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THE SUN, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1913. 1 feiltle Burke ,irr I 4 t i ! 1 .1 ' vif'l ft. rt V" t 5' 1 l ' - v' , THE PLAYS OF Novelties. Revival and" a New Thentre Will Mark the Comint? Week' MONDAY Tin- Lnipiiv. 1'illm Itinl.c in ii n- iv,i!.f " I'h.. in;i-.'!i-. " liv U I'nmro. Tin' l.jrii. " Vri.witi." liv iti;iiiii Tlinnvix. in In- revived with a Cump.inv nf well known u.-tiir- Tim Garden. "Tli.- Passing; -r tin- I 1 1- litVh." ilnimnti.alioti liv M T TagliapmlM of I". 'I' Martin'-, hook 'I he I'oity-riulitli Street. "Countes'. liilii" hy August NntailiorK, with Man-i.i Waltlier in the title role. Tim I'.il.ico. lalml ll.inynioro in "MNs Civilisation," hy linlianl Hard ini; Davis. TI'KSDA V Thu "tit tn . iigolihi-G.ittini Opera Company in an Italian mtshui of "Tli" Mount. 'hank." Tin' company will perform Cicalo in Italian on Thinxlay. THI'HM'A i The linenoro 'llmaM", " A fo Vein a ('took?" Tim Comedy Theatre. " Hie Gentleman from No. in, tlm French of Koroiil ami Harro. Df Wolf Hopper has l.eon for many j years before the New York puhlie. lb - Is an old friend. At Mime times lie has 1 appeared In a much more friendly light than at others. It i- easy to forget 1 the roles in which lie did not meet with! success in the pleasure of r. meinb.-t nig I Ihose in which he has won Ins gie.itesi triumphs. He has, too, l-en most s j cessful in attaining his ends in the 1 1 worthiest material Nothing thai he haj done since the New York public cBm under his varleil artistic mtnlstr.i-' tlons equals his present pertormance at the Caelno. There has neer been a superior in the part of Kn-Ku. dm: regrete sincerely all tho wotthl.ss non- nje Mr. Hopper bus been compelled lo utter from tlm stugo in view; of his ccompllhtnentfl with the humor of . S. Gilbert. George Thome was a smaller man when the first revelation of the Gil- bertlan humor was made here, in 11 way tho idea that h'o.Co was small be. came a sort of tradition. Yet there could be no more comic figure as the lord high executioner tlmn Mr. Hopper, tall as h Is. Ills rolling cult, his comic trot ftcioss the stage, all seem to be accomplished by a shorter man than the ,he peppermint nuisance as timely las the foundation for the pictures On 1 Tnp act"T ,iT" nnt ln ,he lrn!,t ""P comedlan. so skilful are his miuk and 'after all the... ycurs as it was ,t, , tn.wi. 1. .1.. ..1.. ..... .1 ,'tlve of the little antlquo world. They dress. So the external? of the part are properly tontrlxrd 1. Iu l .1 l.lo r " "' ' i....".io- ance, nowever, mai wie actor uesei'M's New Plays, and Revivals for This Week Charles Fmhma.. has it'iurinl Mr .'.urope. nut the piomis.,1 pel lot ma,,, Th-.n,,. m.)I1(,,j. afternoon In An of I he Amazons. A. U I'inero's Ian- ei Sirlndb. igs p.,y. "Countess Julia." untie farce, will be giv. lo-moiiow which Is pr.,l..,bh ,ic of the most fa night nt the Ln.p.ie I ,. ,,.. will. Ihllie moils of the ,.insh playwright's works, llurkelu the mle of ..,(( 7o;.imi;. whah 1 It h.i.s never been acted in Fngllsh aa acted at tlm Lyceum Theatre by 'Frank Hiker will be associated Willi Heshle lyre- .-. Aitbiir I'm".... play Miss Waltber In the company. A mall- was revHed In Lot n hot year. Miss I ,... will also be given on Tuesday. Miss lilirko will b assoeiate.1 will, Fntz , Wallh. r Is an actress- who studied Williams and . nllu.uid LotUchalk. ; abroa.l nnd had some experlenco In who wen, In the pcirormaiic... . mmis . foreign countries before returning to In the company will be Shelley I lull, I this country. "'"iiim Morton Selten, Thomas Iteynolds. Arthur ! ' t'ltzgerald, Hairett ltarker, Annie lis. mond, Miriam Clements, Dorothy Lane and Lorena Atwood. Mr. 1'roliman will U80 tlm version prepared for the Lon don revial by the author. Augustus Thomas' popular "Ari zona" will ho acted to-morrow night at me Lyric Theatre hy an especially re. lected company, which Includes IJusttn Parnum, Hlslo Ferguson, chryslal !r?.?' JAnl"'r 1,;'1''' Aln,a thadley, Phyllis Young. John Heme. John Driiry. Oliver Doud Hymn nnd George n'Don- noil. Margaret Townsend Tagllepictra has mado a dramatic version of the book, "The I'asslng of tlm Idle Itleh." by Frederick Townsend Mnrllii. and It will b acted to-morrow night at the Gar den Theatre. Thn play In described a a beautiful drama, founded on the mih ject matter of Mr. Martin's, book, lt In In four acts. lfarcta Waltber will malm her flrat THE WEEK tli praise which has been .ci generously, bestowed on linn. In all the fun he hits' contrived to draw out of the lines of th ' diameter there Is not a seen., which appears tirelc.tnt or Inappropriate. In that sense his comedy Is all of the kind that hi colleagues are In the habit of calling "straight." lie does not Inter- rupi the tet by a single lutcrnolatloii In bis dellclously appiehen-ivi. rrndluc of the Mikado's letter, in his conversa- 1 , Hon 1th the despairing Xnnkl Poo and his description of the festivities attend-' ' ing his e..t-utinn. Mr. Ifopper'.s fun wns ' 'tempered by an artistic deference to the , llbtcttlst which not only is otic of Its I 1 chief delights but the highest tribute , possible to the actor's Innate artistry, i It was a stroke of genius to confine ! 'the evhibltmn of personal humor which .audiences nlwny expect from Mr. Hop- per to the Intermission between thn acts, 1 Here his comicality was. uncontlneil nml there was no otfenco powdhln to tho strictest purists, t-Inco Mr. Hopper mado no cITort to change tho text nf W. S. Gilbert. It was quite unnecessary. The ' line sound as fresh ns If they had been written yesterday. What it curlotn condition of affalr has made the lin lt Wlls w,lten. mi. nopper has not a nnv I n :.u .... " isiu.essfui m m adventures m Gllber - tup humor as he s as Kn-Kn. In app-arance at tlm Forty-elghth Sheet i:thel llarrymoro will make her tlrst appearance In a new ono act play by ltichard Harding Davis, entitled "Miss Civilization." She will be supported by IMM Torrent.', William Hornn and Frank Kelly. I George Tyler said before leaving for Kurope that he had been negotiating for a long lime with the Angclinl-Oatllnl I Company, which Is one of tho best , known comic opera coinnanles In Italv I Foreign engagements orevente,! tlm pearance of tho two at the Century Theatre before and now that its engage, ments have been plajed lu Ilucnns Ayres, Itlo do Janeiro, Havana. Mexico. Costa Itlca and Venezuela thn troupe .iilln.1 f.,e - . ....... ...... , -'"" "rsi per- forinatic. will be given on Tuesday night, when "Uu. Mountebanks." by Ganne. will be sung. The tmupe has a repettolro of slxty-two operas and con- AudVun .."ti"1""- l a"'" "'V night "J,:i"S ", ,T"r'"y night. The company consists of the PIIL NIGHTS 3t the 0 PLAYHOUSE Dramas of the Present VeeIo Violet' J5.n. In. 'Th Poor.Littlo..I2i;h Girl l,it:mre, for Instance, he deserved no 1 'U,h praise ns his ripened and polished iwtrayal "f the executioner has so Justly received. It Is common to icfer t" those older tcprcsetitatlons of the , operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as alto- 'gether unapprnnched by the achieve- ments of the dav. There mnv be a de- Kee of truth In this criticism: but It is quite certain that there has ne er been a lord high cvcutloner who excelled in bis unetuoni polished humor Mr limn.r n, rn.inn Lvldentlv the version of "O110 Viidis" so splendidly exhibited hi the pictures now on view at th Astor Theatre In- eludes ecenes which were not in nre - vlously acted versions of the Slenkle - wlcz romance. Hut the groupings and the majority of fho scenes nre out of the dramatization of tho nuel. Just as such series of pictures must Inevitably be. U Is not enough to Insert some tableaux not suited to dramatic pur. poses and then declare that tt Is the I k and not ti. n..v whteh u ....i I novel that had all the dramatic Intrigue vvbi. h tli.. t...r,iri.i .n,.,. .,.1 v' I e.-... . ' with the additions from the etory it would not have been possible without following principals: Sopranos; Annetta Gattlni, I. Zoada, ',. Theheron, l. Veneto. T. HI11I, M. Lomegllo. Tenors: A. Florl, A. Haldl, J. Tlnl. K. Moltenl, J. Nagnl. Ilarytones: Augusto Angellnl, I'. Clampollnl. K. Gargiuio. Ilassos: ICUoanlo Gargano, A. Ferrara, K. i'an cra.lo. Tlm Long Acre Theatre will be opened on Thursday night with a new farcn called "Am You a Crook?" by William J. Hurlhut and Francis Whltehouse. Thla Is said to be a satire on tho pre vailing tasto for criminals in the dramas, Tho scones am laid on Long Island and Washington Square. Among the actors are Marguerite Clark, Joseph Kllgour, George Fawcett, I2ta Proctor Otis, Scott Cooper, Ivy Trouhnan, For rest Wlnant, Marlon Hnllnu, Kllzabeth Nelson and Harry Htnckbrldge, "Thn Gentleman from No. 19," a farco adapted by Mark 13. Swan from the French of Andro Keroul and Albert Ilarre, will bo seen nt tho Comedy Thea tre on Thursday evening. Tho cast In cludes Walter Jones, Nannetto Corn stock, Mllllcont Evans, Chnrles Urown, Itlrhle Line-. Dorothnii s!nitll- aunh.. .... ...'. J. l'.e... liiuio, riorino Arnold, Tom Gravoa, 1 Kevltt Manton, l'nton Olbbn, Jay Wilson, 10. D. Coo, rtenry Hergman nnd llaymond Smith. The play has been staged for tho Messrs Hhuberl by M",,rlt" Elw-. '" "'epted tl, ,p 'ler.aklnB with the permission of Gran- villa Barker. from , K M .jlr 1 j" -1 SP .) 'T-y 111 .7'. H WW III the explanatory progrnmme to follow the uctlon of tjie piny. Nothing so nne in this new line no, been seen In New-York. The "Satan" plr- Hires after the earlier Biblical t-cene departed Into Mich sentimental or ban-tl rpisodps that Intelligent Interest In them wn out of the question. Whatever may ''' sab! of the character of this popular I'fllsh book It supplies excellent up- portunltles to the makers of the ple- '"' and thoy seemed to have been utilized without regard to what the . theatre people call "enre nnd expense.' Tim result Is, nnd It Is only of tlmso ' pictures that this may bo said, t-ensa- ' tlonal In its Impression on the audience 111111 w unesseii mctn on .Monday after- 1 What their ultimate, fate will bo m'lat depend on tho number of New 1 Yorkers willing to sit through two hours of moving pictures as they would through a pbiy. It Is singular In view of the amount 1 01 CHre ,i,ltun l" Pui"--c i" meets lliai , 'ixjnded on t,ccnerv and other material meiuenmiH mat so little attention has 1 been paid to certain important details . "r" lnlcnw'V modern and their Iloman (lrapfrkfl do not miike thorn look nearly unnluiw uu thutr i.n.tlil 1,.inr I tm I r n il i v 1 1 v in tint nlfiv UMi,.M it ia curious u the carelessnes. which allows all the men to appear with their hnrn necks bearing plainly the collar marks which nre tho sign of modern mascti - Unity In Rome ax well as In New York. non tnousanus or rrancs were 'ex - I pfndnl to reproduce an Impression of I ancient Home it Is utrangn that no thought should havo been taken of such an Important detail. Probably it was overlooked because lt cost nothing. Tho sacrifice of the Christians In thu arena when the nnimals como prowling out of their cages Is a scene possible only to tho movies, and for tho first time In this representation Is the epi sode of Lrnila on the back of the whlto hull visualized out of tho ages of tho novel. "Quo Vndls" at the Astor Thea tre represents the finest achievement In the pictures to date. Tho Irving Place Theatre has closed Uu Bcanon and tho customary doubt surrounds Its future. Maurice Haum fpld was at least fortunate in having such artists as Kudolf Christians and Margurotho Hrandt at tho head of tho company. Then there was from tho bo ginning of tho season a distinct effort to attain a higher standard of plays than tho previous seasons had shown. The last of tho novelties was "Released" Uy Krlch Hartlebon, which has been seen here In parts but was until Thurs day unknown In Its successive produc tion. The three ono act plays consti tuting a cyetus sufficiently connected In theme to form an entire drama Is a form that bus so far fulled to take root outalda of Qermany, It was Horman HA Jvfillltent vfi in , Trie GntlemYi from XI9 1 .Smlermann In "Moriturl" who tried the experiment with success, nlthough his trinity Is rarely acted on the German stage to-day. It Inevitably happens that one play In such a triptych must j be better than the others. This one In- evltably is acted more frequently, nnd thn author's original Intention of pre sentlng three plays with a similar mo tive Is thus defeated. Hartlcben's scheme Is to show threo j characters alter they are released from ! conventional bonds which are a burden to tnem. in ' Atiscliteii vom Itegiment Ferdinand Wenn has nlready played on . the simp stage. "Pin Slttllche Fordo- rung" Is 11 popular pleco with thn act- ' reason who are anxious to snine ns its smnrt heroine, nnd the predecessors of 1 Grete Mayer, who acted Its heroine I last night, have been Hedwlg Lnngc and Helene Odllnn. "Dlo Lore" was In- Features of Plays That Survived Season Itct'cnt sHctators at the Manhattan Opera House hn,vo been heard to observe that the actors in that thrilling melo- J drama -The Whip" have taken on flesh sinco th lcinnln of tin' muihou in mIi . lki Into consideration 'that Morris liest nnd his asHociales have to supply ' I '.w.rUl.t.lit.. r,r......nll..-" f.w ,,, .v..r. formanco the explanation is easy. I ()no rt 0, hr,nilv two ci,lM,.B of 1 she starts nut to tlnd the last home of tho I lnilUi ,Ua.ls' ..f-'champagne. two('"n had followed from her Austrian .siphons of seltzer, a quart of ginger ale, twenty-four cups and a percolator of colTce, eight cigars (brand not named), threo packages of cigarettes, three cakes, ono applo and ono banana oro for tho two legged actors in tho cast. Loaf sugar and cnrrotH am supplied for horses that take part and thlrtv-llvn dog biscuits am required to keep tho pack of hounds docilo for every performance Tho salaries of the actors who took purt In tho first production of "ttosedalo" at the Thirteenth Street Wallack's amounted to less than 100 a week. Lester Wnllack and Mrs. John Hooy received $100 weokly, John Gilbert, tho original .Vile, got $75, and although hn was ono of the stars of this old stock company he never received during all his associa tion with lt mom tlmn $1110, Little Emma Lo Hrun, who waa present at tho Lyrio Theatre on tho first night of thn perform ance and in tho original cast played the lit t lo Sir A rth ur, received IN, Of course tho actors at tho Lyric The atro received much mom, which may be one reason why tho play lasted for only threo weeks Instead nf four. Rarely has a comio opera ended with tho unresolved chord this learned ex presslon refers to tho dramatlo interest and not the scorewhich bring "Tho Purplo Road" to Its conclusion at tlm Lilwrty Theatre, The action passes at HI. Helena. Tho sceno is a fluid in tho Island on a day In late summer. The harvesters are gathering the crop nnd tho yellow hay Is visible in slacks and in the distant fields. This fooling nf late troiliiced tu Now York audiences when 1 story which would have been tnueh .Maurice Riumfeld we trying to make ,"nro Interesting hud the pla vwrislit the Ocruuin must) feel ul home on the ,,'od In the right direction Hut rx southeast corner of Korty-nlnth stroet tZ! and .Madison avenue. I .veil these three WH (.Hl,P(1 , (iormani wn i,0,m,lt ,n net plays, strong a they ate In effect ,e the success of the season abroad when presented In stiLcesblon, ate. rarely I seen together. To make this dramatic ' Tull Marshull now acting "The form altogether 11 success It will be Taltter" In Chicago Ills wife, Marlon necessary for some playwright to mitko Kalrfa, tins rewritten her former plav, his three little plays absolutely cqu.il "The lliillders" and will uct Is In Chi In strength. cagn under the title "The nig To-D.iv" The authoress hns rewritten the phv Abundant misinformation has been 1 In accordance with some of the crl'l distrlbuted from professional sources ral suggestions made 1 1 her a' the tlmn. concerning the tlrst representation of Itarely do playwrights listen to the "lolanthe" In this city. We are told voice of (he serpent hi attentively It that the cast for the Ilrst perfornmnco s to be Imped that her drama In Included Henry K. Dlxey, W. II. Kes. present form meets with snccrv- Other, j-enden, IMward 1'. Temple, Hattle Ho- wise there might be sceptical person l.iro and various others who had noth- who would say that after all crl'lcs nf Ing whatever to do with the perform- the drama were not Infallible In th-lr mice. As a matter of fact the leading Judgments. That would be almost .i toles In "lolantht" were sung by .1. H. unkind as Robert lllchen's estimate t Hyley, William Carleton, Marin .lansen, them In "The Green Carnation." Augusta I'oche and Sallle Jteber when tlie opcrcita was heard nete tor tno tlrwt tlniA tit tl.n Ul.tiil'ihl Ttijiulr nn Saturday evening, November 1SSJ. 1 The work was simultaneously produced in London. Naturally It ran in the lit tle Savoy Theatre much longer than It did at the Standard Theatre, where af ter some ten weeks of popularity pub lic Interest In the work seemed to bo exhausted. NOTES OF THE STAGE. yimm nnd 'iininieiil IVnm Vnrlnn tliinrterM. George Tyler wanted to close the present season at the Century Theatre with h dramatic revival of sulllcient Im portance to mark what will be the tem porary abandonment of that theatre na thu scone of dramatic performances. He first thought of "Itomeo and .lullet." It soon became evident that such an artistic enterpllse was out of the ques tion. Then ho thought of "The Three I Musketeers." Kven the presence of James 0"Neil in the company did not I encourage Mr. Tyler to persevere in , the direction of Dumas. He abandoned the Idea of anything llko a dramatic festival and Invited In a rastouquero operetta troupe. "It has Income impossible," Mr. Tyler confided to Tub St's reporter, "to find actors capable of presenting such plays ns I wanted to give. Year after year the number hiw grown smaller until it Is now almost out of the question to assemble such 11 company j ns I should have needed for my pitr- pose.' The union between the Shubert and the syndicate Interests has resulted In the closing ( f the Chicago Opera House, The theatre had 11 historic Interest 'or other cities. There were produced thn burlesques which David Henderson ultl- mutely btought to New York. Some, went to tho old Standard, others to the Garden and tho latest, which made little r.e nn imnres.tnn. wan seen nt the Her- sarp Theatie. "All Naba," seen at 1 the Standard, was responsible for the llrst local appearance of May Yohe. who in this burlesque sang with her two or three chest notes the setenade from "Lorraine." Then In "Slnhad," nt tho Garden a few years later. Fanny Ward ns Cupid swung Irresistibly In 11 cres- cent and Louise Montague, the $100,000 beauty, transferred her charms from tho sawdust arena to tho moro searching summer is revealed in the scenery and very delicately carried out in tho brown and yellow dresses of tlm women. Tho Schoenhrunn beauty IVmidn has followed the Emperor to St. Helena to seo him be fore he dies. Hut she is ton late. One th lahorers points, out to lmr tho - fa- i" ' Ull JUSt tiled. Her arillS tllll Of tllO summer flowers and the yellow straw, home. As sho dNapiiears through tho holds the curtain falls. Rarely has an operetta elided in this way; hut much of the charm of "Thu Purplo Road" is unconventional. Grace Ooorgo Is still proving at the Playhouso that sho hns been moro suc cessful as Cjprlennc than In uny other rolo sho over attempted. This comio Sardou heroine established hor fame. Yot Miss George hnd acted parts designed osHclally for hor without tho sumo ilegreo of prosperity. Hor porformanoo nf Mlberle at tho Garrick Theatre some years ago did not soom to make a pro found Impression. It is also unknown to tho present writer. Rut tho days of any sort of a doep impression in "Frou Krou" are probably past. Mtno, Himono showed what a good acting part the hornino is, As Louinr in the last Im portant revival of "The Two Orphans" Miss Georgo net oil with exquisite feel ing and naturalness. The latter trait Is not easy to impart to n play hy d'En nory in theso days. ln Lady Ttaile sho again showed how well she could adapt her stylo to tho classlo comedy. Nono of tho other plays In which she has appeared has so well suited hor talents, so it may be that after all the sear oh for the good role that roveals a talent at its best is moro Judicious than the croatlon of a roluto fit nn actress's powers. Pnul Gordon, which Is the stage name of Thomas Achclis, who is acting In "Romance," which Is still to he seen at tho Maxine Klllott Theatre, was selected from all the other possible names, owing to Mr. Gordon's far reaching ambitions. lest nf flic footllKhtM an1 came ihronrli the ordeal KUrrps!fuy. Uduln 1 .iv wiih itlso the clnv.ii of this lnirisfun These lnirlemiiieM were very Mrltli-h l, a I'ttrloiiHly enoiii?li, iiro-iicred on n,, Western soli which brought them t They were never tJencatlotuilly pnnjl,i hero. The tliftlculty In selecting tnatetiji fr tltln to prove successful here t i nt by some recent stutlsijcs of the work most recently popular 111 Kurope "Tin Polish Wedding" was iirodnced cat-V this MOaeon liy Cnhiin Hurrlv, It seen Inst winter nt the lfiltjc Pid i Thentre. Its American prttenliiM. 11 proved Impossible, It wa liand(.nci after futile elTorN lo make tt go, nt In Its orlKlnsI form "Pnlnlche Mt scliaft" was acted during in 1 ; , Germany more thnn any otlnr tuiiir'a play, or In nil n.Tpq times, Anotn witccess In (ieimany was the m-in plHy iictel heir under the lilt. -t Woman llHleis." it wns, of courf a prlved In Us performance of all da'n ness.and there was little Inletest n th music an It was shouted by all ( nn cerneil. What was more decNIve hnw ever. In Its r.illure was the wimiKik? of the libretto, about which so nun' advance praise had been written Tli first net, which was supposed to been the story, was. In fact, the Inst of ,1 , A. Hradv believes I.. -D h of a Sfs- correspondent that therrt might be popul.irltj for the old Harris gan farces of city life were thej onco more revived. George TIer had thu same confidence once and even had Cdwnrd Itarrlgnn at hi- elbow to devh a new pbce. and act p some ten yesrs ago at the Murray I lilt Theatre Rut It did not please the public In the old way. Now there are to be scenes frmn the Hoyt comedies acted in vaudeville The most striking scone will of lour1"' be taken from every play ,tust ns tti ( second act of "A Trip to Chinatown" ' I the kernel of the whole pins, ther were ' Important parts of every one of these characteristic farces with music. It wt be interesting to see the fnte o' thee pieces. "The Winsome Widow" win none too prosperous last summer The" are styles In comedy as well as In "oir dlans nnd both seem to have -their d I Cosmo Hamilton's play "The isiu ness of Virtue," which was netid I. ' week In HrnoUlyn. has Just left um th' tre In Chicago after a run of sever months, to be announced at two tb. theatres for a stay of a week In ..e' There are said to he six companies a . tng the drama now through 'ir' cities of tho country and two of t'"ti nre going to act the piece In Ch,i2 for the additional two weeks Krcdcriek I". Schroder 1ms put i book form some of his "I.vncs a 1 Jingles." written for cpera texts and ' occasional uses All are marked b "1 case anil facility of the expenen writer of lyrics. These qualities wool. however, be Ineffectual without lmag nation, for, however gracefully one nia say It. there lu after all some eonsldn able Importance to be attached to wt'H the writer has to say. Luckily the rm tent of every song H adequate to h skill expended on It. it is intere.tinc to see that apart from his translation Mr. Sclir.idcr. who Is alo well known a a critic of the theatre, has written thrc original librettos. "Corsica," "Nlcolctte and "The Knave of Heart" Ann Swinburne, who sailed last week for jQuropc. will rest In DIvonno befoli returning here. Toward tho end of Jul j)n wm comn t,c to sing In a new operetta by Victor Herbert. She will , the star of the performince and wil1 bo under direct engagement by tho com poser, who has guaranteed the yoiitu nopratio a season's engagement. Mr (ioriion hopes ultimately to act on both tho French and German stages, and as Gordon will lie equally facile Tor prnnounciution in both languages thn name was selected Olive Wyndham in "What Happened to Marv is said to appeal with special Torco to teachers and clergymen and a number of them have been to the Korlv eighth Street Thontro to see her Some of tho teacher are said to have brought their pupils with them. Presumably the clergymen advise their congreca Hons to attend. The play will be acted noxt winter in only two cities. Ilostonand Chicago. Tho sociological fund of the .Ifrrtlrii Review of Herieie has mado a siiccesstul start in impresarioship. "Damaged Goods" will be acted for two weeks longer at tho Fulton Theatre. Tho Princess Theatre has demonstrated that New York needs a theatre for th production of the little plays acted there. The management announces the complets success of its programme. Ina Claim and Grace La Rue will h added to tho out or "The Honeymoon Kxpmss," to make up for tho absence of Gaby Deslys, who has retired from n ' performance, "Tho Argylo Case" is increased as to lt thrills by means of a dictagraph, which Is ablo to convict a criminal by repre ducing the tones of his voice. So inert are further delights for audiences nt tn Criterion. Kdwurd Maukay, who acta so well th Prince in "The l'ivo l'mnkforters," .it Ihe Thirty-ninth Htreet Theatre, impart ing to It the necessary distinction grace, is a son of K V Maokay. for so many vears a well known actor and the nr" Pierre In "The Two Orphans, " The Poor I.ittlo Rich Girl" may s"11 be seen at the Hudson Theatre Othor playa still on view are - Widow hy Proxy," at tho Cohan: "Stop ihmf " the Gaiety; "Voara of Discretion, ul in" Belaco;"AGood Little Devil." at theU" publio, and "The Geisha," t tV VortT' fourth street.