Show r J U 1 Letter Leter 5 r in mm r UI VUU Correspondence Now New York Feb ol 8 David Is BO 10 firmly convinced that tho now no agreement ment between Klaw ft and Stair Wilbur Wibur giving nil ni thu tho lead leat leadIng Ing popular priced theaters to tho last mentioned linn 11 for Cor Klaw 8 the first class playhouses Is IR aimed In III part at least ut lt himself that ho has hag shifted his piano very cry ma materially It I had been boel Mr Ir In Intention next season to send out over OCI the th popular priced circuit his hll great greal successes Du Vu Harry The Tho of oC the The Tho Heart of or Maryland Inasmuch as al Mrs Ir Carter CarterIs Is nearly through with wih Lu Du Dairy and 1111 Miss Bates will next season have n I new IW piece to the place of oC her beau beautiful Ut magnificently staged Ingell Japanese Ja drama dram poum Hut But under Inder tho circum circumstances stances indicated by y the tho new ne combination tion 1011 tho 1 productions will wi bu merely placed upon the shelf helt and the tho will wi confine Himself to 10 tho now works he lius hUI In hand halll The rie Im of oC this decision upon ullon a 1 new lino of business conduct Is II quite ap nil apparent parent for COI tho that thu Ilu productions have boon not alone alono among the tho costliest olt st but Iho he Invariably success successful ful til stage representations placed before beCore the tho The he new le play for Cor Mrs Cur Curter ter ls Is completed mid ready 1111 to KO HO Into and the tho finishing touches are uro being placed upon pOI the th next for 01 use t 0 of ot Miss Thus the tho com coming ing II tenson penS will find Mr with hut but three attractions those already catalogued In hI this paragraph and Hen iletta In II Sweet Kitty mt y Del lel lelIn In Irs There hns haR been n vigorous Blink Blinking ing up I In metropolitan amusement nf aC fairs during thc tho put past by b lenson lenHOn of oC Mayor abrupt n closing of playhouses causing two of or tho Iho fixed entertainments to bo hustled In Into II to 10 new surroundings Nobody very wr much IllCh surprised nt lt the tho action of our chief executive excepting in tn the tho case cast of oC the tho Url Opera House which Is 18 nu II abundantly supplied with wih means of at exit ns 11 fl amusement temple templo In the world It 1 stands upon a n street corner with broad of oC e Kress on Oi tle sides and can bo I emptied empted of n vast ORt audience In II i 1 brief period John Johl H the proprietor put up a vig vigorous 11 orous light from tho outset M hns U w certainly held helt the earnest t sympathy ot or of tho ul mi n I The he advertisements of oC Kyrle Belew who the attraction nt nl the Princess theater when that establishment wan wa ordered closed read this Ihl week Itel as ni fol Col follows lows 1011 On aCer Monday Feb U 1 by hy order of oC the mayor of uC New York announcement ap appearing II under the tho bending l n of or the tho theater Meanwhile Mr I Bellow Below Is playing over er I hastily Improvised route roulo through 1 the nearby Now l cities ciles no so the mayors ml prohibition merely caused cl him hin the th loss lo s of ot four Cour perform New Ama Amateur in II the mn Cracksman The he Sacrament of DC Judas Juda will wi naturally have hl n I better beter opportunity to tl attract tho public to the Savoy Savo than that d by h the cesH ceH theater with its Is small auditorium nt III the tho head of or n comparatively narrow and tortuous night of or stairs up of or the S ono OlO of the tio most cramp cramped ed Nl uncomfortable of oC nil ul the New NewYork NewYork York theaters IH advantageous to W WH WH H who ho was WiS playing there In II Thu Tho Secret of ot at the tha time tl tho Iho authorities stepped In Mr Thompson now s ocr oer to the thu Oar den theater which la II at lt leant n roomy and attractive place quite beyond re reproach roo in an architectural dl e It I 1 likely Ikel play will wi ever Q r be 10 a n sensational suc RUC success cess ceM It I U II ono of oC those and pleas pleasIng Ing pieces which leaves leles a n very Vcr Impression upon the th mind but give gle the to tall about with wih special fervor C Doubt Doubtless less 19 however Mr Thompson will run along for some lomo to come Ole nt lt tho Garden to audiences of ot if It not nt conspicuously groat o dimensions The removal of ot Iob on II n Morel Merely Ann from Crom tho Harden to tho Criterion theater Is 18 a 1 further proof of ot thu hold hohl this Ing has taken upon 1111 tho Now New 1011 York nubile Had h her r Huc e I been cel merely nominal at the tho Harden en she sho would have been allowed to remain them ther until another attraction could bo ho found to take tak her hor place o Hut ut iho ho hoIr Ir t moment of oC vacancy In III any of Charles l thea theaters trl Mies 1 9 WIB Immediately Irl nuked ed to nil tho and sho fl gup now goes IN into tho Criterion with wih tho remainder of the tho winter season Benson nor a aA A HN f NM I I H H H HI H I I IH t 1 i j 1 I I j HII H I HII IH I IH I III I Which Howard Kylo Will Wi Present Ir nt at nt tho lh Theater Th uter on Monday t condition equally pleasing to Mr Froh Frohman man t Co who uro uru managing IrU UIS affairs William WIlam A production of The Pit ut II the Lyric Irle theater arous aroused Irus ed cd tho first night audience to the v elry ry highest pitch of oC acclaim Tho rho climax was reached 11 In fourth act r lre renting tho Interior of oC tho Chicago wheat pit fIll at lt nn an exciting crisis In manipulation In which the Iho hero of or tho play lay was as deeply Involved A number of extras representing brokers clerks and 11 run runners ners nerl had been hell very cry drilled ll for Cor this episode by Mr r Brady himself hll el whom there thoro Is 1 no 10 stage Italo manager In this country better skilled In the preparation of ot effective and stirring mob lob scenes Long Iong before eCore the lh cur had rung town down upon the wheat pit It moving picture with Its ls uproar and turmoil the big crowd In III front were elo sitting up straight In their seats with Iho blood tingling through their veins ond an In almost Irresistible desire to join joll In II the mad babel of uplifted voices upon the thc stage When the end reached there was a tremendous roar of or applause the Iho was shown over oer over oer before the torrent subsided Wilton I In of oC tho lending character In The Pit In II one of ot tho very ry best portraitures In his hlA already long list of ot really masterful stage creations creaton It I Is entirely worthy worth of oC the line 1110 setting pro for Cor It with no 1 lavish n a hand I L Manager Viola 1011 Allens handsome revival of ot Twelfth Night nt nl the tho Knickerbocker theater gives added weight to the Im Impression expressed In this correspondence dence nr some IOle weeks ago the ten tendency dency of the tho public had turned from iho tho frivolity of musical horse piny to n I higher r quality of or stage of offering fering Cering This IS exemplified In III tha tho nil ni too of oC Ada Otis Skinner nt al the tho Inlo theater where tho three weeks celes of oC classic revivals als all drew Irow exceeding Allens will In the na nn nature ture tUIO of things appeal rp 11 to thin largo clientele her Itay at ot tho Knicker Knickerbocker bocker boder will wi bo ns ni In a n Inn elal sense ns lS from Crom the tha artistic view viewpoint point H Allens Impersonation of Viola loIn Is a 1 charming ex exhibition of the actress art revealing n personality somewhat recalling tho girlish grace of oC the thc late Adelaide ton The Tho scenic Investiture Is 18 very ery fine Ino and the thc company of or rate quality Including John Clarence nr sides John Craig Cr Frank Curri r Elliston Kettle Zele Tilbury c U I Orce ilea n and several others No les than seven of the 1 principals of or An English l Daisy a ot Dai the are being hehl let out Olt of ot their engagements by the tho new who nearly had hal apoplexy when he II saw 5 the rho list as nB framed up 11 liy Iy Weber YM Fields An n to hold public ImbUe even cen with wih Its ls tint not It 11 Is easy el to see I what nhat win happen to It In III Us 11 t cheapened state 1 Since It I wan made known that thal Kin Em Kendall Wil to 10 have a new comedy COUely n t season to Inke thc tho of ut his hl very successful Vinegar Huyer Bu cr entertain entertainment ver ment lent the attention of dramatists hu huen been en concentrated upon him with great closeness During his en tn engagement Kendall was personally hll cd td by b five or six BI writers with minu scripts thor they were sure Buro would Just fit tt him and ull he h exhaled a large degree ot tact In entertaining them co Q well wel that they went away IWO smiling even een If It they made Indo a 1 sale The Tho chances are that no matter whoso vehicle this com may accept his own part parlin In It Il be written by himself Kendall has h wi to long manufactured his material that in I J find It I easy to play pIa a roU rt by another Thc Tho County Chairman nt Wai Wol lacks luckl theater and The Orl from Crom Kays nt at the Herald Square haw have just d their ono hundredth night were souvenirs at nt the Herald Square but none lIone nt ot Wallaces will wi doubtless run all aU win winter wintel ter tel The Thc great Erent other Mother Goose spectacle at 01 the New Amsterdam then ter has but Lt another fortnight to remain In New NewYork ew York Then comes comeR with wih a I big new nw production The Other Girl hoe has settled do oln n nt t the theater to what Is apparently to bo 10 a 1 run terminated only ly 1 tho coming ot hot weather f r Mrs Mu WI III of ot the tho Cabbage Patch tumbled Into Philadelphia just ju t when nil ni tho heaters withdrew their advertis advertising ing the tho newspapers mid Ind the pa papers pers Peri censed mentioning the theaters These were cro lather ther trying circumstances s for Cor a 1 comparatively new nel and untried piny pil but hul Mrs rose re superior to hI the tho situation had three ke ot of Very cry largo attendance 1 |