 1907)

II-( -J- THE FRANk'oUEEN PUBUSHlrrfl CO.fUmHidj MtnytrfltOIBl. „*jJ »( • --jlCBRRt A BOTH*!, KtlTOttU;. and BtisiMEsa MaMicaa. -\y.<t< raa teee new yobk c:l.ii>p3kr. ■* * r •*„ ,-i «..■«. / i ,-. «i.*. ; 1185 SATURDAY, DECEM BER 14, 1907. . ritereil Intte A. 187ft. at the Post Offle* it w.tT York. N. X,, as second clnsa matter, andet ft*set of March* ».- lKfc ; - AnreHtsemenrJl 1 --*!!.*." nor" mr-b, stogta eolaain. A..]tertI«ea>eDni setwl'h Isirder, Iff per et. ntra. St HS«*rtU'TIO\. ' oie rfeir, In'n'dvanee, II; lit nAofbs, f2{ tbf<* K.Gibdfli. Foreign postage ettra. Single copies fcl.l he &tk? pMtimH. , <'* receipt at 1ft cent* ' Os(r.'l>ra»«,«rrt Cimh. , THB rUPfKK. Is Itwiiart every Wednesday morn- in* Tne last (one-; itulvertlsliiai l'»*« «H» iTO oPFSS oa Saiatday at 1» *.«» and tbo otsoe ,,t|es r.n MONDA» »»'«• TBaWDAa Til* For"** rinnln* Promptly, Taea*- itay nt Aft i.Vtoct^ X. M. , plena, remits hy express money, order, _rb*ck. fr o crire nr-reGis.terrdlel.to-.. ill usta,enclosed »itb InKt ia at ib« rink of -sender. a.drfre*» All Crttiimnnienilons to TUB 1»RW YORK CLIPPlEB, 41 West: "Mrh-stteVt, »-w Turk. tt/tftterrl Tall* AtUrtut, "Mttmarrt." - THE WESTteltN fcTJBBAtSr J > f Tjtii fa IWXA Is located at Rnnm.KtVJ, Ashland Hio't, Chicago. John T, Priuce Jr„.manager sad rorresnnndenr. where atlTcrtlwoWHifa and anliscrlp- iltxut are rocelvisl; at our regular rate*. . . i -THE LONDON- BtTREATJ !"■ I/>raf*d at 11 J^lecstar-Street, .N-icester Hqnars. Uaaasavwi «•* Hear/ Om a r fiiblteri, .nvausgi-r, nkerc. oflrTtlsemonis nnd ushxcrlplioha ar« ■ re- nted at out regiitAr Tales: • ','.,' ■I'ji* r.iirrnt.Mi* «a OnfaiNsn wrtni.s.siT.s age Rcr»n.', at our tcenta, Kront.inn'!! noWi de|iot, »7 \ toon* 'lo.l'<.ij>frn, ParlH. Fnoe*t- lHamonil Nowa '(» I"''. p™<M. 'Jlavannf '.Manila Uooli anil-Sln- il.u'wrr <"'->.. IMMaatlB, ^latillh, J.'.- l.j.AIlwrt * '.-un, i.n-llit) Klnc'St., rfjaney. AnslraUii. . , nil: Si:w VOTIK ft.ll'PKIlpaMiafcea «»!»- nnr pAltloit; aud tlint la dattcd ti.im ISowf i«rk. .*W '••! n . jj.-i i ! i. i .../. ."j„: QUERIES ANSWERED; : ran Ropllra llT Mail «c TelrarapH. •Lnna*>?iS r.rf wii'itawmoriM kov ttriir. Ai.n in gi.e^to? nurtc flfioin.n wr.rra >rn vanna bj.im •iifr.j- «i*>t. •■< "*** •» THH CMPPRR Pour rMaaav aiaj-UirrMRa *iij.'jia anvaatima f/Na wen: oNi.t. lr tub norrra <n» *kt Tminucai. Marl** i* pntejiV, Hffinfrn orra mat a* Docraa HH im'iH[« Killft WjfasTO' 8CHU KOir.H 111 mn. n« Truvin»rif. , UIIAMATH'. S.B-,.ColiOf3.—-We have nri rrrorrt (if tho whortabouts of the party. 'AdflresR a teller in our cerre, and trc trill arlTofflse U in Thi! ri.ippDit tettet Hit. * ■ ■ ToMtr? Tflf. tVwxd," H. S., Cteroland, una -' v • , 2, I*„ OhstbAm.—Hc« .nnawer' fo ' H. C nh-iro.' i • r , ......' i . JltBy.ANi.'.-^-wo. neyor reply• tn .querlea re- l.-.tlr.g. In tho reliability.of-any .iin?., S. .la h„ Alh'nrJy.-^-al.'uny of: the leading vaudeville I m i un throughout. th,e country ivlil-.glrt a trial performance If an net seem* io trarrantilt., ... • ■. . •',-• . . •. .', ' Ui'.; Clevpl'iln.1.—AduresRonr mopic-piio- llshfng ndvertlRerS: ' ■; ■. ■ '. ' ^ II.-1... St; Lmils.—Ian erfdentiy fnetin Dirt •'.nrraan., .Vddivsa hlra In csjoat (Ma, office,. .-inn * re -tvllr nW.Ttlse the. M.r>r : In i'liu I'LIITna leflor list., . . ', . lilt IIAllDS, POOL, ETC. P. N. • H.i Cntila.—No; • tho balls do itol count for tlio play. „ ••- . , CARDS. -, , , , ■ ■- . T.- D.,; Wheellns.—IU wits oWfgnd to show fiK whole timid. .... : : A. B.C., Hull.—The 8 Mnj mlsslnfr, IE arts not jtatrnlfiht flnsli.. ~ ■■ • ' . . 1IISCFIJ.AVF.OI S. •»■' ' - ' , W. JX. R.,-Mianeapol'la.—Artdjreaayour ciiierj tn the Secretitty.-^1! thp Ji»xj, Avnahlngtrtn, HsG ... i j. . . : j ..: . . -. ■•; 3. P. M.t-iSnlllTnn nml ' KlIrnFn fonght H»v*nty4lT» rrtuntlsi ...i . .: ^'. - : . .'■<- •' Oohstant RraDisR.—Addres.^■ tntTOffHts, Mndiiio flqflflfe-'^irtdeh; No* Vortfclty, i " i ia —^^fc^jj^,^ ^^ OCR LOXDON LF.fTKR. llflU 01TB OWN COKRr.SPONDtNT. « 11 DPP r Burean, ' 14 I.plot'ateT Street, ' f.elcrater Square, London, W. C. NOV. ao, Almost without exception, fho. crltlcd i - e- ynrd the performance af Ornnrllle Bnrker'n piny, "Wn<«te," aa a complete jitntl(lcatlon of ine action ot the censor, who utterly declined la license It for public cnlenalnment. It was .Mr. Itortfnrd'H refusal to license "Wo.9te" iliai hrnnght to an Issue the eagerness of the dramatists for the abolition of hla office. 'I noy were unfortunate la tills respect, for ■Waste:" will.proluibly prove a citation fatnl Jo i heir ease. The performance at |he Imperial 'Ihealre on Tuesday afternoon was seml-prl- vaic. nrgiinlxed by the KUxe Society, ofle of miiny associations existing here for the pro- Oiiciinn, by nnhaerlptlnn, of erotic, eccentric, •<t- nlbvrwlae cninnierclally Impossible plays, there was n truly ilintrngiilslicfl ntidlenco, Mid ir should be frankly stilted that lu Hie Vinlliles of then Irani i-rattsninns'hlp, llter- »fy charm nml faithful ,H>rtr:iilure, f -\Vnste" MM (pilte wnrtliy of the consideration of lit- erary raeu ana other connoisseurs whom It ii:iriii-tcd; "Wasle" i oils the tragical story ensuing to 'lin casual sensuality of a brilliant iwlltlclan, l'-nry Trobell, who, In n mnd moment, which [i* compares to a 0t of druakenness. madu '•■w io Mm. O't'onnell, a prem-, foolish little •'reutitre. temporarily apart from her hus- Inml. When .Mrs. O'CoftncIl fold Trebctl that wie was ulKMit to become a motber, It is jt'isslhte thnt she Ibought he would co-operate iu. divorce proceedings and innrry her. Hut |>'iili uriimr friialiDCKS be informed her that '"ve had played no part. In Ws conduct, nor '■niiid do so. Mrs. O'Oonnell mailiil to '■ iier.i r io ( | S doctor, und died uader his hands. in the parlies combined to repress it public ii-andnl—Mrs. O't.'onnell's husband, the pollii- V, '^ders.. lint the prime minister mado 11 Plnm to Trobell that: ills political career jra.i at na end .without hope of renewal. nr.iy nngered by this, partly uncered by.the limn-ill timt Mrs. O'Contiell had cheated uni ot the possession of, a child which he ii-ally ileslmi to educate, Trobell committed Miii-iite. livery incident and every emotion ">nitlhBtlng lo Hie structure of (fie play Is •n-eiHsait without reserve. Xdrman M'-Kfn- n ?,V »'»s,enst tor Trehelt, l«it declined. Ornn- niH lir|iter therefore played the part. Almec "' Uurgh ployed Airs. O'Coanell. unco more the London playgoer Is tnnlng EP.MWJft "Hall, Columbia." On Wednesday SrlZB* J,e *' smk Idea" was Installed at '^Apollo TbeatfA, temporarily under the HI- i'™J2 ot H'fhert Sleath. Its success was K5WU and pronounced. There seenin to Mr* been a little duhtty otl.the part of rhe i^«^yy>r^rt|iev«i^^>^i^v^Jw^»^^ W» w <M *» ^*^) at Jicts new to (be metropolis. | "Like a Thief la. the Mabt.' Last Thurs.day afternoon and. tor the re- maindec of the week Milton and Dolly Nobles, presented ~ af ' Pastor** trtejr new . drama 11c sketch, written by Mr. Nobles, and called •■Lite a Thief In Ike Night,'" It -Is a com- part l.(UI«.pl.iy, wlil-u Hiurts out most proot- lelDgly, unit keeps nr> a tense tugging at the auditor's: Interest inroiigliont. Mr. Nobles baa Mtld.n'U III lie slory well, ntW It has the added t irtur s.l. lielllK -cnpllally pluyed, the author, as un cx-convlct, Mrs. Nobles as ihe sitter whom 1 be, hasri'L'iwe'n for .years, ahd II. K, .Slgglns, as tlie.hasbund.. tnklna tlielr respei'tlvi 1 . mleu'wifh AerfrM skin. 'ITie none Is I he Hhrnry of John Fowler, and The>lliOA ainiul. mldalgrit, .rnstrjis'.fowler und his wife have r.-mrn it from Hie opern. The Hu<:1iAiut I* surcmnnerl nway Iry a call at the phone, and after ho lms gone Ulchard Lofen^, it- enlivvlef 1 . w(it> Tiifsjust. csrjped'froih prison, eniers the room, by the library Wln- aow.' 5fr^.' Powler, nlnrnarsl,' demrtjid.s Co know: wliur his nifsdou Is, ami hf) lell.t her thhf Tie 'InteHds In kilt, her inisb-jnil .when Ihft latter retuniR.home. , i . >i ... During, Ids ctiuversotlon wllh Ine wife Is>- gan learns Hint the wnrann Is really h(» own sister,-and ulinougK lilt 14 Milt very bitter ngirlint FaajlUi whoni he w.tuies for pfcsalni; criminal clKirges against hint, he' consents to hkle behlml t'fie ctirlaltJs -as Fowler returals. . fowler, then tells Ids wife that hbr loos; lost brother, cammed lu prl.-.on' for veins, has been pardoned .through bis (Fowler's)' ef- forts, and, lis gives her nionoy and, the par- don to present .to wogjo. who Is now.thor- oughly repentant and nnhamed at having; ever entertained the. Idea, ol killing Fowler.' The act. which ran altoiu fifteen minutes, on the full Stage;mnde 'a line impression. ■ ' " ' #»» ' ■ ' — >—■ ■' , • . "THe In Oct I Ili> Jollier.'- ' Florence Onte ang rnrapnay. Tlo«>nce'riairt Is'A Very'gooit aclross,',ner .play, "'ITte ,(llrl Who l».»red"- U • 1*1 Igbi fully wrlttch and nicely staged, and Iter supportlna •suniiany K all Urn. mulil be. destreti, WIHt all l his la favor of the Utile production ■,vnt<h Miss dale nuwlee.nt Ihe Flffy-elglilli Street Tbeatrc list weefc. It was'small woti- flcr'lhat the'litifflear-eitAt ttirnngh the twentf- irva minutes. rea,ulr«iil hy the leiilhy of ,lbe slory wllh eVefy MMri M pteaatire. , Mlsd. flate Is well IctiiAvn aaNanV ot Mew Yort, and is good erjimsti In histrionic abil- ity-to ois'iipy :i lilgli plan' In .inefropiiUlun iliealrlculs. '.She l,s a, isiplldl coinedh itn», hil<t'can'lhV'qlierai|.t In nada attire with g«md I'lTect., The I litre mi a who aid lo-r, iitid wlro appear ns.fnlber, lover anil yervanl, respi'i- lively, do prniAiiworthy work In her sirppnri. II. Appears lit.tUn.story tlntC the dnititliter of n certain iJermiiTi general f.-te-ls ngnlri^t the pni, r'. choice) of .1 fi11~I>:ni. 1 for her, and, n, me fuinrc husband Is unknown in ihn •ramlly,' the'trlrl ttetiermlnes to ataWMOTMil aa iho vouii;; man in iiue.-nlnd. and can»i in;- fnflier' lo heromfc '.finroiigltly. n*tsSBStrA wllh the irtl't Mllait sweetheart.' All rjhes vvetl until ilir null siiltof, a young .lleujeiiaut, «n- pcars on 'i in- scene. The lieutenant nskk the siillpovit yniitnr nmh nlioiit; the girl, wlroin ;ie life's not.lMiow, nitil wle.-a lie,;i:U nn mr- swr-r reflecting upon tbo young Intly hn warn •: to cimiienitfi too l0giiajrautii.il> a duel. Ills manly hearing nuikcs such nu Inipretwhui niton tbetglrl thnt tvlien-»lm B forced to dW- clnsn her IdenllW. she has colfte In Ionic favorahly upon him as Tw stilrot.'and 'nil ends.'with \Ve*llng 'bells. In prospect. Tito little pi. v.- runs about twenty-five mliiut??. oa thefuJl 1 slage.' " tweAn | C. Haddo* Chambers antf t^ubert Htnrjt DnVles, jaj published. Th« rrtll«J» T- mrirkctt.nn H, llkjenesa bettrrep. Navies' play "The Mnlhtse" nud.. Ohnrobcr*' play, '"Bie Ttranny of Teat.V flpimhsrs a.-kwl tor u copy of Davles" ncrlpi.^o that he might isirp pare, .and, AifMirn htniself. Unties refuses nn<l suggests lluit CMakera should attend a per- formanoc of "The Mollusc."' with Ills* mni kcrlpi. on hi.- lap. 'I'bls I'fdi-s. like the.breach of it long XrlemlKblp. i.'harobcrji claiming that iMvlea *aa » kind ot protege. ; On Stiuinlnv lii:-r, "Miss llo.il; of Holland, wnc plated for the tbi-ee hnnilrcdth time at lha rrjnist af/VilW' Theatre. A souvenir was dlstrlbutis). ♦A M. Itcnspn hasr-managed a week of Khnkospcari;. wltih Ihe co-ii|Hirn)lioii of law a'.ilhoritkis of.sinffield fnlverdij. . , We have lieen greatly Interested here In the news irnnt- Australia of Heorgf Rlgnnlirs nuirrlirie io Zenn t 'njijiln. a tliiugliler of the old gt'titleaiau who n-.nl to ho. called Ine fa- ther of the aim nil Inn stage. JflrU MM ago, tieentH Klgnoltl was .-lecnuntrsl llto imnil- i.iniesi ni.iii oil Hid tCllgllsh Hinge, .Intin Hare, will soon, l.iive i-umpleted hw farewell roiinil ol the ,ir,nlneliil cities, lie inivms -lo revlge "Tim Uny Lord yitcg" III lown Ihereal'ter. _ AilK-ir a -Jr.-villi, r has prtvmls.jd to fulllll ah engagement ill the I'oiirt Thenl.iv In -lite Mprlng; hut be Is very ntigry ,vollh the iiewn- ujiper ineti .who Jumped to 1Ue conclusion i hm It. would Inviitveii :"coslt\r play," ; . iK. nr a •"■in- ii-'s si'i-ur-d nil acting rlglils in Sriutlcv", We>nt'tu's novel, 'Oinint lltlitDl- bill, iitiil will prtsliii*o n ploy, fti.shloneil tboto- from pert- M|, ,'fho story buglns wllh IM massacre, of the• Huguenots. .Ctitint llannlUtil I'Ufi'i'S (Crilll i\. |»eimlll'll| womini. who' Itaieti hun, Ihe promise to become Ida wife. In the course of cvenlx t'lotbllde Iteconum the passionate lover atid devoted slave ot her llllsli.ttvil.' f 1 t . j j. J Mabel Banllnc- has at|(rfcafnl» resisted a elalm,-preferred 15 the luw cottrls by M. 11 I.eayitc that alio could only appear la (.on don under his management. At t,hp tiiNtam-e.of ihe Theniflcal Mana- gers' Association. Ilin ittirrcv Vaudeville Syn- Maml: Bnrrtafonr, Tora'.B«rm»f»fil'<i wife, hat* ncroilrerk the Coliseum Thentre, Itrlglitoa, She will. op*rt It with pantninlciit on Dee. 'M. iA dividend ctiniit In HlVt per cent, hat beeii: tleelarw) In respect of (Tie Pnvllloiv The ntre," ttlosgnw, wlileh began to succeeil di- rectly It: wa-s niu as an loilepemlonl prnr»- slllnu. ,:»'..< A conipuiit hruhern lornied to run the rnrlotiN, i-nictprl-vsj lielnnglng to the I'ooln fanilly. (of tnyrlornma tame) In tbo went of Knuipnd, ,, l : Arthur Plavfalr, .whoae earlier stin eases were scs'tireri by the mimicry of actors, /ipens at ihe Ktnptre, Ij«lcester Sqilnre. on XTnuday. in n skit, fntllJed' "ThtT Nouiensor," Ho will liui'lesipio popular favorites In refnreitrc. fn the question ot the hour.. An Important addition litta) been made lo the ,M«s«-iCin|iIre j-lrotil,!—namely, or the t.rttnd Theatre, Tlli'mlnghani, l.itllf s-'oine ivvsiiv years titro,by-iihe )»!«• Andrew Mel- vine, who I'tltl flu- foniidalloii of Ills !ffiiin,itO(i I'oi'ltine lieie. Tlteivafler.it wits run M .1, W. .Ttirnei', iin* I'liiii.tu-, o|»-i-ii singer, as u "If- Kliliiiuii'" Jtoiise. Ili^noviilwl nml Improved, It will iiowiK' ti vast vattilt'tlll" House. t*tani lltiry, tiie pgent, win! useil lo lid R»r- rJiMford'n manager, was -married 1 in Knte Rft- i ir In n on Mom lily. I) Is n stra,iigo thlajg tlujt lhtrel, of thn Kitrtnial tleiievn, 'who Hiiggesie'tl the tragical luliiiodrainit In w1il)-li. rli-vorn. will appear nt ihe I'tllace Tneptte on Montlny, Wns Itriltall.V iiitirderi;<l short Ivhfterwarils. V-iMng i-oi.ipleteil :l nrilllnnlly snceesstill sennoii :il Hie Limdnn Illpptslroue, the .lack- s«n' Family ,<1C Ajiietlcin cycllstt now heglh tile St.ill tour. - , . IttVley, and Meelcy nrttv lenvn town, for Itrtis^els, uiiibir engagement in Thom.is Pur- risl'i'trd, tot (lio Alhninhrn, there, <';is»-ell und Atiiold are Just now at Urn ApnlTo Uiikse|ilnrf. Klliel Whllnsldea atid nor plcVnftlniilos aw nl. tin- .Vlh'itiilinu Urigli'-in. ■- ■ • ■• ■ i ***■ ...j otu (iiiiiiio it: i i in. •A new act. hv Chas. Horwlfz,' was given last .wefk. at thn Union Hquare. by licnrjr and Yofnig, entitled -The Irfirjevllle Jofllet/' ivhlrh ili*erril > d'fo hnVe thil rfglit element. In II., .The i*am n|>«iie<l the show, and nlihimgh hn-ndlcnppnii ,1o thai extent...the little »keteh seemed,-to; impress the audience rtvorfthIy.'' Lonevllle. Nexndni in rbe.scehnof. the story, with tbo incidents happening In Ihe eilllnrlnl Kanetuni of the ,/o/lf, r. of ihht. place. Thn village cnt-np has flared a prank upon Brs. sle . Soiilhher. tile- edlrnr, and ' when ' Patsy Lynch, a tdrapdod showman, wahrters iutu her prtsonen nho tttkes him.fnr :.-nmebody el.^e. lint. It iransjiiros Hint slu-'iind f.; : heh art phi friends,, having lieeh boy Anil ^Irt together, nrhl when Bessie getsl u. hiirwlrctl dollar,check In the- mall .£com an tnsiern tnagnxlue for a story .she hits Kent on, she generously shares the ranney with t-jtirh, i.rnt lulls lilm ihu she will start, his riVoWout a'Satn. The act inns about fifteen.:mlmites. In three. . ^ . '' * • •'♦ ?• ■' ' ■ ■ i .eor«e ■»'. ifcr^ra!. - • •" • At Pantnr's, lnr.l-, weetifleorgij V7, IT-T^rs, .t Western. blltlrfni-e. perforoiei-, who', calls himself "VntL ChojjV on ^la annoiihc'smeuts* fttade the liestof Somif good p'nrorlles, and the audlence|.:llked hint well .enough io nit hint for several enenrea. . . . . .. ■ 111.1 few minute.'- of toll: did. nol -ntlvniJce hint in.the giind gt.ire^ of hi* Auditors to any markflrt-exterir, bill he w*a hr smooth G-afecj wben he strnck-the pai-odti*s, and hla easy manaViT -Knii <te»r ennnelatfun- rMrrretf- -the thij. Mr. Frors hnsjsomo good inaterlnl, n,nd..enn -ttijl .iurt.Iier : Improvfi his apeclaity by geiilrig some Muppy-'JokA.*',• He occupied the Mag-- ulwiijl Iw.'iye.ijilniitcs,. In one. —i— ' *»»;>• • ' ■ ] ■ . •' i. * ... . .. Tfc'e Aah.«»a., A colored team ■ of singers and danccra, known as The Ashore,- made the 'atfdlebces at'ihe'Mldlon Siiriare Inst.week acknowledge lht*in'very wniThy vHtertalhcri fh.ttfelr'llBe. Tba glcl Is..very anod'. looking;; nml .the ynilth alsohasapfoaHnigsra'gVi presence, JJoth CAD shake, ihcjr feet Ju- lively muutier, pur-t tlcnlai-li the.maJc aierabeq of the.te»ui,,.who has snme'llrnt class eecentrle steps Which- he executes sjaaiially.. Mittf-nreaSIng »tk Aft tb< npecinliy nicely, and (be success made Iry It waat a- decided-' on-. It, i.tn about eleven MiilTnj fci >i'e" ' .•"■ ,' .^^.^^iMMia— U-j i ' - im i i " i 'in i" .1 , »<» "," '■ ; . i . .- .Iliumle l.niHs. . In his "impersonatfonx wltlutit the aid of mAke-ntt." Jftnmiif r.ticjis, ax,.the TSvcnity- tlilnl .Slfeet Jut week, got. nway' from, tba sioreotvtieil '"Next lie nri (rnpe?sqnn,U«n -fit so-nod-So.' Milch'so pften falls upon the ear wearied wifh Ibsl sort'of ililnir, nml lllHl got n rut delineations,of ■ ydrloirs Types In" lit* HOtlfiS. '• ' , . ,, ' , ' lie Is young arid nlmble-fonted. eniers iipj nit his work with undisguised and iinnffrcirii eWthnalAsm7an'd gets Idln. the Kriod (•ra<*e» of ihe oaea mil .in front froin ihe .rerjr.alarti {lis lienijiiii Is .good, lint ,his Hebrew, wlili'h closed "ihe net MM Mohdny...vtas.the heat t of I hem all. The net. wj.s well liked, nuil il,-, kerved the npplause given II, I.tuns lielil^tlie slAffc jtLonL twelve mlaiitiw^llt-'rjie. - - ? ♦ »«■ ,j Pauline I'ntill nuil the Bowery floy*. ^Biiiline Tatill, who htllis .hrjniclt na. "The East 3Ide Fluffy "Unfiles,"" gave a very enter- taining aot #i Pmto.vi ,1 ini. Week j acalated plhyen ori mn.-re.-.l 'cr.hi.-dr hefnre she'Wns by Ave "'Bowery,i)nyj." . -. h qiuracedlo pl»,v the, higeiiite In "The Sfns «'«C .The young fellows Wlo'ptay fh* Bowery rseclTty." nt tiiir r/rnry Mn* Theatre. Is now hw» were eicellenb, ttfo-of fheM-'-scrappIng" hi typical -ri.ugii stylo,over tbelr "goil,"ond tnc-ti innLlng up In impulsive and .genfrolls mpnrier. A hlgnl.-,' cnlfurrld Boston . hoi wendern Into the crowd, ilrjorr tBcinwtui sbma hlgh-poiiniiing phrases.- und finally o;ef« unummy ,wlth.ihem. ,Thc J'.i.i Side i.'lutty, ln.-a'''rtear-ntf | ?Brpr' M ™*riy the ntylc'of that iteryi mrtch over-Advertised und orer-rbteH se/lej! of plctnrcs, look*, filony und Mlktf slunk dli.ate.ia frank-Jliicriniiahton eiutcrxii), liiut l/eon Ilnf-n Oft for running "Vt'Age plnyg." " , An' cxttnvagn'uy.a, called "Tlii! Itotisn of r/urbV: la ■played, nt Hit* 'I'lvoll, moslly hy" fX If. SutVielle. lren.i Verona, f. 4. D$|las.antl ]-:tln-l >'i-*i-.'ii,i. . it rdill.il i the .peerage na inav lie Aihin Socialism trliunplis,, • ..-, .-Mere, on- Mnndny night, 8>\vmoiic Hides will make hln first experiment, in vaudeville. lie will prndnco a nlnvtei .called -A lirr-s ISfhenrsal."" wlileh itepcnlls far Its fntt nA mluilcri'of pApiilar fnvorives'. Cyril t'lensy, Vi-tio .tVcently madA such u hit nl the Pnfnce its a mimic, will ntay nlttuy of tbenrirts'. "It af ifow iteftM lual'""Tfte t:hrlslliiii" will tllii.n, wtBlle Hf tllff Slmfti;s1i'.ii , ( y when III* season ntthiiLyeeMin ends; I'ipgajripeiits itli'.ililv nitide for Ihe protttiO; lion nl" -"Hie IVrith IK Atigimi," it tie New Them re. on Ike. Ittj Itii-liige those Of. Jerrnltl l:nln*rt Shaw mid Nina Itoiirileaiilf. •""•HN. AVIggs of "life ((ahhage Pnlcli" ho4 now recrirded two hiiiidred niid-ilCfv perfonn- niice*'nt the. Ad, IjMi:-. Adrlenne Agarde, who iras mAInly em- Hie a native.. The. gjiecJa^ty Is.pur. on jvltji plfnt? of rfctlAti ohd ginger, tfie boys betta^" nOjtiirally, and sing and dance well, and M . Faull keeps right In the spirit of thlnegs.. The Pastor tfiiarrrir-en' , greh'trynrhcrt the ncl, which ran nltoitl eighteen minutes; In 'one. i . . ; 1 i «1 > " . 1 . . Ttfr^T mitt Pierce. " 'A 'pal/ of' ft'erara'n 'comerDHhs, ferry and Vlerce, .insde v ,tlie..t'.'Uen iSiiuoce the.acene ot a'massacre of JCnglish last-weak - , In a bit-of nenvtease that- InAilen sqii.iraiy. Tliey arir quite ruunv witli their minced.dialect, their mukn-upa. are good, and their dnhclng "rtiMs to -the act; ■ - ' ' '• ■ ' '•",•'■' ' The trouble la catyted principally ItAcanse, ohe'of thA teajn fries, lo drill tile ofh-er'lhfo' fhP'enrre'ct' fti/y 1o order a.mijal 'tchusf like n .lady,"- nn/l attet- .tliey ,"h,Ave')worked' t,hom-< reive.; up Into a fury over the affair, ,lbey ttecidq tp. dnpee the hanj. /eeUngs awny. .'iho act runs utfout. twelve mlntitis, la one. ta •■-•■ •■•-■ ; - *••'■'•' "■•■'■' '• • ' f'<S, m J t l r, '^ ot T "' ith tha Playbill a pamphtec, Mgnea by Charles Hentr Meltter. was clrcii- -,vJ' Ssnerally, In commendation of the play, tjt particularly explaining the curiosities of nrrnngements of Ihe, parlies should seem fferi from offiinse )n the eyeii ot this moral rae- divnree In America, so that the matrimonial t ropolls, where, to bnve been divorced. Is sup- posed to carry a stigma, lauigdon Mitchell s comedy got there Jnst the same. It is hold to lie witty, Ingeiilo'is and nmtislng. Some of Ihe naines of the characters have had t o be changed, ■ for they belonged to well known people here. All thn characters are entrusted to typically English performers—for Instance, Ellis Jeffreys, P'roiterlck Kerr, Ethel Mat- thews. Frederick Volpe and Edmontl Maurice. Forbes Robertson has not been very fortu- nate In hla recent Incursions to town. On Moudny night be opened at Hid Savoy for a senRon, with Bernard Shaw's play. "Cnjsni' nod Cleopntrft." This ultra-familiar nnd frivolous treatment of a great tradition is not liked at all. It Is n beautiful "prnrhte- tlon." flerfrtide Elliott plnys (."leopntrn. At the l'lavhonse, oa Tuesday afternoon, Cyril Mintde made trlat of a comedy, enti- tled '"li'ldo." ndapted from tiie Krendi, by Kva Anstruther. it Is easy to see that Mr. Maude was nltraelcfl hy a iurtlculnr dinr- acter—not by the Intrinsic merits of the play, one has lo go buck lo James |i;ittwlsCle"s schooldays tor an etplunntloh of Ills nick; name, "FRlo."' • Ho was foolishly dovoled to n Itlg. overhearing fellow, Chnrles Marshal I. 'Jhe youngsters loHt sight of each other for many years. Then, Marshall suddenly In- truded to Ihe domesticity of the forty year old Erttwlstle, and resumed their old rcln : tlonshlp— the bully of schooldays having be- come n bounder of a ve.ry bnd type. En- ta-istlc tried loyally to revive his old flouso of hero worship. Then, there was a straggle, and Marshall went to the wall. Mr. Mamie" is nolle good as Entwlsllc. In conjunction with ""Icldn"' there, was plAyed a ottc act piece, by Eric Lewis, ihe actor, called "A Lesson in Shakespeare." It manipulates a familiar sltiiatkm with success—that of a stagestruck aristocrat . who. falls In love (over the fontllgblRj to. find that hln Ina- morata Is happily married, nnd nearlng fifty. • When "Tbo Kdncntlon of Kllxubetlt"' was irodueed at the Apollo Theatre, Blltabefh'n laitt-hearted acceptance of elopement as n means of teaching her hushaod n lesson was generally condemned. In preparing his play for production at the Hiymarket, where It was Installed on Monday, Mr. Ilomiman has mollified this incident. Increasing the nmuslng qualities of the play. In tbe character of Elizabeth, Miriam Clements is replaced hy llllda Aniony, a clever actress from Ihe prov- inces. ■ WhMi "The Now Boy" traa produced nt the. Vnndevllln Theatre some twtlve years itgp, if owed moeh of lis su.-cess \n ihn ludicrous exhlbttlpri of'M'eedoa Orossmlth, da a box eent to f-chool UUder n ai'Vere master—hla diminutive stature having caused him to be mistaken for a pupil. Io tbe revival at tbe New Theatr* on Wednesday, Orossmlth plari no part. Hals succeeded by I^dn Lion. But John Beauchnmp as the cedagogue, and the statuesque Gladys Qomfrey are still avail- able. At the Vaudeville, oa Tuesday, Charles Ilnwlrey revived Cliarlen Ilrooklleld's adap- tation of "Kecore," known as "The Onckoo." H Is ot the fnmillar Frcncli lj|ie, affording llnwtrey nn opportunity ot which he mnkes full use. "Edwin Prood" was so great a *.ncees» nt Cardiff that Kcerhohin TrcO has dett-mlned lo make Its reproduction Ills first Inislness In town. Coinynn <!airr makes Drood run owny to avoid murder, and to reappear in ill 1 ..' course. Tree's John Jasper la allowed to be one of the linest thing* he has ever done. Every year the Water Bats, a benevolent nnd social aggregation of vaudeville celebri- ties which exercises Incalculable Influence; on the business in England, given a serieu of nfternoon performances to. fill lis treasure cheat. The last and most Important nt these ulivnys fakes nlnce nt. the London Pavilion, und runkos h feature of a daring mm*, tin .Monday nfternoon n skit enrltleo "1h«' Popu- lar Workhouse" was played." Poplar Is a Ruiiurli of I .onilnn. nnd It has recently enjoyed a Hcnndnlotts distinction by.reason of fnei ex- trnvftganciiH of lis pauper relief. Idle Tramps nnd venal ofilelals found themselves In a kind of paradise. Imagine, therefore, the wild fun of "The ('..pillar Workhouse," by Wu| Tliik and I'red Ivtirno. Among the exponentn of the joke were Hurry Tate, the McNaogbtoos, the Dclcvtnca, the McX.'onhclls, the OrlOltbs Brothers, Nell Emerald, Oeorgo I'rench nnd Apollo, not in mention the constituents of tlm crowds. Managers looked on with their mouths watering, for, nf course. It would be quite Impossible to produce "They Popular " 'orkhouee" In the ordinary, way of business. May Palfrey, who Is Airs, wecdon Gros- I! smith, hits acquired from W. S. llnngbiin a play entitled "Worthley's Entire," which she •will shortly prtiducc in London. "Entire" Is a technical expression In brewery, and guar- antees Ihe quality of beers. "Irene .Wycherly" had an admiring auditor In Ihfl king the other evening. John S, 1 tiiyilnn, who died last week, wns a sterling actor, much esteemed us a member of Wilson Harrett'a company. Fire, destroyed ihe Palace Theatre, Rhyl (a Welsh seaside resort), on Sunday. Ihe loss la |::.10,iiiiii. A touring vaudeville company occupying the theatre ut the time Is stranded. "Love's Conquest," n play written around the Russian Empress Catherine, by fSordon Holmes, lias enlisted Ihe favorable considera- tion of Ernest Carpenter, one of the Lyceum mnnngcrs. A pfay enltlled "The Agitator." hy Mrs. Oscat Dering.-r. will shortly be prAdiieed AS h curtain raiser for "'Urewsior'H Millions," nt Ihe Iftckn Theatre. Mr- Herlnger i- the mother of throe well known ncires-.es. she is most famous herself as the adapter ot the authorized version nf "Little l»rd 1'Atint- letov." It Is the prond boast of the/Playgoera Club to have procured a visit to the pantomime for O'l.tiOu poor children during tbe past six years. There tras a concert of vast dimen- sions In His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday, to nine funds for this year. A correspondence, Increasing in anger, be- uf /■• ilisps:llloii to.try vaudeville, tsho tins tax ehifAzi-mciit fr.tm OswaltV-fltoll. ' , Mat Derowflkl,. Hlo baby tnaefilrn, In run- dueiins tim.iireiiejtra. ai inn.Hippodrome for n month. , .... , r>wl J "'Tv l irller rttolti.s fo'ttfe : LyrliT'TTie- nf're ori'.".tnridif.v nlghl. .lTeAvflll Jitttrt off with a"re'vlvol' nf, "Mnnrteur Riiaiicafre"' lint .lie wlll'dd'-nnhln Jltioo"' for phrisUnna. . ,t/«rl- Hrn,iBrhel|,-tho.pi*<>cfl<w enjraver, .who founded .and; firmly cstahllnhed 1 ho Play- goers' Clnlv (situ be eniertnlned nt. dinner early.'.ln.ifho new jyoar; .BeorholiultTreo pre- side... i .*.'-•.* ' ■ Braristry Williams rfvo'ws'lhn InleiWIon h( taking a lhenlr,n nt the .West Klin" of |/ihdOu. to-- prndiieit a tsiT*le*t of plays' fashioned tram the linvejs'of Dlelertf*. So, be withholds'c<h> slifeVfltlAii of many offers innpppiir In yituilo- vllle; • . • .' .'./.. . 'M.^.rvingtrjr.jjs ci"et>l.l;eiVwlth.n,de4lre for London iiiiiuHgcniciii iigslii— -uof At i.ho lui- po;lai..i8l|i would prottui'e'jiplfly by.J.iHni't' ley Mannei-s. .••: . Simula Marstlfi^.",Mr a- lnng.tlinii."lendin(r lady" at Ihn London •Hlppodronio, has been engagsd.ifo play fjarHn; MHter's pnrl- wheti "•'J3ie..,ijlils..or flotherrberg" .1st sent: on thn read. It b . - ' I • •.'..' '* ■ i ■iMnnche*ler has- always heeA it grAfltloiVii 1 fAr-panloinlmr.-IMt neems in he'.ftUiilteulirglii lt-H nnlni-.-' Al. Ml« of (lie | heal res- they An-, nmlnce'ii-sheefnl prodnetlnn At-"Miter Hook of .HMIaiuI. lo rtm'lhrongh the Winter." flhatlen Wyniftjam's recent pejfomiifnre, at Court, At "Sflll Wafers Bun Deep/' a tf,ntctcd rt good ileal of notice. Hu will therefore glvn a apeclnl Nriitrnoon performance of this old fashioned piny, nt the New Theatre, on Due, 12. AdelliHl flenee wns entertained at supper by Hn director* of the Empire, fn rommern- omlton of her ten yenj-s' KCfvlce. Hull C.'olne has changed Ms mind—lie will not get to work on tli.1t play dealing wllh A ■woman qnesllon nf stupendous Import Tho caw* of the unemployed artlzan has maidenly appealed to him, (tntl ho he Will write A piny on flic malignant influence which thn Idleness of tho breiidwlnmjc exercises oa tbo home. . . M uric Dressier nnyn that she has a mnslcnl comedy In baud, nml will produce It when tbo' opportunity appeals to tier. Meanwhile, nbe Is so delight. si wllh Tier sit nation nt the Ph-mre ihnt she l« holding herself gruteftllly at the dlsposlllon of Alfred Butt, "Hn bud ihe courage of Ills opinions." she says. "Tim others were afraid ot me, but Butt engaged me." '•'.'• Fled C. Whitney sails for America on Dee. 14, lie opens the Shaftesbury Theatre here on Easter Mondiy: probably with "Rob Roy." Haiti Mr. Whitney the other day: 'Ton are ii rtthslriil nation, but wbnt you lire getting now Is only musical comedy—un art form where Ihe libretto Is, or should ho at tint first, and'the mnslc of the second Im- portance. I uni aiming nt comic opern, pure and sliaple, where the music In Ihe founda- tion of the thing. 1 shall engage an English company" Ocorge fllnnett, n member of the well known circus family. Is dead.' The first Gin- neif was an Immigrant from l'tnnce, many gen'ra ago, whoso srih, l.'rederlek flluiketl, itllt tip the el reus, nnd died worth tAtm.Ofin. • leoi'gc Olnneil, who died nt. Brighton, was l.'reflerlek'a yniingifst brother, alsn a circus performer, tuft not of like importance. Most of Ihe (BnnettR now uetire In thn nliotv busi- ness arc Erederirk (Jlnnetfs sons. Voting Fred, In particular. Is n primjieroim Ini- presnrln of music hall sketches und cxlrsvs- grtti/nH, Seveial vntide villi* perforiunrs had nn luvlin- Hon tii.Kernlngliaui when Eugenie, ex-empress of tho French, ebtnrtnlned tbe king nnd queen nf Spain. They included Hurry Tate, who etpounded '■motoring," and Margaret Conner, the Palace clrl-nr-the.piano. Paul Spitdnnl Is home from Sonih Africa tn-diiy. The Pattl Fralil: Troupe nf Acrobats nre outgoing passengers, Waller tie Frfire, who has n boohing of Malcolm Seolt nt. the Tlieulre Boyal, Edln- inirgii, vainly Intoked the courts fo prevent Scon from nppt*arliig meanwhile at the Im-nl liltirr' i Thcnfre. Maurice Hrmnn, father of-the family no deeply conu&rtted ta theatrical enterprise In South Africa. Is dead. He used tn he In hits!- ntss At the fast Find of London. Monday, Dec. 10, Is now definitely appoint- ed for the reopening of the London Colleeiiro, There will lie an afternoon and evening per- formance, and a complete change of pro- gramme weekly. mom otm ow.v euuMMsonm .* ., ,. I ■ II . . Weatern Darenli of the \. V. Clipper, 5114 A.htanil Pluck. ■ . Dfltt. 7, 10(17. TH« Drat week In' December litis iiroveii qtllle tin Inipniiiuit nne^ lu tbe iinrials ot Inenl Mint*, history, for thetchr we have hail our llrsil view of live alirueilons of varying klnite. namely vJnmM K. Illielfotll In "JiMin iltnydo"'i Honor," at Powers": K. M. Ilnllatid. In "The lliuise n/ a Thoilriiinll Ciioilles," al: the Qtir- r|i*k: •'Pho .Merry Widow," nt lite rolnnlnl; licllnf tiurt Tliurstnn (a new ei.inliliiiifli.il/, lit- MrVtekevW- nntl tlotirgo Sidney, I'n "'I'lin Aliwutilii .«iin,V |ir. thn Orent. Nurtheni. A inniilicf of (lie uri'At successes tenialri, hut the new nltnu'ttensifnrlwis'k nf Hee. H-lii- clntle.; ••Tim-illrtnNmnn," ntMeVlfker'si Elwi'- nor itiiiwou, In "'Saloniv .lime," at thn-tlranit. and «io.Ji"anr Mttrions, In "Tlift Illtf Stick," ut the Orent Northern. The ilrit leiil snow Hurry, of the sensfm visited un Nov. :I0, Inn ilu- wist hut 4 noon i nun tern ted mid rnht fob lowed,'which drove ihe slini.pem Into Ihnmi lloines which ltii.fi tiny space left ut the man nee. TliiiiiK.'isivlnjr business wns excellent ot all .(lie lion.... A heavy .snnWHtorlu Tnesdny und Wndni'nihiy wns tHA fltat iviil algtt Hint Winter wits Hnon'Us. • • liii.iNOin IWIH J. Davis, mArnurcr).«-"ThH Folllen Of HW xms lwt-ii tdtning pcnpla nwny (Olie.'iFly-every nerfnrmnne.e, Mima Janls, ill •'Thrtllilydeir,'" r»e>*. 2Si< • ■' • ■ ■ Pnw/.na' (MitrryMi Pnw»ra, nianngeri.-- .Tanres Ki Iltekeft returned to the city nod In. nu nut luminal lc welcome, Ii, In -'John Olni'ito'sillnnor,"; ihe. pinyliy Alfrod Sutni which bns been so siiceessfiil In Knglnnrl, nrnl whlftli Ml'. Hneltrtf' presented forlho flNi lime In Milwaukee about sit weeks ago. ThA slory.mils »& ,t/>liti>oiii.vdi*,. -"rbe Iron king" of Aniei'lcn, who. In IiIh mini runhtn become the mnat.ilnlluentlnP. business'ixmn of Ihe oiitiiitrv, lea viih- bis wife nitiih ln>bnr ewtt re- sources for the'twelve years of tbelr married life,' At. thr npnnlng of tho plu.v she Is lu Pnils, siirroiimled by n more or less fast act of men- Anil Weuneh, whom- mnt-nls, though they may not In ovary Hi'hfw'bfl lonsA, urn vel lllifll isaij i Hha.'-twH .Hmm. sitting lo'hee pnrtraB- ta Trevor Isroih.', a fining ymitiB ttr* lint, who has I'llllnii desperately-In Invrt With hw, "vrblrtl feelliiH aIioj returns. ■ 'Mdy I,e- »odn, Trevor's* mcitnei", .oas jdauael »ni tuarry him 'lo./lljenlfcnaliter wJ a! wrultliy Hngllsh' mnn. ,tr> ex-hrrifee, and fenrs' In', fhlii en- tangtemrtib hee nlnns will Mm frusfrated, tin she ejitues: fiinnte to ciniivnr-oncoi' »j« nr- rlven'- lo; flml-'hla wlf". stirrnuuilitd by- her friends- At .|n»ni»,r nnd a I. - once alngkas -onr: line f/Tiiite'iis urn' who thlnkM loo moeh or: his .wire, inn. he..duns', nnr. reitUie'tii What'extent Ihe nttiicUinent hax goiio. rin has scones will) 'I'tevot und ills wlfo, Hint nil tire whlla tliey are planning to nlop*. Muriel (his wlfoi tells John she Is going to A receptlonnt thenmbassy,and Inannwer rahls pleading wltlihar not logo sho dnHhonilnly Ilea fo lilm, telling htm that her luva forhlm 1msre- turned, and thnt sho will come iinck to lilm from the re. option. Ha allows bar lo go. nod )Hs private secretary, rthiiruiur, warns him n few inlmutw Inter that Muilel has gone to Trevor's studio, nnd that they am going away within tbe hour, furious, hn rushes out'to mive her from herself, Christo- plier flritnley, n friend nf Trevor artd Prln- cesso do (.*AHtngnAry, u friend of Muriel's, en- deavor to dissuade them from thin step, hut It la of no avail. Ai* the Princess* Is plead- ing Willi Muriel, Jnbn boldly enters, und the I'rlncesHA Is rci|iiAAtnd to leave. John then begs )iln wife In return to IiIdi. nnd sin- vows slut will not, Admitting thnt all nIiii had nald nlioiit loving him wns A' lie, and thnt she will go with Trovor, whatever tlio cost. 'Ihe latter enters, siirpelled lo Und Jobn there, and -Muriel fenrs for Trevor's life. John re. views thn sllimtion enlnily fin" n iitomeut, and then 1,-lls iliem thnt tin will got it divorce. that Muriel may marry Trevnr, anil telln Hm hitter lo tnko her, that sho may not. have uct'tisl'iu to He any more, Ihn play wo** splendidly vAMt anil staged, nml (lie entire performance is a great credit to Mr. Hncketl. Those deserting special mention include, he- sides tho star: William Suuter. flenrgfr Al. Ilrnlpiin, Hnvld (ilasaford Waller h. uieetii', MIah Harrqgh, Olive Ollvor, Idu Wnlerinnn, Hen I rice Beckley, Irene Movra noil Lawrence I'ddlnger. Tho engagement is for two weeks. The cast: .Tolm DIayilc, Mr, Hncketl ; Treviir Iiernde, Wllilnni Hunter; Howprd Cnllinitlinru, Ornige M. tirnhuni: Christopher llraule.i. Ihivld Olnssford; Michael Hliuriiiur, Wnlter 11. Orenno; Walters, Lawreiicn ICddlnger; Muriel tllnvtle. Miss Darrngh: I'rlncetiKo ile t'nstiignnry, Olive Oliver; Lady l/erpde, Ida WAIe.rmnii: Mrs. lteiinlck, Heiitrlt-e llecklev: Born Lonuiiiiin, In-ne Mnorc. fnincls Wil- son, lu "When KulglifN Were Bold." HI, for ttVO Weeks. (.Aitiiicii (II, f.'. Ihice, innnnger).—13. M. Ilollnnil, whit lias ulwaya been n great fa- vorite here, made Ills local stellar debut I. in "The House of a Thousand Candles," under tho management of James K. Hncketl, and scored tin Immediate perscinid success. The play was well received, it Is Intensely melo- dramatic ut times, but Mr, Ilollnnil, ns tin* butler, handles all thn scenes In his usual ex- cellent milliner. Among those -who deserve special mention nre: Eruiik K. Aiken, Stephen Hniltnti, Wllflain Haseitltir, Darrell Stand- ing. IMnu (Jimrov, Mabel Jloehtiek nnd Msrr EllzatK'th Forbes, iletiiy Miller nnd Mar- gHtek Anglln, In "Tlio Great Blvlde," in. for three weeks. , roi.oHtM, (flfo, W. Leflorcr, manager),— "The Merry Widow,"" wlrlcli onened nn In* definite engagement 1', lias inmle n cyclonic bit. Tbo hoiia* l:> vli'lusllt Mild nut for. A month nfiesd. Linn Abnrbafioll has surpassed the hones of her most ardent admirers Hi tbe title role, nnd swept the huge opening night audience to almost unprecedented out- bursts ot enthusiasm with ber singing and