Show su i Letter 5 l u u trw trim miu u u u u u Special Correspondence Cor hW Dec Del 12 The annual NEW N of or theatrical af affairs a affairs fairs prior to the time holiday period Is III upon us U and the are lire beginning to suffer cutTer heavily from lots loss of ot patronage The streets In lii the I shopping are ens ar crowded with wo women men mid Rud children and amid the tha big depart department mont ment stores tores are so 80 o 1 that hint In some Instances Instanced It has hiss bEen necessary ne for Cor the tIme proprietors to to the time police for neal In handling the in a sues of ot pushing and struggling femininity This i condition of or affairs AltaIr while f lion Ing that j I business In general Is In a 0 very Ir lour Hour limiting state Is I to 10 the amuse J I i mont ment for tor It pron that the tIme i I I luxury money of the he community is go lag Ing Into ChrIstmas gifts RItts anti and not tho the There will be few Cew I U U U U U U U I I LI 4 I U U IlU U U U b novelties In the time theaters from now mien un tilt until til ii eve et for tor amusement dl rectors rudy tUI realize tho futility utility of Qt lag int In new eu productions at u it 1 time when It ItIs itis Is II utterly to Interest the Ille public nubile So we wo must be content to let Jet things run along uneventfully up to the beginning of ot the time midwinter burst burnt of ot merrymaking The Time only onty Important ex u exception to tu the time rule home hero described will wiil willbe be he 1 John J 1 McNAlly farcical piece In Newport which In is to be he In th tim theater by ly h Klaw law lawI ft I with Interpretation by the time stock company organized for tor this house houle This rhia list Hit of lit it players lI rA Peter leter F If 1 Dalle Dillie Joseph Josph Coyne FIsher r Lee LeI Harrison Pay Templeton Kurle Earle and slid a u lOt tot nf ut others other well Known for tor versatility and talent It 11 IB is the apparent design dI to present In the time nature of ot an nil cation of the time old Weber Fields breed breedI of oC entertainment but not hot with time the hall hail atmosphere i scheme that may inn prove proe pro PoPular In III these thee time times then Ihen there 1 Im to bf lit a mm appetite ton for very ery light forms forme of ot Plage e pastime Fol Follow Following low lowing Ini next the In III Newport proportion se xe e shall observe the re rt Lillian in Lady tad at tot It the Casino under the time direction tion of ot th fraternal A great relit deal It is expected of ot this piece In which nn an attempt le is I mudo to occupy the Held of ot pure comic opera without any an of oC the broad devices of or musical farce The Tho Mi sra Shubert are fire KO so convinced of ot the he public de ire for their new lIew enterprise that they have hae announced nn tin auction Bul lul of ot tickets for Cor tin time first rather roth r reky business proceeding It If they tit are ITO not very vor sure lr of ot their ground for Cor anything like ilkI n it 1 failure of or the time sale anlo Itself would woul put a damper upon uron the time under undertaking taking from which It would be hard to recover S o S S The general Interest In III dramatic II tic I affaire will nut not be fully tully awakened awaken d un mm until til ii Christmas liar day when theme will l be e a I general ener I shift all along alan the line l I May Iny will then transfer r herselt and anel liar her to Dalye theater for Cor or u tI fort tort fortnight fortnight night making room at the Herald lor be or Woodland which In turn will VIII vacate the New York theater for tor forthe forthe the incoming of Home Hom Folb the new pastoral drama put Jut forward by 1 Joseph At tho the santo tUne John Drew will viiI bring his hie hi exceptionally success lIcce s ful CuI at nt the time theater In the Duke luke of ot to It Its II ter and Maude ll Adams will fol tol low how him a 11 fine of or The rhe Little for n a t four tour weeks sea lell season lellon son eon on N C m hut ho c given him cordial recognition U in III The Usurper U at the thi Knickerbocker will start upon hla imis hI tour of ot the time other lore cities upon the time day In question and Viola Allen will come rne to town with wilt The TIme Winters inters Tale Talc dalland who Is playing a fortnights engage ment at tho time theater with Dorothy Vernon of ot hell Hall will r lien her out au t of ot town Journey Ings Ins ami Drown which Is Iii i RaId said to have lavo been accepted with wide sprat J enthusiasm elsewhere will be i placed on show at nt tho the Majestic These Theio I with n me few tow minor matters of or new now I nine will amply servo to key the tho me OlI up to concert pitch so 80 to speak k kand and cause tho time managers to forget torget tho the vexations of or the term t Tho The ruth ruh rut h to see David Dald In Tho Time sto Master Is no so very vory or great that Mr Ir Delasco has hila found It imece nary iary to four tour matinees In order to pernon who have hAO been to for tor forthe forthe the tho regular night and 1 day do Th These e O extra afternoon n perform performances ances ancee cure to occur acetic on lice Dec 26 tumid 29 and Bud 3 2 and anil t Mr next move will be 1111 to the time theater now how no occupied by La b May MRY and few the time patronage 0 o Mrs Irs flInch In ic Slack Hack hat has gone off or t tH tit H it ery great extent however will nil undoubtedly restore the time fortunes m on the limo Inasmuch as the time hold holo he linn hM ilL St limed Ined upon the thi th of tIC this loin con Is II amazingly strong When I ff revives lisa lIan at the time Broadway theater sh sim h will pUy imlay the time role rol of ot Vladimir la Is the lime prima donna part lh lI 1 h him im feminine C chAracter of or c lera I rn li is n it showy howy one in III inn i m mB n B musli il semi BOttO Mil and an time the piece In Iii in w being to In transfer the time leo to I I dl am I r so co S that hat I Mine may h IUM every err opportunity o purt II 11 t to Il hint both bolh an as u s and I S SO George M AI olan the altogether re ro I young Mar of ot Little Juhn loret Ion ho has but one 1111 more week to IP re n In Now New Turk although In itt wilt will piny mImmy In lii tItle thle vicinity for lor tin tim tini i two IWO months at out least LIlt Liui I Johnny Jonee which Will was composed ami and singe directed by Iy h Mr Mm iv him Is II r time the moSt moat an I l meritorious comedy of ot the sf SC 11 i KIM IOn and autO It has Id Its It writer In itt n mm l i 11 demand not nione oa III a altar star slur toino I but an WI an aim author Klaw 1 Ir hr r rInner Inner I mm hll e I d him ii to m mIL n IL new piece for Cor their especial use he hi will w ill undoubtedly timid nl himself with aa its II much profitable occupation in ill inthis II this line hue ne us he lie ma 1111 are cuie to He lit has It certainly WI the time author authora a few tow kinks with they Vere were not lIot previously fa liar Mrs Mis WI of ot the Cabbage Cb lo Patch H I going Into the souvenir business At nt Atthe atthe the Savoy I theater where mementoes one announced for tor distribution next teXt Monday Munday evening ThU Ihla quaintly comedy runs imis along smoothly anti tan Tearfully outlasting nil all the time attractions lIone which came ram to town with It ItI ItI ItS S 00 I suppose remarked Floren Ziti 1 fold Jr a day or two ago wo uc 0 ought ti t 1 be he II tIll d to see a packed c orry rry night at the Wetter Weber Music hull huh hut iut It Int entirely easy easo to suppress u mu ruling ft of or Impatience In iii time the constant Know lodge ledge e that wo VI i could tIll 1111 n IL mulch much lr I r auditorium auti II iii without vl the Ito t slight slightest est cot At the beginning of ot tho time spawn we expected to make wilko n a 1 num lum number lumb ber b er r of ot burlesque productions long Ion ho bo fere rero the time holiday holidays but ledy leml Is making a II run ruin of oC It that wont ermit the time announcement of or anything else the just now how It li JI quite tho the biggest timing thing thin in iii time history of DC this lois structure Time The combination that linn has boon been formed between N C Goodwin and ald uld r which Mr Mm Goodwin load will will play time the principal part pirt partIn III In Tho Time and tIme the oo not lot time the Barge Is especially felicitous for tor It brings together the time biggest maim rigor nger and fn In my toy opinion tho the best actor In iii this country The rhe character Good Goodwin Goodwill win will l is II to Impersonate Is 18 n a III In whom pathos and humor are blended ory Just the time sort lort of role rolo that bitt will suit tho tIme boat best 0 f 00 Tho Time building law conditions In application to theaters hoo unexpectedly achy edly I h placed Lew In him n a very enviable condition Time The plans which were among tho time last to be filed wider under the old system vere of oC course ac De acquired wired with the time real estate upon which the house Is to be he and another syndicate has bas Jut Just mit discovered that It w lubes to it go Into time the theater construe construction I lion tion The lo now new laws Ins make mAko It practically Impossible to lo build a n play playhouse playhouse house houlle with any earthly earth of ot profit and amid so tho the plans passed massed by imy 11 the depart ent before prohibitive restrictions went Into litto off out have hivo vastly Increased In value Mr DocKstader could sell out at mit a very or ory heavy hel profit It If ho ito wished to todo do tb so ito hut he ito h laughingly observes that hint what IB is good enough for tor anyone else to buy hU Is II quite Julie good gooel enough for tor hInt him to keep 0 0 SO It If time the New ew York public really wants to be he rid of ticket speculators the tho thing can now lOW be Ime accomplished by imy reason roo on of or ofa a II scry or simple system that Is to bo ho adopted by IJ Thompson Dundy DUld with time the opening of ot their new lIew nimi anI n Allt t Hip Hippodrome TIme Tho malingers ers will Idiots their own men upon the lle I near miser time the anious entrances to tho limo structure to sell tickets nt lit 1 prices FO 80 that fillY speculators who i laity wish to deal In cords of or admission lon lonwill will lind It impossible to compete at n a profit to It St odd thAt some manager thought of oC this arrangement before now the tie more os es ns mIs many nany of ot time the men In tho time thoi i business of ot handling then tern are Ar and hOt have been betI genuinely opposed to speculation Tho Timo tire IU limit when the tho new Is IR placed In opera lion tion nt ot tho time Hippodrome many of or the time persons persall who have been loudest In itt their of or n no n a eye I tent tem will be lie moaning over their Inability II t to have ha the tho most Inmost able semite for tor thorn them nt at ad nd adi i nibs niton for tor strange ns us It mil appear there theme mire Ire In Now New York ork who would rather patronize tho time dealers than thon time tho t Lonh tIme the new mica piece by hy C M II S presented d by hy Mis Mrs Fiche 1 and her imor nt lit lie ho Man theater In is rather too Otis ous to prove a n popular success Mrs seems to have hae acquired the tho lm lilt that time tho sunny side of life lite is unsuitable for tOl dramatic purposes and that It Is II I lien her minion to Impersonate heroine suffuse with gloom Doubt lOll less this view In is highly artistic but It will hardly prevail In this title tiny nod Ken gsa oration Ion Leah Jeah was writ ten for tor Lena reM Ashwell minI Kobert flobert Tn Ta hem ber who w were er re to ha linac hae e produced It In tn London The death of ot faber Taber how however however lev ever threw hitow the upon time tho market S f The coming of oC Terry and his London comedy company to the tIme PrIll eels ceo theater day will be he nn In Interesting event Terry has hu for Cor many been a n comedian In Lon Ion don playing In his own theater but butor for tor or some ome unexplained reason no Amen can manager mana ReI until now has hall favorably I considered time the Ih Mea idea of ot him to i ihie i hie country The rhe Mime situation has his In previous Instances ns as In inthe I i the case clise ell of ot Chares Charet turm d dout i out omit to be II very successful when finally presented to thin this public long Ion after litter It I lid hd been generally quoted that lint he lie do Perhaps Mr Terry Torn Torr will follow suit cult and demonstrate that the managers who him by 11 as lIB nn on tin un property overlooked a good loot investment S o 00 The establishing of 01 prices at atthe atthe the time big 11 New N York ork theater will make mako rivalry between that house hou and the tho Academy of or Music which has hili long Ions en enjoyed enjoyed joyed Jared a monopoly In the time line of at fur Cur furnishing big attractions attraction at lit low rates of ot admission It 11 Is II quito quite likely that there thero Is Ia a n good Held for tor a 1 second enter of ot he time same sante kind Inasmuch as ns the time Academy hams hns been Immensely profitable anti there th re appears to be he tin an ample supply of oC material suitable to such a n theater RICHARDSON |