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Show THE MNDAY MANDAISH. I TAM. OGDEN, si xil.VY, FEHIl'AUY TWO NEW DRAMATIC IT, 1907 SUCCESSES Ellen Terry Returns to America in Captain Brassbounds Conversion, j? by G. B. Shaw Lulu Glaser Scores In The Aero Club. Our New York Dramatic apaadcnt Cmt-ltr- o hearted chortles, these ridiculous snlckem or these meaningless chuckles. but a real. irua. gulfaw. There la nothing else like It. A man who ran gn through lift emitting loud ha! ha's! and dodging all suggestions of worry will never be old. Believe me. I am telling the troth. "Always keep In mind the fact that the worst la yet to coma. No matter how bad things look, .there la always aoms redeeming feature of every situation. and If you ran laugh, salt ana don't worry you will find that every cloud will at soma time or other show a silver llalng. "Thare n.v.r was a thing Me this world that wasnt worth laughing at. Everything. I find, la more or less a Joke. You're a Jnka and I'm a Joke, all managers are Jokss, press agents are screams, and plays are all laughable. Bo there you are. Can you blame me for laughing? Can any one blame me for laughing? Of course not. That's how I keep young at heart and find no naceaslty for calrtminlng my - kv TEKKY hu tade a moat : euaptcious return to America, abe formally toured and famou as leading 't- - fmm-tlit-ssM- ' ELI Irvin. Her late Henry Ji wm rwiveralon." a dcliphiful itn ,irTj-- i com- - ' " hU h opened at the Empire theater, their noth atar and playwright are at to this drama. Miaa Tarry' age handicap In her per-- T the th. ml. of Lady Cwlly Wavnflete. and the captivating humor Bhaw la given the full meaaur. 2 Its intended effect by Miaa Terry and capable aupportlti Cunver-ato- n uniformly -captain Braaabound'a y to a aatlte, aa are mom of Bhaw'a he poke fun at civUtoed i nmed iee. and ir rr uiagea In general. la Cast. there to but one Miaa Tarry Is aea of plunged Into an engulfing hut beta a woman of over uixtcen aha la not in the leaot embarOna Wamau I mutual to relate, in th. caat. WlUlian fate when 1 assume a youthful character before the fuetllghta. I lay it aid to iny faculty pf oaring the funny aid of things and my ability to refrain from worrying. Eienlne, hygiene, dieting and the waters are all right, my dear fellow, but for me a good, hearty laugh and an unobstructed view of the brighter side of tilings are better than all the prescriptions, tunics, sports and pastimes in the world. Who ever eaw h man full of sunshine and laugha she had gray hair or lines of rare making trolley tracks all over hla face? And who ever eaw a man who never worried who was not a success la whatever he undertook? Kate nor the gods can keep that sort of a man from being healthy, happy, long lived and successful. Laugh and the world laugha with you; worry and you worry alone." maa-rullni- rassed. Th. Plays Story. . The story of the play has chiefly to do with a bold, bad brigand, , Captain B rawhound, who, of English extraction anjoyiag-tfcprofitable and in.rt.U career of highwaymen lyt In diverting Morocco. i The biignnd'a chief source of jiaxmi to. the guiding of trustful tourists into the Interior of Morocco, where he aril them to Arab chieftains, aha hold them for ransom. What a great life inauranca president or railroad manlpnlatpr- - ha .would make here In . America today! e ' Nsphtw Versus Uncla and Aunty. Captain Bran bound gets on a party of English folk, including a self suttofled, overbearing and hypocritical Judge and his daring alater-lit-lat drretups that the Judge and the ala are .unde and aunt of Cap-tuto her she refuses on the ground that Braa. bound, the said uncle being In inatrimony would destroy her influence .the midst of a schema whereby he la In the world's affairs. 's .'assimilating" the fortune of mother, a Braallffcn In a strict'Tha Call sf tha Wild. ly legal wa.7 Of course. Already he has 's At this juncture a gun from hounded the pother to death.. pirate ship sounds. It recalls ('an you a..e the Judges ,,flniahH at to him the freedom and gayety of his the hand of Braaabound,' the valiant old life and he goes to don once more ' holdup champion T the garb of the brigand chief. The excellent acting of Oeorge Elton - -- Fair Woman ' Intervenes.' aa the hooligan, Drinkwater, of Hudgs But the. captain's plana for complete Harding as Sir Howard Haliam. the vengeance are upset by La fly Wayntlete over Important Judge, and of James and her expert methods of flattery end fsrew aa Braaabouiid contributed maThe captain terially to the success of the play. her original diplomacy. fulls In love with her. The party Is The stage settings were highly atresrued Anally by a powerful Arab chief tractive. Hint put under protection of an AmeriLulu Glasera New Suceass. can crutoer oh the roaat. In an investiLulu GUser alitrhted from her airship gation that follows Lady' fleetly makes nut Brasahound to he a true hero, and at the Criterion theater a few nights when, however, he proposes marrjaga ami and proceeded ta display some of s LEONCAVALLO'S ARTIST. Maestro Leoncavallo has choaen the following eminent artists from tha oiiora houses of Milan. Rome. Naples, Florence, Venice, Turin, Ucitua, Madrid, Barcelona and Huenoa Ayres to ln Brass-bound- Interpret hla Brass-bound- . the humors and vagaries of ntmoepherir navigation in her new vehicle, 'The Aero Club." Sydney Rnsenfeld. manufacturer in part of "The Vanderbilt Cup." la the author. In addition to Mu Glaser, Frill Williams and a mustard bath figure prominently In, the play. The play la a success, principally be- - . HENRY E. DIXEY DISCOVER THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. Artur Henry E. ("Adonis") IMxey, star In "The Man un the Box," has dis'if' cause of the hreesy, refreehing work of becoming engaged to Carey Biddle covered the aerret of preserving youth. Miss Glaser, who freqnentiy rescues Mr. I Frits William). Also she hopes to He explains it In tha hope at benefitItoaenri-ld'further her social ambit Ions by the al- ing the public. production from overdose Dun'l worry," said he S' few, days of verbiage. lium. Mrs. Vanderwater. Myrtle's Hhv la "flrat aid Jo the Injured" In friend, msrried lo a man considerably ago. "Don't worry; that Is the chief human form. older than herself, fall In love with an Miss (Baser pluy the role of Myrtle experienced heart breaker. Jack ChanAlways be cheerful thing, my buy. WebO, a western girl', who plunges Into dler, and conspires to make an ascen-alo- n and happy. 'And scary time you get eastern society and amuses herself by wlth him. But it aliuuldrat not bg g chance, laugh. Not' on of these hulf Lillian Russell's rontrart with Joseph Brooks has been extended to cover a period of seven Instead of two years. Mr. Brooks plans for next season Include revival of 'Tha School For Brands!" and new plays bp Oeotg . Broadhurst and John A tjtl ny Maher, no American Jockey haa a larger following. Lyne announced lust season that he wsa through with riding, owing to the hurry scurry methods of American racing and the difficulty of keeping down to weight. At present he weighs 130 pounds In his atrset clothes, which would mean about 121 In riding costume. i Hla contract will require him to make 41 which he will be able to do without He could scale around 110 difficulty. until he quit the saddle last year. The English .sporting papers recently commented very favorably upon the probability of Lyne going back to ride there. His gentlemanly behavior and hla thorough honesty and clever hone, manshlp have vom mended him to sportsmen over there. He should bo very successful the coming season. will ride season. He has practically closed an'TOgree-mcrit with Richard Dawson; trainer for Ixird Carnavan, to ride for that nobleman's stable.' While Lord ('arnavan will have first call on hla services, the hoy will also be able to accept many outside mount. Lyne - win prove a worthy rival to Danny Maher, wha led the Jockey In England In the percent-h- r of Winning mounts In jfM.' H la pue of the greatest of American hors -- . Pilot . In spite of his ag Schaefer plays Just as good game as ever, Years, rheumatism and accident have not Impaired the keenness of his eye, the alertness of hla brain and the deftness of Ms cue manipulation. He la the grand old man of the billiard world. Schaefer's son, Jake Junior, Is rapidly becoming a stellar player and will ' bouts wers no derision affair. The Ed Hoyt, who ta at present stationed Baltimore man has literally fought hla at No. II, was a member of the same way to the top. coniny with Whistler gnd went to lie has been before the public for the mat with Cyt lops" many times. "Whistler was built on the aatne nearly twelve years and haa defeated lie was American Yachts t Rase In Germany. such good inen as Hplke Bulllvan, Dal lines aa Beell, said Hoyt, five feel seven Indies In height and The first international contest be- Hawkins, Hplder Kelly, Marlin Flahertween German and American yacht in ty, Robby Dobbs, Jos Handler, Frank tipped Ihe beam at 16 pounds when German waters will he held next Au- - Eras, Kid . McPartland, Tom Tracy, In condition. But, then, Clarence was stropger than cither Beell or Gotch. Just think of 11? A man weighing only 165 pounds and throwing the mighty Muldnon, and at hla own game ord before the present 'California racing season ends. During his first racing year W. 11. races. Gates won twenty-fou- r Grero-ltoma- Lyne has been riding-- for (he past eight years, but It was not unl'ilTMl that tie jumped Into prominent. tn that year he' rode for John A. Drake, wlnrviiig the . American Derby "With Wyeth and the Futurity wlth'flavable. It will be hla Second trip to England aa a Jockey. In 1903 he went abroad to Mistake of National fRifls Rulers. ride for James H. Keene,, but met with The National IUfle association Indifferent success He could' not jet very foolishly when It chose to along with Matt Alien,' trainer for the Keene stable, 'and he returned to Amer- depose General Spencer of New Jersey from Its presidency. General Spencer : ica. ,. , has tha association to Its presHe. I very popular on the other aide, ent brought state of efficiency. He 'Ja one of and, with the pnwible exception of Dgn America's foremost rids authorities and la Inspector general of New Jersey rifle practice. The National association mad still another mistake in electing as General Spencer's successor a man who, many reliable people ssy, la associated too closely with certain powder manufacturing Interests to be of unprejudiced and Impartial service to the association. The next annual contests of the National association will be. held In the middle west, and this arrangement la well advised, as the middle west marksmen will be able to attend with small expense and trouble. The eastern exHEAVYWEIGHT TOMMY BURNS perts are willing to Journey westward this year, In view of the many annual matches that in the past have been held probably take the place formerly held at Boa Girt. N. J..' where, however, the by Hoppe before he put on king panties beat rifle ranges in the country have and became of age. been established. Old Herse That Won 102 Rasas. Anethar Welshsr Goes. There Is hardly a horseman In AmerAnother racing crook has been barred ica that would think of buying a from the Ascot track at. Los Angeles. twelve-year-othoroughbred fur racCal. This time the charge was "welshpurposes, i True, light barnesa ing ing." The man In question issued horses often prove successful at this markers" as bets on a horse that lost age. but not so In the rase of runners and then failed to redeem the markers. But there la a horse In California that The Pacific slope turf game is well rid at (he age of twelve years hss estabof this former member. There are two lished a world's record by, winning hla or. three' other "gentlemen" at Ascot one hundred and second race. that can be spared. Never before haa a running horse In this country or any other achieved : ' A Sutton Schaefer Cue Duel, such a brilliant record. W. B. Gates Is George Sutton' and Jacob Schaefer the name of the horse, and recently at wlH shortly engage in a contest for the Oakland he came over the plate first 15.2 balk line championship, the world's for the one hundred and second time. title now being held by Saturn. The He la nmed after a' prominent busiUCIEN LYNE, JOCKEY TO RIDE winner will meet Willie Hoppe, the hoy ness man of Memphis, Tenn, and Is FOR LORO CARN4VAN.;.. wonder, when he returns from Europe. said to be in shape to Increase his rec- , n. "Whistler waa here for some time, but did very little wrestling. He waa very popular with the boys of the deiiartinent, and any time he had a match we all won money, aa Clarence at that time had not contracted the Whlstlw went to the losing habit. roast from here, and later he went to . c - L McNally, Politics --Joc- key has been definitely decided "La ltel-lat- Breezy Review of Events In the Sporting World; Lyne to Ride Abroad Yacht Talk-Ri- fle Lucien Lyne IT Jockey England the coming, Pagllarti," "Zusa Buhenia," .fhatterion, "Medici" and "Roland de Berlin" during tha forthcoming Leoncavallo "tournee" In tha United States and Canada: Prime donne soprani, A dele Rlsslnl and Alma d'Alina; niesao soprano, Esther Far rablnl; (snort. Auguato Barbalni and tl Nino Darya: baritonl, Virglllo and Raffaela tie Phrran; assistant conductor and accompanist, Edoardo Boccalari. where he died. He was the greatest wrestler the world haa aver Australia, known." TEXAS DON. Texas Don. the great chestnut stallion. was bred by O. G. Parke, Kyle, Tex, and was aired by Don Plxarm, 2:14, the son of Gambetta Wilke. I:19. and the great brood inara Lady Telser, now owned by William Kerr. East Downlngton, Pa. The Don was a very close second to Mountain Hoy In 2:2114 at Coatesvllle. BOSTON RELIES ON LOU CRIGER. The Hoston management Is confident that Lou driger, their star catcher of two seasons ago, will be in splendid shsiie next season, which means that the Hub team will again be a factor In the championship net. pen-form- ld (O'BRIEN'S CONQUEROR), WHO HAS CHALLENGED JIM JEFFRIES gust, when another wries of races for the so called Bonder type of boat will bo sailed at Kiel fur a cup offered by the emjteror. Arrargcmcnt for the races were perfected recently In Boston by Interchange of cubles between Rear Admiral Bnrandon of the lmierll Yacht club and Henry Howland. chairman of the Oermsn-America- n ne'e committee pf the Eastern Yacht club of Boston and Marblehead. The races will begin on Aug. 15. and this country will b- represented by three yachts, which will be selected liy race committee. the Oerman-AmerlcBEN TAVIS. sn -- GAN S REMARKABLE RECORD. Joe Gan has a remarkable ring record. He has tsken part In 147 battles, of which nine wer draws and five deof his victories feats In forty-elxknockouts were scored. Many of his ht turned over to vaudeville. - The theater danced eighteen of th" beet dancers of win be turned ever to Mr. Wllliama Europe. nese product, which haa been translat- next March; offer which It will he con- -t A special dispatch from Memphis ducted aa one of hla chain of vaudeville says that Ml Lola Walker, Ihe former ed ty Itoderlc Penfleld. of. The Initial performance Sydney housea. chorus girl who su'd Colonel Dick Rmenfeld'a comedy. "The Aero Club." The Pony Ballet, now with Jamea T. of that rity for IS0.W for breach In which Uulu Glaser Is the star, had Powers In The Blue Moon. hss en- of promise, ha se'ib'd her case out of on any stage at tered to compete for the 1 1.000 prise of- court. its first presentation fered by the world fair. Dublin, next Springfield, Masa, recently. ' As "The Duche of Devonshire" proof duction require tvo art to move it Perry G. Williams haaAcompleted ne- May. Beatrice Liddel. manager Zimmerman the' ballet. In an endurance contest at and a large and expensive cast, the gotiations with Nixon their Chestnut BtiWet theater In Phil, the Shaftesbury theater, London. In rnsnagement h" 'ler i'bvl to do It fy more adelphia, which hi the future will be I liail, won the gold medal, haring out temporarily and or a Idler TOPICS. STAGE Alexandra FhilUpa la no loriger aaao-withe younger Jefferson In ','l'iylng the Game." She ha entered Jdevllle In support of Ethel Arden !'l George Abel in "Three of a Kind." After a brief conference-INew York Khubert signed the necessary .non-'ac- is whereby Louis Mann will at ii'-lxKln rehearsal In an American '"lai'iation of a German play, entitled 1 ! minder." The piece in' a Vien th da J Willie Fltsgerald, George McFadden, Jack Blackburn, Jimmy Britt. Mika (Twin) Sullivan and Battling Nelson. He won on a foul from Britt In five rounds and was knocked out by Terry McGovern In two rounds, both of these fights being declared fakes. VICTORY RECALLED WHI8TLER. The defeat of wrestler Frank Gotch at the hands of Fred Keel), a comparative midget. In New Orleans recently (Gotch regaining his title later) recalled Clarence Whistler, a grappler. built on the same lines as Ihe "Wisconsin demon," who astonished the wrestling world twenty-seve- n years ago by downing the great Muldnon. Incidentally, Whistler was a resident and employee of Kansas City In the summer of 1932. He was a member of the fire depart inent. stationed at old N't. 4, Fourteenth and Jefferson streets. FRED BEELL, NOTED WISCONSIN DIFFICULT ; I WRESTLER, EXECUTING HOLD. - A Beell It was who defeated Frank Gotch In New Orleans and held th American championship title for two weeks, losing to Gotch later In Kansas City. Beell la the greatest wrestler of his weight in the world. He weighs lit or lTd pounds. In Booth theater. It Is probable that tt bookings are obtainable. the meantime Miss Roselle Knott, who w III be mude the home .of the Sothern-Marlow- e waa starring In the play, will make a production, as the Joint startour of the Pacific coast lit ring of. these artists has been highly successful, both financially, and .artistIn the Berkeley Lyceum theater. New ically. Henrietta Croaman's greatest effort York, recently two plays by W. Slant on Howard, entitled "A'lum und Eve In will be made next fall, when she will Eden" and As the World Goes." were appear as Christian in a dramatisation presented by an especially engaged of "nigrim'a Progreaa." This production will be one of the largest yet put company. E. II. Ruthern I tn hive a theater of on the stage. A little romance recently came to liie own In New Yrk to be railed the desirable ... Field all star comlight In the pany, when the discovery was made that Joseph Herbert. Jr., and Viola Hopkins had been secretly married. Young Herbert is the son of Joseph Herbert, playwright. The first step toward the collection of a repertory by William Faversham was made recently the actor began hla engagement in Boston In "The Bquaw Man." He presented at a nutti-ne- e El Gran Oaleoto." It I a tragedy showing the t il results at idle gossip- - Jr |