| Show The Stage In Gotham 1 I Disastrous Season on the Road Arthur Crispins Breezy Comments Com-ments on Theatrical Affairs New York Fob 3 This has certainly certain-ly been a great year for those of our 1Ilor who htho gone td the other side to try their luck Only n short time ago the cable Informed us ofthe really great hit scored by Itobert Taber In Henry Irvings production of Peter the Great and the less I emphatic though nino the less genuine successes achieved achiev-ed 1 by two ollht American elrls In thq bOme 1Iy Anti now oom the now that In Treiawhcy of tho Wells the Plncro comedy which has been pronounced pro-nounced the equal of anything that talented tal-ented author has ever written the hits vero made by I two American actors 1 aul Arthur and Aubrey Bouclcautt It may be asserted that tho latter Is not on merlcan and If his namity alone Is to be considered that wnulj bo true hut lJouclulI IMrnod all 110 Itnow about acting In this countr Ills methods meth-ods aro as distinctly American an those ot any performer we have and It waS for that ery reason that man of his friends here frand Iho outcome of his London experiment As to Paul Arthur Ar-thur since ho went to the other side M hu noor hal n elhork on1 he I speedilY hecomlng on ot Ihe Inoal pop ular leadlns Juvcrllcs In the llrltlsh metropolis I If this sort or thing continues It will rol b long I1etoro the oJl order o things will bo kerned and the Ingllsh men will be sending to thoUnltcd States tl set the plajeis for their leading I mles Trtlanney ot tho Vclls I under rtalid Iiua already been secured for thlii country by a prominent theatrical promoter pro-moter and If It lUes up to nil tho Kind I thlngH said rtt It It will be produced In this city about the 1st of April In that event nn effort will be made to so t iiro tho releno of Messrs Arthur and fouclcoult who will bo offered the iart In the New York representation which they created In London The nTpope Ilr pullIohln ns though It were brand new Iho tnte doubted tunmklog ability nnd 00 Ihelr method nre ery Imllor tho cheme sem to I eO mora thnn the uuol promle o sueog It II truo thai Flo hs ben n atar during the Irepnl aon thnt her tour was lIotod by the mr IIrm whlrb ha1 clrso ct tho ILcraln ot l0 and thnt dplto nil thll ah I gnernlly bo 1ICe not to hnvo mOd n torlune tor her nonagen Itut ottr oil thnt I nol nJrlslng ny mOlo tMn thnl Mntlo Droslr wa nol roelod throughout Iho counlry Ith wild en thuslsm rIo Irwin opparod In ons o her Ioler 01 < 1 cnlt ocr The l < Iow Jonos hll MI IJrel r mde uso ot another Courlod Into Court i Neither of these play s was a great work of ait In the first place I and they won success only throush the aggressUo personality of May Irwin It Is I barely possible that cither of tho other oth-er ladles might hae done the samo thing with them Iftby had had the first chanoo hut niCr Mny IrwIn hd squeezed them both dry It was foolish to suppose that any one else could get an thins out of them If however Immediately after May shall hae ttu < l 0 winner oa Droodwo Mr sl tei should be sent out over the territory I territo-ry which she does not want there would be n er strong probability of success with the ultimate result that Miss rio would la time work up as good n clientele for herself as May now has The same would probably b true of Miss Dressier for she Is the equal of cither of the others as a laugh producer OIeI s Wallls the charmingly petite young woman ho firt camo prom 1 nently Into notice as a member of W II Cranes companj IB to go Into comic 01 era She has some voice nnd AS delightful de-lightful a personality as any woman on the stage She Is therefore equipped with the two prlrie essentials far light opera Miss Wallls was at ono time thought to be destined for successful tflarhood and It is probable that eh was although she has so fur been Kept out ot II by n comblntlon o < Ircum Blancca oier which her friends sa > she nd noJ control ond tor Which h dl purng rs declare that Iho was herself responsible Some time after she left Crane she wa ngaged by John W Dunne to take the place of his wife Iattl Itosa who had died suddenly Filttl Ilo a was lopularly supposed ta VO md gr t I ot money and It waa therefor confidently predicted tlm when her plare was taken b a omon 0 much handomel ond 0 mueh 01010 tlcte1 than h was Dunne coffers w mid be speedily Illlel tn orfiowlng nut a tho old w rus tho best laid plans of mlco am men aft gang aglce and that was fie case with Miss Mlllsstarrlng venture The company was doing very well when bickerings began and before long the tt ur was closed Miss Wallls work as the little girl In ad rery ono o Ihe thlo I dliTor ent Borne say times nre not good enough hlle othr dclnre thattlme are so good that the peopto nre busy Mvlng upgalnst nnolher period ot e rresslon One man will aer that the httlo repertory companies are placing hob with the show business while his friend will confide to ou that that Is nn nballrdlde and that It e hd moro ot these roportoe comlanl there ouldb tewr ootor out o work nnl he stage would therefore be the galn ir Itut no matter what the cause tho act exists and there are wry few I managers who have the temerity to |
