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Show IN PLAYHOUSES Of THE METROPOLIS XKW YORK, Feb. -22.-0113 Skinner came to the Hudson theater Monday night and introduced a play new to New V'ork "'The Honor "of I ho Family." This play has been adapted b' Paul M. Potior from Emil Fabry's "Ha T?a-buiiiilcuse, T?a-buiiiilcuse, ' which in turn has been drawn from Balzac's romance, "Menage "Me-nage do Garcon." The latter story is known iu English as "Tho Two Brothers." Broth-ers." The plot is .startling in nclion. and frankness. An old .bachelor, Ron-get, Ron-get, is complete' dominated by his attractive at-tractive housekeeper. Flora. "So en-, t i rely does she rule him that she compels com-pels him to permit; the presence in the house of Max, a young man of whom she is enamored. 'She is on tho point of getting the old bachelor to make over to her most of his property, and she plans to marry Max and iiee 'to Paris when Philippe, the bachelor's nephew, appears on the scene. lie is a Bonnpartisl hero who had served at Waterloo. Flora and Mnv recognize his strength at once and reuliv.e that their plan is frustrated. Philippe admires Flora and proposes lo her Miat he kill Max while she marries the old uncle, who has not long to live. This is agreed upon, and Max is f-lain in a thiol by Philippe. Flura's Iovo for Max in so great, however, that, she employs a Hcrvant to assassinate, Philippe. The latter lat-ter is too agile and he slays the servant ami expels Flora from the house. Philippe Phil-ippe is finally the master of tho establishment. estab-lishment. It is tho bold, jocose: nonchalant, non-chalant, grotesque humor of Mr. Skinner Skin-ner as Philippe that, imparls vitality to this composition. Ho acted with iu-spirit.iug iu-spirit.iug vigor, absolute authority, and sustained purpose of clear and exceedingly exceed-ingly humorous impersonation, and no roused his audience to genuine i.-iif.luisi-anm. Assisting Mr. Skinner are Peiev liaowcll and Francis Carlvlo. William 'Vaughn Moody's plav, "Thy 1 Great, Divide,''' which had a vav's run j at tho Princess theater, was revived at the Academy of Music under condiiionn , which should add a new element of in- terest to it. Misr. Margaret AnLilin, i who has acted the character of Hath ', .lordau since rhe first performance, lias j dropped out of the cast, and her eon- spicttous place in t he proceedings is now I taken by Miss Kdith Wynne Matthison, i whose first acquaintance with New York theator-goors was mnde a number of years ago through hor fine acting in-the in-the old morality pluy. " Everyman. " Her performance was much enjoyed, fn I general outline her interpretation of Ruth Jordan does uot; vary materially from Ihe original which Miss Aiiglin established, but il is developed with new shadings and emphases; its emotional emo-tional passages also have a different ring. Miss Malthison is the onl new-'eonjer new-'eonjer of f.onsotiicnce in the cust. Hcnrv Miller bl.il I acts Stephen Ghent in the same intense fashion as before, and Mis? Laura Hope Crews. Mrs. Thomas Wh'H'cn. Charles Wyngate, Charles Got-Lold Got-Lold and ithors play the lesser parti. o A. moderate siec audience enjoyc:l "Adrienno Lncouvreur" Mondaj night at Daly's, where Olga Neihcrsolc began be-gan t lie second week of her metropolitan metro-politan engagement. Although theru were long watts between the aci.''. much earo had been expended upon the sittings sit-tings and costumes, and toe company as a whole wa.s well cast. Frank Mills was capital as Maurice tie Sa:ce. ami Charles A. Stevenson admirably played Prince de Bouillon. Of hers in "the cast were Lionel Belmore as Mich on uot nnd liizr.io Hudson Collier as Princess dc Bouillon, "Adrieune Lecoiivreur" was the bill until Thursday night, when "Tho Enigma" and "I Pnglincei " were produced. - , ! Henry ljudlowe and a company of I competent actors presented at tho Bijou Bi-jou tjieatcr "Tho Merchant, of Yen- ice," Miv Lndlowe as Shylock brings 'to the part a fine voice, a sound art and a safe and sane conception of Shakespeare 's .few. The support he receives re-ceives is well balanced, and on tho whole excellent. There i no ranting and none of the ns)ingiuadc(uacies which make the support of " so many Shakespearean stars a grief ro the judicious aud a bore to the average man. Keith Wakeman, who was tne Portia, is handsome, has a fino voice and handled the part capably. An entirely, now circus was introduced intro-duced at the lfippodromc. Three novel acts were put on. One of tho initial features were the Bcdinis, sensatiounl riders, who have a woman as a ringmaster. ring-master. The finish of Iho act is tho riding, standing on one horse, of three persons and two dogs, all making the mount in leaps from tho rings. The Cameron Troupe, auothev new act, gavo- a daring wire-walking act. The Teddy j Trio amup.'il with comedy acrobatic i wiiil;. Edward Wulff introduced for ! the. firt time in America his trained j stallion, "Pacha." The horse executed ia number of entirely new fonts of i !-tuiiie skill. New business was introduced intro-duced by Madame Mantle Wulff, with j ! her dancing stallion. "'Furious' With j these, Gobleman's dogs and cats, the; ; Mirza Golom Persiuu acrobats and the twelve Hagenbcck elephants, tho Hip-j pudromc now hns the largest circus ever shown at the big playhouse. 'i j "Janice Meredith" was given a re-i viva! by Edna May Spoonor at Blan-j Blan-j oy.'s l-incolu-sfpiafe theater. Miss Spoonor gave a delightful portrayal of j the willful colonial girl whose charms enamored the country swain-i and en ! snared tho heart of Charles Bereton. ' the youog English officer, who eventually even-tually wins her for his wife. The cast was "a largo nud wcil-balanccd one. i r I Monday night was the 4."i0tli HjH mnncc of Miss Spoonor anil lior'J pnny on Broadway. jH Minnie Seligniaii aud William HS well appeared at the Fifth avcmlcIB atcr iu "A Dakota Widow.' JH Seligman has lost none of her PPiH ity and Mr. Bramwell is excellent. j Welch has forsaken Ilobrnw ebaratB izntiou for Italian. In " Ellis JjlajH ho plays an Italian laborer who.e fK ily comes- to join him in Aineric.il"K Snyder and rtcven 3'oung men 'a1H gafb of West Point cadets gavo ,i nB cal play which has about it the of youth. The scenery used "sa'-JH ductiou in miniature of the ilippO't'B pauoramn of West Point. JflH t y llMm Marie Lloyd bepan her farcwlR America at the Aihambra and cnH her usual furore. 'H Nat M. Wills was the hcadlinefW lure of the bill at tho CoIomaL Wills was received with cver.lW dence of popularity. ' JK Dolly Kemper, the dainty l''Ie,jM edionne, was tho attraction ?'tylfM ican in ber romantic comcdMinM "Sweet Molly. O." The cast duction wore' above the average. 'jH nudiences were appreciative. 1 nH Thev revived Clvde Fitch's Mm bara Frietchie " at Koith & rrJSH Harlem opera house. fc , iug perfortnailco of a delightful PfJHB I " ,?mm ! Lew Dockstader and his iiiinMrMp pearcd at the Grand opera I'fUfvBi,' "houses that applauded every JQ'SjM, wanted to encore every sonp. .Lj5 slnder has an exceedingly capameflMi ! puny- I Amoug the genuine siier.eef i vear is "The Talk of "New iorKJM, which Victor Moore is appennns W Knickerbocker. The two haudrM fiftieth performance took ptnee day night. "The Merrv Widow" 'f'B' Amsterdam continues ro :,".r;icl;F ! rouage, the extcut ot wl"'1, . kHL ! donced by a long line ''ZS: i the box office, and "A ,tz.1'fM5. I at the Broadway, is in the The burlesque of "The Merr.v '' at Joe Weber's music linll " 9 t'Stablished success; ' David Warfield. who has .J''lB joving a: fino run at the theater, wiil revive his KfMSM "The Music Master.". next cepting on Saturday n?Ts'iSM Grand Armv Man" will he UMM This is the last week of Allen's engagement, in ' IC S. 'HL lev" at the Astor. N . "tMmf in" Full." by Bugone Wnlici. -0,BMl to thai theater. 'Rr - Mmmw |