| Show m inn I nfl I Leander Richardsons Letter J n Correspondent I March I N attenuation marks the production Ion tion a nr oct of the current week In metropolitan amusement amusements Probably Indeed I there will wll not be bt an nn another another other extensive series of o now stage rep representations In any nn ono one week between now und the hue end of Lent fent naturally light shy of ot making Invest Investments Investments ments meida at nt a 11 time line ot Of year upon tho the penitential period when meats ments u H u Ii 1 tune lie of year ell bordering upon plays which have gone one over aver tile the better part of or the Benson remain upon tho the aholt until lIster The rue only novel novelties novelties ties facing us at the tho th moment arc are a 1 now new play lilay by Julio home Herne daughter of the tho lute late A t Herne presented for A 1 cries corica of or matinees at nt tho th Manhattan theater an experiment In the tho tendering rendering of ot three short pieces a u t night by Frank l Keenan and a II specially cool com company C pany nt Ut the Lyceum and tho the revival of by b 1 i nu os n II midweek diversion nt at the Broad way u not over stimulating curd card It II will wilt be perceived Miss lIes i iIII Is III n a family affair produced by lIy lie hut I mother and played In by ani her sister Crystal Herne It Is Pu called Wife and contains hilt but tight eight characters none nono of ot thorn new lleW to the stage singe rue Tho tory story Is rather thin thimi and the th dialogue In IH what might be bc expected from rom nn On Immature girl with a t desire for authorship rather than a n fully devel developed developed capacity to write rite It 1 must not be ho from train this thin comment that Ml Mite s Herne li ii necessarily without a II future In III the tha lie field neld eho has chosen hoKen to Invade for she undoubtedly possesses a II certain talent tint may null bring forth desirable ll fruit with experience and application It would Indeed hava hiwa hl been surprising It Ither Ither ither her effort had accomplished a l larger measure of success for tor ing like hike Ilk ny tny other literary ry pursuit hUritt rout rails for tor the technical knowledge which inn nn an bo be gullied only from torn repeated en endeavor deavor Wife ife therefore may bo ho but a n stepping stono for or Miss Hernes IJ shapely feet oath and an liS such Ruch It Is la lanot not to be bo roughly shoved aside asideS S Mr Keenann debut on nil n a New York at nt the Lyceum seems at lit first eight Bight to bo ht In III tho lie nature ot of foregone detent for tho tic Lyceum I Is Pt a 11 wee bit of ot n ii 1 playhouse o III In II a side street remote from the tho lie surging thoroughfares of at the city and n II great deal of money first firel tintS and taut host hat hall been beell Hunk Bunk In to 0 make like It Pity This flue IH Ia where Mrs tl 1111 re playhouse lulaY house ecu went down to Inevitable col cot and It IH Is ii where u a lot hot ot of malinger managers havo have been nipped 1 by b tho ho frost of reverse Still tHill on tho ho other hand It 11 was urns nt at the tho ho Victim that Arnold Daly lent made mado familiar to this com coin and Incidentally laid tho the foun foundation oun dation of at his rise to now firm firmly ly Iy In You Nev Never er Can Toll roll at the tho theater his hla run will evidently II t I last until the tho balm of Into bite sweetens tho tue Ho Eo far it Mr Keenan delivers the goods foods theme Is IR n it chance that hunt he too may mil iula gain what he IB In seek seeking hog ing In even under the hue unfavorable con COli conditions of or his hits environment The Tho i II program Include At the he Thresh hold which shown how a u professional burglar himself In n II situation Ahro h re he Is hI enabled to protect n ii woman amid nn preserve the lie honor hOllor of at n a man In III Inthis this his piece picco theme theio Is a 0 very strong ell cli I max fling In Iii n which Mr ns BB a the burg burglar lar IRI gives hes us nn iii exhibition of ot rare Jower 0 cr Tho Th second IB Ii railed Strolling Players and iid Is IR nn no adaptation tion of tho thin story star of ot tho the I ue ell known operatic work walk Thin Tho final I item on the ho bill bi Is II the hue grotesque com cOIn cOIncy iy dy adapted from Edgar Allen Mien loen cy DI Torr 1111 Professor or ethor I anti Called ailed In ho Its ls present nt Thus The he Byn SYA 1510 of Ut Dr Is Tarr Mr Keenan has his himself elt with wih thoroughly pl r Including Grace Oree 11 kins kine and others other ot of established repute reputeS S SI I revival of ot postponed from froni Monday evening re ro reo no on extended comment further than the lie II commendation which must h hI be I li d upon tho lie actress and auth sInger Inger I rot for her hiet charming Individual work na mum nath 19 th Iho ho dashing young oung cavalier of ot the thus op opera opera I Ier era The In h 5 most mo t crela i ihl b er hl his from every 1111 eier viewpoint urnS and 1111 In tact fact better Petter than any of or Its ite predecessors In Inthis inthis this country nt at least leant The rue whole pro h lute s been made upon n II most moist lavish scale enle obviously very vory gratify gratifying of or this thle type tYlle of en tn ing Ins to 10 the he admire o of whom there lucre the are n a Vital aBt no IIA shown by hy tho ho of thin tho revival r at athis it this his theater S When William A arranged to 10 tiring bring Wright back to New Now Nework Fork ork for fO a it I run nih It wn Wais Ia hl hIs Intention to tn fairly fain outdo In Inthe inthe the advertising field d He lie 11 huntS arranged not alone for tor a I vast display of o printed matter on the bill 1111 bi boards hut laid nut out ft n of ot full page I In Ill nil ni the hue prominent newspapers Hut But when It mine caine to 10 putting hue his plan Into Inlo execution Mr tr r Brady found elt face to face with the tho flat nat prohibition of the Th association which Is Ic ma maup up of nil al the tho of or first cities theaters In tO Now New York excepting David who goes ioen It II alone When this combination was vas II A formed formel month niro no a 10 It WAS decided to do In with wih window and und prIvileges exchangeable for free freo seats cents unc It was ras WUI further determined to Unlit tho the newspaper advertising of each pa hilt paper 11 hilter per er to the sum of or 00 a II week The manag rs of ot o traveling attractions are not lot permitted to a go 0 beyond these thesa the bounds on flu their own En account as iK ouch each of them finds In his hI contract with tim tho theater manager a it 1 clause binding him himIn In Iii II this respect Mr lr 1 Is not at nIl all ni piqued by renOI of at the hue existing ennUi condi conditions thona tolla for lilt hil star lulls bus his been doing cai a I tremendous business nt at lt tho lie New Nel York without any special boosting so o that hunt the manager mn charge up lP to the tho pro profit lit fit tt side of nt the tic ledger hedger the large amount ho he would have Invested In advertising had bind ho lie been allowed S IS to t have lila bin hl way WiY wayS Theater t er gal n g sail said Frederic Thompson of ot the thrill firm of ot Thompson Thomp on iundy tho Ih tie other evening Is Ia largely n II matter ot of habit When people hoopla for tor ono reason or 0 another Imp drop out of or the thu habit habitor of or visiting places of or amusement It takes something of ot a n startling nature to hung them back iek In New N l York I 1 find an nn enormous throng of ot what In England I would be railed called the middle classes who have practically frozen froen out of ot theater patronage by the lie Increasing of or prices of o admission mIH people who hio dont cont f tech rel cl that they can afford to pay lily 12 2 to occupy nn nil orchestra chair who would consider It I beneath their dignity to sit Att In tho the cheaper por pot portions of the he auditorium It I Is le this great mass that thai we e mc nO t peeking to in 1 at attract attract tract to our new I Hippodrome where the hue prices will 1 be le low anti and alel the entertain entertainment entertainment ment will be he upon n a scale scala Acle never leler before dreamed of In this or r any Iny other coun coon country country try If U wo we can enn get Ret these theao people book back Into bitt the hue theater habit our enterprise will wi IWo have been of or value tint not to hut but to the tM of nit nil ni other amusement undertakings In itu Now York Adams phenomenally success successful successful ful engagement at nt the flue heater thet r rII In iii II The rho Little Minister supple mooted recently by tho the drama Op o 0 Me Mo Thumb will wIl reach Its ibm conclusion March 4 anti on the hue sue suc succeeding lue Monday evening William all Oil lotto lotte lot will wil return to New N York with sItt lh his revival of or Sherlock Holmes Miss Adams might n lly have havo remained hero hAro until the end cud of ot the tho season hut but hit the lie demand for tor her huer from other cities line hns been ell extremely Insistent and Mr r Frohman rohman finally yielded to It The Tho other night a I t tall all 1111 and courtly courty mali wih with I a southern oil 0 In iii thu ho lObby or t theAter to lie Jel tl 11 Cook Coole thie Iho pros Press r L a Oti of words Cal Col oal Lee Lec e Post Mr Cook gor ger thA that thero CI III ti Lil the houseas stat e t 1 luring lra r here eo Carters hat ho he IA to 10 enter b till 11 Col Ln availed und an l l anti L of r b I Wont biN Mr Cook Bent aen p I V the tho a to re PORI oat ost ot of th Ih if and Inen V Il Aug n J the v OC let Ply stating at n ilg that lint t no HUh I e a 1 r re Wile WIS known to th Ih this n WM t lenson J Mr 8 s I I next was vas to 10 warn All ai the v New press pus representatives n hm southerner and 5 the u Agents there thero h has n sprung prun UD UtI from u Ih 7 his r association i H promote protection from r to I paper men fen and other frol fie leat og grafter n S IS II Augustus Ulu lu Thomas The rue I Mr line haR Into ot o a any arly strong lilt hit at lit th the 1 lul I The Tho Th audience liMe hive lt Liberty bc v t theater gr wn le steadily In Ia a n sonic sense atil nV 11 it price piNe no one aria If j Mu T Jf I would Bur sur ur until I 1 pp w Were to hot weather W fun fU Mrs WonT Worl of 01 frol from th bum Cabbage that which enjoyed lt earlier 1 n In long the run at al iIi Ih B I drawing Immense season Mason ha has Lee teen left New ever I York let l For hacked Iho ho hulo Ilo or ton e eek W It SW r to the tho ery doors Ind and I it lu in now 11 th fit itt Oh o j the largest Playhouses In tile tk Quaker S SI tl Anther Another l SUC tu large hits at b be his vU ed by 11 I B l Willard el Willad his which embraces lh The Lucky The lan II nod ld Thu Tho Middle Story tilory Mr 11 Ive to ho en n tOut tour r In leal I tt respect thAn thian toy of 01 Its revl Otis oue Visits to 10 this country countr li On 1 14 his hlA Jon hung wil rIMe y of the f taking his r hiI CousIn Billy to the cItte 11 several ral 01 o Mr Ir gIves WiY any to In a new Mw Ml Miss 1 pay s has hns miot nt p ml d before eforo the lie appell pub u In n several n owing to a I felicitous dementi event enl I S S The tickets for tor n week lt u ihk WI It Opera House are lre a y aOl oit out lit already In anticipation i of or the Iho en n of ot Lew inS hu hIs minstrel bund band This Ihk hlll I Immensely popular In New ew eI Ck and Is When tho the occasional n to see et tho ho how at ot of th ro 1 rm II 1 rush rUh thuat keeps the tho ho n I wIth bolh hot i hal hands lan S SI Grace George In her new now comedy dra dm ma lila In palled Abigail will cored S re cc at itt lt tho the Savoy theater t long PIRt poet tho ho Ire thus the robIns 11 heist JK K ha hine lh pico 11 0 an h tin un hit hulL and mud Hie lie actress has WOn lion In iii the th Reet picture or of girlish Innocence d for lor her by the hue I II This Is II the last week of or the grand opera lt it t the tho closing elo a season n that has hn been cur ur u In overy every respect Caruso arose has ha been Ilen ecu tim the great grent of oC the he period a ci n future furore even gi CINter enter than thai that the eaily appear woes Inces of ot Jean in Itu thIs rena coun try 11 Ho ITo 10 has hall undoubtedly thI ninth luth more moore than the tho amount of his large salary from tho hue ranks of ot his hil c compatriots compatri utu ol for tor on Oi Caruso aruso nights th the standing room of ot the lie Metropolitan his has ha been taxed to 10 Its Il capacity by hy frantl ally enthusiastic Next ext exL Mr ar there will 11 ho bo no available for tor th the he public pua nt at the Metropolitan for the lie r that tho lie subscription will eov r them alt and nd Iho tim subscribers will 1 clamor cOlor for 11 more moc ON |
