| Show a 4 W r I II Olga s Play y Attacks Famous s Church r i r I Iv w V Y V 4 v v I L r I he e Wrin Writing on the Wall Wak a Daring Innovation Inno In do Drama Aims A i mc to Succeed the f I safe Late as aJ Leading French Aday ht I t t From Fm Our N Now ow York Dramatic Corre COrTO Correspondent 1 JB HID WRITING ON THE THE WALL tho now drama In which Olga Nether olo Is appearing on tour Is creat creating creating ing Ins a sensation of or no small proportion owing to the tho startling attack which It makes makos on Trinity church of or Now York city Trinity Is 15 tho wealthiest church churchIn In tho the country If It not in tho world It has hns been beon subjected to attack of or late Into in magazines and newspapers owing to the hc condition of ot much of ot the tho property tho corporation owns In Now York city Miss play professes to roveal the Inside workings of or the tho great grent religious corporation and to t demon demonstrate strate strato that It willfully violates tho the laws of or the state of or decency and of or moral morality ity It Naturally a n bitter and widespread discussion has arisen and seems to bo be gaining considerable Impetus When Miss brings the tho play to New York city It Is 1 certain that tho the discussion will rise to Its Us climax and It Is currently reported that tho the Trinity authorities will seek seck to have havo tho the play piny suppressed as wantonly libel ous our and the tho church will wilt apply to the he hemn mayor major mn or and tho the police commissioner to that end Congressmen Saw the Ploy Play Tho The Writing on the Wall was originally originally produced in tn Washington at nt the Columbia theater where many mem members bars bers of or congress contreas went to witness It but they thc refused to give opinions on it William J Hurlburt is Ia tho author of ot this th striking play pIa and he says that It was os written before tho the recent criticism of or the tho church In tho the public prints was wasa a begun So far tar ao ne Miss Is IB concerned she sho says the tho play pIny Is the tho first of ot a n 1 series Illustrating phases of or American life that sho she Intends to pro produce produce duce ducor The Tho play pIn shows shaws that Trinity In ad nd addition addition to Its Us own church controls ton other othor churches and sixteen schools and andreal andreal real property properly listed at a n value of or many millions Church as a Landlord The corporation Is attacked as a landlord of tenement houses from w which It U rolls up tho the greater part of or ofUs orIts Its Us Income of a year car Hurl Hurlburt Hurlburt burt burl assails m the corporation on the tho ground that lint Jt It docs 1005 not live up to the tho teachings of oC the tho church in n keeping Its tenants In tumbledown dark dirty dirt framo buildings Miss pla plays s tho the part of a wealthy woman who goes sacs Into the tenement district to do charitable work She Sho Is amazed to find that Trinity Is the tho landlord She is the wife wIre of a Trinity vestryman and be before before beSore fore Sore the play runs to a 0 close she w works reform In the corporation co An excel excellent excellent t lent company Including Robert T t Haines William Morris and Beverly r p gives Miss t good support s There aro four tour acts In Ia tho the play pla and t twelve characters An unusual fact Is I r re that three nets acts take place on tho the same w 1 afternoon a Both Miss and tho the au auS II S Y S r fiA r 9 Y sS a f d t t r t M l C n nA A r ri a i r e r rr J r ly ar h 1 c 4 t 3 sSU r f F t Je t r r vL 1 t r F Ft t fe iI iv wC 0 N f T vi O Y iv 4 f 88 g cry T J g V X HI 1 1 to U J MM U JC J ELIZABETH MABEL BARRISON GARRISON THE STAR ALFRED HICKMAN JOHN EMERSON A POPULAR SCENE IN THE BLUE MOUSE SUCCESSFUL COMEDY AT LYRIC THEATER NEW YORK t t r p t s t r re w 1 a II thor thoI assert that thoy they have havo no Intent to attack religion In fn any sense In this play lay pIa On n the tho contrary they believe l the best alms of ot religion will bo be served sor by bym making the thc Trinity corpora corporation corporation tion ion reform and not lay In the tho cause of ot religion ligion open one to criticism b by br tho the many man who habitually seek seck opportunities to attack n represents the higher of or the nation Henry Henr Bernstein Is working as hard to 1111 tho boots of or the tho late Into as ns E H Sothern Is to become be om heir to tho position occupied In the past on tho the American stage Blago by the late lato Richard Mansfield And Mr Bernstein has a n vastly better chance chanco to succeed in his ambition than has Mr Just now Mr Bernstein is very er much to tho the fore foro as a playwright pl ht who not only dares to the sur face lac of or our seemingly jeer com life but who has the ability to do it ac acceptably acceptably In The Thief t and Sam Samson Samson Samson son he showed showe evidences of oC realistic touch and like ho hohas hohas hohas has unhesitatingly adopted d melodrama as ns his own His new pla play pIny Israel Is described as certain to meet wIde Ide approval and andIn andIn andIn In tho the new play ho lit h Is writing for lor Wil William William liam Gillette he ho li p T to triko the tho keynote of or certain existing social con conditions conditions condl dl Perhaps Mr Bernstein is aware that too strenuous endeavor to become a n second may mn result to his own detriment toward towar the tho end of or his career as the leading French play pla wright lived chiefly on tho reputation n ho made e years ears cars before and that reps reputation r tation n was mado at a l time when t the tio standards of oC excellence were not so o lofty loft as today wore were were he beginning his ca career career c 1 reer Instead of fully rully In his grave grate would hn far ar le lechance less ss chance for Cor equaling tho prominence co ho attained His methods were ware for or V t tho tiro most part of ot tho the old school which made mado melodrama almost an nn essential In every overy drama oven on went further and Id do from melodrama to on various occasions Stage productions lions must necessarily show artificial artificiality artificialIty ity It to meet tho the limitations of oC space apac and time but hut he who artistically dlo dis disguises guises these artificialities will more moro rapidly build a II profitable reputation And after aCter all the nowadays chief 11 F office of or reputation In every walk walle of ot life Is to Increase the markot market value of or an a Individual I A Third Blue Mouse Company Now that the tho original Bloc Mouse r I company Is 18 playing to capacity c busi business business business ness at tho the Lyric theater and tho the second Blue Mouse company Is laor or and ready read to open tho the le J Shubert announce the formation of ot yet yot yota yeta et L a third organization to present this latest Clyde C e Fitch success on tour The Tho three leading roles in this third com corn I pan pany already I ready In rehearsal will bo be played by b Millicent Evans Geoffrey Geoffroy Stein and Wilton Taylor G P Career I G P Huntley Hunlley star In Kitty Grey Groy I tho the now English play pla now no In Now New NewYork York at tho the Now theater was vas born In Fermoy Fenno County Count Cork Cor Ireland He cornea comes of ot a theatrical 1 family his mother father tather grandmother gran moth 1 er cr and grandfather having preceded him In tho the profession prote The namo name of or G P Huntley Huntle Is a l fa ta a one ono In tho the racing world of or Eng England En or t land lcm where tho the actor Is tho the possessor of ot many raco race horses Mr record on the turf was an exceptional r on at tho the start as ho won wan eleven races out of fourteen Two days be before beCore t fore Core Mr Huntley sailed Balled for tor America r r rho ho won non a race raco His stable Includes both flat racers and steeplechase horses hoo Mr r Huntley is I In partnership with one ono of ot the cleverest trainers In England Mr John F Hallick As a 1 horse breeder breed r tho actors colors are i claret and apple green sleeves sleeve and claret cap Ho He admits that ho se selected selected selected claret and apple green Ereon because ho he thought It wan Tao a 1 combination cal calculated calculated to give gl a the bookmakers a 0 pain In their Little MarAn Mary Mar MaryAn MaryAn An Admirer of the tho American Amoric n Indian Mr first visited America when ho was was about fifteen not theat theatrically theatrically but In search of ot tho the romantic boing an ardent admirer of or the north northwest northwest west American Indian It In tho the west ho he visited many 3 r and made a n very vcr Inc collects collect Indian trophies which adorn his Wu n s 1 In his homo home In England Mr lIr Huntley Hunlley has also painted many man of or tho the chiefs such as Rod Cloud Clou John Grass and others of or the Sioux Nation Mr Huntley first visited American Americana as a an n actor with thy the C t n th whom whom he ho played for four tour American 4 f touts tours visiting vl most of or tho the principal 4 1 clues cities of the tho United States j 3 |
