| Show I I Letter I thru t rl 1 Special Correspondence t YORK YOm April 18 From ft n Nt N which I I entirely reliable comes collies tho the Information that the tho traveling season of the Metropolitan Opera company hum Imi ha been anything but In hn n truth ac ito according tc cording tu ti tl thu thili authority nil all ni the money butt vau WIM made during tile tho winter at Rt the tho Metropolitan Opera OJora has hns M been heen Mr Ir hr a aton thou ton left luft It Now ow York Including tho tim largo ot of th the Und hind nd Mr lr been heel content rOi tent to tn re ro reo Melet his hid to tn cities hn hum li could coti lit hlo guarantees lose lon hit hI first year as us UI nn 11 mm oper operatic atlo malinger would havo hlo produced n a 1 atc record IC 0 11 gratifying to himself and his hlf frUnda It I la Is II said cald that tho the K Now w York ork OI showed n 1 clearance of ot about t upon the lit running expenses Xen tj not Including the tho money moly Invested In NM nn r r remodelling the stage of ot tho opera oper hOllO murm reid ii mi eel C will riot not bu hI he II a 1101 as a ho ht receives receiver a n salary of n a year oar lint and tho time receipts of a n single performance The Jho entertain meat ment for tIm tho current seasons benefit Is Itt a n performance of nf tIme the tIl of ot which will touch tho time mark thus hun giving a an 1 n lt luet t Income of or not so 10 bad for tor or a 1 wanon when tho the stockholders receive nothing I I 0 press agent Igent Is IR n a 1 busy butsy leron Tho other duty day there I mm appeared red In i n tho lie I newspapers astory a astory aton story ton to 10 tho thU effect that hut haul had been compelled to decline dechino nn an Invitation Hon tion lon to 10 a Il banquet which wan tvan to nova been heln tendered In his hono by a I largo large number ot of Insistent and prominent citizens The ho title tale tell lel the tho of oC lily any 1 of the tho Individuals who vein h the tho Metropolitan Impresario to 10 honor them with wih his hil presence Thula WI probably on 0 overnight I revival of or Is ono One of tho the most 19 t satisfactory under takings of tho the waning season It I has hal I I Indeed received such euch manifestations of popular acclaim as no to convey conny the as 18 that the tho pIece picco will wi prove poro one of the solidly prosperous attractions 1 next season 1 There have havo hlo been bee I largo large I audiences ever eer since the tho opening op at nt tho the Lyric Jyrl where Mr Hopper and mun his hil associates n nr ore to remain un until til lii warm weather necessitates t the tho dosing closing of or the hou house e With Mr Shoppers Hoppers loppers Individual ual performance pret prel pretty pretty ty much everybody Is hc of course famil familiar utah mr by this time H It I Is in unchanged t ex cx excepting in the matter Ilter of or new gaga gag Ial of which there are Ire u mL largo number mostly smart nail up 1 to tl date The fhe most flost lost Interesting feature of the new company Id ho It furnished through Mrs Ir Hoppers holDers return r tur to the tu stage She Bhe re rc retired tired some seine seasons ngo ago principally by tred reason t nO of n a 1 growing 9 which nt at that time she had hd found round It to check cheel Dut Mra IA Hopper flopper la Is 1 Isnow now as IS slender and IM lIssome ome as n n a school chool girl Irl and exceedingly beautiful Moreover More Moreover i over oer sh she sings singe with wih greater greuter charm charl charlI than over aver lr anti and may will entire entre truth be Lie spoken of as nl the best of ot our I comic opera pima donnas S Enough tears are being boing shed BI d In hn No New NewYork lW York this week to make mahe mlle It U advisable lo for Cor delicate citizens when In II the lie neigh of the tie Hudson Theater Thelier or or Ion I m Opera House Houw Jou to ti put bitt on their heir I go gola joshes la hc Margaret at It the flint first mentioned playhouse ami omi Virginia hunted Harned Hared at nt the second are nir or endeavoring to one and IU the ther effect r r U is II Intensely harrowing It 1 probably ably lb will wi not be 10 denied that MIni 1 j Ang nl Hn In gives given tho the most mutest moving moI and In realistic ot of the two two Interpretation Yet this conclusion Is not to Miss Mili Harned for I 1 doubt If It there Iler Is U Mother another actress re 1 before the lie public III who could rould cHUh compel favorable consideration against Il In ho this particular role rote She Sho SheI Is exceedingly and emo emotional I ec nul tonal tl In her and In lii ad addition Id Is II of nf novelty Mely In 1 tIm tho treatment of or It I Miss IH on Ott the Ih other oilier hand gives a 1 consistently traditional t rod performance which would be lie well regarded re r HI but for tor or the compari comparison son eel BOi MIss 1 Anglin hiatt the advantage ot of an In opposite s I 0 that could not net well wel be hue le duplicated Henry lenry Millers Milieus Investment of the tho role of o Armand Is 1 tin alt 11 adroit well uell 01 conceived ant finely executed piece of acting A nn at nt best In hi a 1 not nat sped specially ally delectable personage lona e but hut Miller manages to Infuso sonic some spirit of ot man manliness liness hInen In lii tho the role roleS S In nn nut Interview In one Ill of the Sun Sunday day papers David talking of or i bis uIs experience as l a It 1 writer of plays s director of ot productions remarked with wih evident conviction that lint In iii some somo pre pie previous Plo toUs existences he lie hI had bud actually lived Jed u it I number of the tito characters ho hums has hll so 10 sue placed before Letort the tha th public In hia tue hll present resent term tem of at existence e This flue Is IR c r a IL I novel point ot of view and it 1 hits Ius served sered to stir str tip II no end of lie dla cu slon Some omo persona lemons ons think Mr Ir Ho lie laNce laco Is in II playing a n weird sort lort sor of or Joke Joko upon Illon the reading public while others say fay SO lilo hin Imagination ID Is Il altogether too toe tOl active ant Int vivid Ill The fhe fact act about Hems Belal co ro however Is that whether he lie ha hns ex U exIsted Isted In ha 11 any an other time tle sphere phere or ar arnot not 1101 ho he certainly docs live lve the chariut tern tera ho hue draws while rhIle he ho la Is engaged In drawing them Years ago ag when alien ho hue first came Caine Cle to Now York I hud rooms ad mutt adJoining Joining those he lie occupied I used to hear him until nIl all ni hours of the thuu morn mornIng mor mornIng Ing tn racing up anti and down the floor foor act nel acting hug ing Ilg out the parts In tho thin drama upon which ho he was then occupied It I was vae his system to play pIa a n scene completely be bc before tow tore placing It I upon paper at lit lt till all ni ant and replaying It If It It Il suit him nt at first Ho Ire would arrange a fits Ink bottle pen and other desk fixtures upon n U ta In table I ble Jle each article n a charac character ter In tho the scene cene lelle Then na as he ho supplied tho th words ho would woud move loo the different things about from ono to the other othor an as he expected the thu creations of his fancy to pass huasa to and fro Cm In lii tho the action of ot the tho play U It was nil all a tort sort ort of at mental nl of ot moving picture revealing a which I dont think any 01 other has ever followed Col owed And Anui this perhaps accounts In largo large o measure for tm the extraordinary development of minor details In nil all 01 the tie marvelous productions S S The Thc production of ot Woodland Woolland lies has hasl l teen been cn tt ret ct forward orward two to or lur v days da and and will wi ihl occur In Providence of or Boston where h ro the premiere was 19 as to haw have hll taken Puce place next Monday ny evening Woodland Is time the newest of ot the he the ruders Operas opera and nil all ul the characters In itu H it I are Irl buds I There a n human or n l suggestion of human life II anywhere In InI It The scenes are laid In the primeval forent forest I where there whort the time eagle easle Is king kinK Iho the owl Is I chief chie Justice ju tho tIle raven court cour physician the tho peacock ti n society leader the dove nn an In the the tha heroine and to EO forth mund to oon on cm hlo Is certainly a n of oC novel novI novelty ty h In the limo Idea I el nud and Its Is treatment and nt Mr Ir Id hi 1 said sahi to 10 bu both typical and beautiful I Under time tho cold told raw and Ill generally unpleasant weather conditions which prevail It 1 easy enl to realize c that a n month tho tile completely In in Coney Conc Wand Island will wi bo Je going full blast hIatt Persons who ho visit visited visIted visited ed Cul this Ihl resort during the thu past last your year clr will willbe wi be lIe amazed when they lucy see nee e the tho changes which have Ime occurred there then and for tor which Thompson Dundy the thu Ih projectors tars tors of ot Luna Luau Park are arc directly responsible sible The Tho ho park prk which last year WU regarded ns as tho the mot most enterprise In 11 the world had imas hn been very nearly doubled In Iti 11 area area during the tho winter whiter and a it great number of of new lIew features H have been added It 1 is it isnow II with of Ito now nou Lit fit to he be classed casell any nw great expositions Involving nn nfl 0 outlay outa running Into Ito the millions and mitsuI 1111 having the lacking of ot the Rockefeller Inter Interest interests est ests It I I t In II n 1 m part parl of tho the Thompson lundy Dundy Dum plan to tn a tear down tIle the ente In lu fall and rebuild upon import un tutu every Increased Kale caie Last year Luna Park drew a mu 1 class cIne of people to Coney Inland who sho would never have thought of go goIn 10 going In Ing there under previous conditions to In see sec thirty It was no Ito uncommon thing or I forty of ot the moat expensive lilIes Mies In iii town ranged up tip outside tho ll tu en cn entrance entrance trance and there was loss less and Ild le lesl less s of ot the tho old Coney Island ruble rabble as s tho the sea searon ron advanced Other enterprises enterprise de the designed Ill signed Inc to rival Luna Park have wrung sprung with withIn Is clearly a that lint U and tind it apparent up tip time hue tho the old element of In a mi very vory ory short ol mind cheap cheer shows will wl have havo he been wiped out altogether a Il has been doing a n land W V H II Crane reliC onice omro business hu at tho the academy with his hil lt revival of ot David lh big 11 theater has been Joen packed almost ti ll te the hue hn ant and It la it I hooTs doors at every over performance D de tie desired evident elden that If It the ito management so n might remain un tin until sired shred this attraction til well ell Into tho time t a S S Thomas cleverest ant and most Augustus 1 successful vented comedy The Tho ho Other Othel Girl Girlis week nt at the tho U is I to remain for tor lt Theater Then Julia Empire 1 will como come hack bank to a for tor a I short term wl term In When Knighthood 1 Was as In InI Flower I lowel S SI engagement In iii Saucy Sally at nt the Lyceum theater Haly been profitable bible Tho rho actor was ot lust first very ven erY great grat seems to have havo played lf great grent ns its to with rapidity so ao out aut wih a 1 18 cause CHUS astonishment S S I Denman Thompson IH lit to bo ho the flint Hist attraction of ot next season sea OI at It tho lie New NewYork NewYork NewYork York the el with an 1 elaborate anti and costly revival of The Tue Old Homo Mead CORt Them Thero will wil bo be b real rII cattle horses tiny hay wagons anti and other IJ Impedimenta upon the unit and every effort will wil be bo II made to give gin a 11 tono oo ot or to the tho play piny ula The Tho circus In tR bring bringing bringing crUl ing to a close Its engagement U tt Madi Madison Il tl 11 son soil Squire Square I cose Garden larden the 8 before The Tha cir circus mire are greater than ever er el cus euy lre Itself Is altogether the tho biggest awl and best of all 01 the thu shoWs hoWs The Tue he County Chairman at Wal Val The Tho To Girl front from Kays I nt at tho th Herald Herld Square have havo been In town longer than timan any I other entertainment still running and Ind both continue continua to at nt attract tract loot sti great rent audiences The Tho lust last men mentioned mel honed piece has boon been here longest but the one first named has hn hod hatI hll the th great greater er ci number of performances for the tho rea ren reason son lon that It Is II played on 01 Wednesday af at afternoons If while at itt lt the Herald Square Saturday matinees only are given |
