Show C IV IVI I in DES EVENING SATURDAY 20 39 1904 V Hn nH ENGLISH ACTRESS WHO IS TO TRY FOR AMERICAN MERICAN VA VAI I I I I I I I Ik k i T Ti I i 9 V Ruth Mackl who has hns done excellent work with willi U Tree In l lias litia come to this country COUll try In an n n effort to win popular favor here Miss Mackay I l an exceedingly beautiful girl H U A U u N 7 I heart of ot oure For the rest reit he hi h ox ex expands lands stage ata toe direction anti and makes make a n afew P few tew connecting a little conger ly Uy the time ot of the drew circa the book i II done Ilone and It Ii I ready to be he b luLls Illus Illustrated with Ith photographs photograph of ot the Mage pictures Nine time out of If ten It would not aut be bl if written at all cli but bu ut for tor th h I machinery which inches Its Ita It I production I IR a R 4 mere for tor the lunch hour IRn w we discussing tome souls of 01 the presidents thai that he had h lied at st th White House Houie luring during his hll many visits to the Washington theaters and md It developed that President Cleve elen Cleveland land lanti President harrison and PresIdent dent lrI were all admirers admire of ot the actor and often attended the when h ht he played at st Washington al nl also so 10 0 invIted him him to the White While House President It developed had bad never witnessed n a perform alice unco since his hili occupancy of ot the exec mansion menston This flits proved the sub subject uh j t of comment at II the little dinner when the talk had bd been beell going on cm when Mansfield wail risked nuked to account for lor or the tho presidents failure to C MB see him act Oh he lie have hAYe to replied hes he a better actor octor than I nm PIn Frederick Ward arde who last It season acted In III The Th Tempest throughout the WIt west was AI much amused by a II mis mistake mI mistake take of ot the he competitor who set let up u uthe the play pia bill for tor the company In a email Iman town ot of Illinois The Th character enacted by Mr Ward was waa that of ot The Thc Duke 1 1111 of ot Ml Ii 11 Inn Ian The rite made Toads the theline theline line read Frightful Duke Duko of ot Wards Warde Mr tir Ir Warde arde wee was wallO ao so struck by the hu humor mor mar of ot the tb mistake that he sent nt a II copy of ot It IL to his hi daughter In the east enit directing her hsi h attention to the error Title This young lady being of a waggish turn of ot mind wrote a I little mil note to nor her father which rest read as I follows Dear Father Having seen the per performance performance I full sil to see ee wherein th pro program program gram grim was wa wrong wron The death of ot the tb old ohi actor John who played with more than half hair a century ago n has hae re redirected roo directed attention to the reminiscences of the famous men he had met which he h once one gave pv to an Interviewer They Include this note hate on Thackeray Th kera My Iy first misting meeting with Thackeray was at It ata Ita ata a dinner nt itt Willis rooms roomi when he made me quite a Thackeray speech catling me ene the best beet bt t hero on the stage and ond adding lI and my daughters sir 1 who are I may mil tell ten you also great admirers of you would It If were here tell you ou much muth more moro agreeably than titan I can ean how much we all nil admire you OU I am glad to meet inset you sir That tame same night Thackeray song a 1 song Little DUlee without one On note In hit his voice alee When I complimented him hint ward on his song lOng and anti he re replied reo plied piled Oh no you OU young humbug humbur I cant speak l Iok Dickens ran can speak but I 1 write Block Signals oil alt the tho Way carefulness In handling all trains train II I the First Principle on the Erie Speed peed a 1 hIgh degree of ot comfort conI tort and very my reasonable rates rAtel nr ar arall all provided Three fast tut trains every everyday oer everyday i day from Dearborn Station Chicago I through to New York w wU gt re g I of ot cars I Leander Richardsons Letter J L thru w n n Special Oct P point of as I w wn well H us as teal real dra dm N matlo Importance ce the foremost event of ot the week wk In Iti New Nw York wits wan the debut dut ot of Mrs as II a n star elar Fitch at al the theater In a Clyde CIde adaptation from rota the lit called Orann At iL the age of W n an ac actress tress treM does d not often emerge for tor the first attra time MI H a Individual lion but that 1 Is what h hall hs s i i 1 1101 popular player ot of elderly females entRies ever lur known to in this thle Mw Mis M has IRs long b lin en talking more or INS IMS vaguely of or retiring r from the tOgo stage anti ami last lut season her manager Mr Charles Charlea said ld In effect Vor Very well then than It If you really to 10 leave off oct acting It shall b be n as AM yOu say Jay but the event must bo w properly ce eels cele celebrated e 80 Wt Mr Mt Fitch was Wal to suitable material for this tour of adieu and Mrs Ir found herself upon UNIt the narrowing verge enre of ot It Jt 1 le said for tor everyone knows kno what must mint have hap I ned that lh ro wa wn sas a R stupendous roar of at welcome nt Rl the Lyceum when Mrs Mr Gilbert Glibert tint first upon tho the scene Keene of on the opening night Neither need I go RO Into Inlo the tho de details details tails of the tue subsequent loading leading up by over ever Increasing stages N N Nto to the great greet ovation olIon which awaited waited Mrs Irs Gilbert at al the end of the eve ee evenings entertainment In truth the whole night was Wal surcharged with emo emotion ion tion not lint alone In the touching touch In pas is Is of the play tila IlIA but In the manner and bearing of ot the audience which at tit atmore atmore more than lien on one OM point was moved almost to hysteria John Allonby tho the lending leading male luSts character of Granny Is IR a n wW ower with one win son am and a law who presides over oer his hili household The dead wife vI was till a R loved and lova lon lovable I ble bie woman whose whole memory Is warmly cherished when A Allenby lien by falls fAils In love lovo for tor H a second time to the great grent conster consternation nation nallon and resentment of the tho old lady who thinks he ha has hall fallen tallen Inlo hila mb the tha hands hondl of ot an All a The establishment establishment Is III broken up Ul young youngson youngson son Ion leaving with his hili grandmother Al AI Allenby promptly marries the woman to whom he has become attached and tine she proves prove on nn estimable nail and Irreproachable tile ble hI wife vIte whereat the old lady Ind for whom the story Is III named her error and brings bring ft a 1 reunion be between between tween father and son Not Ot n a very ery com corn complicated complicated plot jou ou will perceive percele but one ono li is worked work 11 out with delicacy charm charin Mr was Willi of lit course coUt altogether delightful In the tho supporting east at n t wore were I G C Kin Frank F E Alter Alker Iker William Lowers Dor for Dorothy Doroth othy oth Hammond Marie Mario Dorp l Jennie and e others nil all worthy of ot commendation When tho late Daly Dal died he left as ci u a part lart of at his estate an nil contract with of London under tinder which Mr Daly hh his helm hini and assigns retained nil nit option upon troll all productions at nl Dalys Das theater London This Thill option In iti due titie course became the property of Mr Mrs Daly Dill whose brother Is I James JAmeR JamesC C Duff Duff In turn tum Is now enabled to himself an RM a the American producer of or Till The lee which chich Is Mill still In Its long run In 10 London nt at the theater ter there by tho the late Into Mr Ir Daly condition showing how tho unexpected may happen In spite llIe of precautions For If there woe was ono one hu hll human man zIlch being on earth for tor whom Mr Daly entertained cordial and outspoken dis IIII dislike like that perron reNon was wall Duff Dutt who now nOI finds himself practically in control of the most moat valuable bit properties upon which his former tanner ever ner secured futures Had Daly why wh speculate Ha lIe live and Lew Dockstader after three exceed exceedingly exceedInglY prosperous weeks w tk ut lit t the Hernia herald Square theater has removed his ad Rd admirable mirable minstrel band to the Harlem Opera House for a week w k The Dock Dork statler show hoW Is III everywhere commended ns as R the best beRt minstrel performance ever over overseen seen Been In New York Skinner Is III In III the last week but butone butone one oils of his hiM engagement nt at the Lyric the ter In The Thc Harvester The coming of It Mme Male who was sas booked for this establishment ago ngo cuts short an engagement that might otherwise have hao run on Indefinitely for there can cnn be no disputing the fact tArt that Skinner has hall made n a profound Im irn Impression lre lon with his Interpretation of the tho herp here or of pas pastoral toral drama 0 David Warfield In The Music Mae Mas Master ter tor at nt theater Is II one of the very few tew attractions actually turning aWAY applicants for admission at ev cv every every ery performance The is one of tho the most Interesting that has been seen ten here In a number of seasons and it l Is II played with distinction und and force torce In every particular t It IN Is probable that tho the entire season at the Umpire theater will lw be I hued filled by b John Drew In The Duke of ran rankle hie kle and anil Maude Adams In the ni n w v play pIny provided for her use by Krohman The Drew Drow Dro engagement shows dhows not Mt the slightest sign of waning although well along In Ita Its second month I There Thero Is II a rumor from Irom London that IleanOr engagement In Merely Mary Ann already once on co ex u extended tended may mn ma be stilt still further prolonged The rhe American actress has hAil entirely cap captivated the tho London public IS Edna dna Mays Maya Ily following transferred It Itself itself self bodily to the tho Herald Square theater on Monday Monda night where The School SchoolGirl Girl was heard and applauded by n II densely packed house houle houseS S II The College Widow Is Immensely successful nt at the Garden theater where it will vili easily run until far tar Into tho the spring i nna NEWS NE WS OF L ONDON S STAGE STAGES STA GE g guu S L i 1 I Special Bp lal Correspondence T ONDON Oct of ot being LONDON I known ai III the foremost of living Jd English playwrights suppose Ar Arthur Arthur thur thui Wing had made his hI first nut bow bol to the public this week with the production of or A Wife Without a 1 Smile From that th t viewpoint It Is II not net unthinkable that he would have hao been be n summarily as a bright bold bad ball boy 00 who should hould be soundly spanked And sent to bed with bread brend and end water for tor supper But Bat as wo we all nil know Mr Mi through the circumstance of Ills hI demise Duff Durt fell into anti and profitable sur ur The I is 18 luxuriously luxuriously produced with a R company Including ing IlIg the th Hengler ister Melville art arl William Norris and anda a large number of ot others other mo t of at whom are unknown on Broadway The opening was W J rathor Insipid except exceptIng excepting Ing ng for tIp tho work of Mr Norris Norril who whose holN e of a n lawyer partially educated In England und speaking a sort Rort ot of dialect was all a it 1 capital piece pili of at draw drawIng Ing Much of the of ot the piece proved to be bright suit and graceful and the ho story although thin wa was y adhesive to stick the songs together with Home continuity The Tue will win much flinch more moto upon IU its It own onri merits than by b moon of ot the skill with lIh which Its 1111 Interpreting company com II has been organized I The rhe Weber and production of ot at the recon reconstructed vastly beautified Weber Music Hall hail hits has turned turnell out to 10 be bt the thereal thereal real thing after all alt When the lie piece was tried out In advance of the New Nw NewYork NewYork York ark presentation the verdict woe was wo not particularly encouraging Hut But OB an R told last lait I Jt week the management wont tu to work vork with great groat earnestness under the atago direction of at George F 1 Marion Marlon loaned for the occasion by hy h Henry W S Ravage lIlge owl by Ii the time the first night In New flOW ow rolled relied around tho the show lio woe was In pe order and loaded to the muzzle with snap Inner ginger nerve Its most notable features were re the graphic charm anti and sartorial splendor of ot Anita Held the Incessant ami sitti Ir jocosity ot or Marie Dressier 1 the th quaint comicality of Charles Charlea the Irol Iroll humor of Joe Weber the personality of ot Aubrey uhre the tHo agile grace of Angeles and and the tue pulchritude of the fittest t collection of show girls that hiat ever decorated a u Now York production Th Tb dresses must have east cast a 1 fortune fortunO anti and they the formed a n bewildering pageant of splendor Tho The entertainment through throughout out was waa closely olo el punctuated with ap Rp applause and laughter and the hit re rl recorded recorded corded sas undoubtedly the best but In irs tho the history of ot f t I nu lo hall all where there thero will a CI change chango of ot bill hull for months to t come comeI I 4 David 1 has lUll made arrange arrangements ments with tho the management of the Academy of music for ft a large IMe block of ot time later l in the tite season gearon at nt the enor enormous enormous and popular playhouse Thin period will il be bp tilled with engagement of Henrietta In ct lit Kit Kitty litty ty and end Hates In The Tho Marling Darling of the Gods This 1 l is a 11 really quite Important deal for tor It II gives Mr a R metropolitan outlet at nt pop popular iliac ular prices for his hl attraction pro produced uptown at 12 U a II feat coat Tho The terri territory tory tor controlled by the academy Is III practically virgin soil toll for tor tho the rep which will vill naturally ore oreate ate lite a n profound sensation In that part of ot town lown t t t The N New w York engagement of Mme Mine Rejane seems likely to prove a much greater grenter matter than It II looked at the outset The advance sale isle Is very ven heavy heay nt lit Increased prices the top figure nuro of which h Is II 3 1 No less lees than five no plays have been added to the repertoire originally enabling a constant change hange of bill hili ami anti Riving giving the th added ad advantage advantage vantage of unceasing novelty C I IThe The hostility of ot tho the building depart lepart meat ment toward the tho Thompson Dundy Iund hippodrome may possibly delay th the op elling of that structure which was wn fixed for N New w Years Tears eve The rite promoters ot or orthe the enterprise however will put on double shifts of at men working day and night and oud will strain every OU effort eOrt to carry out their plans plaits ns as A conceived In Inthe Inthe the he beginning Arthur the chief hiet scenic Icente artist told me mo the other In a P 1 tone of o that the first production scheduled for the thc hip could not possibly cost colt less than back LAck of at tho the curtain line and he added that lint his were I to cast economy Conom to the winds and heath bend bendall all nil his hili hl energies toward securing results no matter what the cost Mrs Irs of t the Cabbage Patch IB Is In its eighth week at nt the Savoy thea theater ter tor anti In all nil probability will more than double that thaI record re rd before leaving New York The entertainment has hns without doubt taken a very Cry firm hold upon the regard of the tho amu seeking public bile PInero and have bAve delighted In him the tendency Is to see between bohnen the tho lines of ot his hll new play fine qualities not visible In Iii the lines themselves The author rather encourages this view by |