Show r L t 11 LI U 1 L Letter J I thru c Special Correspondence Juno Jun will wil surely be 1 1 litigation over Lea Ioe Arthurs play pia called A l nc Man produced by hy A V a II week or no AO at lt Chicago Had tho ben beon benn n failure tho mutter In dispute would probably have bave boon blen alleged to die with It I but now nw that tho has accepted the work thus KIln giving It n value thol will 11 bo be something doing Tho Sullivan Harris Harrill Woods who arc to Institute the proceedings In question have no trouble with wih Mr tr directly but are utter after the tha author of ot A Man The members of 0 tha tho theatrical linn Irm mentioned state that thal canting about for tor a n play pIny for the use ule of at a 1 Hebrew I brel comedian named name Welch they Iller sent for tor Arthur Arlhur and ane sup supplied Sil plied him 1111 With n II quantity of ot suggestion tion which he ton from Ilde n I was WIS noo to them They Thy thereupon paid him a 1 sum Rum of as n advance a vance royalties and nud ho was ns aup SUII po d to complete the manuscript Af Afterward A thui resigned d and offered bIl his pIn to other theatrical men In Including who finally purchased tho production right Hulmn Harris Woods when they found that Arthur deliver del 1 their play e H and a n tur to make another comedy drama from Arthurs original scenario and this piece ploce Is II now no In their hands They Tho will wi not alone alona produce this but bill butIn billIn In letting seln up Ull their claim of ot ownership In the representation will wil to secure Keoun an n Injunction there him hll bean beon un upheaval Harris Woods und and their comedian Welch with whom last season they up a 1 profit of a some lome tho theaters thea in low priced terl Welch who upon every avail available able Ible occasion occa lon that In his hi own Una Ino of work he Is as big n 1 man ns na Sir Henry lenry Irving In his hili o wish to piny any anymore moro more In placed of ot amusement where any an but the Highest pi Ices arc aro charged char el ami In hv ho Is breaking away awn from his man management upon the plea that they tho aro lowering his dignity and lessening his tlc value So 0 that all told there thoro U 18 quite te a n over oer Leo Arthur dra dm dramatist matist o Henry J nry W Savage who a 1 colo colonel colonel nel by the tho way although many news newspapers papers Insistently y present that to him came back baek tram from Europe on 01 TUCH day III on board tho 1 Kaiser Wihelm d lor r droite and has hall already plunged Into energetic preparations for tor hla ht next sea season en son Mr Ir Savage In nn Interview re remarked marked that tha t The fhe Prince Pince of had become such a I popular success at the tho theater In London as ns to 10 no n the tho Installation of ot two addi additional rows role of ot and an that tho American musical comedy would run for tor nome eOle months to come The Tho entertainment continued Mr mado money during the very first week and then developed BO 10 rapidly that within a n fortnight tort night It had been ca ee AI nl one of the mu of tho London Dur During I ing hla hil stay abroad Mr Ravage devot devoted i ed most of ot his time to organizing tha tho i cant for tor which will be he 1 pro produced I duccI In English EllAh under his hla direction early In the autumn Tho ho will be beMm beIme Mm Ime I Lunn an nn English oratorio opera singer of ot great renown who ho a II most moet success at the Metropolitan Opera Oper House tho season before brofe tion last under Maurice direction lon Tho Mitchell evidently making a carefully consider considered ed 11 to surround new lIew star str l w Fields with wih n supporting com company COl pany of DC useful quality It I Is moreover mo over that tho are not disconcerted by any thought of or expenditure The other day they approached Daniel V Arthur the tho husband and manager of Marie with n II query as to whether he be would I consider nn In offer oter of 00 for tor his wife services for tor next eaton teaton an ns leading sup port por to Mr Ir Fields Mr Arthur replied that he had already established e replot Mias as IlS an attraction on her own ac ao account count and core to take lako which might with her progress 88 Then Mit chell chol raised their offer to 8 which U would bring Mias salary up to i th l exceedingly a n elv figure of a I week This though although II naturally milts tempting Woe declined Ilk like the and Ind Mr Fields will have to look lok els wh re for tor his hi principal wi ao 80 Anna Anna Held has hii finished h her r s leson with results highly gratifying to the management under nil ni tho Influencing condition Her ploce called THile Napoleon failed disastrously when Mia tt Bili nt th the ker the Me In the season and a n similar condition In connection th wih othor Futher at tho Lyric The man mun had expended literally Bum upon tho two production and when the w nt to the at It the sanu moment he found himself em on unexpectedly In very light f nut ho kept hi hll ne nerve never leer for or n 1 moment lot lost the tho Iy cy and cynical which U I t ot hIm he hlA loment two a all Ic COO lef Now YorK fortune I uey win In o out th tho of the tho or K nal live they thO came CUle much nearer to achiS nt Imagined Ios o NihIl There wont be 10 any an moro more for Cor lB r Mie Mr la 19 convinced that a 11 lighter and Ind InOre kind ot of li b st suited Hulter to tho of hi r y pretty talented Mar An na Held 1111 Is one df dC the tho very best droning S In a al tho 1111 morl w III 1 ifer her herI In Jt I If Is learned leare that two corporations formed for tor the c P HI n Rr r being Lei e of ot build nc great grent show enterprises at iS for tor next len non on The h lr n r quietly quiet bought up lente II brg hale an tracts of or lund land tram from which the th now no In occupation will wi be pulled dona nt l thu end Jil of ot the summer nason dOl m In order that the work of ot may be carried to completion m In for tor the mt opening All Al tills this concentration of attention and if I C tort fort upon Coney ConlY h Is tho t result rosul of ot the Luna Pink o of Thompson Dundy This which WR at lt firm upon a n an example of ot the wildest widest folly turned out cut rOll lo to bo Je stupendously and In due dle couise led to fie Ic a 3 result of competition r I sons OnH with th Ih t nr it IA land lul of or two years ago recognize It I oven eVol now under Inder ro ceo wrought by hy the example of ol Luna Lunn park A PA r hene th there ro will not be a IL solitary of the old wi II It of or this resort On n every over fur day o r ra a 11 quarter of rv n million milon people II ople visit the the tho with their present facilities cannot possibly handle more inore Tho blu Now New York Hoot Hoof Garden ha hanow ha now IO been heen to tho summer lons of ot the with wih n 1 divert inK show put together b I Ned Way ax burn lu r and Fred Ired Anderson And There 1 I vary ery little conversation In any of or th tt Iola provided for Cor the tho reason that th auditorium U Is M hO lallo nn 11 to talk Mr War Aar bum hUl hiis a I couple of ot non no acts act In tho sIngIng and dune Ing line lne which aro ara likely to remain out the season lon Bon They ar 11 rl r i turned from original designs furnished by Mr Anderson who has hns su suni all ni the new productions for tor Klaw Ei langer Downstairs In the New York proper W V present presentment pes lt ment of The Southerners Ii Is n hit bi of at the very best quality and It has hns bf IW i decided not to remove tho Iho pIece to an another other theater as a nt at first contemplated Tho Southerner KOCH KOC with great vim n and gusto nud IH II everywhere 1 ns 01 quite the summer Bummer diversion over here herc by Lere 01 anyone cl e Tho rho unusual HI of ot a of or private a It blow long lanK I Is observed every eely night nt lt tw York close cose of the performance In Ibe lle 0 De Wolf Hopper having closed hl extended extended lIucc i eul ful In nt at the tho L theater l II night to lan l rn on thu tho final of ot the t II cur current rent week weel for n engre engrem m nt there I The Tho enthusiastic P pru agent In making up tho an pro program p Inserted un under gram the Inel mu der the tho personal supervision of 0 b when aa 11 a matter kot of fa ca t Mr York maw e a 1 New e la laI I at nt all al at lt the production time of ot t Ihl very vry successful lucce piece picco Hitchcock and M hl Mp N p ny 11 y in Tho Yankee Consul u coming fn alons toward their H P r nt the efI Tho stay of oC thin remarkably will be entertainment wi Jo by b the weather If 1 It lt ns n CI The Yankee o Consul won wont t bud In theater r w m If it becomes very hot hol the close nt lt short notice f William Collier In The Dl t f Wilam Colier Te 1 b bhim left lett his d him at lt the Criterion theater ef and n OB OBserves ho he hardly I ft A v Ie serves hadl tnt this year In ono one leMe I w UD rough Collier who i has a C on Iny Coler d anc in try tr place down Long Island a ad ort ortan earnest devotee of or ou o door r I nn an ido nut U I has hiI Its compilation com IS ISdo vl teel tt as box so the actor dOM do nt 10 keenly cut up ns lS he be might m 11 I t under otT conditions Tiff Pout Pouf at nt the Pit eom another piece that hRS his nef F C Whitney OY the to atay tor Ilay a aIt thinks thero n year s a run I It and quite po he fn rig bl A I quie h I 0 d f any to part rate company the public with I It nwe Pin n r rat ratto g Pout |