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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1907)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 2 1907. Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses FTER all, H is the viewpoint. Thl applies with especial force to Nsw York. where good or bal la pronounced of thing without regard to the opinion that may be ventured elsewhere, or without any ref erence to what mar have happened at other tlmea and other places. For exam ple: When Mtiin. Thompson & Dunni vant were associated together as a firm of architects,' and were gathering In much ebeckela as directors of the building operations that brought Into existence the Midway at the Omaha exposition, they were stung In one or two places. One of these was building on the West Midway, just acroHs the street from Frlta lluol lar's famous dispensary of malt arid frankfurters, and about three doors west of the show where Frank Bostock and Eddie Fprague added to the already glist ering fame of Hagenback's. This was at the beginning designed to be a mine; that Is, people were to be hoisted and lowerel and Immersed In darkness more or less Cimmerian. For this, and the added pleas ure of carrying a tallow candle, from which they might drip grease on their clothes, they were to psy the sum of a quarter of a dollar. It will be remem bered that the early days of that exposi tion were quite trying for the Midway exhibitors, and not a few of the ambitious showmen went out of business by the end of June. Among these was the firm operating" the Mine, and It gave up the ghost without settling with Thompson & Dunnlvant, who took the building as part payment for services. One or two other hows were Installed there, but none of them paid, and It happened that Septem ber overtook the archlteota with Ihe build ing on their hands and nothing to ahow for the cost and trouble It baxf been. They Anally determined to put In a show of their own, and after some thought as to how beat to utilise the upper story, as well aa the excavation, derided on a plan that proved unique. Having deviled the hoi and prepared for Us installation, a name was sought, and for a time this was a poser. Choice finally rested between two, "Heaven and Hell" and "Darkness and Dawn." At last the second was chosen. It being deemed the first was a trifle too suggestive. So "Darkness and Dawn" It became, and for wonder It proved the' biggest paying show along the Midway. It had the merit of novelty, and afforded some real fun, as well as some real shivers, and the people flocked to It .In Immense crowds, and In the end Messrs. Thompson & Dunnlvant, Instead of being losers, were the biggest winners In Ihe show business at the Tranamlsslsalpul Exposition. For the benefit of the thou sands who went through that experience, and to show how easy it Is to make New York people think a thing Is new, hers is the description written by Franklyn Fyles of the season's novelty at Luna Park, where Thompson's Inventive genius has won him millions: "Night and Morning; or, A Trip Through Heaven and Hull," Is this season's bigger show or orthodox Christian places of eternal pleasures and agonies. Visitors first are put Into a huge coffln In parties; and, seeing through the glass lid the rising sides of the excavation, they feel as If they are being lowered Into a grave to funereal music. A woman who was in tho coflin with me sobbed hysterically. Perhaps a recent be reavement made her choice of diversion unsuitable. A man laughed out loud, but It didn't sound merry, and I thought he was scared. We do take grim ways of being amused. The coffln car empties Its passengers In utter darkness. A rocky cave comes into dim view, and you see a dosen skeletons posed around and about; an odor of burn ing sulphur Is smelt; snd, although the men of bones (whose flesh Is inclosed In black that hides them from sight) talk Jocosely of who they are, and of what they are being punished for, the effect on most people Is ghostly and ghastly. You pass along the shore of the river of death, In which float doomed sinners on their way to perdition, uttering cries of pain and dreud and Jeered by demons. As you draw near to the bottomless pit you see a lurid glare ahead, and hear a confused sound of moans and outcries. Then the night ends sud denly In the daybreak of heavenly morn ing. The graveyard Into which you .have come Is transformed Into a garden of pleas ant music and prismatic fountains. Of all the: tombstones only one remains, that of a cross witli a girl clinging to it, as In the familiar picture of "Tho Hock of Ages." An augcl descends with a wreath to crown the girl, and that's all. "This way outl" cries a mortal voice, and you find yourself In a Coney Island crowd again. Comlaa- Events. For the closing week of Miss Eva Lang's special engagement Manager Woodward has elected a play that gives' Miss Lang an ' opportunity to appear In what many of her admirers think Is her beat character. "The Little Minister" Is a delightful drama, pure In tone and clean In Its every aspect, with a delightful fund of humor and a rich vein of comedy through It, and best of all, a love story that Is powerful In the extreme. Miss Lang created the role of Lady Babble during her first season's engagement In Omaha, and Jumped into favor at once. It was the hit of the season, and on being repeated was welcomed with even more of popularity than when first offered. The pure mischief of the character appeals very strongly to Miss Lang, and she gets much fun out of it at the opening, but gradually develops the serious phase of the character as the play progresses, until Lady Babble becomes the earnest, loving woman who Is fitted to be the bride of the "meenester." Miss Lang plays It with much enthusiasm, for she likes tho part. Mr. Arvlne will be Gavin Dlshart, the 'little minister," and will bring to the part a fine conception of its nicetlos. Mr. Davlea will hive his original role of. Lang Thammas Whammand, and the rest of the company will be well placed In the several role. Mr. Woodward has had a special set of scenery and ap purtenances constructed for this play, and will give It a splendid and appropriate sot ting. The first performance will be on Sun day afternoon, and it will be repeated each evening during the week, with matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. FEW ' FOREIGN ACTORS LIKED America Playgoer Care Only for Their Owa. NEW TORK, June JirThey were dis cussing ths foreign actora who had tried to establish themselves on the American stags and the conversation turned on a woman who haa a high reputation abroad, but has cot yet succeeded In making any Impression here. "There's not been such a clever woman In comic opera here for years," one of the group said, "and I have never at any time heard ' on with a better singing veto. I was with her last winter and used to wonder at every performance why a woman ao clever as shs should make so little Im pression on the public Nothing she Hid, however, seemed to carry over the foot lights." "Carry, nonsense!" was the answer of another, who had frequently seen her. "Everything she does carries all right, but thare Is no sympathy In the audience with her. She's too Dutch, and she looks It. There's nothing chlo about her. A show girl with no more sense than a snow bird gets twice as snucb appreciation from the audience, because American audlenoe demand that women In musical shows shall be wen dressed and swagger looking. No amount of talent ts going to compensate for th lack of them. Com to think of It, I dont know a single German actress who ever did make a hit here." The comment of the act or who haa begun by calling tho woman Dutch and iidvJl by classifying her race more ac- A rurately was founded on fact. TTiere are very few German actresses who have made place for themselves In this country. "There may have been various reasons for It," said a manager to whom the mat ter was suggested, "but American audiences have never takm kindly to the actors thnt came from the German stage. I cannot recall a single Instance to the contrary In fact. Fanny Jamvuschek, who played for many years here, was not a German, al though she played first In the German lan guage. Bhe was a Bohemian, and there la a world of difference between the two. "It haa frequently happened that act resses have shown cleverness In the per formances of the German actora at their own theater, but none of these women haa ever made good when she tried to play In the VerViaoular. . I can recall that Ellen Berg left the German stage and acted with Augustln Daly and could never look the type of American girl sufficiently to be convincing. Nor have the men ever suc ceeded ntsjch better. 'The same Cause Is at the bottom of the failure of both men and women. The German accent la never entirely obliterated and there la nothing distinguished to Americans In sucH a mode of speech. A German aocent is to us the dialect of hu mor, and cannot be made anything else. "Carl Btreltraan was regarded as the most fascinating of Viennese tenors and was an Institution of the Theater an der Weln, -In which all the Straus operettas were per formed. Here he) sang with great success In the German theater. When he werit Into English operetta not a matinee girl took the leant Interest in htm. He had a de cided aocent and he was German. That was enough.. Max Freeman, who came over from, the German stage, is ploying just ex actly the ssme kind of parts after a quarter of a century or more that he had while ha Music and Musical Notes ,188 MART MUNCHOFF has been M the most prominent figure upon our musical hortson of late. Many t-v" t'JI beautiful entertainments have Trite iris been given for her and at nearly every one she haa very graciously given the sound of her rare voice to tho cqb pany. The climax was reached at Mis. McShane's musicals on Wednesday even ing. Buoh singing aa Mary Munchoff's makes a student alt up and wonder, "what that ahe haa do I most lack and must I work hard for?" To me the most wonderful part of her singing Is the use of the head tones and the bringing of that quality down Into her middle voice when she needs It for a pianissimo effeot. " The "echo" in her voice is exquisite. I can't for the life of me see why nine-tenths of the student world misses out absolutely in color. A song Is marked as plainly as a signboard. Hardly anybody ever follow the symbols. Heaps of people get Just so far In singing then they stop. If they only knew it, they have but begun to reap the real beauty of tone and Its myriad change of shade. To know how and when to use certain quali ties and Intensities Is a life-long problem. To aay from this note to this one use so and so, and from here on so and so. Is all poppycock. The depth of the colors on a painter's palate depend upon the kind of picture he ia going to paint. For a storm and for a quiet gray day he might pinch out the same shades from his tubes to be gin with, but into these primary colors he would Incorporate the soul that would make men stop and look at the finished work. j The ground work must be done and done thoroughly, then comes the Joy of finishing; In other words, the expression of Individ uality through a perfect Thechanlsm. I wish Mary Munchoff would give an in formal talk to vocal students while she Is here. Bhe is so perfeotly equipped to Illustrate so many difficult steps in singing. If all singers could grasp her standard it would bring about very different condi tions. Tho trouble with very many Is that they do not know what the real thing is. Has anyone yot read "The Quest T' It is a translation from the Dutch of Dr. Fred erick Van Eeduns. "Do Kleine Johannes," a most wonderful book. Some crltio has said it Is as beautiful as Ruskln, as inter esting as Tolstoi and as profound as Shakespeare." My particular conception of it was as a review of beliefs and stand ards. In the end It leaves you broken hearted that so few, O, so pitifully few, loved Markus and appreciated what Little Johannes was struggling for. It is the old story and questioning of the true definition of the "Great Light." This talk of a book Is rather a digression, but if you have reatf it, you will see how the story applies to all great quests whether it be the search for a soul or a beautiful standard In music. A prominent musician said to me a little while ago: "O, you're always way up In the clouds. You ought to come down!" I wish his statement were true. Some day if I read enough and live enough and work enough I may manage to set up that inner temple that Marcus Aurellus talks about. Not quite yet. It is the season of pupils' recitals. The winter has been spent In hard study. Now oome the visible fruits of toll. Mr. Duffleld gave a students' program before an in terested audience last Monday nlgM. Miss Bella Robinson sailed for Europe June 18 with her mother, Mrs. Robinson. On June 22 Mr. and Mrs. Kelly sail for Ireland on the Etrurla. A few days were spent, with Mrs.- Genevieve Clark-Wilson, who haa a cottage this year at Ocean Orrivs, that wonderful summer musical center, where Tall Essen Morgan is the guiding spirit. Mrs. Wilson Is a warm friend and admirer of the Kellys. The Paris correspondent of the Courier gtves a most glowing account of a recent soiree given M. Jean do Reszke. In his private theater at his own residence he gave a performance of "The Barbiere dl Slvlgha," with Madame Adeline Pattl In the title role. Edouard de Reszke also sang and the other parts were taken by first class artists. The audience represented the cream of musical and literary Paris. Great enthusiasm prevailed. David Blspham has spent the last winter In London. His recitals have been among the most prominent and Interesting musi cal events. His production of "Th Vicar of Wakefield" added much to his artlstla fame. He has also sung tn grand opera during the Van Dyk season. The coming year will be spent In America. Krtty Chesten, the singer of children' songs, finds her time In London com pletely taken up. Her recitals are very popular. Mrs. Turner had a chance last winter to engage .this unique artist, but was afraid ah was not well enough known to draw. So let's begin to talk about her. Her charming work Is In great demand In London drawing ' rooms and she has beside a very large social acquaint ance. Charles W. Clarke la having a career of glory abroad. In May he mads his 1 was a German-speaking actor. Yet he was regarded at the commencement of his ca reer as a sure star. Max Adolpht, who made audiences roar when he appeared In comic opera at the Thalia, came up to the Casino and was nearly as melancholy as Gustav Scyffertlta haa been ever since he began to act In English. Hubert Wllke, who also came up from the German theater In the early eighties, held his own better than most of Ms compatriots. "When Georglne von Jsnusohowsky left the Germanta and sang "The Little Duke' at the Casino, she was praised very highly for the artistic features of her performance, but she was not encouraged to continue on our stage. It was another Instance of being too German. No actor ever outgrew his national peculiarities as well as Leo tHe trichsteln, who first acted In New Tork In a German theater. Charles Frohman brought him up to act at the Garden In an adapta tion of a French farce called 'Champlgnol malgre Lul,' and he has stayed on the Eng lish speaking stage with surprisingly little trace of an accent. en Daniel Bandmann, who has always been mentioned as one of the most successful of all the German actors that ever came to this country, had only a few years of prominence. The greater rart of his career was spent In barnstorming In small towns and latterly acting In the continuous muslo halls. "It Is doubtful, however. If they- have failed while acting in their own language any more decidedly from a financial point of view than actors of other nationalities. The only one of those In recent years to make any money for their managers was Bernhardt. Duse'a tours have never brought much money to her directors, but she has never lost them such amounts as Rejane, Mounet-Sully, Jane Hading and Coquelln. Rejane on her first tour here never but "once drew the amount that Maurice Grau guaranteed her personally. Italian debut with unmeasured success. Rumors have come to Newport, says the Times, that the marriage of Mrs. Marie C. Eustls to Josef Hofmann, the pianist, has not been a success. Mrs. Hofmann is about to sue for a divoroe. Mr. Hofmann was a Eustls, and married her cousin in Wash ington In 1888, and va dlvoroed from him in 1901. She married Josef Hofmann at Aix les Bains In 1906, and has been living at Potsdam, Germany, having a few months ago sold her Newport cottage to Henry S. Redmond. Last year a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann. Horatio W. Parker, head of the musical department of Yale University, Is ill with typhoid fever. Dr. Parker has overworked recently and has refused to rest until It was too late. It is too early to know what course the Illness will take. Recently Dr. Parker was appointed director of the Orpheus society of Philadelphia. 1 "Mis Mary Garden, the prima donna of the Opera Comique," says the Paris Her ald, "and who Is to create the leading parts In the operas of the Opera Comique school at the Manhattan Opera house In New York, yesterday Invited Mr. Oscar Ham mersteln, the director of the Manhattan Opera house, for an outing tn her auto mobile, In company with her sister. Miss Garden. Tho party, passing through Ver sailles and nearlng Bolnvllle, was thrown violently against the curb, - as the result of one of the wheels of the automobile breaking at the axle. Miss Mary Garden and Mr. Hammersteln sustained Injuries which required the attention of a physician? but which are not expected to bo of a serious character. This was t he first time in his life that Mr. HammersteJn had taken a ride in an automobile. He says he pre fers an ashcart and alone." Mr. Blumenberg In the Courier gives this unique description of a Salome night In Paris; The last of the "Salome" performances on Friday night was an exhibition of An-glo-Saxons in the auditorium, for the peo ple present were, as an American who had been residing in Paris for a number of years said, three-fourths American, one half of the remainder English and fully two-thirds of the rest Russian and foreign, with a few French people fn the galleries and no Parisians present at all. As the opera could not be heard in New York, It seemed as if New York, Boston, Washing ton, Chicago and chiefly the Paclflo Coast people came here to listen to It. Nlkch said to me on Saturday: "Yesterday I heard 'Salome' for the tenth time; It Is more interesting to me now than ever; I don to a great extent tho exclusively oralo could listen to it interminably." The Melody club will give a program next Thursday evening, June 27, undur the auspices of the Baptist Young People's union, at Calvary Baptist church, Twenty fifth and Hamilton streets. Although this ts the first public appearance of tho o'ub, It has been meeting every threo weeks during the entire winter at the homes of the various members. Its membership is limited to sixteen, and each member gives a number at each meeting, the object being to stimulate concerted musical ef fort and the preparation of , new memters. Following Is the program: Organ Scherzo Bymphoniriuo.Debatpoudors ' Miss Shadduck. Violin Du Bist die Mull Schubert Mr. Schaub. Vocal (a) Florlan's Song (b) Counsel to King Mrs. Qoety. Violin Romance , ...Godard .Weberlln Frenson Mr. George Barker. Organ Miss Shadduck. Piano Soiree de VIenne, No. ( Schubert-Liszt Miss Rees. 'Vocal Summertime Song Cycle MY. Jessen. Violin Trio Terzetto Dvorak Miss Shaddock, Mr. Schaub and Mr. Lyman. Vocal Selected Miss Damon. Violin Walther'a Prize Bon's; Wagner Mtss Olive Carpenter. Vocal (a) In questa tomba Beethoven b Allah Chadwkk Male Quartet Mr. Jessen. Mr. Lock wood. Mr. Corn stock and Mr. Mould. Accompanists: Mlsa Res. Miss Shad duck, Miss Damon, Mlsa McConnell, M si Linn Carpenter. If summer ever comes Ocean Grove will be a sort of musical Mecca under the direc tion of Tall Esen Morgan, who will aban-, don to a great extent the exclusively orato rio character of the concerts. He has en gaged a number of attractions. Including Victor Herbert and his orchestra, for Saturday evening, August 10, and the Marine band of Washington, D. C. Emma Barnes will give a concert July 30. Mme. Scbumann-Helnk will sing Thursday even ing, August 29, and Alma Webster Powell will sing between these two. Ellen Beach Yaw haa also been engaged, as have many others. S The most sensational announcement of the week comes from Mme. Nordka, who plan to erect a home for Wagnerian opera at Ossiningformt-rly known aa Sing Sing. The prin a donna expressed a good many In tentions that sound axtremely good if they could be carried out In this country. It is stated that over tl, 000,000 will be expended and she hopes to bring from Europe the plans of Beyrouth snd a Munich advisor. Intending to model her structure upon these two Wagnerian homes. It is -stated that Walter Dwmroach has been asked to act as director and the scheme Includes educational plans, an institution as well operatic onea. MAKY LUARNKU Agnes Snrma pleased German audiences so well on her first trip thst Helnrlch Con rled booked her for the second year in several English speaking theaters outside New York. He lost on that venture all she had ever earned for him in N)ew Tork. In spite of that experience, he tried the same thing with Sonncnthal and lost again. "Of courso the greatest success ever made by any foreigner on the American stage while acting In English waa that of Modjeska, She Is a Pole, however, and that Is utterly different from the Germans. The next most successful woman was Hor tense Rhea, a French woman, who spoke such poor English when she came here In the early eighties that nobody could under stand her, although that was the day of accents on the stage. Marie Almee made a fortune acting here In English after she had sung for a long time In French opera boufTe. She had a musical farce railed "Mamselle' which made her accent all right, and she retired with all the money she needed, although In her own country she never ranked with Judlc and Theo, who never made a cent here. Naxlmova has made her success here because, like Mod jeska and all the Slavic women here on the stage, she Is smart. "The Italian actors who came out here have rarely thought of acting In English. Alexander Salvlnl did It because his father wanted no actor of the name of Salvlhl In hie own country while he was alive. Ono son was sent to Russia, where he acted In Italian, another to Russia, and Alexander came out here. They all received their share of their father's fortune for agree ing to do this. Alexander had achieved a fair place when he died, but was by no means in the first rank of stars. Slgnor Majeronl and his wife were popular actors a score of years ago, and their son has now come back from Australia to act here. Rlstori played here for only one season In Engllah and made a failure of that "There are very few actors from the continental countries that ever threatened the popularity of the natives. Our own actors are always liked best." Gossip from Staareland. Edward Terry, the English artor, who raid a professional visit to New York two seasons ago, Is negotiating for the English rights to "The Music Master." looking for ward to Its production at Terry's theater, London. Harry Gllfoll has been selected to suc ceed Chsrles Jackson In "Fascinating Flora," the musical comedy now running at tho Casino In New York. The latter opens tomorrow, and In addition to playing a part will likely Introduce his specialty. Leah Russell, the clever little Imperson ator, who is well known In America vaude ville theaters, has gone to 8outh Africa, where she Is booked for a stay of several months In the music halls of that distant country. Miss Russell will he seen there in her different Yiddish Impersonations. Neither Joe Weber or Lew Fields will discuss the proposed reunion of their old partnership. Some say It Is significant that neither has outlined his plans for the coming season or will be Interviewed when It comes down to cases on that line of In quiry. Charles J. Ross, the comedian, and his Wife, Mabel Fenton, celebrated the twen tieth anniversary of their marriage and professional association lust Sunday at the famous Ross-Fenton farm, near As bury Park, N. J. Friends from all over the country were present, and had a fine time of It. The committee of the London County Council, to which had been referred the matter of a license for the play, "The Un written Law," which Is a theatrical replica tion of the Thaw murder case, has reported unfavorably to the application. This means that the Thaw story will not be permitted upon the Engllah stage. . Barney Gilmore Is against paying au thor's royalties If you can help It, so he has written his own plav, and called It "Dublin Dan, the Irish. Detective." It Is to be brought out this fall, with Ollmore In the titular role. Fine for Barney. Stair and Havlln will finance the tour and come In for their drag also. William C. DeMillo, the playwright, haa been granted an Injunction in the east against Joe Welch uslnir the play "At Ellis Island" pending a final adjudication of the case. The author maintains that the play Is a colorable Imitation of his play "The Land of the Free." The case Is expected to come up for final hearing In the near future. ' John Luther Long, who collaborated with David Bolasco In the productions of "Mme. Butterfly arid "The Darling of the Gods." 1b said to be writing a new play for Mrs. Leslie Carter which will be produced by her next season. It is said Mrs. Carter has suggested the themo of the drama to Mr. Long, but further than this little 1 known of the new venture. Gustav Luders, whose compositions have made many a modern musical piece go in this country, is reported to be lying seri ously 111 at his temporary quarters near Berlin, where he usually puts In his vaca tions. The popular oomposer Is said to be suffering from an attack of pneumonia, but Is believed to have passed the crisis and Is now on the road to recovery. Frltzl Scheff Is at her home in Frank fort, Germany, where she is slowly recov ering from a second attack of peritonitis, which threatened for a time to end her life. A cable from abroad says that she Is now recovering nicely,' snd that It Is more than likely she will be sble to return to America in the fall to assume her placo on the stage, which she was compelled to abandon lust season It leaked out the other day that Olga Von Hatrfeld was secretly married to Irving Brooks, the comedian of her company playing "The Little Duchess," when they were in Richmond, Va., last September. The wedding was kept secret until the end of the tour. Those who used to admire the bride as a child actress In fhe old Baker fiotllt-.dayf at IIeu-k' will take notice that time Is not standing still. Mclntyre and Heath will take a din Into vaudeville for a short time this summer and play some of the big houses now be ing opened up by Klaw and Erlangtr n opposition to the vaudeville syndicate They will only make this move tempo rarily, however, as they are booked for another tour In "The Ham Tree" next season, and then will have a new piece written for production by Klaw and Er langer season after next. Alice Lloyd, the English muslo hall singer, who came over here to offset the nular Vesta Victoria, like her rival, o sail back to England this week. To morrow evening Miss Lloyd will make lier farewell appearance at the New York Roof In Gotham, and be tendered a testimonial on that occasion. She sails for London to fill Important engagements, but will be back here as soon us she can make ar rangements for a return trip. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thompson (Isabel Irving) are at present In the south of France, but will spend the summer in England. Miss Irving will open her sea son In the Clyde Fitch play. "The Girl Who Has Everything," at Ithaca on Sep tember S. This will be the second role In which Miss Irving has followed Miss Eleanor Robaon, as she toured last season in "(susan In Search of a HusLwnd," the comedy which Eugene Presbey made from one of Jerome K. Jerome's stories. The report that Richard Manstleld had disposed of his town house on Kivermd.i Drive, New York City, last week, gave rise to the story that he liad decided to dis pose of his American holdings and settle down in England. The true and cheering news from the other side Is that Mr. Mans field a vacation is doing him a world of good and that his friends are now hopeful that he will be able to return to the stage as early as next season. If he does It will be upon the American stuge that he will round out his brilliant career. Will J. Davis' marriage to his former secretary, Misa Helen O'llagaii, at his farm, near South Bend, Ind., was not such a surprise to the friends of the widely known Chicago theatrical man as was thought. Mr. Davis was a widower, his first wife being Jessie Burtlett Davis, the popular prima donna of the Boston tans. T lie second Mrs. Davis was her hua. bund's private secretary for many years and waa guile as well known In the the atrical circles of Chicago as Mr. Davis. Even the movlng-ricture men have caught the merger habit. I.st wek the men controlling some of theee shows In the east got together and lormed an alli ance lor mutual proteitlon and Improve ment, according to their announcements. They say they will try to do away with the so-called Immoral pictures and use only clean and straightforward views. They will also resist different orticlal ef forts to lancel their licenses without Just cue. If they imx Improve some of ths moving pictures they will not have or ganised in vain. Harry Askln. manager of th Grand opera house, Chicago, will have Ave companies touring under his direction during the forth coming season. They will Include Eira Kendall, who will divide his season be tween "Swell Elegant Jones' and a new play by George Ade. which Is as yet un named; two companies playing "Th Time, the Place and the Girl," and one playing "The Umpire." Another of his attractions will be Joseph Howard and Mabel Bar rlson In a new Howard play called "The Flower of the iRanch." The growth of vaudeville is still keeping the chroniclers of the times theatrical busy. J. Ferd Zlmmrrmann, Just back from Europe, has caunht the habit, and by a neat deal has secured control of all the sketches written by George V. Hobart for the Lambs' Gambols. These will he ar ranged for professional use and Introduced to vaudeville. William Courtlelgh. now In the two-a-days with Hobnrt's "Peaches." has scored so strongly with the effort that It looks as If Freddie Zltnmerrnann has tumbled Into a real good thing with its successors. Early In the sutumn Miss Margaret 11 llngton will make her stellar debut at the Lyceum theater. New York, In "Dr. Wake's Patient," a comedy by W. Geyer and Robert Ord, which was produced first at the Adelphl, in London, two years ago. Mtss Iliington s recent accident, falling from her horse In Central park, is worthy of remark, since In her first entrance In "Doctor Wake's Patient" she Is carried Into the doctor's cottage, having Just fallen from her horse. With this meeting with the doctor the action of the play begins. The coincident 1 curious. B. F. Keith has set at rest rumors as to the future of the Boston theater when It Is opened under his management next Sep tember. The house will be given over to a stock company under the management of Lindsay Morrison, who directed both the Castle Square and Empire theaters In Bos ton when they were devoted to stock com panies. Mary Hall of this city, was the leading lady of both the Morrison com- f antes, and made her greatest successes In hat city. She Is now considering an offer to resume her place at the head of the new company that Is to be permanently established In the Boston theater. David Warfleld Is nearlng the 'end of his phenomenally successful tour In "The Music Master." A few more weeks In Boston and he will lay that piece aside to get In a little vacation before taking up the rehearsals of the new play David Belasco la writing for him, and in which he will be the stellar attraction of the new Stuyvesunt theater, which Belasco adds next season to his chain of New York playhouses. Warfleld. It Is thousht, will continue In that play until season after next, by which time It Is possible h will go to London, taking Beerbohm Tree's His Majesty Theater." while the latter comes to America to present his Shake spearean repertoire at the Ptuyveiant theater under David Belasco's direction. George Marlon, who has for the lost sev eral seusons been the general stuge director of all the Henry W. Havoge productions. Is returning from Europe, and hereafter will be an Independent producer. That Is, he will assist In putting on many of the Sav age productions, but will also have time for outside amusements and will devote his time to making stage pictures for any managers that may desire his services. In his connection with the Savage people Mr. Marion put on such well known productions as "The County Chairman," "The Shngun," "The Prince of Pllsen," "Woodland," 'Teggy from Paris," "The Pad Samaritan," "The College Widow," "Common Sense Brackett," The Man from Now," "Mme. Butterfly," "The Student King" and "A Yankee Tourist." The transfer of the Studebaker theater tn Chicago last week to C. B. Dillingham and Will Connor was quite a new wrinkle. This will give Dillingham a Chicago house for the future in which to play his own attractions, but Just at present his best cards are booked for presentation In the Windy City the coming season at rival houses. Will Connor was reported to have retired, and be devoting himself to real es tate deals in Long Island. He was one of the quiet and heavily Interested financial men with Liebler & company for many sea sons, but has apparently severed all con nections with that well-known theatrical firm. Connor's last big stunt as a manager was the Bernhardt tour and revives Inter est In tho Studebaker theater as effectually as he did the public attention In one Bern hardt. All speculation as to the future of that house la surrendered. It's a cinch. John Drew's next play Is to be "His Wife," a comedy now running at the Hay market theater, London, and which Is still on view at the Theater Gvmnase, Paris, where It was producod originally last October under the title "Jogette, Ma Femme." Mr. Drew will make his first appearance In the comedy at the Empire theater, New York, 1n September. The play Is In four nets and the part to be as sumed by Mr. Drew is that of a guardian of n sympathetic young girl. In whose be half he gets Into all kinds of humorous nnd serious complications. He Is endeav oring all the while to find for her a man whom she can love, which mail she finds at the end of the play In the guardian himself. This brief outline erf the plot suggests "De Lanoey," the Augustus Thomas comedy. In whfch Drew waa seen the season before last. It Is to be hoped that the new piece will prove more worthy of the actor's abilities. A new three-act comedy by Louis N. Parker, entitled "Mr. George," appears to have made a decided hit at the Vaudeville Theater. London. Quaint, dainty and fresh are among the epithets bestowed upon it. The "Mr. 'George" Is a pretty girl who falls heir to a large business upon the death of her father In London and sets out for Boston to look after her American Interests. There she Is received by her Junior partner, who soon becomes her lover, and, later on, after the usual misunderstandings, her husband. The cri sis In the love affair is brought about by the American revolution. Miss Blllie Burke Is said to play the heroine with charm and spirit, and Charles Hawtrey portrays a part altogether out of his usual line with a success hardly to be expected. James K. Hackett has secured the Ameri can rights to this comedy and will use it next season. He will open in "John Glade's Honor," by Alfred Sutro, and the Parker play will follow. Reflections of at Bachelor. A man never makes two mistake In marrving unless he is a .widower. Bills are very useful things to teach you how easy It Is never to have any money left. You can tell when a girl Is Interested in a man by the way she pretends to him tnat otner men are interested in ner. You can never make a man believe he Is comfortable unless he Is wearing something that makes his wife ashamed of him for It. New York -Press. AMISEMENTS. BOYD'S FW THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT, ALL WEEK EVA LANG and Company Prantln(...THE... Little minister MATINEES SUN., TUES., THURS., SAT. 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