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Show In Theater and Concert Hall in East i BY JAMES GRANT THURSTON : : 1 By Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK. Any. The ambition of alias Maude Adams Is to play In Texas next winter. Jjasl winter Miss Adams expressed to her manager1. Charles Froh-man, Froh-man, a desire to visit Texas In November Novem-ber of this voar. Tho actress finds It difficult to visit all tho cities In tlio cast and v.'i'.sl where Mr. Kiolnnan has theaters, thea-ters, or In which he represents theaters. As can easily he imagined, it Is a physical physi-cal Impossibility for any ono actress lo play an engagement at the Interminable series of playhouses owned outright or directed by Charles Krolimau. It was, however, Miss Adams's sincere wish to appear In Texas, that statu In the Union which in itself Is tho size of Fiance. As she said to Mr. Frohman: "I am nnxloua to play in tho state of Texas In sill my caieer I have never played there. I think, too, that tho Texans would enjoy Barrio's delightful play. 'What Every Woman Knows.' I am, thereiore, ready to sacrlfluo my engagements in the ensi, for Texas should see tills comedy."' Arrangements Ar-rangements conducive to this end were therefore made by Mr. Frohman, who wished to accede lo the wish of Ids celebrated cele-brated star. It was so! tied that Miss Adams should act In llarrle's comedy at a chain of theaters in Texas. Meanwhile the Inauguration of a new policy forces the managers In Texas to abstain from hooking Mr. Frohmun's attractions. .So Miss Adams Is compelled to abandon her tour through the stale. Of a verity, it will bo lonely as far as stars aro concerned. con-cerned. All is not lost, however. By December Mr. Frohman will have settled on the theaters in which Miss Adams is to appear. JIc may then apply himself to the problem, by no means Insoluble, of how to presont tlio actress, who In herself her-self Is a gold mine, to a populace more than cngcr to sec her. An open door closed against Miss Maude Adams. J. M. Ban-ic and Rostand Is surely u slrango thing. Coming to America. Irene Fenwlck. the English actress, has been engaged to play tlio leading part In "Tho Brass Bottle." Miss Fenwlck, although al-though an American by birth, Is an expatriate. ex-patriate. She even changed her name when she settled down in London. She used to be known over there as Irene Frlzclle. Polaire. tho French dancer, who created cre-ated such a furore In New York, sailed for Paris this week. KmosL Lainhnrl and Fred Wright have been engaged to play prominent parts In tho musical comedy. "Our Miss Glbbs, which is bv the authors of "The Arcadians." Arca-dians." Messrs, Lambert and Wright are both English. Mr. Wright's last appearance appear-ance here was with Edna May In "The Dairymaids." For the past six months he lias been acting German speaking musical mu-sical comedy parts in Vienna and Berlin. New Play for Blanche Bates. David Bchisco announces that the name of the new play In which ho will present Blaneho Bales the coming season Is "The One Woman," by Avery Hopwood, coauthor co-author of "Seven Days. I'he One Woman" Mr Belasco charactrizes as a "modern American comedy, which will givo Miss Bates an excellent opportunity for showing her mottlo as a brilliant and scintillating comedienne of tho ilrst rank." The date of tho production, not yet definitely defi-nitely deckled upon, will bo some tlmu in Octobc. Aiding Actors' Fund. All sorts and conditions of player folk are organising to mako the theatrical Held day. In aid of tho Actor.?' Fund of America at the Polo grounds, on Friday afternoon. August 10, a success that will set an enduring record for an afternoon's receipts at an open-air show. Tho various vari-ous theatrical clubs, such as tlio Lambs, thu Players, tho Friars, the White Hats, the Green Room, the Comedy club and tho Professional Women's league, aro arranging ar-ranging special features of ibclr own to enter In the club competition. To the club presenting the most original and amusing feature on the turf of the Polo grounds, Messrs. Cohan and Harris will give a silver trophy, now being designed by Tiffany. Now Four-Act Play. Tlio Messrs. Shubert announce that they have arranged to produce a new four-act play by Robert If. Davis, entitled en-titled "The Family." Tho production will be made during the coming dramatic season, sea-son, with an especially strong cast, nnd will be offered at ono of the Shubert Broadway theaters. Bert Leslie will be the American comedian come-dian who will join thu English comedians when Charles Frohman produces "Our Miss Glbbs." The London Gaiety theater musical comedy will follow the brief preliminary pre-liminary season of "Tho Arcadians at tho Knickerbocker theater, and Is written writ-ten by thu samo authors. Mario Oahill's Play. As plump and as Jolly as ever, Marie Cahlll is braving the August heat and is rehearsing a new play written by Avery Ilopwood. which she will produce in Philadelphia lato next month. Miss Cahlll. Ca-hlll. who In private life Is Mrs. D. V. Arthur, gathered some local color for her play, sho said, whllo she was In Vienna last month Mr. Arthur is an ardent motorist as well as a. successful theatrical producer. "France Is the only country for automobiles," said ho "V I have Just returned from a very plcasantf I trip made through France by motor. In . I France one may drivo his car as fast t I as he wants to and If any ono gots run,' 1 over tho chauffeur and ownor or tho car. arc not molested, but tho Injured man, I I unless dead, Is placed under arrest,- I charged with obstructing tho roadway." 1 Frohman 's Promises. . I Now that Messrs. Klaw & Erlangor I have stricken from their books all the' 1 time for next season that was to hnvo 1 been given to Mr. Henry W. Savage for 1 his productions, air. Charles Frohman Is' I enabled to obtain most of It for his pro- MM ductlons. Tie said last night that tlio change would enablo him to produce early. HH next season practically all of tho plava which he had purchased In Europe when ?Wm on his recent trip. "By obtaining thoi I time desirod in Boston," ho salt!, "I phv" I treat that city just tho same as New I York and Chicago in tho inattor of pro- I dilutions next season. I proljose to use I the Boston theater for spectacular pro- I ductlons to cover territory from the east I to tho middle west in the samo wav that I I shall employ the new Blackstonc the- I ater in Chicago for productions covering I territory from Iho middle west to the Pa- I ciilc const." "Up and Down Broadwar." I In the chorus of "Up and Down Broad- I way" Is Miss Mildred Hunter, although I you would not find that appellation upon 1 the menu. Her stage name Is Goraldino I d Orsal. She is a daughter of Colons 1 Albert Hunter, a multl-mllllonalrc mine 9 owner of Mexico City.' Her parents for- bade her to go upon tlio stage under m penalty oi being disinherited. However, she clipped the gordian knot by running, away from home. Better flftv blocks of! i Broadway,- she says, than automobiles m fl Mexico. m Snot . Lights. On September 12 at the Bijou thoaler, I Joseph Brooks will present Maclyn Ar- buckle in a farcical play entitled "Wei- I come to pur City," by Georgo V. I-Iobart, the Dlnklcspoll man. Dustin Farnum will start out m ' Cameo Kirby" in September. Mr. Far-' ntim will make a long lour in tho Thomas fl play. Cameo Kirby" Is ono of last.soa- 9 sons plays. It was better received out-1 side of New York than In. Ilonry W Savage has engaged Dorottiv lonnant. Florence Nash, Maude Enrie. v fl Nellio Malcolm, Jennie Lamont. Annie- M SSr1?!?0 tBr'Glt. Pauline Winters, M Myrtle Wellington and Hazel Tuppev as Gertrude Qulnlan's fomlnlne assistant in i vFvtaV' .T.h-3 ""ncdy will mako its Now York debut in a few woeka. , H |