Show 0 S 1 er rc Letter etter M n nUta lU Ulf U H W Special it d Correspondence YORK I Dec Dc 13 When Ar At Atthur Arthur Arthur thur W ros comedy cornell A I I Wife Wire Without a IL Smile w was wat produced In London Lundon It U made mad madin in sn n Immediate and mormons enormous I in III spite of ot some IOme of ot the critics who vehemently ent damned It and anel declared that It Its favor aver was wae solely duo to 10 tho the Introduction tion of oC nn an episode that ml might slit be he con construed ai u Indecent Inde nt There Thure waa u n 1 nn Ono Hullabaloo about tide this In th the l ropers per and to hIs hla critics PIner retorted re ro retorted that the th only evil In tho the affair was vas IVIl the wickedness within their own which maO them misunderstand sill als III Intention However it Il Is I quite quit apparent that the denunciation of ot J A Wife Without a tt Smile ae RI a play H In InI Amdon I was Will not 1101 merited It Is la I A K capital capita full tull of ot humor and written with I h Ii the Incisive y of ot i he hero of ot it I is a 1 millionaire who cites akel life liCe lightly and hm hUI a great rill u II the enjoyment of ot his hI own jests amid ani the fhe antics antic of toys toS of at his hll own Invention Us III ll wife Is II totally without a 1 sense o of humor i a d t doesn t see any tun fun In hi his bill jokes Jokel in ti tact fact she he becomes lve bored bol when It li U suddenly found thAt here va was all an Irregularity about the th of ot the couple and both loth an are rt relieved At not It appears appear that at they are overjoyed at the prospect f r their liberation II be but when ben each U In Inurn urn that thal the other Is le about ti tit to t tarry Larry someone else elm both bOlh are Mth uh jealousy and they the ultimately mk make makeup up ami and start all over ocr again A Wife wt a Smile will HI doubtless have f flung It a lung and prosperous run rum at the VIlu ilon I lOll theater The Th specially which l III fa of ot th the very IY fine finest Includes Margaret Margartt c lilington Tit tell Elsie t lAwford Frank Krank Ath and J II Barnes BUlle The last than nen nn cloned player used u t to tn be called railed Hand lIand seine floine Jack U rne when he first firt came ame cameto ameto to America at u Adelaide lead Id leadIng I d dIng Ing log men mr n That wits I a it good many years yan lIrt igo go L L Is II Mill a stalwart and manly chap and a very vety good flOOd actor o 4 David Dald Deluco Is II In a determined frame of ot mind over mer the opposition that thaI ins me 11 dov developed io e l In Washington against ala J la scheme of oC presenting Mrs I Lei Lea le Ie learter learter arter larter In that thaI city olt In an Improvised heater In Convention eon hall The uniting lawa laws have hae been Invoked Invoke as made known In the press Ire lit ells dl to prevent the opening nf of o the tho hall for tor theatrical purposes mind and last hut night Mr Ir observed with soma that thaI if IC necessary he h would It lei the new play pili without making iny ny n charge for Cor admission thereby ren the law I w Inoperative as II It Il ap ilia Ites only to places of oC entertainment here where nn In intranet foe tot Is le exacted Ix II It thU thin step p Is la found unavoidable nt at the pat moment It will be a II costly affair i or H Belasco Usco but It will give him the satisfaction of ot knowing that ho haa has not notI teen Iwen I n thwarted In his plan to 10 Invariably bly Mrs Carter her tint appear appearance ance not In n a 1 now new no play pia at the JB capital Mr Mir Ir lakes takes It for tor granted that the s behind the thi I to t the building oi or II fire are centered In ho the ot of the mite Theatrical rhel Syndicate with which Institution na as everybody knows knowe he ha Is In at deadly odds odd nut Hut he I is II Inclined to view the situation philosophically and with Increasing Inc determination to win out I i All AI appearances R indicate that New Sew Years eve will b be the biggest theatrical cal occasion In New York In ft II num number numb her ber b of or years yeAr For the past two weeks It has been utterly impossible to secure n a r rt mt seat t for Cor the night In question nt lit any anyone nn an one olle of ot the metropolitan playhouses showing that all aJl who conclude In the Interval that they the wish stage OH as a II part parI of oC their New Years festivities will have to b bi be eon con In lent with standing room or no room roan nt at 1 atall I all nil The growth of r New Ne Yearn Ylan aa is a II time for Cor the of oC universal re rejoicing rejoicing I g haa has b been en very er rapid p ld in the past Iut few tew HOn tI There Ther Wall waa w aa a period when It was not observed to 10 lay any n extent In New York but bul that time bee haa certainly certain I gone out of ot existence Ixl 1 In behalf of ot Eleanor Hobson Robson the town looks as al though expecting ex the advent of a circus For although although 11 Itoh on son hat had been announced to give rive only a single p performance hero the welcome horse home matinee arranged by Klaw Kin l for tor the N New w Amsterdam theater the h he have ve bren bran brenat at work quite as III energetically a as though she were ware coming In for tor a pro protracted traded run The handsome countenance of this exceptionally successful Amen Ameri American can actress la is reflected upon UllOn countless billboard and nil one can scarcely turn In any direction without seeing these II Il Illuminative portraits portrait Mil Mis will not b be In New Nt York for or much more than limn 14 31 hours no liB she he must mast In lIat start Immediate Immediately ly Iy for Cor St Louts Loud for the tI opening of ff her hr tour which will embrace most mOlt of ot th the large fury titles rIU Merely direly Mary Ann will aK ln In serve re aa M her hir vehicle I 0 I 0 Little Johnny Jones which has haM hugely hugly diverted an extended series eerie of It large audiences at nt the Liberty theater Is Jointly owned by George M tI Cohan and Samuel II H Harris Thus Mr COhan the 26 old t star Tl Is a a at least leut halt hale way WItY hl his hili own manager m nager In addition to appearing as author composer stage singe director And actor Clor They The used to 10 say nay that no man possibly do all t lleso lew things nt rat once but that was waA before young Cohan came to 0 light with his hla unmistakable genius The ad advance anco Bale tot tor Adams Mams m M M M revival of or The Little Minister at al th the Umpire beater Indicates not nol alone that thaI Ft h i 1 will hay have a rousing reception t bu hut tut that thaI the engagement wilt will wI be with extraordinary success The Ih house hous houlIs la le practically sold old out OUI for Cor several weeks week showing among other oUter things that this particular star liar li is not nol materially affect affected ed In the public ImbUe esteems esteem by 11 the play pia I In which she appears Mr Ir Frohman seine som years ago ngo tested tasted t lIB tell this Ihl by b announcing her nAme In a number of ot cities cHI with without without without out mentioning and Ind play Ila at Mt all and II I Iwan was wan the old ole story of oC playing t to enormous throngs 0 9 It II U quite possible that at least on one distinctively American entertainment ma 1 h ha Introduced to London In the lat late spring Florenz Florens Jr and Jo Joeph eph Weber ber are life seriously considering i A to take the whole Weber Webe Music Mulo hall show aho to the British metro melro polls polln early earli In June Julle and keep It there al all Bummer providing of ot course coune It II shall prove pro Attractive to 10 the Ih Whether er r such a performance would be b liked like by the Londoners Is II of at course II a good deal of at a 1 question but one which Zelg feld and Weber think Is worthy worth of so solution O lution Thompson D New York hip hippodrome hippodrome nears completion on the a ehi avenue block between a Il Ill l streets street and the ol Is III definitely set Sit for tor the latter part c e January The Tile structure wilt will wI be b th largest playhouse In the Ihl world the tho tint first JUt amusement enterprise of ot Us its ohm char r Crier In the United Unitt States and anti an 1111 Im JI In construction equipment sn ml l conduct o n er r the hippodromes of nl London and find Berlin More than 00 person persons w III II fled J Its 1111 body and the Ih bet best Ira tra sent len t will COAt cost only U 31 1 Two per performances perI be bo given ghen dally eally and the confidently prec nc ne i ti I Ids that solely a winter whiter Indoor circus If I Planned will bo ho rudely rudI shattered Then Them will wilt be bet beet acts Itel In III count country y or abroad Thompson ft t blended with Mth Ith It will be I spec sper dramatic polo lo pantomimic mic Inlo musical comedy and ami aquatic en entertainment Pretty girls In costly cos costumes co turn design d by b M Alfredo 1 Kd del l o 0 Paris hi h heroes roes roel villains arid and Broadway principals will whit add the thai grateful presence The Th tiring monotony of ot plain exhibitions of or muscle and ac se end and 1 aerial skill will he be b done dnn away with The Th hippodrome perform Mice anise Ice will have two parts pArt and In each the spectacular effects will even ev the amassing revelations In beauty light and color with which Thompson set lie I wild willI millions at Lunn Lune pork park When a Yankee Circus Ones Onesto to Mars will be followed by b Ander or the Wilson N X C Goodwins engagement at the Knickerbocker theater In The Usurp Usurper U er finishes with the current week and end we shall not see ee Mr rr Goodwin again In InNell Now New York until he conies comes her under tho the management of ot Charles Charle Frohman to appear AI pear In The and the The Usurper will amply serve cerve the Rotors RotOr pins pIAn for tor the Imme Imm Immediate immediate diate future It Is II n It capital piny ad played and the Ibe special 1 cen scenery scenery cener ery er which Mr Ir Goodwin takes take with him upon his hili travels la In very vary elaborate and substantial The principal character John Maddox gives One line opportunities for the display of 01 the stars varied and striking talents and It is I of or course su au superfluous 11 to lay IRY that he takes take every egery ad advantage advantage vantage of this condition I 1 I Sir Charles Wyndham line made a really genuine success at the Lyceum theater with Mr Mm flamingos Neck Necklace N Necklace ek lace The rh louse hone la le II about abOul as aa full tull as nil any auy In New York at nt this unpropitious time ot of year and the play anti And Its In Interpretation are thoroughly and heartily ly Iy enjoyed I I t I LW Tent I r who Is I responsible for mot most modern Innovations in negro has up his hl sleeve for Cor next ext season eoll a novelty that will prove Inter Interesting eating esting and attractive to p III other I than those already Interested 1 In burnt cork shows He Its Is II now new In III active with an exceptionally eminent grand opera prIma donna ind Mul titer there IB Is little doubt that terms will avid be agreed upon under which she will fling Ing for Cor all nil next year This Thin will have a It tendency to place minstrelsy upon a 1 still higher plane than it now occupies i 0 I 0 J III May IR with whom moving day comes along on Monday for the third time thus since the th beginning of her hr engage engagement mint ment In iii The Schoolgirl at Dalys theater will not nol b be permanently through with New York when she lib I leaves town a fortnight hence it II Is R Mr Frohman rohman Intention to lo bring the actress and her company heck to Broadway at th the expiration of ot h hr r 1 In It Its lIa to lo a few Cew ot of th the other parse large ell leu andin and andIn In the spring to take nil hands to Lon 1011 London London don for Cor in an timers there fly II this means the public will have hir n A chance to see Just ju t how ho one of their item own successful musical comedies wn wee Willi played In I I 1 All sold out I Is II the reply that thAl greets applicants for tickets for Cor the tho future performances of ot David In Its Th The Music Manter Master nt at tho the n theater This Title condition applied applies not alone to 10 the HIe regular nights night but to the extra matinees ll put UI forward by I tho the manage management management ment with the tho Intention of the previously nub lie Ito It looks look very vey ery much ns ne though War Warfield field after his to the theater might remain in town until aWRY away Into nett summer without practical nt rd of his hlA a LI I |