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Show ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK. SALT LiATCE Tl tKATRF Phil M:ir- getts testimonial Monday nicht, Nut C Goodwin in "The Usuroer "An American Ameri-can Citizen" and "A Glided Fool, last half of week GRAND TT IK AT RE Mack Bwain I 'ni-nany 'ni-nany In "Out of Darkness " and "The Sidewalks of New York " For the Phil Margctts testimonial performance per-formance at the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow tomor-row oenlii(r an excellent programme has been prepared. Many seat9 have already been sold, and a large attends e la promised, Among the purchasers an Viola Allen iind Nat Goodwin MHs Allen Al-len writing from Detroit .as: "In response re-sponse tn pour letter, i Inclose w ith ploas-and ploas-and everj fond wish tn subscription toward the testimonial and benenl fb) mj father s old friend. Mr Philip Margetts, and trust vou will make It u fine success suc-cess Mr. Goodwin bought rom gsllerj tickets paying 12.50 each for them. They win b given to newsboys. The programme pro-gramme for the occasion Includes an ovi r-nire r-nire bv the Salt i-;ike Theatre orchestra i , arlfl from "Lurretla Borula " b John Robinson, -a lluto nolo by Mr Flashman. rhe Gondolier's SonK" by Fred Graham n soprano solo, 'The Daisy," by Mrs LU-7.e LU-7.e Thomas-Edward .1 violin solo by II-lard II-lard Welhe. and a number by a male quartette, Thomas s Ashworth Fred ' Graham, Victor Chrlatopharson and 1 Willnrd Squires Prof. McClellan will be (he accompanist. A two-act play "The Chimney I orner," will be presented. The cast for this 1- 01 follow : Solomon Probity (age I'll. Duncan Dun-can McAllister Peter Probity (age ), Phil Mnrg.-tts. John Pr..blt nge 13 Libert Li-bert Thomas; Mr Charles Chetty, Dean Paynes; BIfter, Marrv Horsley; Patty Probity, wift of Peter. Mts Clomonla Pratt; Grace Emery. Miss Jeunne Alton Nat C Goodwin In the rdle of an up-to-date Westerner, who mnk- bis way from a cow puncher to u man of affairs nnd " ho . i r i r acQulrlng a fortune, makes ids way to his boyhood's fJweothi irt, and after se,eral adventures flnds her upon on English ducal estate, and finally Wins her is the motive of one of the plays, which arc promised when that comedian ,-t his engagement at the Bait ijiK' theatre Thursday night Tie will devote that night and Saturday matinee to L S Morris's skillfull) drawn comedy, "The Usurper, " the action of which le said to be rapid, the locale England the characters charac-ters part American, pari English, with the Enciifh predominating For Frldaj night the tlll will tie another ihi whose ;irr laid iii England nl the . null. enl It Is entitled An American Cltl-r.-n" and Is Quite lOVCable In its store Snturdav night Is to be devoted to that classic "A Glided Fool." The leading role In it fits the penoralllv of Mr ' I - w in and through it he was given the Opportunity of dlsplalng his art to SUCh an extent that he became famous. The Hume of "A Glided Fool ' Is particular brilliant, and the touches of comedy and Pathos In It happily blend. The stagings and settings of the three plays will be on a generous scale that h.is characterize! ;ill of Mr Goodwin H productions. Dk oinipuny that will esup-I'ort esup-I'ort him numbers eleven players from the British (ales, a number of whom hn-Di hn-Di trer been unoti this side of the Atlantic before. Mr Goodwin's leading lady, Miss Ruth McKay Is h buxom, stately English En-glish girl, whose youth and beauty has been much commented upon, and whosi "line and personality has won for het f 'lends wherever she ha : porn red Ilia Goldsmith Ethel Bealc Pens Edwardei Fred Tyler, Kin. Norwood Georgle Men-dunt Men-dunt Florence Parke Kell O'Brien a'nd V H Post re professionals, who have aehieved fame In London and other Kn-gllsh Kn-gllsh f Ities. "Out of Darkness" will be the bill at the Grand theater the first half of the week George Broadwell, a member ot an ir.to, ratlc English family, falls In love with a woman whom he does not make lite wife and who is later driven from his h. me because he Is persuaded lli.it the foman is untrue to him. a baby girl Is born to her. The mother, discouraged, forms an alliance with Lord Dillon and the little girl is broughl up bj him When she becomes a voting woman she runs away. The jjirl is known as Doreett Lester Les-ter and while engaged as an operatic stur she falls in love with Oniric McQueen, the adopted son of George Broadwell When the subject f marriage is broai bed Broadwell opposes the match. The girl declares her Intention to gle Cedrlc up but In telling the story of her life to Broadwell he3lscovcrt 1 1 . t l i Is his own da jghter and he- takes het to his heart For the remainder of the week. "The Sidewalks of New York" has been se- lected. It Is imis sensational, having as the basis of its plot the murder of a man by his son. The Innocent suffer of course, but in the end. of course, the guilt one Is brought to Justlco cj E TT Bottlern and Julia Marlowe will appear at the salt Lake Theater oh Ma: and Si. In "Much Ada About Nothing and "Romeo and Juliet." I he prlci 9 will range from IS to 60 i ents All seats on the lower floor except tin last two lews will be $3 The curtain will rise each evenlns at 7-J5. The hooking of Margaret Anglin at the Salt 1 ike Theater tor June .". and 8 has h "n canceled, owing to a conflict with ai i angements i t i tenver. e The Hollanl Lilliputians will pi'esenl .opular operas at the Grand theater during dur-ing the week beginning Mhv 22 Opening 111 The Belle Ol New York." and also giVing "Pinafore.-' "A Runaway Clrl" and "a Galtity Girl " ("banning Pollock of the Sbubsrt forces has made up a list ol actresses In the I S-ler S-ler period Here It Is. Lillian Russell, 45, Fay Tenipleton, -la; Isabel Rate man. .", . 1 -L 1 1 1 r- Pateman C2 Sarah Bernhardt, .Vgnes Booth, o2: Kate Claxton, 07 , Rose Coghlan, '.2, Jessie Bartlett Davis, 46; Ef-fle Ef-fle Eilsler, 17; Rose Eytlnge, 68, Mm.-Gerster, Mm.-Gerster, 4S; Mrs. Kendal 66; Mrs. Lnng-try, Lnng-try, 50 Maggie Mitchell. 73; Mme Modjes-ka, Modjes-ka, 81; Clara Morris. 59; Mme Nordlca, 47; Ada Rehan, 4S; Mme Sembrlch. 47, Annie Venmans. Pollock has applied for a vacation New York World. At. the conclusion of "She Stoops to Conquer" at the New Amsterdam theater. New York, Louis James, with his wife, will make a tour of the vaude illn houses, and probably continue all next season. They will appear In a new one-act playlet. play-let. "A Lesson In Economy." especially written for them by Willlum E. Bonnev. From all the cable accounts, It would appt-ar that Willie Collier achieved a genuine gen-uine success In London In "The Dictator Dicta-tor ;' Mr. Collier and the members of his company all came In for praise for their performances "The Dictator" was announced an-nounced for only four weeks In London, but If It proves to be one of those few American plajs which win real success In PHIL MARGETTS England, Its run will In all probability be extended Rose recilla Shay is to revive "Paul Jones" next season. . Jefferson De Angells. the comedian, broke his arm In two places recently, while automoollihg. He was unwilling that an understudy slumld play bis pari in "Funlana." Which is In the middle p( long run In the Lyric theater, New York, and so continues to appear nightly with the injured member In a sling. None of his dances has been ul becaUSt Of the accident and only the presence ot the bandage betrays to audiences the predicament predica-ment of the funmaker. Flora Zabellal hading woman of the "Yankee Consul" company, and Raymond Hitchcock, comedian of the same organisation, organi-sation, wore married a few days ago In St. Louis. Prof. M. M Mangasarlan of Chicago, father of the bride. Wos the officiating Hergyma n The beloved veteran of the stage. J 1 1 Stoddart. whose Illness at Gait. Ontario early In April, competed blni lo glvt up the remainder of his tour In "The Bonnie Bon-nie Brier Bush," continues to Improve, and his friends are now hopeful that he Will continue to hold at ba the ravages of old age for a lone time to come. He will spend his remaining days at his country home In New Jersey, and l as given up ail hope of ever playing again. Joseph Murphy says that he W to retire from the stage at the end of his pte-.m season. He Is a very wealthy mali. a actors ac-tors go. $ J u Ada Rehan has declined an offer of $ti,-000 $ti,-000 for a tweiity-ii . weeks' engagement In v .i udCA lib' A new fall production' to be made by Henry V. Savage is S ComlC opera by John Kendihk Bangs and Manuel Klein, entitled "The Spectraphoni ' Thls la Mi Bongs' hrst orlgtnul jibretl i , ' j. Victory Bute-man. who was severely bullied II l'e Week- ie;o. IS I I'illK slowly at the home of a friend in St, Louis. Noting the arrival c,i Lionel Barry more In New York, the Herald of thai cltj esays: "He Is suffering from a .-.ire attack at-tack of nervous prostration. HI friends admit that his condition N unite se rious allel It Will be See-r.ll months l.-'oie he- will act again and tliat the time of Ids enforced rest may be even more prolonged pro-longed while appearing In Boston lasl winter Mr Barrymore suffered a s . ie-attack ie-attack of pneumonia, and It Is feared that he resumed work too soon. His system had been weak' in d vei ; much by the III- ni ss. and the fatigue t almost Constant travel and acting hys sine,, the n bi I n a severe tax Upon him Wk6n he reached the high altitude of Colorado recently, an added strain was put upon him. and he was Anally obliged tee leave the company and start for New York. It Is said that another atta '. of pneumonia was als., feared when Mr. Ha its mure reached this city Miss Eihii Harrym pecelved her brother on his arrival and arranged to tioye him u" 'o a unlet country place near New York, the home of a friend, Where he win have the best medical care and complete res! Miss Barrymore was worn with the strain of the day, and acted her part In "A Doll's House with difficulty last night, although the audience knew nothing of it. Hdn.-i Wallace Hopper Is playing "Captain "Cap-tain January" in vaudevflle e Th re is in the village of Catsklll. a Rip Van Winkle inb. The society did me tht honor to invite me to act the character in their town. 1 accepted, and when I arrived was met bj the worthy president and Other members of the club, among whom WOS young Nicholas eddei who claimed to ie a lineal descendant of the Original "old Nick." . . I was taking a CUP of tea at the table In the hold, when I was attracted to the colored waite r, who was giving a graphic and detailed de-tailed account of this legend of the Cat-skill Cat-skill mountains to one of the boarders who sat nearly opposite to me "Yes, sah." he continued. "Rip went up into de mountains, slep for twenty years, and when he come back hyar In ills berrv town his own folks didn't know him." "Why, ' said the listener, 'you don't be-lleve be-lleve the story s true!" "True" oil course It Is. why.' pointing at me "dat's de man." From "The Autobiography Au-tobiography of Joseph Jefferson " Charles Efawtray, was recently asked "When an actor appears before the curtain cur-tain to make a speech, should he drop the character he has been playing''" 'Certainly he should drop ihe character I dOn't think lie Should come befe.rc the curtain at all. to tell the truth H- breaks up whatever Illusion he has been able to e reate But what can an actor do? Some people to the theater to hear what he Will s.l when hS Is called out." The Injury to Sir Charles Wyndham s left arm sustalned during ah accident in New fork, has proved tee be more serious than was it Mr.- t suppo.-ed. He Is In Renin ami 1 Me tol MaZ7.oll the Sllf.oeel who operated on Leo XIII., is attending him. it i- said i bat Mr Wyndham win hot act again for some lime, and ma even be forced to retire fr,.tn the stage In consequence conse-quence of the Injury. Anna Ibid s London season Is now announced an-nounced tor Se ptember s ii her manager's man-ager's Intention to take over an entire American company to support his star During tin I - l tlve months no less than thirty-live well known legitimate artists have forsaken (heir former field and have n,.iei.d the vaudeville pastures, According to Wells llawkes who has Just returned from London. the have I n framing a new pun o er there In OOO eef tiie- music balls, ami the audience, with a truly British obtuseiiess. bus not nut on to It even vet ihe ni-lit that the whacking whack-ing bin v rdh t of it'i damages was given against ;. ori;e Eilwardes In favor of the young librettist who claimed to have given him the plot Of the musical comedy. come-dy. "The Clngalee," Of the performers perform-ers at the Empire remarked in the course of his old sketch: "Well. It is the same eld story, troubles nevei come Clngalee." Me waited waited with the patience which only a London vatietj SCtOJ has learned to assume when fishing for o laUgfl and when from the front of the I OUW thl r l came not 90 much as a titter, he remarked sadly. "I don't believe George Bdwardea can be in front tonight." to-night." Whfn Ohauncey OlCOtt was in Ireland In Sited th,. WishhiK Well at Eillarnej with two plain, elderly spinsters. Li-side the well si't an old Irish woman who I ioked up into Mr Olcott's hsudsomt face and asked; "Phwat are ou wishin1 for"'' "What do you think I wish for?" he 1 l-natun cii Inquti 1 ci "Ol h. thin, leer a beautiful young SWatS-l'.eart. SWatS-l'.eart. ot course." said she. He pointed to ihe two spinsters, who stood at a little distance, and said: Don't you see I havi two with me?" 'Oh, thin. Its the grace o' God you'll be wishin' for'" re-plied tin sympathetlt old woman. Tht in si dim lie tlon 1 ha e of a public appearance comes before me as a Startled child In a white tunic beautifully striped with gold bands, and In the eraSD and on 'he Bhoulders of an Infuriated tragedian crossing a shaky bridge amid llu deafening report 01 guns and pistols iieil in 1 bias 01 he., and smoke To nn the situation seemed perilous, ami In order or-der to render my position more b curt 1 B Ised Rolls bj the hair of his head "Let go." he cried but I was obeying the first law of nature, not Rolla, po 1 tlghte ned my grasp upon his trale top-knot. The Th.- battle was short, but decisive, for in the next moment 1 had pulled off Ids fi tther-dusl r head-dress, wig and nil. the reby uninteutlonall scalping the enemy; ene-my; and. as he Was past the- prime of life Ihe nohli Peruvian st I bald-headed In the mid. II. t the brlde befon an admiring ad-miring null 11c e This story has the flavor flav-or of an old ale dot", but I am Credibly Informed thai 1 was the original scalper. Prom 'Tin Autobiography of Joseph Jef-fi Jef-fi rson " Reginald el, KOVI n. composer, and Fred-trick Fred-trick Ranken, librettist, have entered Into 1 1 .. nn. n 1 b) the terms of which Mr. Ranken il-i to write only In collaboration collabo-ration with Mr. de Koven for the next five years, The Hrst toint work of these tWO will be "Elyslfl ' which De Wolf Hopper will present at the Lvrlc theater after the conclusion of the run of "Palilalia" "Pali-lalia" next Si ptember. The Messrs Shu-bert Shu-bert purpose tn produce en,' opera a year by Messrs de Koven and Ranken at the Lyric theater. Daniel T. Hart, the author of "At Old Point Comfort " recently told this one on himself; While visiting a school in Wllkesbarrc he noticed that one of the boys had something the matter with one eve. Mr Hart told tin hov to f home and t ot to come to school again until be had been to aec an oculist Early next morning the boy was back In bis place , . "Have you been to r.n oculist'." arkeit tin teacher. "No. ma'am. ' was the response. "But didn't the Rentlemnn who was hers yesterday tell vou not to come back until '.mi had round out ehoiit our eye'.'" M mudder says there's nothing the mi iter with me eye." ,, "But vou can't see with your left eye li. ase. tea her, me mudder says it s a glass c , e A dramatisation of Kathertns Cecil Thurston's novel, ' The Masquerader. by the author's husband, E. Temple Thurston Thurs-ton was piodueed at the St James theater thea-ter at London, Monday, by George Alexander Alex-ander it is regarded as s very poor play, lacking in any dramatic qualities Mr 1 1 Kander played very cleverly the dual role of hii. etc and Loder. The audience es prt sst d unmistakable disapproval of the play, It Is a popular notion that active participation partici-pation In the w..rk of the Ftage Is incom-oatible incom-oatible with long.-vUv, but many Instances prove the reverse of thl Mr. Jefferson was 78 When he died. His death was not dm- to an infirmity of age, and his professional profes-sional abilities had shown no impairment March 12 John L. Tool.- long u popular fr.voiitc in London, celebrated at his homo in Brighton bis se venty-second birthday. Born In Lond.in In IV-7. he llrsi appeared on the stage in !'..'. Tomaso Salvlnl, living liv-ing In I tn I . was lorn In Milan in ls:. Heiirv Irving was born In Yorkshire In PCS and Ldla Thompson In London in the same year Mi" Annie Yeamans was born In 10, and Henry Clay Barnabas in ISM. Mrs. William G. Jones, who has bun appearing in "The Little Minister" and Other plays, Is M and has been on the Stage for sixtv-six ears. Mrs d. H illberl was s.'. when she died Pauline De- lazel the French actress, was born in Paris In 171S and died In ISTn. Frederick Lemaltre, horn In Havre In 1796, made his debut In is-.'.'j ami acted for the last time In 1873 when 7",. after exactly fifty years of professional service. He died in is7f, Prolonged success on the stage is compatible compat-ible unlv with the retention of good health, preserved b regularity of living and the avoid ante of excesses. The agei actor who becomes truly celebrated has pursued even In .in arduous pnd'esslon the methods ol living which conduce to lon-gevltj lon-gevltj They were discussing duck bunting, when' Lew Fields said. Bill Gray, the well-known theatrical manager. Is a Splendid duck hunt' r and rai. falls to get a good bag. Down in his bungalow on Chesapeake hav are many trophies of the chase. Gray disguises himself as a bite hlng post and stands along the pool as quiet as an actor s pocket brink Then, when a clm k loosts In him. he makes a grab and generally gets him." "Mv idea of Hamlet has always been that he was a perfectly sane Individual, and ll is on sam lines that I try to play the part " says H B Irving. As for his age you may have noticed that Shakes-j Shakes-j i.e., re haves us iii no doubt about that I Hamlet was Just 3 I have never seen my father- pig H irnlet, and I have never appeared on the same stage with my father, fath-er, though my brother Laurence often has. Remarkable. Is It not? But, you see. 1 v us born In 1370, and Sir Henry's Hamlet date s from lv7L It ran for It nights In NAT (3 OOP WIN IH "THE? IVU&P&- l7-7j. and again for loo nights at his revival re-vival of it in 1879 figures, 1 suppose, that will pardly be repeated in the history of Shake spe ar -. in drama Some ten years ago. while a member ,,f Beii 1 '.reel's tooling tool-ing company, 1 played the title role In 'Hamlet, but that Is my only previous acquaintance ac-quaintance With the character. We gave lln- play at various places In the prov-111 prov-111 es and at one of life suburban theOi-t theOi-t is ' William Gray, general manager for Hamlin, Mitchell Flejds's attractions, is an enthusiastic lo.jg,- man. He has ji ineil so many orders that h's wife, who Is rathe 1 pre, id e,f hT h ih le.i ihJ'b record as a belong .. lias kept a ledgor, In which she notes down the different degrees v.hl. h he tills her. on returning home late, lhal he has Liken According lo Unofficial Un-official record, as she 0, Milled to a woman wo-man trl. ml th. oilier dav. William Is a twenty-second degree Red Man. a thirtv-second thirtv-second degree Elk ami a sixty-fifth d'. giie Mason met t,, mention being eciuallv Idkh In the 11,1,1 Pillows, the' E.u.l.s and several other organizations She rebelled the othi r day, however when her husband told lor that he had taken a new degree In the "Lambs" the nlghl ! Core, and said to him; 'M dear, 1 And thai you have already be.-n through lf,2 degrees In the 'Lambs' Aren t you afraid you will soon becomi mutton ?" The attractions at ihe leading New- York theati rs last week Included Man.. Tempest Tem-pest In 'The Prcedom of SUSanne" at Ihe Empire; Ethel Barrymore in 'a Doirs House" at the Lyceum; Sam Bernard in The- Re, in, King Girl" at the Herald Square; "The Heir to the Hoorah" at the Hudson; Trilby" at the New Amsterdam; Amster-dam; "The Education of Mi. Plpp ' at thl Liberty; George M Cohan in Llttk Johnnj Jones' ai the New Tork Mrs Li Riie Carter In "Adrea" a ndas.-.. s , "ulin v Adams Sawy.-r" at t'u- Acad. - ml : David Warfleld in "The Music Mas- I. r' at th- PIJou. Prank Panb Is In ber-geant ber-geant BrUC" Ol the Knickerbocker rn hrm of Cunningham" at the .Madison Square; "Fantana" -it the Lyric, in College Widow" a1 the Garden, and Alice Fischer In The School tor Husbands at W attack's. I in cancellation of Paderewskl s engagement en-gagement has raised questlbns as to how mu h men. the pianist Will lOSI through his pre-, nl Illness and as tO hpW minh he makes annually by his concerts. HIS Inability to appear nt the Boston concert, con-cert, to which he was going wlmn Illness ittai ked him, net essltnted the return 01 ; , worth ol seats which had been sow w.ii in advanct of the day s-t for the , om 1 1 1 Whal the oancellaflon of the Canadian engagements coal can only be conjectured, while projected appearances In London and P.iris this month also have bl I 11 lhall. Lined Som Idea of the sums Involved may be gained from hi earnings earn-ings in the past, At on.- concert ''I Sd- ney, Australia, four months ago P"l'- rewskl's than of tin- receipts was '""" Seven or eight of his Now York appearances appear-ances hav.- n.tt.d him each a larger amounl The trip that has just beep brought to a close began a year ago. In which time 143 concerts were given. It is 0 tlmated by one of hM business associates asso-ciates tliat JSGUi a concert would be a conservative estimate of the profits. That means a total of $l.tH,000 for one j ear's work. Old Guard of the Stape Though at th.- time of his retirement he the best-known and thercbj the besi I....1I or the active veterans upon the American stag.- reflCersqn was not, ae Is generally believed, tho' oldest of the worthy crew, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. .1 II Stoddart. who continues 10 play with v.-rv fe-w rest -p--lls, the protesting Luchlan Campbell In "The Bonnie Bni r B 1 I.. was a babe in arms two years be-loie be-loie the st. i). e re ator of Rip Van InUh-saw InUh-saw the light He Is now 7H years old. and Jefferson was but 70 when In died Ami there ar- other veterans who .graduated .grad-uated In the sarin- fOOtllght OtOBS With Jefferson. C i-es'.i.- Allen, father of Sites ioa and at present a particularly vigorous vigor-ous shepherd In her support, is 74. and declares his willingness to run a foot race With any adult member of the Allen Al-len company at an time they feel In the humoi Henrj ia- Barnabas, who would llkel) still t ringing 'The Nerlff of Sliottlngham" If he had not fallen and Injured his knee a few months since, ij proud of his 72 years. and Denman Thompson, whoso Joshua Whltcomb would have been recalled quite OS long as feffcrson's Rip ha.l be .lung tenaciously to that part for thirty years and not allowed al-lowed other players to take the edge off his success, la also two years past the jllot.-td span. Then there are a few youngsters remaining, re-maining, like V. J. Ie Moyne. who Is 7i. and Prank C Bangs. wl)o Is t, and George Clarke, wh Imlts T years, and Louis .James, who has passed 88 birthday birth-day anniversaries. Charles A. Stevenson. Mrs. Carter's loyal hading man, Is only iw.. and that dashing Romeo. Kv lie Bel-lew, Bel-lew, I- three- years his Junior, the same 'iiv.' being acknowledged by William H. Crane Of course, mere knis liku F. U Holland, Hol-land, who lei i")7, Neil Burgess, W; Janus O'Neill, 66, and Frederick Warde. C4. are not to be tec koin d In the vets . lass, and John Drew, who Is still an ardent lover In a dre.-s suit at 0'-'. must be a thorn In Dr Osier's side Even the voungsters confound the foolish doctor s theory that a man's usefulnt-tis ceases at 40. Mansfield Mans-field Is -IS. and so Is Nat Goodwin. Eiank Daniels Is 10, ("hanncey Oicott -W and Henry E. Dlx. v -di. If thev are not lying, while E 1 1 Soth.-rn Is a veritable child in arm- 01 n gladsome, though - nous, summers. Mnny Parts in One. I have often been taxed with Idleness for not studying new parts and adding them to m repertoire. The list of plays that 1 have acted of late years Is certainly cer-tainly a very short one, and the critic who hi 1 ..ire we ary of witnessing them over arid ov.-i again naturally protests against tin ir constant repetition Setting aside the fact that every one must be the best Judge of how to conduct his own affairs, there are other matters connected with the course I have pursued that may have escaped the attention of those who have rated me for my lack of versatility; and reference to a conversation between Charles Mathews and myself on this very subjec t, may serve to Illustrate w hat I moan, We were good-humoredl quizzing each other about our different styles of acting, when h' rallied in.- somewhat after af-ter this fashion. "You call yourself a com.-tDan. ' said he. "Why, ou can only play one part. Vim an- the prince of dramatic carpetbaggers, carpet-baggers, and earn ;l" your wardrobe in a gripsack Look at tliat hug. pile of 11 inks mine. sir. mine! Examine my list of parts! Count them half a hundred, at the very least, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Win re is your VSSSattltty ?' 'My dear Charlie." said I, "you are . onfounding wardrobe with talent What is tht value of a long bill of fare if the stuff Is badly COOkedi Vou change your hat. and fain you are playing another character. Believe me. It requires more .-kin to act one part titty different ways than to act fifty parte; nil the same way".' And here ho ended our rather comical argument. From "The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. " Should the Audience Applaud it is generally supposed that the suc- ess or a performance depends upon the actor author and manager. This statement state-ment Is true In a measure, yet one of the ino.-t Impoitant . e mslih 1 a 1 11 m-- has Lie. u overlooked an appreciative and generous audience," says Viola Allen. 'The truth eif this assertion will be read Ih understood by those who have at-tended at-tended a rehearsal, when there la naught bs empty seats confronting the plaj !-it !-it matters not how entrancing, stirring and captivating a pla may be .11 rehearsal re-hearsal It cei appears dull and spirit-leas. spirit-leas. But till the seats with kindly auditors audi-tors who cordially participate In tin- actors ac-tors efforts and a metamorphosis occurs whldi may In likened tO th.- call Of spring to burled dowers interest and animation mi the scene, a mi the performers ure ilirill.-d with energj ami exhilaration. That Which at rehearsal was a spiritless, dumb slie.w all at once bursts Int.j llf and activity "Appreciation is thS parent of arhieve-menl arhieve-menl Those audiences sec: the best acting act-ing which encourage the actor bs hearty, i-c ul il. and mirlted approbation ' The e'f-feci e'f-feci Is magical. On the other hand, a cold house 1 hills tho current of the actor ac-tor art. dulls achievement, and causes u to Miik tiito a Harness when it would otherwise appear spontaneous and eiec-trlcal; eiec-trlcal; Charles Matthews was um-.- so disconcerted with a melancholy face in tin audience that be was obliged to ad-vanci ad-vanci ami address the gentleman, at the - irpe time giving him one of his most comical looks "j beg your pardon sir but if you don t laugh I can't go on." This sails was received by tin audience with su.-h roars that the unconsciously ..it. mllng nuJitor throughout the evening laughed louder than any one else " WUlard ns a Stage Villnin. When a player of E S WUlard s dis-tinctlon dis-tinctlon soberly asks serious consideration lor an absurdity like "Links Durham' 11 i- nine- 1 .1 theatre-goers tn take to the v Is, tor this English actor, who long ago won tho affectionate admiration of the American public. Is a scholnrlv man as well ns one of the most finished and forceful of contemporary stars "LAickj Durham" .suggests the effort of a dramatist dram-atist to turn a Iuura Jean Llbbey storv Into a problem-pUy It was written by the late llson Barrett and on. familiar with English Ufa can understand that It might succeed on the other side To Americans It Is the dreariest drivel that has been seen on Broadway In v ears Jt might have been unintentionally amusing had It not been for Mr. WilWd's line acting Possibly It Is because he was so long Identified with stage crime that Mr Wll lard longs to appear as virtue sublimated It was as the Spider In "The Silver King" that best of all modern melodramas which made fame and fortune for Its author, au-thor, Henry Arthur Jones. and for Its star. A llson Barrett, that Mr WUlard mndn himself one of the most talked-n talked-n b OUt PlEer of that day He InTr,.,!,,,-,! SHSWR S HrB mad. much noise For a long time arte -The Sliver King" Mr wiiiard was noi permitted to play anything but wicked parti Everybody s Magazine. Mansfield Tests His Audiences. Ric hard Mansfield said the other day that he could always ell when he had his audience with him In "T he Merchant v. 1 1 -. The applause n the earlier scenes Of COuXe indicative. bUt In n,,, s hls slncereal a,.Pre. latlon in the wa: sue,-, eds In lidding off laughter ., e,,,e 1 .1., ihe trial scene Portia leads &? with h er strtc'l interpretation oCTilfl bo?d and he Interrupts frequently with pralsefu epithet- ' Oh. nobla Judge! on ex, cii. ni youns rnan A Da"IH comc Bu'whenSbe Ironical OratlaHO throws his own wa.nD back Into Shylock's te-th. ,'ch f these repetitions is traditionally tradition-ally .good for a laugh However If the actor plaj Ing Shj lo k 1 in mwlfesi a suf-11. suf-11. i ni l-, poignant grief he wffis the Sym- ot-.V1 d l.u!rl'' seldom th t inl CTlMll ,,,r";'":""r" t-SWC' |