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Show I'll1! MZWA O O 'Public $ye If! fewl I ',: THIS WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS. I I 'j J' ; Salt Lake Theator Utah State band j J if ' , concert Monday night, Richard Mans- , ,'' field in "Ivan the Terrible," Saturday ! ' " night. . h Grand Theater "Shenandoah" all i ,, -week. Ill' - I, ' . UpklCHARD MANSFIELD will ho at the Salt Lake Theater next Sat- urday night in "Ivan the Tcr- I rlble," by Alexis Tolstoi. Jn view of the Importance of this play,- i in which Mansfield is said to be at his i ' best, an outline of it will be read with i ij ' Interest. ,j "Ivan the Terrible" opens in the coun-dl coun-dl chamber of the Bogyars with the 1 1 ' Imperial council in session electing a , , new Tzar in the place of Ivan, who, i ,1 i I In a fit of penitence, has thrown down ( 1 the crown i.nd sceptre. Such, however, ( i ', 1 is the sway of this iron tyrant over his , ' i ancients that they dare name no ono t ,!' else, and set out to tell Ivan that they i ' "Will serve no other Tzar but him. The 1 , second scene of this act reveals the' , t ' ! closet of the Tzar. He is discovered I ' , I , prayerfully esconsed In the garb of a , 1 if - , monk. From the first sight of this sln- i gular. wonderful being the character ,j eclipses the play. The fascination of il .! I the grimly humorous old monarch, ,1 I ; ruthlessly cruel, supcrstltlously rellgl- l i , ous, nervous, suspicious and ficry-tem- .( i pered, absorbs the eye and mind. The ' ; play seems to be a development of the lj j character rather than that the char- i acter Is an incident In the play. I ( j The Bogyar, Boris Godunuff, whose )' ambitions compass the throne, lays well " I , designed plans to topple Ivan from the pedestal he will surely hold as long as ' ' life lasts. The sychophants of the, court i ! . 1 blame Godunuff for the famines and the j ' nffllction under Ivan and in a magni- l ' flcent spectacle of the snow-covered lli market place on the banks of the Mosk- j ) 1 va at Moscow the people are stirred up II!; to a riot against Godunuff, but the ' ! cleverness of one of his agents outwits I thom :nr1 ho remains In the favor of the ' 1 court, i The magicians and astrologers have , I ' ' prophesied the death of Ivon on St. Cy- ril's day, the ISth of March. It makes i n tremendous impression on the super- r stitlous tyrant. He calls the magicians Hl t' ' ' ! mul tne' confirm the verdict of the 1 ! If-L- ' stars. Ivan al'once sets bribes before j 'ft) Heaven for his soul's salvation. He , i 1 would topple the throne and the empire i ' i ,i 1 to placate Providence, and the dramat- H' 'j J . 1st and the artist have collaborated in I ' ') j 1 this episode In realizing one of the most I i ; j terrific scenes in the acted drama. , ' "; j Ivan's excesses overwhelm his rocentful Ht ' t i 3 lamlly and court, and In a fiery frcn::y k j j i , , il . he sweeps everyone out of the palace ! )' , j '! I and as he sinks exhausted and humlli- H'l V 'jllijl nted. he calls Heaven as hls-wltness that his contrition could do no more. i j l The last act takes place on St. Cyril's ' , ; 1 day, the day on which the magicians Hi : '..i have prophesied Ivan's death. He Is Hi ' I j j straining every fibre of his shattered H! j ' constitution to defeat the prophecy. I Boris Godunuff has seized upon the su- HL W'1 perstitlous weakness of the T.ar to Hjli.i ' wreck him. His plan prevails and when Hf, ' '-J , ! ! Ivan hears the magicians' confirmation i Siiw .. of their daring prophecy, he makes one . 'M : last effort to rise in his impeiial wrath, j! J , 1 ' but the physical is Joo frail, the ilamcs j ' 1 1 leap up in one last vivid outburst but ' I j ' die out forever. Like so much else that H, I I is novel in this tragedy, the death Is Hj , I I I unique not alone In Mr. Mansfield's per- i! ' ,! j formance, but in his stage management. H,' , y j) When Godunuff cries out "The Tzar is ! , j dead," it is the signal for the dlssolu- ! 1 tion of all the forces that prevailed in w j ' 1 the palace and in an Instant the curtain 'falls on a pandemonium of grief and . terror "about the dead Tzar. The spec- , It tacular environment of the many scenes Is the most magnificent Mansfield has I lii fiver furnished. 6 j rhc goodbye week of the Elleford H I, i company at the Grand will begin to- Bl 'I ''I morrow night, when Bronson Howard's H j ' ', military drama, "Shenandoah" will be f, , i. put on for the entire week. In produc- H I I I; this dramatic success the company HT '' ' J ' is no doubt giving for Its farewell week , 'l,, the strongest pli3r In its entire repor- H,i fa', toire. While the play 13 not new to the ; 1 !,,, nverage thca.tcrgoer, it Is ever welcome H'1 I 1 for any one who has sat under the spell W; ' , , P,: of this thrilling story of the Civil war HJ . i' llll knows its charm. Hl j it 1 jj The Elleford company promises to give Hl ' ! ' a most complete presentation. Members Bu I j of the National guard will participate 1 l' i' in the production, besides the full I j , tT strength of the company. Miss Ida H IDue. a most capable young actress of it lhls city, has been engaged for one of j , I" ,; the principal roles. The ilay will be ' ,' singed with a complete scenic c-qulp- H - ' )r ; , ment which adds much to the success I - ; jj of the story. Tlie final performance of I ! "Shenandoah' will be the closing of the 1 , i ' 'il:' engagement at the Grand, whore it has H i ' J.li become popular with the patrons. HH ' i ! ' i T' ' l ;ij Salt Lake Is looking forward with jf ; ' ; most delightful expectation to the com- H! 1 I. 'I J" 0f lt-s famous daughter. Maude i 1 '(, Adams. Nd matter how much othr H! 1 M j li theatrical visitors may be appreciated, ,i ' 1, the ))eop!e of her native city will regard HH I ' j'J Miss Adams with the greatest interest H' ( ' . ff nnd the gi'ctcst admiration. She rc- Hl M h'4 turns with the laurel, and If we worship K hv' ;'f those Avho conquer. Salt Lake has rea- ! iliO li Knn t0 U(lore I,ss Adams. On her way H' y'" West she is playing in "The Little Mln- H I ister" in cities In which she has not H 1 , 1 heretofore appeared In Jt, and every- H , i ; where is charming her admirers. ! !! Hj It ? 1 ! Edwin Ulunkall vill present the Irish 'I II f 1 I ' co,iedy-dranui, "Shamus O'Brien" at H1 7i '. , the Grand theater four Ti;rhs, starting H ! 'f 1 Monday, May SO. H1, 'Hill"' A,rs" 1eslie Carter will apPA'tr Jn her H' l J I- great success, I "Du Barry," at the Hj 1 1 j j j Gra,,d lcater on June il-7-S, This clorf- Hi I I n Ing engagement will be "one of the big events of the season. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. During the illness of Cecilia Loftus the role of Pcrpctua in E. IT. Sothern's pioduction of "The Proud Prince" has been played in Boston, Chicago, Buffalo nnd Philadelphia by. A (fie- Warner. Her impersonation hn3 won praise from the reviewers in those clticp. Miss Loftus Is now well. Lawrence D'Orsay says that one of the greatest compliments hc ever received re-ceived since he began to play Lord Cardinglon, In "The FjiH of Paw-tucket," Paw-tucket," came from a woman who saw a performance of the play In Syracuse lately, and who had just returned from a six months'' visit to London. She said to a friend, who repeated It to D'Orsay: "I declare, that Mr. D'Orsay ha? acquired ac-quired the accent of a well-bred Lon- l doner so well that T almost believe he must be an Englishman." "Aw bah Jawve! What a aw remarkably re-markably Jolly woman she must be." was D'Orsay's reply when he heard this remark. "I should like aw to meet her, don't you know, just to show her how aw thoroughly Americanized I am In reality. It would be aw awfully good fun to Indulge In a little spoofing at her expense, and then confe-vs that I am on Englishman. But aw she nevah would believe It aw of course." Barrle's charming fantasy, "The Ad--mirable Crichton," which has made such a hit in London and in which William Wil-liam Gillette played all season to filled houses In Now York,, has just been ! translated into Dutch and presented at Amsterdam. It is called there "The Robinson Crusoe Family," and Is iid to have lost none of its brightness by translation. Zoltan Doehme, until further notice aime. Nordlen's hus-band, has an amusing amus-ing way of putting things. On one occasion oc-casion he was speaking of the vocallza-. tion of the well-known singer Van Dyck, and professional leniency vanished van-ished in critical sarcasm: "With mos' tenors, they Ping along an' sing along, an once in a w'ile they strike a false note, an you say 'Oh!' (Mr. Doehme frowned and winced). Hut with M. Van Deeck he ping along, an' sing along, an' once in no w'ile he strike a true note, an you say 'Oil!' " And Mr. Doehme's smile of pleased surprise called forth a round of laughter. laugh-ter. This one is just as good and true as when It was first lold: 1 At an English theater not long since the curtain rose on an empty stage in the second actpf a play, and by-and-by a meek-lcoklng young man with a and loudly called. "Uncle! uncle!" According to the book of the play he should have received no answer to his call, and after an appropriate pause should have gone on with a monologue. But a graceless "god" in the gallery took upon himyelf to answer the actor. "All right, I'jn coming in a moment: how much do you want on it?" he shouted. The effect on the audience may be imagined. Tit-Bits. In Charles Frohman's dramatization of "Pilgrim."? Progress," which will be produced next season in New York and London, there will be nineteen scenes and over 200 persons in the cast. The eagerly awaited reappearance of William S. Gilbert In the dramatic field occurred at the Garrlck, London, last week. He conducted his audience through a world of greater extravaganza extrava-ganza than any into which he has before be-fore ventured. The new Gilbert play Is entitled "The Fairy's- Dilemma." further described as "an original domestic do-mestic pantomime," and It6 scene Is set in realms of the "supcrnaturals"' and "unnaturals." the .whole being written in the drollest and mopi absurd G 11-bertian 11-bertian manner. The plot turns on the tyranny of parental interference in n.atrimonlal matters. In the second act thr , characters are suddenly transformed trans-formed into those of a harlequinade and In a pantomime inexpressibly comical to see, Arthur Bourchler as the clown, Violet Van Brugh as Columbine Colum-bine and others In the cast kept the house In roars of laughter. Verdlctij differed, however, at the close, and the opinions of the critics vary as to whether It will, prove a success. Raymond Hitchcock's success Is the result of years of hard and intelligent work, in the face of Ill-health. He was born In Auburn, N. Y., some thirty-five thirty-five years ago, and when he was old enough to work he secured a place as a clerk In a shoe store. He was drafted Into an amateur minstrel performance In his native town and he attracted attention. at-tention. The shoo Phop lost all its attraction at-traction for young Hitchcock: he would be an actor He secured a place in" the chorus of the Grnu-Gordon Opera company com-pany and he learned the miseries of trooping in one-night stands. It nearly killed him. but he' was determined to stick to the stage. His first New York appearance was at the BIJou in "Charley's Uncle," and later he way In 'The Three Little Lambs," where he attracted a small amount of attention. He traveled around the country with Peter F. Dalley, Robert Hilllard, "The Burgomaster," and "Vienna Life." He Joined Henry W. Snvage's forces in 1S9G, and he played for a long time in the American theater, beginning practically practi-cally in the chorus, but steadily advancing. ad-vancing. It was not until he was given the leading pail in "King Dodo" that Mr. Hitchcock made his first big hit. Now the success lie has won for "The Yankee Consul" has placed him in the front rank of comedians. He Is really a line actor. He has even played Shy-lock Shy-lock and played It. very well. Everybody's Every-body's Magazine. During the recent "Lady's Day" reception re-ception at the Players' club. New YoVk, John Drew told of an Incident he had it from. a friend that occurred recently in the New Amsterdam theater. New York. A distinguished-looking woman, Well along In the seventies, who resides in Fifth avenue, sat in the orchestra, about five rows from the stage, her escort a man young enough to be her grandyon. When the curtain fell on the first act of "The Two Orphanfi" this fragment of their conversation was overheard: I "Isn't It a coincidence?" she observed "Until tonight T had not been In a theater thea-ter for twenty-five years, and the piny T saw la.vt was this same "Two Orphans.' " "No doubt thore have been great chnnges In llieatrlcnl enterprises In that time." "Yes," was the complacent response. "I undcrsia'nd there are several real ladles and gentlemen on the stage today." to-day." I c a John Drew will go to London to witness wit-ness the performance of "The Duke of Klllicrankie." Capt. Robert Marshall s come'dy, which Mr. Drew will use next seat-on. Capt. Marshall wrote "Second in Command," on which Mr. Drew was obliged to fall back this season when "Capt. Dieppe" failed on the road. t E. II. Sothern recently crlobrated his L'25th performance "of Robert of Sicily in "The Proud Prince." Mr. Sothern has played this role continuously since September 1. He has found It the most difficult as well as trying imperfonallon he haw ever . Interpreted, not excepting Hamlet; but ho has about seventy-live times more to appear In the character, before the end of the yeason. - i - DeWolf Hopper will take Frank Du-pree Du-pree to London with him to stage-manage "Wang" at the end of the Xew York run of the opera. Mr. Duprce Is responsible for the present version of "Wang." Minnie Deprce is his sister, and he first gained fame twenty years ago in San Francisco with his "Lnsca." Alfred Aarons posted the following unique rules for the conduct of mem-birs mem-birs of his ".China Doll" company in Philadelphia: Rule. 1. No notes, will be delivered behind the stage. Rule 2. Members of the company will not receive flowers from outsiders. Rule No " Johnnies" will be psr-mitted psr-mitted to or from the theater. Rule -1. Members of the company having friends will request them lo wait one block away from the stage door. Rule 0". No talking while waiting foi cues, Rule G. Fifteen dollars' worth of work will be 1 expected from every one. Rule 7. Profane language on the pari of either sex will not be, tolerated in thi. theater. Rule S. Ladies purchasing jewelry must not have it sent C. O. D. to the box office. It will not be paid for. Rule fl. Ladles of the chorus must avoid as far as possible any ostentatious ostenta-tious display of wealth. Rule 10. A previous residence In Philadelphia will not be accepted as a valid excuse for a tardy appearance at the theater. , Rule 11. Any violation of the foregoing forego-ing rules will be punished by instant dismissal without the usual two weeks notice. tat An amusing ttory Is lold by Miss Ellen El-len Terry on herself, showing that play, or folk are sometimes absent-minded, even when upon the stage. It wa: while she was playing the part of one of the workers in the laundry scene ot "Mine. Sans-Gene," and she was busllj engaged ironing, when -a cat, which hac Us homo somewhere in the theater came strolling on to the sta'ge. "j thought it would furnish a good opportunity oppor-tunity to give a realistic domestic touch, to the scene." says Miss Terry, "and so when puj-s came purring up .and rubbed rub-bed against me I Stroked her fur. spoke lo her, and then, for fear she might bt distracting. I picked her up and put ho: down on the nearest place at hand, saying: say-ing: 'There, pussy, go to sleep!" "The cat curled up contentedly and I went on with my lines. Suddenly I was aware of a murmur among the audience, audi-ence, which Increased to a ripple of inughter. I realized that something was wrong and turned instinctively to look at puss. There she was asleep, where I had put her, among the Irons on the 'red hot' range." t "The Streets of New York," a popular melodrama, got a hard Jolt in a Connecticut Con-necticut town recently. It was advertised adver-tised that -10.000 gallons of water would bo used in the tank scene. The water commissioner decided Hint this was enough to be paid for. so he swooped down on the manager and demanded a settlement. The manager went to the Mayor, but couldn't get off until he had convinced the authorities that the scene actually called for about a pint of water. wa-ter. Thus are art Illusions rudely dispelled dis-pelled by the Iconoclasm of municipal authorities who know nothing of true dramatic art. No wonder there is call for a National theateV. C O w . Julia Mai;lowe, who is re-establishing her credit and rehabilitating her bank account with a revival of "Knighthood" "Knight-hood" and "Ingoir.ar." told a reporter recently that she1 docs not believe In the effect of stage superstitions, except "I confess 1 never like to cay that my health Ik exceptionally good or that I haven't had a sick day in months." says she. "Or if I do, I want, as the children chil-dren say. to have my fingers crossed. Perhaps this Is superstition, or perhaps northing more mysterious than a wholesome whole-some realization of the fart that pride goeth before a fall. A great part of my life Is passed among people who are strongly superstitious Apropos, only a few evening ago a gentleman connected with my forces was really thrown into a panic when someone raised an umbrella um-brella over me Just lii3ide the stage door. To raise an umbrella on the stage, yon know, is supposed to bring almost any kind of disaster to a production. pro-duction. I remember, a' young man. a beginner, not yet up In the superstitions, supersti-tions, who raised an umbrella , during the early rehearsals of 'When Knighthood Knight-hood Was In Flower.' Positively the company almost. had hysterics, and the stage manager, who was a bit of a wag, yelled severely: 'Never raisu an umbrella um-brella on thc stage, young Milan!' 'Why not?' gasped the luckless offender, his knees shaking. 'Reenusc,' replied the stage manager, 'the man who owns It might recognize It nnd take it away from you.' " " 9 "How far," mused' the dramatist of the old school, "should ' substance be sacrificed to form?" The dramatist of the new school stared -perplexedly. "When you say substance, you doubtless doubt-less mean costume," said lie, after a moment, Puck. 0 An amusing occurrence Is reported from Panza, a. province of Ru.ssla, where a wrestling-match on the slage , ' . - between Grigorioff., "the Russian Hercules," Her-cules," and a supposed Japanese, named Suma. Sari, nightly attracts large crowds. In these contests "the Russian Rus-sian Hercules" always won, although only after a tremendous fltruggle. On the day of tho last performance the "Japanese" demanded a rise In his salary', sal-ary', but a (his was not granted, he went away declaring that the refusal would cost the management dear. That evening a largo audience Which had assembled as-sembled to witness another Russian triumph tri-umph was much astonished. The moment mo-ment "the Russlnn Ilerculoa" oame to grips he wa6 seized by the "Japanese," who. raising him cn high, cast him bodily bod-ily into the auditorium. The audience protested angrily that there whs no Japanese Ja-panese living who could by fair means throw a Russian. Thereupon Suma. Sari tame forward shouting that he was a belter Russian than his opponent, and to prove his words, tore off his wig and pigtail and exposed the fraud. Togged out In the splendors of a wardrobe ward-robe which simply abounds in Easter fashions. Al Hart, comedian, escorted Mrs. Hart to a performance of Eleanor Robson in "Merely Mary Ann" at the Criterion theater, says the New York Telegram. Both appreciated the play Immensely, and on emerging Mr. Hart was more or less steeped In thought. As he made for the cab-lined curb Mr. Hart felt a light feminine hand on his coat sleeve. Said hand gently guided him lo a cab and a soft feminine voice ordered the cabman to drive away. There was something totally unfamiliar unfa-miliar to Mr. Hart in the feminine voice afore mentioned, nnd with a start he turned to investigate. "I bog your pardon," he began. But the lady Interrupted him with a half-suppressed scream. "I thought you were my husband." gasped the lady, a total stranger to the comedian. "And I thought you were my wife." hoarsely replied the terrified man of fun "Well. I'm not, as you must plainly perceive," snapped the lady. "Cabman, drive back with all speed to the Gar-ilek Gar-ilek theater!" And there she found Iter spouse, from whom she had become separated In the crush, and Mr. Hart was recovered by Mrs. Hart, who had been much amazed at the extraordinary disappearance of the comedian. Collin Kemper of the firm of Wagen-halsj Wagen-halsj & Kemper has been in London and Paris for two month?, and while abroad managed to capture his share of good things In a theatrical way for the firm. This manager spent several weeks with Clyde Fitch, in southern Sicily, and contracted with that author lo equip Blanche Walsh with what Mr. Fitch terms "a society melodrama," lo be ready for production January J. 100o. Mr. Kemper has also arranged for the rights to the new Jean Rlchepin nnd Henri Cain play, which Sarah Bernhardt Bern-hardt will do in Paris next November. He also has a comedy by Gresnc, author au-thor of "The Marriage of Kitty," which vlll be done in London by Sir Charles Tynham and .Miss Mary Moore.. An-itlior An-itlior play is an emotional drama by J I. Barrle., Wagenhals & Kemper will ilso produce early next season "La "-Salllonnee." a melodrama by Pierre De-ourcelle. De-ourcelle. now running to unprecedent-:d unprecedent-:d business at the Theatre L'Ablgu. in ?nris. I.Iansfieltl Loses to Charity. j Apropos of Richard Mansfield's visit J here soon, a mod ctm-v In n!l hv r former player In Mansfield's company. To those who know the real Mansfield the following narrative is doubly Interesting Inter-esting for Its truthfulness: ' We were playing In a large North ern city several years ago." remarket the actor, "and as every one knows, Mr Mansfield's temper is not the mllde: thing In the world when blunders an. made In the way of stage affairs. "It happened that a thlck-hcadeo stage hand incurred the great man'. wrath one night and Mr. Munsfick made al him In a fury, half scurlnf the fellow out of his wits. To save the , luckless workman the stage manager J sent him a.way to do some other worlt I until our engagement should have terminated. ter-minated. We of the company though; we saw a chance for some fun In all this. "Later on in the evening when Mr. Mansfield was in one of the wings waiting wait-ing for his cue. several of ua got on the other side of a piece of scenery and be-;an be-;an talking in loud enough tones for hlm to hoar plainly. ' " 'That cap the governor jumped on tonight was fired,' remarked one of 011: number. "'Yes. poor devil,' said another, 'lit didn't earn but $S a week, and he's got a wife and "even children a I homo.' " 'Tlioy tell me." remarked a third, 'that his whole family Is down rick and likely to starve to d6ath. I don't think the governor ought to have been so hard on the fellow. Of course, the stage manager couldn't do anything but fire the boy after ho raised so much caln." "Then we began talking about other things and let tho seed thus sown fructify of Its own accord. Nothing more was said or done until after the performance, and then 'the governor' came to me he had recpgnlzod my voice; and handed me $10. 'That's for the stage hand who was fired tonight." he sald I thanked him and said we were raising a purse for tho fellow. "Well, next night wc did practically tho pame thing, only wo told stories of how the poor man was to bo turned out of his house on the morrow unless he produced the five months' roire for which he was in arrears, and then 'the governor' came across with $20. The object of our crocodile tears, as It happened, hap-pened, was a bachelor and was having an easy time of it all tho while. "But I noticed ono thing. 'The governor gov-ernor was quite a little gentler for four or five days and well. ou know how many beers and things 530 will buy, and he had donated that amount to the good cause, you remember." Popular Novels as Plays. It In of course a radiant symptom of Ignorance to exclaim 01s the present universal voice Is exclaiming) against all dramatizations. On every side you hear the book-play condemned simply because It Is a book-play, and people speak as If it were a new fashion to dramatize stories. Why they think it new and why they think it bad can bo explained only by the brevity of our American memory, which seldom retains re-tains anything over night. We cannot expect a large number, even pi the critics, to know that "Othello" "Othel-lo" and "The Merchant of Venice" were book-plays, as well as several others by tho sumo author, and that his version of "Hamlet" wan at least the third ono; but we might fairly expect the average theatergoer to remember "M'llss," "The Little Marchioness," "The Vicar of Wakefield," "Meg Merrilles," "Cricket on the Hearth," "Fanchon." "East Lynne." "Uncle Tom's Cabin"," "Rip Van Winkle," "Ben Hur." "Drink," "The Bells," "Under Two Flags," "Dr. Jekyll nnd Mr. Hyde." "Tess of the D'UrbervilJor." and "Camllle." 1 hear some one objecting. "-"But 'Drink' Is a urid melodrama, nnd 'Rip Van Winkle Is nothing at all except Mr. Jefferson " Very wi-ll. This does not dispose of their popularity, nor does It dispose of "Camllle" and many more, nnd t he plain truth Is that the custom has always been to dramatize popular stories Walter Scott in his clay and now Mr. Kipling and such plays have been Just as good and just na bad as plays made In any oilier way. Why plays fall and why they succeed does not depend on their genesis. Owen Winter's Freface to "Theatrical Edition" Edi-tion" of "The Virginian." Two Camlllcs Considered. Many amusing Incidents have attended attend-ed the appearance of the two Camlllcs now in the city, but undoubtedly the choicest morael of humor, all the more acceptable because unintentional, has been the sorry attempt to provoke mirth by comparing Margaret Anglln's wig to tho whiskers worn by Wilton Lackayo In "Tho Pillars of Society." In a sense this absurd trick of attracting attention to personal smartness Is symbolic sym-bolic ot the worth of much that has been said about the performances of both Miss Anglln nnd Virginia Hnrned, Both actresses really have cause for mutual hilarity, for so diversified nnd contrasting have been every one's views that II has been made absolutely Impossible for an Impartial observer to arrive ot any definite estimate of the work of the two women. Nothing but confusion can come from reading of tho published criticisms: no event throughout through-out the season has provoked such difference dif-ference of opinion, which was actually carried to the extreme of disagreement over the description of that very ordinary ordi-nary wig. There ha3 been a great fuss. Indeed, and It may be well lo ask what It all has been about. If the two Marguerites had come to town a short time ago. when general Interest whs centered In new productions, there would have Ijpoji nothing more than slight reference to tho revival of a very old play" and tho sad fatalism with which the majority of actri'sses aspire to set themselves in contrast with famous Cnmillos of memory.. mem-ory.. The time of a production has n groat deal to do with the attention It attracts. Just now we are running short of fresh diversions in a theatiieal way, and whateer comes along will arouse more discussion than it possibly deserves. The Camllles have been soon, and now we are going along In our even way Just thoomc as before their arrival. ar-rival. And, when one thinks of it. thl is exactly what was anticipated. How many expected Miss Anglin to create a sensation? How many looked for Miss Ilarned lo achlee a distinct success? suc-cess? We were wary of the enthusiastic enthusias-tic praise that had been given to Miss Anglln on the Pacific coast; MI.ss Har-r.ed Har-r.ed had boon seen In the part before, and there was no reason to hope she would so far excel herself as to win lasting renown. It was Just another case of big smoke and little fire! Botli Camilles are Interesting, which Is the most that may bo said In favor of them. They will afford good entertainment enter-tainment for a week or two. but when they are gone who will remember them? It Is certain there will be happier thoughts stored away in our memories of Dc Wolf Hopper and "Wang." This Is the time of revivals. The only three offerings of this week were favorites long ago. and the friendliness or nudl-toj-s to them has been so marked that It Is likely next season we shall see many old successes again on the stage. There is ample room -for such tuneful produqllons as "Wang," and, of course, if the proper Camllle comes along she will be received with acclaim. But It Is almost as hard to find a Camllle as a Hamlet. Few women have the range of temperament to show the bad woman wo-man made good by love. The part is one that succeeds by contrast, and neither Miss Anglln nor Miss Hnrned has the depth of feeling to make the transformation appear rjval. Mis Anglln An-glln is unable to rid her Marguerite of the ntmopphere -of respectability: Mips Harned jglves hersoif to fitting abandon in tho. first two acts, but Is unable to convince us of the sincerity of her reformation re-formation in the closing scenes. The two women, as shown, arc a grievance against mental content. William Bui-, lock in New York Press. Christianity and Amusements. 1 know of no principle by which the amusements of a Christian can, be rcgu-'.ated rcgu-'.ated other than that lold down by John Wesley In the general rules of tho Methodist societies. Jn those rules ho 'imply put first things first. Tho Chris-:lan Chris-:lan may not do those things which ho known arc "not for the glory of God." He may not take "such diversions as cannot be used In the name of the Lord Jerus." The attempt to specify the amusements which 'arc obviously of misleading or questionable moral tendency,' ten-dency,' which was made by the general gen-eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal Epis-copal church In 1872," was a radical do-pa do-pa rturo from the temper and spirit of Wesley. , The Christian must ask concerning a play, is Its inculcation moral and Is St given under circumstances that do not compromise It? He must ask concerning concern-ing the game of chance precisely the same question that he should ask concerning con-cerning the game of chess or croquet He can gamble in the game of chance and he can become a moral fraud by pwindllng in a game of croquet, as many dp. For guidance in general wc must depend de-pend upon tho Christian purpose of the individual; upon emphasis upon the things that are fair and honorable and moral-, upon the guidance of parents; upon the Judgment and practice of good men (and where they differ there is, no way left but lo cHoosej; upon the place and time and surroundings; and upon ourselves Dr. Bradford Poui Raymond Ray-mond In Everybody's Magazine. Shakespeare's Women Attacked. It is exactly 200 years ago that the boards of the Globe theater in Londoi. announced a new play. "Othello; or. The Moor of Venice." by William Shakespeare. At that lime the author Svoy well known as a successful dramatist drama-tist and minor actor, lie had produced pro-duced a large number of play.?, and had other? In his "fertile and conceptions concep-tions brain" which were soon lo be produced. Mr. Shakespeare wap a young man oven at that time, and soon retired with a competent fortune lo thc-shades thc-shades of Stratford, where he was cut off early in life on the anniversary of his birth, being April 23, an event celebrated cele-brated the world over wherever it is possible. Last Saturday there were two Shakes-pea roan performances in this city, which wore- not too well patronized, patro-nized, and the usual exerck'es at the Edwin Forrest Home, where the pensioners pen-sioners on the bounty of the great exponent ex-ponent of the dramatic art of the Bard of Avon were entertained as usual. All this was very fitting and very-proper. very-proper. In spite of the fact that Shakespeare Shake-speare Is not represented on the stage so much now as a generation ago. Since the death of Booth and Barrett and the retirement of others at the head of the profession, we get llltle of the classic drama and a good deal that is ephemeral. ephem-eral. Nevertheless, we all give an Intellectual In-tellectual adherence to the classic drama, even If. a: the managers say, we do not patronize It sufficiently to niiKc- It pay. It Ip peculiarly discomfiting discomfit-ing just at this very time to have tho Biowning society come out and maintain that Shakespeare's women were poor things of shreds and patches, nnd that the real women of poetry were by Robert Browning hlmpelf. They are tolerably safe In making tljai r.tatc-inent, r.tatc-inent, becautr-p practically no one knows nnythlng about Mr. Browning's women. wo-men. Not one-tenth of 1 per cent of I the people In this) country could give tho name of a single work of his, and there are Just two which he wrote which are more or Icks popular, though hot always known by hln name: "How Wc Brought the Good News from Ghent to Alx" and ''The Pied Piper of Hamelln," and there Isn't n woman named in either , There Is not a perton of even meagre intelligence who docs not know. of Juliet nnd DoHdomonn and Ophelia and Portia, Por-tia, and a lot of other undying characters. charac-ters. Mr. Browning may have written well 'about women, but an practically no ono can read his poem? without an Interpreter the iokuU lr about ae If ho had never written at all. Who reads "Tho Ring and tho Boole?" and who hasn't road "Romeo and Juliet n" The Browning society Is simply calling attention at-tention to the fact that the author which it worships Is not only unknown, |
