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Show T1IK SUNDAY STANDARD I T OGDEN, M!. srD Y, I in fact. If such sere the ease how would the hundred i.f theaters in the I'ni.ed Slates tlouneh or even sxist? Surely tney sre not built and niain-- I tallied on the prufH made by only ) cem of all pmdurlioiia: Either Jolmsiorie was talking for a special I lie court in purpose, say. to lnflurnt bis favor, or else he was talking in bis or of the sort. Ha something sleep would not have been correct even if ha r Usd said that ) rent of plays arw pioduced without protit. Many plays that do not luuks money at least da not low money. They break even, but are closed down because the managers srs not looking for. nor are they satisfied with, "even breaks." Like other employers of capUal, they are looking for interest on their Investments. American theatricals ars as firmly linancUlty. as a w hole, as many enterprises well known in the strictly commercial world. But there was a time when stage conditions were vastly different. In the time, say, when inuiuinrra were known throughout England ns rogues and vagabonds." , hi ; Profits Rapidly Increasing. this aiable condition of the drama haa been brought about by tha mildly increasing profits of theatrical ventures. I think it would ba difficult to prow that even U par cent of new plays each year lose money for theirs. backers. Borne plays, true, lose but if others did nut make them we would not have scores of wealthy actors and actresses. We would not have a theater trust backed by millions. Wa would not have playhouses that tn some cases have coal Kinva than a million dollars merely to erect. We wmild not hare opulent managers. We would not have plays produced thut require the expenditure of from 1) 90S to 140.004 before the rurtaln II ret rises on them. Wa would not have a Richard Mansfield touring the country with g eiiecial train of seventeen care. Manager Johnstone should not make the amateurish error of Judging Ilia dramatic world In general from tha viewpoint of Carrie Katiun and Tan Xlghla In a Barroom." And Terk Dnuttle spondent Salome" riM nr The Cam hu bar nine amurlt through tha aad dramatic highways. and according to aoma f tha aaoaatinaal mow papers tha story la any ataga form la a direful manaea to public and privets morality. Thay gaaeribe It aa a eonaplracy against tha Amsrtoan nation. But in sptta of tha crackings of tha pessimists It would sraui to an unprejudiced aye that American morality today in Just tha aa It was a weak or so ago. Just what Aiaarlraa morality waa a "weak sr as ago" Is a question susceptible of hii varied hitameatatlona. tha tist privilege of having John tha Bapbeheaded and his heed brought before her on a silver charger. The rule of the daughter of Herod laa, Salome, aa playod hr Mlsa Marlowe, la the must absorbing feature of the drama. And the play may be aatd to come to a climax in the last art where Salome executes before the king and members of his court Ihs famous Dance of the Seven Veils." That bliss Marlowe can dance, in the ordinary meaning of the word, is not surprising, but that shs could perform the difficult specialty of the "Iunce of the Seven Veils' in a most accomplished manner in surprising, and in ao doing she held the dramatic tenalon of the scene up to ite normal pitch. Somewhat sensuous in effect, this dance was the particular part of the play that attracted many of the spectators. PlpaWad and Interacting. The atm version of the drama aa pmsaaSad at tha Igrir theater by Julia Harlow aad E. H. Rothern. under tha name f "John tha Baptist,1 la a dig The Suderminn Version. aigad aad tntm sating presentation of The Herman Sudermann tha rslshramd biblical story of tha version, manner la which tha stepdaughter of translated into English by Mary HamKing Herod won, through hoc. dancing. ad, was used at the Lyric and consists Contrast In Charaetert Tha spiritual John was in decided contrast to tha enticing Salome, bent on making him surrender to bar wiles. Miss Marlowe exhibited every mood, color and variation of a woman most versatile in temperamental indlsrretlon. . Salome waa a bewildering Combination of Jealousy bordering on Insanity, of Lovely woman haa not changed much sweetly simple girlishness, of cruelty like since Hlhl? days. Tha hldeoua acenea of John's decapithat of a starving lioness, of naive ingenuousness and of violent temiier. She tation, as set forth In the Oscar Wilde was a temperamental kaleidoscope, and version of HHalouie"nare not put behence entirely and consistently femifore the audience. They were left to nine. Ts the amateurish eye perhaps, the iniugliiHilnn, aa nn evidence of the after all, Salome was an abnormal guud taste of the management. The supporting members of the comcreature, a fit subject for theological invective, but to the veteran, experi- pany ware euiatble and well versed In enced observer aha waa only natural. their roles. Among ihein were Messrs. Cminplun and nurkalmie. aa Jrhnaha-ph- at and manager formerly of Mina, Nor-dland Vllelllus respectively, ami tbs and also of t'urrte Nation In Ten Misses Kruger and Lainlaon as Hero-dla- s Nights In a Barroom," quite astounded and Miriam. Mr. Hcicher's playIhe theatrical world recently. John-stostaled In n lawsuit In New York, ing of Herod Anlla whs thoroughly able, ae also were tha pertnrinunres of to which he was s party, that ft per Miaa Kruger and Mum Lanilaun. cent of all theatrical productions art muds at a fluancisl loss." Aa to Theatrical Lessee. Charles Wyndham has scored heavily Any one at all familiar with modern of Robert E. Johnstone, one time partorganised theatricals knows well that In London In an artistic ' revival ' ner of John R. lmea, tha bandmaater. Juhneione'a alaletnent waa unfounded David Garrick." ra ne Talk of the Prize Ring Worlds Champion Ice Yacht & ball with hla flat is finally laid low by a highball. AB tha fans to believe that At-te- 4. world's.-chapipto- ll asaiM-latlo- - a . PRETTY TOMMY MURPHY, RISING fl In hla day Kid Lavigna was' tha greatest of tha lightweights. Hla training quartet at Oceanic. X. J- - on tha Shrewsbury river, at a well known road bouse, where the writer frequently Lavlgnea Unwise Return ta tha Ring. visited him. were the center of national That a priaa fighter once badly deriag Interest when he waa preparing feated almost never cornea hark," no for a fight. Lavlgne had one of tha matter how hard he Vries, was again wlrkedeat right hand blows that evr Irtenred recently when the old timer. sent a man down for the count. He Kid Lavigna. the "Raginaw Kid." of would daxale and mislead hla opponent Mli Mgan. waa .battered, ta a pulp by with hla left, then, when the opening Erne In Philadelphia. offered, over would go the right, and TOPICS. I' it any wonder that a manager slnglnc about n when playing grand opera roles tn countries whom lan- guagea varied. Edythe Chapman, who la the leading lady of Martin Y. Mr1ea play. r Tha Light Eternal. has. during her Lina AbarbanelL who appeara In "Tha career on the stage, never been anyt King" at tha Garden theater, thing else than leading lady In plays Nm' York, aaya she . fluently speaks In which she haa appeared. vrn languages, Jerome K. Jerome haa been explainEnglish. including ' cl,. l;ail in. German. Polish. Danish ing to an interviewer why some Eng'I Russian. Bhe waa forced to be lish authors prefer to have their plays a linguist to know what aha st produced In America, Nearly all my uld feel Insurgent and revolutlon-whahis play la received with td acclaim of Joy on tha road and comes Into town and la punched -- P'u-Vn- . POLLY RETIRED. ihe sun would suddenly be turned off, so far aa his opponent was concerned. . And aa for taking punishment, say, a husky duy laborer Just off tha road gang with Ms pick could not have put a nick even In tha Kid's smile. The life Incandescent put the Kid away safely several years ago; but. like Terry, SfcGorern. Young Corbett, Kid Broad and a dosen other, he thought the divine gift nf slugging was still lingering In his system. For two years tha Kid worked hard to get Into shape, but his Ths Moral of the Tale. The great, moral taught by the fata of Lavlgne. of Mlovem. et a!., is that more fighters we knocked definitely out of the ring by themselves than by that la the Pug rarely are able to go the pace." Many a man who could demolish a flying cannox Pretty Polly, universally known aa tha quean of the English turf" and one of Ihe moat famous race horses nf modern times, haa run her last race, and report haa I! that she la booked for the atud. T)e great mai-- la six year of age and during her career has won fur her owner. Major Euslu'-- Lnder. the nice sum of 123'i.ODO. either English horses, notably Isinglass and Donovan. have beaten these figures, but they never achieved the worldwide notoriety of Pretty Polly. While tin the turf and fit and well. Major Issler's mare was peerless, and only on two occasions did she fall to finish Drat. In 1M4. after a rough trip across tn France, she fulled to give fourteen pounds to Presto, a crack French she was This beaten by Bachelor's Hutton while suffering from a growth between her forelegs and which had been lanced x few plays," ba said, have been produced In I America first. Tou see, the Americana ore keener playgoers than the people nf j ' England, and I find It easier to get a piece presented In New York than In London. Tha original English pony ballet, appearing hi The Blue Muon." lately Introduced a new dance which the ponies" Vlll use at the world's fair. Dublin, when next spring it will compel for the diamond bodge. haa Joined The Modg. Tourists v. hirh means that that sucwill comedy have the cessful musical services en voyage "I one of the most now appearcaptivating cnmeol'-nneing on the American stage. A New Turk critic la pleased with The Belle of MavfsIF and calls the Tome to St. George'" song "a romping melody that would start a gouty old bachelor on a dsd run to the altar." Mme. C le in Ronlnsegiia. tha Italian aopraf.-- "ho mode- her American debut at Metropolitan Opera fs'AldO. has Ming House. Nw success In- - Lonthe part wlrh . don. Madrid. Italy and South America. The new Alda Is a member of an artistic family, one of her sisters Is a violinist, another Is a iwlnter and a brother I a muslclnn In the Metropolitan Opera House orchestra. Arrnrdlng lo the Dramatic News, then ia a good prospect thut "On Parole" will wedge Into New York at Ihe Lincoln Square theater In the Immediate future. The of Toulon, It Is ana blanket order nounced. has agnlnst i.erain- - uho make nuisance at the theater. Tlmra who make audllde remarks, use hud lan NEW tney mat Attail. The champion probably aeea visions "f a Nevada purse and la putting mi extra speed to get a match in tha avid country, where there la an argent demand for star of tha ring profession. STAGE gt - had bonked hlmaelf for a good trimming. Tha reveres, however, was tha rase, aa tha tittle champion outfought and outpunrhad his opponent fmm the first clang of tha gong until Harry's seconds toasad up tha a pongs in the eighth round. With hla assy victory over Jimmy Walsh last December and hla two defeats of Baker, Attail has demonstrated that ha can deliver s hard enough blow tn knock out nn opponent and hereafter will not be alluded to aa a clever exponent of the art without a punch." The champion started hla career as a knocker out hut hla punch apparently hdrd away, for prior to hla battle with Walsh he had not scored a knockout tore he defeated Maurice Rausch In Hot Springs, March IS, 1104. Ha waa regarded merely aa a master of seten-tid- e boxing .who lacked a wallop, but u able to win hla fights on points. Wily Abo evidently has bean fooling the public In order to obtain frequent matches, for a knocker out la generally voided by other fighters. In any event It la difficult to determine how ha was able suddenly ta acquire a finishing punch whan he met wn "clssny" men Ilka Walsh and Baker, while scrappers Inferior to this pair were able to stay the limit whan $ daya before tha rare. Pretty Polly was that nan only ba dona by good, stiff out by Galllnuls, out of Admiration, and practice every day. When we aha won Ihe Oaks In a common ranter cm tha water next spring I Inland ta Tha Champion lea Yacht. In 19U2, but her greatest race waa In make the men race every day, no that A story was recently given wide cirthe Coronation cup at Epsom Inal year. they will learn how to handle themculation .to the effect that the ice yacht It waa over the Derby course and tha selves tn the final rac. That la what tha English oars men do. and they gat Drub of tho Rliremiliury river, New same distance and Prutly Polly withJeracy, la the chniniilun nf tha world. out much seeming effort won by nearly to know every Inch of tha course in This Is a good guess, vler.nd merely as a field In 2; II knocking all pre- that way. Hestdoa. R insures eonfldsnoe a guess. The I (ruli la almuat" the vious records of Flying Fox and ntiiara aa nothing aim doe. It ia gratifying to ran tha way tha ice racer, but tlie sky high. The old record waa beaten title la held by the Hcud. aent to Ihe by six seconds, end It was reported men took up tho new points of tho middle west a couple of years ago from that ths time for tlie first mils, which elrnka which I showed thorn. In tho tall Hie Rhrswsliury to race fur Ihe naIs uphill, waa 1:3(. practice. In aoma respects they have It la His belief that the mars will ba grasped tha idea vary well, but there tional championship. Tha Kcurt is the fastest ice bunt In the bred to Hesrmlnt. Inst year's Derby la still the tendency to slip tho catch, world, if her famous mile in a little winner and also owned by Major Lnder. which muat be overcome. Thai waa mors than forty scconda munis for He also won the Grand Prlx dr Paris, also some confusion caused whan I reAnd I rather gueaa II does. Iml went wrong afterward In training. adjusted tho rigging In tho abells. hut anything. that la a matter which a few weeks' However, to soothe ihe feeling nf the He, too, Is bfiund for the stud. owner of the Drub and hla press agent practice on the tnachlnea will settle. il la only fhlr tn say that until the COLUMBIA OARBMEN ADOPT NEW In fact. I hops to Inatlll tha main prinKcud returns to the Shrewsbury from ciples nf my stroke during tha Indoor TACTICS. the middle west the Drub will be the It la my belief," said Coach James A. season." champion of the river. Rica of Ihe Columbia university crew, THOMAS F. CLARK. that In former yearn Columbia crews RECORD ENTRY PON BRIGHTON BTAKEB. have been too heavy. That Is fa my, of didn't the Brighton Beach their the stakes real The weight represent W. B. GATES HAS WON 102 RACES. New York, which thing. Now, what I want to ana la a Racing W. B. Gates, the horse that won recrew averaging not mot than 1ft closed Jan. X, received a moat gratifyat Cal the at Oakland, Juicy cently pounds while In trailing. That la tha ing response from horsemen. In- tha odds of 14 to 1 haa established a debeat weight for an oarsman In an eight 24.004 Brighton handicap, which la won races for record cidedly unique rwred shell. the richest of tho big turf events dethst-.ihard tn equal. Gatea made It "f want to see every man trained cided In tho vicinity nf New York, 102 winning races when he beat Clan down to the point where every ounce every good raro horaa In training haa destine by a head. It la claimed fur of weight represents real must-la- , and been nominated. f other horses that they have made an even century mark In the way of earnhut Gates haa a clear ing lirxcrh-ts- , record clear except fur nna thing. Hint won on out lour some of his races-wertruck, and the results are not recognised in the turf reports. He Is. about twelve years old now; ran rare In any kind of going and with any sort of odds tacked up against Ida name. Each time he race It tonka aa If It would be the last time, hut W. 11. keeps coming, and ever and again will be ahead when the Judges take the final peep. ATTEUj tightened Ms hold on tha featherweight championship title at Los Angeles recently whan ha defeated Hang Baker in tha eighth round of thair ndtaduled twenty round championship eontest. Not only that, but ba demonstrated that ha la tha hast man of Ms weight In America, If not tn tha world. Whan ha and Baker mat last October and Referee Eddie Robin-o- n daelniwd Attail tha winner after twenty rounds of fairly even battling Baker and his admiral registered a Mg kick regarding tha verdict. Thay thought Harry tha superior fighter and lost no time In arranging n return match. Baker placed hlmaelf In car of Van Court tha Olympic Athletic club'a boxing director, to learn mors of the fine point of tha game aad enough of them to outpoint tha champion. The glowing reports sent out from Los Angeles of Baker's Improvement and Ms condition led IBSEN PLAYS. One of tha interesting features of the theatrical season in tha prominence given to Ibsen's plays. Eight actors of note have announced performances of the Norwegian dramatist. Robert Mantell tn Brand." and Arnold Italy and Richard Manx field in Peer Uynt," raprsseot tha Ibaan of tha first period. Mary tfhaw alone will present a play of the second period, Ghoeta." and aha will also essay for tha first thus a Roemera-holm- ." play of tha third period, She should make an affective Rebecca West She will also revive Heddn Gablsr." Other Interpreters nf tha third parted are Wilton laukaye and Robert Lora ina, who both promise An Enemy of Racist y." Miss Grace Georgs will be seen In The lady From tha Ken. and Wright Lo rimer In "Tha Wild Dusk." Mrs. Flake will doubtless reappear in A Doll's House" and Heddn Gablsr." YORK LIGHTWEIGHT, CORBETT. WHO - Cri-fet- on FIGHT WILL AGAIN YOUNG years addod to a physique were too great a handicap. His bnut recently with Young Erne was the answer. thlrty-eve- n weakened r three-year-ol- d. a ' r - . j WINTER GOLF PLAYING AT PALM BEACH, FLA. guage,- or otherwise disturb the dignified calm necessary to tlie proper enjoyment of the drama," will receive prompt attention. The Faya sailed for Europe recently. When they return Mrs. Fay .will appear In a dramatic production to be written especially for her." It Is fenred will be neglected for a few seasons. When Marlowe and Rnthrn spj'enr In the Waldorf theater. Ixmdon. "The R'Kid to Test on!. v." by Evelyn Green -leaf KutherIun-- and Iteulah il. Dix, will be their Ural offering. Mr. Rothern thu-mutur- and Miss Marlowe saw the play In Chicago a fortnight ago and at once opened for the European righto. Miss Ethel Barrymore received right curtain calls recently after the second set of her revival of Captain Jlnka of llir Horae Marines" In Philadelphia. Louis Mann and flini I.lpmnn did not make go of their London engagement in "Julie Hrathan." They have returned to New Turk. It Is at last announced that Kyrle Kellew fs to have the stellar role In Hartley Manneis' "A Marriage of ' |