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Show c lt - rs! MSM' Ttear Works (ffllumimtBi 4s4 QPtatf'oriiU' J Jtti n i 1 1 1 rnrrn 1 c y By GEORGE JEAN NATHAN. ROM I lie unremitting spectacle ! I ,1 of the y t a z Americano with the pomadtvi hair nnd inilated ij even ins shirt and the Ameri-caness Ameri-caness with the extrava-KAntiy extrava-KAntiy tailored coiftxro and nlne--ioiiar ilk hosiery, a jrrateful respite chines at last in the 1'ark theater. Hore. on view. an entertainment : ni ported fno::! Spain via Havana, . filled ""'he hand of .Toy." and ex-.V.hitinc ex-.V.hitinc to L'r. 6 eye jaded with the theatrical monotonies of New York a pru,.p oi pen'ermers as rei'resliir. as n s:iowerhath ajid clean linen after a hard (lav. That this entertainment is by all rdds the most inraUatius; thins that hp come the metropolitan way In several seasons is small exaggeration, exaggera-tion, lor, in spite of the senseless in-iotion in-iotion into i ; of a number of ns -live pantal-.Kinat po bad thai they were vigorously ir.ssed from the stae on the opening lushl. the performance perform-ance as a whoV projects ail the diablerie and aUmdon that are vi-:ahy vi-:ahy esse(ntlal to the mu?lc show and are vet so uncommonly revealed in it3 Ansrlo-Saxon iru.-a.rnat ion . The spectacle l.-incs to this emm-try emm-try the music of yuiniio Yatverde, familiar in the ywirs just before tht -fr to travelers in the south of F-.-rone. And it hrinss with this music a library of Spanish dances at once comprehensive and captivating. Frr the theater parron whose knowl-edee knowl-edee of Spanish riancinp has been jjnmefi chieflv from Dorothy Jardon, t;;e evening will poove one of rare enlightenment. Dances Are Artistic. And for the rpular theatergoer whose idea of prai-e is a row of i-horus sirls simultaneously bending Tie knee and moving' the head siue-wavs siue-wavs the evening -will come as a r-)de ' awakening. These Spanish women enter the dance with an artistic ar-tistic rire that kindles the auditorium. Here are authentic Gypsy lets in the riace of the ubiquitous Broadway hran.1 and here is natural Inborn crace as opposed to the Forty-second fireet species wooed by leaving off beer and bendir.s: over a chair a cn-.jPl of times every mornins after breakfast. The show, save for the atrocious r.ative pickle-herrings (who will doubtless be summarily removed by a Womins sagacious management), ;s little more than a dance ton ma -n.ent-rith now and again a chan-ponbut chan-ponbut in this dance tournament mi-j wiil catch a gayety. a life, a colorful col-orful rrovem-.-nt that you will not . anvwhere in town. If you are '-ri or Rusin da;."rs direct from t-e Cnxivi of Kast Houston street. n.- G-pek cancers from the classic Vfiun ctovcj of Morristown. N". T " ard "cf" Hindoo dangers from r Pvr va::dvi.:e temples, this is the P'v e and the-e the dar-ers for you. rnr spectator at The lar.d of .Tav " you w-li re made to re.i'izo at. after all, ti'.ere may be pon-.e-i'.r.g mor1 to d anting, s.-imettv.nf? -rnr' bv wav of beauty arrt intrrxica-t'.on." intrrxica-t'.on." than von :tm- l..ve been led to fxoct from a ron templar on of the weimc "'f such local virtuopr a be"Senoritas Joan Sawyer. Florence Walton. Pe:ite Adelaide, et al. Barbara Is Second. nhur Hor-khis's latf enterprise a piav hv' Florence Lincoln g:ven 'h title "B.nrK-.ra." Th.s Miss Lm-mlr. Lm-mlr. so oes th tal. i" an ex-r ipd r,f fir. r,rrL' Frce Baker, the Har-v Har-v ard Sard.. whofe proft-sslon It wr,.;ld f-m tn be TO tei h the yo-tng r - w not to wri-e P ' a ? s . M T J n --.; n"s effort is a badlv talancd r!' o? w ritmg a:i l suffer? from an m.-r-.-aka ie c-n fusion oi rr.ols. Tr-e re-l: is a hav v-poin and somewhat some-what i:ideci;.her.V-.'?e :anrastl dm-r dm-r ;a romd v. And this result Is roArie f-irtvr Inau-r-icio-js by what e em s 1 0 be Pn 1 1 for.i '. i e- r f- d &' a' e n;A--ipui2 Mon nf the m.i n -ripr. The rH i v t 1 1 s in Lerrv-H of d r.ur a vrv mu- h re F.im s-.'t - srnry That M:a f.ie rr i iat's "We Are Fpv?n" told in terms of far'. Mr. .iK-rklr.s "-!"0 pr'"'d-.:c.--d th:. !ft-rurr.ed !ft-rurr.ed plav r-.rd also, in vau-vi ie, a one-ayt plav by Hubert f?n-d J.n r.aiine Vf-' "rni'v wi'h a B'mii-Lr theme. I a d ' : h ' lf s rrea. f 1. 1 k n w'trt the ,;'r:r, a jb;-.'-t al'-o r-an'f!i in urdrHrr.a f ) li'fTat-ir -y K'Pline ai.d. in f';rthr tam literature litera-ture though in a di'frnt ky r.y Tohn Cor"-In in " i he Uniidden G -i6S'.." IvackB Imagnatoon. The Tjrvoin v.-r on r,' V: e da : a f a-t h a tr1 rl w h.-.o.-, 1 : f o i . , ;, t d-"amir' of the r ! i J r. !' h; e r :li r i e n a v " h.'e . T h s r'r.,!- Hrn ht'-cn.e v-'.rv re;il to rr lie JO'S so far to : tr.m mT'-s a : d wbn rrfit iy her f !a :i "e tre k e n?r- ?ineit she s : f rr a cl - re T-ht"h re-" ji hs in a iorrn rf f'-rntU, (iJrur- thf: r-'-rlod of !.: a cream ';::l!ren h--' orr,1. !n h'T p.;"'i, actual. In the teiuntf of tr.j -"ory, ll.e r.'- '-riirnr i-e". -a,! r.o A t t. rru-s. i r.' ! d . t r."p.r pr' rf rhfl rs.rra'lve -.r;:'-s porlloij-lv upon re li;; A. ic: if.tc .'"-nt ,:r.f-nA ,i : assists in deletlnc the mnnusrript o? force nr.J character. Miss Marie I oro, still a lovely crea ture to look upon, has the central role and presents pre-sents a performance that, while without with-out parti'-nlar distinction, is not lacking lack-ing in felicity. As with aU of Mr. Hopkins's theatrical endeavors, the. presentation has dignity, but the. content, con-tent, on this occasion, Is weak, stuff. 0!d Story Retold. At the Fulton theater, where the pL, js seem to chance with t lie rn-piJity rn-piJity of a Frecoli, there is currently exposed a piece by a Mr. Wilkes ealhd "Mroken Threads." If you wdl turn hack your memory some twenty years and recall again the st:ige opus al"out the ror.gh i'ellow who has lived j in the open places and who came ! hack to civilisation and finds there a woman whose part sin means nothing noth-ing to him, you will have succeeded in encompassing the nature of "Broken Threads." a play as out of date as 1L Kider Hazard and "Hello. Central, Give Me Uaven." All the ancient materials of melodrama are here trotted out and sent through their bewiuskered pranks. The villain vil-lain who uerio.es the manly miner for thinkUvg oi marrying a"-womnn-1 ike-that, the you -young-whelp-you. the scuffle and shooting- in self-defence, the frame-up and the sending of the hero to Sun Quentin. the escape from prison and the lapse of five years in which the hero becomes be-comes a millionaire, the vindictive detect de-tect Ives, the final pardon by- the governor gov-ernor it is all with us once more. And with these tokens of the 10-10-30 yesterdays axe all the old familiar lines like "Your love ts tl e one big. fine thing Tve known in my life" and "By God, I'm certain he's the man I saw that drty in the courtroom court-room at San Francisi-o. because as I just now took his hand, I looked' nt it and saw that same peculiar blue sear!" This venerable affair is acted by a company of some twelve persons, including an actor. The latter's name Cynl KeUlitley. Mr. Holhrook Hlinn staged the play after the best stanuards of JiDO. "In the Zone" Praised. Th Washington Square p!ave-s have inaugurated, their reason at the Comedy with a pr-ramme of four short plays c-r.3!deralw v beneath their usual artistic lovel. The one tcod thin? on the bill is the :o:v" bv -':gene O'Neill, a your:? man of genuine gen-uine promise, who will be remembered remem-bered as the author of "Bound Knst for Cardiff." done last s-:uon bv the 1 rovincetown p'ayers, and also au-tiior au-tiior of "The lonc: Way Home." wnii-h Is lifted a mom? t!,e current offerings of-ferings of th:s same urk.-amz.tuon. "In the Z. r.e" is a vividly written IUtle p:..y w.-.se effects are adrH'.v conceived ar.d sinrplv projecte-i. T:- scene is the fore.-as:le of an ammunition ammuni-tion snip passing- th.ro ugh r nan-r-r-ous s.ias. S'jspiein iasff-ns itself upon one of the saiiors. He ha 9 hen acting in a q-.er ma nner. He -as ben seen fooiirx" with a qner ht-tie ht-tie b' ::-?: hox. S.ov.ly his companion: work themselves into a frenzy c.f f.-vir. "U'ho H this nan nnd what is he ur to? Taey lay their plans. Thev w:' roTTrte upon him. pz him bind hi"i and ?et the b.aefc b--x. The-,- w;t f'-r him. They ret h'm. Thev K'-t the box. Cautfn-jcK- t hrv open : t peer into It. There'!-? a sir-ai, bundle of loiters, nothing more. D.t rr.ny they not bf fhe lterS of a spy? Tn the d-.m Mcht. Of:e rf the t-a ilors reads. And as h.1 rea !.--, 1 : ,. shamed men fne.ik one ei,e (ut onto rh.e de :k. Th le t r? t he liters of a i.-:r! who 1 t;.-;r ..',,r- i.'.ate and uo t'ave him up h, j i . 1." co'.:lun't master Lie v ic that str--d tetw.-rn them. J-lxrernqilv, It m.iv appear hat fb.err ts 1 i ' t here mvc a rinr.rl c, u 1 u'i mfioflrama with a Sen ti rtier tn! f.ni-h. IhJt O'Ne'll ha a s-'-r- o 'tira-'ti-r ard a scrtv-r-ln sy. ;11 t Nt f 1 n ' t info the r.a'era s tv s :hj-t.i n ' 'ai .nr of a mu-h higher er.ide of drama H" Is n tanV-d f. l'.r,-.e ore -f tVn" riv v. i'l d a fi.H-lT.cth play that ?ill t- wirrn the p.--.;i.(r. The ,.rh-'r !ms rn the pI.wMIt are "Blind A In h!rh a !' O-ir. '-!r!;r t-Ie.- ber hand at an I'-s'U. p'av. "T:'e Avenue." a '! e v r t sa ! "e h" Fr in.ore Mt:!I. and 'FVnav.Mj'e-9 "lii W;d..w M';i. r t nd ." an und i'. v e:t r ni hri- i-r.rr.erj -.-not wi t .ho u t an 0 - c as 1 o n a I fl a n h of hurnor. FOR probahly the flrt time on rev-crfl. Jres; Jnt V'l!on f.is 3 pf-tred In the role of a (aman, and th tt a xt-ry 6ucce..:f ul o:., for his f.rst f ile amounted to '''. It de-eloy.n de-eloy.n that y, I --4 Ka r.n !e Ward, motion P'.f tiirA H'nr, b.A 'i,,:nh'!on r"'-'iitiy tO help the l r.f J.'.h'T'V f.'U,.lS In 'h.it rltv, and wiiio thre at the. U'l.lie 10 if. T pTf sHd'Tt. - o r-r. : ' 1 r no 1 ; t : ; j b.rr ur-'-n !ild V.i:e II V.-1.-4 .;h, n' t If r;ni.i. srjoke e '.'j : , en r i v of ! !. 1 1 v for A n,e: ; ' ;j n to ti j ' h i I ! Ne: ,1 i ; v a bis Ti"n. vvo ;r pen: It. 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