| Show nu Richardsons Letter i wi 1 II to to i N n n nn n n n n Special Correspondence BW lOW YORK ToniC ept 1 dont re me remember 1 N member ever Iver before to have ob observed served such a ot army 1111 of important aa Is that which lm hll bean beon In New Hew York within the put past week Near Nearly ly J I every Ivery first Hrat class theater In town to I li Ii linew I I new now going undue u a L full head of steam where whre ven days do go there were r a II dosen dovan of ot these thee lh playhouses Moreover the Ih visitors from oth other r titles cities who were not nol in evidence at the usual time Iliac this thin year Mr have arrived all In a aH t H he heap HP p 10 so 0 to peak an ant I hit given Iven v vilil lu able assistance to the th In iii the Ih matter mattel of ot box further lurther to relate a aM ai out II oil f the usual condition ur of affairs affair there then lint lent a failure allure In III the whole neW rop IOp IO ol Ui atIt stage It ottering no so 0 that th Ih season may be mi lu to III heLve have started on tilt upon It n Iii career under at ci I p rou HN as hey i y u lIel e unexpected Naturally u rail the keenest In of the be treat great t city tit titon on Monday evening centered In Hi the th theater which at a 11 always pre are seated II at Id It opening attraction John Johnl JohnDrew JohnDrew l Drew r w tills till time tIti In Robert Marshalls rattail farcical romance remance celled called The Duke of ot Mr Drew V w was w aa iii a C mat mal matter malter ter let of ot course cour revel recI d ii with cordiality not the boisterous effusive effusiveness ness bless of H II favorite of oC melodrama or the acclaim that often greets greet tl ft a comedian of comic hut but the prolonged to token kIll ken of 01 esteem eXpreSSed through the Ih nf tit hands hand In thu white wIllie kid kii gloves of or wear p For Por l or an opening night at the Em Jam Empire Ii pire hiro li Is t an al that together tin th elements nf of an sal I the toM thereof It li Is I a i Wd and aid well bred in the heat bent of or term H It does doea not flat In III vigorous expressions of ot tip iii lI nil mi tho lower 1011 and II und lint of fit feet never hover Iu tram It Its lis Kaller lint hut when ihl audience an the fact II le rut roi Iris lour thoi I hII him I It would be under nn 1111 ant more vehement methods met of ot 1111 ibid the th first t ni ht crowd n is Ion Afon fonday dRY day evening tau no roughly with Mr Drew In hla hll lii new there here I wm WR not nOI n a r moment Qt t from thit first word of or the lh to tn the final descent of J the curtain The Duke of or J la Is written with tho the wholly delightful cleverness that hue liua Ilu marked all RII of ot Capt Copt it along to lo o a ii ripple of ot laughter that I Ii unceasIng Mr III rew but of or course cour you know all ill II l that You are U fully no nc with the ea ell easy y the tho unruffled calm of oC o the tho of at meaning the Incisive the aplomb und anti the command of ot this I hili player who dominates his hla went scenes unerringly whether In dress clothed clothes or nr morning coat In farce or play No enthusIast will I III call coli John Drew Dr a R great actor allor hut hul all RII of or ofu III u mUst admit that he Mems somehow to o lit nl Into the characters character given riven to him hint for Interpretation he possesses tulle luite aa as large larne und and loyal a following si III sif It f he h had been the tue II greatest of ot the great The Th Duke buke of ot 1 will VIII undoubtedly draw crowds crowd to 10 the em empire pire ire throughout the time Ume set lit t aside tot for fort forIt l It t It was Vall fervency that thal marked the IP me I plon of or the II opera Urn them at the Jew theater In John J Me Mc It Nail newest mirthful concoction on Monday night None Non of ot your our polite anti and subdued for tor a Hoe Mothers audience No Xo tapping of or umi muffled by kid kill gloves Jov No Urn tem pored i red smiles of ot Juat a It Plain Main guffaw of punctuated with plaudits of 0 the tha old 01 fashioned tort sort This In brief may mA inS serve a as 11 a II description of ot what whal went tent on Incessant incessantly I ly y throughout the representation of or orThe The In Paris The fraternal poked their distend Ml od abdomens abdomen up against one on another stuck luck their nose together r anti and tired Ired smart mart gags Into Inlo one another faces tRees with theli thelm Itu high hl h tenor tap rap They rhey It II with the celerity that hat has haa ha marked their dancing all along With ith a 1 pretty girl on each earh Hide aide ot of f them they thy chanted their parodies up upon upon on in popular songs M as a of at yore And they tiler the kept thelt tremendous audience along with them from start to They Thoy Tho were weN surrounded with quite quit splendor for tor Klaw A tad had made mad a it 1 production In their behalf In n which and artistic vol al nations of coloring antI and effect went land head In hand In addition the company was wan of great reat excellence Josephine Co Cotan Cohan loan han tan the dancer und and pleating pleasing om dl made lands a 1 strong hit of ot her hoer own OWl Fred Pred NUde proved a It comic rom Ie toil roll for or tho the star liar comedians As AI for the bO of ot girls what whal be paid eald of them In the bewilderment of ot their charm churm of ot face mid Kull figure their earnest earnesti hess i a anti and a lilt activity and the prodigality of oC their attire ven when scant It Ita ItI Itis I is a great show Iho this Rogers toler Broth I era ell In Paris and It U will please the better than any of ot those thol that ha have tare e gone on before It In lot the Ih Rogers Hogen rep repertoire repertoire 0 0 The Savoy livoy theater will whit not need neeti a 1 change of program for tor to come probably Indeed not until next lell aura mer nier lira III of af the tue Cabbage abbage Patch was waa first Introduced to this public at It the SaVOy on Saturday night and In Us Ito II quaint and antI quiet quIlt way created creaM creaMs s i 0 deep an Impression tu mis to 10 In ll Ita Its sustained popularity for tor a quite lode finite period It Jt Is II a comedy of or types with a strong of heart In InI interest I terest rr t and noi It II N it 11 clear away In a field of or Its It own OWl which competition will find It to penetrate This fill play pre pee presented Ire by the wholly admirable ble com corn company compan pany pan organIsed or for tor Its representation by y A Co ha has h already been u spelt Itell in many of ot the he large cities clU mid and tun Its It qualities used need not I he be an otto Hl sed ut tot length 1 lh ut tot this time tinie It IH is quite to Ic I say PO that the tb tUOI accorded by b other lither la ii I fully tull duplicated lieN here and that no thoroughly enjoyable JOU his bill hits has la cobs Oin Oln to 10 Not Noot York In cent lecent I years tun 0 S Lulu dinner CHillier la In u it nc II II o li it opert A and her 1111 I U ii haim bRill has tome to tn the tho I ki i ami uni soto ol u a torah Humph w III ti ii hem hei h her hor d n of ot mid i Ih thit hi and in III IK n no III tic lo spell of her Miss I bud H a 1 i nil line welcome KM n II i ur ci How wert ere and ill m 1 Ii PoI Pu iII t of tit the evening MS 1 IWO rk I Iby by b un 11 i owing jh jhn fin n be hI no Ill i I i i 1 1111 o o to tn lie t bees 1111 ol ii 1 nit flit DV IV the Ihl young tar 01 Ott in I it II It y of Ut the Ih t he to y Midi w I t It whIch Mr hUll her thin luxurious sloth and R J to the th e Ie eye Iehl e et eThe t SS The hl III thc Herald I Ott HI t the beginning of ot the week ully oily conducted by b George W V Iud to bo bp n II of elt Joviality bubbling about the of L ur r tain tom gentlemen f by sundry aundry girls girl of ot whom the tear Is I ex IX expressed pressed that they tho may mar nut not have hn ve been actuated by hy entirely disinterested mo moo lives ono on effect ellert of ot the will be to 10 Induce aduce oo In u umen men Inell to 10 to ink iske Ilk up the hoe art urt of ot In timE they may b bit be enabled to trim and alU husbands nulls thus ihu their lords lurd und amid lId malleA the t hp tiles lip at ef II t the wielders ot cC nill lIall lien thea und sticks The Th Is II clover In and null it Ii I p with th glint spirit by 11 h J Charles Dickson George Other Charlotte charlotto Townsond lun ring Mag How an Howe iolet and others whose hon talents talent uro arc wholly adequate t S I S May Alar has haa taken laken the town by storm at al Dalys DillY theater In iii Thu girl Irl She he has hat Improved wonderfully as 5 an all actresS since we last saw Paw h hr r here In i The ho from Crom Up tip U There possIbly because b the material now nt at ather her lor hor hanoi hand li is so 10 vastly vailly better then than that t In III the lie other piece of ot Hugh Hu h Morton who sitter since he went ent to live pe lIei tier In England possesses a sense enie en e of L humor that J Is Ii deeply saturated with loom gloom me u is I smart emart and ana I gay and tripping It Is l about he the till best of ot this the I h musical corn com stiles edl thus far tar imported and It gives give us UI mck our lid dla pa and mire aure of t herself Daly Dalys has hall beep been turning em en away us sa tho Uta man Hiatt In the says Ia ever tor since the opening S night nightS At it t the New York Yok theater on Monday Monda afternoon Denman Thompson In The Old Homestead but why go 0 Into de lie details tails It was waa the m iii seine same story tor same old ole Thompson same nam Ill old play IlIa same old cast cant same ame old result House Houle thronged laughter aughter accompanied accompanied Ian led by b the smell mell o ot of the he clover field Held the twitter of ot o tile this birds bird the he breeze of ot the tha meadow the Hie breath of or purity and ami amid at last lut the r of ot serene eren content and good will for tor mankind Saute Same old ohl thing you see lee S S Henrietta Crewman at al the theater heater lou has taken up her success of ot not season Mason Just whore wheN sho abc lift left It off olt In the he late hate There li is no moo shrinkage of ot her popularity or of the entrancing Interest of ot David Sweet Kit Kity ty tIp y and the tho beautiful play pili hou house louse la is crowded at al every performance f t h n MI Miss H Crosman must INKS lone up U OCr fler and walk us as we say 1 in III n order that In his hili new The Music Mae Mas a ater ter may InAy come to town for tor awhile C The Floe ninin Idea of ot our scheme said Frederic Thompson the theother theother other oIlier day clay speaking for Cor lila hl partner Kl El mer Dundy and auth himself Is I to give Iv tho the public a 11 series of ot tremendous and Rna var ar led shows at lit a marked reduction upon niton price l We shall hall have hava par ellough to sent seat at sufficiently numerous lo to amply repay our great IfAl tx cx without the necessity for fot charging whet what wo we belIeve bellove to be 1111 ant rates rat of or admission We an under the Impression that by II tar far the greater number of at persona person In Ito this and other cities feel teel they the are paying too much for their amusements amusement and will hall hell such an enterprise aa al ours our as AI a R welcome Inno Innovation And we will surprise them too 1110 with the magnitude of or our 4 A of oC Everything with Fay Pay Templeton Peter F P Dally Dalley anti and the tho en entire 11 tire company from the Aerial Hoof Hoot Gardens hag losi ha been boen drawing large crowd to the Broadway theater since Monday afternoon The show U Is here hero for a R brief itay stay only and Its Ill It prosperity It is obvious S II Are You A Mason Is l n a 1 wry very er ac ae acceptable substitute for or Military Mail Mad Madat Mailat at tile this theater Thero i J gen gemo genuine lIn humor and antI plenty of It In III Are re You A Mason and ani It affords afford I scope cope for tor the distinctive humor of Hen lien Henry Henry ry my V Donnelly A t Wise SIes L Leo o I and other players won well ra re regarded by b the public Joseph Weber has bill completely over hauled and remodelled the music hall formerly conducted under outlet the th of ot Weber ft Fields FIllI end and has hiss expended some awne 2000 In completing till this tu task k Among Amon other and distinct Improve Improvements menu ments la is 1 a complete equipment of oC opera ollera elmira ChRI In which A n person of ot breadth of ot beam hun may IMY seat fat himself or Ot herself without undue compression lon The Old auditorium was pretty prett anti and co coy copy y but sometimes It U nude one die uti oIt Jl RICHARDSON |
