| Show r ra U UI L Leander Richardsons Letter J I mn c Special Correspondence K TEW I W YOI Feb Is I the NEW N I N country countr In general going to do 0 for tor forI I J stage entertainment next season wison This Is a 1 question that Is begin beginning ning to loom up with wih considerable mug mag magnitude at lt the tho present time and unless tho the wholly unexpected happens haJ n the anti Importance Im of It I will UI keep kep on In Increasing Increasing creasing at nt an nn exceedingly rapid rote rate rile Last winter at nt this New York wa was manufacturing u a 1 great grent deal of ma material tonal for tor this seasons entertainment of at the other othor cities TIe Tre Prince Irinee of oC Ill Illsen Il IllSen sen fen The Wizard of or Oz Os The Sit Sil Silver HI ver er Slipper r The Darling Darlng of ot the Gods Pretty Peggy Pegg The Karl Earl I rl of ot Pawtucket and quite numerous other oilier works were sero earning corning In New York a 1 de degree degre gree gre gr of fame sufficiently wide willo to Insure profitable po tuble careers elsewhere This hll sea pen ea von soil thus titus far been productive of or orman many man great hits his In the tho metropolis or anywhere els else so 80 that It begins begIn to look IOk as n though thought managers ln tho the pub public lie lic 10 alike would have to rely mainly 1 up upon upon upon on tho the next autumn crop croll of or entertain entertainments moats ments to nil fill the bill bi for Cor tho the succeeding winter Said Sold Charles the theother theother other day In itt making n a mental survey HIt of tho the situation i Managers have hae been heen unusually unusual unlucky this titis year In securing good ool material In the way n of ot plays thays I 1 think If It we vo had been ns as fortunate ns as heretofore In this respect the th season have hlo turned out the cause of ot any special hardship hal to the lie gentlemen In my Toy line Ino of business Somehow or 01 1 other tho thu supply of ot meritorious plays Illa seems Reems to run out once In awhile as us In Inthe Inthe inthe the present Instance All An We te cnn can do Is Isto I isto to 10 keep keel kel on Oi producing to the best of or our judgment and III ability and hope hol for tor u a aalt fair alt average In the tho way of or results a e I Last week there were live five 11 or six It x new n plays pla offered In Now New York while this week there thero are aro none nono at to show how hOlY little effort efort I Is la made III In the first Instance to avoid noh the lie splitting tip IJ ot or public Interest l through cOnflIct cud and In 11 the second to provide fie h stage matter when there thore Is it i un alt 11 opportunity to concentto concentrate upon It ll the he undivided at nt attention of tho ho entire community It I Is 10 Isn Isn n a feast tast or u a famine t even een In this enor enol enormous moul city with wih Its l great get number of ot playhouses Next week we 1 we ue shall have competition once OnN again with wih Wilton Wion in Tho The Pit lit Il at nt the Ito Lyric Viola 1011 Allen Ailen In Twelfth Night at the lie Knickerbocker and nm ono one or two minor attractions at other theaters Tue lilt Pit conies comes In itt II with wih exceedingly strong from the tho west and Man William A Brady hue has centered Interest In lii It hero by plastering tho city with s bills bis ceilIng calling for tor the Iho services cervices of ot BOO 50 men of ot good god appearance to taku take part In the wheat a pit scene lene t Sydney no Century theater schema Is being pushed ahead with an In energy both characteristic of the tho man and amid upon recklessness On Sunday Mr Mi I Rosenfeld made his hla formal announcement naming a n company In Including chiding moro more than 40 O persons quite n a 1 number of lr whom are meritorious actors and actresses If these players are 10 paid n ns as well by their now new manager as they have been hen by others tho the Century thea theater ter ler will wi a 1 salary list of ot extremely formidable proportions Several pro productions ProdUctions are oro announced to follow one Olo another In iii rapid succession Much Ado About Nothing Ours nail Othello sandwiched In II with wih original haul inal plays by b American authors tho this general understanding being beinG tint that no lu work will be bo put on an for tor nn an extended run cull Just how BO so o costly a n company with wih tho the added expense of or frequent and elaborate productions can cal be he supported oven even by b full ful houses In n a 1 theater of tho the 1 It I isn easy lafY to see at lt this time Hut But If it J Mr II backers continue In tho the spirIt of or litter liber liberality 11 alit that lint hits haa hl characterized fleet first plunge to the monroe O CUI of lt If our stage which they the Insist Is la In this the hunt Html Ilal gasps of mero ler matter mater of ot lo mooney lon rl thing will wi cut no 10 figuro ART An IH is II the therl a S t S Mn Mrs Madge Carr err arr cook ook who Is la the tha mother lother of Eleanor anti and Ind who into has been playing the thu th title tle mis 1010 In Iii Mrs Ir of or the lie Cabbage Patch l had a Saturday ort oft when her supporting company WAS WI va going Into Philadelphia anti and took toole of ot tn a opportunity to In it run over to 10 New York Mil anti wo see lO lOher I her daughters wholly charming I portrayal of ot Mr Ir heroine olle In Merely Mary Ann nl nit tit M th the Garden Theater Mm Met MI Cook osk ok win wt 1 already pur nur citing her own tour when Muss I Itoh nol soils season opened and this wee was her br brnt tint first to a the Ih entertain entertainment meat ment After tu Mrs II Cook Cok luau had left IU town Miss Mil IN beaming with wilts wholly Jug JI tillable M n exclaim Mother ha hA has always alway p b been en my m severest critic anti and Ih he ha hal has male made mat me m in happy IIPP by 1 b praising my work in this U Instance Mr MeL 1 olt own ln n In Iii II Pull Phil Pi by b th the way wey u Is II tar for tr throe three w weeke ki only end and ad I is II l hll upon an up unexpectedly lario Iaru Iro lII At t present ll ii I I Is not Intended In tend to using bring M MI Mrs Mra I to New N York until I net nt n it toll taU uben It wilt will wi h l be pr presented nid toe for t a run Nn that quite possibly may In continue the hue season David attractions In New Now NewYork NewYork York end and elsewhere nr are not lot causing their manager timmy any 11 anxiety aa as ni to tile tho bum bulK of ot their earnings In Philadelphia Mancho Hates engagement which woo was WI to have been beel to four tour weeks time line bus Ims hul been extended d for tor fo an al addi additional fortnight by 11 reason rell of ot tho the ex cx exceedingly large receipts and old un nn opportunity t to shit ht n a 1 leu le less powerful magnet maglet In imI II St SI LouIs the other week Mrs Mr Lea Les Leslie Ls Leatie tie lie le Carter Corter In Du Harry played to between tee arid and I OO receipts which a n very low lew eW years earl ago ugo would have hae been regarded us liS fabulous quIto quite beyond comprehension Here ler In New York Kitty la is II sailing along upon much the tile serene waters of ot content anti and other would take taken I almost any nn manager n a trip trill to tu or otherwise employ I himself In 11 the lbs pursuits of ot recreation Ill Bill ul built bui that way He lie le works ut at his business affairs during the and after dark locks loks up for tor Live five or 01 six aix hours with tho ho man mali manuscript UJ ot of still sll another nother play upon which he lie Is working for tor the future tutu t a a Amelia Amel In very sensibly makes her exit front from the tho Knickerbocker thea then theater tel ter tel as soon BI ns as lil site she possibly can with wih Olympe her new hOlY leI amid Ild entirely un unsuccessful unsuccessful successful play from fron the tho French This Is Mrs last week on Broad way WI tot for which she III In probably HS as II thankful under the tho circumstances us as u uthe the public undoubtedly I Is hI isI The bottom has las dropped out of 0 An Au Daisy Dais at tho Carina and tho the receipts receiPt are arn ar no tie 1 very 1101 DOor or that tho Ito Shubert have b been en displaying considerable activity In 1 their endeavors to find another attraction to take Its place They tried tre to Induce F FC I IC C 5 Whitney to hurry on n his production of ot 11 Pout Pouf tar for the principal comedy part uirt In 11 which Edwin l Foy has been Hut Mr Whitney con en considers elders siders his hll undertaking quite too to Im ira Important 11 to he be rushed rUsh 1 and anti will viii 1 take his hi time George W tins been ap all approached also With a 1 P view tew to reviving Tho This ns as n a I Casino stopgap but hut when ho mentioned the thus mere mat moat matter mattel tot tel of oC n a to AS oS his end cuil nf of the tho receipts the theater th manag managers ers era crl hid liki themselves In La the dark with the greatest st of oC precipitation The Tue Im Immediate mediate future futuro at tha the Casino seems As tho the flat Dal Daley flats iother shady ll s to English ey s P piece tho itie M r Weber W ber Fields have exhibited their thell accustomed lI Jd f rn d heel busi business ness miens adroitness by getting rid of ot It ho new lel owner is a 1 man named Unites Dalles whoso whose personality familiar to Broadway although ho lie hI In ha said to have had hM 1000 some mo experience ns as lS u a manager of oC traveling companies S Ci e Now No that lint Miss MIen I Ada Ado Rohan Behan anti Otis Oils Skinner have made mado such a 1 success In revivals at tho ito Lyric Irla theater thoro there are lre rumors of or similar productions by h all ni kinds of ot stars stas anti companies It I ought to bo be remembered however that what Miss Ml anti Mr lr Skinner cnn can do a 1 few tew other persons cannot do ala Tho The com corn company pany lutinY will conclude their prosperous three wl weeks engagement at nt the with wih a n revival of or Tho Merchant of a n few tol moro more performances of Tho The Taming of or tho the Shrew Shrol for tor which the tho house Is II already sold out outS S The Tue manner In which Corey Coney Island Is 18 striking out for tor tim the patronage antI recondition recognition of or the very best beet etc ele element ment melt ot of summer r amusement seekers Is worth attention The Tho Th Mes r Fred Jred crick orick Thompson and Elmer Emer Dundy DundY were wore the originators of ot thIs thin scheme chemo for reclaiming tho the most moat notoriously tough recreation spot In Am mind Ind they made such leh marvellous head headway headway way last year with wih their Lund Lena Iun Park that il a 1 big corporation has been beon form torm formed tormod ed od to establish next season a n similarly elaborate anti and costly diversion enter enterprise prise a I stones throw away nIlY This will wi mean menn tho the practical elimination of or tho the theold old flowery Bowery and nd the thc placing of ot Coney Island upon ns an high a I footing ns as ni any other seaside patch natch In lit tho the country count Thompson ft Dundy are aro to make still another important reform next spring by b 1 establishing a l really high class metropolitan restaurant nt at It Luna Park Th fhe they y have just signed n a contract with the this caterers who run rtin tho tint Broad Ex l Exchange x change t refectory considered con llor tho the best bat eating MUng place In imi II the downtown financial district anti It will wi hereafter bo be his hie hi to something besides when W Ion feeding a S SEzra at nt Coney Cone Island Ezra I Kendall who began his hi season wih with The Vinegar Buyer In Han San ls foil fall Is in I to bo be a n Washing Waihing tons ton birthday star atar In a along f along long Ion stretch of ot territory to cover In the tho laps of ot a few tel brief t mouths t new nw music hall hail hll schema hell nt at II what he now anile cli tho the Vie Alc VIl torla IorIa Theater of started oft off ni with a n great gra ruh rush on Monday Wow lol York lute hns h long been i in lii 11 need of or a n loung loun Ing leg pInt pirn where h smoking and drinking are ar allowed and this Ihl 4 la iii II II it I Kyrl lUe now IW ow seems ms sure sur Bil of nf pan lag Inc his hi two we C hundredth hl of at th th the o ur at atthe the tho tl PrInces Plue M The Tho run 1 I is alto Ilo A i tether remarkable for tor u a 1 season Hit this II on cue f |
