Show It a 4 I i o t I nIt r I I 1 e 7 ol F 05i = I7 a tc e i P3FF 9S 4 I 1 J I W94 ir N I A t ori p I in 9v f i t I I I r l O g 1 1 4 IS I 11 1 k 1 p if P Z > I oek i if V I 7 nrl lio f V 29 1 I 11 I I F1 vw 1 I i1i Al E 4 t K NIZ gN 1 1 M 1 I M i I I I I a i p I f I 11 11i rl I V I i Z T9 I I it I I 1 I i s I 1 1 11 I I I i I II P Cs P 1 llt I 11 i L 0jj A M1 < I v fty vi I NJ vN N 4 0 I Vc i I I 11 I f I 4 4 I I 1 I 11 Sl l I I 7 I 1 1 r 1 I k J 6 73 1 It c I I I 1 I 15 if j t kn l I V jt GOSSIP OF 1 i 4 1 J Ii NEW YORK so 1 r I Zi Arthur Crispins Breezy Budget j4 f of Notes and News 4 I From Gotham I i 0 I R r t lit copyright 1I5IJ > 1 I New York March 10A NormanO ii f I t t I Wedding the comic opera which was I put on at the Herald Square to take II L a I the place maO va ant hy the with I I I Ilk drawalof The French Maid hal caught I il 11 Ii I Nl i on fairly well The work pleased mot 01 I the critics and the public has 00 tar I t 1 1 fi taken very kindly to It no that It IB 11 t J not unlikely that the original term I for I I which It was booked will be extended I The libretto was written by Charles A 1 I Byrne and the music by W W Iurt 11 who had before then composed the mu I I V i 4 Ic for the main oblhor for The 11 I i I It t Champagne Princess Nicotine III I and other light opera Thoma Q Soa I 11 I r hrook a secured A Normndy WO i J fr lIng when II man Xnon as opa I I VOU but he did not kp It Very t < I long While tw persons conOmnd It i I there md to bo nothIng about It to ttract audiences I and It was very Ben if ITt J t I J I Ibly abandoned temporarily I tji4 Then according to report J Cheever 1 7 I It o in I he author of most n I f ryr Walt Hoppers earlier successes and ont J ri 1 I t 1 of the brightest writers at very Ilght I nlttor for musical treatment In this i i I I country wam Catlett In 1 and when he T ntrrr dw t e I rn PoAhOd oil the if t J libretto It mat R much Improved work 11 I The title was cha god to A Normandy a I > WrOOlng IL Met cl al company Wa 1 V engaged and after a trial In several 4Ljl citiesin hlch the value ot the piece J t 4U OmontratoO It wa brought to I 4 the lIralO Square In this city where 1 r 6 11 It blOB fair to remain for some time t I 1 I I < lI J0 One can scarcely walk a block Mont I 1 I Proaduny between Twentyelghth and 11 ZvAt k Ytl 1 Fortycond Itrn nowadays without r f meeting a man or IL woman who Is I on I R Ji1 nounceO td tar next season Ilesides A 11A I V 1 f Mlnnl SlIgmn Cora Tanner J K I 1 f I II i Hcktt VirginIa Harried JIIII Opl gqyf 0 II X rY PAID Tier A ard Waltr Jones and IL hot h I ot othern ot lesser caliber It In I Fluid I V RIP L Charies 11cism or tile variety team i W of Ituat and Fenton now with Weber a I ko FlelOo will also enter the stellar ranks I4 1 1 it F I with the coming of September Nat f rk Turally this statement carries with It the i I J > 0 I hnPr 26 r Base will I ntpcar ltt JV 1 I I i A 0 burl qu especially I oritten for I 1 IF him by a Prominent author Vothing J 0 mt ii I I I I of the kind I No burlesque or fares 1 I N nmly for Charles Hons It 11111 Yu please 111 0 1 L f y 1 Not much 1ple will enter the lIt 5 4 1 Balnt tile lopnothra of high come It I io In short It In announced that Mr t Bass mill I be seen In Plays td about the I I I ii grad and style Usually alTecId by ll i J r John Dry WhwJ 10 Items lien evidently lIow1 himself I to be deluded by its sycophantic Ad I N I J mirers of whom every mucceAmful Actor 7 I e I unfortunately has a large number Thy 0 L I bLv earn him I do his burlesque of Vir ill i I I g Infus and Fedora and an r hot 1 I I h-ot the 5 a there Is I IL legitimate moment t I A or to he has been told I that he ham 4 It w thin I him the mallins I of a successful 11 I I l at r In serious i ork Thin may be true 1 1 it I too for In Is rnaI I nothing certain in the I show Id I I l 1 flushness until it hactually occurred 11 0 but thers Is surely nothing t In Items re ljr I l J I I i1 N ttl stage career to warrant film rr I I 41 i Burning that he will I he neceptNI as a f K dntrt k t 11 I C and Drew Ile In apt to discover I I wh t so many before him have learned ll i rll I l io iveean t titer I Is a ilda I dIfference be AI J1 I I i twn giving a good performance for II I 11 i few minutes and supplying tile greater W i I portlonof an entertainment for a whole t i vnlnIC nut after all Ito 10 really N E I t I a bndrlul fellow and there Is I no tell I I f lac what he may do I L I 0 i I it 0 li I I I I 4 11 i 1 I r hO a chat the other day lilt Iwo I 1 J managers ho are well knon through i < out the country One 01 thm devotes i I 6 1 his attention to road attractimiq 1 r rtl tl Otrt I 4 g I while the other tins a couple of travel 1 t 1 t Ing companies but to more heavily 1 14 i 1 tereated t pruylillng entertulnuient fnr I 1 11 New Yorkets I it I The first man lrolrO that In big long I I I expnlnro he had never known a sea 1 on 00 bad a the prepont one Only i I is i one of his aboa ham made any money I f I i Ji f and even that has not ocine nearly soN I I I so-N ell a Ila expected In toino Nhere 11 1 It IS I nothing t unusual to Play 10 400 on t the night Site tnt21tiwo tills reason mere I 1 frequently less I than hal filet um I i I I Aecordln c 10 this manager he vito left 1 54 I only thn altrnollvo at closing or re t4i A I duclng expenses hI cutting salaries II 1 1 I 3 q reduced and although there were nn J I I I or Iwo kick from tile actorl most ot 1 3111 I 1 thein submitted reIIlng r that hall I I 1 loaf In I better than no lorlat all C 1 r I r The other man decAred that I it OUIld I i Ill contract his road operations as much an I I Possible nU senron 1110 statement J a In much the onine strain as hid li hi-d I rival 3 with rrrnce to Ills traveling I I t sholx but when I asked him hoW busty 4 li I 11 i nowt halt been In tile I city I Ilia 1 face was y fl I Immediately mrVathed In sinfles I Ile t I stated that II mas one of the bt sea 1 sons he had eer knoun The people 11 11 I k I her eem 10 patronize anythlllg ot even I I moderate merit and as the Prices I 4 I I I V IA I W I k 11 11 k q Avffl Vt N1 11 V J 14 I I i Iqrl I R It a f I 9 I 1 Je e ZtN N 5 11 I P1 1 L charged at the best theaters are about tIc As heavy an thy should be It is I not difficult to figure out a profit whei seasonably good business In I the rule These are not Isolated cases by allY mn There fire many others who have hd practically the same expeil al ee see Several of the newspapers hero which mak a specialty ot theatrical news have published the statement that August Au-gust Daly has secured control ot the rift Avenue theater As ho got his tart hh the rooo to tam And tnrtun In that house the story to und teady credence This dloed of ManigcrEd iln lnolI In rather a oummry man nr when It Is I considered that he has 1 along a-long lease of the Fifth Avenue Stripped 01 1I0Ilernftal the tel 01 the case meant to be about as follows Mr Daly has the American rights to the opera NNIlleh will succeed The Geisha In London and as It Is I bv the same authors au-thors and composers there are five of them altogether It Is I not unnatural to some that It will prove a succcsi Mr Daly also owned The Geisha for tills country 11 was phenomenally sue erul hero and would doubtless have cll > ocd the lecord ot The Mikado had Mr Daly not been obliged to stop It In the zenith ot Its popularity for the purpose ot bringing his own stock com pny In fur ltq regular annual engage nent Miss Itchan must be given an opportunity to main her largo rllen late though tile heavens fall and The aloha undoubtedly tunVred It ll simply to prevent Another tan gle 1 of this Poll that Mr Daly has ar lnge1 with Manager Knovvlea to tale 16 weeks of the time at the Fifth Ave nut theater next season It Is probably prob-ably i > tho rose too that It the new plece I should pro e on extraordinary resi tills time may be extended I lnoI In I a very shred mn and he to I ol giving Up the control of the thea tr out of which It 10 l said that ho lie d li-e a great deal of money this season to any um Iranlilln MacLcay the Voting than NIm man for several yearn the leading male suppoiv of wlson Darrett And who Is now play ng Cassius to Beer bohm Trees Julius Casar at Her Mol cstys theater London Is I said to have made the hit of Ms life In that role Several papers declare that he presses tile tar for l1t boilers and a usual 1 upon hli nppeaianee In 1 a part new to ugnrli him predictionsare again made that he I Is destinid shortly In become one ot the I vvotlls great adorn Many performers perform-ers hove had nil this said of them and rCo I hv lalleO to make good but this in I one ot the eaten In 1hleh the prophets are almost certain to plays worthy ot honor In their om country for Mc Ia has never iet scored a tallllr or even so little as IL qualified success tJutw M 44 M 11 I I I I ii 7 X 7 XW r W t U A e I X I I I Ili N191 11 0 4w 1 11 1W 1 i 11 J 119 I i I MP I i If 1 P I 7 11 W 0 11 W Mz 11 I I A a 7 M I 11 I 11 7 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