Show II I New York Theatre Letter I MY ll J. r itt I New Nev York March Marcim The t-The The war between be lle- tween the time theatrical and time the vau vaudeville trusts for supremacy r In time the field of oC continuous performance is growing in jim Interest and whatever the time result It seems certain that for time the time line at players and lJ I he the paying public are arc lIkel likely to benefit It would woul scorn that a n. combination which Included ed Keith Proctor Ham Hani- Poll Ioli Williams and amid company would be bo Invincible so o far as vaudeville vaude vaude- e- e yule ville but when the opposition is germ gen b by v Klaw and I we wema ma may see sec the time solution lon In the time theatrical field of oC that lint ol old question of or what will happen when nn an Irresistible force meets an unmovable immovable boll body J Klaw law and Erlanger made their first public move 0 lI by placing their circus cot ps under tinder command of oC that ahlo young general Frederic Thompson He lie will devise and supply all nil the time circus feature for Cor tho new vaudeville A man mart snore more competent would be hard to lo find find- The Time next Important appointment Inho in tho ho new arm army I Is that of George e M. M I. I I Cohan Cohen lie He will have charge of the time department de do- I of oC boiled down musical comedies com corn comI I edies With him will wili work Thomas W. W Eyley of or Florodora an and The TIme Belle Belie I of oC Mayfair fame Gustav Luders the lie I of oC The Time composer Prince of or King Dodo and TIme The r I Leslie Stuart composer of oC The Time Dell Belle of or Mayfair and Florodora an and Felix the time German composer of Madam Cherry Cherry Cher Cher- ry ry In addition to these efficient producers pro pro- duers and authors there will be lie Identified Iden Iden- titled with the I Klaw and Erlanger er iriny most of oC the time English and American Ameri mneri- mneri C can stage managers scenic artists costumers cos- cos tumors and amid performers who are arc on he tue syndicate payroll and last but not least there Is the time firm of or Klaw Klas' and null Erlanger which controls time the time lime of ofa a goodly share of or goo good theatres In the thc United States This looks on its face ace like a COmbination combination com corn that la Is unbeatable but on Ill time the he other side arc are men whoso whose whole lv ivos o ha be been on spent li In au vaudeville le management who who know ei c every turn hlll mini of oC I he lime business mid and who ilmo ha have hare 0 made great I fortunes from fromn this kno knowledge etl e. e It Is Isrul ruly rul a titanic struggle gle for a prize that thatIs I Is t worth while Just think of or the tile possibilities of or a at t business which will permit managers ets to tomake make nake fortunes when they the pay salaries like Ike times these c. c A Vesta Yes Victoria or a Vesta Vesla Ves- Ves ta la a Tilley Is paid to the tune tunc of or a i week Lily Langtry returns to England England Eng Eng- land 1000 the richer for her five months months' trip around the vaudeville u e clr- clr uit euit Lillian Russell rec received lv more than timan J 2 SiSi a a. we week k for 01 her brief dip into inlO oriN t last season In Iii the time days clays b bS bp- fore foJ ore she abandoned her Imer artistic notions Cecilia Loftus spurned an offer of or seo for fot a ml week of her mimicry In Inthe he time Masonic temple roof garden ai en harles Hawtre was raid paid more than timan 1000 it a week for Cor his performance In int t he ime lIll ht bright sketch Time is money Rose Hose Stahl was tras started on lilt tho ho road to wealth lI by the time success of or The Chorus Jad udy In one-act one form ind James I Forbes tIme the author authOl was enabled d b by the time from Iron tho til original sketch k lone alone to purchase a tt farm In lii c lei tei er count county The rhe great reat fair air in him In aid aid of oC the tile Actors Actors' Cun fLuid md to bo- bo licIt hold Jim In tho timo Metropolitan Opera lIo MuI la ty tO hearts carts of all tY tho to of or JhC Ils o on J ci rom om tho blaze of ur way Plans lana for tor the fair fait are aLO rapidly crystal crystal- zing l Ir Mrs A A. A. A M. M ha has accepted accept- accept e ed d the time chairmanship of time tile ladies ladies' cx- cx ee committee and ha has established l offices In iii the tiLe Knickerbocker theatre building lnA Them will vIli bo bl a Cl booth de- de to oil paintings and water coi eol- OIS OI'S rs for fOI which eminent artists are arc Ire Ire- paring donations Famous or er r cartoonists will ill III con contribute te original cartoon ti drawings Mark MarJ Twain Geor George e Atle Aile do Channing Pollock Henry Hemy N N. Blosom BIos Blos- om Charles Charlls Klein Paul Armstrong timid and nd other dramatic authors will Ier- Ier attend at the book booth of ho tho Century Theatre lub to auto auto- raph their thelt works anti and photographs Time ho grocery and liquor depart depart- in charge of or John Leffler who conducted this branch at al tile the previous fair air will be an enormous affair Contributions Con Con- arc pouring in Anna Alina Held Is s posing dally daily for Cor a u 2000 oil painting by ty Mme Ime Beebe Ethel Is preparing a n novel el exhibit Georgia Georgl diamond star will lIn bo voted toted to the time popular actress All the timo theatres arc alc preparing special l booths the time Hippodrome will send Its Indians to dispose of native wares Time The Professional Womans Woman's lea league ue will have laive a mammoth h exhibit and a racing wheel The rime Actors' Actors Society of oC America and Inti tho time Actors Actors' Church Alliance are arc ar arranging arranging arranging ar- ar ranging special booths boothM The Ilme Idea of oC ofa oCa a great rat universal exhibition will bo ho dominant b but t there will ivill be man many novel features Saturday Matinee l Maria first time In this timis house with l Donalda and antI Mr 11 lionel Bond II evening Il e Trovatore Tro with Ime Huss Do De Cisneros 1 Dalmores and I C. C By lon long odds the most Inter Interesting event In tho the dramatic r world worM for the time week wa was the time first appearance In the United States of ot Ermeti the time great creat Italian actor ai m the time Lyric Monday londa night mado his New York debut b by Inaugurating a VO t two week weeks weeks' fn engagement ment aJl that Is Js to exploit his wonderful versatility In nearly a dozen dozen dozen doz doz- en of or his great reat roles Is the fifth flUh SI Halian-SI Italian speaking allnA genius of or the footlights to visit this timis country Adelaide A i that queen of or tm tragedy e y and Tomasso Sal- Sal viol and amid Ernesto J no Rossi R. R I. I having conquered the plaudits of ot American play play- goers play Inthe in inthe the time past vast and Elanore Dose Duse having won the artistic acclaim of oC this generation SI Signor Signer nor Novell as wa was in his prime Is enacting Shakespearean roles such as Shylock Lear Othello and Hamlet Hamlet Ham Ham- let but hut he lie Is as well a character actor In plays ulas like Louis XI and Papa aC and a a comedian of or acknowledged acknowledged edged power to lo provoke oke lau laughter in th the lies dies of ot the time Italian Moliere and antI even a farceur Other new plays of or the time week arc are Monday Ion a Empire Theatre Theatre Miss lIss Ethel e in iii the Silver Box Cox a comedy comedy com e edy y by Mr I John Galsworthy Lincoln Square Theatre Theatre I Mr r. r William Morris in The Holy Hol CIt City drama by Mr Ir Thomaa Thoma NV W. Broadhurst i New ew Amsterdam Theatre Theatre Mr Ir Richard Mansfield in The Scarlet Letter Tues Tues-I day Beau Derm Brummel Wednesday A i Parl Parisian lan Romance Thursday Dr DrI I Jekyll an and Mr Ir Hyde Frida Friday Beau i Brummel Saturday matinee Peer evening A Parisian Romance A tabloid version of oC Peer Gyn was given at Keith Proctors Proctor's Fifth Firth Avenue I theatre this week This Is really an arrangement arrangement ar- ar ar 11 I of the time quarrel comma s-comma an and th the death lOath of l Ase se with Edward Edwar Grieg's s 's cx- cx music which was composed especially espe espe- chilly for the time play Mr Ir Tony Pastor celebrated the forty forty- second anniversary of or his career as man ager It was a gala ala occasion and antI a largo large gathering of t the hc veteran managers manager's friends s were present to wish him continued contin contin- ned success In his unique unique career career Mr PastOl Pastor Pas Pas- tom tor began besan Ms his managerial career on March 23 In N. N J. J moving to the time opera house in the Bowery In July Jul of ot the time same year ear Nothing daunted b by the time fate of or the operatic version In Itt the Metropolitan l opera house Mr Conned announces Oscar Wilde's Wildes druma Salome for or production Ion tion at the time Irving Place theatre The TILe drama will be lie given s-Iven In connection with witha a a. comedy Tho Hermitage b by Bonno Donna Jacobson When hen E E. H H. Sothern and amid Julia Marlowe arrive In In London Ion on ut at time the beginning of or AI April om Mr Me Ic Soth- Soth wa n lII tid with a R match match box box or Folkl Iol gold which was wu lost Jost by his father the elder Sothern of or J Lord ord Dun dl dreary al' al fame more mOrl than thirty years cars ago ugo while on a hunting trip In Ireland Montgomery and amid Stono have ha had imad to put lulL aside their fondest plans for a summers summer's i-c-creation i as ns the undiminished interest an and delight of or The lime Re Red fled Mill l In the Knickerbocker theatre clearly Indicates that they wont won't have o a rest for a lonGtime long time They The have played for or six months to crowded houses at nt every performance and even I Lent ent cannot deplete the time demand eman for Cor ever every seat seal in the Lime theatre Mr Ben Den Greet continues his imis engage engage- ment in in the Gar en theatre this week As You Like It was the tIme attraction forthe forthe for forthe the early arly part of or the week Varying his custom of or present In IT the plays in the tIme Elizabethan style Mr lr Greet gave save As You Like It Il with scenery On Thursday Julius Ceasar was given In InthIs InthIs Inthis this production Mr Ir company compan return re return re- re turn toni to the olden stylo of presenting Shakespeare |