The New York Clipper (March 1913)

March 29 THES NEW YORK CLIPPER. I'VE I1D1 LOUT TIME, SO IB, GOOD-BTE P f-yrlos t>y BLANCHE ImsIo by UKO KDWARO! ERRILU sand dark mni Beraman't UK sensational soar. Bit with. Jmm Idukvy*! Trained Nurscis," BOW ready tor the p*oh*««lo», By the «U ant*** find oaanposar at "I Wsxut to Duo., Dun, Stuace" and "In a FMttr little Whltoious* of Our Owm" *b! "Ok, Th»« Heavenly If m," Thi. i. a qrnnrt** of woadwrfwl raeoeeaes that kaa Mt kaa* aqsudlad this MM, written by wonderful writer* Oar edrlea U to send for the tomr wonge to moot* four distinct alto. Chicago OfVIooi Grand Opera House Bldg., Chicago, III. A. L. AMIPPMAN Mgr. Columbia Theatre Building, Broadway and 47th 8tra*t, New York City MEYlrt COH1W, Mgr. THE) 1VE>W YORK CITY THEATRBS CONTWU S) ATTR ACTIOWS, DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL, ADOLF PHILIPP'S. —Adtff Phlllpp, in "Auction Pinochle," eighteenth week. BELASCO.— "lew*. »i Discretion," four- CHILDREN'S.—"EVeryman," third and last CENTURY.—'"Joseph and Hl» Brethren." CRITBBION^«»b«t HlllUtd, In "Th* Ar- gyle Case," fourteenth week. COOT. — Leurette Taylor, to "Peg ©• My Heart," fourteenth week. Ei/rtNGBrs wwnriSBCOND street.— "Within the Law," twenty>iUnth week. I.MPIBE. — "Liberty Hall," revival, third GAEB1CK. — "Hie Conspiracy," fourteenth week. GAIETY.—"Stop Thief." fourteenth -week. C LOBE.—"The lady of the Slipper," twenty- second week. GEOBGK M COHAN'S.-—May Irwin, In "Widow by Proxy," fifth week. HIPPODBOMB.— "Chder Many Flags," thirtieth week. HARRIS.—'?rhe Master Mind," sixth week. HUDSON. —"Tie Poor Little Rich Girl," tenth week. KNICKBBBOCKEJR. — Jnlln Sanderson. In •Tie Sunshine Girl," eighth week. LYRIC. — Sam Bernard, in T 'AII for the Ladles," thirteenth week and last fortnight, LYCEUM.—ST B. Warner, la "The Ghost Breaker," fourth week. MAXINE ELLIOTTS.—"Romance," seventh MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE.—"The Whip," nineteenth week. NEW AMSTERDAM.—"Oh, Oh, Delphlue," olaksk rrrnnV a, t- ft* I a llnilfln eighth week at this house. PLAYHOUSE.—"Little Women," return en- gagement, third and last week. REPUBLIC.—"A Good Little Devil," twelfth week. THIRTY-NINTH STREET—"The Five Frank- furters," fourth week. WINTER GARDEN.—"The Honeymoon Ex- press," seventh week. 1 WJI. COLLIER'S COMEDY.—"Fanny'5 First Play," eighteenth week, i. s GREELEY SQUARE. (JCL1US BXBN8TEIN, MOB.) The bill for Much 30-82 had a number of 1 pleasing tea tores. The O'Neill Trio, In brown. Included three male singers, opening with a medley of popu- lar songi. One of them tenored "Only An Old Fashioned Mother" with good success. Then the pianist started and the other two danced, finishing with lively bones and tam- bourine exercises to good applause. Dean and Pierce, as "The College Girl and Her Visitor," harf a lively set-to. with a little piano playing and some comedy, due to the visitor changing his clothes In what he considered the rooms of his chum, when It vat occupied by the girl. Some lively rep- artee, a dance, a song and some acrobatics agreeably filled out the time. Grace Cameron scored In the "Loving Man song and a burlesque drama. Alice and Sykoloff appeared In a aeries of dances, the lady being especially clever on tip toes In the opening movement. The male partner had a fine assortment of rapid whirls. In ballet costume Miss Alice proved herself an expert dancer, and Mr. Sykoloff joined her la acrobatic whirlwind dances, with a little Tommy trotting and miscel- laneous work to a lively finish and several recalls. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins had a delightful In- terview in the Hotel Limit, Mr. Fisher's excellent portrayal of the countrylike hotel clerk making the usual hit. He was well supported by Mrs. Fisher, and the finishing sung, "Before the Lights Are Lit," with the clerk going to> sleep at the fireside, made a profound impression. Spiegel and Dunn, black face singers and comedians, opened -with "Bobbing up and Down." They singled with "Then I'll Stop Loving You" and T 'Snooky Ookums-oo" with great effect, and, with the tall party Imper- sonating a classy wench, they duetted In fine atyle. The La Pell* Brothers, in full dress, of- fered their showy head balancing act, using handsome illuminated lampstands. They smoked and drank while upside down, and also stripped to their gymnast sulfa One of ' the brothers did head jumps along a runway and down a flight of ten steps. His leaps made everyone la the audience Involuntarily duck their heads at each landing. One bal- anced himself on the top of a lamp supported by the head of the other In faultless style, and they finished with an upside down duet on jingle bells fattened to their hands and feet. 'Hall and Hall had a shooting act. (Bee New Aets.1 The pictures included: "The (Strength of Men/' ■'Turn Him Out," ''Honor Thy Mother." The illustrated song offering. was "To Have, To Hold, To Love." UW. ■ Irwin* Plaest (B. ChrUtlans, mgr.)—The erjmlsr* on Mnreh 81 Introduced Wllbchn Schraldt (who, in order to distinguish him from the thousands of other fichmldts. calls himself after bis horn* town, Bonn, "Bchmldt, Roan"» and his (Jrstjwork.wis ' Muttor Land- stress*'' ("Mother High-Road''), The play snows all the crudeneas god (mistakes of tb* beginner, but at tbe same time his talent, and after this first sample we have a right to anxlouly await tb* author's further develop- ment. The two principal parts of the play, the father, a wealthy farmer in th» Ravarlan mountains, and the eon, who, after ten year* ot tramping returns home, require all the talent and art of the actor, and were ex- ceedingly veil «led by Herren Marlow and Stoeckel, while the role of the fiddler was P'ayed equally well by Hcrr Christians. Marianne Brandt did her best for the rather indistinct character of Trud*. Hans' wife. Other parti were played by Annie Rub-lfor- ster, Mas: Juergens, Christian Rub. Cencl Goetier and Helnrlch Falk. BtroUna. Snvoy (Rosenberg Bros., tngra)—Motion Pictures In which leading stars appear is th* attraction at thft house. Broadway.—This house re-opened Mon- day, March 24. with motion pictures, under the management of Marcus Loew. PROCTOR'S TWENTY-THIRD BTREET, (WILLIS. U A M ATT US W8, ItQB.) "Every little thing" having been aatll- factorlly fixed up between the Motion Pic- ture Patents Co. and F. P. Proctor, a notable feature along with the usual chins* of bill here Hit week beginning Monday, March it. was the return of the Patents plcturta Caught the show here Thursday, March 30, after spending a few moment* with the new house manager, Billy Matthews, formerly of the Wadswo.-th Theatre uptown in the neigh- borhood of On? Hundred and Eighty-first Street. UUly It "the boy wits a million friends," and thlt same genial fellow will add a "million mere" in hie new berth down- town. Lawrence and Lawrence, a man snd a woman, offered a "commercial" sketch, tba action of which Was slow Until she, as the female hosiery buyer of a large concern, de- cided to "try on" some of the wholesale salesman's calf coverings. But white he was gaslnff "North," she appropriated one of the "dummy" limbs from the display table, hiding It under ber skirt, and following a bunch of funny patter they attempted a song and dunce to close, leaving the hosiery man with the fake limb la Us Clutch it curttin time. The idea Is good and can be worked up Into a continuous laugh With but little further effort. Not a powerful tenor singer is Phil Ber- nard, but & sweet one. And besides rendering a couple of numbers in good voice he gave a little recitation that had sentiment In every line. He looked well in an evening suit Then the Junle McCree Players, consisting of two women and two men, were seen In the usual slangy comedy drama in two scene*, "The Alan, from Denver." It's all about one of those "one born every minute" chaps, who falls for the opposite sex, and years later finds her In a swell apartment. He demands that she produce the 'husband" by six o'clock that evening. Her maid hunts up one, in the person of the guy from Denver. He accepts the temporary job for tbe one hundred bills offered, and saves the woman. The Denver character was shy In spots, but he got by nicely. . , Gretta and Claire is a recently launched sister act. The teller girl possesses a sweet eoprino voice, and looked her best in a brown "principal boy" costume, In their last effort, a duet. The other girlie Is rather new, but showed enough talent to get future book- ings. They'd do better to use one or two "more" popular songs. •^Creo" is one of those mystery acts, using full stage, to which the male party of the trio places a bust of an Image upon a pedestal, natota the features, adds a wig sad dress, and then "brings it to life." It is well done, and said male got rid of tome funny chatter as he worked. Port and De Lacy, a man and a woman, worked through the ordinary line of a double patter sad son* act, and were worthy of the ovation offered. The talk material used by the man is a bit old, but he did It well. The woman feeds him nicely, and looked well In the three cheagez the made. LeTT Farmer is more than an ordinary every day juggler. Ho is a young chap, works like one who knew tod proved it be- fore he had been tossing the balls, hate, etc, long. H* closed big with a scaling ot soft straw hats etunt which thoroughly amused. Ted. || s KEITH'S UNION IQliARB. (ELMKR F. KOi,Ens, MOB.) The eafclia* of Lent brought largo crowds to Keith's Uulon Square Monday matinee, and Manager Sogers offered on excellent bill for the current week. Llna I'antaer has a slack wire offering that would be hard to beat. Her excellent work on the cord made her a big hit. Ralph Boiallev, foranerly with tbe Boston Symphony Orchestra, played himself Into the hearts of the audience with hit wonderful execution on the 'cello. Hit rendering of classic and popular airs, mingled with a ftw rag selections, msde him a prime favorite. Gladys Alexandria and company, In the skit entitled "Broadway Love," met with the same success as they nave In the past over the big time, and their aot traveled at top speed from start to finish and was a very cltssy offering, Mullen and Coogau were a riot In their cliasy singing and dancing act, which it brimful of real last comedy, and exception- ally clever work la don* by both the boys. Josephine Dunfee (see New Acts). "Peter the Great," the college bred simian, kept the audience all attention with his feet* on tbe roller tkatei, bicycles and bis re- markable Intelligence. __..,, _, The Thomas Edison offering In the way of talking pictures was up to the usual stand- ard of frailty. »nd "The Indian Girl'sije -venge" snd "The Flvo Barhetors" were th* offering* which livid down thi* portion of th* Pt jfen lieeley snd company pff««dI Ms Ijug*; hie Bklt. entitled ^Thc New Well Boy." "THE BEGGAR STUDENT." CaslMo [Walter h. Rowland, mgr.)— Thi Beggar Btu&eHt, u comic opera In three acts, by Carl Millocker. Revived toy the Meters. Shubert and Win. A. Rfhdy on Saturday night, March a, with this cast: Puffke flarfy Smith l'iffke ,. i................., Parker Leonard Enterlch Arthur Cunningham Alexis Leo Krankel Olfa .,..,..Adelaide Robinson Lieut. Wangethelm Paul Fnrnac Major ScbwelniUs.,.,.,...Joseph P. Gtlton Major Holzhoff ...Jack Evans Capt. Henrlcl Robert Mllllkln Ensign Iltchtofen C. A. Hughes Lleuf. I'oppeuburg....,...... .Viola Geo. Ollendorf.., De Wolf System Bymonovics George Macfarl Jcnitsky , Arthur Aldrldge Mayor ot Cracow ; David Hellbrunn L Countess Palmatica.,,. Kate Condon Laura BlancheJPuffleld Bronislnva Anna Wheaton Ououphtlc OUn Howland Sitzka Loaltj Derman Bogumll CharleB W. Meyers Eva Loul»e Barthel Maid ot Honor Nina Napier This revival of "The Beggar Student'' should, and no doubt will, draw large and appreclitlve audiences, tor it is the best production of the opera New York has teen Blnce it was first produced on this very stag* on Oct. 0, 1S84. It was first "done" In this country In German at the Thalia, with Sins, Gclstinger in the title role; that production, was made by Guitar Ambers, who was la tbe audience oa Saturday night . There Is no need at this late day to tell theatregoers of the tunefulness of Carl Mil- Iocker'i music In "The Beggar Student." The civilised world has long ago paid tribute to It As a matter of cold tact, there Is more real music In any act of "The Beggar 'Stu- dent" than Is found in the entire score of many a musical play produced on tbe local stage m. the last ten years. Everyone of the familiar melodies were loudly applauded by tbe large and fashionable audience present on Saturday night. In the second net. Which Is the Polish wed- ding feast, the producers Introduced a ballet .which was danced to the music of "Poor Jonathan" (by the same composer). This Interpolation fitted In nicely. The tcene also permitted Bozslka Dolly (a pretty girl and a graceful dancer) and Emll Agoust to con- tilbute one of their whirlwind dances- ■ De Wolf Hopper appeared, ot course, in the principal comedy role, that of Gen. Ollen- dorf, and scored a genuine triumph In the part. As a low comedian Hopper stands without a superior, and Is one ot the few funny men ■who can sing. The role of tha bragging officer fits him to a T. He tlso favored the audience with one of his laugh- proTOklsg curtain speeches. The title role was entrusted to George Macfarl ana, who is not only a splendid singer baritone), but he Is also a capable actor. Most of the songs fall to Mr. Macfarlan*. and he rendered them aU in splendid fashion. Arthur Aldrldge, as Jaolteky, won many encores With his singing. He Is the ppr- ecstor of a floe (tenor) voice. He has il*e> Improved as an actor. . . - «. i**£*J In tho most important role she has ret euayad—that of Bronlsleva—Anna Wheatoa proved a positive delight Bho was charming and vivacious, and her voice was heard to splendid advantage, not only In tbe duet with Mr. Aldrldge, but alto When she sang her role In tho lest act. Thli young woman hat I bright future on the American ttage. Blanche Duffleld was a pretty Laura and, while her voice was rather weak, sho scored heavily. She was very nervous tho opening night bnt towards tho end of "the opera she hag complete control of her voice, which Is a pleasant one. , _^ The rest of the players lont good aid. The chorus girls and men were all goad singers, and the scenery and costumes were up to the elaborate standard that tho producers have sat for themselves. This Is the fourth revival that tblt com- pany, which It known as tbe Gilbert and Sul- livan Opera Co.," "THE SPIRITUALIST/* Kortv-elajhth Street (Win. A. Brady, mgr.i—On Monday, March 84, Fhuncis Wil- «ori appeared for tho first tlma In New York in hit new comedy, Tht SplrHtitlUf, with the following caet; Stephen Atwcil,. Francis Wilson Guetav Schumacher.,. John HIdir Dr. Jcfta Anthony Weight Kramer Haltoti Roland Ituslitun Grave*.. F. S. Perk Eleanor RoyweH....,,' IWnn llrunii Mrs. Margaret I'rlnce.llarrlet Otis Dellent.tujr'i Annie Lola Mswf Ihe Nurse Dorothy Uvyrm SCENERY fHIATRtt AND PROBUOTIONS, VAUDEVILLE ACTS EQUIPPED Mot*and SeMMd Hand Scenery lit Stock MURRAY HOI SCENIC STUDIO MURRAY HILL TREATRH, N.T. WALTER H AXE Y, Mar, Tel. DSMMur. iiill an infant boy, accompanied by Dr. John Anthony, who Is treating the child for ft sup- posed illness. Stephen Atwell was in lova with Eleanor prior to her autrrlngo but her great repugnnnco to spiritualism, which. Stephen advocated, caused her to marry tho Englishman. Now, on her return. Stephen end Eleanor "make up," with tho under- standing that he Is to lmro nothing more to do with spiritualism. Dr. Anthony enters Into a plot, with the aittitance ot a turso, to administer a slow poison to the child, and. to further his plans, has the child removed to a private penitarlunv. Suspicion 1st aroused against the doctor, and ftuitav Schumaclivr, a Professor of Natural Sciences, tolls Bloplion that ho hat strong nicdtumlatle powers and that he should attend n teatico and consult the spirits In regard to Eleanor and her child. He consents, and the oeiincc takes place In the Professor's studio. Hero Stephen learns from tho spirit manifeitatloni enough bo satisfy htm that the child is In dauber, lie abducts tho child from the sanitarium, but while there finds a cablegram and' a small codo book which he also brings away. From thlB Stephen and Professor Schumacher dis- cover that an uncle of the child would Inherit a large estate It the child wai put out of the way, and ha bat engaged Doctor Anthony to commit tho crime, in the latt tcene this ti exposed, and Doctor Anthony retire* discom- fited into the bands of an officer, and Stephen and Eleanor patch up their trouble*, and everything ends happily. e comedy is brimful of laughs from he- ar to end, and Is a splendid vehicle for .Jr. Wilson to get off lilt rapid-fire humor. Hie part Is one that could not be exaggerated, or rather the more It is exaggerated the fun- nier it Is. In the seenei -where he thinks he "sees things" his actions are ludicrous in the extreme. John Blah', at Prof, Schu- macher, gave a capital performance of tbe German naturalist. Hit make-up exactly fitted the character, and his acting was all that could he desired. Edna ltruns, a* Eleanor Roywell, was pretty and clever, and mado the most of a part that offered few opportunities, wlight Kramers a* Or. John Anthony, did well with a thankless part. Harriot Otis Dcllenbaugh, a* Mrs. Margaret Prince, was very pleasing as the adoring Srandmothcr, especially when ah* cava orclble expression to her opinions, Lola Fisher deserves favorable mention at Annie, .the coquettish maid, who, together with Hil- ton and Grave*, bad levoral bumoroui scene*. At the end of th* second act Mr. Wilson ',v*t called beforu the curtain, where he made a brief aeml-humorou* speech thanking the audience for their expressions of approval. The performance wu* well recolvtd by a crowded bouse, and the indications are that The Mplrltuaiiat" will get tbe laughs for some time to come. A'lroB, have appeared In. Kelccj. LINCOLN SatlARB. (CI!AS. FIBqOSOX, MOB.) The show this week contains the right amount of variety that should obtain In mo- tion picture and vaudeville program!. After sn Illustrated number woli_encored COLONIAL. (•AM TAI'UKH, M0B.S Business continued to show an excellent average weekly business L,en\ according to Manager Tauber, and the matlneo of Monday, March 24, wa* nearly capacity. An onara tic due, consisting of Mtrle Me- Farland and Madame \ bead thlt week's bill. The former Is well known In operatic circles. while the latter succeeded In concealing ber Identity during a recent engagement at a downtown theatre, where tho was billed as the "Masked 'Soprano." Mention li mala of thlt number under New Actt. For tbe first time on tho Colonial stags, Sam and Kilty Morton, on Monday, did their old t|rot original singing, dancing and char- acter act ns a team. They have styled their net "Back to Where They Started." There by an almost capacity bouse, Albert Donnelly, were few present who remembered this tal- a ehadowgraphlst, showed how dexterous he ented couple as performer* long boforo Paul couid"be'lu'manipulating his finger*: th followed a stirring scene of tbe Civil W, then ar abl which went like""wild fire, the tu'dlence'wa* kept in line humor during the entire act, which went over In hit order. Karl Bmmy and hi* wonderful troupe of trained foa terriers greatly pleated With one of the prettiest animal acts fa show bnsla***. The Wilson Bros., In ft talking and singing act, entitled "Get Out?* got abundance of period depicted by tho Kalem Co. la motion pictures, entitled "Th* Battle of Bloody Ford." The Incidental music by the or- chestra was worthy of especial comment as played for this picture. Grace Leonard, a really clever little lady- Is ft most excellent male Imperionttor. an! quite Is the class with tb* bett In her llna of wo*. She ws* assisted by Tom Demntey. who *ang a tong from tb* orchestra pit •The Devil and Tom Walker" lent a ml two a-tlay big ttBM touch to the proceedings. It Ib a very funny, travesty oa OHi Infernal region* pottle's Weekly mottott pictures re- ported events of Interest from all inter Hie clvilljed world, Including Brooklyn, with a nary yard picture. I'ruwrtcra end Yale bare as clever a two act, man an* woman, a* any I have er»r eecn la say vaudevlSe house. The men Is a clean cut performer and delivers his atangy lines quite as well as say. who have and Kitty Morton, their ton and daughter, were born. It I* a pleasure to note that their act bat not gone back one lota durlqg tlieur long' stage career. George Whiting and Sadie Burt, in "Song Sayings," pulled down their usual happy bit and without apparent effort. This couple hare an etsy stylo of producing iholr mt- torltl which pieties. Hermlnr Boone and company bold tbe dra- matic sketch position of the bill la a new playlet, entitled "The Last Hope." It was produced recently at *u uptown theatre. .It held the respectful attention ot th* Monday auditneo. Btymond and Caverly k*pt the audience In jolly humor while thsy occupied th* etefw with their dlalict itarlea. Tbe five Htrteils did some of tbe most sensational cycling feat* ever teen en tbe local stags, and at tha conduilou of ibslr act tho audience applauded them unstintedly. llayno's bull terrier* were pronounced by laughs and were a big hit. -Ac Tom Davlcs Trio of fearltss motor cyclists presented a novelty In this particular . style of offering. Tbe trio «*a meter cycle* otengy Tines quite U a *wU e» say who have aI | tne ladles present 'Jutt too cute and In- st a mad pace upon an elevated motordrome, played slmller roles to the legitimate. HI* teHlgcnt for anything.'^ The dogl wort as This act closed the show and must be marked partner tea capable Cofi (or hi* withy »• if thsy liked It, and they go front, one bit to dowaahlt. 0**> »ei Grand Opera Hon** (B. J. Madden, mar )—Jf/Jeslones Is the attraction her* this week, opening Monday. 24. "Tho Count Of Luxembourg" week of 81. •Mats* % K«*l4s' r w ets, (*■ « *> Stmt, —This house fill re-open Thursdsy *vcnlng. March 27. when Arthur Hammersteln and the siubert* will revive "The Geisha." The cS.t will Include: Jsmes ?. Powers^rank Pollock. Georgia Calne. Line AharbaaeU. Pauline Hall. Car! GentVoort. Afloe JEeptlll, Edwin Stevens and Charles nl"*; , piiir»>«>»« (William A Brady, jmatj— "little Women" will close hero Bafurdtp night, 29. On Mondty evening, 8% Grace George will open a short Spring season, In aravivftl of "Divorcont." "The Moose and the Won," an excellent aim telling a fle ■ talking act, gained their share of applause graph ,11m telilng a JetecUre *tory, and MerrM and * ' romea BlflglBg of appli The Four Klveri, an acrobatic act. Closed with tomo nifty ground and lofty tumbling. A pleating entertainment in a well conducted house- . JSrerry. Ptaaa (David Benjamin, mgr.)— Vaude- ville and motion pictures. Colombia, (J7 Herbert Mack? mgr.)— Ginprr (/frf* this week. Jolly Kolllcs next Olympic (Maurice Ertoi, mgr.) — Biat darter anS Show this week. American aonthor without force or persuasion Oh tbe part of their trainer. _,_, "Court by Clint," one of Mai Witt's recent productions, scored a nice little hit The talking motion plctorea were shown Just after Intermission. The film* shown. wen "Tbe Indian Girl's Bomsnce" snd "ihe Flvo Jolly Bachelors." The pictures were ex- pertly bandied on Monday and held tho close attention of the audience. The Hlckcy Bros, did their expert acro- batic dancing, Interspersed with comedy that was entertaining and not overdone. Old Timer. > I ■■ N il Keener'* Third Avenue (Ed, 3. Mc- n;,„. „. iVsr — Keeaeye miru avsts* (so, j, mc- iwierlenV (Chsrles S. Potidam, mgr.)- Mabon, mgr.)—Vaudeville and motion pic Vaudeville and motion picture*. tores. .__ , ,. . "A MAN'S FRIENDS," Aitor (J. L. Hutord, mgr.) —A Jlfon-'t friends, ft play. In four acts, bj Ernest Poole. Produced by the Lleblor Company on Mondny, March Ui, with this es-rt i Ti>lH Wlmlen Uei>w Fawcett JullU MoClwtd Frederick Durton Knte McCIoud Kntherlne tlrcy lint Clarke Vincent Serrano Nicholas Vance Hoy Faircliild Helen Vance .......Lily Cabin The Governor Harold Buspoli Iltchard Marsh < Ucorio Backus Alice Xlta Hletli Mr. Poole, who ha* been for several years a successful writer of mngnilne srtnrlci, has, In writing "A Man's Friends" tor the stage, succeeded In turning out an Interesting play of love and politlc», despite tho fact that In plot It offers nothing new. The action centres around John McCIoud. a New York district attorney, who attempts to break up tho corrupt political inneliine headed by Tom Whelsn. Bribery had been employed to de- tent a building code lo nurke buildings morn fireproof, but hundreds of landlords and reel estate operators fear Hint their profits will lie cut Into. Ooo of the nldcrmcn. Nicholas Vanre, has been made a tool, and he Is sent tn prison by the district: attorney. McC'loUd' Heme* to be winning on nil sides against the nuu'lilue when ho discovers that Hal Clarke. his mn-In-law, has also been made a tool with Vance. McCloud's only daughter (Mr* Clarke Is the apple of Jils eye). Wnalciv and hit poli- tical crowd know tills, When the dtstrlc at- torney refutes to withdraw bis candidacy for the governorship, they bold over lib bend Mie fact that his daughter's husband In also guilty of bribery. McClimd decides »i> region bis olllco As district nttomev to defend lils son-in-law at his trial, and In doing to he w*l expose Hie men higher up. Ucorgu Fawceit scored s great personal success as tbe wily, humorous, easy-going political boss, Wbalcn. In parti like those Fawcett stands pre-eminent, Frederick Burton looked and acted to tho Hie the determined district attorney. Lily (\ii>lll, who was now to New Yorkers, scored heavily In an emotional scene, and Kalherlne Grey (hack from Australia) was hweet and charming as the young Mrs, Clarke. Vincent Serrano, long nhient tram the New York ttage, played with fine effect and with- out firework! the role Of the son-in-law, while Koy Falrchlld handled hi* rather small role with earn. The reat of tbe company hove very small part*. Tbe play was handsomely mounted end the stage management wat escollcnd, Tbe audience the opening nlgbt was a mott distinguished one. It Included Co], Roose- velt, liiirko Cochran, Hon, Win. F, McCombs end others almost equally as well known, AMR, i ■ h i HAMMERSTEIN'S, (WW, IU.1IMBUHTIIN, MOB,) Thor* is a diversified program at Hammer- stein's this week. Tb* first porfomaanca Monday, March 24, drew tho usual capacity house. After a lively overture by Geo. May t Harmonist*. Al, J. llobert* started the hall a-rolllng with some nifty finger whistling. He fared exceptionally well considering the difficult taik assigned to him, of opening, (See New Acts,) Tho Musical Gordon iltghliridurd followed with a pot puurrl of Scotch music an a varied assortment of Instruments. They closed with a little ''boot mnn" stepping which left tho audlonce In a happy frame of mind to receive the hodge-nodgo comedy nonaense sidy de- livered by O'Brien Hnv.i c<>. I.aura Gusrlte, a tingle entertainer, neit appeared, and delivered tcveral song* and Incidentally exhibited some handsome cos- tumes. Mitt Guerlte might select songs more suitable to her style and undoubted ability. Oautler'i Toyibon. an animal act of strong merit, followed. The pnnle* are cute Utile animals and ibow careful training In their various tricks. Willie Weston and Mike Bernard. In their familiar singing and piano Mieclalty, wore the hit Of (lie first part of the bill. The hove get one hundred per cent, pn appiaranco. Westgn'* song* and Bimard't plane solo* wont oyer for big return*. Wo. Rawtrey closed the first part with hit one act Version of his former three act play, entitled r '0|d Nick > Co." Wee New Peat and Ctlte Introduced rmpewnttlou* of •tars of vttioVvtRc. Tho Pouf Bards pre- sented their classy acrobatic offering. Carter Do Haven and Flora Parker then Offered their medley of well-Written Hongs. The Courtney Butters also wajrlFlid some ar ditties. Tho (larger Courtney sister 1 exceptional baritone vole*. „ GalllgTier and Joo Field* presented the very funny talking act, cntlHodt "Tbe Battle of pay Bum. 7 ' Haydn, Dunbar end Haydn, la tlmlr piano, singing; and dancing act, were on n trifle late. featuring English r 'Cbapplei" singing Ameri- can ragtime, nnd Mile. Mlnnl Amnio closed a Inng amd f Interesting: bill vuli "The Applo "When Summer Come* Around," a motion picture, wa* projected to the back* of the outgoing audience at (MR p. a. atrry. t . Waltaek'a (Cl.nrlcs Burnuam. mgr.)— Tills houso will re-open under tbe now scalo of prices, Monday evening, I}, when "Ann Boya" will bo produced, With Nance O'Neil, Lucille La Verne. Grace Bcott. Wilson Mel- rose. Richard Gordon, Frederick Glllowe, De Witt Nowlng, Carl Stowe, Fredrlka Slemons, in tho cast. George Foster Piatt will bo stage director. Manhmttnn (Wolter Yetger.mgr.)— First run motion pictures are shown here, iinintje (H. L. Weill, mgr.)—VaudovHIo and motion pictures,