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Show I j ' In Playhoyses of New York i With each of its four acts laid in the Canadian Northwest, "The Royal Mounted," a serio-comic melodrama by Cecil R. and William 0. Dc Mille. was 'produced Mouday night in the Ga'rrick . theater, to the evident eujoynient of ! 1 he audience. The play may bo expected ex-pected to obtain a fair measure of popularity, pop-ularity, ft serves to bring Cyril S.cott ! back to the city once more as a "star." Scott has been traveling for two sea-i sea-i sons in "The Prince Chap." and he ' took occasion at the end of the third ait on Monday to express delight, at being "home again." The actor is seen as an Irishman, with a brogue that, half i a dozen years in the Northwest has not j dulled, and a vocabulary that has not " even one vagrant word "of the, Frcnch-i Frcnch-i Canadian vernacular. The Irishman is Victor 0 'Byrne and it becornos his ' business to' capture a murderer. He j sends one of his men into a .lumber camp to wield an ax with the lumber-cutttng.gaug lumber-cutttng.gaug and play the spy. 0 'Byrne follows in due time in the disguise of a hunter, and finds lodging in a, log cabin, the home of Sam Lara bee and his rosy-cheeked . sister, Rose. Sam is the murderer, but he fired tho fatal shot to save his sister from the hands whero 0 'Byrne and Bosa confess love ; to each other, and for a brief minute happiness hangs oyer them. Then Rosa, in a confiding moment, tells of the great, secret in her heart, and Iho villain, as usual, appears to inform her that 0 "Byrne is a member of the Royal Mounted and has played at, love to the end that the murderer may be brought to justice. It is a complication promising prom-ising a powerful scene. 0 'Byrne has Sam Larabee brought to the cabin, and the two men have it out together. The Irishman has Larabee strap on his revolver, and then says they arc quits, "and may the best man win." O'Byrue, being the quicker, presses his pistol against Larabee 's breast and disarms him. Handcuffs are slipped on the prisoner, and for a moment it seems U 'Byrne is to pursue the line of duty, though it. may mean the end of love-making with Rosa. But Sam asserts as-serts he fired to save Rosa from a villain. vil-lain. 0 'Byrne, saying such a defense would not stand without corroborative witnesses, takes the handcuffs off his prisoner's wrists and tells him to flee. Larabee goes out, and with him goes t ho big ehanco in the play. The Do Milles have sold their opportunity for a rugged, convincing play by proving true to sentimentality Still, this may not have robbed them of an audience, and to that extent they may find .justification. .justi-fication. But playgoers renea'tedly have shown they, favor a situation ih which red blood is not permitted to run mi.. iiuii.1. s u inu Ulltl.ll JIIUIMI'IUS the De Milles are atn'thing except hardhitting; hard-hitting; they begin "by threatening to do something original; they end 03' laboring la-boring under the shackle of convention. 0 'Byrne voluntarily becomes the prisoner pris-oner of his private, who unmasks, throws aside his ax and takes up his policeman's rifle. 0 'Byrne expects to swing by the neck for i reason, and tho two men start on the long tramp back to tho barracks of the Royal Mounted in Calgary. ' They are pursued -and overtaken by practically all in the lumber lum-ber camp. Jt develops that Larabee killed a man on whose head there was a price, therefore Larabee was not a murderer and 0 'Byrne could not be guilty of treason, according to the story. 0 'Byrne is set at liberty to take Rosa in his arms, and the audience is dismissed in the supposition that Sam 1 vill collect the reward named for his victim's head. It is a play of effec tive complications, pooriy argued. Scott acted O'Byrue with consistent audacity. I Clara Bland ick was highly serious as Bosa. Charles Lane also felt the erav-itv erav-itv of Sum Larabee 's nosition. There were a dozen persons in tho cast, and Scott found it comparatively easy to keep himself the center of interest.' I u "The Wife" was revived by Edna May Spooner and her supporting company com-pany at Blaney's Lincoln Square theater the-ater and pleased largo audiences. The play is a society drama in four acts, by David Bolasco 'and Henry C. de Mille. and was originally produced at the old Madison Square theater, whero its run of iO) nights is still a matter of theatrical the-atrical history. Jler play deals with the social problem and as interpreted .by Miss Spooner and her excellent com- p.'iny was a notable production. Miss Spooner achiovod a personal triumph in the exacting role of Helen Truman, and worn some beautiful gowns. Augustus Au-gustus Phillips played the role of John Rutherford in a painstaking manner, and Arthur Lvers was good as Matthew ( n Ivor, the politician. Harold Ken-t' Ken-t' -!m'iefl the comedv honors as I ' UCH dexter, the voting collegian, and Jessie McAhster was a pleasingly girl ish Jvitty Ives. " - "Wine. Women and Song" came to the American (heater and packed it at every performance. There havo been lew changes in the cast, and these contributed con-tributed to strengthen the performance. Lew 1 1 earn, the clever eccentric, come dian was at his best. Ethel Ball and Bonita vied Tor first honors, both in point of beaut. v and clever work. The versatile Charles Raymond still holds the scepter of authority behind the scenes but mingles with the rest for a lew bright moments in a part. The ballet is a real feature and it. called or much applause. The quartette of the show is exceptionally clever. "Sky Farm."' Edward K. Kidder's charming little comedy drama, was nm. (iuced by the stock company at Keith A: Proctor s Harlem Opera house. The play was finely mounted and mnnv of the Harlem favorites distinguished themselves. Miss Beatrice Morgan as Augusta Victoria Patricia Wilkins grasped the salient, points of her role and gavp a charming performance'. John Craig, as Neighbor Nixon, the dashing young lover-farmer, has a congenial con-genial role. There was a good bill at Keith &. Proctors this week. Trixic Fri-Pnz;i;rri Fri-Pnz;i;rri lately one of the stars in "The Orchid." "gave a mono logue and sang several songs inimitably. inim-itably. The Karno troupe, in "A jght 111 the Slums of London." did excellent excel-lent pantomime work. Bose Co-hlnn and company were seen in "The" Ace ol I rumps. . Maurice Levi and his band were a headline attraction at. Keith & Proctor's I'lfty-cighth street theater. A spectacular spectac-ular production. "The Pullman Porter Maids," 111 which ten girls give a black-raced minstrel, show, scored with the audience. Maud Lambert sail" At Keith & Proctor's 125th street, theater Harry Von Tilzcr and lloudini were the headlinors. Joe Welch and his company were the hoadli tiers at the Colonial this week but practically every act on the bill was worthy roi headline honors. 1 ... ,1 I V1"?"? n,Bs. at the Lyric heater, K ,H. Sotheni appeared in his long-pronnsed production of "Don Quixote." Paul Roster's dramatization of Cervantes 's famous novel. The playwright play-wright has turned description into dialogue dia-logue rather than put his own words into the mouths of the well-known characters. char-acters. The wild adventures of Don Quixote are shown in four acts. Mr Spthcrn, as the bold knight, has for his Sancho Pauza, Bowland Buckslone, who has been a meuiber of his company com-pany for nearly twenty years, He-no F. Dixey appeared at the Bi Lion theater Thursday evening in an English version of "Papa Lebonnard." I he adaption has been made bv Mi? Iva. Morlyn and Mrs. Kate Jordan Vor-milye. Vor-milye. The chief character is a kindlv old clockmnker who iinds he has been deceived by his wife twenty years be- -fore. Jfe remains silent until his daughters' daugh-ters' happiness is threatened, when, l finally enraged, he hurls the secret at the illegitimate son and the arrogant, snobbish mother. A reconciliation follows. fol-lows. Only one roof garden will plav under un-der the open sky this summer, and the distinction will belong to tho Madison square. The Victoria, iew Amsterdam, and New York will continue to give performances in roof thenters covered with glass, shells or canvass. .Tohn J. McNally, author of "The 1 Widow Jones" and mnnv other success- I Ail comedies, has arrived" in London and 1 has delivered to Charles Frohman tho 1 manuscript of "Fluffy -Ruffles," Jlt- I iie Williams's play for next season, m 1 .t ' V i |
