Show STAGE WOMEN MAKE PROTEST Object to Proposed Increase of r Tariff on various Various Cosmetics f EVENTS IN Several New Prod Productions Put I on the Boards in New NewYork York I BY J JAMES IES GRANT THURSTON Republican Special Service i Now l York March llarch 27 Its Its a a. far tar cry from Long Loup Acro Aero Square to the com corn on ways wn's and means menns of or tho the House of or Representatives of or th the United States congress but the proposition to raise tho ho duty on rouge paints false also hair fancy toilet articles soaps soap perfumes h long Gloves cloves and other things s much used b by tho the women of or the tho stage tago has bridge b rid Red tho the chasm and tho the voice of or I protest of or tho the ladles of or Long Loner Acro Aero will be bo hoard In the tho halls of or rosa Beautiful as na the tho American stage women m n are arc It Is 18 a against public policy to do anything which will wUl make difficult their efforts to make mako themselves even moro more beautiful This was tho the sense ofa of or a n. meeting held at the Hotel Astor this week at which more than stage women were present Miss Jeanetto Horton was chosen chairman und and was authorized to send a letter lotter to Chairman Payne on behalf of ot the tho theatrical women of oC the coun coun- try Miss Hortons Horton's letter declares that tho the new tariff schedule works greater hardship to actresses to whom beauty IB IR a necessity than titan on any other class of or persons In the tho country She Sho might well have ha pointed out the hardship Involved on hundreds of or thousands thousand of ot voters throughout hout tho the land who love lovo beauty adorned Tho The dramatic event of or the week has been tho the presentation of or Major l GU Guy du 1 play An Englishman's Home which has created so great n a sensation In England The story of ot tho the pIa play Is thoroughly well l known no n Tho The cast at the tho Criterion Included William llIam Hawtrey J J. 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H and Miss Nellie Nel Nel- lie fe Thorne Its wide advertising will give gho It a n. measure of or success here but It t Is so purely purel English En the tho lesson It teaches applies so entirely to the United Kingdom that I question Its Us drawing power after ater tho the novelty wears off R Wh Why h would It not be a n good Idea to adopt It to American conditions with California the scene and the Japanese the Lute invaders It might then stir sUr tho the American blood as It has tho the Eng Eng- English lish Robert Willard HIlliard presented presente Porter Porte Emerson Brownes Browne's new play A Fool l There Was as at nt tho the Liberty l Wednesday evening The Tho play pIny Is based on Kip rings lings famous poem Tho Vampire which Itself was Inspired b by Burno- Burno Jones painting It Is a strong play Is i s I well played and deals with a universal theme It will succeed The Tho first performance of or Klaw Ilaw J ers er's revival al of oC Tho rho Mascot will be given gf at tho the Apollo theater Atlantic City April 6 The show will remain a week in Atlantic City A splendid cast has been engaged In Including Including In- In Raymond Ramond Hitchcock Mora Flora ora Zabelle Labelle Estello Wentworth Edgar Atchison El Ely Edward Favor I Henry Coote and Burno Burne Smith There will also be bo a chorus of or 75 young men and women omell Adams will soon give o a performance performance per per- of ot What Every Woman Knows for tor the girls and and boys bos of ot tu the e East SIde SIdo settlements She Sho b will s' s go among them as their and act the theIra Ira oy as It Jt Is Js being given at nt the flip Em- Em at a II thoat theater In fn the UlO The roc eds will bo be to ta settlement work cork I A. A A short hart tens 8 dispatch t h from rom Boston recently e nUy stated elated that Ht t Lotta Lotto Crab Crab- tree r o had bought a valuable lo piece e of property In that city What memories a mories the announcement will will r recall call is to iho tho old old- time playgoers Time was when the stage name Lotta was kno known and loved from ono one en end of or tho the land to to the other othel She was way one ono of or the daintiest little women women women wo wo- men that ever danced her way Into the he theis hearts of or men All An the tho ol old rim timers will rejoice that In her retirement she Is It Isable able to buy property to the value of or nearly half a million million Mark A. A editor in of or the Musical Courier has been appointed appointed ap ap- pointed b by Secretary Knox Kno to represent tho the United States as ns a delegate t to the Iho International Music Music Conti Congress I In Vie Vienna May Ia 25 G to May la 20 29 9 B. B J. J a brother of or the tho thel lato M. M R. R known as film tho the Button Dutton Man Ian announces that ho t will win build a new theater announces In t tho Times square 1 district The Tho exterior to bo be of or French stylo style with stone base and brick and terra cotta superstructure The rhe lobby which will win be on a level le with the sidewalk will extend across the the en entire en- en tire Ure front of or tho trio building across an and will be be elaborately fitted with rich marble The Tho theater will seat scat 1400 people and and many new features will bo ho Introduced James Tames T. T Powers who Is starring in Havana wrote to England cancelling cancelling cancel cancel- ling Un arrangements for a cottage near Avon Statford-on-Avon which he expected to occupy this summer Ho Ito was Informed b by too the tho Shu erts that Havana ana probably probably ably will be kept at the tho Caslon Casion all aU sum sum- mer Mr Speed is the name namo i of ot the new comedy Paul Armstrong and Rex Hex te Beach Deach have written It will bo Introduced atU at nt atthe U the Belasco theater theater by hy the tho l 1 Shu- Shu Shubert bert hert April 1 12 12 with Law Lawrence Who Wheat as s Mr tIr Ir Speed a young youn Yale Yalo athlete |