Show AMERICAS NATIONAL THEATER ew york nov 9 with a subscription in all of from thirty wealthy new york men prominent in finance patrons of art and staunch supporters ot grand opera at the metropolitan ro with the purchase of entire block front from sixty second to six ty third street facing central alark west with plans ordered tor a superb theater to cost containing an immense foyer enriched with treasures making it the greatest art gallery ot new york with the exception ot the metropolitan museum of art with a committee of women who are leaders in new york society and who arc to decide who shall be accorded boxes in this artistic and social rival to the golden horse shoe ot the metropolitan with these and other details quietly arranged americas national theater long dreamed of has been founded in now york with heinric a conried at its head the plans alms and general details ot the establishment ot a theater to do for the drama in this country what the theatre francaise Fran caiso has accomplished for france or the bur theater for germany explained yesterday by a well known financier whose patronage of artistic efforts in america has caused hla name to be widely known he said for some years there has been much and earnest talk about the founding of a national theater which has been sadly needed but its worthy promoters were not equipped with financial means toward its accomplishment ment 1 I and other men blessed with means and an inclination to bring about dramatic consummation devoutly to be wished met heidrich Hei urich con and talked it over with him to make a long story short a number of gentlemen were approached and it was at once found that they were heartily interested in the project I 1 need not mention them all but may say that among them were clarence mackey henry jamea speyer james St lUman daniel gug kenhelm and many others the plan was that thirty genue men should subscribe each and for their investment they should have as collateral as it were a rite i to be purchased tor about and the theater to coat thirty were readily found this the ater will ba begun next spring and will take over a year to complete no one will bo permitted to own a box unless accepted by the committee the company will ba tho best that unlimited money can command the theater will be an authority in its acting it will aim at purity in english pronunciation passed upon where there is a difference ait oit opinion by a committee from yale harvard columbia and princeton Prino eton A committee of artists will be consulted as to the scenery and costumed cos the season will be thirty there will not be any ong runs ten plays will be produced the first year ten each year following and oa nighta each week there will be opoa ocoa domique not comic apora an broadway unhappily know it but genuine delightful opera corol que with artists drawn from paris deallo vienna fand other foreign cities aa well as borne singers and ft contingent from he metropolitan opera housie |