| Show n nit L it r w 1 e e 0 4 I 4 4 i 4 i s c 4 t l r rr r f J AMELIA AM LI I X f JULIA juLIA ULI jo i IJ t Hj f TWO TIVO Lj 1 MARLOWE ARLOWE I jo JO JOIn IT In In III T Tr r The rhe f DRAM DRAMATIC j When J l d Climbers 1 Knighthood K I 1 th LI LIHt J t Ht r f II J 1 4 I SUCCESSES S U i C C E 4 S S E S J t L i I Flower y l i i ii I Ir t l I In dI I W W first time you come to New NewYork Turn TUB York Yolk pay par a tL to h till the theater tI ater atol tei tor for the fI of oC learning I what may ney b h bo done dune by b a I woman with witha a ii good deal of or ability any all quantity of ot one Mine money 1 I Jor or everal y uru Amelia i uj IW 4 bt IJ II i a P valued saltiel member of the man Inan force fote or es tie Slit has lutH heon beon as liS on oni 7 of oC Jr tho mo t beautiful women men on tho American stage and litO Kl m j i t is llott lIott wan wall thought ht to owe to that fact l I whatever ahe hall had attained In reality Alias Ml IM is a n l very sery tul i Like laxine Bill sho BillIs Is I unfortunate enough to be hu the Wire wife of M a 1 man who Is Ig II ablo to give ghe her tb position IIo In theatrical Ufo life to fo o which h lir 1111 r ability II 11 II Y independently of at her hOr beauty S entitles her herL Thero Is nothing criminal In Iii being I t L beautiful or III In being to a man mun t with money mono At least tho the ordinary In Individual would not consider either cither an ant t Infraction of oC the law nod yet both Joth nrc are i as 1111 n serious ml by IJ J envious as us well wall as all by that tt t t contemptible class which accepts all ull It Itcan ItI I can enn nn got from managers manager an then pro proceeds proceeds to roast their attractions In ln tho thu i most forceful terms of ot which Its ItA limit i td d vocabulary will admit Of ot tho the two I classes mentioned both Mills I and J Miss have long been boen the tho vie vir tIm They should not mind this carp carping carpIn ing In however for tor they thoy must that It Is I duo solely to Jealousy alike of 1 their beauty ability and position In lila life I I A month or two tw ago ngo when Miss Mills fling ham who had lust last sennon broken away from tho the Frohman management an announced her Intention of or taking Inking the III fit I Jou iou theater then tel In this city ell for tor tho the purpose of oC thoro there establishing e n a stock dock company which was wa to original PlY tho Iho Ie was wa laughed laugh tl at nt as os n a woman whoso head had been turned by b tho the success won by her hor on the tho stage and am by her husband In Wall Wail street has bus been heen and ald gone and done It II What Is more In nn an nr fir way s ay she sho has hns made an on em cm emphatic it success of or o her daring venture Whether or not tho box Jox will re 10 repeat repeat peat pent thu tho tab Of OC course remains to be bo I 1 t seen The Tho fact however hoever that Hint slI has hn established nt at the tho little theater ono one of or tho tue best hosl stock organizations In III Inthe tho the United States cannot bo be Ja evaded t That certainly ought to bo be glory I enough for tor a IL woman who has hns been heen ac accused accused of or possessing no In other claim to distinction than pretty I a face end and a n husband Miss first offering nt at the Is a II new play In four tour nets by hy the Versatile gifted and aud original If IC some somewhat somewhat what artificial Mr Clyde CI do Fitch The Tho comedy for tor tallied comedy It Is IR save where It lapses Into melodrama Is called Tho Tue Climbers tho the climbers In this case be being being ing lug after r wealth on one lIdo dido and nud social recognition on tho the other The play lay opens with tho the return of ot a mother and hor bier three daughters from froni I I the tho funeral of oC tho the husband father T The Th mother snottier and one ulle child are artificial I and corst In lit the tho extreme while the tho theothor othor are arc true womanly wo Wa women women Wamen men Ono One of oC these Is la married to Illch mch urd Sterling as good for Cor nothing and contemptible a scoundrel JIH nH linn has been shown on the tho tit N New w York stage tage In III years Within a 11 few tow minutes 8 friends call rail for tho the avowed put pose iose of or buying the dresses which the till lattice ladles have brought from abroad and which because of ot their bereavement they the will be he ama unu un amablo blo to use Then Thon follows one of oC tile the most unnatural theatric nail offensive scenes in III the play The Tho strangers na ni gently on as possible make mako known their desire to buy bu and anti the widow who whim but n a 1 few moments earlier caviler had hOll scon aroll the lit re cc remains reo mains of or her husband laid to rest relit begins the tile bargaining as ns to price fIco In the tho most mOAt petty manner This hag haggling filing gling IK Is made the medium of nt what Is III supposed to be bo comedy and It Its purpose to the extent of oC causing the I to 10 temporarily loso sight of ot the horror of ot It all nil There Thore Is la another serious blot upon Mr Ir play pia The Climbers In tk the tho third net act when hiem double perfidy Is 14 discovered he lie Is III required to confess In III the presence of ot hiM hili wife hor liar aunt whose money lie ho has ha the tho thoman theman man who Is III In hove lovo with Mrs 1111 Sterling nod mill the thu man who acts nets an as the tho friend of ot the aunt It Is IB Inconceivable that such n II thing would bo be done dono In real life lite and the tha tin un umI I I naturalness of oC tho thio episode Is accentuaL I ed d by br the statement of ot Sterling that I hu ho cannot confess In he the Ih light and 1111 his hIli lIT In the dark Immediate Immediately I late I Iy ly auditorium end stage slate fit ail heroine become black as AI night Sterling Starling then with ex eK excellent elocutionary effect most mOlt of oC which Is lot lost at ot the Inability of or orthe the audience to observe his hie facial ex HI of his hili temptations raul I I Majors popular I a novel When e Knight Knighthood t hood Will Wn In III Flower 1101 Of Ot dix Mar dar bowe acting nothing hut but braise can ron be he d and an as It In is n a 1 rather fit ther matter to evolve n a 1 crit criticism m from rain n a long Hiring of commenda commendatory tory tor adjectives adJective It Is J bettor hotter to lo let IN It go JO with thu statement that no actress In Inthe Inthe Inthe the world could Improve Upon Miss hiss Ml 9 Interpretation of oC the role of It if Iti I i the willful but Jut gentle hearted sister of oC Henry VIII VHf Mr 11 Hesters dramatization of oC When Knighthood In Flower has Leon beam well trell made and It would seem that this really brilliant author Is lit b nt at last to to re clo recognition In dramatic palaces at nt the doors of ot which tie ho has hns hitherto knocked In valli for admission There are uro naturally sonic some not lilt tho the least l allt of oC which Is III a lack of or dignity In III the tr treatment atm nt of or several of the Important personages IJ hut hit nevertheless Mr dr Ir loB iCes Ors tors reputation as ns a n playwright will bo be Jo greatly enhanced by h this latest laUst offering of or Miss Julia Marlowe The Tho cast of at When Knighthood I Was j i l I i I t i i i 1 I c S SV V Ies t iJ k iMp S S J J 1 WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN fLOWER S S V ACT AtT IV ENE II Y WV NY I I 1 I peculations Incidentally he also dishes up tip n jt few platitudes about climb era after wealth being no worse than climbers after social i At Jt the I end ho attempts to escape but Lut the lights are ato turned up at ut that moment and he ho la ha caught It Is so patent to the tho most unsophisticated 11 observer that Mr Fitch Intro Intra Introduced tho the scene and tho the darkened room with tho the solo object of ot having them discussed l on an anthe tho the ground or If unconventionality that they tile defeat their own ends nth nh The Thu Climbers In Is really nn nil ex cx taut and praiseworthy contribution to the tho contemporaneous literature of ot the tho stage singe nJ and all those who have been beon persistently predicting since the Jima Hum days that Mr dr 11 Fitch Filch would eventually write the tho Ion long looked hooked for tor or great American play piny run can find nothing In hits hla latest effort to lessen their faith In tho tue young man inca If J ho lie will Ili cast cant aside his bin rIghtful frightful Crl tendency toward cheap and tawdry theatrical tricks and devote leolo seriously to his hl work vork Mr Ir rUrh fitch will undoubtedly como coma to bu ho roe rec recognized o as the best hest of oC our native writ writers writers writers ers for tor tho the stage Miss as nil Mrs Irs Sterling de Ill delighted lighted her ft lends friends despite the thu fact tuot that she abe Is III not hot HO in in tho the strong emotional us as she sho Is In those which call for tor no excess of oC pas Mom lIon don The Thu other members of or th the com coin company pany were nil all AS ns good us one olle could ask ollit Kven Mr Worthing for tor tho the nonce freed himself from train his hi absurd mannerisms rind ludicrous antI and gave a n really performance of tho the hopeless hopelessly ly Iy thankless role jolo of or tim the weak lIenk and die dis dishonest honest Sterling That Miss has las engaged for or hor liar stock company ut at atthe the tho one nile of ot the tho best hest organizations In the United States may be he seen seln by L n a 1 glance glanco at the following cast of oC Tho Climbers sterling rank i Worthing Edwrd Hubert nD rt Edeson Muon l n John J hn I Trotter Dr Pr Sicilian 0 O at it itie V I Edward ni J j S nt at t the teta ok i iA A I Kr all Jr Muter Harry MM Mr Mr Midge ud Carr Cook MM tu Stirling ie nee Mid II halll Hunter Ml Mauj t CUM Ml tIis lur Ml m Ml II Clara lam 11 l at allt Ow the I l Ml 11 Lillian Marl larJ f r NIs 11 Julia Marlowe as ns dainty nn nil I and ns nil pretty as us user eer Is delighting largo large audiences at nt the Knickerbocker i i theater In iii tho thu role 1010 of ot Mary Tudor Tailor In Iii Paul Kesters dramatization of ot Clint It i 1 c f I A i ij j nc S SI SJ I I J jt U I II I P JULIA I I i iI l I I I WHEN KNIGHTHOOD i 1 WA IN ACT IV tENE I C i In Flower while It cannot Justly justl be called exceptionally bad Is at nt least hast not worthy wurth of or either tar star or Play piny With a u couple of ot exceptions exception not lIot a 11 person ro rose o e oat ea at a above ue Ot Urn thin most Insipid In mediocrity Henry VIII Ili looked like the tho king of or club and his undignified fleth buffoonery did dill not tend to mitigate tho tim Impression created den ted by his appearance lIow I er erthe the piece IB is u II good gool g oI one that In combination with the work of oC Ml s Marlowe will Im be bo to In I I I h I aej J J v cj t I S l rn f e f fA A x I IV J S cj I V 5 C m 1 r L L ft S 5 5 5 r I Photo ty Lr ew w York nL m 1 n THE LINE UP FOR A GAME OF HOCKEY I sure for tor It a t lung long life lito despite tIme the utter of oC the supporting company rime Tho distribution of or characters Is given en fill to Indicate to what shat extent II the playwright has employed the per by the author of at tho thie novel noel Henry VIII hIl 11 ting Ling of cl Charles h of 01 Francc North 01 ol cit I Duke of 01 1 T mOle I luke fluke do d enroy ot ol France Kranci FranceIL ranc rancH K IL W Morrl Morrison cn fir O muter mailer cl ct Ith tb the dance Jn I Donald I Cater secretary Frederic Hurt Jurt Sir Fir Adam Julion oM in of North Will King Elms lImy jester rank flank Captain lr ol l f the tho Royal luil r S F t I Hott lIott ol of the II blow lIow try J String I mem Italic atthe at the William CIarli Chari An tn adventurer J J 7 lueen Jusen o f n i Annie Clark liar Tudor of f Julla Marlowe i June JAne North LanIon Am n fl Claire lairo Kul 11 t s Jane Jam S New ew York Vork f I ULTA BV Vt ROJE S I f S 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