| Show PLAYHOUSES OF THE TIIE METROPOLIS By Acton Special Correspondence Now NeI York Feb Jeb 15 At last Eng England I nR land hll ont us U another Jolly jai new leI in 11 Mr Ir R n C Car Cor Cartons tons tOiS piece which Managers Curzon have havo Just produced 11 at tho thu Savoy IO parsons Iler oll may Iny p 11 r rImps Imps hap claim this clever little Ite play pIny Is IK too for tr American au hut i do 10 not lCt honestly think that this Is II tho case for Cor ihs very ery good reason that thin play 1110 has ha no 11 end le of ot ual fun CUl in II It I but In lt Il central of or PI ai us they the 01 has hl tho a 1 IH II new I Certainly Mr I r Dallas Dalas Walford who plays th role roll of r tho Irto cockney counter who suddenly ludd lly Inherits Krent Kr lt wealth succeeds In Into society for n I short hort time until ho hoIs hoI Is I unmasked by b Ida II Jilted sweetheart AW the tho ladys maid linn laH m his part Pat a 0 really hu creation creato Th n Is 11 never a dull moment In II Ih farro while Oppe Is II upon th Ih Mr I undoing Is III brought ht about by a 1 c of ot 1 which ho ti 11 unable to get lid of or when ho with an of hundreds of of ot pounds HP lie N I pur por willing to buy hU nil 1111 tho Iho motor cars cals and tho magnificent In Gros GIOS enor Place which Ou nit dUches who whoM M h engineering Ids lils Hoch canor IH hu ho must have Jut but ha ut ilL upon letting Qui out the stables In order that t ho may get et a 11 bit nf or his hl money monel back Jaek when whon tho crafty has succeeded ll in get gettin tint tin him engaged t to a IL famous Lon London LonIon Ion don beauty when It cornea to the Ihl matter of IH per perfectly to tu the tho lady lu with hundred d thousand pounds pound but buL he positively letU eH to pay for the registry stamp tamI which rO Lj just 10 0 shillings 6 pence How over before berolo the tiro lit poor encounters more from a Il totally for quarter Ills old sweet sweetheart heart Liza suddenly appears on the thu scene cen with a 11 bunch of at hU hl old ohl love letters Sho has hM Just been bl n engaged by hr Lady Thyri the and l an announces to tho bride bridegroom groom elect chi h l I going to uc He him on the tho wedding Journey on Oil Ills begs her to let bygones H bf bo hH OIl H and jiro NO mites that if It she aho will only bo be a 1 good girl and Jot gut out of or tho way war h IV her a note Hut ml lL only at It him and tosses her hel head headIn In a I way WI which denotes more anti and a It very vel Indication that there will LA no nf hlIs for tOI him N sooner hils the th arranged tho Ihl 3 meeting Hop nn Lady father than Instantly stops Into tha picture and the with the ulti ultimatum that nothing lox than to be produced at ilL once une will wm stop her tongue OH her Injured feeling could ho than of lir tho bounder during this Finally pressed 1011 to 10 tho wall 1111 ho declares that holl holi b bJ i If Ir holl give the Jado n Il penny more than and he will only oni ho that thoL on condition that Lady hither puts put up n a amount Naturally this blow kills 1119 Lady h father hut but time th I Is too largo an nil amount at lit eo 10 eventually liCIt after reaching apoplexy frum inset thc tho old man hands his hla check cheel to With both checks In III hand 1 Instantly 3 till iv Inter In walks walk the La Thyra who that thoy tho may selves all tha of ot as Mm has hM just been married to n II handsomer r hut but poorer man In tho Unal J returns with tha money She bids bid II who by bi bithis this Is down und Ill out from a II so social dill cial point of ut view viii to 10 courage and let her his old love Ion bind up his hi ach aching achIng ing wounds Have you OU got ot the old five thou there Eliza Ol Pl solicitously 1 most certainly have Mr Ir Hopkin son on replies tho with willi her mot most engaging smile Well Wel under those circumstances my m dOM dear says seeing fleeing us ov Oil ovI I 1 should ate ot to sea se such money mone get out of or the family I think Ill havo to marry you With your wages and this extra hit bit of or pocket money moner I ought to be h able to savu savo m III Income Because Ile darling dearly as 1 have ha loved oHel you ou you ou must re remember r member If It I marries you Oll that what I WU sus his Is ourn yours U Ii mine and my own Capital as Mr Ir of or Is Miss IllS Hughes as Ill easily shares the tho honors with him This Thill actress has hall long been one IJ the greatest London favorites In TI Country Mousa l three seasons on ago sh created quite a IL furore In London Sh Hh Is II likely to prove Just ns all big u II here In America for he In III one of at Ut Utmost most that England l has hall sent ont here In a 1 nry long time In thuie thell busy days da when week werk brings ut nt least halt half n Il dozen dOlen changes of or bills nt the metropolitan theaters It must lIu t bu lit a II very attraction U o ld tempt of ot the tho reviewers to K Kout out of ot town to get n 1 preliminary of or II It And yet t ll I could coull not nul re resist reo the temptation of running up to tJ Bridgeport Conn the other night to sc what William new play Iny Cia Cla Clarice rice wild Willi like Of or all the tho plays p as of ot th winter have been awaited with more Interest by b theatergoers than thU new piece from tho pen of or this The fhe fact that London lIt did not Ilk It at nt ull when It was n produced thera thIe In Sep September 8 and that Boston pub raved II over it has only whetted New York Yorks anticipations but I very en mull I fear that Clarice to any an sane and audience cannot call not fall to prove n II disappointment I say whole lunged advisedly for tho whole flav hlll cs upon n CUSP of or consumption on In of ot several capital comedy comell I sentimental I the play pIn as MIL fi I Is unpleasant harrowing Bridge Bridgeport I port which ls Is one of ot Mr Ir I strongholds turned their thumbs down dowl I Int at nt It to a The pity pit of ot It Is 11 nil all tho I greater when Ihen one sees how mui mud h splendid did workmanship nn all Mr Gillette him hij expended on his play piny Mr like David co and r n I ton fOlt Howard Is one of ot the wry very few Cew American playwrights who devoti from one to two years lilli to the construction of ot a play pia All I of them realize from fro III the quarter of ot i century or more which f r them th tn hii devoted to that a good I drama Is not built In n a day tn But tho mountain has hJ brought only a n rather unhealthy mouse mou Iho tho h hero ro pla of ot course by Mr Ir in III u II rather mo moron ron raft young doctor who In South Carolina on account of ot his hll ill III An old 01 1 colored Clancy by b far the rost In the play pIa kc ni house hou for him and with him 1101 Clarice CIrlee his hll fount ward thu d of or a n d nd friend She Sho IH IR Just Into when the pl y lilt and fur tur her the sun rises lIMet und sets set on who r that h has hIlA consumption Ims hll always alwaY refused to tell her of ot bin hili loe aunt who has hilI once loved on her own account but now him with all alltha tha th enthusiasm of a It scorned 8 comes comeR from Washington on nn n II visit bunging with her hor husband and a t famous specialist I Dr DI woo who IB 19 madly In love with Clarice Th aunt to allow Dr Ur to him to ceo feo If his hl lungs really d dO ro 10 end discovers dl he ht Is In III a n perfectly condition Before he tho result re of or his examination tn tu however ho propones l to b Clarice and she him The M I 10 enraged at itt Clarice for or refusing rich suitor that she Bhe Ket bold t I h und persuade ler S him to tell lell I that ho has hll consumption IIII cannot 1 live I more than thon a IL I year eal In the meantime she writes Car a note nole In which says that the danger of ur infection to tu Claries Is Isso IsO so O great while with him that 1 Insist upon taking the theIrl Irl to Washington Wn with her Car broken brokell down by br this death sentence reaches reache hint him Just t af nr after tel ter he and Clarice have become en mi engaged as 1111 tho of Having tho Iho girl suddenly tells her that he hp has been only with lIh hor he does ll not lut lou lovu h hr r In III fact that thoL she IH u II In and that he hI must t upon her hur going tu to with her aunt l for tho th hut but lt t the last moment Jumps off II tho train hurries buck to the house In tint meantime has poison lollon He hils locked all the doors tIlOI pent Bent HIP away II 1111 und I die lIc like III I him mild made preparation to LO a It dog when overcome with I remorse breaks his hiM WilY way Into the e I and him that bin hi diagnosis of at hU hUrum III rum Willi nil all u 11 by I this time Is IA unconscious For toor eight or ton ten painful minutes which to tho I like 1110 hours the Iha doctor tries to tn rt him but huL search tho la laboratory a ilK be h will h lie cannot an antidote for till the pol on Then Claries arrives find the and as all tha tho suicide slowly revive Bur Irish h slink out of the room together The fhe whole effect of or the Is III har hr harrowing rowing to Lo th but degree HN the of or with Ills hi many nervous little mannerisms his cough and his hlA maddening habit of or repeating II h two or Ul three times lItH I on th the Mn s Or 0 the other hand Mr fr hitH never written a I pr prettier r love lo scene celle than the th bit which closes close the II I t act where accidentally tally looking over the roca roc I CarrIngton killing her rose rusl und nal Izes for tor tho thu first time that he hI loves love I her TIle The work of or MI Mirle Doro us 1111 Clarke Clarice and thu tho i diu which Miss ClR i La In Vergne cr gives of DC th tho colored house housekeeper keeper makes It only the more marc regret I that I the thil play pIny in Its It entirety Is ona OM I i which can proves popular Tits The other roles role oro well wel acted I by tl MU Adelaide Mr Thomas lIe and Mr Ir Frank I There to bo a Il very er probability now that before David his bis engagement in ln inI I Th Music Master at th the BIJou ho hl I will 1111 have broken all for tor the therun run of ot a I play In III New Ne York His III MOth Ii I scheduled s for tor I Marili 5 and as th audiences never no r grow any uny smaller In tn numbers J tho UI I advance sain remains ns l as 1111 It Itha ItI ha ocr ever been there Is a I doubt I now no that berON he closes his season there h ho will havo eclipsed tho famous I run of ot at lit the II same theatre I he result of elt XIt Goodwins reap reappearance I in London Is III waited with a 11 food dral of ot Interest r t hen h ll Three years ago ICIer after hi lant lall unsuccessful eH tul ex lX experiment there In When AVo Wern erl I Mr Goodwin I nothing could over ever Induce him to play In England nut Hut theatrical i on this of ot the water have hilI persuaded him to chan lJ mint mind Its a II thousand thou pities that on of ot th Hori JI hundred thousand ln American ts cannot turn turnout out a IL piny which h would null him fo foIn In neither England nor America It I there thero another artist who cnn can touch Mr tr In his hI own 01 peculiar pe ullar lint line lintt At t the tho other theaters attractions am al ns os follows Tho of ot thi th Went W t Empire Pin Hudson Hud oll Th rh Duel Herald I Washington Jr Criterion and Pantaloon Knickerbocker I Modiste lodl le The Ih Lion and the Mouse Dalys DalY The Mr h N w Arn K Forty ort no rom Broadway Broad Broadway way The Cup Libert New York Tho Brothers hi Ireland Th Bishop Lyric Casino The and tin Julio Bonbon ot Du Barry Bijou The Master Thi The Lady West The ir Fourteenth t Hor Tho New Star At Worlds Mercy American Texan Murray Hill The Manhat tan Aft r Square Lucky Dean Har lem Opera House On tho Quiet Webers Music Hall Twiddle dl and at the Museu several brand n w wax work ACTON DA VIES |
