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TIIE OMAITA DAILY TIEE; SUNDAY, MAKCIT 20, 1001.
ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
At least two thing hsppewd In Omita
during th last week that art worthy of
remembrance. One of these was the vWt
of Jowp MtinT te the Kru- theater.
Her la a living eietnpUfiratlin of a man
finding hla calllna-. Mr. Murphy haa the
capacity for acting other parts, hot the
public really llkee him In bla character
of the gooS-nat'jred, warm-hearted Irish
man, and he la at popular and successful
new aa ha waa twenty-five year ego, when
hla play were new. His audience here
were large. In fact, "capacity" at every
performance, and hli admirpr a hope to
ee hla Main and Main, and alwaya In
"Kerry Oow" or "Shaun Rhue." The
other event was the return of Marie
Walnwrlght In a classic comedy. It Is
comforting to think that the Omaha peo
ple who didn't go to are this clever and
charming woman In what la admittedly
her beat character will never know what
the? missed; for thelra la the bliss of Ig
norance. And yet H Is a shame that an
artist so well known and recognised as
having ability should be so poorly patron
ised In a city of the size and pretensions
of Omaha. Not that Miss Walnwiight'a
ngagement was a financial failure, but
he should have been greeted by over
flow houses at each performance. The
merit of her acting deserved It.
Miss Walnwrlght baa long been consid
ered the peer of any of the long list of
eminent comediennes In the role of Viola.
In many of Its aspects It la hers by nature.
It la a mistake to think that she haa lost
her capacity for the embodiment of the
moods of that daintiest of Shakespearean
heroines. Her girlish 'outlines have van
ished before the march of time, it Is true,
and her figure haa the rotundity of ma
ture age, but not to the degree that
Interferes with her carriage, while her
voice retains Its sweet purity and
caressing quality, and her movements
have the graoe and sprlghtltness of youth,
and her mind Is still as active with the
pure fun of girlhood as ever. She gives
a most Illuminating Interpretation to the
simple character drawn by the great poet
and fully sustains the name ehe won long
ago In the role. Her support Is not the best
she haa ever had, but eacti of the actors
associated with her Is capable of giving
something like Intelligence to the portrayal
of the part In 'nand. and the result Is that
the performance Is far above the mediocre,
while Miss Wi In Wright's own share In It
la worthy to be listed among the classic.
The play that got the money during
the week was "The Eternal City." Those
who have the Interests of the stags truly
at heart will feel Inclined to return devout
thanks that It Isn't the "eternal" Hall
Caine. Tt la entirely to the credit of the
American eritios that In no city haa Mr.
Caine succeeded In gaining endorsement
for this latest of his literary offenses. A
splendid acting organisation gives warmth
and color of life to hla creation ; yet It
ought not to be called by that nama, for
It Is not a creation, but rather a ootlatlon.
Mr. Caine has borrowed Ideaa and situa
tion, oven characters, without saying by
your leave, and has projected hla whole
scheme against the screen of a century
heaee, so that he Is free from danger of
successful challenge on a chronological
ground, for no on ean forecast the con
ditions of the year awi with any more ac
curacy than can the.. w- But hla
fault 1 too palpable, rat on Is almost in
clined to forgive him on acanunt f hi.
temerity, were it not such a direct affront
to ne punijo intelligence. Ho one who haa
oil "La Toaca" or read "RleMl" need aak
where Mr. Caine got hla Inspiration for "The
Eternal City." His principal character
re almost identical copies of the Bardou
proroiype, wniu hla motif la a combi
nation of the Lortton and Bardou haaes of
etlon. David Rossi combine the charac
teristics of the Lytton and Bardou heroes
la a machanloal rather than a natural In
tlmacy. The elementa In this young man
ot ml, and he la never a natural
but always a theatrical, actor In a drama
that moves by machinery and not of Ita
own merit Roma is In some or the Ideal
aspects an improvement on Tosca. but she
floaen t preeent the distinctly human qual
Itlsa of the Sardou woman; and the two
Silt" Bon,m- M ny
like that about the only difference be
tween them la the .fact that Sardou picked
the polloe eommlseioner for hi. villain and
Cain. make, hi the minister of th. In
tartar In command of the police. Where
artou Introduce, the queen, Cain. glvH
as the pope.
In the treatment of the condltiona all the
difference possible between a master of the
art of writing for the stage and of one who
Is not yet out of the rudimentary stages
of the craft may be noted. In the Sardou
pluy we have the mobility of perfect con
tinuity and the fluency that marks a well
oastructed ?lay4 frankly melodramatic,
hut never lame. In "Th Eternal City" we
get a plot that needs the constant prodding
of the aathor to make it move at all, while
the moat patent erpedletita are resorted to
la order to complete the connection between
Ircidemts. Sardou leads up to a crushing
climax, Cain give a climax In every
scene, and winds up with the flattest of
flat anti-climaxes. San Angel, that dread
fortress whose gatea are aa forbidding as
the eatranoe to the Inferno, la used by both
the scene for the final MMinnuiin. n
their plot, but what a contrast between
m vuua. mruou s lernDje termination
onmee on a gun platform In the early morn
ing, a fitting close to the tragedy he haa
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nought, und a scene so Improsslvs that it
is never forgotten. Caine closes his In a
loggia of the castle and deliberately upset '
tha entire fabric of his play by a sudden
change that Is characteristic of his work.
his submission to a popular prejudice In
favor of a happy ending. So weak Is the
closing scene of "The Eternsl City" that It
almoet moves to laughter, and certainly de
stroys any Impreeslon of merit or strength
that may have been made by what goes
before It. Logic of Ms own facts are all
in solid array against Mr. Cnine's conclu
sion, and he hns done manifest vlolonco
to his plot by his ending.
Nowhere Is the contrast In methods so
marked aa In the death of the baron.
Bcarpla's end Is finely dramatic, while
Bonelll comes to a death such as ons would
look for In one of Theodore Kremer's
"penny dreadfuls." Again, set over against
one another the methods by which the
harrasaed women ar entrapped Into the
denunciation of their lovers. La Tosca Is
tortured, the agony of her lover under the
'Inquiry" of the police agent wringing
from bcr the admission Scarpla sought:
while the secrecy of the confessional Is
violated In order to entrap Roma In a mnie
of diplomatic lying and duplicity that she
may be brought to glv the Information
ought by tha relentless police. And
what a difference In the ending of these
situations. How strong and human is
Scarpla' cry of triumph, "Tha dead to tha
dung heap, the living to the gallows!"
while Roma merely hear the cry of de
spair from the holy father who dlcover
that it Is his own son he ha put In
Jeopardy. The fine strength of the one Is
lost entirely In tha puerility of the other.
This comparison could be "tarried on in
definitely, and never to the credit of Hall
Caij.e.
Mr. Caine' earlier works were of the pure
fiction; he didn't claim realism, simply con
tenting himself with romance, and of the
kind they are excellent examples. He early
won from one of England's brightest writ
ers the remark that "Hall Caine writes at
the top of his voice," and has felt con
strained to maintain that reputation at all
hazards. In "The Eternal City" he keeps
It up with nerve-racking fidelity; every act
Is a shriek, and up to hi final collapse, his
pitch Is far above the compass of the or
dinary mortal. But one wonders why.
Once at least Mr. Caine undertook realism,
his tale of "The Christian" being admit
tedly aimed at the sham and abuse of
London religion and politics, but his hero
ptoved so unstable and unworthy that his
argument lost force. He amonded the story
In some particular when he made it over
Into a play, but couldn't even then resist
hi penchant for happy endings. Hi most
apparent fault seems to be that while he
keep alwaya within the range of the pos
sible, he rarely descends to the level of the
probable. Once, In "The Manxman," ha
got very near to humanity, Philip and Kate
and Fete all breathing strong with natural
emotion and impulses. But in "The
Eternal City" he ha gotten away to the
realm of tha fictitious and (tick to It with
persistency.
His Italian politics of th twenty-first
century bear a most striking resemblance
to the condltiona of tha early part of th
nineteenth century, , the event that led
up to the Garibaldi revolution being more
than outlined In hi projection. It may
be that he ha been misled by contempla
tion of th activity of th anarchists In
Italy during th last few (years, but It
ia hardly reasonable that he ahould mis
take th excesses of these cruel orimlnals
for a reflection of publlo sentiment. Italy
was never more tree than under Humbert,
and yet he waa marked and slaughtered
by a red, not because he waa a tyrant,
but because be waa a king. Th gentle
Brapress Elisabeth of Austria, who whole
Ufa wa one of protest against the allega
tions on which anarchy rears Ita horrid
fabric, waa stabbed to death In the prin
cipal city of the oldest and most secure
of republics, the one to which the con
demned and detected political agitators of
Europe have long retired for sanotuary.
Twice haa a president of the United States
and once haa a president of Franoe been
stricken down by an assassin during a
time of profound peace, all In furtherance
of tha creed of the anarchist, that protest
by murder of th people's leader against
tha . existence of order. Certainly these
facts have not led Mr. Caine to the con
clusion that the cause of humanity as rep
resented by civilisation Is likely to retro
grade, so that the condltiona that made
a Scarpla possible,, or a Rlensl necessary,
are to recur again. It I charitable to con
clude that Mr, Caine' latest story and
play belong to the "pot boiler" class, and
hav no serious purpose.
Coaalaa; Events.
"Ole Oleaon." one of thoM dialect play
that never grow tiresome or old, will be
tha attraction at the Boyd thla afternoon
and evening. The company Is rehearsed
and directed by Ben Hendricks, who
created the part, and Is said to be entirely
competent to th enactment of this favorite
of faroa comedies.
Fay Davie, an actress unknown In thla
country until last year, but for seven sea
sons on of th most popular women on
th London stage, will seen at the Boyd
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and
a Wednesday matinee, this week, appearing
In Henry Arthur Jones' latest comedy,
"Whltewaehlng Julia." - The play was one
a rop!iophono?
Bstra Lad, Mealded Tyllader Records
atlaUctloa, aad will t aay aaake ryllader J
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PHONOGRAPH
of Machine and Records. Out - of
of the greatest uocen of the English
stage last season, and tin recently finished
a five weeks' engagement at the Oarrlok
theater, New Tork. Last winter Miss
nv( mails a decidedly favorablo Impres
sion as the leading woman of William
Faveraham's company, presenting lmpru-
it.n." At the beainnlng of this season
Charles Frohman featured her In a drama
tisation of Mrs. Humphrey Ward's Lady
Rom's Dmirhter." And now Mis comes
to us a star supported by Mr. Frohmsn's
most famous organisation, the celebrated
Empire Theater stock company. In eplte
of the fact that Miss Davis had been the
greatest success In many of Charles Wynd
ham'a and George Alexander' London pro
ductions, nd. In fact, had nver been seen
on the stage enywhere but In England,
she Is an American girl, born In Maine
and brought up in Boston.
The newest Mary Tudor la Rosella Knott.
It Is she who Is starring In "When Knight
hood Waa la Flower" thla season. The
play will be seen at the Boyd on Friday
and Saturday evenings and at a Saturday
matinee this week. Charles Major, the
author of the book, pay the actress th s
compliment: "No one need hesitate to reo
oromend the play Miss Knott glvos It.
She is really great. That la tha only word.
She ha beauty, strength, fire and aweet
ness. and ail are needed In Mary. I was
delighted with her." The young romantic
actor, Frank Sylvester, will enact the role
of Charles Brandon.
The attraction at the Krug the first half
of the week, opening with today' matlnae,
will be "A Ragged Hero." The scenes of
this play ar laid In New England and
th climaxes thrllllngly realistic, th com
edy uproarious, th characterization nat
ural and the ending logical and pleasing.
The principal character Is a "knight of tha
road," who haa fallen from high estate
aa the result of the perfidy of a villain
who haa abducted hi daughter. Both
be and his wayward child are redeemed
before the story closes and he Is instru
mental as well In bringing to Justice a
culprit who succeeded In the early scenes
of the play In fastening his crimes upon
another.
Lincoln J. Carter's latest melodrama,
"Too Proud to Beg." will open at the
Krug for three nights snd Saturday mati
nee, beginning next Thursday night. The
heroine, who 1 thrown on her own re
sources with her two children after It Is
reported that her husband has been mur
dered for her sake, spurns the villain's
advances and his offer of gold, preferring
starvation and death to a loathsome mar
riage. The husband makes his appearance
In flesh and blood after a serious Illness
as a result of being dragged out of a fire
In which he was trappel. At thla Juncture
his two children are stolen by the re
jected suitor and the husband starts at
once to find them. Being a detective he
disguises himself In several different roles,
locates their hiding place and rescues his
babes. The cast Includes Miss St. George
Hussey, th Boylan children, late of the
"Eight Cornelli" family, George Eckhart,
Marie Nelson, L. K. Lorraine, Stella Boy
lan and many other.
"The Girl with the Auburn Hair," whoa,
annual engagement is on. of th vr.u
of the season at the Orpheura, comes to
in popular vaudeville house for the weak
beginning matinee today. The Identity of
this successful singer Is still withheld from
if the announcements, but the beauty and
Impresslveness of the turn Is surrounded
with an air of reverence that distinguishes
It from any other In vaudeville and In a
degree this account for Its phenomenal
uocess, aa It is certain it draw a good
many people that are not regular patrons
of th theater. The letting allowing the
interior of a magnificent cathedral is an
laborat and effective one and the grand
organ pealing a rich aocompanlment to
the anthems of the singer .makes a re
markably pleasing musical offering. Ed
mund Day and company, presenting "Ship
mates," will be another of the principal
features. Thla distinguished aotor-wrlter
haa never appeared before at the Orpheum
although a number of hla bright playettes,
In other hands, have preceded him
World's trio. Including Perry Ryan, Lulu
Ryan and Emma Wood, are also Initial
bidders here. They call their turn one
of novelty and urprlses. 81nglng and
dancing is a salient feature of their work
Josephine Gassman." a favorite here, and
her three pickaninnies will contribute
comedy, dance and song. The well known
comedienne, Lissle Wilson, renders Ger
man dialect songs and stories, while Gil
lhan and Murray are a pair of lively sing.
. 'omllan The kinodrome pictures
will be entirely new.
Gossip from Staa-etand.
.J.'P?!"r" Moor -ln In th hospital,
thla tlmo with a bad attack of pleurisy.
Viola Allen ha resumed her tour and Is
said to have almost entirely recovered from
her late afllioUon.
George Winter came in from the mA nn
J Tuesday and will be in Omaha most of the
' 1 1 m n until Ih. , . 1. I . i
wut. . vi me form sum
mer stock season,
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin expect to sail from
New York for England on Mav 10. and nn
June 1 will leave Parle for an automobile
trip oi eignt wees, i
It la now definitely announced that Mr.
Mansfield will open the season at the New
Amsterdam theatsr. New York. In a drama
Uo version of "Parsifal" next fall.
Omaha will have plenty of opportunity to
judge oi me uterus jrarsirai in goou
season. Walter Damroech and his company
will Interpret the music of the opera here in
April ana next season Mr. Mansfield will
offer the play and the Savage English
upera company win give me opera in i.ng
Hah.
Ben Greet Is now quoting Ben Johnson
to discomfit the New York critics who
didn't Dralae hia production of "Twelfth
Night" as "Shakespeare would have done
It. Ben Greet s idea of Shakespeare with
out scenery is very nice, but isn't at all
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popular. His excellent company of players
haan t proven potent to reconcile twentieth
century people to sixteenth century en
vironment. Henry W. Savage haa leased the Garden
theater In New lark, the Frobmen lesse
having expired, snd will devote It to lyrics
In the future. This will give New York a
permsnent home for opera in English,
which Mr. 8avage has made so popular.
Manager Charley and his French opera
company got ss far aa Baltimore on their
tour and there yielded up not the "ghost,"
for the singers haven't seen that Individual
since the company went out. hut quietly
succumbed to th. fact thst American peo
ple wosld rather pay to hear a FatU post
mortem than a real live singer.
Frltrl SchefT has proven the surprise of
the season so far. It was expected that
she would he clever in musical comedy,
owing to her success In opera, but not even
her best friend looked for the Immense suc
cess she has achieved. She haa more than
made good.
Nat flood win threatens to get Jap for a
valet now. His Englishman robbed him of
2.0"0 of Jewelry st Kansas City and the
good Goodwin waa forced to have his
"man" locked up, but couldn't give up his
tour to prosecute him. so the thief got
away with only a nominal punishment.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Pardon 'the retrospective thoughts of one
who lov.s hi former home. This Is the
firrt Sunday morning after the commem
oration of the day which la called after
the aweet 8t Patrick.
Let me dream awhile on the music ,f
that beautiful oountry which alwaya
smiles through her tears and which Is en
hrlned in the heart of thousands of
Americans with, a love and a vansratlon
which amounts to a religion.
Ah, beloved, when yon have heard the
brogue songs of the eccentric comedians
at the vaudeville show, who wear red
whiskers and outlandish gear, think not
that you have aeen anything Irish.
When you have heard th "Ballyhooly"
type of song, call It not a touch of Erin.
Let us walk In that beautiful vale of
Aroca this morning and see where those
three rivers meet in peace and tranquillity
and then let us hear the poet sing.
Or would you take a glance at yonder
young minstrel who Is pouring out the
burden of his lovellt soul to his fair one,
for whose prslse he summons up the tend
ered similes, such as the "arbutus by
the borders of Lene."
And there, the old castle, what memories!
How strange It all set. ma! Castles In Ire
land. (Why, you say, methoitght there was
nothing there save peat, potatoes and pov
erty.) Old ruin, how mnny tales could
you tell of those who loved you In the
days when Valor, Love and Wit walked
together and held sweet concourse.
How many songs of hope and of courage
and of faith hav rung through your
echoes.
Land of song, of melody, of poetry, of
art, of religion, of beauty, what would I
not glv this morning to listen to the
mu!c of thy heartbeats, with my cheek
resting on thy cloak so green 1 Thank
God for theel
With joy and gladneaa we look forward
to the advent of Mr. Walter DamroKOh
and hi superb orchestra In the concert
production of 'Parsifal," which la an
nounced to take place at the Boyd on
April 11. '
Tha wave of Interest In this great music-
drama of the great Richard surnamed
Wagner, which has swept the country
north and south, east and west, has found
Ita way to Omaha, and will scatter tons
of It force on a receptive shore.
Mr. Damrosch Is alwaya a favorite in
this part of the oountry. Some of us re
member with great pleasure his fascinating
lectures on the music-dramas which he
gave here about nine or ten years ago.
His dear. Impressing style, hi easy, un
aft'octed manner and hla thorough knowl
edge ot his subject make him a delightful
and expUdt teacher. Add to thla his
magnetic conducting, hla splendid body of
Instrumentalists, and a well chosen group
of slugera, and methlnka there Is ample
prospect for a good musical affair which
will interest, attract and nllvfen, and
which will give the hungering on.s soms-
thing to think upon and look forward to.
The Baa alwava talcoa Aliari in inn.
Ing to Omaha seriously disposed musicians,
iuai is, zusicians who quietly and unob
trusively come here and so to work with.
out any special declaration of previous
inumpna, flittering pasts or roseate fu
tures, and the pleasurable dutv once mora
fall upon the music man of the paper to
y word of welcome. The atrancer
within our gates thla time u Mr. rh..iM
Hagenow of Lincoln, who, with her hus-
oana, nas laaen up her residence here.
Mrs. Hagenow la a violinist of marked
ability and possessed vlth a very murlcal
mentality. She played at the Woman's
club on Friday r.sornlng and made a pro
found Impression by her artistic and rau
slclanly work.
Mm. Bchurann-Helnk will !. .t u..
coin Monday night of next week, March .
.nu ane win not sing In Omaha.
There Is a club of energetic, ambitious
and fearless musical Women In T Jnnnl n
It is called the "Matinee Musicals."
Aims. Bchumann-Heink. one of the world
bet linger and one of the very greatest
recitatlonisls will appear under tha aus
pices of this club In Lincoln.
Why will she not appear in Omaha?
In connection with this recital by Mm.
Bchumann-Heink I feel obliged to recognise
thua publicly a splendid idea of Mr. Wolf
sohn's, the New York manager. I re
ceived In this morning's mall, over a week
before the recital, a circular announcing
the artist and her accompanist. Mis Jo
sephine Hartmann, and not a word of the
usual gush on the Inside pages, aa toMme.
Bchumann-Heink' great popularity her
numerous appearances before so-called roy
alty and titled nobilities, alleged, (all of
which amuses ms when I see it used as
an Inducement to Americana). But Instead,
the program, and the words of the aonga
appeared In both German and English.
This I up-to-date artistic advertising.
Things are going as merrily as a "Bridal
Bell' out at the Church of the Good Shep
herd. They are figuring with several east
ern firms with regard to Installing a fin
pipe organ. And I am told that the must a
of the church ha been excellent of late.
On Wednesday evening of this week th
choir of Trinity Cathedral, under the dl
rectlon of Mr. Lampmao, will glv "Th
Story of tha Cross" by Dudley Buck. Mr.
Lampman expects to have between eighty
and ninety singers. Mr. Lumbard, Mr.
Wllklna, Miss Anna Bishop and Mrs. Lamp-
man will take the principal parts of the
work.
The appearance of Mr. Camuel Blegel
the wonderful tnandoltnlat, will be one of
the features of the Toung Men's Christian
Association's concert course. Associated
with Mr. Blegel are Mr. Caveny, chalk
talklst. and Mr. Hyman 'Meyer, who Is a
very funny and very artistic musician.
have been told many times of some of the
clever things be does at the piano, and tlie
ooncert or entertainment which these three
gentlemen will present tomorrow night at
tha Boyd will be very enjoyable.
THOMAS J. KELLY,
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sition will be voted to the most deserving
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FIGHT FOR MONKEYS REMAINS
ficleatlste t Divide Ip Thorn 9 t
Comsat, th Faasaaa
Chlmpansee.
(Copyright. tH. by Press Publlrhlng Co.)
PARIS. March 1 (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. If there
were seven cities that put In claims to
the honor of being the brlthplace ot Homer,
there are three others which now long to
be the final resting place of Consul, the
famous chlmpansee, who. strangely enough,
has lost none of his popularity by dying.
The dispute for possession of his mortal
remains has led to a division and each of
three cities will have a share. Berlin haa
been permitted to retain the brain of the
Simian and there the savant will devote
their time to the study of the preciou
gray matter. The Museum of the Jardln
des Plantes will have the skeleton for th.
benefit of Its scientists, while the stuffed
skin of the monkey will go to London for
the British wiseacres to porder over.
The skeleton la to be exhibited In the
galleries of comparative anatomy beside
that of Josephine, the female chimpanzee,
who knew how to thread a needle and sew.
A Paris newspaper calls this gallery "The
Pantheon of Monkeys,"
MAY BE RIVAL OF HER HUSBAND
rmn laieraaaa Write a Play Which
la Pr.soanred a Great
Incceas.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, March 19. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Frau Clara
8udeimann, wlf of th celebrated German
actor-drkmatlst, haa Just made her debut
as a playwright and her initial effort ha
been crowned with success. Th critic
are unanimous In th verdict that she ha
a great future In this line of work and
are unstinted in their praise of her flrt
play.
The piece has the title of "Lasy Mary"
and the chief character is supposed to be
living as th daughter of a reformed
deml monlaine. Prau Sudermnnn's dilation
of this character, the, crltlcn aprce, Is
quite equal to her distinguished husband s
beat work and follows Him closely in
analytical style.
"Lasy Mary" and one Herr Willi r.re
supposed to fall In love with each .ther,
both Ignorant of the fact th it they are
brother and sister. The t rother eventually
discovers their relationship and Is led to
dlsclone his discovery to his suter. There
upon they reeolve to end all by taking
poison. The play Is morbldjy acnsatlonal
throughout, but despite that fact there Is
much strr.tgth to It.
OPERA SEASON PROMISES WELL
Many subscribers Raroll, Though
Openloa I Mot Vntil
Early n May.
(Copyright. 19M, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Mnrcb 18,-iNew York World
Cablegram Special Teiegram.)-Although
the Covent Garden opera renson will not
pen until May a, a large number of sub
scriber have already enrolled themselves
for boxes and seats. Among the takers of
boxes are: J, Flerpont Morgan, Mrs. J.
V. Miickay. lily, duchess of Marlborough
(formerly Mrs. Hammcrsly), Mrs. Bradley
Martin, Lady Gray Egerton (May Wayno
Cuylew, Mrs. Adair, Mrs. I V. Harcourt
(Mary Ethol Burns), Mrs. Arthur Paget
(Mary Stevens), Mra Ronalds. Mrs. Ralph
Vivian (formerly Mra Marshall O. Rob
erts), Mrs. Newhouse, Mr. Parkinson
Sharp and Edgar 8peyer. The season will
last twelve weeks, closing July 25.
AMERICAN THEATER IN LONDON
Manager Proposes to Kichtng. with
English Mannajer Tooring
ia Cnlted State.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co)
LONDON, March l.-(Nw Yoik World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Theatrical
Manager George Mysgrove says:
"I propose to establish In London a kind
of American theater In which I shall
produce by arrangement with Henry Sav
age, who directs B.gllsh companies in
America, whatever musical comedies he
produces in the United States. I am doing
this because I . do not consider that the
English actora and actrenaea possess or
seem to cultivate th American 'go or at
mosphere so necessary."
Mr. Musgrove says American managers
are more businesslike than the British man
agers are.
PLATT WILL FIGHT FOR PLACE
New York Senator Not Disposed to
tn!et!y . Sarrender Leader
ship of Party.
(Copyright, ISM, by New York Herald Co.)
NEW YORK, March 19 -(New York Her
ald Service Special to The Bee.) Senator
The mas C. Piatt, according to trustworthy
Information, will assert himself again as
the republican leader In New York, and
fight for the control of tho republican staU
machine. It is also stated that Senator
Piatt will tell Governor Odell that he must
atop his warfare upon the senator's friends.
Ten trips a week to rn St Louis expo
sition will be voted to the most deserving
by Bee readers. Save your coupons.
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COMEDY-DRAMA
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Matinee any sest SSe.
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Tuesday and Wednesday,
Wednesday uatire)
CHARLES FROHMAN Presents
IN HENRY ARTHUR JOHES1
Latest and Best Comedy,
Whitewashing
JulidL
Supported by Mcmb:rs of th:
Empire Theater Company,
Including
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Sun, Mat, March 20
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Today 2:15. Tonight 8:15. i
Modern
Vaudeville
The Gill With
the Auburn Hair
Th Most Beautiful Act On th Bls.
Eclmund Day & Co
Presenting "Shipmates."
World's Trio
Iu Their Act of Novelty nd (lurprlse.
Josephine Gassman
And Her Fmou Plikanlnule.
Lizzie Wilson
(Jwmui Dialect Comedienne.
Gillihan & Murray
Singing Comedians.
Kinodrome
New Moving Pictures.
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