| Show 5 r ann J tim inn I t W n nL H HI I L L Letter J n Special Correspondence 1 YOUK VOlU Feb I eb 2 29 The closing Io ln N up till 11 of oC n 1 r New York theater or tho ho refusal of or the author tIes to 10 allow the Iho to 10 reopen Is II not an urn unmixed grief to 10 Weber Flouts Fields Inasmuch II na us Oi It has hns relieved them thorn of or a 1 very ery er considerable contin continuous itaLic uOla expenditure At t the tho beginning of the season those gentlemen took OVer O this the greater Rrelier part art of at tho tue winter teim tel at nt the JOI theater upon Ulon a 1 shar har sharing harIn hug ing In contract I which contained n IL clause clauso guaranteeing Henry H n Sire the tho owner On I of ot the tue property that Ills his hiI portion of ot the receIpts should amount to at lt least l aRI 1 l OO n A WI week 1 The rh failure of ot William Colliers that two caused his man Joan lan tigers to shut shunt the doors coors of ot tho tue but they tier were presently reopened by I Alco II under the management of or Henry H II 1 Harris who assumed the Iho We Wc Weber bet ber Fields IIRI cement tot for a n few fel ow weeks Mr tr til Sire re still sti holding the original and not releasing them liuni t l I ss Fischer er too proved the tl I lii very ser pr rello of or n a 1 popular and tho Iho establishment again n shut UI up uptight tight Attar u a I while Weber Fields offered Mr Mi Sire In u a I lump Hum lUI to 10 lot lut them liem t hi cot out of at o f the til t lu remainder ii I I of ot if ift t lid I undertaking U It I rig but bitt ho ha declined urn I nul the tho proportion iou thon t 5 U I t two tV attractions it t tract lotus which v Ii lull they lucy Ile t proponed hurl lOed to t 1 1111 l lIO 0 In lii tw I It I thou but but it t he hr hI would not hot at cither elhel cit luet of 0 f C t I Then caino 1111 II tue Sydmy Sydny II with luls undertaking to the thu nt fit 1 t which time the is entered upon Iho tue forbidding the out Ut of oC any 11 II such luch plan Ilan The rIte luJI Weber vt now take inka the ground that thiat they tuey cannot be II held hel to II tu the payment IllI lt of or any In further sums HUIS for the theU use U o of it f a n playhouse which s It Ich the tle t hue municipal pal government tit hua hus Its a stamped ta iii neil nu nn unlawful U ni aw UI There will wi probably bo he tl MiO vigorous litigation II over this thin state flute of tiC lt R Ia Il for Mr Mi I Sire Sira IB Is II quite an as 11 much mucha a n belligerent ns nR Ida huh opponents who ell however at II the tue stage of ot the lie I proceedings I t ti to have hut ye I III hiS of Ut an Lull In over lor him hll o There me tile II rumors humors of or a ut I secret Port pact bo ho het t ilia I hu I vaudeville tie VI lie nut ti ti ge t a of Ir the country ami the HIP I r ft I 11 I I a 11 iI ii alliance n a 1111 ii Ia lice the t he Idea be Ito hoIn In lag to dr en eIn the tho variety theaters In the tho t he large hug cities el t lee I flat the lie ti t I out It 11 VIt Ii I title tills repa I t conies come tae t lie Ie publication Inn of or an itt In Iii II with wih DavId Dald which lisa hl been of l tin the week weck In Inthe 11 the tle I hI the t hel liter tel w 01 hi In I n the tl course of hit of ut f which were eue couched In n the vigorous terms custom customary ary or ar tp ti t Mr Mt I heInso O ho lie hl tosses at ti the Ih Theatrical Syndicate mot und branch huegl n mil tug with wih I I ii the t hue proposition It on thaI Ihal al Ito hI ute to o hl 0 been buti obliterated toni the earths within ninety days 1111 the time nl In is up and hv hue hI II li still HII at I II able Sill to 10 t o take lithe Ilk limn und nIl notice things Mr lr I notre goes goen on nil t to 4 that the tho Ihl time of lt all util ul lila his hl nt at In IS solidly hooked booked for next year yeat II anti and that lu lie ht will 11 Ili not hunt be com cnn compiled ln piled to II play ph In II I it tents ten ta und it nil duo although hn hu would do thu 10 so AI pi rather than live gIve IvI vip tp 1 the fight Mm II Carter arter Arle he states Is I to be h at nl the theater all I next lext season Mlis 11 Hates fates will wi go I Into Inlo St 81 In Iii August fur for or four oust months nut 1111 Henrietta Crewman David Dohl In lii n a I new n l play pin Tynan I In 11 an Rn Irish IMI drama hearIng bearing the luau ball 1181 mark am are nil all ni provided the with country routed throughout C 0 4 It I looks bolts very ery nr much nn as 11 though the United would remain mad for seasons MaOn to come 1010 at lit lt least until surfeited with wIlls wih that remarkable work AH s M everyone knows knowl by I this time Mr Mc will wil make It hula his Ils chief at attraction lt traction next ns Lie this tile at tho the thoI I Metropolitan Opera House Hou C where It I hue has been tile the sole nole feature to give gise Io satisfaction unit tion lon to the public In 11 addition Additon Henry W Savage will Ill make n a 1 great reat ton of ot the thue tie music drama Irlma In h em employing emo hula his hil ready already II organized English l n leh Opera Ocr company na 11 the nucleus of the sInging Hinging forces In a I pictorial F nAe no less ices than In II the massiveness lenes of tho the Interpretation this Is 18 to 10 tobe tolie be lie quite lite the most mOAt ambitious undertaking lag Ins of Mr Ir Savages managerial career It I will wil have hlo the Iho advantage over oer th thue production that It I may mn bo ho moved to 10 OIl nil ni the large Ilme cities where hero thorn hern thelo are arc with wih quarters behind tho thie curtain The rh Met cannot be he taken out of suf Its present surroundings with without wih out oi practical destruction Finally Mr Ir Mansfield Is iii to 10 us his dramatic version erslon of or which will wi Ill at leat least t be ve an nn Interesting undertaking ng al nl although although though how hol It I will 11 pan lilt out In is II a n good heal den I of ot n a problem to everybody vody but Mansfield himself S a aThis t This actor by I the Iho by b seems scents to be he turning more and A 11 more inure mol toward the Iho gloomy morbid type tle of oC play 11 pla Ills ia JAI the Terrible presented this week welk at ut the New Now Amsterdam theater Is dark gruesome grue ol harrowing beyond expression The only ember emler In the heap Is la nn ni occasional touch of ot sardonic null humor In Iii 11 tIm the role jolo played by I the thue and all even this Hush hushon out on t lit tI y enough gli to Iu make 1110 any 11 lon eon contrast The rue rw play ln In is iter ful UI aol IH 19 I ii finely Inel hi staged 1111 acted tic I ad hilt butt Its 1 engagements will wi doubtless be lie brief for the thu I reason I that butt t while hll he It I t enchains Ins the tho attention It sends the tho auditor home wih with n a 1 of or of If strangulation tint and In a a In Merely Motel Mary MaryAnn Muir MuirA Ann A tuti will wil V it I rench leA h liar her one a hundredth hi ii nd red Ut H In II New cew York at lt tho the Cri Criterion rl terion turlon theater on nil 01 Saturday evening Match In lh 26 iL the Tho rh following Monday souvenir will wi bo tu li pro lIre wilted to tl members of Ir the audience thus lma celebrating the thue lout repetition lots ot of oft the he t ploy IlIa Instead of 0 C the ono one on hundredth tit tits a s IK li customary Miss Minn Ibl Is II ono of ot the III hits hilts hll of the hot Ihl weather and will wil remain hero hueto helO until 4 4 S 0 SMote Mote Morp HOI 1 lp Kyrlo 1 no Hole will wi reach hi hl luls nUh of or The Amateur March IB l I at ul th the Savoy 11 SuLu 0 theater boater when copies 1115 of ut the tho look book of hu sti upon ii putt which hell title this I a I I Int lug UK drama dru ma U is founded II will wi IM he li given Riven 1 n nr ti Va n ni nil ew I volume Is II Isto istO to hem bent Mr Ir autograph HP 11 I Ic I Is Isto to 10 ro hi hula il unison parly 1111 for a ut 1 yachting cruise In lit II h Atel returning to 10 In time to t t In Iii HalpIn In II list California at ot the Ihl beginning of Aug August The Flue town Is he full of itt just Junt now In addition lo to the thue established piny which It hl hu ii i been H ii ii I e the HIP tl autumn ati I the th I hi tm trios st t hit It I t I a of ot I It tule Hile t iii a ate aro Th Ill Il I It will wil I I hi V I I t nt Lick Jk I ek ne n e at 11 1111 theater Th Ih Van n koe kee lct Consul I with tIl Ii I In i i I nt at the HIP rite fht foot fool with wih wIt ii ru farl in nt 01 a I dm fh I Ii N Nn w York th t hinn tr Ill ii iii lie Iho Ih t Tl ml Isa I n I tim it fp ri of at Twelfth Sl ht I N I tn to tolie b lie he removed nn in 01 Monday 1111 n nIue trout from the Ihl to 11 Ih In lii I to 10 th thi nf of It pen 1 to 10 s IA q ns as ni lv n ruins hl hn fn r h to t 41 the Ih old r ones one by hiS h n poll Into 1110 th thi r ir liw 0 1 Mrs r nf or the Iho l I n nt at It la II last lt t to In have hl nn nfl lo 10 Ii It I orin h In Iii II ih Ihn thin n nv of nf A n run The rom 11 will till wl RO co JO Into the DIP Park Parle theater t Boston H lol on un Monday night with 11 no 10 definite stop atoll order r nod Is IR expected I H to 10 remain In tills thIs playhouse until tho the end ind of ur the amusement 1 term I el Himi plays have huie been received with wih great INt favor In II the Massachusetts n metropolis find And this thil fact tact Is regarded le as tue tin nfl omen favorable to tu Mrs Ir Wigs A week hence nt itt the Garrick then thea theater ter lor Kennedy will wi make her luer stage debut appearing In a ii I now no 1 play 1111 by A called The Vito Itoh Hul tog Ing II lolor The Tho aspirIng young OUI wo Wa woman woman man Is I from rota ld frIends say 51 aLt site she Is II a II Christian Scientist whose whoso reliance upon this faith tutu line has In ln her with wih the tho profound belief she pho H is I n it I great actress II Her tier manager Hurry I Homers H a it I view I W Wor of or the lie situation by b his huis star with wih a n remarkably strong emu cost CH t IncludIng Ing In Orrin Johnson Johl nn Vincent ratio HOM Hond Ile White and others of repute and pIne placing pInelog log ing In the staging of ot Ih play IlaS pIa In the HIP skilled of ur William 1111 Seymour H lour TInts Thus 11 Kennedy be ho hI nn an ni ly gent luminary In tho the stage to a I satisfactory B generl per ier performance Charles IH Is II in to bring H nry Miller to the thue Hudson theater n ii week In 1 Man lan p by b Donay Dona Star and ald play pIny have bao been heen well wel received elsewhere S S 0 John Bangs 1 II is to 10 write the tho next lext cl d for tor izra Kendall Je who huo will viii wi shelve shele The Tho Vinegar Buyer Huyer after this huts Kendall l mt nn an easy eley comedian to fit II but bin Mr Air i Bangs Is I con confident ho hue has hall tho the actor correctly meas mens measured a SO Christopher Bruno who hn hM l ben en en engaged engaged ed tot for the lie tooling leading part In the lie new nets ne II lu piece Tho Sho Oun IH 18 II n ii son Ron ot fr if OUR Him a n well seil known l oln eccentric comedian The rhue I young man has made Indo n ci I bun reputation for Cor himself In the lie vaudeville where shero her Man Mati Ial aner ager n r Savage sized hint him up very sery ry cole care carefully cale fully lull before engaging el I ln him hll for fo ni nits nis Im will vIll ho bo task The rue ShoGun wi that city Il cit d In iii Chicago and 1111 produced In Itt 11 S o oda SC i iAda Ada da luau nini Otis Otla OtH Skinner who drew cleiv Immense e receipts last week at atthe It atthe the ih Opera Oper House JO e are at nt present In iti Newark Next e Monday night they the theore ore are to 10 begin n a engagement nt rut the thue enormous Hoston BOHton theater where whorl thou their thol Pil record for tor receipts will willIn wi willitt In itt II till all ni likelihood I bo he shattered OX I |
