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THE SUN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1912. 6 IN HIS "JULIUS CAESAR" Docs Away With Stilted Atti tudes and Old Style Declamation. THE WHOLE COMPANY GOOD Actors rut Life and Fire Into Shakespeare's Great Tragedy. "Julius I'senar" t the I.yrle Theatre. Julius CicMr Fuller Melllsh Oetavlus Osesar Kenneth Hunter Marc Antony W. Faversham Marcus l)rutu Tyrone Power Casstu's Frank Keennn Casca Herton Churchill Clnna John "Kdmunds Trebonlus Arthur Klllot Declu Ilrutua Maurice Franklin' Meteltus Cimber. Henley Kdwarrta Voplllua Lena... '....Ward Thornton Reothsayer Frederick Howe Tltlnlua Edmund Mortimer Meesala y...Itlchard Clifford Lucius, tervant to Hrutus.. Kl'le Itlier Plndarus, tervant to Caislua. .Frank Honson Calpurnla, wife to CsMar....Jane Wheatley Portia, wife to Brutu Julie Opp William Faversham (ratified the ambition e( nearly aver)' famous predecessor of III In the American theatre last night when he performed at the T.yrlc Theatre Shake peare'a trairedy "Julius Ccpsar." Juataa Edwin Ilootli and John McCullough and Richard Mansfield selected llrulut asthe r Ale which appealed to them most strongly Mr. Faversham elected to play Antony. Lawrence llarrett was alone In clinging to Ceassua, but hl superb acting in that role Justified him in the selection of a part in the tragedy which none of the others hud assumed permanently. Mr. Faveraham'a personal success as Aniony last night far surpassed the Im preulon made by the generalrepresentatlon, excellent aa that was. Here is indeed a admirable a production of Shakespeare's 'Urrlnt tragedy of liberty" as one tnleht wish to see. But its heart is the herolo and human performance of Antony which Mr. Faveraham gives. It might be said of the general repre sentation. In the brief time allowed for comment, that Its impression is in a way me Renaissance ramer man 01 a severer . claaalo period. It Is the humanity with . which the play is charged In iu present Performance that suggests a later period Jior does this entail the slightest lost of nobility to the tragedy. The style of acting is. If one except Mr, Keenan, who is essentially modern, throughout of later period than might have been looked for. , Much of this feeling comes from the act ing of Mr. Faversham. which is essentially i. human and departs from all previous for nmllty and frigidity of style once thought "inevitable to the acting of just this play. ..('lassie pose and stilted declamation are not present In 10 own performance or that .of his associates. The wholly modern method of acting the v plays of Shakespeare could not have been . 1. I ..!..! ..,. t .1 I mc luauiiuiiuu iu mo vtiauv) auu uivuu . 'In the representation last night. What - 'might be accomplished by the modern . ti'ltt ITrnnir KMmnnn iiml,! In rila, npt n I C I I .' t ' J )( ijm mo irun uuu Hungry ukihh, riuv nl wan ill us ueituieiueiiv ui in, cuurnccer jtf the conspirator. It would never have aufneed ns n dramatic method for the lter- J.formance of the whole company. ' Mr. Faversham was In the first place "t a figure of striking masculine beauty In j the graceful draperies of .Antony. He i moved with distinction and grace and ' declaimed with a depth of feeling which he has never before put into speeches that he has spoken in any previous role. He delivered the famous oration with variety and with exquisite modulations and tonal shades that saved from monotony a voice which, while agreeable in quality and sufficiently resonant, is not especially rich in its variety of color. In gesture as well as in speechi Mr. Faver sham retained a certain degree of claaslo dignity, but the humanity and warmth that his strongly human interpretation of the r61e enabled him to Impart ulways .dominated his own performance and that of his associates. And he had been gen erous in surrounding himself with the best actors who rould be found to Mil roles so famous In the history of the American theatre. Fuller Melllah as Ctttar struggling against the small portrait of the great man that a the Senate scene the arrogance and In I tolerance of the tyrant. Seated on the draped throne against a convex background of -marble with two massive bronr.e statues tit either end he received the petitions of the Senators, who from their tiers of marble benches flanked by the columns of porphry ' with their brar.cn Doric capitals came to kneel before him, Tyrone Power as the uncertain, puzzled Hrutu enmeshed in the web of the consplroeytbefore he 14. ware of it had no difficulty In delineating the honesty and innate authority of the char acter as well aa his growing .misery under the consequence of toe murder. It was the Indication of the suspicion and lick of confidence In himself that made the orchard I- I. ! l. 1. .. .n. 1 1. I - ttCTUO ill muill nu nun mtj unaiivunuu UI Ull alluring and nobly feminine Portia acted by Julia Opp so striking. Then In the tent ' scene his domination of Oalu by his' ewn powerful personality fell' in with the best traditions of the actors who have played the role In the past. Frank Keenan t was as Cousins a figure of haunting and unsatisfied ambition. Modem as his means of acting the role were.it brought into bold outline the traits of this important figure In the action of the conspiracy. Other less important characters in the play were well - represented, Especially dignified was the grief of ICalpurnia, played by Jane Wheatley, at the close of the Senate scene but it was fairly the Antony of Mr. Faver sham whlch'domlnated the evening. Joseph Barker's views of the Rome of the Cteiurtj are vivid under the hard blue sky of the southern countries. Sometimes t one felt a vague suggestion that the scale was small and that one viewed tho pictures through the wrong end of an opera glass. But the antique world was little. The mobs were plastio and epresfed their emotions with appropriate spontaneity, Mr. Faversham, in the famous speech moved the spectators In the audience room quite aa effectively as those who followed the progress of the action on the stage. ' It Is doubtful If any actor on the American stage to-day could 60 well havo enacted Antony, which remains after all one of the most sympathetic) flguies In Shakespeare's tragedy. Ho t air, Faversham not alone for his flno performance of this role but the art 1st lo manner In which such a MTted play Is now presented at tho I.yrlo Theatre, theatregoers In New York should to- grateful. The most effective wuy Iu which' they ran show their appreciation Is to crowd tho I.yrlo Theatre (luring the brief season of four weeks in which I tie ' play Is to be seen. Mane, nianehn Arral's Recital, Mme. Blanche Arral, soprano, gave the first of two song recitals ut Aeolian Hall yesterday afternoon. Her progruiume wus one of remarkable variety, ranging from songs by Cirieg and Iieniborg .to tiperatio arias by Verdi, Mas6chtrsalnt-Suens and Thomas. It ulso c.illml fnr the services of Leonardo Htagllano, flutist, and E. Droit stein, 'cellist. Mine. Arral's voice showed signa of wear, but her singing had certain merit of which facility was the most con nsicuasia. Her Intonation waa not always nawlesa. Bhe had large audience and CHINESE PLAT IN CHINESE WAY. The Yellow Jacket" at Fallon Thea tre Itoth Narrlty and Success. The Yellsw Jacket" At the Fulton Thea tre. Properly Man .Arthur Shaw Choru Hlinor l'erusint Wu Hln Yin (leorxn Itelpli Due Junj Fan Grace Vnlentlne Tso , i Antoinette Walker Chee Moo,,.. Hkxnne Morland Tal Fan Mln ltesinaul ll.irlow Huey Hln Fah Orare A. Harbour I.ee Sin J, Arthur Young Wu Fah Din Schuyler Lnild Yin fluey (long Hetinald Unrlow Wu Hoo nit George Helph Chow Wan Antoinette Walker Moy Fah Loy Juliette Day Tal Char Shoeing... . ,. Hoy Gordon Oil Hok Oar Murk Price The Fulton Theatre, originally built as a novelty, the Folies Bergero. a failure, came to its own yesterday afternoon In the production ot "Tho Yellow Jacket, a Chi nese play produced by Harris A Selwyn, n young theatrical firm. Theatregoers, par ticularly the first nlghters, were present even If It was a matlne performance, and those of them who have been clamoring for something pew on the stage found It, although the novelty was as old as the hills to the Chinese stage. The play Is said to have been written over 2,000 years ago, but has been arranged Into English by (leorgeC. Hazelton, author of "Mistress Nell" and other plays, and J. II. Henrlmo, who tor twenty years has associated with the Chinese and who knows their language and customs. It was given In Chinese fashion. There waa but one scene, which represented the interior of a stage in a Chinese theatre and was modelled after the old Jackson Street-Theatre In San Francisco. The property man remained on the stage throughout the three acts, smoking Chi nese cigarettes or drinking tea at his seat In a corner, when his services were not required In making a change In the scene, though there were many changes in each act. A bamboo flshpole held by the property man served as a weeping willow tree: to change from one room to another the actors simply changed places at a table. CAorua sat at a table throughout the play to explain the scene to be presented: the Chinese orchestra played from a platform In the rear of the stage, and each actor as he appeared for the first time explained to th audience the character he was to represent j before he got into the action oj the play. And throughout the three hours of the enter tainment there was considerable talking to the uudlence. There are twenty-nlno characters in "The Yellow Jacket," and as presented by the Chinese it Is nuld to have been done In ninn nights, but has also been lengthened out to 1,000 nights. Told, briefly, IV u .Sin Fin, (iovenior of the province, has two wives, the tint of whom, Chee Moo, has borne him a 'weakling eon, Wu Jloo Sit, represented in the first act by a piece of carved wood. Wu .Sin Via deslrea her death In order that he may more full)- possess himself of Hut Jung Fan, his second wife, who may pre sent him with a perfect heir. Her father, Tai Foh Min, conspires with his son-in-law for the murder of the first wife, but.tho hired assassin, Lee Sin. kills lustead the maid of Chee Moo, and en mutilates the face that his master is deceived, l.rr Sin and his wife, Suty Sin Fah, maid to the first wife, flee with the child at the death of his mother. ' The second act tells of the awakening Into manhood of IV u Hoo Sit, of Ills meeting with Sloy Fah Loy, who Is betrothed to IV u Fah ii'n,.who has been born to the second wife of Wu Sin Ytn, and who has succeeded him as Governor. After learning that he Is the rightful ruler be succeeds In deposing' his half brother und assumes the throne with Hoy Fah Lay as his wife. There was plenty of Oriental atmosphere In the settings and costumes, which were brought herefrom Chlnu for the production. Special muslo had been written by William Furot, olid the cast, in which no one actor waa featured, got Into the splrtlt of the play In most acceptable munner, even if the women did have difficulty In standing on inch square blocks on the bottom of their shoes, The play Is described on the pro gramme as a merely Chinese play. It nas mostly comedy, but tho auditors couldn't agree as to whether it was comedy, tragedy, farce or burlesque. Hut they did agree that It was both n novelty and n success. "OUR WIVES" HOLDS YOU. v flay at Wallace's I. Iked hy Flrat Mlirlit Audience. "Our Wives" at Wallai L' Theatre. Frank Ilonera Henry Kolker Kylvao Martin WtllUm lto-lto Hurry Lyon Mark Smith Melville Tatum (icurge (Ira ham Otto .. John Flndlay Wlleon Pamela Uaythorne Hmlly Martin.... Vera Flnlay Margaret Lyon Inabrl MacClrtKor Elisabeth Tatum (Iwcndolyn Piers Helen Krafft's and Mandel's thren act comedy which opened last night at Wallace's Theatie proved to be Interesting and was well received by u good sired audience. The play was well staged and the cast on tho whole well balanced. Every fall of the curtain was a signal for prolonged applause and the company was forced to respond several times. At the. cud of the second act thern were cries of "Author, author," and Mr. Kolker came before the curtain and said that Mr. Manriel was In Toronto, where u musical comedy of his was opening. The story of tho play Is that of a young librettist, Frnuk Bowers, who Is rather u confirmed woman hater und believes that outside of his cook there is not a woman In the world who can please him. He de clares that every time a woman bus crossed his puth it has resulted In bad luck for him. Bowers Is Just preparing for an evening's sport with his three friends, Martin, Lyon and Tatum,. when they all burst In on him with the intelligence that they are engaged and "are the happiest men nllve." Ho fore tells the passing of "the good old duys" with their marrlagu and then proves it to them when they all leave enrlv to write letters to their prospective wives. Left alone Bowers hears some one playing In the apartment abovo and reellm; that he could collaborate with that person he sends for the composer, only to tlnd that it Is a woman After n tulle, however,' he decides that both of them can forget sex in their work. He calls the woman Wilson und she terms him " Taste" and they enter on their work. .All goes well with the work and their friend ship until there is u gathering at How era's bouse of his friends and their wives, it is seen thut the old ituys nre not the samo and the party breaks up ufter a ciuur rel. in despair llnurrn turns to IVin, and she In sympathising with him reveals her love for lilm. In her grief at revealing; her feelings lluuern thinks he sees the llnul scene for their play und the girl Icavcs.hlin lo tears. lloxttr later heais XVilwn playing the melody which Is to make his show famous and finds that he's n man after all und very much iu love. Woirers's friends return lo make up, and although Hut dinner is spoiled the curtain goes clown on a happy lot of people, You will Like This Beer! uimciniriv uwiws Satisfies and Refreshes J "THE DOVE OF PEACE" SETTLES ON BROADWAY Walter Dnmrosch and Wallace Irwin as Comic Opera Founder. SL'FFJIAOETTES IX MUSIC! The Score Abounds in Mel ody and in Well Written Orchestration. "The Dot e of Peace" At the llroailwar Theatre. Han. Terence Donnybrnok, .. .Arthur Deagon Willie Fetrurhlo Perkln Frank Pollock Hlldegard Tyler Alice Yorke Mir Hannibal Hnbba Ernest Torrenrs Capt. I'aul Jonce ...Thomaa Hanlle Arabella Smllhion Jeeale llradbury Saffron Kldd William Welp Juanlla Mendoia Henrletle Wakefield Von ltamon Casava Fred Waolder Mrcllnnln Jack Hendertun (Jen. Cortei William Welp lloppy Toddy Ueorce Uurke Scott "The Dove of Teuce" lit In the llroadwuy Theutrw last night. To say that there was immediately an era of general good feeling would be to put It mildly. Accordlm; to the hill of fare "The Dove of 1'ence" Is a comlo opera In three acts and six scones, dramatic plot by Wallace Irwin and Walter Dainrosch, book and lyrics by Wallace Irwin, music by Walter Damrosch, staged under the direction of W. J, Wilson unci II. II, Hurnslde, orchestra under tho direction of Max lllrchfeld, It always takes a lot of people to push a comlo opera over. There Is a big heap of dramatic plot in "The Dove of Peace." In' the flist place there are n number of persons at a summer hotel at Portsmouth. X. II, One ot them is a handsome head waiter, whose grand mother left word In her will that If he kissed any lady before reaching tho age of twenty Ihe universal peace would settle down on the whole world, You would think that all the cirls would Just be crazy to kiss him as soon as they round this out. but they are not that. They say, "What! So more parades, brass Panels, tall soldiers with braes buttons and all that sort of thing? Nay, nay." And thereby hangs the plot, Heeauso when handsome Wiltir does not kiss IliUUuuriir what Mulvaney used to call "War, bloody war, north, south, east and .west," breaks out lietween the I idled States and Cuba and promptly all tho wulturs strip off their waiting clothes and are trans formed (while you wait! Into I'nlted States sailors In white working suits. Likewise the waitresses are exhanged into I!ed Cross nurses. The battleship Orient is about to sail to take possession of (luam. How convenient! The llritish Ambassador to (iuam Is at tho hotel and Is iiermitted to go on the ship. Terence Donnybrnok, iieace commlsxloner. Is also allotted to go on the ship, not as u peucn agitator, but as special correspondent for the Daily Chnnticlicr. which really got up the war by means of redheaded head lines. In Ileum all these persons meet some other persons of Spanish origin. They also meet some muslo of Spanish origin. There is a plot by the Spanish Coventor to have all life American officers slain by savages. Surrounded and without hope, salvation looms above the gloqio when Oonnybrook says that now is the time for that kiss. H'(0 bestows it upon.JIUJcearde and there is u rather longwinded dark stage change to a brilliant tableau sheafing the triumph of peace. All hands are transformed into shepherds and shepherdesses und Arcadian simplicity settles clown on the earth. Hut, alas! peace hath her victories. Kvjcry olie becomes disgusted with the new con ditions because all the spico Is gone out of lite, the r.Iysian fields are altogether too Klysian and every one is spoiling for a fight. Suddenly it is discovered thut tho clause in the graudmother's will specified "men" and eaid nothing about women. That settles It. Some one shouts "Votes for Women." and the militant suffragette pialces her appearance to the tune of u lively march. The battle is on once more. In the end the women arrest "all the men as I traitors for buing given Cuam up without a strugglo and take them ull back to Wash ington to be tried before the Senate. Hut the Senate has fallen asleep and cannot be waked up, So the women turn the Senators out and proceed to try the men, find them guilty, and then, learning that Wtllir had reully passed his twenty-fifth birthday when hn gave the kiss and that universal peace had been quite unnecessary, marry the men and thus put an end to everything, the opera included. Mr. Damrosch has provided for this uncommon sort of libretto a score which contains plenty of delightful music. Tho melodies are simpler, melodious, smart in rhythm, furnished with salient characteris tic traits, and ut the same time not at nil commonplace. There is much muslcianly skill shown tu tho score, but it is not of the kind that will puzzle tho thinking apparatus of the tired business mini, The counter point written around "Tho Star Spangled llnnner" will please musicul people ami not woiry others, and the burlesque on "(Jod Save tho King" ought to uniitse every one. Ilut mbslcal tricks such us these do not constitute the chief part of tills score. There are ingratiating numbers which will probably becomo iiopular. "The Dove of Peace" waltz Is In the vein of the Viennese writers of to-day und is graceful, TJie solo of Juanita, which Is brightly Inter rupted by Spanish dance music and danc ing, Is churming. So, too, is the tunefu duet, "Your eyes have told me," ot J uanita and Cavt. .ones. The sextet "Trclhstorio Man is oxcellent nnd the dance "The Cave Man" following It Is well written. The March of the Militant Suffragettes is capital in conception und execution. Not only bus Mr. Dainrosch composed ploastng muslo but he has orchestrated It In a style not altogether familiar to the Ilroudwny comic opera. This orchestra tion has much distinction, Is full of deli cate and winsome color effects and Is when nocossary brilliant without being noisy or obstreperous, "The Dove of Peace" Is handsomely mounted and its spectacular features are numerous, Tho performance had plenty of lire and action and the chorus was good to look at. The Wall Stieet edition of Tni Eventxo Sun contains all the financial news and tbe stock and bond quotations to the close of the market. Tbe closing quotations, Including the "hid and asked" prices, with additional neivs matter, are contained nlsn In the night and Dual editions of TUB r.VENINd SCN. Adt, It's Sparkling and Good! nc navor Of Bottled only by b Brewers. letfiistna a treat, New Yeik. Orser ftess asy dealtr. eer a No Other Beer Can! "HAWTHORNE OP THE U. Br A." Cohan A Harris Find I.ove aa Well an War In the Balkan. "llswthsrne of the V. .. A," at the Aator Theatre, .Mln FIts.Hardlnge Smy Ih. . .Annie Hughes M, de WKs ...Ivan 8lmpon Princess Irma Overltch Irene Fenwlck Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne, Douglas Falrkanks Hodney Illnke .....Sam D. Hardy Auguitu HI Allan Pollock Count Ivan Pavlovlc... Krlu Dllinl (ten. Hohontoe Henry Stephenson Col. Itadukakl Walter Howe rrlnre Vladimir Halberttadt, Martin ti. Alsop M, Frederick .Louis I.e Iley A Heporter W. Leonard Howe Kate Uallard Ituth Allen Thomas Ilallard..... ...Hapley Hnlmea M. Aadamovlc Legal Itoblnion M, Htelnmeti ...ttexfonl Collins Considering that a war Is fighting itself out Iu tho llaikans, there is some degree of timeliness in Douglas Falrbanks's new play, "Hawthorne of the tT. 8. A.," which Is set In hypothetical Ilorrovina, somowhere east of the Adriatic. Moreover, the play, which Is written by James llernard Fagan, has more to recommend it than mere time liness. It Is a delightful absurdity. Mr. Fairbanks has tlmo and plenty of it to display his undergraduate manners and all his young America. Unlike "The Man from Home," which had so long a run ut the same theatre three years ago, the hero Is no innocent from the Middle West; helsa New York youngster, brim full of New Yoik slang. And properly enough It is a princess to whom he makes his advances. The story never stops for breath. Two young Americans, Anthony Hamilton Haw thorne, played by Mr. Fairbanks, sind Kodney lllake, his friend. Unci themselves In Oberon, the capital of Berrovina, with plenty of money, which young Hawthorne has Just won at Monte Carlo, The story of his wealth gets Into the newspapers and he is put down as An immense dignitary In the t.'nlted States. He uses the reputa tion to the uttermost. Princess Irma finds him one day walking in her garden and tho Inevitable result takes place. Ilut when he finds that she is a Princess there Is another inevitable result and he makes up his mind to go back home. Ilut at that moment who should nppoar but I'rince Vlatlimir llalbertttilt, the ancient enemy of the reigning house. Momentary peace makes Ids marriage with the Princess necessary. Ilut the Prince is too much of a hotspur to wult for the throne to fall to him by Inheritance. He must light for It. Ilairthornr discovers tho revolution, warns the King, und bis Majesty prepares to tlee. The mob enters the palace, the King retires, and llautbnrnr greets it in his stend. He says hello to them, and "glad to meet you," and soon gives them n lecture on how much wiser It is to make money than to fight He pays thorn off with bis Monte Carlo winnings, and insists that Vlatlimir lie sent away forever. Then he makes everybody rich by American methods railroads, advertising, hotels and so on line! In the last act he starts back to America with the good wishes of the whole king dom. Hut does be go? Not at nil, The King learns of his attachment, declares thut Dorrorinu shall be a republic at his death, and then smiles on tho young lovers. Mr. Fairbanks Is a pleasure throughout the piece. Miss Irene Fenwlck, who plays the Princess, Is pretty and on tho whole acceptable. Allan I'ollocl: ns tbe King does an altogether finished bit of character work Ills diction as usual was charming. Sam II. Hardy as Hodnty Hlakr. Hapley Holmes ns a I'nlted srntes Senator, and W. Leonard Howe ns the reporter of the llorto vina Stimilar lived up to their several professions. The play met with. great approval from Die uudlence. Mr. Fagan has made a re markably breezy play and Mr. Fairbanks was fresh air Itself. Mr. Fagan would do well Ho out the last dozen speeches. The end of the play is the only part which cTied for a blue pencil. rOI.ITK'AI.. I POUTIC.l.. -.-.n POLITICAL. 1 . r . "Znru- -n-, HHsmSaalBnVBaaHaaiBaaaisVsnasnHa Remember This! The ROOSEVELT cannot carry New York State A vote against TAFT '' ONE CHARACTER HAKES FLAT. "A nieh Man' "on" la Pleaalna; If Pretty Thin Drama. "A Rich Man's Ben" at the Harris Theatre. Holt Rugenle Woodward A bell boy Harold Orau Mathew Mummer Paul Kvarton Mathew 1'lummer, Jr Halph Morgan Kmlly I'lummer. Jesale lUlph Charlotte Avery ! Lillian Slnnott Henri tildeon Iturlon Itev. Oudthorpo llarrett, , , John Cumberland Mary Lawrence, . ., Louisa ltutter Judson .,,..,,,,.11..,, Waller Allen Hennett .....Joseph Hleae Florence Jans Corcoran A Constable... Oldeon Burton With tho slenderest sort of n little story to support It A ltlch Man's Son, by James Forbes, produced last night at the Harris Theatre, aucceeded In sending Its audience home In a pleasantly satisfied, amiable frame of mind, There Isn't enough plat to this play to make a musical comedy, but there Is one character that is so well conceived and so delightfully acted and there are so many bright lines thnt the first night gathering at least was willing to forget tho meagre ness of the substance offered for Ita enter tainment. ' The plot teJU the story of the, lovo affair of Mathew I'lummtr Junior, the spoiled eon of a rich, ambitious, self-made father who is determined that the lioy shall make a marriage that will establish him in society. The boy, however, is attracted to his fathers stenographer, and succeeds In eloping with her against her will. Dy n little clever management all around tho father's consent Is won and also the stenographer's mid evorythlug ends hap pily. Ilut the play is not the story, nor the affair of the son or the stenographer. The story is entirely wrapped up In the rolo of Emily Plummtr, the mother of the amor ous youth, There have been plenty of similar stage women honest, unpreten tious souls, who longed for tho simplicity of their, lives before the money came, but there have been few if any as genuinely human and sensible and altogether lik able as Kmlly Plummtr, who never could get right down to thinking until she got her corsets off. Miss Jessie Rnlph, into whose capable hands fell this particularly fat noting part, was severely handicapped by a cold and hoarseness, but she played with such com plete unci warm hearted sincerity, touched with humor and again with tender feeling, that in splto of her evident physical ills comfort It was entirely due to her efforts that the fabric of the little play held to gether. Ilalph Morgan played the part of the son with considerable credit, but his inrsistent light comedy manner grew a little monot onous nt times'. The part would have gained In strength If he had occasionally diversified his methods, Tho other parts iu the play were hardly more than bits which were sometimes played with distinction that added much to the entertainment, and again were merely conventional. John Cumberland gave a delightful sketch of a young curate, human under his skin, but horribly fright ened of the predicament In which he found himself. Miss Lillian Slnnott was a society girl whose sophistication was a source of never ending amazement to Hmily I'lummtr, and Miss Jaue Corcoran scored a bit of a hit for herself as a waitress In u Connecticut country hotel. "THE POINT OJYIEW" AT DALY'S. Jalea Ecltert Goosman's Play Starts Han on Broadway. "The Point of View," which William A. Brady produced at a single matinee at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre, on October 23, began a regular engagement lust night at Daly's Theatre. The cast remains about the same as in the original production and includes Lucile Watson, (Irace (iriswold, Georgia O'ltamey, Kmlly Stevens, May Malloy, Ernest Olendinning, Francis Carlyle and Itobert Kelly. During the Intermission, Ins auditors had 700,000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN NEW YORK 1,000,000 REGISTERED UP STATE Up State will give TAFT 100,000 plurality ; is a vote For ROOSEVELT A good many people hare eaten imitation Tip-Top Bread loayea made to look like Ward's Tip-Top Bread and they now think that Tip-Top U not to good aa it was. Naturally the imitation loaf is a very poor thing. That is always true of imitation.. Order, and insist upon getting , WARD'S TIPTOP 100 Pure BREAD Things are not always what they eem. Learn to discriminate. Look closely at the bread you buy. It is important that you get the best. The real Tip-Top now has the name, WARD, baked in on the side of the loaf itself. In justice to yourself, in the name of Clean, Pure, Good Bread, look for our label and for that name. Tht Ward Bakerie, are open to the public. Come and tee how toe make clean, whole tome bread for you. 4- an opportunity to express their approval or disapproval on special ballots which asked, "Do you like tho play?" The aoo replies were all favorable but one, which said, "It depends on the point of viaw," It was written by a guest at the Hotel Im perial, NEW STRAUSS OPERETTA. "Ms- I.Hllr Friend" Proilucnl for the First Time In Aiuprfra. D i t no IT, Nov. 4. Tho first production In America of "My Little Friend," a new comic opera by Dscar Strauss, was given lie in to-night at the (larripk Theatre, under the management of Fred C. Whitney. The work calls for thlrty-soven singing parts and a large chorus, while the Straus score employed forty musicians under the direction of A, de Kovclll. In tint cost wen) Louis Jlanison. AUrvd Kappeler, George O'Donnell, Harry Muc Donough, Charles Angelo, Gertrude Hutche son. Fern- Rogers, Juanita Fletcher, 'Edith Slnctulr und draco Sherwood. The opera will be seen In New York later In the sesKon. , , The Imitation Imp 4 "Plays the Devil" V 4 Sand 10c Loaves A Belaaeo Pln- In Hracnar. SvnACfSB, Nov. 4, David Hclasco pro duced here to-nlgth at the Empire Theatre for the first time on any stage "Vears of Discretion," a new comedy by Frederick' and Fanny Locke Hatton. Mr. lletanco has tcmporarilv deserted the serious Bluve and has orosouled play full of comedy nnd novel situation, Kfflo Shannon played the leading part. he was supported by l.yn Harding, IlruceMcltae.Herbert Kclcey, K. M. Holland. Itobert MoWade. Jr., llr.int Mitchell. Alice Putnam und Mabel Hiiuyea. Mr. ltelasco and the authors were culled before the uurtuln after the second act. Hlra'nril llennett's Neve Piny. Washinutov, Nov. 4. ltichard Bennett at the Columbia Theatre to-night pre sented a new play bv Margaret Turnbull entltlecT"The Stronger Claim." In addition to being the manager , Mr, Dennett played one, of the tirinciiwl characters. Other characters were played by Edith Wynne Mathlson, Tlni. Murphy, Alice Johuton. (nrff&rel (I'Nolll Robert Fischer .and Master Mct'omer, From here tbe attraction, will go to lUlllniore lor a wees, alter which H will bo seen In iew Ycrk. CITY ' aauch applause.