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time Rogers swine to them. As for
jokes they scintillate throughout the
play like coronets at a coronation.
"The Emerald Isle" Is quite up to the
standard current novelties of its kind
and is making a good successor to
"The Defender" at the Herald Square
theatre. De Angelis, as usual, makes
the most of his opportunities and Is
the soul of the play. Owing to the
"The New Clown" has started on a
decidedly successful New York career.
Its fun and the novelties which are
presented in it are calculated to keep
It popular with metropolitan theater
goers for sometime. It was transferred
to the Madison Square theater on Mon
day. September 15th, and will stay
there indefinitely. No such laughing
audiences as those which gathered In
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Gladys Deacon, the American beauty, who stole the heart of the Ger
man crown prince, is coming to America to make her social debut. She
will arrive next winter. She wi;i be the protege of Mrs. O. P. H. Bel
mont. The duchess of Marlborough, whose great friend she is, has been
warmly singing her praises at Newport.
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clever conception of the "et'llng role
by the librettist, Basil Hoo3, he has
the chance to be very funny without
degenerating into buffoonery.
The music or the opera Is far above
what we have been used to In recent
musical comedies, and skilled interpre
tation is given it by Helen Fredericks.
Kate Condon, Edmund Stanley and
others.
"Captain Molly," a new comedy o"
the Revolution, by George C. Haze'.ton.
was produced at the Manhattan, Mon
day evening, September 8th, under the
management of Harrison Grey Flske.
The play has Molly Pitcher for a
heroine and Elizabeth Tyree hi the
leading role.
The action begins at Molly's home at
.Carlisle, Pa., in May, 1776. Thither
come sundry young men of the village,
each of whom has lost his heart to the
charming Molly. Among them are
Barry Kenyon, a young farmer and
Tom Kitredge, son of Squire KItredge,
the most unpopular, yet the wealthiest
man of the village.
There has been formed in Carlisle a
company of volunteers that Is to leave
next day to join the continental forces.
Barry Kenyon has been elected cap
tain of the company.
In the second act, that passes in
front of the village blacksmith's shop,
the company assembles and an emis
sary from Washington announces
Tom's appointment to the captaincy.
There Is grumbling and dissatisfaction
at this, but Barry expresses his will
ingness to go as a private, the rest put
patriotism over preference and start
for the front. Molly goes with the vol
unteers. The third act shows the
camp at Monmouth, before General
Lee's tent. Here are seen most of the
Carlisle characters, including the vil
lage blacksmith, the village wheel
wright and the village cooper.
Upon the heels of this they enjoy the
news that Barry Kenyon has been ar
rested on a false charge of desertion.
He Is ordered court-martialed at once.
Molly succeeds in 3".ving her lover
and in turning the grave court-martial
Into a comedy. The scene shifts to
the Monmouth battlefield, where Tom
seems at last to have trimuphed over
his rival. Then follows the stirring
Incident for which Molly is known to
history, the loading and firing of the
rannon.
the Garrick last we'jk have been seen
there since Charles Frohman took the
management of the house. There Is an
abundance of comic material in "The
New Clown" and besides the laugh
values of Its comedy situations there
tre the pretty circus girls who are seen
in and out of the sawdust ring and
who sing all sorts of up-to-date chor
uses, while Julius "VVitmark and Maud
Raymond appear In new and catchy
tongs.
Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, has
been ordered home from the Philippines to take charge o! the depart
ment of Texas. Above is a late snapshot of the general, showing him in
camp in the Philippines.
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The fourth season of the Criterion
theater began Monday evening when
Charles Frohman presented H. Crane
in "David Harum." The engagement
Is limited to two weeks and it will be
Mr. Crane's first appearance in New
York since, his long run at the Garrick
theater in this same play two seasons
ago. As it is Mr. Frohman's Intention
to provide Mr. Crane with a new play
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Rumors of coal strike settlement are again in the air. All eyes are
now anxiously turned on the men who control the situation in the an
thracite regions. Among these Is President Baer of the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad. He It was who created such a stir by claiming, ac
cording to the press, divine right to control the coal supply.
for next season these will be his last
appearances In New York In the role
of banker horse-trader. The dramati
zation of "David Harum" has proven
to be one of the most popular and best
wearing successes of this variety of
the book play. It has crowded theater
all over the country and Its popularity
has never waned by repetition. The
stage version has In It all of the quaint
atmosphere and delightful comedy of
the story, while the skillful drawing
of the characters is faithfully repro
duced. At Keith's the bill for the coming
week is headed by Wormwood's great
money circus, an organization of
.splendid trained animals whose Intel
ligence is astonishing. James Thorn
ton, with a new and original monologue
gets second place, and is followed by
Bellman & Moore, who present a farci
cal sketch called '""he Music Lessons."
Fulgora, in -a. wonderful and novel
transfiguration act. and many other
star attractjons.
Miss Irene Hobson has just returned
from the other side, where she ac
quired the title of the typical Saxon
beauty. She is a cousin of the hero
of the Merrimac and will appear dur
ing the coming season with Elsie de
Wolff in "The Way of the World."
Mascagni has most Important plan.-
for his grand tour of this country and
will bring complete changes of casts
for his operas so that the illness of
one star will not Interfere with a per
formance. This means tne engagement
of three extra prime donna sopranos,
tenors, baritones, bassos, one mezzo
soprano and two contraltos.
Madame Rejane. who is to come here
under the Liebler management. Is re
ceiving such prices for her American
tour, it is said, as have never before
been heard of. Her coming to the
United States will be a big event.
The date has not yet been fixed for
Grace George's appearance in her new
play, the times of which are laid dur
ing the region of George II. The pro
duction is to be made on a very elab
orate scale.
The next attraction at the Columbia
theater will be William Gillette's fa
mous war drama "Held by the Ene
my." This is one of the first and best
of the plays founded on the civil war.
It has had great runs at the combina
tion houses, and helped make the fame
of its author, William Gillette. The
play will be presented with all the ac
cessories of Its first production, in
which no expense will be spared.
HERBERT E. CLAMP.