Show An adjunct absolutely unique In the annals of the tho theatre has been Installed in the Casino theatre New Kew York City by Fred C. C Whitney and to Its agency may be traced the fact that the great grea strain on the voices of the chorus men and women of The Chocolate Soldier has no appreciable effect on on- their voices which continue as fresh and strong in spite of the six months' months wear and tear tearon tearon tearon on them as when the opera was first produced in ip New York early In the season sea sea- son This Innovation is nothing more nor less than the installation of a thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- equipped throat hospital or in- in under the direction of Dr Joseph Mull Muir the well known throat specialist ape ape- and a trained nurse working under under under un un- der his direction in is which tho the ch rus girls particularly are treated every night before the second act in which in the finale there Is such a tremendous I strain on their singing powers For some fome weeks before the installation of the hospital In the casino many of the young women of the chorus and some of the tho principals as well had found It necessary necessary necessary sary to take private treatment for their throats The presentation of Twelfth Night a athe at atthe atthe the New theatre disclosed several novelties novelties novel novel- ties Ues which drew forth favorable comment from Shakespearean scholars One o othe of the most pleasing Innovations was the singing by Viola of the little love song which for years has been sung by Feste the clown The departure If It may be beso beso beso so termed was made possible by the fad fac that Miss alias Annie Russell who plays Viola possesses a fine voice In the text tet which has been handed down to posterity the song Is given give to Feste but It seems most mos likely that Shakespeare's original Intention Intention intention tion was that Viola should sing the air When Director Ames found that Miss Mis Russell could sing as al well as act he was delighted and assigned to her the melo mob dy In fact the change from Viola to Feste seams so uncalled for that there can hardly be any doubt that the change chango was made not by Shakespeare but by some ens stage fad manager i forced to meet inset a sudden misadventure It rf Is probable r a that tha when Shakespeare wrote the play the boy who took the part of Viola possessed a voice In a later production the boy could not sing ant and the clown was te Miss Edith Wyne Vyne Matthison l the noted English actress who recently arrived in New York after appearing in London InThe in inThe inThe The Great Divide and The Servant In Inthe Inthe inthe the House has been engaged as a member member mem mem- ber her of the New Kew Theatre company and will make mako her first appearance shortly when Sister Beatrice a new play b by Maurice is produced Miss Mis Matthison in private life lite is Mrs Charles Charle Rann Kennedy Henry B. B Harris who Is directing the tour of Ruth St. St Denis whose dances are the sensation of the current curren theatrical season has arranged through Hancock Whilden Insurance brokers of No William street New York fo for insurance on Miss St. St Denis' Denis arms arm against injury by accident This is an unusual procedure for a dancer but Inasmuch Inasmuch inasmuch Inas Inas- much as Miss 1 St. St Denis' Denis arms are brought more Into play than he her lower limbs in her terpsichorean features features fea fea- tures and as Mr Harris has made a number of contracts for this dancers dancer's appearance in different cities in which there is a forfeit clause if she is unable to appear he has merely exercised i a business mans man's precaution and placed this insurance The company which took the risk was Lloyds of London skis ski's fingers were insured for and Mischa Elman Eiman the celebrated boy violinIst violinist violinist violin violin- had his digitals Insured for so this sort of Insurance gambling Is no noan not an unknown feature Ralph E. E Renaud wrote his views on Mary Janes Jane's Pa for the San Francisco Chronicle as follows An utterly unconventional person always has the fresh harm Charm of the unexpected unexpected unexpected and so it is with Mary Janes Jane's Pa both as a play and a personage In Inthe Inthe Inthe the lines the real zest of existence Is de described described described de- de scribed as allowing the casual to happen and those at the Savoy last night had hac only to sit back comfortably In their chairs to bring this condition about With such a deliciously whimsical and fascinatingly fascinatingly original story unfolding itself with quaint situations and quainter characters characters characters char char- it is impossible to sit back any other way If t the weather Is depressing c aJ If the chimney wont won't o draw If the potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes are underdone if the children have been disrespectful and If lf everything bu buthe but the sky seems blue my prescription as dramatic doctor Is an evening at the thi Savoy You'll chuckle It off Max FIgman plays Pa and as he admitted In a curtain speech It makes him a little nervous as It Is unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented in his career But the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances of his appearance are not un un- lie He came into the part by natural Inheritance For several seasons he has been Henry E. E Dixey's legatee legates Not that Dixey is dead but only sleeping to relinquish a part like Hiram Perkins But he did so because he got peeved and wouldn't play one-night one stands Figman took the role and assumed It with what looks very much like aplomb Charlotte Walkers Walker's metropolitan debut as a star will take place at Belasco's theatre theatre theatre the the- atre Tuesday evening next This will be bean bean bean an event of double interest as she will appear In a new play from the pen of her husband Eugene Walter Valter written especially especially espe cape daIly for her entitled Just a Wife This drama Is the first written by Mr Walter Valter since the production of The Easiest Wa Way Naturally there Is a great deal of curiosity to see whether he helas helias las has come up to the highest standard oi of technique and realism which he attained in the latter play Just a Wife has been tried out In Cleveland and that city seems to have placed upon It its stamp of approval Charles Frohman ohman made his sixteenth original stage production this season In presenting Ethel Barrymore in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's Mid I a at the Empire re theatre tr last Monday lc y night lg There could scarcely be a more inviting bill than Ethel Barrymore returned to the stage In a new Pinero pia play The announcement fairly bristled with Interest Interest Inter Inter- est eat Mid Channel with Miss Barrymore Barrymore Barrymore Barry- Barry more In the character of Zoe Zoo Blundell lell was announced by Mr Frohman ohman for a two months' months engagement at the Empire theatre e no more no less e The play Is ol foJ rs in four acts and it is the f first serious work of Sir Arthur Pinero to find production production production pro pro- in America since His ills House in Order a S SAn An audience which assembled the distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis- dis people In every walk of life In Boston marked the opening performance perform perform- ance of the Sam S. S Shubert theater on Monday evening January 24 i. The dedication dedication dedication dedi dedi- cation of this beautiful new playhouse to the citizens of Boston was as unostentatious unostentatious unostentatious and direct as the mann In which It was built There were no long speeches no poems of dedication no laudation of the genuine enterprise which has lias Invested a large largo sum in this undertaking under under- taking but as the initial offering and as token of the future of the Sam S. S Shubert Shubert Shubert Shu Shu- bert theatre there appeared upon its stage for this occasion E. E II H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe players who stand supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme in their profession and whose artistic accomplishments make malte their appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap upon Its stage a sufficient dedication dedication dedication dedi dedi- cation for any playhouse And thus by bythe bythe the simple giving over lver of possession to tots Its ts first audience has the Sam S. S Shubert Shubert Shu- Shu bert theatre begun to make theatrical history in Boston Mr Sothern and Miss Marlowe chose for their first performance on the stage of the Sam S. S Shubert theatre The Taming of the Shrew and the s co-s stars co-stars ars arsand and their supporting organization gave a notable performance of of tho the delightful Shakespearean farce The Taming of the tho Shrew was likewise the tho bill for Tuesday s a and Wednesday y nights nights' Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- J day and Friday d edn nights 1 and Saturday nr rf matinee The Merchant of Venice was WItS the offering while Saturday night Romeo and Juliet had a single performance performance per 1 All Chicago continues to talk about the great newspaper play The Fourth Estate Estate Estate Es Es- tate which is at the tho Grand Opera house with every prospect tl that at It will be benec nee 5 S 1 i- i S 4 S Sc f c t I i 1 I JiL j ci ch S r r rJ 1 J Scene From Act 2 or of George Barr McCutcheons McCutcheon's Beverly at the Colonial Theatre Next Week essary to give an extra matinee some day dayto to accommodate those disappointed theatregoers theatregoers the the- who were not wise enough to secure their seats for the regular performa performance per per- forma ce far tar In advance d ane Marguerite Clarks Clark's success In The Wishing Ring the Owen Davis comedy which she gave at a special matinee perO performance performance per per- O In New York was of such a I nature that t the s are c considering s n reviving the r. r piece Miss I Clark Is still tV i appearing in King l g. g of ad a I It Is after the run of the iatter tatter that she may play Broadway with The Wishing Ring The City evidently has created a profound profound profound pro pro- found impression not only in America but many foreign countries That this is the case Is proved by the fact that ElIzabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza ElIza- beth Marbury the and agent for the Fitch estate has received offers from managers In practically every European European European Eu Eu- country fo for t the e rights to the piece The Barrier the dramatization of Rex Beachs Beach's novel of Alaska by Eugene with Theodore Roberts in the therole therole therole role of John Gale was well received at Klaw Erlanger's New Amsterdam theatre theatre the the- atre New York City The play was criticised criticised because of its frankly melodramatic qualities the object for which author playwright and management earnestly worked Merited praise was awarded Mr Roberts ts W. W S. S Hart as D Dan St Stark Alphonz Alphonz Al- Al Y dSt Ethler Ethier t r as lis as and d Florence e Rockwell as Necla Necia Emphasis was laid upon the team work of the whole com corn pany The public decided that a little good red blood in their theatrical fare was not amiss and accepted the play and company at its face value Attendance increased steadily from the first night The engagement was limited to three weeks only as Madame X comes into the New Amsterdam on February 2 McIntyre and Heath In the John J. J McNally musical comedy In Hayti have struck a swift pace In the northwestern northwestern northwestern north north- western territory Thirty-one Thirty degrees I below zero In temperature g and the h biggest biggest big big- wh 1 gest house of the year were er the h conditions conditions condi condi- 0 encountered the first night In Win Win- George Sammis manager for Klaw Erlanger back with with the the company wrote that he had his ears frozen and the theman theman theman man ahead writing from Portland Or toward which city the company Is headed headed head head- ed ed complained of the heat Meantime the company was bucking snow drifts on special special special cial trains to reach Billings and Butte McIntyre and Heath are Immensely funny In In Hayti Carrie Reynolds Julian Rose and Jane Burby with a big chorus form a strong background for these two clever black faced comedians who are unequalled today on the American Ameri Amen can stage in depiction depletion of Georgia and Alabama negro types |