Show Previous to the coming of to St. St Louis the management of the Garrick Garrick Gar- Gar rick th theatre atre where she site played hired half halt halfa a dozen automobiles and as many messengers messengers mes to deliver l reserved seats that were ordered In advance ance The novelty Is said to have created neater much attention Sam Bernard has a new method of handling pass fiends He has had personal personal per per- cards printed i the upper tipper e left lefthand lefthand hand c corner of gil which is written Itt Pass p two Wednesday matinee When a re reQuest request request re- re quest comes to the comedian he one of the cards and then chuckles to himself elt for tor Mr Bernard never neVAr plays plas a 11 Wednesday matinee C Comedy mEdy will not travel over fifty feet declares cIarEs Law Lew Dockstader A joke Is good for tor a laugh from n a man roan fifty l feel away At five Sixty feet flet It will draw a smile At seventy five feet feel the humor has filtered out and the hearer If it he hp does hear does not see anything funny tunny In Inthe inthe the shot That is 18 what I sa say your theatres theatres thea thea- tres small so that you can have your our audience right around you ou when you talk to them A little joke Is Ia lost completely in a great big theatre It Is the reason that people say the New Theatre in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York is not adaptable for the performance of comedies or light opera One of oC th the main troubles nowadays Is the large size of the theatres that are being built I I like a cozy theatre where you feel that every everyone one in the place can hear every word and everything you do Is Ia noticed by the audience One day when the stage mana manager er was not listening Nazimova declared that her Ideal of acting Is not to make my audience audi audi- nee ence laugh or cry many actresses can cando cando cando do that I want to make them reel feel when they go away from the theatre that I have made them there think Frank Daniels Is the happiest man In New York The sudden shifting of at attractions attractions attractions at- at tractions In the Shubert New York theatres theatres theatres the the- atres made necessary on account of th the large number of plays that are entitled to a a. Broadway verdict Included Mr DanIels Daniels Dan Dan- ida and his The Belle of Brittany among those slated for tor an early railroad Journey It now develops that Mr DanIels lan Dan will not remove from Dalys Daly's at least for tor some months to come Ills His piece Is one of the enjoyable hits of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York season Mary Mannering Is seriously considering consider consider- log ing the chances of s success e of a modern hs g eISh ISh Sa Sat morality play I which h she wishes t to name Her lIeI personal belief Is III that man knows little of love It Is all passion This will be the basis of ot Ev Er The character she says is introduced by the character Nobody Nobody has told her about the dangers as well as the happiness of being a woman Every womans woman's companions are beauty modesty and youth In the Back Mr 1 Jerome's remarkably successful success success- ful play has registered nearly l S p performances per per- NI es Including cf erth the year It t ran n on the other side By Dy a careful computation of the capacity of Maxine I Elliotts Elliott's I theatre the the- lJ i dt ga sire atre which h has g generally e I been e reached al almost almost al- al most mot without exception during Forbes S' S Sem Robertson's em s phenomenally 0 n successful uc season season sea sea- eJ son there It Is estimated e that nearly e o playgoers s in New York have al already already al- al I ready g witnessed i this Ws exceedingly popular play without making allowance how however er er for those who have made more than one visit as evidenced by the familiarity of the faces Caces in the audience to the tile m management man management man man- n- n of ot the theatre thE anti the he Innumerable innumerable merable merabie letters received by Mr 1 Forbes Forbe Robertson The City Clyde Fitch's last play produced produced pro pro- for the first time In n New York 01 on SYb I Tuesday I nf night December c e 21 has broken k all metropolitan records for serious serious' dramas offered without any star In the thi final and absolute test of ot immediate box bo office receipts The City opened on Tuesday evening to business of On Wednesday evening the business Jumped no less than to 1250 Such an In Increase Increase increase In- In crease within twenty four hours Is II an unparalleled phenomenon for tor serious dramatic dramatic dra- dra matic offerings and is especially amazing when one considers that It occurred durIng dur- dur Ing the week before Christmas ordinarily the dullest week on the theatrical calen calen- dar Very wroth are the tile good people of San Antonio Tex at Olga Wailace Wai lace ise Munro Miss 1 agent comes In for Cor a share of the Indignation This is because Miss 1 failed tailed u to live up to an advance arrangement mad mall for her by Mr Munro She was wae to have ha addressed d the Civic Improvement v league I ISan on on- municipal I le r reforms reforms but g but did I den deno not not and o and San Antonio feels It t was 9 stung The New York Review under the head hrad A Pity Clyde Fitch Didn't Live says During the life lICe of the late Clyde Fit Fitch It Il was frequently said of his work that i It lacked genuine dramatic power Polish elegance adroitness clever characterization tion humor humor everything everything In short was WaR conceded saving only vital force Corce It i is I Ithe the Irony of fate that Mr Fitch Filch could no not have lived to see the first night of lila Ills play The City for Cor this would have iven Iven him the double privilege of creating a wonderful success and at the same time completely refuting the criticism most frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre leveled at him The rhe spectacle of ofa off a whole audience moved to the very verge of f h hysteria lt ri several ee e aT women actually faintIng faint faint- 1 Ing log and the th most self controlled persons in the house unable to resist shouting aloud In their emotion was wholly without precedent In the recent history of the stage Indeed we very much doubt If another such suh episode has ever occurred in any theatre In the world The occasion would indeed have been complete If the theman theman thenan man nan who planned the great and sweeping dramatic triumph could have participated In iii the event itself I 4 1 4 f 4 ii l Si Ii Aphie James as Katherine in ii I VIII VIll with Louis James a aLake at Lake theatre January 6 1 second act modesty is dismissed and In Inthe Inthe inthe the last beauty dies but clings to youth Why She has set out outto outto to find King Love v When n she e thinks hl S she has found u him he t turns G out t to be So o only passion in the guise of love It Is a wonderful play On Monday night December 27 27 Mr MrK Forbes Robertson Q appeared d f for r the one K se set hundredth d time at t Maxine Elliotts Elliott's t theatre theatre the the- atre In The Passing of ot the Third Floor i I O a at 4 s n i 1 1 i C A I 1 I e A I Beauty chorus with A Girl at the Helm at the Colonial theatre next week t |