Show I. I NEW YORK YORI THEATRE LETTER t 1 Uy rn JA ICS 1 t. t New w York Aug 10 From ll-From From all ull tho the contra contradictory con con- tra reports leports from Ampersand it itIs Is- Is Isa a rather a n difficult task to get al at althe ats s the tr truth th as aR to the thc condition of or Richard Rich Rich- ar ard Mansfield though he he Is not as badoff ba bad badoff off as S some of or the reports would make e him It 1 may be put down own as certain ertain I that he be seen soen on 00 the tho stage th the coming season and It H is a n ver very grave question whether hether the distinguished act actor r ever over will be able to play pIa again He Ile 1 however Ls Lq most hopeful that he hc will recover and aud that soon he can ca'n say y Richard is himself a again S I As a n. result of negotiations opened by byG G George Georgo orge 0 C. T Tyler when he was in Lendon Lon Len London don on and Just juat c completed b by cable It h hAs s been arranged arranged that Mrs Mis Patrick Campbell Camp Camp- L bell will t ur the United Stat States s during the me coining coating season reason under the tho direction of Liebler and company She will wm open in New ow York November 1 an and after after h her r engagement l cn hero will go to San Fran Fran- chico playing on tin tho n way at Washington Washing Washing- ton ron Charleston Atlanta Cincinnati St. St Lunis New Orleans Galveston Kansas I ansas City It Omaha D Denver Dener Salt Lake Lak Seattle and Los Angeles es Mrs Irs Campbell Camp eU Is now v I in Ju London tendon e a In another fortnight eer every available available- hall und and stage singe in New York ork will wm be beIn bein bein in constant use for the plays for tho the c earning coming Five Fhe more theatres will he be open next week I and as mazy I more by the week follow follow- following ing the productions Intended ed for me metropolitan metropolitan are but few Cew in ht number compared with those which arc nrc intended for for or the road Probably separate dramatic musical and burlesque bur bur- lesque lo companies are made up nn and rc rc- sed In New ew York during July uly and Augus of each year car Many of of br them hc rm their tours five lye hundred miles milea or 0 o from v Nc c York nn and do not get back ach to town until the following June Thus tide A players rarely see ee the city at Its best beat that hat Is la to sa say from n October until Ma May Mays i V N s rles J Frohman has as arranged with will I a DanIel Frohman to produce In the tho t c Ly Ly- ed en theatre on September 9 The rhe Thief Chief the lla play by Henry Bernstein which has been cn running during the last eight months In Paris under the tho name of Le and for this production he has obtained the service of Kyrle Hellew Bellew an and Margaret l Illington both hoth of or whom will postpone their starring sea- sea rort Jort to appear in the thc leading parts This play has been tho most successful dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic work that thai Paris has seen In some years and It lends itself readily to Eng Eng- English lish adaptation without any alteration In n Its themo theme treatment or text The This open air play seems to lo he be gain gala gaining frig ing In popularity Ben nen Groet outdoor production and the numerous college c plays s 's at commencements set tho example ex- ex ample The rhe latest endeavor In this 1 line nc Is an open air performance of or Joseph Jeffersons Jefferson's famous lUl Van Tan Winkle The performance Is to be given b by one George Gc Ober at nt Palenville In the Catskill Catskill Cats- Cats kill mountains has been i chosen or has bus chosen Itself because It I claims to bo ho the original village of or I Falling Water at ea Remembering how the I villagers ers treated Rip Van Winkle when ho ice comes comes back bacic It ml might ht be supposed that they'd the tI want to keep quiet about tine the he little affair of or Rips lips Rose Roso Melville cl who has been n playing tho the title role of or Sis Hopkins for nine yearb shortly bc begin ln her tour lour in tn inthe inthe the play pIny for the benefit of or her provincIal provincial provincial provin provin- cial city of or New ew York I wish to say that Sis was never nc seen on Broadway wa and yet et Mis Melville's l annual annual an an- nual profit from the production has nover never boon been less than an and some seasons sho has ma made e l i I Marie Cab Cahill has hUB on engaged tI a Japanese maid to accompany her on her hor tour next season when she will resume starring Marrying Mary In ht the tho northwest and the Pacific coas cities Null Nul l meaning the tho snow now is the tho name of the VJ nc newly acquired daughter of the cherry blossom blossom blos blos- som and she I Is a graduate of th the Womans Woman's Wo Wo- Woman's Womans mans man's college of oC Cahill Intends intends In- In tends to study Japanese Jt and she site has a bargain with Ni kl by Ly which the one will avail teach thie the thc other |