Show 1 tt P f j to I rt 1 t i iI I R TAy W My Ry ELK WAi STINSON S W WIh t Ih Iu by I Mole by loo ci photo by bl Horner lIonor PROMINENT RIDERS IN THE SIX DAY CYCLE RACE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW YORK O o oo o n oo o O O 0 0 0 THE 0 0 o o 0 o II CO o 0 STAGE II 00 00 00 00 0 r 00 0 fO o Oo KELCEY AND SHANNON FAIL TO SCORE WITH eo 8 00 0 0 I I 00 11 MY Y DAINTY I I 0 0 oooo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo oo I r man many yeah yeara ago aro was an excellent nt comic Para perR soubrette Ue whose work eIt every now and ami then rau caused d her friends I Ito to predict for tor lair her a brilliant u at atan uan an adieu There were re evl ot of genius but or other they never seemed to fructify later on when she stopped and ond begAn to 10 write Playa Illas for other peo pIe to act In the same peculiarity wa was observed Some Bome ot of her playa lII t I to Indicate that Mrs Mra was de des destined tined to 10 become a writer of really great reat light comedy hut but again as AI In the old days she fAiled to up to 10 the promise of tier her work She has haa had Ir pr dUlled ducted a number of comedies among which may be mentioned r Jr In which John Drew appeared An American Citizen which Wail wea uteri one by Nat Goodwin and Maxine A Coat of Many Colors Colora and andt t The Mr Dugle admire lily played by an excellent company headed hy by Annie antI and Joseph I Holland Of this lot Jr r was by all 1111 odds odd the beet but even oen that vat WIlS far from being convincinG In II Its qualities Herbert Kelcey and Eme Shannon ShAMon re cantly produced another play 11 by Mr flyby ley Its pretty title I Is 11 My Lady Lad Dainty and ea as may he be the thebo bo hest role le 18 that which II played plated by MI Mice fJ Shannon It would be Idle to as al allert 3 Pert lert that My Iy lAdy Dainty contains t E po no good but they are few tew and far between and what le I more the va n motives which go to 10 make up the complications are not lul strong trong to warrant the tho outcome As 8 tl a roeun toe tho pia play Is not convincing ono and andl l I oven It If It were It would not be a agrist grist work fork It would at least leut be an ae one The first act III one ot of the most uninteresting and glaringly amateurish h bits ot of dramatic construction I ho havo ever seen een on the professional stage and It le Is a 11 mystery to me that this If the play pou no other did not deter Charlie Frohman from Ing II Ifo Ho le Is generally I to be the most mOlt i l i astute manager In the United Stat Satee but he secured th the pia play and held It for tor tora fora a long time lime until All as an especial favor tavor to Mr Kelcey and lIls Shannon he them to make use ule of It What Is more on the tho stage after the lIt lint n night ht performance I 1 heard him log Ing some very ery valuable to MillS Ilse Shannon anti and later convening with her and Mr Ir Iel Kelcey e In 1 a manner which indicated that the premiere had In no way lessened hIs faith In the piece M Iy Lady Dainty elm ply wont do It lacks lacka the true ring and amt In heart interest of the really ally etch Ing kind It I Is W woefully fully deficient There Therel l is material In It for no nn excellent story or even for a 11 two ad act comp tl I f 3 but when It Is spun out into 1 a f ur II 1111 i play the plot b dag dragge an nod tn to the Pt along pant P It is IR that with a 0 Ira II II I I I lea first act and the introduction of a little fin the remaining acts to say Fay nothing of the fu of a I I stronger motive for tur the hero and II a trifle more mort In the therole role ot of the villain the piece will yut lIt I L Lt LI Lf 1 r i fi f I I s t l t tt te tt tI tA f e t t 1 I A V I I f w r r t j i SHANNON Nw ro will out Lilt but it IC these shortcomings ore not supplied My Iy Lady Dainty will come pretty prett close clo e to answering to 10 the J tAtion There Wil seer an cast u ae fol follow follow low low r retie Rehr ut Der fonds h Jar Wiliam Roar A rem china roler 1 l A II lot William J Jr ley tidy Lady Ludy Oglethorpe Canis lair her 11 lannon XII 11 Pol t Italy Miss IIII In My y I Lady 1 Dainty are greater than III ht any play Illar In which I 1 remember to b have seeh I her In fact she has haa the tM only rally rood good I Irole role In the JlII Sh she tak takes advantage ot of the authors lines to th the ex I lent ot of which she Is capable In suffering bereft I Mia Ml Shannon Is lit at her beet and for that thai reu ceases tar hr I work In My Lady Idy Dainty WAS wall as good goodre I re any thAt she h thai h done for many mallY years Miss U Shannen I is not An ac 80 actress tress o of much power and It I a ItU que tinn whether the role would not fist hOle have bt n tl In the hands ot of some stronger player for tor there a ars mui enta when Siy If Lad Lady Dainty I Is required W to rive give ot of the most I sort lort of oC emotion However little fault taul i ian ran an be found with Miss Shannon e eMt Mt dr Kelc Kelcey r did not have a part In My lAdy Dainty This cc ao tore torl forte I ii dress suit rol aM M th the wise wll author oho ho is II writing R a play for lor Mr Ir I Kelcey elcey will III always permit him to wind up In conventional evening attire no matter what hat garb larh he may inflict up upon upon on him prior r to 10 the final act Hut in My Iy Lady Dainty Mr lIr Kel Kelcey ty I Ii In as a ashard hard lur lurk k at the Pad as at the opening ot of the play and there la II not o I ty for tor what the turf writers art are pleased 1 Ita to designate as a spectacular finish I t l j J y r M 5 a r to 9 4 j jj jjr r a t r J 1 r r ear 4 7 t t HER ERT KELCEY PHOTO COY L RDE L S SAN ND UY l v Mr Kelcey eln Cork d hard end lout but 1 an almost e and Ind a thoroughly obscure and his ble role there thlire could be but result Mr Kelcey like many other more dill dis ornaments ot of the stage hall ha s his hll end anti what I is more Inor they are unusually well defined When he is II rive given a part which simply limply requires It its I exponent to look and act t the lire or even th the gentlemanly villain he is III aU all right especially It if till the rote rol I is A thoroughly conventional one when Mr Kelcey la Is called upon to he is II ill all at sea lIa Ita as asa a Coquelin would not be able t do any anything thing with the character of William Vane Oglethorpe It is not to lO be won wondered on dered at that Mr Kelcey I INY tailed f to makE on n In It t I I Ioor stuff as It is II My l Lady tAd Dainty I Iv reasonably satisfactory from Miss MiCI standpoint but It If Mr Kel KelI I Icy cy Is wi wise and entertains any aay regard for his hili artistic pu tIe does doel he will bel My 1 Lady Dainty I without delay dela J cars mm and what Is II mOre god oli lug to t the hll trouble ot of 1111 curd 1 unconvincing tub Ift ItO failure little We aU all have the frailties which appear to be necessary lathe la I the snake Inake up Ul of the ani animal mat mal but In no walk or of lire lite Is more noticeable than in the d lion ion In III the manner pt I eneal name aam the Ole harmless pi a or 01 or whatever hater you ou wish to laU It always lIa i cornea umea conspicuously to the fore let the contain the name Dana ot of the most unimportant pia I In the cast Iut and ald he or she will make all as much fuss tuu bout about It all as though the felt at of the nation depended depend e upon A the th correct 1 spelling or of that particular cognomen Th Then n the development Into dignity ot of I names the of which have secured In thIr chosen hOllIn pro km I is also very 11 In the stock of Dalys Daly theater a hr hI h his t is perhaps the strongest m III this there thre are aN two young youn la ia dies no now billed a a Cecilia am f Tyree When hila s T Tyree at O a Isle In tb company site Ih was 11 content to b 00 known JI gs Tyree and Miss oil Loftus until recently was IV paid an enormous for lor giving Imitations ot of other actors despite the fact that she he was Wat billed In invariably variably ai Loftus Nat at was wal bout about the test comic opera runny funny nun this country has ever ver seen n hut but the great of today who Is I without with without out a peer In It hs special line is II Mr Nat al alC C Goodwin fh the Nathaniel Ita stage bas ball not yet It been reached but Mr Goodwin In I Is still lUll a young loan amt it is II never nver tOo toolate late lat to snake little han INI Dailey Daile used to be 1 a great vaudeville favorite fa but now he is II liked under themore the tho more Inure dignified designation ot of Mr Peter Peterr JI r Dailey There Thelt II gas OR a prom i rent mana manager r of f thi this city Ity who rose rOI from the ranks ranta It t ever n man mall SId did and during his hili progress hi iris name iame lit to said to have undergone no less Ie than live Ave distinct changes In arrangement It I Inot Is not ot of record that the present I American nelor clor wu was eve ever known knowli M I I MILLS I DI k Mansfield lan eld but after all this should merely serve 1111 III as one une of the IX ex going to prove the he general ruleA rule A young woman whose execution onti on onI th ti Pianoforte has hal been praised by bye byn I e n me of the beet beat masters In hi the world is II IIII Mies II II Lotta Mills II Mille is a native f raw I York state and her genius for I music being early recognised she he was wal rat lit abroad where was WAI gIven en the of oC instruction by II th great areat le Ie leI I o the friend of amt I th the Instructor ot of and Ga Miss lIls Mills made mad hr her formal debut as aa asa aaa a pianist with Anton Anion In Washing Washington lUn ton In 1991 on which occasion she per Ier Concerto then she has haa visited In her professional man many of the large titles of this country a 81 the pianist of neat musical She I II is isI I about aboul to make a tour beginning In New ew ewI I York and ending In Minneapolis and aliI It le III said It by those who are presumed to tot tois t is In a to 10 judge that there lit is litI a aI I gnat In lore for or Ih the music lovers loera I of th the s Chr hl ss I t I I t 7 New ew York t Inuit uN liS II It WU was In Balli Baltimore more Forrest had been importuned to engage that great reat wag w anti and practical joker Oh Charles h bury for his hill company Salsbury sense ot of the ridiculous hd had got him Int Intall Into all manner of trouble end and he found foun I It to secure an engagement Mr took him In however and mI one n while playing In ale try bury took a brief night rr R he ploy that nl night ht was wall Othello and IU one 01 Mr fr Forrest orrell U as th our rend hose stirring words worda T 1 s I lit a Id had ad act Front Froin the gallery o a Price Pic You Youre right but the two were wre V VIt worse Oral It was u He tI had stewed at ted himself up aloft to enjoy enJo th the an nee but resist the to 10 work ork in on of his hili humorous J ll Forrest raved tM the stOne n fur It his hll a act t but s Imry CAme In smiling so 10 y he was all never neler suspected Pf ted t |