Show I j PERCY ERCY HAMMONDS HAMMOND'S LETTER i U NEW YOl- YOl YORK YOlK K Jan The 6 26 6 Th Tho ca- ca ca limity which befell aiss ss au lat last wee wed wed I t-a t has a the to 3 concern concern- concerning concerning ing the ethics In I t o C matter Dy By ome of th the people ut vf f the theatre It I Is held that th Mr II dr George eorge ton Ml ton wa was ju d In niB ns hl spectacular spectacular Road 10 lo 10 lar withdrawal ot of o The getter By others it t t Is la said lId that In closing h hs h's play after only one perfOrmanCe lie n a a cruel crupi Injury on n n C good rell reties relies es and a 0 beautiful woman omon oman His Big Thu Implications that Miss Mis had nad ad unfitted herself for tor unmistakable on the tho w wro r Mr referred to the tho episode ns as One ct t f the tho trag- trag tragedies trag dies edies of ot tho the before he took ship the thc th itt 11 t day for the cst Indies Indle Tho lade was no left lect therefore h hoset set ly ty 1 I In- In t her job gone eone her cele- cele celebrity celebrity cele brity brity Iho The for which she sho was as as 30 so pun pun- punIshed pun punished was vo h hs says el er Indulgence In a large duse se dve ot or spirits ot of ammonia to 10 fortify herself herselt for forth forthe th the rigors ot of o aNY a N Y S While were cre HI evidences e s dur dur- dur- dur during log ing the last part ot of o the play that the star as ns t and nothing of II ft a particularly character ter occurred I ha hae e seen Been I line inc 1 vexatious exhibition exhibitions tion tiona upon th tt stage Miss MIM Ml 8 Ram Ram- Ram belu became entangled In hor liar ova ova- cv ev ning coat F t Instance but the seen scene was one olto of If imitation agitation and those the uncertain gestures w wre vre re ap- ap appropriate ap appropriate She ead lId instead of o thermometer a II mis mis- mispronunciation pronunciation n io lo In misI nervousness o ot of o II fIrst fir t night Once I she sho called a n charade r I by Ly another s a name just Juat unit an ac It Is done er e every esery day In the local cram dramis My nce ith actresses under the e of aromatic spirits ct ef ammonia Is limited and I OTI an n no ro authority In such ouch cases Con whon I Iwas Iwas was told Lv b-Lv b- b be e ten n tue nets acts that 1111 MIs Rambeau v as undu feverish I Iwas was not at all siro cire I of nf It e Even een sen en after she d to 10 t tIk Mi Ik A E r Anson ho aho BBB nag Impersonating her un- un unfaithful unfaithful un unfaithful faithful husband nd I ran can stand on feet and tie to h first nIght nIght- night ers ers en I had Iad my doubts I left tha th theatre feeling merely that I had bad sen a bad per- per performance ot of a 11 worse play piny S S S Mr emotions are aro url url- urt He Ho knew that the tho hald haid wok of If months had hod vanished In nothing and U he felt that Mis Miss flambeau not he hes was wag tc to blame blamo So In a Jt though not aro- aro aro aromatic matl matic ot of o desperation be ho corn com commanded com commanded the tJoe of ot hi his drama to b be on stopped on the brusque ground that It was and hurt ho he did not th thi k It of ot the disrepute and anguish his hi abrupt action would cause causo t helpless lady dim dim- dimmIng dim dimming ming her glory nod brul ln t her career rap Pert had 2 lie e done so o he would base lia 0 permitted The The Road Together to subside gracefully and to have blamed Its failure on his big 0 own oan n errole P o those thoe of ot the critic TIe Ite und and they are Injured to tred nt Icem-nt anti and some ome ot of them pro prosper per and l fatten upon detraction and obloquy They know that Se lIe thou as liS t haste as a Ice as liS pure as snow v thou ehalt not e Ape calumny S S But Dut an ah once suspected of conduct an artiste It if not a lad undergoes penalties too great grent for tor her My impression Impression sion Ion Is that JIll BIlas got much the worst ot of a a sorry episode She was wag not y ve-y y good rood but she was much bettor I J thought than Mr n 11 as aR she ehe Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now from anti nn an Inability to eat solid RoUd foods 1 I otter Coffel my sym gym sym sympathy pathy and my condolences Also to tor r Mr MIddleton ni RS he languishes hes penitent In the voluptuous Baham Baham- Bahamas Bahamas as Both Doth ot of them are a little out ot of luck but they thy may inay be le ch cheered ored by bytho bythe bytho the tho knowledge that their misfortunes misfortunes tunes hav have hivo M sated saed cd several overal D play play- playgoers playgoer play playgoers goer goers from an unhappy attendance on The The Road TOE ler S S S The Spilt Split Shilling Shilling wa was the name that Mr Lawrence Lowrence Eyre tyre se selected selected for tor the play In which Miss Grace George Gt-arge and Miss Mig Laura Mope Hope Crows Crews onto Irish sis tain twin sis In impersonate t aged three forty-three Mr Henry Miller cr th the Ir re 10 that title changed It t to tics tic nHe n He wt wes inspired 16 tto do so 0 be- be because because be because cause when wh n the rich and cultured twIn to h as fan her poor and gaucho gauche sister Rister repeated word the with Ith Irish him him- sn After a 0 day or two Mr Miller j c came to th the con con- conclusion con conclusion elusion that the caption was Incommensurate co he ed It to The The Merry i Wives is 1 es ot of o Gotham Which mon of nt Instability may prove to you 11 hi hii v T significant or how ini n Is ha nomenclature nomenclature ture In dram ram The Tha Spit I Shilling tl The The Merry Wives ot of all Gotham-all Gotham aU all headlines for tor one ono play play play- Miss George Geor and Mt Cr Crews lire are Irish waits who WIIO separated In their cradles In 1830 1831 mee meet I In New NewYork NewYork York City In un One of them I Ia Isa a shanty washer woman the other othera a grand grind dame elaine ot of o Washington Square Yo You Yot m my I It you aro are ao- ao ac with the ll 1 habits of MIs Miss Migs Gerge and ana Miss Cre suspect which one play the patri patri- patrician patni- patni patrician cian clan and which th ho he peasant They do not recognize olio otto another but Lut the wealthy Dutch h husband h ot of Miss Ml JlII George Is a enemy of o the laying laying Irish hual and of ot Miss Cres they are ha trouble ove ovel reil rell Moreo or the son lion ot of lilt George and h lit lit- Knickerbocker hf-Knickerbocker Knickerbocker lord lorl Is enamored el elof of the daughter of f Miss Crews and her Irish boil noil carrier That lovely child I is a s son e at Tony Pas Fag Pastor Fagton Pastor tor ton a II ude and sho aho Is lathe the ut and up and ruit rott Family feuds mean menn no more 10 to her hor than I they did to Juliet A fairy tale es 1 e es ery very mu h n it fairy tale and told a as talT faly fal t les should not I t told with Until the scene wherein the tho twin Bisters for the last time nn and anil part pre with ath U neither ot of them at 11 she ahe Is theether's the others ethers slater Ister Ib The play I Is very good It at times tinn's and nid a ud very bad at t others I i S S S Luigi nand Ilos Ilo's comedy I Henry l IV rv also algo I n was wag subjected toa to I Ia a 0 change of ot before h b toro tore It was as presented to a n jury It Its producer Pemberton dig dig- dis discovered covered that the tho drama 10 en were were svere deeming derning It to t be SL a Shake Shake Shake- Shakespearean Shakespearean pIli play so eo he hOod had to change it name from front Henry IV to rh rh fh Jh l J Ma ek k In order to set lIet them right 1 I think It didn't Matter much f tar for lr th play pillY turned out to bo be 11 unus U tally lally t-dlou t tedious It Is about an Italian Imbecile who Imagines himself to be he the GermAn Henry tenry IV and l who lies Iries I es his hig life obsessed by that tL He Ito Is surrounded In t T remote villa by phony who cater to his hallu l and who vho talk tak and talk At A the tho th end the maniac murders the baron who years yean year pre pre- vuly has him hint and OU nr are loft at the finish not caring whether he Is I crazy as ao iou think ho he I Is o or sat e as 00 he claim claims to he be The pill wa was vas dull but the tho first t night audience e war Wu not The Thella-llin Thella Italian was wa there with his hie suite and s so was aas va Mr PI ran ran- dello tha th composer i i cables many other bright Italian Italian- Italian American American s Mr PI ran ran- dello kissed th German actor Mr I Korff In tribute to Us Is character character- l atlon I and there were wore the tho usual I hus aa for fr a it dull enter enter- entertainment enter I u |