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>' THE METROPOLITAN
CJ3HE' old. colored preacher^of'At-^
• rE old colored preacher of At
lanta, Ga., who while visiting
I" |J some friends in Chicago /was
'f ~-.;:'■■ asked ■at < dinner "what ; part 'of
the ;: chicken -; he / preferred," very f sig- :
nificantly replied f,;'."Marsef Johnson, I
nebber r has -ma ; chicken cut -in :: parts,"
voiced the sentiments of { many people
who go to a V performance -'i that they
have seen • in - its -original • completeness
and }■ discover ; that - v r certain parts are
omitted. ;' This they resent. They want
the::whole;. thing. - - Such an offering is
promised : at " the Metropolitan 1 - all " this
week, commencing tonight, when the
g«y new Tibetan - comic opera, "The ' For
. bidden Land," makes its initial ap
pearance :: here, for it comes with the
- entire original production, big chorus
;;'<_and auxiliaries .that carried ~ the ■■ opera
->: to 1 success, in Chicago during its all
• summer, run there. v •/•'* ;
7 The theme, is said to. be a new one
i?: and: possesses the novelty . of ; introduc
*. ing a country and people of .which very ;
little was known: until a : few-weeks
- /.' ago. ; The , mysterious land "; of Tibet;
including the city of Lhassa, has been
■. selected as the locale for the theme.
. Guy F. Steely has, it is .said,".written
■ the story, which is as ; follows: ■ ;
Dr. Ferdinand Klotz," a German -
.'"■ American inventor and promoter of
; health foods from Battle Creek, Mich.,
. accompanied /by his, niece, Dorothy
I Fairfax, her Swedish maid Hulda and
Klotz's ' Hindu guide Adoul,. In tour
ing around the world, .j become \ separ
ated : from .the balance of their part> >
'■: in: the Himalaya mountains and, ;. wan -,
I dering toward the Brahmaputra river in
Tibet, are ; captured ,by a band >of Ti
betans and taken to the capital city of
Lhassa, where they are' brought before
the :i barca tarjum,;fa potentate, who
has j a daughter, Mina" Doma, who has
never seen a European. Just prior to
the .capture of 'the tourists, Thomas •
Wilkinson, a young English artist, whe
disguised[:. as a pilgrim enters Lhassa
to make sketches for an English pub
lication, is \ captured and condemned,
just as . Klotz and ' his ; party arrive ;at
the tarjum's palace. Wilkinson -.im-
mediately falls in j love with Dorothy,
notwithstanding the offer made ;by the
tarjum that :if he marries Mina Dorria
he would have his liberty. .'•...'"
' '*• Wilkinson and the tourists formulate
_ a plan of escape, which is frustrated
at't'h'e critical moment by Gombo, chief
, v of the Lhassa guards, and 7 all ■;_.■ are'
j; thrown into prison to die at - sun- ;
;j set, but ».-. through ■•" the surreptitious
machinations of Kinkaboo, chief*6f the
vtamalgamated beggars of Asis, " a de
• v liverance comes to ; them by a most in
: genious r device ■ that brings happiness
to all. V . ■.•::-■■
' Frederic Chapin has furnished the
music and :is said to have grasped the
I peculiar oriental swing, as well as the
dash so :distinctly in . evidence in all :of
his former efforts. .. -- :. "'-'•'■ i'TM-'.-l
i -S-; The role of the health food inventor
i?is- played by, Gus Weinburg and that
• "■ of • the * Tibetan potentate: by JW. ■; H.
Clarke, whose. rich ~ bass voice was
■ heard here last season in "The Chinese
; Honeymoon." •. • • ;.-.'
' -" The 'cast also includes William Cam
.. ,eron, Joseph A. Phillips, Hugh : Flah
.• erty, Abbott Adams and; H. S. Austin,
Alma ,Youlin, Mamie Ryan and j Ethel
Johnson, .whose impersonation ;L of
Hulda, the Swedish maid, has made a
.' decided 'hit. : -
--■- A large and ■ attractive chorus i is
r. . promised. .'* ..; , ...■"J 1-- -
THE GRAND
.J' :iTHe "Grand's attraction this week, be
ginning with today's matinee, is/ a
melodrama entitled "For His Brother's
■ :'■ •Crime." " The press • agent heralds it as
.--«iffthe big melodramatic sensation of the
- season." - . - - - n y_
.'■How well he thinks of the play, the
- man who wrote it and _. the player
around whom it was written will k more
definitely' appear - from 1* the i hyperbolic
- eulogy penned by this publicity pro- 1
*d moter. ; : It Is such a modest effort that
: it is herewith reproduced: "3 •'►'-.
. "The play," which is the best and lat
; : est by Charles E. ■ Blaney, .is entitled
H 'For ; His Brother's J Crime.' It [ serves |to
exploit as a : star the - romantic ; actor,
Mr. Montgomery ; Irving, : ..-a./ modern
Hercules. He will, be supported by
.what is claimed to be the strongest en.
Semble of dramatic celebrities and com
"edy. experts ever seen with a dramatic,
/ attraction. I.' As a' writer and producer
of successful popular plays Mr. Blaney
has had a brilliant career, and in 'For
: His '• Brother's '■; Crime' f : he 'i presents • a
. ::- production ;. far - outclassing any <of ' his
past efforts, both in magnitude and
> merit. It -Is: a step forward, not only
/Illustrating advancement, but :. energy
■;' as well. •; ~ln - this, - his latest * and most
.'. • notable *r offering', , he r has dared ito '■< be
-' original, and x presents "a -: play - which,
; while possessing all the ; essentials $of
-' p melodrama, : such £ as V.' heart ">' interest,
sensation; etc., at the ysame time
I . touches an 1 absolutely new : theme, "and
:; is "a. refreshing surprise Sin r the way of
• . a , plot, the story of I which, in brief, jis
as follows: /-/-/. '.'"'•""'*■ ■■:''^~'i ~ 'v"''/^*-.?
"Two brothers, twins, though of en
tirely different natures, one an honest
/ workingman, the ■- other wayward ;■ and
who : has strayed * from -- the straight
path. : The ;„ latter, / \ in' a delirium ?of
drunken frenzy; < kills John -..Barclay;
; father .of his brother's ; sweetheart. The
heroic brother Is mistaken for his mur
derer, and in a spirit of brotherly • love
M allows himself to be arrested as such,
thus sacrificing : his" honor and liberty
'For His Brother's Crime.' The latter
'j..-, Immediately embarks for foreign : lands,
and > on /his./ deathbed; some months
. later-makes a complete confession of
*i the crime, thereby freeing the i hero,
■ •who, of course, weds £ the sweetheart,
r throughout has■ been : a stanch be
'; liever in his innocence. The play, whik ;
I Intensely dramatic, nevertheless per,-"
/ mits f the '■ introduction of Fa> series Cof
!•- splendid vaudeville numbers, while the
" comedy .is liberally supplied and Is as
,; consistent ;as. is the -j dramatic portion
~~, plausible. ;f- As a scenic production it is
] . described as the heaviest and most ex-
I tensive ever given iat popular prices;
> besides " which are -. introduced - several :
-: : Bpecial sensations'^ by Mr. Irving, most
";; startling ■of which 'is ".j perhaps the t feat ■■
' ;of supporting a full • sized . bridge on his
r back w.hile a genuine team of horses'
-. drawing; a carriage | cross | it. Mr. Irv
ing will be supported by a faultless
company."
THE STAR
; rt^ The "Bohemian v-Burlesciuers" will
■'. open at the : Star, theater this afternoon
jv: for a*, week's engagement. Every part
of the Bohemian programme is new
uijthlsß season. * Several specialty acts
xvlU- M^i^l" andj-a'i number of new
■ facts" wrlT appear. The musical com
edy or burlesque, "A Day at the
Races," is In three acts, and th^ir
•:,'■cenes';_furnish the r vehicle to exploit a
DRAMATIC
great deal of comedy__ln which will be
seen some of the best known favorites
among the burlesquers. Among the
principals are Vinnie Henshaw, Geor
gie Franciola, Bert Calder, Ida Nico
lai, Andy Gardner. Frank Wakefleld,
W. J. Kelly, Higgins and Bergman,
Charles Forman and Fred Law. There
is also a chorus of twenty young
women, who adorn themselves in
glad raiment. The gowns and tho
hats and the shapeliness of the Bo
hemian chorus have excited comment
everywhere.' All of the songs and
dances, as well as the music of the Bo
hemians, are said to t>e new. The
story of the comedy is set in three?
scenes, and the production is said to be
elaborate. There will be a special
ladies' matinee Friday.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Miss Ethel Barrymore. who is tour
ing the country under the direction of
Manager Charles Frohman, will appear
in this city for a-half week engage
ment beginning Sept. 26, presenting
a play in which she has made a de
lightful impression all last season in
New York city, "Cousin Kate." Miss
Barrymore is one of the strongest^at
tractions- now under the management
of Charles Frohfnan. This will be Miss
Barrymore's first appearance in this
city.
Fisher and Ryley's latest comedy that
enjoyed a long and prosperous run in
both London and New York, entitled
"Glittering Gloria," will be presented
at the Metropolitan opera house for an
engagement of four nights and mat
inee the latter part of this month. Miss
Isadore Rush heads the company.
Henry MiHer, who appeared last in
this city in "Heartsease," will play a
three-night engagement the early part
of October at the Metropolitan opera
house in his latest success, "Joseph En
tangled." Mr. Miller is now playing a
successful engagement at Powers' the
ater, Chicago.
"Bird Center" is among the October
bookings for the Metropolitan opera
house. The play is under the man
agement of Hamlin and Mitchell, who
are also managers of "Babes in Toy
land" and "Wizard of Oz." It is now
running at the Grand opera house, Chi
cago, and is one of the biggest suc
cesses there this season. The book is
by Glen Macdonough.
W. A. Brady's latest offering, "The
Pit," with Wilton Lackye in the lead
ing role, will be presented at the Met
ropolitan opera house next month for
an engagement of half a week. This
big success is now enjoying a prosper
ous run at McVicker's theater, Chi
cago.
"The Royal Chef," a musical comedy
that enjoyed a run of three months in
Chicago last season, will be presented
by the original cast in this city at the
Metropolitan for an engagement of
three nights, beginning Thursday,
Oct. 6.
"Two Little Waifs" will be next
week's attraction at the Grand opera
house. The two cWldren who imper
sonate the waifs are said to play them
with sympathy and spontaneity.
Miss Rose Melville, in her pastoral
comedy drama, "Sis Hopkins," wilL be
seen at the Grand soon. Miss Mel
ville's manager, J. R. Sterling, has
given the play a new scenic investi
ture.
James H. Wallick has provided his
play "Queen of the Highway" with
more wild wolves this season and the
scene in which they fight the hero is
said to be more realistic than ever.
The musical comedy, "A Son of
Rest," headed by Nat Wills, will be an
early attraction at the Grand.
"Her First False Step" is the title of
a new melodrama scheduled for pres
entation at the Grand this season.
WHEN BOSWORTH WAS YOUNG
Hobart Bosworth, who was seen here
last spring in "Support of Mrs. Fiske,
1 is now leading man with a San Fran
cisco stock company, and has arisen to
the prominence of an interviewee. In
the course of a chat with Blanche
Partington he told of being a juggler's
assistant on one occasion.
"I went with Herrmann to Mexico,"
said he.
"What Herrmann?" she demanded.
"Herrmann the Great," smiled the
actor. "I was his assistant. I did the
tricks and he got the glory, that is. I
used —this is funny—to go through the
markets in New Orleans with a silk
hat full of ducks and a rubber belt full
of eggs for Herrmann to do tricks with
to advertise the show. Degrading rot,
but it got me to New York and Au
gustin Daly."
"You were long with Daly?" I asked.
"Ten years," the actor answered,
"and in almost everything they.did.
All small parts, you must understand,
such as the sea captain in 'Twelfth
Niffht,' Charles the Wrestler—that was
THE V ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1904
my first. What do you think Daly
asked me when I went to him?
"What?" I asked.
"Not what parts I'd played, but what
else I'd done,-what I liked to do, who
were my people. When T told him my
father was a gentleman—that is, that
he'd never been hr jail or politics—
that I'd been a sailor, a wrestler, a
juggler, he said: 'Come right along;
you'll do.' And I think I was consid
ered qu'.te reliable for all their smaller
parts. And hpw Daly knew where to
put one. His judgment was infallible,
I. thi^>k. It is rather the fashion to
decry him just now, but Daly •is the
door through which "alf the new life
of the theater had to pass. He is the
biggest figure so far in the American
MONTGOMERY IRVING
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The Herculean Thespfan at the Grand This Week
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'With the Bohemian Burlesquers at the Star
drama —he and .Mrs. Fiske. And
Daly was bigger, inasmuch as his view
of things—from tiis hot acting himself
—was more detached."—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
FRANCIS WILSON'S LUCK
i
The luck of "Erminie" still follows
Francis, Wilson. Last spring he de
cided to quit musical plays.^inasmuch
as he never could sing a note, and try
his hand under Charles Frohman in
spoken comedy or farce. All through
the summer there was no suitable play
for him in sight. Now, In the nick of
time, with Mr. Wilson's appearance
only two months away, he and Mr.
Frohman; have found one in the suc
cess of the autumn in London, "The
Beauty and the Barge." Not only does
the' chief part promise well for Mr.'
Wilson, but it is a sort of character
new to the stage arid moving in a new
atmosphere.
"A BAS THE ENCORE"—BRADY
William A. Brady, the leader of mobs,
has given life to a reform that it is to
be hoped will spread. Franklin Fyles,
commenting upon the first performance
of a musical piece called "Girls Will Be
Girls," relates the following:
"An incident at the introduction of
'Girls Will Be Girls' probably marked
the abatement, perhaps the abolition,
of the abuse of encores. If a song or a
dance has much merit, and especially
if it discloses any novelty, the first
nighters are quick to appreciate it and
to ask for a reasonable amount of repe
tition. When their demands are fully
satisfied, the encore contingent, made
up of hoggish people who think they
can't get too much of a good thing,
and who are re-enforced by a guileful
clacque, insist on it being done over
and over until it is worn out and the
bulk of the audience is tired of it. This
had been carried to such a length a.,
few evenings before at another theater
that protest took the form of a mighty
hiss, and, when that wasn't heedsd,
more than a hundred bored and angry
persons quit the-house. Well, the open
ing chorus of 'Girls Will Be Girls' was
g»od enough to start the show with,
yet it didn't deserve to have any great
ado made over it, and when the en
cprers prolonged their usual demon
stration, Bill Brady came out. Do you
know Bill? He used to manage prize
fights and is himself inclined to hit out
positively.
'"Ladies and gentlemen,' he said, 'we
are going to give this performance
without offensive encores.'
"He had his way about it, too, ana
the hope is that thereby he knocked out
an intolerable nuisance."
STORY OF MRS. PAT CAMPBELL
Here is a story of Mrs. Campbell
that has never been in print before,
and that shows a side of her quite dif
ferent from the nervous affectations
and preoccupations with which the
press agents delight to clothe her.
Last summer, in London, a certain
woman who represented herself as the
Hon. Mrs. Blank, was detected and ar
rested as a common deadbeat at more
or less fashionable hotels. With her
was a little daughter, a child of three,
whose excursions into the dining room
and the corridors of the last hotel at
which her mother stayed made daily
amusement for the guests. Among
them was Mrs. Campbell. When the
"Honorable Mrs." was arrested on a
Saturday night, the officers carried off
the little girl and would in due course
have sent her to some sort of institu
tion. Next morning the hotel buzzed
with the incident; and before noon Mrs.
Campbell had recovered the child and
placed it at her own charge in a
household where it would live happily
under proper care.
THEATRICAL NOTES
Jefferson De Angelis. who is to star this
season in "Fantana." tells an amusing
story concerning Adele Ritchie. Accord
ing to this story. Miss Ritchie was de
tained at the Lyric theater. New York,
the other night until the beginning of the
"wee sma' hours," when she left the re
hearsal which had kept her and started
for home.
The car which she boarded was de
serted except for one man. whose fullness
was more than enough to balance the
emptiness of the seats about him. The
wine had not drowned out his courtesy,
however, and, as Miss Ritchie climbed
into the vehicle, he rose unsteadily to his
feet and said: "Take my seat, madam."
Miss Ritchie was unwilling to argue
with a drunken man, and so the car pro
ceeded up town with its benches vacant,
except for the comedienne, and with her
companion clinging to a strap.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Henrietta Crosman returned to the
stage of the Belasco theater in New York
last week, reviving "Sweet Kitty Bell
aivs.". Belasco's dramatization of "The
Bath Comedy," in which she was so suc
cessful last season. After a brief stay
in New York Miss Crosman will start out
for a road tour, which will be interest
ing, as outsiders are anxious to see where
Belasco is going to- find theaters in which
his stars- are to be presented throughout
the country this-season, now. that he is
hot booked in the syndicate houses.
George Bernard Shaw, with character
istic manner, has just - completed a new
play to be called "How He Lied to Her
Husband" and dedicated it to Arnold Daly
and the Candida enthusiasts. It will be
produced in r this country by Daly the pres
ent, season.'in connection with the same
author's play, "The Man of Destiny.". The
new effort is only in one act" and deals
with American characters. It is the only
ent.
Fay Templeton celebrated the thirty
second anniversary of her stage debut
by giving a supper to relatives and a few.
friends. ... •.'*>.•.- ■ . . ■'■"•'*'';•
\- Joseph '; Herbert ?. has been engaged ras
principal comedian in support of Delia
Pox in - her new opera, "A - West ~ Point
■ Cadet.". "v- ••.--,■•.■ -.;t,-.. s -;..':'■ - ;T---v
i: -Walter^E.. Perkins is, going to star in
another Dv ■ Souchet '-■ play - this ' season,
called :.; "A '_ Military -z- Man." c.f Dv Souchet
and Perkins are friends •of i long standing.
The author's first success. - "My -: Friend
From S India," would I probably a never have
been , written had not Perkins spurred
• him to the goal. - .; -..
Dan Emmett. the 1 veteran minstrel, and
author * ; of ; "Dixie," is to "have - a '■ monu
. ment • built ; from funds~raised by Adelaide
Thurston. The .? dainty little actress Sis
to ; give \a : matinee : performance of i "Polly
Primrose"^at&Richmond,^Va.; % Sept.s- 24,
; for ; the benefit |of & the monument t fund,
and Sis arranging with other - attractions
playing five v other Southern cities on ;that
date to do the same. " ' - :■:■;:: ;.
j George ;' Ade's latest " endeavor, "The
: Sho-Gun," which has only been viewed by
Chicago |so | far, is now running in Boston,:
; having moved * into the s Hub to ?. succeed ■
Manager '* Savage's summer production:
there \of $ "Woodland.' The Boston I critics
; have i. taken ;as I kindly; to ' this ! newest Ade;
; piece as they did to f any of his :• others,
[ and : - nothing ? that '*,-. Ade '•£> ever wrote was
j anything but a pronounced r success yin
that city, so <it looks as ■if "The Sho-Gun" '
will enjoy the same returns.; ">. * 3; : ' =
l>, Maxine Elliott, ■ who is still in England,
returns in time to begin her tour in "Her
"Own Way," in October. r- . -•;:.--:'
*
j.i Grace i Elliston " is 7 to < be ■ Nat - Goodwin's
leading .woman' this season^ May she have
; fewer » adventures : that- she - had with Mr.
Mansfield last year: :-' ; " ; - -- " --y-'iX
William A. Brady .1 believes that he has
; another "Way Down I East" in r a New
England play. "Cape Cod Folks," that he
"will mount -in' the winter. -- A minister
-wrote' it. -;z~-\^'J:;'/->.^'-.~':-i:':\?-^:.\ \ "i<-. ■>'-:'■
X Francis Wilson has requested ' Charles
Frohman : not to • open his starring tour be
■ ore December : or/ January. Mr. Wflson is
taking his' first vacation s'ih* fifteen years
and wants to continue ■it until that-time.;
jrt/'A^ London cablegram says: -/'.'The : papers
are. warning their readers to' look - out for:
'Duss.' They are told it is not a new food,
nor is it = a medicine. It is'an American;
j freak, however, in ■ the form :of an '■ alterna
tive Ito 5 Sousa. Duss s proposes =to J invade.
j England with a his 5 faithful g followers, the;
orchestra." -^" _^\ --1
J. E. Dodson has | bought the dramatic
rights to "The King of Beasts," which he
METROPOLITAN ±,"-jy£s,
TONIGHT AIND ALL week
w-.' y-,- > :'; -..-. >; •. .-. ; : MATINEES Wednesday and Saturday.
THE MUSICAL NOVELTY OF THE SEASON
: : ; ;-■';s_ : :y'^:yjjhe Dearborn Management Presents ~: V.
Tfra ■■ " Book by GUY F. STEELY.
j| §j 1» Music by FREDERIC CHAPIN
FORBIDDEN
THE NEW TIBETAN I § A tkM fl
COMIC OPERA |1 ttk IV Bjj
Direct From an All Summer Run in Chicago
: WITH THE ENTIRE BIG ORIGINAL - -
Cast, Chorus, Auxiliaries and Production.
v/- - V- -■ ; : . Prominent Among the: Players Are: ';■■. : .
GUS WEINBURG. ,"?'-•;:-; ALMA TOULIN. '. '; JOSEPH A ' PHILLIPS
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PRICES {
TUES. AND WED. NIGHTS, SEPT. 26-27-28
-v CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS
ETHEL
BARRYMORE
• - V 7 IN HER GREATEST: SUCCESS
"COUSIN KATE"
- : _ A Comedy by Hubert Henry Davles.
PRICES—SOc, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00
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4 NIGHTS BEGINNING THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
':"^> ir MATINEE SATURDAY. .
JOHN C. FISHER and THOS. W. RYLEY
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ICOlffidffeMA iN A PRODUCTION OF THE
ISclUOa V CLEVER COMEDY
Rush CUTTERIHC GLORIA
AS PLAYED AT DALY'S THEATER, NEW YORK. '~i ■•
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MR. MONTGOMERY IRVING
Modern Hercules and Gifted Romantic Actor. •
A PLAY FULL OF INTENSELY INTERESTING DRAM SITUATIONS
II CYT LINCOLN J. CARTER'S MOST POPULAR PLAY -
week TWO LITTLE WAIFS
intends to use after his engagement with
"The Two Orphans" has ended, about the
first of next year.
Mr. Wlllard has ordered a comedy of
middle-aged sentiment, founded on "Dicky
Monteith," a novel by Tom Gallon that
has proved popular in England.
Clyde Fitch's new play, "The Coronet
of the Duchess," for Mrs. Bloodgood,
turns upon an international marriage—
the wife, of course, American —and its
consequences. He says he has really
taken pains with the plot.
"The Pearl and the Pumpkin," a fairy
tale by W. W. Denslow. is to be drama
tized. The scenes will be laid in villages
in Vermont and in Bermuda. A spectacle
of uncommon gorgeousness is promised.
Blanche Walsh is to appear next year in
an 'adaptation of Jacob Gordin's tragedy,
"The Kreutzer Sonata," which was pre
sented in Yiddish more than 300 times at
the Thalia theater, New York. Miss
Walsh will assume the role created in
the original play by Bertha Kelisch. Prof.
Clayton Hamilton, of Columbia university,
aided Gordin in making the English adap
tation.
Ada Rehan's repertory this year will in
clude only "The Taming of the Shrew,"
"The School for Scandal" and Augustin
Daly's version of Wycherley's. "Country
Girl," in which she has ijot been seen for
years. Miss Rehan has postponed her
venture with Bernard Shaw until next
season.
"Checkers," the character comedy and
racing play which proved last season one
of the few real theatrical hits, began
the fourth week of its fourth engagement
in New York city last Monday night be
fore an audience which packed the Acad
emy of Music to the doors.
Adelaide Thurston's fourth starring
tour will start at Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22.
The little axtress will be seen for the
second season in "Polly Primrose," the
comedy of domestic Southern life. This
city is included in the route.
One of the severest criticisms of a
performance is cited by Tim Murphy on
a company which played in a Georgia city
■th.c night before he did. All the writer
said was: "From our impression of last
night's show we should advise the troupe
to adopt as their motto the trademark
of a widely advertised candy cathartic:
■We work while you sleep.' "
Miss Marlowe and Mr. Sqthern will de
vote the first wtek of their engagement
at the Illinois —the opening night is one
week from tomorrow —to "Romeo and Ju
liet." It will be the first time Mr. Sothern
has been seen - here as Romeo, and the
second week, when "Much Ado About
Nothing" will be brought .forward, will
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see his first appearance as Benedick.
"Hamlet" will be th« bill of the third
week and will be the first time that Miss
Marlowe has ever played Ophelia.—Chi
cago Tribune.
There was an ambitious understudy Jn
one of the companies that was playing a
comedy of Barries. The robust health of
the leading man kept him always chafing
for an opportunity, and now and then the
good natured Barrie used to console him.
At last the leading man caught a cold.
The understudy's night came, and he
thought of the kindly Barrie. Promptly he
sent off a telegram: "I play A's part to
night." As promptly came Barries an
swer: "Tha-nks for the warning."
One of the characters in George Ade's
new play, "The College Widow," is a
Western railroad president who is so
thankful that a certain college expelled
him in his freshman year that he heaps
gifts on it. If it had let him stay, it
might have made him a professional man,
and hi« gratitude over his escape is per
ennial. The college reciprocates with
degrees, until he has more letters after
his name than his own general passen
ger and ticket agents. Another character
is a football player, who was fished out
of an iron foundry in the usual way, to
strengthen the team, and whose conver
sation is limited to "'My shoes hurt."
It was easy to predict the exceptional
success, according to all the telegrams, of
Eleanor Robson and "Merely Mary Ann"
in London last night. If there is one
thing English audiences love above an
other it is pretty .sentiment. Keep it
sugary and a little humorous and you
may be as improbable as you like.
"Merely Mary Ann" is drenched with
that sentiment, and. thus far, it has been
the beginning and the end of Miss Rob
son's acting. We are willing to wager
at least a cent that when the papers
come we shall find the Londoners liking
oven that fourth act, that so ~?*t down"
the play last winter. As for Miss **obson,
she may prove the first American actress,
outside musical shows, that London fee.3
really iikwl a.s it liked Mary Anderson
and Ada Rehan. —New Y»rk Globe.