Show f H Jt Je eI 1 I 1 1 I fA 1 All i tl the w Worlds id a 1 Stage I Ie e J I I I rei I I i W S SApho lon V hRS has not yet t abated and It Is doubt douht tul whither even though It should signs lit f dying out the managers i t C Olga would bf be willing to permit U It to lit he r relegated to a level with ordinary and decent dramatic productions done It Is fInot not that these theM men will lie be put ut to the tnt teat In that re r Ip t however for tor owing to the tho violent ek upon the or rather Immorality ot of Sapho tile the sitar liter Is nightly crowded This would em to Indicate that b Nw ew York Tork le I fond of at 11 filthy II h plays but tile the tact facts do ao not warrant such lIuch an inference The 1 ot of the enormous business which Sapho I Is now doing Is anI only that there are enough persona In New York who like on the stage tago to make 1 a broadly play certain ot of large larg receipts for tor a 11 tew weeks welk To this element clement must be all ed New forks Yorka transient population which is II In great reat measure given tf to offerings ot of this eort Much uch has haa b been n tae d for and against the newspapers which have attempted to keep p people away from o A A an and have on only Iu succeeded In packing the house to the doors but it be de hind that no matter maUer what th the motive ot of the publication no play based baled upton opt n such Ii a novel non I as 01 Sapho Is II fit material for tor exploitation roro de detent decent tent cent people The tact fact that the play is II II a amere mere dramatization makes makus the matter worse for tor now there can be no hope that any young oung men or young woman will tall fall to tullY fully appreciate every tie de detill till tap when ot of the novel rue are being peddled on the streets street nt at 10 cents the cop copy There should bo be some Omo means or of reaching such lIuch productions as Sapho bylaw I law but if IC the police lOlIce authorities arc aro to lie be believed there II no redress at present for tor those citizens who are ot of opinion that the play I Is IP a menace to public morals Miss Is II an n actress of some natural lib ability III I who ho le III possessed of more I gaucherie than any player of If prom promInence promInence now In this country countr with the single Ingle exception ot of Mr Ire She Bhe possibly rt that In order to let get lethers hers herself lf talked about It I is to 10 exploit 1 a prurient piny pIa like Sapho or orto orto to h have C herself work worked ork td ed In connection with Q a kl kiss In Car Carmen men which kiss klu by W the way moat persons thought WA was an Insult to re respectable Naturally eh she In the tho business for tor her health and perhaps l that view ot of tb the matter to allay any qualms ot of which she mil may feel because ot of her with Ith such lIuch IL a claus enterprise It is III po ely to turn from Crum the noisome noxious Sapho to con oon contemplate tem template late the delightful pure and HIM wholesome comedy In tour four acts When We Were ne In which Mr No N e C Goodwin and Miss Maxine are Ar now appearing at atthe atthe the ker The rh play is I the work of henry Y V Esmond An Englishman to holl We art are indebted for tor several leeral very nry excellent sleet buttons and bt It also said Id to bin hlA crept lie ho does not appear to fled It n necessary In order to make a play l to toro togo ro go Into sexual XUA which certain JY b cannot do an any goad ani animay ma may do harm SIr Ir lamond I Inot Is not prudish for In this very r play When W Vs Wrt ere hn It becomes ne necessary tt to lIMIk of It a certain garden as 1111 a spade he does It without hesitation hut there is III ab nothIng suggestive u about It It ItJI Itle le JI l a sIngle speech which the tiC no nolion lion ot of the play makes make Imperative JIe He uses It once anti and then It alone The story ot of When hen We Wore Were TIen Twenty ton ty one I Is entirely ou out t ot of the usual ru rut t tour Four our old cronies have U accepted th the guardianship ot of the IOn eon of at n a fifth who died when the youngster oun ter was wall a little littlechild thUd child Their charge ha has just attained hIs oM It Is fUlly arranged that h ha shall marry n Carew Carene I le the the Quartet to whom Inns Ins been the task tuk ot of the boy and net nat orally he humors humoN him In everything All golf irati well ho however until the rise ot of the curtain when the old cronies are arc Mils firs I Elliott II rose case to s say that she Iha Is fA Ismore more beautiful than over eer Sho has been referred to In that way so 0 often otten that It must Irritate her to read the well ell worn VOrt phrase but It nevertheless still applies With striking force torce and Is therefore well nigh unavoidable or Of her work It Itma ma may bo be said laid that the improvement nt shown In When We Were Twenty one Is II little short ot of marvelous There Thue Thuela la Is no actress In this country who could have played this particular role any bettor beUer and there certainly le III no ono one who could look It so perfectly It u used td to be said that Miss beauty beaulY i was nil all that enabled h her r to remain on the stage That was wal never true and Anel to use ule a solecism It is II less true now than ever She Is today nn an actress ot of the first fint rank In ro refined noo comedy She Is no longer duo to arrive she Iho has hall ar arrived arrived rived Ot of It need ont only be said laid that he hu has never done anything b better than Praise Pralle can ann IC scarcely go further lorry Harry Woodruff a as The Imp was Vas excellent cud and put to those thOc writers writer who are per por perpetually making fun tun ot of him ho hohas has hili the misfortune to be particularly youthful looking and handsome and andon on once wa was said to lie be ed to Anna Gould now the wire wife of at of brame e other members ot of the cast calt were thoroughly com competent And nd 11 by bythe the tho way have you ou ever noticed that Mr lIr e casts ts are always as 1111 good tired of this condition ot of affairs and by banding to compel honesty they are atO merely doing now what they should have done dono long ago The Tho average vaudeville performer gets about per cent more than he or she Is worth and It the present or ar arrangement should continue much longer It would soon oon become impossible for tor vaudeville houses houes to be conducted at a profit So It If you OU have any spare sym sympathy rm pathy 11 thy on tap save It up fur tor futuro use Dont to It on the tho vaudeville art lets ew York Tork That motor cycle cele racing Is II to play an Important pert In the sport of oC the com comIng comIng Ing season seems to be assured It has lias leaked out that one of at the big turere who formerly was wal prominent as asa II IIa a promoter ot of cycle teams will 1111 have hae a motor racing loam toom In the Held and It Is further known that n a rival rhal does not propOse to see IN the field monopolized The Tho public took look strongly to what little lithe there was aa of at this exciting sport last summer lummer and the rr erase ze It has hall cr I I ed on the he other elde ot of the Atlantic at iT a jJ 4 r t cr I I d gal galt t 1 Ph t y ym r ili iIi III I k ky m r n I t Oi q I hl Ira l y I i r ri I i t L 4 1 1 l lt t i r f fl l I r 11 fi fit t 4 I i iI I C jt I Ir r cp w end Mr 1 en lie litre n SCENES FRO ROM CURRENT THEATRICAL ATTRACTIONS shown celebrating the birthday anal Annl er nry of at one or of their number and the pia play borrows Its title from the constant nl of at these jolly good follows fellows to the time When Whon We Were During the tho celebration and while Ca Carewe rowe rewe lice hili gone to replenish the deml john The Imp all as their ward ard Is II at called enters Ho Is vet very much intoxicated nod his hll mAudlin talk reveals the fact that It I le not his hie to marry Phyllis who It mAY bI observed is III also not overanxious to marry him The Tho boy le III hUll hustled lied ort oft to tobed tobed bed before returns The next one of at the cronies succeeds In drawing from The Imp the aloe that hll ha Is to be wedded to a no woman a dancer known III as The The Tho subsequent efforts to the lad ot of his error art are unavailing no Ho noI Hois I is te and finally with his benefactors The latter latler determine to save 1141 him nt at nil all hazard and ond Carewe devisee R a plan whereby his own oln name will fill be anti the thebo bo toy bf be kept oUt of at the ot of the Circe This tan falls owIng to the tact fact that before the time UnIe set for tor forthe the beginning of at the arrangement The Imp has hilI married the The trap with and later proceeds to the latter hou house e ef f for r tM the purpose ot of obtaining lion Iton for tor the h insult to his hll They very nearly come to blows blon but In the tho end nuke up and rush fluh Into Inlo each others arms this II Is the most beautiful scene shown oti a New few York stole stage In R a dec decall all tile and It t brought tears to the eyes ot of lire mOlt meat blase billo auditors Theto o I is a II sett It o aid plot involving Phyllis who bo t is realty really In lore with Ca rOil rewn all the time though that gentleman gentle man appears to be unable to dl the interesting tact fact In the end of course she he wins Willi hUn hIm and The rhe Imps Imp If haIng gone IOne to Franco France with her ex me every one Is happy it at the final tall ot of the curtain There have hae been several very err excel excellent lent lant plays produced In this elt city during tilt the present season and man many which were decidedly In Indifferent It if not abBo bad Some ot of the former were 11 a pun as 1 possible and being well written were pleasures alike to eye and ear eIll but It Is yell welt v bounds to say that the tb most mOlt thing pre presented In New York this winter Is II MIl We Were Jl It wins this toe tCHI and not by any close margin It II is II questionable n In as can be Some stars sur flur surround round themselves with n a lot ot of sticks stick but that arrangement hB has never appeal appealed ed to Goodwin lie Ire Is not afraid that anyone any one will eclipse him And Ind indeed pd he need not be for tor he le III head and shoulders above mu y comedian In this country To sum lum It up When We Were tyone le 18 an Intellectual and lent mental treat and the tho person persall who ho has the opportunity to lee eec it and taU falls I to avail 1111 of at It la is mighty foolish that all From time to time there le Is the nn an announcement ot of a vaudeville lion designed to freeze out Sometimes these combinations mate and sometimes they do not then Whon one of them manages manage to run along without any trouble for tor a few months the circumstance is II so 10 unusual that suspicion Is II aroused and It If n sal Items happen to be a atee arse lit at the moment there is II certain to be lit at least one Writer who will wll set to work to de the vaudeville trust In the most nhom vehement nt terms There Is no newspaper so 10 cna t that some DOme somebody body does doell not see It II and therefore the sered is II bound to attract some little attention It perchance some In influential writer who is II unfamiliar with the facts should happen to Indorse the statements ot of hi his obscure brother the tat fat Is In the lire and time the matter Is pro and cos all 1111 over the country As AI a the poor vaudeville performer comes romes In far tor farall all kinds of It sympathy every particle of nt which le II misplaced The linn han Is II a chronic kicker The average who gets 50 n a week for tor II about to b minutes work each elch day would not be able uble to tiara rn at any n other rotation Sly SUi a week working forking eight full tull hour houra a ad aday d day If his life lite depended upon It he kicks kick lie Is III usually the mo most t vulgar u r sort ot of cro ture with little or nor no me pert peet fir the ot of lit life and andt yet t he never neer tall falls a to sneer neu at everything and eV lY y ho bo sees aee As AI a matter ot of feet the latest tatt It en called Is II intended solely to enable the vaudeville au managers min to do their booking more systematically and nad economically and at th the Mme ume time put them In a position to compel performers to live JIve up to their contracts contract The man nger hn has to r respect Nt his obligations for tor he II responsible and may be proceeded proc ded against In court But Dut the Ih variety IrIt art artill ill III cannot be reached at low 1411 for tor tilt the l e bly simple reason reMan that h he usually hu gas nothing more tangible than him hll nerve The are n I fords reason for Cor the belief bellet that It wilt will willbo bo warmly welcomed here bere when It op ap full fledged That me motor lor machine racing will be extended from the track to thE road and that contests between tour four wheelers be a as common as be between tween two to wheelers lire are also allo assured At t Its III recent meeting the N C A boned of at control decided to formulate rules not only for tor motor cycle ccle racing but also for tor automobiles According to the chairman ot of the tho board boord this was Viti a due tl to the tact fact that the or had been asked to drill draw up such lIuch rul rules The latt latter r now In use ule In France Franu are being In translated as 1 a guide here According to the chairman of at the theN then N et C A board there IS no purpose ot of attempting tu to force torce these rules ruiN on the Automobile club or any automobilist or to 10 attempt to seize control of at auto automobile automobile mobile racing These ruder rul will be formed and ready when regulations suitable to American Amerlan conditions lire are sought ought Reports from trade sou sources show that the matter of at motor cycles le I not being neglected by the makers maken although the they are lam lamentably behind the foreigners Sev Several ertl eral of oC the cycle ccle factories that have motor vehicle annexes are now devoting there th plants to the production ot of motor motorcycle cycle tingles tandems tricycles 8 and larger machines Tram Y Attn Terry the champion ban bantam bantam tam And feather weight pugilist la II nn an infant In time eyes of oC the law lie Ile en engaged raed In ht the saloon loon business In South Brooklyn with Samuel S Beer and other articles were got cot from the theLong theLong Long Island b brewery werY which also fitted up the saloon aloon on June 4 In 1819 era ern rC made a mortgage e for In favor ot of the Long Island brew brewer er try The They are alleged d besides this to owe the brewery tor liquors fur for tor rent and for tor mon man maney money ey borrowed The Long Island brewery brewr b began an an recover with Interest for tor McGovern applied l to Supreme Court Justice flak ey er In recently for Cor the meat ment or of a ad inane for tor Me re In order that he might be able to defend the suit He la III only 19 11 years carl oJ old said ald coun MI nn and therefore Is an infant under the law Justlee Dickey 1 upon the Iho of Gt counsel apPOinted n as guardian 5 Samuel S Koenig who II i said to be one of backers The porting record nay lIay McGovern was born Lorn on March 9 1819 |