Show 1 r J n l L L hw C Letter J Correspondence Now New York Jan year I nt at this time hero u eis at a t I least a 1 half dozen attractions playing In II different parts of ot tho the country countr the tim managers of or which were clamoring for tOI Ut opportunities to como Collie to Nl York theaters basing their ther anxiety for tor metropolitan openings upon tho the fact that they Ih hid had registered successes of ot ouch auch magnitude an UH to o Justify the Iho experiment on way No 0 such condition exists at itt lt pros ires enl cot The only roilly roal strong hits his which have been developed II along alon the tho line lino Ino of ot large Ilc cities away from Crom hero without having already reached this center are The Yankee Consul on I Mis Ims ot of the Cabbage abbage Patch and IIII mini The time Pit Pil The fh last InKt mentioned of Ir these the e mire Iru already booked for runs run In lii owr r at itt lt an aim ni caily period while the Mrs Ir I company Is II being chug held out omit pur purposely Jur by h lt 11 Its proprietors lI who are lre Im Impressed In pressed with wih the thui II lIen Idea that tut If it the piece ilece h l I Ir presented on Manhattan Island nt III the lii beginning r of Cr f the Ihl It I will rUn iun straight through until the following spring mm ii ri mm g These ms mutters mat I els are lre ii ro mentioned Iii en lone l an nN log ing lime llio ll paucity ot 01 dutiable ml st nil tm then lies t li t mica leal I material I brought t to toI light I li Ii t dining ml I t lie ii h a current rye mit season outside on talle talleN NiA N i here hero we me have terel fur far ril more timure lort failures amuil halt half way wn I linn In lii II a number of ot seasons Some ot or thu man maim who handle OUt our I amusement affairs have a I tendency to time the Ihl financial conditions of or tha period for ii tItle this but the fact seems to bo ho that there hero I In lii loire poor boOr 1110 In view 11 nowadays than ha n usual at atthe II atthe the height of ur tim Ih season lenOn the times have to 10 do tl with lh tho the theas as 8 but they are Irl certainly not nOI ex ox exclusively elusively iet This flits U is shown holn by bythe I byth the thc th tart fuel that thAI the Ihl lent lend lending lOg ing tilts lilts hll of nr lust last year eal have hiI been hien lm im men successful this hits winter In II their tush travels proving that time tho public now as S SIr ever Ir before needs only to be tie convince 1 of If the actual worth of r a 1 theatrical to 10 o patronize It I with lib liberality Ih liberality It I 1 l Ii true trite that thai here heie 1111 len been lenand and still mire some tommie Hore v very fr ry strong In New l York lot but theres theroA no n leaving denting the Ihl assertion that they the tire are lre fewer luau the Ihl ordinary S IS The Tho Medal nail and time the Mal l Is Ii II time the solo oto nl offering of oC this week eek 11 It I l I Is on oti view tew ut lit Ii the theater where it II I hRS Ima met lust Iel with whim lh time the emphatically expressed approval n a of Ir very ry audiences and 1111 w 11 ti It I t will Il probably y EnJo a it I profitable table Itu stu rime Thu production I 1 ti Is I ii made by liy h f e 1 rl and Thora W V whoso whose who only other oilier Joint venture hits 11 hd hail a larger hURer of or sustained I 11 rI I y than t luau any ny other a I lair musical mo u I com coni ed ely of Ir recent years In Iii the matter matr of or nn from mom season In to si seaon n on with no celadon or nr Interruption Tim h hoik of ml Tim Th nud the Iho Maid IIII Is IH by Owen I music 11 lc by IW ii Sydney Jonas II niI r I t h II mr worthy of or strong rom com inundation Most MOKI of t the Iho fun Is 18 fur 1 by T 1 Powers and ant Ignacto hll i Ih ho feminine Iller l colliers y In 1 Ruth Vincent invent n mu 1 charming singer brought over itt tl from Crol I tar for thU creation Tho rho 11 which Is hI otherwise I notable in includes Iu Cams lalUN Cerl elt Cyril fyrl H ott ot Ot W IV T F Tf f I tome I Tom Fain m Terries nil anil Alt n mm I l Ir rr nUmber nf ot ot of varying v qUit superb r 4 and old co costumes are Pall M Iuro hn hO th Ih nf of his hll con 11 Oil I t Ions nt in t dl ml I to tn gil rin n gal nd hear temie Ul It vp 11 n h feels fecU CI himself pl as its II suite I The hm other day lii the new 11 tire lire 11 made R a which Mr Ir thi a R r flee l n nUi Ui upon on hit imi hi r nail and that thil tha night th lh bi foie the Ih curtain and ami andIn In HUCK with lh con il em cull h I HP lie that he ho 11 hat had hll pont Olt It R In making his not inne lo to the of ot lux iu I my 11 but hit sate afe fre hp iu sinn and 1111 mimi I Ill ch ll ll 1 the Ih lire fir Irp department to te Mill mul any ally alY tOWI In II It U Thus tar far they I In doing so 0 een en n If I el 1111 tutu the II to slang along with wih nil all fl th tl oth other th first class of er V r RII In Now York Mill l from coma scrutiny without a mm I sear scar It must mut mUll be bo said situ that the new mayor of oC New ew York has bins his taken II a n reasonable anti and of tho Ito situation by I calling the tho managers to 10 Individual conference with him him telling them what changes they ought to make If It t any on and ond asking their cooperation lon which its as lS a it I matter of ot course they the are VI glad to tu gIve ghe gl This Is II a mm 1 giant deal more sensible and Ju just t than 1111 taking advantage e of nC a I condition of or public apprehension hel lon to tu make a n Play by I peremptorily closing up all nl tho Iho theaters heaters in iii II town ton as its IA was done don by h time the sensational and aimi mayor of or Chicago incidentally It I goes to show how that htmL the time New XII York theaters are con conspicuously well cl ell equipped to meet enter emer emergencies g The lime by W anor Huh Itoh son miami In M Merely i l Mummy Ann Aim at time the Ihl Oar ar ardel din den del tins Imn hl to both korge C e C Tyler of or Co lu o and UI omit Frohman ii still st ii 1 BI inter Coil file In I a the th London mm t a t hi mm of or o f this it 10 play 11 jIm n flex U tab fall fal I and 1111 mm nil a foi tl to i developing ile iii g Miss tI IH isa tobo 1 ii Into I fl tm un tl mm ii i ii I ba I star lre I re gradually a I by neil rI mm i 1 Aside u Stilt Min II un only omit one oM of oC oCt it tIme the t hI present l will I 1 he be taken abroad Ada 1 er who has made mn l the lit hit hi t I of or her Icle career through throng her delicious of ur Mrs Ir a 1 London keeper The Iho remainder of or the tho thc tact cast lIlt will wil l lie he e engaged In London under the time direction of or Mr lr Ir Tyler fyler and Mr Mv Ir Krohman and amid Israel tho the author will 11 personally the rehearsals rehearsal S For l or next Monday evening at the Ly rio theater Wo we WI have ho Otis and Ada who at III a that time will sIll wi be he begin glum gin n a brief engagement with wih their re reo of oC Taming the tl Hut uw w The Merchant of Venice Vei Ice anti and Jho School rhoul for tor Scandal Time The stage productions of oC these theM plays were warn originally perfected under muter tIme the tlc personal eye of or the Iho dt tote late Daly Dal who muse Iho a n great deal toward tackling molding thin tho th artistic of or both holl MI I H antI Mr I r advantage lalO quIte lie pece 11 hie In lii the compute finesse 1 ot of Ir their work upon I time the thc stag I Alice Alco FIscher Is I coming back hael to II the DIJou theater before the end anil of ot time thu Ihl month with wih a 1 revival of or her bur last sea hen lions lon play Mrs Jack Jalk presumably by h hll reason ll on of or S the tho of or this sin sea soils ons offering of reI In called d the lie he Mm tot tor with ith Miss Mis wih motto man nger IKI Henry m H lb 1 Harris assumed Fields contract with the tho owners of the its 1101 nt III the Ihl end of ur if William Col ni 01 liars llers engagement upon this thin stage e Un VII Under Under der the tue agreement Mr Ir Harris hits has been paying to 10 o the Ihl MeurA Sire Sir S O a week for or the playhouse since sines hn lin h took pos with lh Minn l iss although for tor several pst blast this the doors have been closed for ril the reason that tho tIme find a mu suitable thou 11 on the road rORt to tn bring In lit town It will thus thul be ue seen scan hut Mill Fischers start tour comes high I I q The outs one n boo nil red t It miNi noun ce ceI of C CaCI I 1 aCI a f lieu time the mit Cracksman I tm elm simian Is Isto isto I to 10 take lake place at mit It tho thu th Princes theater next Monday Manila And cam will hill 1111 I Ithe th the occasion It 1 so 10 thai hint thu li same day clay th the fiftieth kin t of It t the I I I hula y let Tin Tim I ivf ut 11 J iii a s v h kIt IM Is employ employed 1110 ed I nn ns ni a I curtain to 10 I time the III comedy The f souvenir whIch waw IH sa fO by I Mr Ir Is h n ii sliver silver Ilver paper cutter and Ile Is Irl In lit of or a n tool In Inn Inn InI n I burglar burghers kit limo llio 1111 hand my 1111 I mm e It Is I th the inscription Jim Jima Jimmy S S S Shen When hen Kitty I ll was wa be Ie being ing irig prepared for production 1 In II Now York ork David 1111 H bail In III nut for It II n a L pro rout remit through th tim t othor l large hUle r e citIes beginning early arl In F ti II any ary Rr which was WAN n a prude t thing to lo 10 the of o this public Fits Tho rh route roulo has hu now no been eui In III Its Il so n nIlle Ille III showing that Ml ls mid auth 11 fellow IOv are arc tre to remain hero horo until th Ih the end of or time the possibly I playing untIl well wel Into Inlo this the Ih hot hOI weather Swo Sweet t Kitty Is a n one onu ot or orthe lh the hue solid colIc triumphs of tho Iho ho reason reasonS S S S Mr decision to 10 turn the lie Victoria theater Into a music halt hail bal closely clos ly following George W start start upon the Ih he conversion of or a D large structure n near ar Longacre square Cuare Into Inlo a place of o entertainment upon lon similar lines Inel takes Iukes New York back bock to the time when such Institutions nourished vastly vB IY here hen Mr Mm Is b going to give afternoon and lid evenIng perform performances ances of ot straight vaudeville tc tt C audi audiences audIence ence who will wi be permitted to 10 smoke ant II otherwise refresh r themselves Mr tr r will wi also encourage the smoking smokIng ing and ond refreshment privilege while giving Riving shows partly party made up tip of speCS spec and ami partly putting potting forward bur but burl burlesques l upon Utica current curr nl successes S S I IA A glance at nt the running plays In 1 Now New NewYork cw York Is lii I to Indicate that the tho people Just JURI now are oro craving comedy COley The County Chairman nt at The Time Other Girl GIr Orl at lt the lie Criterion VII ll Ham Ilm Gillette In The Tha Admirable Critch ton at at the Lyceum Mother Goose Goire at tho ho New Amsterdam Harriet OO e Honeymoon with lh Mary Marine I the lie Garrick Tho Tue Girl CIrI train from erl Kay time the th mind and Seem M hi iv at a at nt the are Ir all in Illy V y of et 01 hilarity Theres ve er ery y 11 lt serious material on view at present S 41 Now ow that Fisher Tj Medal and the tho Maid IH Is if fairly tm f way nt ot the lie these mannis manag have turned their attention to lug Ilg GlorIa which this tha will 1 11 II y at Dalys thIs lt was t e presented In Ix as ns n a coi I A without music and It was web ri ra t i In III that form In the lie Interval a cm cm rr score has been I 11 hal u Wh h suitable lyrics thus thug considerably tt II s fJ ff the tho of or the rl Tho The Is by b Hugh Morton 1 auh Uh r of or The TIme of t New Nert Nc a York amiI anti It t works of ot le le popularity orl an i |