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Show U 1 -J si ass ' -jj m j SErS AND GOSSIP OF I JVErV YORK THEATRES ar kbsbist oour. rtllt Werrr TMlWrlFll T.etter wmtaa fee HM HHl Mwtml frtanda and think the world of earn othar. i poo avery flrat night In which ona la Interaatad tha other wlrae or phone n encouraging good luck meeaaga. At tha djfjngf hour, Juat hafore the opanlnv of "Tha Argvie Caae." IIDllard waa paged at lha Lamba club. New York, and told that long dlataare wanted Mm. It waa Herbert who deatred paah. Ha waa oordlai and anthualaatlr in pradlrting for hla friend another graat. big MM "I hope It will ba tha hit 'f your Ufa. lear Bob." ha added with devp flnceitv, 'bigger evan than A Kool Theia .1 and I'm haarlbrokati that I can't gat to town to aaa It." "Hefleve me I airecate thle, Joe " raplled Hi I Hard genuinely tow had hi new proof of hie friend a fidelity, "and I'll navar forget your thnuglitfulttaaa In ailing ma up paraonalW frm a dla ggjf Than ha a merged from tha lalaphona booth and bumped Into Herbert. ah waa leaving the booth adolnlng a While Henry W. (lavage prodin l um of "Wvarv woman la pruvtng Itaif th moat aanaatlonally aui-i-aaaful n ring arhlr-h haa toured Txaa and thr wmh weal generally, for yaara. the inir PC" durar'a "Kxniaa Me." the f . Pullman Pull-man farce is demonatratlng lie lrawing puwara. both on the Paiflr reaai and In the ettlaa of tha eaat. Tha .m company com-pany racently alad a return engage-raent engage-raent In Aon Franclaco. remained 1 hra two waeka and duplicated tta auocaaa of Ita flrat vim an event atlll talked uf in weatern theatrl-al tiniaa while the eaat-arn eaat-arn ompo ny haa Juat ended a aacond week a atay In plttahurg, during which It broke Ita own phenomenal attendance record of last year Aa on 1 a In "The Marrv Widow," Mabai Wllber la known to thouaanda of theatre -goara throughout tha Cntted rttalaa. ftha haa boon on tha ataga flftaan yaara. Her flrat profaaatonat appearanca waa mad when aha waa , and a atudent at Rt. Mary'a achool In R04 heetar. With a boy of bar earn aga, h aang a duat called 'M'nder the Old Vmbralla?' and tha cordiality cor-diality with which her effort waa ra-calved ra-calved Influenced her choice of a carear. e e e Tha Mlaaea Mabel and Bdlth Tallafarro will appear under tha direction of Joaeph I rook a in a new plav hv Cleveland Mof fatt aarly In May. Thay will ha tha flrat aigtara to atar on tha lagltlmata ataga Ince the Hate man alatcra In the aaven-tl aaven-tl aa. a e According to a cable from her own dear Paris. Oaby Deolya ta preparing a aenaa-Uonal aenaa-Uonal lecture on American wnmen- Hhe expect a to deliver tha lecture when ahe ratuma to Pranca. ear a tha raport. Oaby. however, dec! area that aha la Ignorant Ig-norant of any auch plan. "American woman," aha aaye. "gra the moat beautiful beauti-ful and beat dreaaed In the world What, than, la laft to cHtlclee e a e Marie IVeoalar haa given up har plan to appear In vaudeville and la now engaged en-gaged Is rahearalrig , tnurtcal novelty widen aba will praaant on a tour of the ghubeii fhaatraa. A. Baldwin INanf la tha compoaer of tha mualc Mlaa Tnaaa-lar Tnaaa-lar heraelf coricalvod the centra idaa of tha product-an. e e e The flrat performance of "Tha Jfaw aeratary" outalda Vew Tork will bo given by Charlaa Cherry and Maria Doro at Power theatre, Chicago. Monday. March 3. Afterward tha company will tour to tha large cltlaa eeperlaily to Uwaa whore Mlaa tmrp actad "Clarlca' and Charlaa Cherry played Clyde PMch'a "Oirla'-mca both atara have parta In "Tha Now Kacrajtary Hlmilar 10 the onaa they Tiad In three earlier named playa. "Tha public toate haa cot deteriorated It haa juat eblfted." aald William Harrta. "It la constantly ahlftlng. Tou can't feed a man on oatmeal porridge all hla Ufa. KTom tlma to tlma tha rlvar channal ihangaa " Mr- Nirrli waa engaged in conaldenng the eantlment re.ently voiced by Oeorge TTtor of tha L'.eblar company. Mr. Ty-er Ty-er holda that In-oadway'a Itkaa ara Ihooa of a particularly drunk an mining camp .luring rluah tlmaa. Ha object e to tha preoaot liblng for underworld malo-dramaa. malo-dramaa. Ha thlnha tha artlaO tandarda of thla country have fallen Ilka a roofer during a aleer atorm In the laat tew yaara. Port. eight etatea. ha thlnha. take what Broadway Itkaa thaatiicaJly and onlv thag. Mr. Harrla la tha oldeat acting rnoJiagor of tha American ataga. Perhapa ha la the oldeat managar. In veara and point of varvlca. Plfty-throe yaara ago ha fjult making clgara, ba-aue i Igar making atmck htm aa a poculUrly utiln-feraatlng utiln-feraatlng and unproductive rx cupatlon. and hacatna a aong and dance man, at tha aga of li. - - ha waa a nhaneger "Thla praaant trua for melodrama la oot oaw, aald Mr. Harrta "ft la only a yaar or ao glnco wa war aaying that maieairgma had aWtve out awl wuuid never coma baoa. Tha truth la that etage rroductlooa folloar tha trend of popui' hought. Taara ago wa hod tha draaa vult drama.' Juat about that tlma Amer-loa, Amer-loa, waa dlaoovarlng that It had g aoclaly oi"ty waa frying to dla-ovor Itaair There la do longer preclaaly a demand for thla ctaaa of plara out a good draaa uit drama' will draw toda aa wall aa It ever did Aa John Uvaw a '-out It P.ver' oaa suddenly auffarad from an ache to aaa a rlaque play. Tba managers put them art. arid the made mone for a tlma. Than thay died hard. I.lttle atortaa bogan to ba printed In tha papers about oomipHon In public office Charts K'eln had hla thumb on tha pulaa that tlma and wrota tha 'lion and tha Mouae.' which I pro sue ad. it waa auooaaaful. and olhora of Ita aort followed It. More recently the people were stirred by the d1echeurea of uaalerworld activity Tha underworld plav followed aa a matter of courae. By and by It will paaa. everything paeeee - end vary thing oomaa back -a apt a prlaa I am making la that tha faahlon Tn plara la not aat by a single ucoaagful play. That play waa aucceaeful baoguaa It waa written on a theme about which Paopla ara thinking' But Mr Harrla agreee with Tyler that thara ara to many theatres Toole build theatrea and wtaa man run m." la oaa of hla rynlciama. "Tha thaatrlcal bualneee la the biggest gamMe tn tha world. If a play falla to make a htt every penny the managar hae inveatad In It haa baan burned up. Then he haa to go on paying storage on tha a enery Thara ara ao many people era ay drunk aith money and thay want to have a tha-atra tha-atra of thalr own. Thay don't know that there la no market for a aacond hand laaalro. The only thing you can do with It a to turn It lato a akattog Hnk or a garag". And because you have a coatly theatre on your hands you ara foroad to nake expansive pruductlona In Which you do not alwaya fully bellave. Wa must kaep tha house running -and to do It wa some tlmee burn up a lot of parfectly good money But If thara a an overproduction of theatraa thara la an undarproductlon of ut nrs. There u aa much money In thla couDlrv aa over thera ought to ba more - and poop' w,l to to uv'1 '' Hul tba theatre la a luxury and pobpl will not buy tlcketa bacauaa they ara sorry for tha man thai owns It Vvery manager Is trylug deaparataly to gat a good play. Mighty few of them auccaod. What the atage In thla country needa moat of all la a aiuad or bright young men who can write good playa. ' eee Home one ravlvad tlie atory thla weak that tha two syndicates (lie Shuberta and Ktaw a Er. anger- ara on lha vargo of affecting a narmonloua worn ing anangernenl In aoma of tha aou tham th-am and weeteru towna where each haa a toalng houaa. There ta nothing particularly partic-ularly naw In that. Tba two tyndlcatea are aa Ilka each othar In methods and ambltlooa aa to Barluw knives. It la understoial that In cltlaa large enough to afford good support to rival houses aach sttdlcwt will book only fur Its own houae. But In towna altera both ara cartaln to loee money through hoetlHUes an armlatlce haa bean arranged. Which will make It a tat aaatar for the ownera of ahows which hava barn for red ta pass guod territory bacauaa tha New York booking agents ware atlll full of light. That a conipromlaa would aoonar or later bo reached bar a ma cartaln the day tha two ayndlcgtaa eiitsred on tltalr cam palgn of houae building. Theatres aa William llairlr intimated are apt to prov ohlta elaphanta. And white sis-phaitta sis-phaitta need lota of hay e s Edward ttheldona latest play "Bo. malice" bids fair to meat with considerable consider-able succaaa at the Maxlna Elliott theatre thea-tre In Ita eaaentlals it la lha old atory of tha woman with a paat and the man in loe. nut u nss neen irh m wun tno Ingem.ltv that lwva rharacterlsee a Shaldon play, and the dialogue abounds In harming sentiment- rurther atnee on must tall tha truth ona seen would So appalling In Ita candor If tha acting wera not ao vary good. It Is divided Into a prologue three acta, and an epilogue. Tha prologue dlacov -era a saintly bishop trying to persuade hla nephew not to marry an actreea upon a horn that voung man lias set his unite un-ite heart Whan the youngater pa relets tha bishop reveaje an eptaoda in Ma own aarly Ufa. Tha three acta following gtv 1 tha a lory of the bishop a love for an ar-traaa ar-traaa who had auataJned an unpardonable relationship to hla boat friend. That 'Mend a hair had turned gray. and. with all good wtehes tn tha world, ha had da-Mned da-Mned to continue loving Tha lady had tn Informed that fhay ware to be good Menda only Tha clargyman had hja suspicions, but -a friend Had like & gentleman. Than e lady aplllad the beana by tolling tha truth. Ma would forgive har. but tha tagy doesn't want forg1venaaa-or tha clargyman She sands htm away from har in aplte of thla epiaode In hla un-ola'a un-ola'a Ufa, however, the epilogue proves that the nephew haa dacllnad to ba eon- read Ha wmnta to marry hla actrvaa mtt aa badly ag ha did before the Mahop utered tha confaaalonai Mlaa Dorla Kaena waa extraordinarily good aa tha -rrlng ac traaa ao good that ona critic ha suggested that she be given a trial aa Camllle. William Courtanay was good aa tha clargyman. although it la difficult to gain sympathy for a hero who Srat hunts for evidence againat hla lady lova and than, having found It. wants tn throw it away. Tha remainder of tha eaat waa fully competent. It ahould b said that Mlaa Kaana tn tha draaa of tha 'Ma la a moat alluring young lady. Tha Irlah playsre. who have boon on tour tn their repertoire of thlrtyfiur Playa. opened at Wallark'a thla weak, and were vary wall raoalwod. At tha moment of writing no Irish playgoor haa evl danoad hla deal re to take hla compatriots over tha jumps. In conformity with the precedent aatabltshed whan thay came to town last yaar. Onlv two policeman wara assigned In Wallack'a on the open-1 open-1 ng night. In dlscou ragl n g contraat t o tha honov. atone thro win a; featlvml wher "Tha Playboy of tha Weatam World'' waa flrat offered. "I think.' aald ljady Gregory, tha pa tronaaa of th playara. "that onr countryman country-man have ragatnad thalr aenaa of humor hu-mor eee Tha rrltlee aaom quits confident that Fdwln Milton Rovie s "t'nwrltten tow" la destined to an aarly grave. It waa nSTarad at the Fulton the ara. Tt la not only very arloomv. but tha varloua char-acta char-acta ra ara tnronalatent and nconv1n'lna .Mlaa Vav BucWter olavad wth roppMera-Ms roppMera-Ms powor aa tha abused wife. 'and Frank A hart dan waa unoommonlv goog aa a saloon keeper who began as a hr and ended aa a villain. IN THB OEVBV ROOM. Robert Milliard and Joaeph W. Har-, Har-, hart, tba comadlati librettist, ara boaoui |