Show theatrical R EXIE IV s martha mortons Mor tons latest play Is not her best work W II ff cp IN aj JOHN J 0 juna fit defect of a play A Prot provoking oking american composer georgo george giddens lilt as a joseph MArb orya chicago theatre F r W Y YOU 0 it 11 march 0 29 miss martha marions Mo rions blira rural I 1 comedy brother J job 0 it n ii it 11 peculiar and almo almot t incomprehensible 1 hen sible mixture of if genius ceniu and mediocrity dio crity there are every now and I 1 h hen e n delightful fia saca but b ut the play piny is common place in the extreme iu in mot most ro re ejects probability arld and logical sequence are I 1 thrown brown to the winds ivind find and drai dramatic natle incoherence runs rampant geoffrey middleton geisleman is still bliss mortons Mo Mor rions tons best work tile the merchant probably ranks second and brother john IS is forced to take third place tho the idea Is 13 a very old onland one and has been worked over in different forms in many plays act conception Oc erton is in fairly good and it if it were ivere properly developed it would make a reasonably acceptable though by no means a great play lilt hut miss norton after leading the auditor up to it 11 high pitch of acy in the first act suddenly lets him and coherence go at the name time and the result n ii an fied feeling throughout the rest of the performance the dialogue is ii commonplace mon place as it rule and the situations where they are either strikingly humorous or pathetic are forced the climaxes are rather unnatural and the imp impression region is that they were couce conceived ived lint first lin t and that the play wa was s written afterward to rit ct them of course this may not have been the case but it certainly be the only explanation of a host of forced epis episodes odem and unnatural climaxes thedoro the moro or less genteel of tho the play anil and they are comparatively numerous are te tenderly cared for throughout the second and thiril third acts and arc then inconsiderately left to shift tor for es being disposed of for good and all in ill a sentence or two crudity and straining st tor for effect are miss mortons Mor tons two besetting sins ins asa as a playwright if brother john may be taken ai a type of her work they were utmost almost as glaring in the merchant lerch atit and perhaps tho the latter fault was even more marked in that piece but iu in geoffrey Middle middleton tou gentleman these splotches vere nere not so pronounced therefore brother john is really a step backward for lier her and I 1 cannot help inclining to the opinion that this is ii but another illustration of the evil effect of writing tor for guire although I 1 have heard that mis lor ton has openly expressed her preference for ahn branch of dramatic work this may do tor for experienced play con r truckers truc tera like ill e bronson howard and david Se lasco who know how to so au sugar gar coat what that they do that im probabilities aties seem probable e but for the frer bics tics baud like be aiss morion etisa it is n fatal error howver however ever ta as ebe la is said to have for several original plays the lady may abow that she has las discovered her mistakes as well as her limitations imitations and surprise o the theater go going public with a work which shall either d deal za W with th an original subject in an acceptable or a hackneyed subject in an gibal eky tho the character drawing in brother Brothe john rJohn J 1 also very poorly done with perhaps one exception the spinster bister who kud I 1 I 1 I 1 il I 1 16 1 FINAL SECT ix IN ion jony deuly develops no an acute and exaggerated cue ale or of society fever with long branch symptoms ii I 1 perhaps the rno most t glaring of the impossibilities another personification of unreality Is the villain gentleman gam bler with ivhon tile the daughter of the pill pair of sponges teems to be infatuated by laythe the WILY way this girl is an in incomprehensible is individual I 1 have not yet made up my aind whether she was really it good woman bampe red by designing design inK patents or a bort of distant assist nm adventuress adventure to tile the couple to whom ahe was waa indebted I 1 for her existence the of brother Brothe john rJohn by mr crune chitue is logic logical it in many respects but it in many morp III absurd ab burd lie ile does lots of things that such a man in in if one ever really ili li id d would do and he is guilty of other kotlic r acts which would be stupid even for tor him liim too many words word tire are put into his bis mouth lie lia is 11 1 1 inalle to bosit wt iu in a oric mariner manner and it Is difficult to imagine how lie ever managed to acquire at n competency in business of tile methods of which he appears to be aloi gloriously iou s ignorant Ilo sides he be Is it a hat manutau and the author asat ineat ftp pains aina boex plain that these hats cariot be forced upon the market even with the aid of n ridiculous it iq i q nay it is even exceedingly probable abit drother jolin john is the let least meritorious of miss alias Mor toun three best known it will prove the mot most Bucce Antul or to put it in more me correct c form orm that it will yield her 1 la larger ell uro in of money in royalties this will be due of course to tho the fact that crane has the piece the people will accept him in ill moat any thing thin and it must guht be admitted that his bis impersonation of the title role I 1 a particularly enjoyable one it is ir pres ent intention I 1 understand to keep brother john on throughout his bis engagement fit at the star which will ivill continue tor for six weeks or more ore joseph at the union square theater seems see ms to have made a genuine hit while n great many critics have condemned it ca m being devoid of 0 originality of tun makini devices most of them admit that it makes people laugh A great deal louder than inott of tho the franco anglican and I franco ranco amer jn farces of which we have had bad such tt 3 suir feit recently after all that la is about hi high h as can le ie given nn an entertainment t of that character george giddens bos bits made a favor favorable able ito impression in tile the title role and lie may always feel fee I 1 assured of a warm ave welcome in new york hereafter ilis his ineth methods are commended for their quietness m and apparent lack of eifort the national conservatory couii of music of this thi city lins has it is announced award awarded eti the tha prize tor for tho the best symphony composed by a native american to henry schoenfeld of 0 chicago the successful work was written in 1893 1802 it is entitled rural sym phony schoenfeld was born in milwaukee oct 4 isze ills his father was a musician and when henry glenry was but 7 yeara of age he be beran to rive give him instruction lut ruction and a little litter liter ho he was was sent bent to berlin where here his brot brother fier theodore wit was a pupil of the royal high school of music ile I 1 lu soon noon became a reasonably proficient performer on the piano and violin and had also devel developed ped as a composer of vocal and inspru instrumental mental music at the ago age of 17 he ha went to Leip leipsic sie where he be completed ili his studies under tinder the best mit masters grada itina 4 with willi high honors in ia IS 3 in weimar he continued his work under the direction of edward lasser the famous song bong writer and returned to the united states in ira locating in chicago ile he competed forthe tor the cincinnati Cincinnat festival prize find and received honorable mention front from theo dore thomas among his works recently p produced r 0 d u c e d ar are s t the b e f following ol 01 lo 10 x i n S sonata 0 n i t a P aa t 0 r a 1 c for v violin io li n a and n d pl piano t n 0 0 n a ti L ll 11 t ro alque for piano gypsy melodies tor for orchestra air for or the meditation and evening serenade for orchestra various son and chorles cho ruiea rues the suite has several units been performed by theodore thomas and when produced in dresden list hist year attracted the attention of and at present mr ir schoenfeld besides teaching ind and composing I 1 h the director of the cheger germania lie ile lias has been invited ly by the national conservatory of music lusic ii to I 1 1 1 1 GEORGE GIDDENS AS JOSEPH come 0 to new york to superintend t the he rehearsals hear and to conduct the performance ol of his symphony to be given by the or chestra or on march 30 the iho gondoliers Gondo liers revived by the duff opera company at the casino teems beems to lave met with some favor but there is no lie enthusiasm over the event the best singer er in duffs buffs aggregation avs J juliette ac r beartria left for what reason I 1 know not aradi her defection I 1 think must have an injurious effect upon the business it seems odd to think of the casino tile the home of 0 comic opera in ili connection with ordinary revivals of ordinary works but it has come to it nevertheless it is a tact no matter what may be said of rudolph Arouson Fl ability atsa as 1 maniger that nearly every fine comic opera tar male or female in this country has been developed by him at the casino it is unnecessary to go into details with francis wilson lillian russell marie jansen rannie rice jefferson de angelis edit in stevens pauline hall marie tempest lily post mark smith W S daboll D boll james T powers power und find many others constantly in ili ones memory it is the opinion of some well informed persons pers bris that the cacno will never regain its pristine glory thi may bo be true but I 1 am not alone in the opinion that another jakobowski operetta liko like erminie Ermi ine will make this moorish fo orish temple of wore more popular if possible than ever this opinion is of course based upon the presumption that such a work would be celab brately mounted and interpreted by a corn com pany of first fint class clas people with a i locally attractive prima donna and a really tunny funny comedian miss mas Fl elisabeth isabeth marbury la Is no ordinary woman without help she elie has estal dished in this city a bureau where ing dramatists may place their plays playa tor for sale ile she also acts as the representative of some odthe of the most prominent dramatic authors of europe and america she collects their royalties dra draws sup up their contracts and attends to all tho the annoying business s detal details I 1 s tor for it ii consideration she has been exceptionally successful with bureau find and has also written fit at least ono good play which had quite a run at the lyceum theater miss Mar Marbur burys vs haubt scheme is tier her most ambitious one she to establish in chicago with state aid it a theater of art similar to the theatre Frati brancau cats of paris I 1 N xa X the file iaci avrill will of course be laughed at tor for some home time but miia mibs marbury arbury Nl is nothing it if not pertinacious and no one need be sur to lear haar that the hag bits been in giving the Aine american rican drama huch a boost as a s it ahna not t nl in many years by the establishment of this proposed theater irb the a little lady aho vho by the way is very pretty ha ban already interest ed several prominent people and Is sanguine of ultimate octavers bourni |