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Show IS i THIS WEEK. RE-'The Colonial THEATRE The Em-iKiy Em-iKiy la "A Parisian tSti" organlMtlon. iiaion ai the Lyric IxJl Kc their per-(rtt per-(rtt its bill i? com-hi com-hi varied elements ot ir.-ial fire., 'The t At show, anil a tTofc", the Count." Bjtii arc v.vll staged fca strength or the ra Is sandwiched ilrllatcd by Charles ; 1b F.urcl-Taylor j Kelson nril Mllledgo. A Ecse Carlln Mat-tiiis Mat-tiiis aUernoon, Tues-t'osiay Tues-t'osiay atlernoou. 'iaring th vc?k b-f: b-f: will be giu-n by iire fomps.-n cornel: corn-el: it tV I'Lihna & fTi-nlrc lr. scnt-cifaa-j. a farMun Interest and per-rf per-rf in this play. It It taJcea v 5i--slon Hie? b(m In ,mxi-i;is iDfhiS 111; i 0( jUS- tiainklr. Lv .asl ' . Wis opciiiij of the , i,tbut S fitemlier ' I-.tt-.' Mjho'.;c .incl I K;tci sire ellc-ra- ! B(k A lUTi" bLig.-, uniei'.cs rf an up-to-fcjtii1 a, while the ' rclMlns Is i' ing re- i tints r.r.u 'HJs.'! 4or the convi-ni nee ; Hbtrcu of tin h,,use JeV i'ork Girl.'" a Hh'!s ntfUInc s suc-K;wt, suc-K;wt, is booi;ed dtciikd to try her Alice Bit- w-the-JtMtaces tsfore ta-MF- She is announced WaH" SrPtember j Mil be u-cn here J 3jK-Afi" "Among ! To city promised ! IKr ; U Mtj Florence ,bp is estrrmely if n the Pacific iK L"' aianagcd Miss for New York 1 -K r, . tar reaches j1 waon slie iKss of Miss Hob-Miatural Hob-Miatural school ,(e disregard of ."lied for En- ! Uam Collier In Jlng femi- ! u11. In which : ftason at the s l" Too Much Nsncxt sciwon S, Augustus V "aven. ap-ha ap-ha mund 'Jng himself r tbatock ven-Unney ven-Unney and nnXannce of the .BSiM1Span,c to H,- has iLn:ina?e- Bh mit. rea'trict"! & different road befdro reaching N York. Of I course, that success didn't cbunt for much, as It was on the road, and I wasn't known, anyhow. I3ut I made good from the start, or. perhaps, opportunities come my way very soon. Yes, I always had somo sort of a success everywhere but in my own town. San Francisco." Alberta Gallatin Is going on the road at the head. of. a company which will piny Ethel Barrymore's success, "Cousin Kale." t Alfred Crowqulll and Alfred Bunn hnd attended the funeral of a celebrated hippo-then trical manager and, according to the fashion of the lime, hnd returned to the lato reaidence of their friends to assist as-sist af the dinner which used to follow the solemn ccrcriiony that death hnd rendered ren-dered necessary. After the cloth had bw:n removed the widow began speaking of the handsome resting place she had provided for her spouse, nnd added that when their time should come she was sure that nothing would be more In harmony har-mony with her late husband's feelings toward to-ward .them than that tho above-named gentlemen ohould occupy places In the same grave with lilm. "Ugh!" whispered Bunn to the other Alfred, "She means 'Pass two to tho pit.' " I V. j Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, "Plerro and His People," is to be dramatized nnd will be produced by Robert Edeson when ho discards "Strongheart."' There Js one playgoer who has seen "The Only Way" nearly 100 times! And he must have seen-It iithls Sleep. a thou-: eanO times, for he has got the plav so completely on the brain that he has been able to write out the whble thing from memory, prologue and all! This proof of his devotion he (assuming this marvelous person is a "he") hns presented to Margin Mar-gin Harvey, who naturally prizes it as one of his most interesting possessions.' Mr. Harvey Is excusably proud of the fact-that his Sydney Carton Is tho favorite favor-ite stage character of Lord Roberts, who has written to tho actor declaring "Tho Only Way" is the best piece he has ever seen. George Ade. who arrived yesterday from Chicago to attend rehearsals of "The Bad Samaritan," had a new story to rolato and this time It is "on" the rid-vanco rid-vanco mnn. "An old friend of mine came to Bropk, Ind.. where I live." said tho playwright, "and to show him the sights of my native na-tive heath I took him aboard my auto nnd we whizzed far out into the country. He took up most of the time telling me how good the show was that he was representing. rep-resenting. Whether Ijls remarks had any particular significance on the machinery or not. I don't know, but Just when we were going nicest and when ho was In a rhapcody of 'how good his troupe was' i the auto broke down. We found it was nothing more serious than a failure of the gasoline supply and we Journeyed to a farmhouse, where the supply wus replenished. re-plenished. When my friend came out I asked him: I "What did the farmer tax you?" I " 'Oh. I fixed that all right,' said he. I 'Gave him a couple of seats to my show.' "Well, tho following night tho agent's show played Brook and the farmer, who Is an old friend of mine, bustled Into my houso and uaid: ! " 'George, if you don't mind, I'd liko to I get my gasoline back.' " I I George Bernard Shaw has started an nnll-hlgh hat crusade In England. Tho following bit. of. sarcasm rctlccts tho dramatist's views on the high hat in the theater: "At 0 o'clock (the opera began at S). a lady camo in and sat down very conspicuously conspic-uously in my line of sight. She remained there until the beginning of the last ncL I do not complain of her coming lato and Rolng early. On the contrary, I wish she had como later and gone earlier. For this lady, who had very black hair, had stuck over her right ear the pltlablo corpse of a largo whlto bird, which lookod exactly as If tome one had killed it by stamping on its breast, and then nailed It to the lady's temple, which was presumably pre-sumably of sufficient solidity to boar the operation. I arn not, I hopo, a morbidly squeamish person, but tho spectacle sickened sick-ened me. I presume that if I hnd presented pre-sented myself at the doord with a dead snake around my neck, a collection of black beetles pinned to my shirt front and a grouso in my hair, I should have been refused admission." 4 i neatre-goers In Spain can purchase a separate ticket for each net, and often do not stay to see more than ono net nt a time. It Is riuite the usual thing to spend four nights over a four-act play, seeing ono act ono night, tho second act a few nights later, and so on. At E. S. Wlllnrd's charming retreat at Bansload. Surrey, England, a markod but unobtrusive originality is displayed in all tho household arrangements. The long ulnlng-room table Is always laid ready for service, so that nt any time of the day or night the visitor can enjoy the hospitality of which the ovor-rendy tablo Is suggestive. So tho tablo atanda In unfailing un-failing welcome, from year's end to year'B end, be the master at homo or abroad. In tho discovery of players air. Fitch has surpassed our modern stage managers, man-agers, and In tho casting of his plays ho has had what might bo called extraordinary extraor-dinary luclc. When his method is taken into account another word must be found to suit tho case. It is the result of system. sys-tem. As is well known, hlr. Fitch, besides be-sides having the final word In tho selection selec-tion of the cast, takes fulj charge of rehearsals. re-hearsals. He must bo suited, likewise, in tho matter of scenery ami properties. In point of fact, ho assumes all tho responsibilities re-sponsibilities for a production. Thono conditions are a part of all his contracts with managers and tho secret of his success suc-cess na nuthor, stage malinger and producer. pro-ducer. If there Is anything wrong about a. Filch play, tho company or tho production, produc-tion, hfi is responsible and tho blame rcstn 1 on his shduldors. This plan is followed !h,. ,inoro . nna Jonos ,n KnglandT only i 1 concern themselves, as Fitch on? 'Jn. th0 ondless search after new tal- 1 i th ln. England and Amcrlcn. The nn E,aYwlght Is a persistent theatre-goer. o it Js that when ho comos to : ?i plnV hQ Js' 8Urc have, even bo-;JLlhe. bo-;JLlhe. pIay ls completed, an actor or mo i5 n mlnd for cnc role.-Phlladol-pnla Ledger. RIchnrd Mansfield's production of his T.e nturo for this season. Schiller's historl-riTPgody' historl-riTPgody' "Don Carlos," will bo made la Chicago. s The gcographlcnl area of the United blntes Is not fully comprehended bv the aerago American until ho travels on the continent. Then, as ho finds himself got-iing got-iing out of the railway cnrrlngcv to have-nis have-nis uaggago searched everv hour or so. ho noglns to understand the blessing of living liv-ing m a country which has no customhouse custom-house between ocean and ocean. Joffecson Do Angells. tho comedian who is starring In "Fantana." tells an amusing amus-ing story of tho viewpoint of an English vaict who suddenly awakened to the fact that America 1s more or less an obstacle in the path of navigation. Thin valet, accompanied by his employer, had been traveling duo west from New York for four days. At tho end ot the fourth day master nnd servant seated themselves In the smoker of tho train, whence tho man j looked steadily out of tiro car window. , At Inst his companion grew curious. John, he said, "toll mo of what you , are thinking." "I was Just thinking about the dlscov-of dlscov-of ' 'H'Amorlca." replied the valet. Columbus didn't do such a wonderful thing when ho found this country. Haftor all a'sald and done, 'ow could 'o 'elp it?" Alfred Bunn, formerly manager of the Drury L,nno theatre, London, used to tell this story: "A wealthy old gentleman, who had a great veneration for the works of the Immortal bard, hnd erected In the center of his library a costly cabinet for what he believed one of tho first copies of Shakespearo's works over printed. Outsldo this cabinet weits throe brass plates, with following Inscription : "To authors Thou shalt not steal.' 'To critics crit-ics Thou shalt not boar . falso -witness.' 'To actors Thou shnlt do no murder." " American acting In the mnln lacks vitality. vi-tality. It ls losing Its sinew. It gains every year ln delicacy. Ingenuity, light and shade and thoughtfulness. But In the big. hearty aspects of physical power nnd temperamental abandon it Is feeble. So much hns boon written against rant by critics with hair-trigger nerves that our players aro becoming nfr.aid to let themselves them-selves go. They are properly ashamed of tho bowwow style that went out of favor two decades ago. but In groping after something better and truer they have' subdued themselves to tho point of fin-IckynesK. fin-IckynesK. Only a few men on our stage today can strike tho note of vitror without with-out rnnt. One of them Is Mr. Mansfield; another is Wilton Lackayo; a third is Tyrone Power. -Chicago Record-Herald. "Tho chorus girl of today Is tho prima donna of tomorrow." So says Miss Ruth AVhlte. prima donna of "The Tenderfoot." Miss White made her first start on the stngo. by singing Jhe old ballad. "Ben Bolt." behind tho scenes In "Trilby" with A. M. Palmer's company. Then sho went with Savage!s Castle Square grand opera company In the chorus, rising to bo ono of the principals, nnd In the past few years she has created such Important rolesas the lendlntr parts In "Tho Explorer." Ex-plorer." and "Tho Storks." and the rolo of Willie ln "The Bureomaster." She Is now tho co-star of "Tho Tenderfoot." with Oscar L. Flgman. Gertrude Qulnlan. who ls now looked upon as one of tho rising comediennes of tho country on account ac-count of her great work In "The College Widow," as the "prominent .valtrepa lady." was In that same chorus with Ruth Whlto nnd they used to sit in a little ball bedroom and recount to each other their hopes and fears, and Miss Qulnlan would give imitations of the Russell brothers. "One night," - says Miss Whlto, "when tho compnny was playing 'Mlgnon.' tho woman who was singing Fellna failed to respond to her cuo when the time came for the solo behind the scenes. Gertrude Qulnlan. alert as usual, saw what was the matter, and started In on the solo, saving the situation. As soon as tho stage mnnager found out what sho had done, ho fined her a week's salary. I thought that this was so unjust that I started in to explain to him. nnd ho fined mo a week's salary for Impertinence. "Christie MacDonald is another well-known well-known woman who camo from tho chorus. cho-rus. Delia Fox also, and Llllinn Russell. Rus-sell. Dainty little Marguerite Clark, who was DoWolf Hopper's leading woman with 'Wnng' lust year, was ono of the eight little soubrottes In 'The Burgomaster' Burgomas-ter' when I first Joined the company. Miss Mazurette. who hns made a big hit ln Chicago by her singing in 'The Mayor of Toklo.' with Richard Carle, was a chorus girl a year and a half ago. Then, there ls Ethel Johnson, who played Patsy In 'The Tenderfoot. She wns ono of our chorus girls ln 'The Explorers,' nnd was a real Patsv. I remember one night when she unwilllnglv stepped In a gluo not on tho stage and when It came tlmo for the chorus to mak an entrnnco on my champagne song Ethel could not move. She had a stage hand tug at that pot, and finally she and her shoe parted company and she foil precipitately on the Btnge, ruining the scene. Everv ono of these girls hns" been a hard worker, with a determination to forgo nnend. nnd ready to lako advantage of every little opportunity." Every vear a cruel Joke ls perpetrated at tho Comcdle-Francaleo, Paris. This theatre, being State subventioned, Is compelled com-pelled bv law to give auditions to thoso foolish enough to bellovo they havo a chance of being engaged there.. The houso ls empty; M. Clarctto sits in ono of thn stalls, n few Soclctnlros wander about ln tho semi-darkness. Tho candidate on thp stage cannot help feeling oppressed by theso lubugrlous surroundings. If ho speaks out loud ho raises a kind of gro-teseiue gro-teseiue echo In tho empty house: while If ho drops his voice his words lose their effect. Everything ls against him: and vet there are a few who still fondly be-llcx'c be-llcx'c they hnve a chance to Join tho house nnd present themselves at tho annual competition. But the audition, or rnlhor the farce, is finished. M. Clnrotle pollto-lv pollto-lv thanks the candidates and tells them that they will hear from him lrr n week. Then thev each receive a letter with tho famous seal of the Comedle-Francalsc ind tho cnuallv famous date of Its foundation, foun-dation, IGSO. Tho contents of tho mes-saco mes-saco never varies: "Wo are mucli obliged to you. but-" and tho candidates need not'rea'd tho rest. Mr Harrison Grey FIskc spent some tlmo' in Paris during his recent trip abroad and studied theatrical conditions at tho French capital. He notes a very unsatisfactory season in that city, there having been but ono or two notably successful suc-cessful plays. From what ho saw and hoard, tho Fronch drama ls at a vorv low obb "Comparatively." says Mr. FIskc, "the Now York theatres, aro vast Improvement Im-provement on tho Paris theatres as re-irnrds re-irnrds safety, comfort and beauty In front of tho house. Productions hero, too. aro far superior to their productions. Tho chief point In which tho theatre In Paris excels is tho acting. There tho most minute mi-nute attention is -paid to tho smallest dotal do-tal s, and tho minor parts are played milto as well as the nrlnc pal parts. In the musical theatres of Purls many points of inferiority arc seen In comparison with the musical theatres and their pieces here Sconcry. costumes, and even the music aro nil-Inferior to ours. Imagine, if vou can. for Instance, a sccno purporting purport-ing lo show a sumptuous drawing-room hi a club with a cut glass chandelier represented rep-resented bv a Piece of fiat painted 'pro-flic 'pro-flic 'the llghls themselves being simulat ed by . round pieces of oiled paper. A feast ln the samo play, to which a party of men and women sit down, shows an appetizing array of chickens, fruit, etc, mado of fiat, painted pasteboard! It ls needless to speculate on tho results of such representations ln a pretentious musical piece in this country. Tho French dramatic nuthorn are puzzled at tho lack of demand for their work In America, They are dissatisfied with the showing their plays have made over hero ln recent years, and aro casting about for a remedy. rem-edy. They nro Just now particularly up In arms against a practice for which they themselves are to blame tho selling of works Xor 'ready money,' of which they aro vory fond, In advance of production, or even of writing, to managers who do not agree to make productions within a reasonable time. If they absolutely agree to produco at all. Such managers seek mainly, to lie up the authors so that no ono else may deal with them. On tho other hand, tho managers with whom they havo dealt havo dono nothing to point out to- tho Fronch authorH tho fact that America, which has far greater possibilities pos-sibilities of ultimate profit than Franco or any other country ln right circumstances, circum-stances, requires plays of broader scopo nnd moro universal nppeal than Paris, whoso public ls Jaded and decadent. It Is. unlikely that thcro will be anv largo demand in this country for French plays of tho average sort until tho French authors au-thors abandon their pet themo. There are now signs oven in Paris that the eternal 'triangle' and tho fracture of the Seventh Commandment are losing their wonted appeal." |
