Show uru mi i Ft I d Letter J oui u n n n rl n n n r n n ill Special Specia Correspondence mv July 2 Nw York NEW N Is II certainly going daft upon the tho subject of ot amusement en enterprises tc of ot various descriptions i I recently told you OU In this correspondence dence deluce of ot tho the mania for Cor or hippodrome building bulIUng Involving tho the projection of ot several great structures on Manhattan Island work ork upon one of ot which Is I al ni already ready being rushed pushed with wih much earnest t nets na o and Ind vigor by the Thomp Thompson son Dundy Hut hInt tho the hippodrome building was a mere mero trifle belI 01 n a number of ot undertakings In other di dl directions 1 now fully tul contemplated tho the capital for Cor which Is already enlisted In addition to the park with wih Is myriad of ot amusement enterprises that Is In to cover the Iho ho entire space apace be between tween the thu th Manhattan Hench anil Orion Oren tU til hotels there Is Ie to he be still another similar affair to tile the tle south of ot tan stretching clear nr to tu Brighton This Thili will wi leave c Coney Concy Island practically covered with wih Summer recreation alien oton places In their entirety 1111 Ind splendor clot dor or tar far outstripping any worlds fair thus far recorded corded r nut Hut tile the park plans are arc by no means confined to Coney ConlY Island Inland A young oung man called Chick Clark Cllrk from Crom real some time ago Inherited a fortune estimated to tobe te tobe be bl away awny up ui In lii the millions has ha ton eon conceived the notion noton that the metropolis Is hungering for tor an show place away up on Washington Heights and hns has organized a n corporation capitalized at nt with wih the mission ml of or sup supplying supplying plying this long Ion I felt want H It I Is un understood that Mr Clarks lives tives have secured options upon real cs vs tate extensive In area for forthe forthe the IhA purpose In view 11 ow and hat that building operations will wi be begun b gun In the early fall tal With Wih nil all ni these facts before us comes the news new that James Jamel A halley has hns been heen looking over oer the resort re rt known ns as lS Steeplechase park at nt Coney Island with wih the purpose of 0 establishing an In Barnum Bailey Dalley show nt at that point All Ahi Al these enterprises without exception were kindled d to life b the literally tremendous success of or Luna bt lul park last year In fact If it I It I had hadnot not ilot been for the sagacity foresight and ald venturesome spirit of ot Fred Frederic Jred Frederic eric Thompson and Elmer Dundy It Is II much atone than merely probable that Coney Island nt at the tho present writing would still have been heon given Ilven over oer to 0 hoodlums and Ild the tha to limited number of or better class CIMS visitors who take tako pleasure In heter slumming excursions It II Is related by hy these the e managers themselves that they had hod nn nfl extremely narrow ItOW escape train from disaster before their establishment WOI opened for tor business 8 nt at nil all ni They hey had Invested not alone nil ni their own money but hut nil I they could rould roul rake ant scrape train from ni other sources poltroon so 10 that when tho the opening day IlY conic camo cale all 11 the tim cash they hInd had with wih which to 1110 change at nt the tho different gates amounted to 26 O But the money rolling roiling In from tram the h very outset with Immense volume Bo o that Thomp Thompson son muon Dundy are aro now to rich men with wih lon unlimited credit credi and In addition they have an ant ni amusement boom boone tar far beyond boond anything of ot the ort ever oer before Mr Thompson by bythe bythe bythe the way slipped quietly oft of to England I last week and It I Is reported that he has gone gono to confer canter with a 1 London ondon syn dimeto which I II iti trying to Interest lerest him himIn himIn himin In n a Luna park scheme In that city S S S The first of ot the tho seasons offerings In Inthe tho the play pIny houses house I Is now on view at the tho Now New York theater under the title tile The Maid antI and the tho Mummy This piece which came to town nt at tho the open openIng opening Ing of at time week Is I the work of ot Carla Carle and and Robert noh rt Hood and It has baum been heen running for tor some nomo Mie time past In Chicago where It was originally pro produced The story of ot tho the musical trifle I is h wound around a 1 fictitious mummy palmed off by mischievous characters of to make upon n a physician who wishes wl hes SOnIC nome 1 experiments In tho the Interest of ot science OC or course theres therol a love lovo 1011 affair between tho the doctors pretty daughter and anel nn an English nobleman As for tor the tho thorest rest there are musical numbers and without end CUd and amid there Is II a good deal of oC nonsense of ot the trivially Jocund 1001 sort lort well wel suited to tho the time of or year when people lute like ce to in indulge ul o In thoughtless merriment Mr Carlo Carle has hns shown himself to be very clever In putting together shows of ot this kind with Tho Time Tenderfoot and 1111 now Tho The wih Maid ammil the Mummy Tho Time cast lh at nt the tho Now Nosy York theater In tn Includes eludes Clit Carroll Carroll Edward larvie Louis Wesley Welley Margaret Annie Yeomans Janet Priest Madge Vincent and anil n a large lorl number of ot sightly choristers and graceful I IS There Is certainly going to be trou trouble ble ide for tor Low Lew Fields I anti the Me Mitchell over tho time contract binding Mario Cahill to this manage management mannle ment mont for tor the tho coming season Henry II H Sire through his hs counsel Franklin Bloc Blen has haa hn notified the time Ir that h hi he www claims a partnership with Daniel V Arthur In Miss Mlis Cahill ns as n it theatrical attraction and will 1 undertake Injune ion tion proceedings If she I Iho attempts to ap pear In public for tor any 1 other concern Mr lr Sire Siro and ani Mr r Arthur nrc already Iro In litigation over oer Miss Mies Cahill and amid will nill wi be still tl complicated by hy the transfer of at the tile actress s from tram Mr lr Ar lr thurs direction to that of ot Fluids Fields Ham lam un In Mitchell Michel Notice of tf the Intended Injunction proceedings IB iii II given 1101 thus for fat In advance olIvo purely as nn on act of ot courtesy on arm tho time port Part of ct Mr Ulan liken BO so f that tho 1110 Ih defendant need not bo be taken unawares at ot the lice last moment nt Charles Frohman evidently feel fed any apprehension on tho the ground that there thelo Is la lack of ot stage ge material for next season sealon He lIe le Is U out with wih a 0 formal announcement mont that thai ho controls some sonIc sixty plays new to this country In ad nt to a n round thirty stars Tie The Th works ho announces for tor production nave hoe been be on secured from Augustus Thomas Henry Ouy Carleton Sydney Paul Potter Poter Madeline Lu Iu ceto Hyle A AV V PIlI oro H Ii V Es Esmond Esmend R mend mond mOll Clyde clyde Fitch Ilch Henry Henr Arthur Jones It H C Carton J M r don ulon Chambers Hobert Marshall Louis I N Parker larker AV W V W Jacobs and 1 ld several other well vell known I writers of at American i and European origin Time Tho Th star list Include includes ud Sir Henry Irving Villiam WIlam Gillette Sir Charles Wyndham AnnIe Ellen Imen Terry Francis Wilson Mrs rl Patrick Campbell hel Edna Hare William Faversham Maude Adams Virginia Harned John Drew Seymour Hicks Icks Mrs ro Gilbert T TerrIs W V H Ii I crane Irene Ireno Van Ethel l thel Col her Julia Matlow Marlowe Ham Bum ler Jull uLa E II n Sothern H It U II Irvin MIj In ra rs hattie Hattle Williams Henry Miller ller and Ind Fay Davis Not so fO many years ngo ago a man roan manu ager u er who even dreamed oC or conducting such a a colossal business would havu ha v been regarded as a u wild ld dreamer Nowadays Mr Frohman takes up his burden hurden ns mis lS n a matter mater of ot course and onel carries It with wih the same name imp parent harent ease ealo that had ordinarily marks tho the handling of ot n a single attraction ut II mcton Tho Time next Now Nol York theater to throw open Its doors for tor the regular term will wil be the time Academy of ot Music which Is to tn receive Its 11 Initial audience on tho the eve evening ning of at Aug J I The attraction wilt wi be bo boThe behe Time The he Eternal City It with R E F J Morgan lorRan In II the lending leading male mole character under tho tile direction of ot A Co Georgo Cleoro C Cyler Tyler tho thee active manager of ot Liebler Co Ca IB is II stilt still In Huron where ho has hns perfected arrangements for tor the tico Lon In London don engagement of ot Eleanor Elaanor In Merely Mary Ann AnU An besides trans trails noting acting other business of ot Importance for tor his firm Not until Sept 6 5 win tho the season Mason bo ho fairly under cinder way cay In this th Is neighborhood Upon the date In question Queston John Drew will wi begin his annual engagement at nt atthe atthe the Umpire theater Mrs Fiske will vl start In upon her stock stack season SOU Bon at nt tim the Manhattan Henrietta will wit re reappear appear In Sweet KItty Kilty at nt the tho the Brothers will vili wil pro pre sent tent their new McNally farce comedy nt ot the tha New Amsterdam Mr lr Hammer steins fall rai vaudeville bill bl will wi bo ho In Inaugurated nt ot the VictorIa anti Lulu will wi make her bow In A Mad Mami Madcap ocI cap Princes at nt th time the Knickerbocker tho thee direction of a Charles I n Ii DIN DU unless F C Whitney succeeds In securing an ni Injunction Mr Me Whit Whitney ney fey claims the tha right to renew his hil con can contract tract with wih Miss under tinder a n clause In tho the original document but the thee ac no tress seems quite Iule determined to sever her tier business relationship with this man niger nger S I Raymond Hitchcock und and his hll support supporting In ing company In lix II Tho The Yankee Consul havo gogo to Chicago to start their season neason at nt the th theater on Monday evening This Is II about the time of ot the big road organizations to take tip up It Is Its travels The Tue Yankee Consul will vill wi remain In Chicago In nil ni probability for tor the next two t O months perhaps longer S S S The Tho Southerners under George AV W V management ma will wi open the reason In floston Sept 1 proceeding proc thence to Philadelphia nail ond St Rt Louis Tomils I where n it 1 considerable conAl block Wook of ot time has hns hoop boon set sel neld for tor u It I during tho the worlds fair period Tho rho place piece will wi bo ho present presented ed by the time original cast cost intact S S Edwin Foy line has hll made mode n R new hit In Pitt P PAr Part ff Pout Pouf nt cit tho me Casino with makeup copying the personal ap of ot ties the Hon lion David H n lull Hill The he detection defection of or Thomas Q Ben from train the cast casl appear to heave have lessened le enel th tile popularity of oC the tho enter lter the tIme momentum of or which Is unimpaired S S S Tho The Runaway Is this lis weeks week offer otte oter InS ing ot at Manhattan bench beach belch butt but theres no Fay I ny In It I Arthur Dunn nunn the tho iv comedian IK Is II now nw tho the PrinciPal ot of tIme the cast ame lie ho seems to be ho very vory or IS well wol liked 1 May loy Vokes will Wi enter vaudeville on Monday Mondoy night flight In lie a 1 now lew on Sketch ketch by bv Charles Alfred Tho Tutu Sketch sketch begun nf ot 10 buyS At that time Miss Mimic ls Voke receIved ago an nn offer oler fur Cor a series aerIes of ot vaudeville book drift n ri n n n n n H H I r t K and with il I started In Wih Pursuit o O I let ce iut B In nd o oHenry 1 h h 0 Henry w S n a II i just V s cruls In his hi Marjorie Ho ii Wih wi bUckle In than ij con to t bIg Six 1 bil no I or 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