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Show THE SrXDAY STANDARD: iMiDl'.X, 11X11. M'XDAY, 2". DKCKMHF.R 1n. Review of New Dramatic Productions The Belle of Mayfair," Brought From London The Man of the Hour Eleanor Robson In The Girl Who Has Everything Mawww -- in in ir uin winmnnn irssyni Jujx MHIIMWlMMIMMnMMMlMHMWMMIMWMIllllMIHtlMMMIIMMMMMMMMMMtlMMMMMMINMMMMMMMMMMaf -- -- our New York Dramatic Cone. are too numcivus ms lifts c.iul ptou.lly ust. s ihe il.e 1 Jbeil y 'hculcr. t.'u.c oil. ing dently imt Ini h (r! to lie "liugt nffl" nu-i- i I.. sin.- will l iuy in icp. i t . ' the i iiinc to study l.is- - pore uud i uiiu-rleiis uli..ul u robson. Christie In Tiic Men cf t:e Ilnur" i' is a Tl Is lev Ur..i-i.tvfuscs to slim the !r.iuvl.lr (.'lining FrcJerlvk lVrry fcHiii'hlsc fur one of the prr-ltubill. We are i.l so f.i t. i' .lh this y.u.iig w, ,111:1.11 tSyltiu Ln.g) who .lies tr illcy lines that Is sought to tyis" of mi l..nit- -i poll! tiu.c Weems. Burry play the iliul furtli- - j villi her imilhrr-tn-larole in the various be b'niiiid l.y f.ud. dastardly, Ins liililivn. now in ,.nicr dlscoursi- - im.y lit .,.i.-.l- . tr luxury . nd miM icto-j:inc.li.i l.ss. W.rruis is .1 druukjid. a I, ct'.r Krcuclkk Thai productions that have been abomi pi u iiiing luils-iydo'.h Mr. lrotui hurst smile this branch herds ihc c iiiipoiiy. usrislnl hy Huilict gwml!tr an.i a few oilier uiuigr. A erenily- Probably chief In interest at the new la The Belle of Mayfair' at Kjiy'a theater, in which ('hruslic MacDonald anl Irene Bentley are appearithe subject of much ng. Thl play fntervatlng dlrruxslon in England, an Edna May was appearing in ii when die was superseded by Camille Clifford r spundent I u iwr-I'c'.u- al Mart , time it rtctU ul r tioa it Pnw. i Mart arni- - Oeiue PWat i her 'u Lut bout Wen 1 ldy . their m iht owing nf tht ol or tia qw bridge event lonthi m lb r hut neJlt, bint Ot leerra tint a until icr.un, hu jihertl Year, eoutln e dit-l- a and De c. y w m profs be it t root h hit f "a it tb t time when iaiied ubeim any in nan the npiei rland id it md une, mue, tbe uman from her ENGLISH of uinre any in ome tony m if. ban BO- - U it of and chnnt. In the cast of "The Belle of Mayfair" ire. In addition to Miss MacDonald and Miss Bentley, Richard F. Carroll. Ignacio Martinctii uf "Babes In Toyland fame. Valeska Huratt. Van Rennselaer Jack Gardner and others. The rompany Is well balanced, and the production aims at adequateness -- ' throughout. m SCENE FROM THE THREE OF US of perverted corruption that is ruining future presidents and possllile Panama canal investigator by the score. The "machine" elects a bright young man mayor, assuming that he will serve Its interests. But. no. He is honest,' so honest that he turns on his AT THE MADISON SQUARE picked Beell as the coming Amoricun champion. But Just now Gotch Is stronger, cleverer and heavier than Beell, and Becll's one advantage la In superior speed. He works foster than Gotch. Clearly superior speed does not overbalance or even balance superior weight, strength and skill. Gotch Is n magnificent wrestler, a better man than Jenklna ever wa yet lie Beell could not beat Jenkln turns the trick on Gotch. It Is a great pity that Gotch record does not show at least a modicum of consistency. The Denver kid is following the must strenuous programme ever outlined by the head torturer of a training camp. m. and dashes The kid rises st I headlong Into the Icy w alert of ths Housatonlc liver for a game of tag with the snowflakes. Then he takes a five mile rqw in a flat boat and la ready for a light breakfast. At I oclock "him to road," iced by a fleet saddle hors on which Chief i Yeung Corbetts Training Life. Headsman Harry Tutlilll alts with a Young Corbett is training like a veriIn one hand and an eet table demon these day at Stratford. club in sar ' are and And, rge opo woe mH will leaving him an estate is contested by Sylvia, who ltd rusts her esse to Philip Waring, a must honest young lawyer. All young lawyers are honest And dear ring (ear inve i!ty. cr-- to' for Hint are on CHARLES M. DANIELS OF NEW R0MICR0CRj",PIN tool dab - ad- - ML ea Klcschna" with Mrs. Klske. is slurring in a new drama by Paul Wllslach, the able literary adviser of Richard Mansfield. Ths play well demonstrates Mr. Swect Supper Tim After a sufe and sane supper, consisting of a pickled iierrh sod a pint of sage te the kid is put to bed timlcr six or seven blankets, four aullts end a buffalo robe. As a slwclal furor Tuthlll reads a ehajiter from Pilgrim's iTogres" aloud to the kid before blowing out the gas. After three months of life like this the kid will light sotnelsidy and win In a walk, only to hear the referee give the decision and the big end of the purse to the other men, who Gained on mixed ale, peanuts and cigarettes in a hall bedroom eighteen miles away from n cuke of soap. baa ixi- BIG, HIT. g. . E tietK-M- .fter the holiday "Monsieur Be u cal re" has struck the Mock mm panic. It is the consensu of opinion of N Tor critics and theater 'thn Drew has his best Prt " l"son In "His House In order. in fc.fl, one of the most hrllllattj 0 the START ti dramatic doings. play hy George Afc.lj; 7taW, most emphatic hit. Mr. Pinero Charles Dillingham that fits well with "Artie." a new In he produced by SW,MMER' READY T the intfinttUiBil premier, C. M. Dwilele if th Msoclatlon. tbe champion swimmer of the middle Halation building. Buffalo, on the Ith of next were made to secure the attraetl m. match, and extraordinary efforts by JO feet in sine, A new w,u take place In a pool which is -- XDerts believe that twelve minute will be beaten, MeAh cbampP The much discussed New York Athletic club, and IL Men west, will take place at the Young ant Both Chicago end New York The distance will be half a mile. record ts almost sure to be established. . two plays mentioned have been produced In America this season. "Raffles" has been successful here, while ths "Luiky Mies Dean" belied her title. ha molded a part , the Drew ert and method. Daniel Frohman Is making an elaboBeach's soty, rate production of Re The Spoilers." for presentation after Mr. Frohman tried the (ll, h.dMaya in Chicago with fortnight for play New theater, a the of company the - A Glance at 190 Horse Racing. The throughbred ruling Season in the east under the control of the Jskey club was formiilly closely recently, when Luretta won the last rare at the fall meeting of the Washington Jockey club at Vennings. It was a parting of the wuya for the horsemen, some going to New Orleans, some across the continent to California and some to winter Quarter either to the New Tork tracks or to the various breeding farms throughout the country. The dearth of good horses In the and over division was thr one thing which prevented the sea- three-year-o- ld r- house devoted to classic art and the piny made a pronounced popular hit. Mrs. Leslie Carter's new play, Cleo," is a drama of modem Ilf with scenes In France end America. Mr. Carter likes everything but the title, whirh she wants changed to something longer nd more Intense. Virginia Ilamed is railing about some gold furniture for staging The manager compels Love Letter." the stage hands tr wear hlte glover. llr musical production next season. hoe for those chronic fascinators of the male persuasion who try to make a killing with every pretty girl they pas Recently Miss MacDonald was crossstreet. New York, to ing Forty-secon- d reach Broadway from the Grand Central deNd. Hhe was conscious that a well dressed man was following her. He was a well bred man apparently, and was of mlddla age. At Fifth avenue lie came abreast of her and, lifting his lint and bowing, said: "Good morning. Out for a III tie constitutional V Without betraying the anger that she felt. Mis MacDonald stopped, fared the man, who fancied that he was making progress famously, quietly opened her purse, took therefrom a quarter and extended It. "Theiv, you poor man," she said with loud Intonation and sympathetic snough for pussersby to be attracted. I am sorry you liave had nothing 14 eat for iwo day Take Ihla and buy yourself a breakfast." The masher turned red, slgmmemd confusedly, and then amid the laughter of the bystanders hurried down the avenue. I never knew that method Id fall." said the singer nflerward, "and I recommend It to all my sisters when similarly annoyed." seven! sure cure recipe A Mrry Afternoon. In the afternoon tho kid Is pounded over a thirty foot flsr by two or three sparring partners, chosen for the Job of their hinrl f.ices. Then, if been (lie kid is able to walk, he is led to a gleam room and locked in for thirty minutes, whether ho cries for help or not. Now the time haa come for the rubber bund that they wind around and around his waist and chest till he look rerhai like an Egyptian mummy. Tuthlll doe wind it so tight now and then that thr kid fall In a faint, punching a hole In the ground with hi head. But that I llte kid's fault, for being a prlefighir. "As long hs the ruhlier wrap makes you perspire and so lose weight, why never mind if at the same time It make your heart stop beating. The heart goes all the better after It - hss hud a llKle rest." says Tuthlll. and the kid. eying the eel spear, again makes no reply. city te A e fifty led SCORED Corbett ts handed a hailed potato and a glass of milk and told not to eat himself to death. If the eel spear is in sight Toung Corbett makes no reply w hatever but alls down Ilk a good hoy and thanks I'rovirieru-- for sweet life. tbe for HAS NILLSON Conn. He Is out to regain his one time the other. He holds the reins in his the form. The first thing he had to do was teeth, I guess. Aided hy the club, Tut-hill to chop off about twenty pounds of spear and a salt and pepjicr gun. more from kid the breaking means no keeps joyful. task a by embonpoint, six rules a day. than ' After ten miles of road work Young This. In ths Olden Days. Not Liks rone ad CARLGTTA inter-t-siln- n if WHICH mor. , "Mldney Bowkett. not quit but nearhad Jwo plays prohaa newcomer, a ly. Nell her was without ability, duced. but ths first, Lurky Miss Dean was rather disagreeable, while the second, was "The Superior Miss Pellcndex, somew hat "feeble." It la Interesting to note that the first 1 of nt: NEW YORK, IN THEATER,; "liesched and thus jg ave Raeburn an opportunity to lead an honest life. When Keegan cinnmits another mb bery llueburn is engaged to bring him Justice, but he manages In saie,the because they can't learn the business Wllelarh's powers as a dramatist, and iu Eleanor Robsons Latest Play. man to w horn he owes his career. and one Is told the causes graphic Werina story without experience. Hits "The Girt Who Everything." by With Mr. Cartwright are Dorothy fasc" is Its title "The who lie- Clyde Fitch, is Eleanor Robson's latest fly via to think tluit Waring, Otis Dellenbaugh, Lillian Kemble. John Flood, George Fawcett, James E. Wilson and Diva Marolda. d on di DRAMA. In writing of the past English dramatic year William Archer lias this to aey concerning "new forces:" "We turn now to the newcomers the untried nr almost untried drama -lists whom the season has brought to the front. The most Interesting among them, to my thinking, are the authors of The Bliulandte,' Cluude Askew and Edward Knolwucll. Despite lie melothis play was dramatic trapping much mure than a mebsirama. - Had It ended as wuil as It began it would huva been a real tragedy. Infortu-nalel- y the authors lacked the courage to carry the play to its simple and logical conclusion, but their first two acts were not only so well conceived, but so shly written, ns to raise great hoics fur ths future of one or other nr both of them. "Another very promising first play was Peggy, by Ernest It wss an ingenious light Denny. comedy, somewhat after the manner if II. 11. Dnvle written With no little bright nose and humor and allowing n keen sense of dramatic effect. Raffle by Messrs, liornung and ITesbrey, wa if I may so phrase It, a spirited comle melodrama. It wss a little common-plac- e In treatment and owed its success mainly to a daring and Ingenious effect at' ths close, which never failed to send audiences away In a good hu- to music," the play directly enn-eethe love affairs of the daughter of the Chaldlcott and the son uf an old end aristocratic family. The latter is the product of a long line of notable The lady Is the daughter of ancestor brewer of great wealth, hut of very rerent prominence. However, as King Edward is surrounded by numbers of moneyed beer and ale producers, why should the modern English Juliet be frowned on? In order to become court favorite and a peer in Britain It would seem lliat one has only to exhibit credentials as a purveyor to pothouses or as an industrious tea mer IX :h. Ing. e" liet New Orleans recently Frank Gotch was beaten two falls out of three for the American wrestling championship, heavyweight, liy Fred BeelL the able Wisconsin lad. .. How ia It that Gotch invariably loam when the public aspects him most surely to win? If Gotch would answer this luestlon he would csst soma needed light on a cloudy situation. Any one who has followed wrestling closely knows that Gotch should not have lost to Reel) at New Orleans or twice to old Tom Jenkins In New York, liotrh is Beells superior at present, allhough there is no doubt In the writer's nlnd that one day Beell will be able In down Gotch strictly on bis merit '.t was only recently that the writer bing lee Hniilh-Hubbe- . IVheeler. . Talk of Many Sports, Wrestling, Fighting and the Turf; Young Corbetts Training Life a Veritable Nightmare en-tai- by "Mameelle Sallie. Katy Barry and John Blavin have cunie back to New York in a musical l! piece encomedy, the titled "Manwelle Sal lie." They are at the New Turk theater, and Mlaa Barry is seen in her usual sprightly mood, slaying conventionality with ruthless hand, foot, speech, grimace and eong. No. Miss Barry did not write the book entitled "How to Sit Still For Forty Minutes." Happily "Mamreile Bailie" a no reliit I. u mid bear not the slightest rrseinbUmcs to "Mamsclls t.'ham-liagnprislucrd in New York by (wo different companies during the last yeur. ITnlike "Uamselle fhsmpegne," Manutelle Bailie" would not drive a man la commit inurdfr. -- -- Miss de-- 11 I Mias May's nian-t- r Charles Fkohmut, severed uil with llatll brothers, Uie ror.nectioB London managers that, under him, had control of Misa May's engagement and -trlth wham he had long lieen unsocial od. How Miss May Indignantly left the rooipuny and how Miss Clifford she of the alluring figure later marrlel one of the English nobility is well known. Charles H. E. Brookfield. Cosmo Hamilton end Leslie Fluart, English-all. wrote the words and music of The Beils of Mayfair," which Is now nnder the management of Thomas W. the man who starred Ida Conquest and wound up as defendant In a lawsuit for unpaid salary. Romeo and JuTermed frequently e late la William MeVay, 4'harlcs HominuiMl. Ethel Brandon and other. llammund. i d in consequence Ths Man of the Hour. The Man ot the Hour" is the tltln of new play at the Savoy theater, written by George H. Broadhurat and handling intimately the subject of political graft." My, my, but the politicians are getting it hot these days. They escape from the clutches of governors, district nttomeys and Jail wardens onhands of ly to fall Into the mrn-Uesthe playwrights and Immature novelists Even the lonely, friendlese millionaire have no means of escape. Playwright! and authors, though evi apart, it au work t fi m riedl 1 ; 1 m T life b. Eleanor : j is--r ul I i wiili bus rouberj, prison and I'llg.lK' I I' I or. I'.. 1.I1" SO for n Now of i.ini.-,Per luum-yt'in isn't Jo. ncc. r. is. yrsiiluiic. Mr. I'm in. .gin pi.iys thr roir of true, us Svi.ia hims cut l.il-- i.ud .ill lawyer, IVnr U.it'buru. a sucis-ssfuturns oi.l lint1 n fuiiy i.i'.c. who in Ids joiiili was i lie pal of Joe him' Eastman Cass. 9 Kergun, crmiinul. wi'h whom ticKee-fii.m-r.glil. ine nblc Eilglis" Ik 11 implli uti d 111 ij rubbery. never; to K!i-- .t Isii.i In p.:.yi-.- t Isih K.in wss scut to prison, but act r ur'r 0 the bloom of youth won't be rubbed the chairs. At Pittsburg a stage hand, passing Miss Harmd, extended both hands and, with A snort of disgust. remarked: Olt on to de hams! Gee. dix is s reg'lar Belawo production!" Why should the state of Maine produce nearly all the great singers of this rountry? Annie Louise Gary. Lillian Nordics and Emma Karnes are three of list the them, jui'l nov it appeal young Amerh.in soprana of whmi all off SMILING PAT POWERS THE EASTERN AGAIN ELECTED BASEBALL Eastern ball followers are delighted with ihe the presidency of the Eastern league. Powers Is the National generals in America, and many think and push Harry Pul'Jam off It pedestal to workfasten for a that event Pulliam would have to go PRESIDENT CF LEAGUE. of Bat Powers to one of the nhlnst baseball wise o ild league Fmlling ral thereon. In living. .. grade caplnrrd most of the annual turf death of famous most successful flnanilully In the his- classics.was The a severe blow to the east, Great in country. this of turf the tory great as also was Ihe failure of the gt rides In some directions were made, ! Artful to compete. be can said of words praise and only F.DWARDBK. OIARLEK E. of the able management of affairs by the stewards of the J,s:key club. This ia rot meant to Imply that there is ntd HOW TURNED HIM CHRISTIE room for some Improvement. DOWN. Bo far as the quality of the majority Christie MacDonald, tlic petite and of horses entered, in the big features comedienne of the sunny, sumpiquant disappointwas concerned, however, Mexican" last "SHOOTING mery comic oier ment wan manifested In many quarin a new featured he will who season low of oontjiaratlvely tet a rarer son now over from bring ranked as ihe Europe and America are at present talking in terms of rapture Geraldine Farrar wss also born in Mains, at ilnuth Paris. E. H. ftnlhem and Julia Marlow bttv announced a repertory of twelve most of them new. In which piny the present they will be seen during season. Germany Is represented hy Hudrrmnnn nnd Uaupttnann: Belgium hy JIatei "nek : Paly '' IVAnnurclo: and the hy Khahespearc. England THR PICK" HOCKEY. IT ' ICR Tnlted States of America by Percy that remind him of the original son of Steele Mackayc. and Mackay The Marie Wilson whom Fred Geb-haiH. W. Boynton, the etlitor of the has married Is the Floradora" Monthly. ' William Collier haa a new success In girl who made such a killing fn Wall w hlch was first street a few years ago. Alisi, her real Bain." In the "Caught name was Gamble. produced by Charles Frohman at The universal opinion Is that In "The city. N. S. The play we writTruth" Charles Tohman haa the beet ten by Mr. Collier nnd Grant Stewart. ' Francis Wilson's tour this season In ploy Clyde Fitch has yet written. It-presented with Glura Rlotl The Mountsln Climber." n c.imedy Is g.Kiil in the leading role. without music, is piling up rm.lpi "Er-inlnl- xl llr lc ltt-ln- |