Show Ann yf mi out j L Richard sore s Letter ether Ll L j VII n mn n n n n n nn Special Correspondence Corre EW YORK Doc There are aro NEW N openings and changes of ot bill on every tny try hand head this week and lInd the Ih holiday crowds In lu attendance at nt atthe the tho theaters while not lal aa ns large as ns those thou of oC some previous years have been on 01 themI In n the tho tall tl holiday spirit The Ili fir of ot tho of ot inge was ro a II ne new v comic opera called Limy TonII with Lillian Russell lu its luthe the thu th title part at nt tho the Casino Cn la last t Sat Hat Saturday night Tho The piece proved to bo he quite the best hel of any InY of or the remodelled classic comedies come lIe that have havI thus thua far tar served as as the tho basis basI of or musical places It II t thoroughly the Ideas of the tho theauthor theauthor author of The School lie hoot for tor Scandal and It carried a score that wits was not alone and tuneful but In the tha atmosphere of the tha old comedy individually Individual made matIe what must be bo tinned termed pretty prett nearly If not thu tho of oC her hor entire career as a I prima prim donna Her lIer voice oleo was trite never ti to bettor b condition and her har tare rare end ind radiant beauty was WU at Us lis ho 00 was supported by H a It company of uncommon excellence embracing T Carleton Carllton Clarence Handy tides lid Stanley Van lionise oer laer Wheeler John Albert Albart ln Pisa mila Ryan Hyun Phoebe Coyne Cone Lucille Lu lIte Saunders and several others in addition to tn n ft numerous chorus chont su IN superbly ubly gowned and capably directed d There here were 1 a round half hal dozen doten curtain calls alter after the screen scene teene awl and mollY many manyin in tIle audience and ence declared that Mint w wRussell Russell WWII wan all fully capable cn ble of or playing Lady LAlly an as a legitimate part without music so eo I greatly had she oho im Improved proved frond as DI an I I Home Folks the first of ot the productions lions dons at ot the New XI York th theater r under the lilt new popular price system 8 nt tit that house appears to have demonstrated that Klaw Ilaw II Erlanger hate huo felt fell lh the popular pulse pull In that there thero Is n a 1 large demand for tor first class claM II ainu 11 WI WIn ments n financially Ona within tho the roach reach of oC all aU Aa As A Its name suggests nome llama Folks Is I a rural drama of the tho theOld theOld old Homestead type tye although rather more inane than that remarkably I lived I place The scene scans li Is laid In hr n river town ton In tn Illinois and the tha me meters tent are typical al of ot the tho surroundings surrounding s ar Ire ere home hOMle thieves a I tot lot lotof lotof of boys boit bathing bath In In 11 the swimming pool poola I a crowd wd of merrymakers merrymaker at nt an nn apple peeling and no end enl of or other personages por and Ind happenings such aa as most of us uc participated In when wo we were younger youns r find and perhaps happier The Tho company In Is I a n I strong trong one OM embracing In n all nil name come SO st anong whom tho the lender leaders are Thomas A Wise Samuel Reed need e II William Ingersoll Arthur Sanders W IV WS S 6 Hart liart Charles Lamb Limb I w HW W I Julia JUI Henu Ida Idi Waterman Frances I it ven etc ate I 1 I As foretold in n this i Adame Adams homecoming to tl the tho Empire theater hiu hie hn turned out to bo In III Inthe the nature of It A 1 royal ro l welcome welL Orne The rho house has been bell parked packed at nl every afternoon after afternoon noon and nM night repetition r of ot The Tho Lit llo Minister whIch li Is quite as inter eating and affecting a tuI es when wo first viewed It upon this otage Indeed It If It not for tor Miss Ml a Adorns Adams worthy ambition to create creato ne new roles folet train from sea lea season ea son lOll to season the rho he might night easily go on with The Tho Little Minister for tor many years eor Cof to come cOlne It H li Is a II wholly lug InK In he the way u of or clas classic lo drama fro we have havo Viola Allen In The rite Twelfth Night at III the thu J r theater a very fine Una and Iud sumptuous revival In which time star IB Is WAly placed In her Ire cast cant we find henry Honry Jewett Jewell Frank Vernon James L Car hart Tilbury Boyd Doyd Putnam C Chea hea lo 10 Allen Frank Currl r and ana and a 1 gr great t many more of ot whom nearly all nil allare allare are for tor the tasks tanks ta ks as asto assigned tilled signed to thorn them I I The noted English comedian Edwin Terry Iem with his hie Ion I comedy Tho The louse House Hou i of at I Is III r with some seine at al the Princess theater thealor Mr Terrys methods methode are nr essentially and ha ho In Is I lacking l In lu warmth and that quality sometimes described ns animal spirits Tho louse House of ot l lo Is 18 mildly amusing but hUl not violently so eo and ond tho thu whole may be termed pleasant It If not lot exhilarating The of the Ibe company best beet known hero by lunio at al least are ata d lam H n Donny Denny Ilda Brooke and Beatrice T p Terry Cerl rr The new mew Klaw Erlanger musical farce culled called In Newport at the Lib Liberty Liberty Liberty erty Theater serves to 10 pose a 1 most mOil en enjoyable enjoyable evening It II Is 18 a It concoction of or funny Incidents lively 1 ly tun tunes n smart gags pretty costumes prettier girls and clever comedians Fay Templeton of course shines brightest among the players for tor alto aha Is U quite the belt bed artist of ot this title typo type that we eve have In recent years year Hite Imas a n great hit with her new of ot Marie Marte Dressl ler lerand r rand and Anna Held both of ot are de da droll and quite photograph Ic Ie But DUl Miss Temple In Ia not nol the only oily one In tho the organization to command fa fd a tenable attention Peter Peler F Dall Dille y Joseph JOI ph Coyne Lice r e Harrison Virginia Barle Earle and others help to 10 keep the tho fun tun at boiling paInt Mint and the tha th sightly and melodious chorus does doea the net fest r festI t I I 1 I 1 Henry W Savage has hll made mad his hll s etc o end and experiment In rural comedy Intro during Richard Golden at the HIe Four Fourteenth Fourteenth tent Street theater In Common Hence ft r play piny depicting life lite In u a mall i Maine Malno e when Druce la I the o e A oung woman ot I I oom fund Roe goes t well Willi t I the 1110 fact tut lees with Willi her r Un out that eha was all en an fh Then earlier Ir in 1 11 Ilia trouble a plenty and there I It her II h her onus to tolor ter lor of oC his hIli r the 11 steel There e are riot times In that little its Maims M I I village OM or the I OrY I lIy y seed olden y of t Je Yankee hof Ij In Ih clover IVer of cam a worthY ot pit on J taint Theodore Theodor rk Citric li Phonics r Lyon Jon th er Louise va an extensive her r of at mInor players mini I Il l rN l of ot V At 1 the 1 theater Hunter wilt will III l be 0 widely popular The rh pieta Is la handson ly staged and wid well Played l and nd Ih the hi role lu of o Vladimir padded to same eV extent r for o r he the ocas flon don all It Mm Mme Boh III as T U ly I OB os She Bhe makes a Picture as n time the youn young and eh ell she ninga and acts et with ft tit th h uS charm Abe u la eap capitally itally supported pOrt 1 by bv Louis Loule Richie LinT Albe Albert Alben t hart lUrt Elaine and nd rim a m rats u company w with til a lame larie and end welt ell rhoY tt In the background 1 e eAt At the Weber hall hU they thy announced their lint fist burlesque of oC th the edy having long whole outa te r uy 11 a ef fit pr ori I na III a 11 whole evening entertainment Th ThI I new MW skit will travesty Al At p College Widow which Is II still 1111 ill run run at t th the Hardin Gardn theater As Ae th the piece Itself Is la I over with ith fun It Il will trill tax the Wetter Weber I Um room I to make muk a 1 still funnier out oust of ot it but tut they the will wll no doubt b h 10 f equal to the occasion OO PIon as 8 their r l endless I r The Time items home mating matinee to 10 at the Amsterdam th the ajar ator tr last Inet afternoon wax was ft emi tul In III every lOry malt WIl The I large II I auditorium Sae wa Wall completely filled d tint this reception accorded JC the tho I American on her return trout tOm her London triumph was waa W l an all tamest earnest fUn 11 tribute to 10 her hr p personality Uty there th rr were ere at 1 t loan a 1 carload of ot flowers no Wert and an n feet f ct there th ro was no fro feature wanting wan Unit to mike mall ha the th occasion triumphal oUI Robson New York on r and rehearsed until i 6 Friday morn mont mornIn In 11 but showed no trace of at the ordeal i iOn On n 1 evening the tile company start od oJ for Cor St Lout Louis to take up IU its s I George M Cohan Colian with his hi Johnny Jonee Jones the most moet novel musical nu farce farea of at the season is I drawing drAI tremendous crowds title this week to the tha Grand arond Opera House where here It seems likely that all records of ot receipts receipt re will wille willbe bi be e outdistanced There Then Is no doubt douht it lit nil all that this young oler hoe hilt firmly and permanently In Ute time high favor of nt the tilo t e I 1 1 Mrs Mr of ot the Cabbage Patch is s lu In Its last At Rl tb the Savoy thea tor or where It U hat has h held the attention of f large audiences from rein the beginning of ot tile the season Up to lo da date fI Us Its It run ruu Is II tho the longest of ot any In hr town cities th the opening of ot tie the amusement term and It might have been heen retained indefinitely I I Time The scenery to be used ule upon the stage of tit Ih new nev Hippodrome li Is so ao very vry peaty heavy hea that It must be shifted by the th use of great grent traveling cranes crAn of ot steel steal Yet the shifting Is III accomplished by the mere pressing of ot a I button Some of ot the Ih pl ce weigh welSh ilK fin much oa III sight eight tone tOM each The stage without any uy tI weighs weigh pounds and It can he b hoisted and n nfl lowered 10 feet feat Tho The four tour steel trusses t for tor the root roof weigh 4 I Iuli i uli earl a AT ar r much the largest over used In fi New Now York These TM a few figures figure f u will serve servo to show the Importance and man mall of the him Thompson A t Dundy Dandy un undertaking 1 David Win field ld has haa only one more mort week at nt tho the theater but it 1111 be a busy bus week uk with two Iwo extra mail mAt noes noeA Timer lher Th r Is III s not a 1 seat Hat to be had at any IllY price prise and the adrance sale eels at the HUou Is v vry ry large Indeed Warfield o will still Mill he h at the Bijou when ho the robins neat 1 I I I i Charles shifts things about with almost 01 mOlt lightning rapidity lit lita f allays a ay The public take kindly to It A Without a Sm Smite Smile ile although the tho night audience teemed seemed to 10 fully I enjoy enjo l It II P II Na Mr Frohman Tr hman taken th Ih piece oW o of after a II single fortnight und and I Francis Wilson In a I new comedy called Cousin Cowin DillY Hilly beginning next i Monday I iI Low little daughter U is I I quits quite tho most m st favored by Santa Calus I lady my of ot any g lady lad of ot my m acquaintance With Mr rr as his hIli active In Instrument instrument strument the tho patron saint of t Christ Chr Christman t man mall has given Riven von Miss a R hill holi holiday holI I day present In tho the shape of at a It brown brawn brownstone brownI stone house on Washington ton Heights to 10 tobe t i tI ibe be bo actually delivered when when she eha he attains her majority In tho tIm meantime little Miss Mies mansion will wilt be h that heM heMIn M MIn In trust and tho the Income from tram lifar ItIs It ItIs ItI Is I leased for tor n a round Rum sum annually will willbe be bo passed to her credit Carters production of ot Adren Adrea has bRA cost Mat In n the tho direct neighborhood of oC This l Is III soma above the thi th amount Invested In end and It makes Adrea A by b fur the this costliest co dra dramatic matic presentment lion upon our stag LIANI rJ NIEU BH EA |