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10 NEW HAVEN MORNEsG JOURNAL AND COURIER. SATURDAY JANUARY 3,1907 ENTEHTAlXStENTS. IJypcrlou Theater. Nowadays play lovers refuse abso lutely to accept farce without embel lishment, and require, in addition to the story, fifteen or twenty musical numbtrs, an endless parde of pretty fcirls, . an augmented orchestra and scenery and costumes that would have been impossible in the day when "The Mikado" was produced at the Savoy theater, London, on two weeks' notice. Such a combination of merriment and melody is said to be "The. Earl and the Girl," which the Messrs. Shubert are to offer on Monday and Tuesday even ings at the Hyperion. The piece is the work of Seymour Hicks, Ivan Caryll and Percy Greenback, who have been responsible for a great many successes of the kind. "The Earl and the Girl" tells the story of a penniless young nobleman whose creditors come about his ears at the critical moment when he is on the point of welcoming a wealthy American girl object matrimony. In desperation lest this young woman should find out the state of his finances, he engages Jim Cheese, an animal trainer, to im personate him. Through a mistake tho creditors get on the track of the real earl, while the American girl, Elphln Haye by name, meets the dog trainer and is horrified with his vulgarities. In the course of events these compli cations are straightened out to the sat isfaction of every, one concerned, but not before the audience has enjoyed many happy laughs and has heard a variety of pleasing melodies. Among these are "I Would Like to MarryYou," "I Want a Can Made to Order," "Won't Sou Change Tour Name?" "Mediter ranean Blue" and "How'd You Like to Epoon With Me?" This last number is accompanied by a novel bit of business, which provides ten girls with swings that project over the heads of the au dience. The presenting company is headed by Eddie Foy. a comedian whose mirth provoking qualities are well known in this city. Besides Mr. Foy, there are ighty-four other artists, including Harry B. Lester, Clara Inge, Zelma Ttawlston, Isabelle D'Armond, William Armstrong and Frank Lavarnia. 'Mi -. NX j SCENE FROM THE EARL AND THE GIRL. i A YIDDISH PLAY. ' During the past season the Yiddislt Company that has been playing at the Hyperion theater has won for itself a large following in this city; it has won the respect of all the theater-going people, as . it produces only the very fcest Yiddish plays by the very best Yiddish .writers. For its next engage ment here, which will occur on Wed nesday evening, January 16, it will pre sent for the first time the latest Yid dish play, "On the Mountains," a pow erful Yiddish drama in four acts, with a prologue and epilogue, written espe cially for Mme. Kenny Llpzin and her own company of Yiddish players. In the cast are included two of the most distinguished Yiddish players, Maurice Moskowitz and Samuel Tornberg, and a splendid cast. For this performance here the origi nal New York production, including the magnificent scenery, electrical and mechanical effects, will be seen. The Che management of this theater guar- 1 IAURICE MOSKOWITZ. antees for this splendid organization of Yiddish players, who have established a splendid reputation by their past per formances at this theater. ! FANTANA. It seems hardly necessary to go into details about "Fantna," which comes to the Hyperion next Thursday and Friday. No musical comedy that ap peared here last season received more enthusiastic commendation and the lo cal scribes used up practically their whole stock of superlatives in describ ing it. There is a daintinfss and quaintness about the piece which is all its own; there are more big song hits than in almost any other piece before the public, and in the costuming and mounting the atmosphere of the land of lotus and cherry blossoms has been faithfully reproduced. This particular engagement is unique, inasmuch as the composer, Raymond Hubbell, is to be present and conduct the orchestra through part of the per formance each night, while for the bal ance of the evening the baton will be held by Maurice Levi, one of the best known musical directors In the country, who has come to the front of late as the conductor of one of the 'greatest military bands ever organized and which he will take to Paris this sum mer to fill a lengthy engagement. He was for years with the famous Weber Fields aggregation, and. is known .far and wide as "the man who taught the gallery boys to whistle with the band." The company this year is an excel lent one and is headed by Mr. Blaisdcll and Georgia Boyton. Glancing down the cast, one strikes name after name that belonged to that peculiarly fas cinating type formerly known as "Web erfields," including Dorothy Bertrand, Catherine Llngard, Catherine Cooper, May Carlisle, Bobby Atwater and many others. All tho big song hits are retained, ' in cluding "In My Rickchaw," "Darby and Joan," "Just My Style," "My Word," "Song of the Pipe," "That's Art," "The Girl at the Helm," "Laugh ing Little Almond Eyes," etc. ew Huron Thentre. There was a large and well pleased audience at the New Haven theater last night to see "The Phantom De- v if ,v f tective," which combines drama, mu sic, comedy ensemble work by a chorus of pretty girls and many mysterious effects, and a den of lions. The performance will be repeated to day, matinee and night. "THE FOOL HOUSE."' "The Fool House," the Four Hunt ings who mad ea big hit here during their previous visits and who have met with continued success on the road since they were here, will ara!n bo seen here, coming to the New Ha ven theater Monday, Tuesday nights, January 14 and 15, with a special mat inee Tuesday at the regular popular prices. They will present "The Fool House.'' This comedy is an elabora tion of their famous vaudeville acro batic comedy skit, which is an elabo rate vehicle for the exploitation of some of the most wonderful acrobratlc acts ever seen outside of the circus. It in itself is a comedy of no mean merit and which besides its topsy turvy characteristics has a constant plot with many dramatic situations. "The Fool House'' is an uproariously funny farce and there is not the least doubt but that the theater will be fill ed to the doors at every performance, as was the case during 'the other two engagements. Already there is a large advance sale of seats for the engage ment. "COMING THRO' THE RYE." The wildly herlded song play "Com ing Thro' the Rye" will have its first presentation in this city at the New Haven theater, . Wednesday, January 16, matinee and night. According to trustworthy reports, this is a produc tion of exceptional attractiveness. There are eighty in the company, made up -of comedians, singers and dancers, and a chorus of sixty, who are described as the "beauty chorus." "Coming Thro' the iRye" is said to be exceedingly clever as to the work of librettist, George V. Hobart, and com poser, H. Baldwin Sloane. The Will J. Block Amusement company, under whose direction thi performance is given, is credited with having sup plied a company and a scenic investi ture of the most capable and elaborate description. The, original company, including all ot the principal members and th echorus and dancers, will ap pear here. Among the former are Stella Mayhew, Frank Lalor, Llma Youlin, Bessie Gibson, Florence . Townsend, Frank Doane, Billie Taylor, John Park, Perclval Jennings, Charles Wallace and the beautiful "girl with the white norse. I he scenes are . all laid in fashionable Newport, and are exact re- SCENE F0R.M "TH plicas of that famous resort. So much has been said and written in praise of "Coming Thro' the Rye" that anticipa- i - i ' " v mm , !r; k m ' GEORGIA BOYTON IN FANTANA, AT THE HYPERION. tlons of unusual enjoyment may rea sonably be indulged in. ,. Seat sale opens on Monday morning. "HAPPY ITOOLTGAN". ' "Happy Hooligan's Trip Around the 1 ' . :!m,':';-r?; f - t - l . - 5.-. . KS CESSIE GIBSON IN "COMING THRO' THE RYE." World" will be the attraction at the New Haven theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January IT, 18, 19, and at the matinee Saturday. This farce comedy, which is full of mirth and melody, is one of fbe grea"C big solid theatrical successes of the past two seasons. The present edition is said to be beautifully costumed and staged and in the company are many well known favorites. E FOOL' HOUSE.' Poll's New Tlicirter. But a few more opportunities are of fered for vaudeville devotees to see the v f ,i , i!-r..' - v 'A i. ( y thrilling playlet of Edwards Davis .and his company styled "The Unmasking," which heads the Poll bill fils week. Al II. Weston and company, Avery and Hart, Julia Redmond and company, Bell Veola, Rawls and Kaufman and ...; ' " v 3 . ' Awm,;M' the Piccolo Midgets are very pleasing features. Joe Hart's latest Japanese fantasy styled "O Hana San," a pretty stage picture in which a large number of pretty girls participate, will headline the Poll bill next week. Dolly and Mil ton Nobles, in "Why Walker Reform ed;" the Doherty sisters and many oth ers will form a good bill. Bijou Thenter. "The Man from Mexico" is announc ed for next week at the Bijou theater. It is a comedy. Comedy of the come dkst order is "The Mali from Mexico." A gurgle, a giggle, a snicker, a ha-ha, a shriek,, then a howl, . and from the howl period till the final dropping of the curtain on the last act a rib-cracking roar that is the effect of "The Man from Mexico" on the average audience. Story? Oh, yes,- the play has a story. It's about a man and woman who are married. The woman is somewhat jeal ous of her "Hub." "Hub" goes to dine at a restaurant and dear little wifey follows. Unfortunately the restaurant is "pulled" by the cops and husband and wife aro arrested. Neither, how ever, is aware of the predicament the other is In. Act two. Hub is sent to jail for thir ty days. He sends wifey a letter that he has gone to Mexico on a hurrlsd business errand. Wifey pays a visit to the jail for the purpose of offering ONECONWUOOS IANQ FIT RUBBER I " HAPPY HOOLIGAN AT THE cheer and comfort to the Inmates, sup posing, of course, Hub is in Mexico. Hub spies wife and makes desperate endeavors to keep out of her sight, meeting with considerable success. Act threo. Hub is released from pris on and proceeds homeward, where, he attempts to describe his trip to Mexico and tells wife all about It. Of course, everything ends well, but it Is a hard trial to Hub's nerves, and the predica ments into which Hub is thrust during the course of the play would bring a torrent of sympathy from the lips of any married man In the audience. ' rto-rtmdo Shltimnn is to Dlav Mrs. Benjamin FItzHugh (that's the wife). Lawrence B. McGill is cast as Benja-. min FItzHugh (that's Hubby). Harry Langdon is cast as a friend w'ho is al- ' ways attempting to straighten things out, with the inevitable result of mak- j Ing them worse. Mr. Simonds is to play Bismark Schmltt, a very essential ' character, and Frank Wallace, jr., wm interpret the lines allotted to Cook, the Tammany deputy. IN THE PALACE OF THE KING. The final productions of Viola Allen's great success, "In the Palace of tne King," will be given this afternoon and evening at the Bijou. The company has done excellent work In the piece, and crowded houses have witnessed each performance. THE MODERN POTTERY. Some Important Improvements Over Old Methods. ' The potter's wheel was among the first. mechanical devices of civilization, and It. is practically the same to-day, primitive as It may seem, that it was when the Etruscan potters moulded the jars and pitchers,., .ot red-brown clay and decorated them with rude figures and conventional designs to please the taste of the housewife. Early pottery is mostly of the un- glazed colored earth with which we are. familiar In the museums, in the collections from ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, and in the work of our own American Indians. The work earthen casseroles, which one may see to-day in the little Italian shops of New York, are probably not far re moved in design from the cooking, pots In which iRoman slaves prepared their masters feasts in the days of the Caesars, , The Chinese were the first to make what we call fine china", and the brilliant whiteness and fine, smooth surface of their porcelains were due to their use of a very fine peculiar 'white earth, which still bears its Chinese name of kaolin. The secret, like that of the silkworn , and the making of gunpowder, and a dozen other trades of these cunning Oriental workers, was jealously guarded, and for hun dreds of years the ships of Europe brought cargoes of Oriental china to the markets of 'England, France and Holland without any one being able to discover why the Chinese w-are was so different from anything made by Western potters. It was an age of queer superstitions, and all sorts, of curious theories were advanced con cerning the porcelains. One was that the clay had to be 'buried for fifty years before being used, and that sor cery was responsible for its clarity and exquisite coloring. When the people of the Middle Ages came across any thing they could not understand they usually called it sorcery. But, finally an inquisitive monk dis covered the secret and brought a small quantity of white earth from the East, and then European potters besran to experiment along the lines of !ie Chinese. The story of the develop ment of the china factories of Limoges reads like a romances. In searching ' for herbs, the wife of a physician Jnear St. Yrlex pulled up a shrub, to the roots of which clung a fine, white earth. She took it home with the idea that it might be used as a substi tute for soap, and It was discovered that while the substance had no saponaceous Qualities it was that very kaolin, from which., the famous por celains of the Orient were made. The town of Limoges, famous since the sixth century for fine workiin enamel and other artistic handicraft, " already had its potteries, and when it was dis covered that in the near neighborhood were the largest deposits of kaolin yet discovered the china Industry grew with mushroom-like rapidity, and at tained also the stability of the oak. . It Is the kaolin in this neighborhood which gives the Limoges china its clear, white color and fine texture. There are large deposits of the kaolin in Austraia and In other parts of Europe. One of the oldest potteries in England is that which produces the Doulton ware at Buralem contraction of the o'd Saxon Burwardeslea; in fact wherever you find famous potteries you will srobably discovert that the people of that neighborhood come of generation upon generation or potters, and have the knowledge of this deli cate craft in their very blood, The story of Pallssy is a household tale, and his is only one among the romance of pottery. There is no zeal like the zeal of the artisan who is also an artist. He will sacrifice his money, his strength, his time, even his 1 H TX mm NEW HAVEN THEATER. home, to the task of realizing the vision of the beautiful which he has seen in his heart. He may work to wood, in clay, in stone, in the flowers that row In the garden; hut he is a dreamer who must make his dream a reality. ' In such a trade there Is a very prac tical side. The artist must be a me chanic as well, and his tools must be perfect. He is not only dreaming dreams to be realized by his own skill ful and careful hand; he is planning the work of others who have not his Insight. Hence we must have a me chanical equipment . as nearly perfect as it can be made: . ' In no trade is this morm Imperative than in that of the potter. A slight uneveness In the heat, a Uttle defect In the oven, may ruin the most beau tiful piece of china that was ever de signed. In china making there Is no sluch thing as' a near-perfect niece of work- There is no making It over if anything goes wrong., It must be right tha first time. Keeping the heat of a furnace abso lutely true to, a certain standard is no child's play. It calls for a high de gree of inteliffence. Every man who has ever tried to tend his own Cre, every woman who has tried to cook by a wood or co'al range, wjll realize tho Try V A - His i , . you ever ate that.s the tmi- jversal verdict every one who eats Gold Medal ( Creamery Butter says; "tkafs fine:11 It's so; good that after you once taste it, you'll never enjoy a rneal without it. We want you to know all about this butter we want you to realize ' yourself just how sweet, and pure,, and good REAMERY is. It is made in the largest creamery in the world the only one privileged to use the odor proof package. The cream used is the richest produced anywhere. The greatest care is taken in. every part of the making. The butter is packed fresh and, pure from the churn, in a package which keeps it so until you have eaten the whole of it- ", ,This package is odor-proof, and germ-proof, so that nothing can possibly hurt the contents. You can buy this pure butter for the same price as common tub butter. Hadn't you better try it ? Your grocer has it. 'DILLON d DOUGLASS. New Haven and Hartford, Conn, truth of this statement. What then must be the responsibility Involved in tending a fire which is to make an ex Mjuisite design, the work of many hours perhaps of days or weeks, a permanent t part of clay on which it is drawn! i In consequence of this, in the past .a great amny potters have had hard i-and disagreeable work to do in per sonally attending to the manual labor j end of their business. The perfect fuel i is not easy to find. Shovelling coal is ' ; stoker's work. It is unreasonable to expect a nan to be skillful with hia hands and at the. .same time to have the muscle! of a navvy. Here is where gas cames to solve tho problem, as it has solved a hundred others. The gas kilns which are used by many modern potters give an ab solutely even heat and require no heavy manual labor. This kiln makes the ideal equipment for the little stu dios which are dotting themselves all over the land, places where beauty loving men and women are dreaming beautiful , things and making their dreams into a ' fragile , but enduring reality of porcelain. There is no craft in which the individuality finds fuller play than in chiria making, none "which so etherealizes .and makes lovely the common things of every day. life. When you' see a slender stemmed cup frosted over with the . most delicate and exquisite silver tracery, a plate garlanded with flowers, a vase as lovely as the roses' it is meant to hold these things have the peculiar charm of all things which are both beauti ful and uerishable, the intense fasci nation of sunsets and rainbows. And yet they may last for hundreds of years the, porcelain made for staate banquets a century ago is still in ex istence. Many a woman has taken up thla work as her grandmother may have bent herself to the patient toll of the embroidery frame, merely as a pleas ant occupation for leisure moments, a dallying now. and then with the mar velous secrets of color, and has ended by making it her profession. Artists have felt the allurement of the 'gentle cr?.ft. . These workers, as well as the larger potteries .find the gas kiln a boon and all through Ohio and the Mlddlo West g.as kilns supplied with natural gas. On the whole, perhaps, the stu dio worker In jottery benefits wiost .by the Invention. The larger concern can. afford to subdivide its working force; In a small establishment every one employed is likely to take a hand at every task. It is the latter that the labor saving devices are the greatest blessing. 'Gas Logic. . ARTESIAN WELL FROM EARTH QUAKE'. It' has just been dlscoyrrd that the upheaval of April 19 did funny things to tho wells in the courtyard at the rear of the San Francisco JUnt. For years" prior to April 1? . ihev had been ordinary, wo.'i behaved Well, yielding water plentifully when a sierni pump was emplo vc"; Jlut. now tl:ey aTe snouting artesian wells,' from which a steady stream of water flows when, no pumping is done. This was discovered yesterday when the pump was taken out for , repairs, the . courtyard being flooded in. a short;" time, v . .' r--. - The wells were bored r many years ago-,- and are about 175 feet in depth, There was apparently, a subterranean connection between ; them, for. the pumping from one lowered the water in the other. . Normally, the ; water was within thirty feet of the surface, '.and that was the condition when the pump was taken out last March. Yesterday for the first time since March, the pumps were again removed, when it was discovered that the water floweji freely, San Francisco Chronicle. Ella I always keep him at arm's length. Stella How long is his arm? Smart Set. . ! 1 I You'll say it's the very best ) A A UTTER