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Show I DRAMATIC NEWS AND COMMENT NEW YORK, March 25. New York's newest theater, tho Winter Garden, moro on the lines of some of tho foreign for-eign music halls than anything New York lias had heretofore, was opened in brilliant stylo this week before an audience au-dience that included society, tho old guard of first night ers and many of tho younger generation of theater-goers. From the shell of the old American Horse Exchange-, at Broadway and Fiftieth Fif-tieth street, tho Winter Gnrdcn has been made, and the designer, Mr. William Albert Al-bert Swasoy, and the builder, Mr. John McKecfrey, havo succeeded in transforming trans-forming the old building into a finely appointed theater. The accoustics are excellent, there are no posts to obstruct tho view of tho stage, as tho single balcony bal-cony is built on the cantilever plan. The seating capacity is eighteen hundred and the front ot tho balcony is occupied occu-pied by a row of boxes running from one side of the proscouium arch to tho other. Back of them are several rows of seats, which, like- those on tho orchestra or-chestra floor, arc comfortable and commodious. com-modious. Boxes also flank the stage on either side of tho lower floor. The stage ia second in size only to those of the opera houses and tho Hippodrome, Hip-podrome, giving nniplo room for any sort of scene that may bo desired. Before the performance was half over the audienco conceded that it had boon shown and in good measure. Tho programme pro-gramme contains everything from opera to song and dnuce, and is mado possiblo througli tho services of a vory large company of well known artists, who work overtime in order to carry out the lariro scheme of entertainment. t Not sinco the days of tho Kiralfys has thero been seen in New York a greater display of feminine charms, whoso possessors would almost have made Venus hie herself to tho nearest beauty doctor for repairs. The" choruses that filled the stage at various times during the evening aro gorgeously costumed, while tho feminine contingent of principals wore gowns that are si art ling in cut aud color. "Bow Sing," a Chinese operetta in one act, libretto by Messrs. Carroll Fleming and Arthur Voegllin, and music bv Mr. Manuel Klein, starts the ball rolling. Mr, Klein has written some tuneful nnd appropriate Japanese music, while Messrs. Fleming and Vocgt-iin Vocgt-iin ?s book is worthy. "La Belle Puree." a musical comedy in two acts, and eleven gorgoous scenos, comes next. The book is by Mr. Edgar Smith, lyrics bv .Mr. Edward Waddcn, and I he 'music by Messrs. Jerome Kern and Frank Tours, while as in all portions por-tions of tho production tho beautiful scenic effects are the work of Mr. Vocgflin. Ln this musical featuro tho full strength of the company is shown and in rapid succession there comes on tho stage such well known players as Misses Kitty Gordon, Joan Aylwln, Stella Ay-hew, Ay-hew, Dorothy .Jardon.'Tzzie llajos. the Hess sisters Mille. Dazie, the dancer, Tempest and Sunshine, Ray Cox, Yvette, Grace Van Studdiford", Violet Bowers, Bessie Frcwen; Messrs. Harry Fishor, Edgar Atchison-Ely, Paul Nicholson, Nich-olson, Barnej' Bernard. Ai Jolson, Leo Harrison, Harold A. Roho and Arthur Cunningham. Ono of tho best bits ol! the night was a duel fought in a scono representing the Bois de Boulogne, of Paris, by Mile, Dazio nnd Miss Graco Washburn, t |