| Show 0 1 A AIN 1 IN THE PALAce ALACE l MRS DANES OF THE KINO KING i DEFENse I 1 y f jIo M Mr T r R WORLDS ST AGell i 1 I IADA ADA RERAN REHAN In II SWEET NELL OF OLD DRURY po f I 0 v y v T f T l T IS 18 entirely within the bounds or of ortruth IT truth to 10 aa say that Viola lola Allen as Donna Dolor In Lorimer Stoll atod dards dard of P Ie lactose lann Crawfords novel In Ih the PAlace ot of the Ule XIn btu bh made malle the hit or of her life II Ilse Allen I Is the current attraction at the Theater Republic In this city and will probably M main there during durin tM the remainder of Ih the season At It any rl rate It I Is certain that U If she should before summer ummer It II will 1 be due to toDome Dome JOme previous made mad Ly by her and not to an any lack of popularity on the part ot of herself or orIn orIn In the Palace lAlace of the 1011 Ilu Allen to 1 b by no mu means a Ir great at no nc notrees trees but I have never ner seen her In a arole arole role In whIch she was waH not acceptable In otter words word while she sh lacks lackl she Ihl has haa a treat great deal IIRI of ability and when she hl is III ut east for n role rolo like that of Donna Dolores In In the tho Palace lalace or of the King where there Is III opportunity for her to display her declamatory power she Is III Isas as satisfactory All as one could wl h That Thatis is I why tho Iha star and the have ml made e such uch nn enormous hit III ht this city It would bo be a waste of space spart to 10 at attempt tempt to give hc tho story of In the tho Pal PalIce Palace Ice ace of the ling Inasmuch as 1111 the tho novel Is said to 10 have had In an Immense sale sail It need only ho said that Mr dr work or has been Jeen done exceedingly well welland II and tint t the several changes hi li h he has made greatly Improve the story alory and its lIs interest For Instance In Inthe Inthe the book tho kinK king slabs his hili brother Don John ot of Austria and Imagines that he has hns killed him the blame fr for forthe the crIme being assumed by M Mendoza the th hick and thin adherent ot of ICIng George of Ih the played the rots roll or of the gloomy monarch And nt by 11 the way hi his performance anti and that given Inn hy by Mr Ir J In In n the Pale Palace ot of the King were strikingly similar I Jn In Inan many reelects t Mrs Vane Danea Do De tense a plAY In four acts a s hy by heny henya Arthur JonI Jo a is 11 lit P thin thing r I r In II Y h by Ih this P theater theat r stork company Like most rost of I er two dips II whIch watch to In Ms H practiced mind Indicate that she la IN sit An Ile tell her so and hp he ceness PI ea Lionel after a del ded or of a drug gie Ie finally agrees 1 to r give her up III a and till the play end Inda Me Ir Henry Arthur playa tu proba enjoyed ai 04 great tOt R a vogue at as those thOlf ot of an any living dramatist among persons who Ito do not go too loo deeply Into the ot of construction and proba alost of them It I Is true trul art are r rather than Ihan dramatic but nn nev they please for tor he I ls one or of the bet best playwrights It not on one of the tho dramatic author IN the world It ItIs Is III therefore all 11 the more mort surprising that Ihal with the numerous works lit hw has ha turned out Mr Jones Jonn hA has never writ written tn ten It a RO good Ml lut isal At act Its III The Dan Dancing Girl the last hut act wu was the 11 blot marred the picture which had gone one before It I should hould hue have I been Hh left hr entirely The lira i I Is true of many others of the June plays and It it II true tru of Mrs Dan J p pI I Wit h the exposure ouch br down dOI tI d ails lI the fins I full fall of that an iter g a t d at al i e l k P f M tit t t M Y ti a la l s tr IN THE PALACE OF THE KING r v Ny Q a 5 e a OONA DOLOR S I I I tVA 7 k y f f r y r rt M D t I i 1 r r V Ill Philip In the pIli play n a new character Is Introduced In the person of Cardinal Luis Luls do Torres It is II the cardinal who In the tho play II is L by till the king and It Is s Don John who the for tOI tho supposed death of his friend In the hook book R a In III the play there Is really no death and till the I II that the cardinal le III 1111 alive le Is mad InId I the tho partial excuse for forcing the kin kinto king kingto I to consent to tho ho marriage of Don John and Donna Thoro Th re ore several In In th tie Palace ot of the King II and nil in III each of these Muse Allen ly Iy figures conspicuously That she also creditably may be judged from what I have already said sahl r llamas the tho unknown young actor who 1110 plays the role of Don John of oC AustrIa I a certain to te become on one of our most popular leading mn men lie He lone II a aL L handsome faro face and loin an ex exl l physique and were werf It not for his unpleasant shuffling gait he would make an ideal matinee Idol It le II more than however that this dp de defeet feet will be remedied U as soon a as It la ii brought to hi his notice by hi his r era Mr reads rad and hIs enunciation Is II as aa clear cler II as a bell III Ills selection for the thc role rol ot of Don John of Austria Into which he II a as nicely QI as though It were written tt specially for tor I him I Is n a to the ability of Mr I George C TJ Tyler r th the of the I company as a Judge o of em m talent Marcia Van n handy nandy handyside side and C IHU Allen Allton u as the of de sad and An onto Perez lerz respectively Were accepts ble Blanche Moulton was a an ideal lowa Dowager r Duchess of and 1100 Gertrude Norman w was fairly good goodas fill as Donna hues the blind Irl but bul the hit ot of the evening aside Ide from Al AI Allen len was made madl b WIlliam Norris a as Miguel d de Astons the court fool Mr Norris performance Ia I one or of the bet best things to In character work seen In Ne New NewYork York In lIIn many years Irs Plympton ee King Philip would ha have made the hit or of th the plea l had II t been n 1 a comic opera Nothing funnier than his Idl hl has been seen Hen on Broadway since the Ibe ot of King In which J F FADA 11 ADA cos GWYNN SWEET SWEtT NI LL Mr Ir Jones dramas Mrs lrA Danes p Dc fence purports to Le be II a study Iud of th the sex leX problem nl Mrs Irl Dune when she was a mere child way was induced to elope b by 1 a scour coun drel who afterward her In Vi Vienna I enna whence she returned to a little I country countr town lown where her Iler child was born This no Car nr HI as I is thrown In hr Inthe the play piny l Is the only blot upon OtI AIra ra Danes Dans ChamDler She Ip leads an exemplary life And eventually meets meet and falls desperately and genuinely nu In love loe with Lionel Carteret Ih the adopted IOn eon of Sir Daniel Carteret an eminent Judge Judie Sir Daniel In ids his early dA days had Men been Mener very er much In hr love lol with the mother ot of I fact flUt an n elopement loS nt had Men been Ilia planned Meet and nd tilt the illness of the boy alone prevented the woman oman front CroUl carr carry lug InK out her Iler part of at the air then returned to London JAndon met the and lIll they ar agreed I that their love wu was hopeless and tM they should strive to forget fot It That Sir Daniel never nver dose forget It is II made t tb b by the fact t that when the woman dies III II he adopt her lIr Non the 00 lay who liter later falls Calli In love wit with Mrs Dane air Daniel when ln III be learns of tr the In ot of the boy for tor a I II I ly hll hla sailor I IN grieved and endeavor vora to dissuade hIm trunk hit his purls to 10 marry malT her br nut But t the youngster thinks think hll he la II very touch In love lorl Anti and will not nat listen to fact acl he succeeds In In Ing air Daniel that th the Ito rill rile told of Mn M Dane were flirt prompted b by malice Sir IM del take charge chare of I IN and prepares the tbt facts to be used in B a libel suit which is 19 to have the effect of publicly clearing Mrs Mr Dance In his cold logical and incisive he tb the worn om oman an t r t 11 e purpose or of bringing out IV ev which tan can la In any WI way redound I to her ter credit din Mra Dane Oane however I le leof of cou curie merely merel acting a part and un under dr der tb the lawyers II rut ruthless h I though kind kindly Ily ly intended she ahe make Ik one I 1 lilt all arts of little episodes simply dispel the Illusion L by the Ihl excellent material Is 19 dragged In with the result that the nu au when It leaves leavell the theater Is only about half naif a as well pleased as It was lit at th the end ot of the third ACt Mr lr Dan Danes like all Rill Em tire theater plays was excellently net lIet eft Ly by the following cast Sir Mir lr Justin NG adopted son Joseph J k Jr CI vies et 01 I I 1 w it II yr It Eo Y V yr I J Jana 0 nay ye I r a sprat t George J Jr r rd d It et Lady Eu site vii boiler beder st It a lit SIlt Mr In IMae yn In Just glen 10 r tidy I Dal Tats was WAI Mr Ir Charles All Mra as 11 a member of oC the I Empire theater stock look company II Ile succeeds Mr Ir Pavenham whose illness made his hll lm temporary r nece sary 1 and nd whose projected starring tour far lor nut next season will make his return t I I th company Im Impossible In th this connection RM are inevitable and j without going too deeply Into them I Ia Iam a am Inclined to think that Mr Ir I wilt lit be found a very er nt for lor Mr Ir J Indeed to put pul It bluntly I think h he I la a very l much bet better ter a actor tor and certainly mUch more of In an arUt Miss 11 Margaret Anglin in hi Mr IIII Danes Defense does dOH the only really ROOd work ork that she h h has shown since she played to I Cyrano dl de tIN Ml JP Je ward ard the leading woman of oC tM lie organ orn orni i III as lady a Hart of I Mood good In piA played I Nith admirable a role which I might easily have been overdone In fact the only individual performance which I thought not worthy of oC lr was all that of Joseph Jr All as Carteret the wilful adopted eon BOU of the Justin Carteret It If Ada da who ho I is now at the theater In this ell city hid had come to 10 town ton with Paul tom com In tour four acts Sw Sweet t Nell of Old Drury a few month ago alo she he and the piece l ha have made mad a hit which would have hal enabled them to remain In town tOWI throughout the season Muon for then Ihen We hat had not seen Henrietta CromAn In Nell 11 As It Jn t lIu gives all an ex excellent performance of oC an I excellent pIa play anti and were It II to avold comparisons It be the PArt ot of kindness to do so but nil all tile the attend attendant ant circumstances invite them Judged by the of Mistress Nell NII SI t Nell Jaen ot of Old Drury I is not a IIno Nell ell Onn Gwynn play pia It lacks the Ihl lightn u I of touch the easy euy grace lit of language I and Ih the 1 of r nl sl s xit lh abound l n 1 1 I A Nell Ilp II R it III Ie 1 1 i toed as II d It is 18 a am I I m l drana v hi Nell Is I I I II I I w l y 11 Z b I I I I pure comedy out and out and mighty good remedy comedy at that DurIng Mr Ir Augustin Da Dalys lifetime there wu was In this city II a coterie of writ era rs who regarded It liS as clo closely akin to to suggest et II a comparison be between between tween Adl Ada and an any other ac actress tress e especially it If the comparison were wre drawn to Miss H hans detriment She was undoubtedly 1 n great actress and nd she Is still n a fine actress alres but Lut even een making due allowance for the superior superiority ity ot of Mistress Nell and the better LIler treatment by the author of the thecae foor ti r of oC the orange Orall girl who ho be became ame the kings favorite Miss lI s work suffers woefully IV by with that of oC h Henrietta enrietta CromAn Still as I hr have already said If Miss and hr play h had d come Into New York be beare are Miss lIa and her pia play nil all would l have been ten welt well As the they did not It h 11 a question whether Sweet Nell of Old Drury and Miss MII Ada Ila will reate much ot of sensation a In this city I t the players In Sweet Nell of oC Old Drury aside Ide from apes Rehan no one Is entitled to special mention except While Whittlesey To Mr Ir Whittlesey II Has the rule of Charles Charls of f Thle young oun actor nelor Is an ex handsome man mall with as aa aal easy l iV and distinguished a carriage ns as an any player on the American siege lie De sides this hIs declamation is II really ex exI I elk nt nl and he never allows himself to 10 tobe be Je tricked into IndulgIng In theatrical I which are an frequently a applause gell getters r Mr Ir hiss hili Improved I with lh each succeeding engagement arid d th there re are those who think that thaC Mr I made malle n a mistake In not Ing him as the loading man or of the Im Bm I Aire theater stock company when Mr Ir 11 illness made his hie retire retirement ment nece necessary arr ARTHUR CruSPIN CRISPIN New Nel York seems bound to creep Into any pastime In time It if it IL Is played b by professionals It Is nn an Invariable rule to which hew if IC any exceptions can be found that th the golden age of any sport Is compassed b by the period In which It itIs Is III played purely Ly by amateurs Pty JW tar far the largest crowds and the tho greatest Interest In bo baseball ball were before the In Inception of professional prole leagues s dM did much probably more than Ihan anything else elt to kill ort oft Interest In rowing foot running Prizefighting has become so 80 near nearly with fakes and Jobs that the at such affairs ox ex expect pest to be lInk and oven even when they do witness n a taut that Is decided on Its merit tire the are In doubt na as to Its fairness and after almost eer every such luch affair or of 11 any Importance a cry Cf or 0 f fraud la ii raised In n horse hore racing th the taint I is It if possible more deeply Imbedded In the vitals of tho sport It affairs continue In their present course the baseball bat will In time come to be l ns as the insignia ot of instead of the main implement ment in III on one of the greatest games ever eer Invented Not content with Its abuse In Inthe inthe the summer game It t was wal recently used ud In n dastardly manner In In an unprovoked assault on the umpire during a gRIM game of Indoor baseball College toot football ball has haa for tor several years past drawn far larger crowd and aroused more enthusiasm than any other sport The reason for this is II ob obvious Ious The fhe game Is played strictly on Its merits and lInd the players get Iet no pe pc remuneration for tor taking part art artIn Jn In a word ord It Is fe Rn an amateur sport In the strictest sense of the term The pro promoters of sports In various arlous parts of the country or are casting long longIng longing Ing eyes on the large sums lIum of money that now flow into the coffers of the colleges collages after atler every Important contest conlest on the |
