| Show iu i r LI Mt L L Letter J c n n n Special I nf iW ronK Nov No SA IA single th Ihl then a N opening of or Importance Iden Identified titled tn d the ha of the current week n R tiC a I round rund halt bait dosen doson such Iu h events upon the lb he previous Monday In that tat in even to so H big blK and desirable an au amusement as I New York 1 heme of ot management has hen as yet been Un devised to 10 i the tha coming of too much of nf a good rood thing at It times timer und sad Ild too little ut at I other times lines However the sharp competition ot of last week eek which made It II for path tuh of ot the new nc entertainments to capture the Ih attention of a the th community le Is en entirely entirely at mIld mid ald the fact la is naturally advantageous to N X C Goodwin who has hal the Held all al to him himself hImself self lel with his hiI production of ot Tue Th Usurper per her li 1 This plew 11 Is by I N Norris and ant author who hoe hns h developed very ery rapidly tC inee he wrote the tho turgid and horrified piece culled called Jim Dlud Dull n so Rn hi ii which Robert was wa va so 10 weary reary Wll mid and that he lie h pre vre senti felt Colt Impelled to return to the vaudeville world rend without preserving i further tow toward r legitimate stardom I The Usurper la Is I a tale late lal of at an arm Amer mer I loan ranchman Maddox Ito ho has hl hit a massed n a I vast lt fortune disposed I i of ot his holdings and anti proceeded to Eng Bug Bugi i i land to look lok up n a oun woman he II once nce saw MW upon the ranch and the tue memory mon of ot whom h he cannot dispel 1 This Is I just the sort of rl role you will say that hat wi yu N fits Ott Goodwin J do dnn n to 10 the lie you 1 will wi be I entirely right for tor the actor lug has II rarely If I ever ner appeared to better acor advantage titan than In 11 the th present Instance A good play like Ilk a good rn joke depend a B great great deal deRI upon the manner maimer of ot Its telling tailing and Mr Ir NorrIs drama dram certainly Ill from HH Its 11 Interpretation 1 not alene Blone In 11 that per por Won Uon failing taIng to 10 Mr tr vr I i but In lo t of at the parts played pla hy by b members of or the supporting orson organ e 1 loR Tho The star atar was WAi Il oron with wih great Kreal cordiality by hy mu mi immense audi i once ence the on the opening night and EO O un tin unmistakable mistakable a hit hi vuu A n in to It make mike It I sure ur that hat thi tM entire nUre mont mant wil win wIll be H highly successful C S S The opera OPI tin I I SI J I un n OU mul iiiI III tin Ih M t M 1110 tt i politan auditorium in is I 11 I u I Ity 1 nut flUt for forthe forthe the entire en I ire series of o t i pr nt I II I 1 0 This hll Is II n a condition never tover before 1101 stab and the details of It show how the appetite extend to t alt all al potts parts of oC the tha country It 1 Is II n ii fu taut t tint th t many or ut r thu t I h most distant cities cIU In America or ur rep rl resented lamented upon the th subscription list for forthe forthe the season at the tb mn and ani women In some Ime Instance coming all al the way WIY to New KW York urr II fm tnt the te purpose of cut attending at l ilie ll performances In Italian French Fr auth Is I not nol by b attIc means meat the lie tad fad ti It t wis fast fact sTi Ra eaton on 0 wh ln uhri it I was wal n it 1 matter maUr a Q very vry great gmt rul difficulty to 10 secure tickets ticket at t any Ray pr ThrIs Is III plenty cf ot room mom 11 to be b lied had ad at present when hen the Wagner Wa music drama U is I Iv Iven iven en and the speculators s II wh who W n purchased blocks block of ot In lit li anticipation tt of ot a 3 I repetition of et the former f rush hove have bov beth beet I very glad Indeed to unload At M I prices or overt even eel This however Is the ono cite 01 weak wll feature of at the Ihl musical year yer On the opening o night of ot the tl sea lIon Kon there them th sere vert no seats 11 to be bo folina for tor the representative r of 01 the Oer Ocr men man emperor who had lied been sent to tl tu America for tor the unveiling of o the tha Ihl statue of Frederick the Great Manager Coi cc 0 dad advertised ad for Cor tickets ticket for tor the lie tle pur pitt purpose pl pose po named name offering U 11 1 apiece R with without ilI I out securing the coveted ll bits of o card tard cardboard board Hut But when whon hn It collie came to 10 the Ihl per performance perI I the tl kaisers ambassadors pr stood up Ull among amon the downstairs down I while Mr Conned lulled lolled luxuriously In tn lila his own can private box o bo showing that Ills hs hi ft 0 fm 10 01 the Ih welfare of ot his hI guest extend to the point of flee fice 01 a as asIt It If the Ih nN nc entertainment In th lbs equally new nw Low lAW fields theater successful It H will not nOI be b on account Of or f fany I any Rny lack lark of ot trouble In Its preparation Th rh There re rp have been times timer all along I the line from the tha beginning of or rehear I pal Pali dovil do II to the hUll of at the ito night III In New York Tack First 1 the Its Ih libretto I had halt to be bp h rewritten Then Marl Marie Cahill limi linI ft II snag Ming attn arm wished to in Interpolate but hilt Victor Idol Herbert It vas cae found had hada II a contract with tho the management ox puss providing that nn no Introductions be bf mode In the its R Cc l e That was 1 up lip by lt purchasing the song out outright tight right anti and giving It to io Herbert Herbort for tor the th composition lou of a new nw which Is h strangely like the lie original bearing the lie Herbert trademark After Attar that Miss alias Cahill and ami Mr Ir Fields Field tell fell Into Inlo a R series aeries of ot altercations aller a II i u u is very vel opt apt to 10 be bc the th ease case e le when tift otto one eta in III called railed upon tinon to tn share the renter of nt the lie stage with sith another Of or course those these 1 might have base molded If It tho time contracts between the managers and the various perenne I reon In Interest hail had been thrown with any An sense nf of caution or upon fitlY any other theory than the hue If purely theatrical one olle of or making every promise that Is III exacted and taking the chance lint every eor thing win will ome out rIght In III the end amid Th JIt lime new now theater built by Oscar Toni Hum I for tor tho the use uso of 01 Mr II Fields 1 and tilts his Is certainly beautiful and luxurious find and of t n a else ize peculiarly to entertainments of ot the light and purely amusing description It Is 18 a it tibet most valuable addition to the lilt Hit of or metropolitan playhouses and a tl ai i to 10 Its 1111 hed builder as The rhe Shubert seem to 10 have In finding attractions suitable for tor presentment lre nt at the Princess thea theater theater ter Hollert n Ii Mantell In Richard HI III I is 9 advertised for next week wee and It III la not In III detriment to title this excellent actor to say he cannot possibly sue suc succeed lurAt coed at the which luu hu a 1 tiny auditorium with one of at the very var small et ot tart stages In the tho city olty elt One might AS 8 well solI try tr to adequately adl produce The Tho Black Crook In Il n 1 i hall hail bedroom l Cs Mote MOle lied had enormous mull audi audiences n all eli last week with Z w ns nH the program Her engagement romps comes to nn mn end on Saturday night anti and nd lie clue will proceed thence to 10 Chicago where whelo the named will serve 1111 aa as her means manna of Introduction During Durin the lie first week Sapho Camille and amid U la Passer ello elLa Tho Vito Marring of Kitty 1111 are to bo ho played 5 Mr III Leslie Carter Caller and Anti the tue ot of her har company lane hose been lJ n hard tit Ht It II for the pAst few tew days upon the now ness play piny by b David lIel o nod John Luther Luthor Ion lie tho scene acetic of which Is III laid In the tho filth fifth century lifter alter Christ In iii an Imaginary ary arl country dren although care cares carefully fully Cull guarded from public knowledge la is I known to be lie a romantic drama drains with witha a 1 deep deell current or of tragic tone toM During Durin Usra Isra Kendalls prosperous pro engagement at aL a the Grand Orand Opera Opel house Chicago Askin Aikin acting a of ot the theater WM was struck I with sIth II Ith the he of employing r mv I little lilt to novelty novel t In III I ii the th t It it I I Its i Hily nty u mil had II it iii 1510 ett l n Si Mini rh thu ho 11 I I i Full F Ii Kend i ill fumu 1110 tie the lcK nd but Dont see nee I eo what aunt I hul youve got to 0 be tie sorry lurry about bout hn ho observed ob just tile this house hou n Is III full Dont nO l you got get et part of the S I Theater property Is III ii II u tn rn unc r tab Investment at ut t Last best sun non on e r time It turn turtle out un wail At Atthe ut t the lie opening of tile i nason raon henry 1110 the owner olner of at the I to 10 be le the possessor of ur u a hopeless proposition with ly no noI I booking excepting for fot the hi of ot May 1 Irwin Tilt The immerse immense hit of Di Divid vW vid In The Must Musi lU li Master MAlter mud It practically the tho actor notor should remain In N Ns IW w York for fOI forthe the Ii wheW winter term tarot yet it II was Wll necessary I essary t for fr him to l leave Ita Ie the tb theater heater and the he was wan the only available place tar for hi Thus Mt MI lire Sire finds himself not com om Gilt pl pith l ly at ease lye for Ito thu rest of or tile Hie sei seu a atOp ron tOp roil lilt bu tt reasonably pertain of ot Ir at th the hll Bijou for an nile l thereafter s a Frederick 1 Thompson on and Elmer Ilmer 8 S Dundy to keel keap a close rIOH personal watch atch upon their extensive building bull ln op orations at Coney Conoy Cono Island imd and In New Nework rork ork Each member of ot ft t he firm Olm taut Ims a ii aMe Me Itie Imported Imparted automobile und anti Is II en on enabled shied to divide hi his hill time between the two without much difficulty or waste waite ot of energy Mr Thompson Thom down to Lone Lun Park before hay day IIa light lIht And Ani comes bark back to New Mew York YorkI nt itt I noon to relieve relle air r tit cat the hippodrome Mr Ir spends lila his af of afternoons by b the Md sad Ia aa a waves of ot Co Cou u y nd thy they are art sad lAd Indeed In Itt these duys doyt r Thompson A I Dundy have ha conic 1600 workmen employed just now IIII upon amusement h for mag magnitude and ond are ure without paral parallel Tel leI I i Is Last week Ethel Khel Harry more In iii Hun day dB broke ll IJ record of ot receipts nt at atthe the Ihl Hudson theater Her lIer success In Indeed indeed I deed In III no so great grGat f l lIt list there thre Is II of ot an extension of 01 her New Nel York on en t a a 4 Madge lall Corn Carr Cook Coati ulio utho In to In Inha having ha made a very sery marked success In lii Mm its II Wiggs of ot the Lite lie Cabbie Cabbage Patch the distinction of ot being the tue mother of ot the gifted nail charming n II is I training up l a II sun sur priM for tOl h hr her r r When MUs Mis reaches OW ea York fresh from front her London triumph In lit Merely Mary Maty MaryAnn Ann Alln Atm she will bo ushered Into a B horns hom of other her own which Mrs Cook Is now Ht tit thug up Ull In tn one of the time handsome apart apartment insist ment houses here Ilare It Li In trite rim that Miss wont ont sin see st n a great greatA A R deal III nl of this tot for 01 till lie tiling as III she he Is I to 10 go KO west wo t Immedi Immediately tot for the tho remainder of ot he season lint But It Is III something to 10 hMO have n it home I even If It one dOf nt occupy orup It steadily S IS Loll Lew has hll Il been een en obliged to decline whAt IB is probably the Hie largest t offer over ever extended by a London mu music lo hall ball management to nn on American at attraction traction The rho he negotiations were opened by Ted Td D Marks on behalf of the time lon Lan lonIon Ion don inn manager nn par with Instructions to 10 go 10 goan an all a tar far nn RI necessary in to the lie matter ot of terms terras however Is III not alone satisfied with his hlA Income lit its America Amerle but finds U tt advisable to stay play hero item In order to 10 bo ho In touch with the time building operations that arc to 10 be b be begun begun gun Kun shortly upon Doek opera house in New York sq p and fl K I 1 hackett will bo be the leading new ness attractions next week the Iho former At nt the time Theater and the thil latter At the Lyric 1110 SI S Joseph JOI h Weber hiss hu become a 11 quite Im Important Important portent factor In iii tile the rent 1001 estate world III In New York Most MOt of ot tho the money mone he ho hohas heliar has liar made linn hM beers been Invested In first firm mortgages anti and purchases outright tiM and he ho lint hurts shown chown tho thu utmost In Iii all nil those operations OP with the Iho result re that t he Is nt sit this lilt writing one of ot the th substantially wealthy mon men among our theater managers ers Weber hoe recently turned down nn Rn almost fabulous offer for lila his lease lenee of ot the Iho ground on which tho the MusIc hull ml stands The Tho syn syndicate that desired to 10 acquire this large plot lund had In III view the erection of ot a I 15 story hotel Weber however unit haa time tho property properly In iii such lIuch shape that the rental of his music Itch halt is IA free and he re me receives I a substantial profit Na Nut Naturally Natural tural enough under these circum circumstances stances he hf Is I to convince that there then ts ta Any to be bo derived from a change even cen when panted bv by b a Il large cash cacTi bonus bontie LI |
