Show THE LOT I 1 EHY MAN the lottery man was v as among the first ot of the new york successes of the past season the Shu berts althou although gli they manage fourteen theatres theartres the atres in new york were unable to place the comedy in one ol of their own houses so an arrangement was made with the management of the bijou theatre whereby the lottery man was shown there failure atter after failure had been smi seen at the bijou when suddenly at was to the new arrival the lottery mans man soon became the town talk reviewers spoke of the play as having lifted the hoodoo which had hung over the dijou bijou for long a time in tact fact the entire engagement was started more or less cautiously broadening into one of 0 the most successful runs of the season it is estimated that strangers visit new nev york each day something about the lottery man evi eti dently attracted them for a census of the mail telephone and hotel orders showed that over one third of tho thel attendants tend ants at each night performance was made up of 0 visitors the play in this respect at least has been well advertised the b basis asis ot of the plot is extraordinary for its stra straightforwardness i and originality as well as ad the angle angla at which the author has treated it A reporter persuades his paper to conduct a lottery with himself as the prize the lucky coupon is won by in an old maid who claims the spoils of 0 battle it is discovered however that she abe has stolen the ticket whereupon she is threatened with arrest interest Is added to the pursuit by the tact fact that the reporter falls in love with a young girl and is naturally anxious to capture the ticket himself fht the lottery man alan will bo be seen at the brigham opera house on november |