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Show USER'S ATTRACTIONS. i THEATi;i( "Ui.li.icl.t in fJjBednofd.i ami J hui !' l-hHEATI'I'. '(';,;- Shop jf of Wfi-k, iin.l "A Jlorno- 1 ttjpt half ISBaTER The Slur Show Jjme Theater will have this ! nnm. "Mlilnight In China- i gain pi 1 s Tli iu:ui:m-" - hat "In ofiVrlni: 1 1 1 - . . -. t 1 ..- . fiplty tlie sensational play, I I Chinatown.' i d parturc i ,t has 1m i n in a..-. 1ml I In 'S" 0 roallsih ilma,-s brought tural w.iv li i.. . i i" i W SpeclHl :" et.Ty. ami all HbflJ existence, tin- pnniue-D pnniue-D to be well worth j lh MDlose who ujoy r 1 1 melo- lls. of I'm.-.- v. In " 1 1' i i . .Mi "hgc. 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'i ll. n ;i i . tour hi the ila so that .th..-MiKt .th..-MiKt Is r II' .Ml 1.', h.-arty un Heart will I,.- the nf. jnie last tlir.. nlK'nts jue ot'Kani.at ion with tl,e ; e, "Tin- Stat Khr.w Girls" C's engagement at the I, ric i-da.v ii ft. rim .i) it is ,-in-(sfclevr company furnishing lent. 4t" " nlt, the ailist who .linv.s t"n," I.- maklnc a tour of 1 1,.- : country showing the chlldtai how he drawn t li. Ir rav-uite and will l'1 a' the Bait i alee ThUater n.-xt week Mr Dut-caull Dut-caull who la also a clever story teller, gives a talk of an hour and n hair or more, In whlah he narrates many ndven- tures Of duster and draws pictures Of him and of other funny fellOWl THE DRAMA IN NEW YORK. Edwin Milton Royle's "Moonshine" Begins a Successful Run. NEW YORK Nov 1 - The first Russian theater In the United States was opened lust nlchl at No 15 East Third street. The new theater which seats only i spectators belongs t the association whleh urn), i- the direction of Paul Orlrnoff has organized the Russian ljceum as It Is called. Orlenoff and Mmo Kasimofl came to the country last spring and for a while acted at th- Windsor theater the-ater After their return to Europe the Russian residents in this city made it po aible to open tho theater. Irlenoff has brought to this country a small company of well trained uilors who he thinks will ho competent to Interpret the extremely Interesting repertoire he will produce Among Ihe plays to be given are Maxim erkis 'Children of Light," The Night Refuge." and "Sunset," "Sun-set," the pi.( acted in St. Petersburg a few nights ago for the. first time. It Is a scathing satin- on the Russian aristocracy. aristoc-racy. Gorki Is so 111 that ho Is now In Crimes and IS taking n. part In the present pres-ent revolutionary outbreak Other plays to be acted are Hauptmann's "The Sunken Bell" 'Michael Kramer'' end "Lonely Souls ' New York's first nighfers have had no lack of things theatrical to entertain t Ii. in this week. A Bernard Shaw play, a Drury Lane spectacle a comic opera or two and two classic revivals are the w.'. k's offerings. The Shaw play Is one of his most dls- cussed, "Mrs warren's Profession Mary Shaw has been added to his company com-pany to play Mrs Warren whose profession profes-sion has been made the subject of so much discussion fhrystal Heme's is the roh' of Vlvle Warren, while Arnold Dal plays Prank tiaruner The 'other members of the cast are John Flndlay, George Farren and Fred Taylor. The play was regarded as so Indecent that It was suppressed after one performance. Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe have been seen at the Knickerbocker In ' Merchant Mer-chant of Venice." His Shylock Is new to New York as Is her Portia. More than that Mr Frohman has provided a lavish setting with an especially gorgeous carnival carni-val scene. The version of the comedy to be used rontalns several scenes not ordinarily ordi-narily played and makes many other changes. "Veronlque," a French musical play which bad Its Brst production in London In that language and then ran for 5W nights In an English version has been seen here this week for the first time, the play heinK produced at the Broadway The score Is by Andre Messager. who endm-ts tie orchestra v.lith- Henry Hamilton translated the I k of Yanloo and Duval The London cast has been brought here Intact. The story Is familiar fami-liar enough in outline for It tells of a man betrothed to a girl he has never soen who falls In love with her when he meotM her under another name. Mil y Cahlll, whose najne is linked with the song and the opei"3. "Nancy Brown.' is appearing at the Liberty In the new musli il play "Moonshine" The book Is by Edwin Milton Royle and the music by silvle Hein Miss ("'ahill plays a secret Service agent who has been sent out to get hold of a much needed document re-lating re-lating to an Anglo-Japanese treaty. The piece was well received and promises to bo very successful. The New Amsterdam theat. r reopened on Thursday when Klaw & Erlanger presented pre-sented tholr annual Drury Lane specta-ele. specta-ele. ' The White ( at ' The English book and music hive beeii dlstsTrded for the work of Harry B. Smith and Ludwlg Buglander, while" several song bj lerome and Bchwarts have been added All t ly oriRinai Bcenerj and properties have been imported as a background for the new fourteen scenes. "Richard III.," nt the card- n theater ha- Klven wav to Rl. hell, u in whleh Mr Mailt. II Is seen on M l;i Tuesdaj and Wednesdaj nights and at both mat- Inees and to "lltll. Ho.' whieh l III. Mil on Thursday, Friday and Saturday even- Ings. Mail. B ii Russell is his leading woman In l.oth prodin tions. Anot her SI k. i ui production ... the week wsi seen i' Mendelssohn hall when 'Henry V." was played nightly with Ben Oreel and hin plSyers. But one scene Is used and that a representation of a theater of 1006 Next week two pis will be given, Much Ado About Nothing," Noth-ing," .tid "'The Merchant of Venice I,, sueees.- attain, d b the Edwlr Milton Mil-ton Rovle piny 'The Sii.w Man' nt Wnlktck's .-erves to hrltiK hack to Broail-,., Broail-,., on of its primi favorites, William Faversham Faversham has excellent support. "Wondt rland ' al th Majestli theater, the new Herbert MacHonough play pr..-ducod pr..-ducod with such success by Julian Mitchell, Mitch-ell, continues to mi the theater al even pei formance. It Is pro ing an act eptable mi, i.sM.r to 'The Wizard of OS," and "Babes in Toytand." snm Chip and Eva Davenport share honors as comedians Mrs. Leslie Carter will ho seen at the Bclasco theater for only one week more reappearing in "Zaza" for the entire time. Mrs. Carter has been hoping to repeat re-peat the Belasco tragedy "Adrea" for the closing performances, but the ssitj of moving this production (o rut-). org In time for her opening performance there has made the plan unfeasible. Mrs Carter Car-ter will appear in "Zaza'' at a matinee on election da v. Warfleld has just played "The Music Master" for the r.-jith night. His 4rnh night will occur In live weeks, hut not een that will receive souvenir recognition. recogni-tion. This feature is being reserved for his c-oiHh performance in New York. "The Barnstormer the play whleh Sidney Sid-ney Rosenfeld wrote for the use of Ezra Kendall this season, has proven D failure fail-ure 11 will not be used by Mr Kendall during his Eastern tout hut will be replaced re-placed by a revival of ' The Vinegar Buver." white Whittlesey baa been received with enthusiasm al the Bclasco theater. Portland, where he will appear in romantic roman-tic plays until the first week In December. The cook In the household of Manager Hurl, of the h vela.nd opera house, has the privilege of going to that theater every Thursday when she has her "night out " When Both rn and Marlowe were here she went to the brst performance Of ' The Merchant pf Venice,' which fell on n Thursday, and it was fully l ...lock when she reached home. '1 lo- n.-t morning Miss Hartz asked her how she enjoyed the pkHrfoi malice. "I suppose i, was very tine, Miss Fanny." Fan-ny." She replied hut as for m'. give me 'Wav Down East " Chicago Chronicle. Chron-icle. The Breeze, an Interesting press sheet which recehtly has been started In New Yr.rk, and which seems inellncd to speak the truth rather thnn state managerial opinions, has the following to say concerning con-cerning some of the attractions at present pres-ent being offered In Gothamj Of the straight plays now running here 'The Walls of Jerieo and Man and Superman have the call Arnold Daly has rushed on his John Bull's Other Island,' which had its ii r st production Monday, Octob r 9, his revivals of 'Candida' and "You N. ver Can Tell' falling to attract George Ade's new play. Just Out of t.'ol-lege,' t.'ol-lege,' won't do Business is bad. Diew Is pegging along laJrl well with 'De! . ' Glotser s 'Dolly Dollars' Is holding Up to good receipts. 'The Prodigal Son' has dropped off and Its run has bl I 11 Shortened, and The Pearl and the Pumpkin Pump-kin has got down to ordinary figures. Lc'v Fields needs a now production If he is to stay much longer in New York, and M rgaret Anglln will never be able to t.iako "Zira- a paving proposition. Walter Lawrence is surprisng people by picking two hits in succession, but his theaters the Madison Square and Joe Weber a have no particular following, and he has a hard road to travel Proctor goes bat h to two a day at the Fifth Avenue with his star stock, and h's Lllliaji Russell boom on Twenty-third street Lb a wonder The house, won't hold the audiences, day or night, who want to hear her warble " Adel Ritchie tells a new storv on the late Dan Lt-no the Engiisn comedian Leno was. trie and II was his hal.lt when he had a new part to .r ate to lo the. theater the evening of the initial perxormant al about 6 o'clock Hi would pro to his dressing-room and make up iull for the part. Then he would strldi through the wings, the dressing rooms the propert -r-oii, and all the theater with head tlghtu i laspod In hoth hands and his eyes turned heavenward, crying: "oh. Lord, matte me funnel Good, kind Lord, ph uulv. in, innnv tonight'" Lew- Dockstader has signed a contract with t. o Dltrlchsteln to In,-.- the new play just .ompleted l Mr Hit rh-hstein and called R, f,,, ,. nil Atll r , lklnR Mr Dltrlchsteln will be a partner jn the enterprise, and will also assume the principal prin-cipal role In the play, which is a far., on the order of ' Are You a Mason? ' Charles B. Hanford recently remarked that he hesitates to mention his repertory as consisting of classic plavs So relentlessly re-lentlessly has the word "classic" been uecd to describe works which do not up-peal up-peal to public appreciation, that a player who values the popular verdict as highl as ihies Mr Hanford mav well f,., up-prehenslvs up-prehenslvs of it. One of the members of hi-- company who up to his present en-ement en-ement ha appeal ed oniv in modei n comedies, recently taw the first production produc-tion of a new play. Was it B good plu "" asked Mr Hanford Han-ford ' It must have been," was the answer "Tlie managi r author and star all said It was a good play, hnl 1 went to sleep In the middle of the second act 1 guest It was another Of these classics." Qracs George will have two English leading men in "The Marrlagt of William Ashe" II Reeves Smith and Ren Webster, Web-ster, hoth of whom have excellenl reputations repu-tations abroad. How Alfred Relsenauer, who js shortli to pay his second visit to America, won the enmity of 'he Grand Duke of Weimar Wei-mar Is an experience which tho famous fa-mous pianist is fond of relating "At one of the Liszt soirees, ' explains Rclsenauei "the Grand Lmk.- beard me play the beautiful 'LlebestooV from Tristan and Isolde.' His grace did not know the 'Ijisbestod' from a strass waits but he Judged 1 had played Wl II because 1 was applauded " "That if a fine number,' said he 'What do you call it? "I told him At that moment I noticed Wagnt i behh ) me, s.. i stepped aaldi and said, 'And this, your grace. )s Rich- I ard Wagner.' " Ah.' replied the rulei of Welmer, t ..hi glad to meel your friend Wagnei. g h. musical too?' ' Ves, I replied, he whistles at Grand Dukes,' and we left the room, to the utter discomfiture oi his grace Needless to StatOi neither Wagner no" 1 were evr-r invited to the grand ducal palace again." J There is no stopping Robert Fitzsim- tnons on his path to histrionic glory We all wept bitterlj when thi former champion champ-ion announced that lie would sing two songs In one of his dramatic offerings hut the woi st is yet to conn-, says the Milwaukci Sentinel Arthur J Lamb has lust sign. .1 a contract with the freckled one to writ'' the hook and lyrics of a comic opora, in which Julia Olfford (Mr Fitzsimmons) will star, assisted by her versatile husband. The announcements announce-ments fail to State whether Fits assumes the lovi COmedy role or tnsse off the tenor solos with the usual moonlight ac-comianliiient. ac-comianliiient. George Ade the other night at a dress rehearsal of his new play. "Just Out of College, I .oi. occasion to call tin attention atten-tion of 0 "i mber of the cast to the fact thai he h id" fail d to pull down ids cuffs ,t si ipul it. .i point in on,- of Hi" scenes "Walt one minute' ' shouted , Mr Adc. , ing out on the stag.- and p itting a stop lo the rehearsal. "Hall right where , are! Havi n'l I tolrl you to pull down your cuff? Doesn't the Hook say 'Pull down your cufts? Yes, sir," said the actor "Well, you haven't lone it'" snapped the playwright "Your cuffs are away up around your plbows aren'l they '" res, sir, they ane," replied the actor Well, for ths sake of the divine tlttu-ss of things, man, pull them down!' yelled ide, "Pull them down1 Down' Down' Every gentleman pulls his cuffs down I think you too much by harsay. sir." refilled il. actor. And the r. luarsal went on One nf the unhjue recoil. ctlOIU Of VltO Murph) s prod net ion of "The Carpel Bagger' wis tin- handsome l.illdOg which had short pcene and at the fall of the curtain hound, d to the footlights, harked and wagged his tail with genuine Instinct for a curtain call His name Is Bulger, it is three years since Bujger has icted He accompanies Mr Murphy on ail hi i tours, however and conn t.. tin- theater sverj night Por a s ar or so Bulger's I master has noticed a change In his spir- j Its He mopes and Is llstleSR Thi oilier , night Mr Murphy took Bulger on In s scene in "A Corner In Coffee '" and after tiif- act let him go before tho footlights for his hark and bow. The uor was delighted de-lighted The experience acted like a veritable ver-itable tonic. There Is some Incongruity in Bulger s appearance In Rev. Mr. Brady's play, but Mr. Murphy says he in-, tend lo have a seem- written for Bulger in hie nexl corned He fully expects it Will restore his dog's spirits. The difficulties which a librettist Home-times Home-times encounters are suggested In a atory tOld l "rank Plxley. the author of 'Woodland ' anenl the creation of "The Squldge." one of the bird characters In that opera While drifting the dialogue between King .lav Rlrd and General Rooseter. In the first act, Mr Plxley s.ild, he was In hi happiest vein, but for some reason the acene between these two characters In the aei acl gave him endless trouble. He mad. draft after draft, hut tin- scene read badl) He gn-w mood) over It. and was on the point of cutting the rooster out of the cast ami substituting ;'" ostricht When a well-known writer on -a Chicago Journat & ' came in to pour into Pui.-.- s ..ar the old. 'BC I old storv of the incn-npetent managing editor and the drudge. IT "Why Fnnk. I am never myself with K W him. llnatly remarked ihe newspaper W man- No matter what's Wrong, I havo p all the worrying to do. Sometimes 1 think ft that the only reason I rn retained on the Tf staff Is because l do the managing e,ll- tors worrying for h.tn. It's got so now t the boys all call me .h,. "s,, t . As swm as his caOer departed Plxlev It'' went to his desk, and fi, u t.-w minutes of W rapid WTltlng evolved the comical seen- f wherein the disreputable King Blue .In . k adds to the alradv lv,on Rah-loaxl of ih i- Secretary f the War dartm.jU tlm dutv t' of "official worrier" far the court jh' |