Show r LONDON N STAGE m ff 71 rn I thru ai i I Correspondent Correspondence ONDON lice Dee Arthur ArthurL L LONDON L Jones Jon said In response to a toast lit at ata t tt I t a banquet bouquet tr week k that thu enter eater entertainment at al of ot IH II most i fashionable ble London Landon theaters I n AI rank tank tomfoolery Some Borne ot of his hll own failure ti lYe sM nil had ben beets duo due to Ills Ints effort to mist the demand for Cor tomfoolery but others oilier had lad been du due to the lack lock of ot prop properly erly ecu erl trained RotOrs actors Thereupon Heir boom bohm Tree Tret lecturing to the students ot or othis his hI Academy ot of Dramatic Art observed that Mr r Jones Jon admitted to having stooped to the public to conquer It Might light h he not hats hav tried to learn hw to get set the strength to command It and ami 0 w went nt on to Imply that If It the good Mr Join JOI had written tatter butter plays he lie would have had hall fewer failures Of or course this reference to failures joggled jOIl lt time the chip chili on Mr r Jots Jones shoulder dr Iler and 11 th the result was a n retort yes ye yesterday terla that list adds aiMs to 10 the gaiety of fit na nit nations lions Ilona there Thore Is h a n vast difference my may In dear Tr Tree Tre writes Mr Jones Jonell In III a 1 let lot letter lotter ter tr which was nas evidently went sent round to th the U nt the tame same time line be he between tween complaining com of oC one ones own per liar persons sons lonal position 1 all und mud complaining of ot the position that thal ones art occupies In pub public lie lic esteem 1 You ou anti and I my any 11 dear Tree hive have had hal too loo many man failures failure and too many suc successes lC to 10 set el an III extreme value Alue upon th thon thon the theone on one or th the other If It I have an occasional e ec credit c me III with n a 1 little of oC the Iho ou ous OUI fortitude and philosophy that you ou hate liao so often oUan shown hown on neon occa occasions limit Hut as It Il happens during tho the past season salon English playgoers have given ine me no opportunity for tor playing the martyr Facts And figures Agures pro at nt atour your our service 0 bre PW t by Oscar Hear Asch Asche and his hlA com cont comi Shred ihrl i by b Oscar Moho and lila com coin company pail pany IllIn stoat most of whom pro are graduates from the Hanson school line has given glen rise t to the Ih usual amount nf rat dier disturbance e a In critical cr It Leal minds whenever a s c daring p nc tie tor toe Shakespeare Ahal for him himself pelf Instead nf of to lie conventions The different rending given to the play pIn l hy by y Ada Ad and John Drew hue hns been held up to Mr until he lie has hB 01 become a little Itlo nettled and ant hup railed called attention In nil mt ni Interview to n the fact cl that according to i non n stage directions direction the tha play Ilay nearly Approaches rough farce CAree 1111 ind Intend of oC being n 1 11 Wio w o was wan playing the part of nt ofa a n bully was ens WAi Indeed n it ad nd who only wanted to marry money mone whereas Katherine was more or MS ees a cat ct with n R reputation for shrew Mines abuses not only In III her hur own household ml but hit throughout all ni 1 I Padua I George has hns been M no 1 much touch by b the long Ions Ion I run ruin of ot Tho The Duchess or of which he brought out it na as ni an experiment that he Is making for putting light opera oper we nce Il more on a n permanent basis In Lon LonIon Ion lin When Shen Miss Mlis Mia I le Greene Grene returns rom from her American visit she sho will he wi op Ap ar Par lr In hi a I new net opera by Mr Andre Aldre Mes Mea ager eger the composer of oC VeronIque the tho title tUe of which Is la to 10 he La I lour loar The Tho book boo Ie will wi be bt by b G O Olal and ald Captain IMI Hood M line hAS been b fn so 80 much hn In reseed by the successful adaptation of ot Ms II Mine Mme for Cor the libretto if d t The rhe Puch l of ot that he ho hoa has a d n I froin Cro Mr I It to write a book for tor a B new now merit mere to 10 bo be bl produced In and Dr Hugo lugo Felix I will wl ba bo the composer No little surprise has been occasioned by h the tho announcement of the tho withdraw tl d of oC Herr ler Arthur new neww lew play IlIA the I Hauso of ot I Delurme lorme before the fret rt performance of It I hind hAil boon been n at nt the Little Theater In Berlin Do lie fore rare the rehearsals were nt at an 11 end the company struck ruck lt and refused to per ner perform form torm the putts parts unsigned assigned to them In the drums drama They did Ild this on the ground that It was Wil Immoral Actors end ac tick tribes tresses as AI a class I IS are not popularly credited with wi h being moro more lor squeamish 1 than the tha theatergoing public on this score leON but In this particular Instance It WOK was their own profession llon that was wae dl discredited The principal Incidents a of the tho place piece take toke plate place In ht the house hou c of ot a 1 famous falu opera o cm singer who under tic thu yes eyes of oC her mother carries on half hult n simultaneously On bun loten I es the ground that vice wears such auch n a hid hll ous mein It needs neds only to 10 be seen een to toe tobe tobe be e hated the author declared It n a I high my Iy y moral thoral play piny But Dut the company tee see It that wily WIl I Time The recent matinee performance for tor the he benefit of oC Mrs Mr hu has IM called caled public attention to time the mel Inel lel I fate Cat of ot that once 01 co popular ac no acre IC tress re s who at 67 61 alter after ater FO ro years oar of ot hard hurd mil and conscientious work worl on tho stage elaKe found herself h r elt to o actual wont want Portsmouth And Abe Rhe he made her hr debut at eight Ight years later lAtr obtained her first Lon Ian LonIon Incon Ion don engagement under udder Ilder the management con if nt f her har law Hamuel helps Phelps No breath of ot scandal was over raised alsed against her Sho Rho played her part par well v ll hoth In public and private life le and andt ani It t was WI to 0 pay a I tribute to an honorable no 10 less lesl thou than to a 1 distinguished career thAt hat severs ef several r I l of oC the most distinguished members melber of ot her profession rallied to toler her ler support It U Is 18 pleasant to bo be able to 0 record thAt the tho th benefit procured her hera a 1 substantial sum num I a e to tho the tinnier theater at flay euth reuth will 1 be free tro to nil all ni after acor 1913 11 It If lucres attends an at In t appeal which la is II about Abut to be made mallo by tho the Wagner as R of ot Germany WAgner Wagners I anniversary occurs occur in 1913 1813 and i I I U tr I mr It Is le hoped that by this thi time thi can b tie such uch it will be awn UI In hura hl I wi to 10 do MV away with mission teas In it I With I u tho Ihl Ih yil ora of ot the In the tle th II J cuts endeavoring to carry cry out 1 It ot of t S 1 own ambition i th h r title this n a 1 more mo little e 1111 menus p I him than i B I memorial memoria of ot either ston atone or Shortly before tot b his MOi th melts l out M aside a IL sum lm of ot money mon the t Inter Interest which WM was w t to 10 be used In hab 1 C b Ule E Ilor or persons of ot musical talents to In his hil works to 10 travel we Vr tl in it rat their ft best beit in tutu bin own hil theater R a Iu II t It tuns S R intention to 10 entrap ha this fund run so MO AH as a to pay tho rho traveling foil hotel expenses M of oC such BH as 8 free Crol entrance to time the HUM M as a i w WI i fact tact f the r family n I wi will bonn benefit COlne In no war by phi which It ie 18 proposed to 10 raise Tb rh 10 lIot now gin at mple Ole lal th i at M tits Ii o proceeds tram the Ile sale a e ofick ot II tl II s expended on the lice performs cei J In lit th the payment of ot I I the I 4 I II H I will wi bo be rather to IA what Ol Ill i Mrs Mr recent enl appeal to I have on Oi Th Time rho m Flute of ot Pan PAi Thus rhu WI r c the developments since tine the an d been both l i A and amusing A dRy day or nr two tw o J p Ills Ilia play w boost Mrs Airs MI Craigie a long bug lon letter Jotter thi wrote to C loler one oni of ot the lea i time the Of bC In booing booing which at inu r dl h i II 2 1 Iho the 1111 51 dec are 1 th thin u sh sits and 1111 Muse Mis 1 w were prepared ar d t give ono one free trio iV of their lh r pie at 11 he time In onset oMer to 1 get n It unbiased verdict HH RH to Us its Is merits Ti Tho o tens to tu allot seats wat public and by I this to the Cite t B fL would 0 11 hI bo ob cj t 1 the journal Invited Invite t 1011 lori for tor night and ah aril In the the the theaU thell resu i 1 Oi u H A truly that than p lo aI p pi t rn rot to h e r cup r t a n f do del i I b h l Cu l n o rt es t with MIM i eRle er mad pl I It I N rt f u Ice In h the Iho declared ih het t the tl rush nun rh fr seats was ble evidence nm IRI to her of lovo 1010 for fair Urlah play pay irh lice fue piny ploy would lllY 1 luve ff been heen the 10 rOl mark However of nC the actress O J l OO Mo friends A ns site le c called lle 1 them ther oily Ily iv could bo ho accommodated with Wih e at HH anti ami this audience The Mut 1118 of Pan was WU given with o Illen great Kreit l oleh to 10 Its Il win wes taken laken too loo to whet when hon ly by I a majority rf or I 1 M f a 11 to 30 tho limo piece WM was WI declared declare lelar u a I worthy ino to ho boo which ler were e a Whether the who applied f tr fr r free tree seats and Aie get them than win well turn up Ilal at the box ollice however how hens Wi ever eer to be bo seen Been CURTIS see HUi m wV WN h |