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NEW YORK, March 7. The past week
ha been prolific of new plays at the
metropolitan theatres.
At the Criterion "The Cavalier" has
been succeeded by Geo. Lederer's pro
duction, "The Jewel of Asia."
"The Jewel of Asia" Is a modern musi
cal comedy In two acts. The stfiry con
tains a misunderstanding arising from
the similarity In names of a picture
painted by one Pierre, a poor artist In
both senses, and for which his sweet
heart Mlmi has been posing, and an al
leged favorite wife of Simoon Pasha,
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Blanch Ring appears in the title
roll of "The Jewel of Asia." In or
der to take this part she has been
obliged to postpone her starring tour
until next May. She will' then make
her stellar debut at the Knicker
bocker. New York, under the man
agement of George W. Lederer.
,the chief of the police of the sultan of
Turkey. Both by comic opera license
are known as "The Jewel of Asia." The
complications arising from the mixture
.may readily be Imagined. There is an
other sort of a parallel backbone run
ning through the piece in the efforts of
Pierre to make himself out a hero in the
eyes of Miml, whose eyes, to his dis
gust, are always looking elsewhere just
as he has performed the alleged deed of
heroism.
The "play offers James T. Powers, as
the star, an excellent opportunity of
which he makes the most, the character
of Pierre, the Impecunious artist, suit
ing him admirably. The chorus, like that
of all Lederer productions, is above the
average In point of attractiveness.
Miss Marlowe will play "The Cavalier"
for a week In Brooklyn and a week In
Harlem, and then take It on a tour of
the principal cities that will last until
May and end In Chicago.
Tuesday evening brought the opening
of the much talked of Tolstoi play, "The
Resurrection" at the Victoria, the first
production of the play In America, made
by Oscar Hammersteln and Wagenhals
and Kemper.
The central figure In the play Is that
of Maslova. played by Miss Blanche
Walsh.
The plot of the play rehearses a tragic,
heartrending story, which because It
will apply In its commonplace outlines
"to every race and every country is
robbed of much of its horror. The story
ruiu briefly as follows:
Prince Dimltri, a young officer in the
Russian army, while on a visit to two
maiden aunts at their chateau, be.ys
Katusha, a young woman, half servant
and half companion to his relatives,
whom he had knowu three years before
when as boy and girl they had formed
an Innocent attachment for each other.
The incident is forgotten until years
after Dimltri finds Katusha as Maslova,
a woman of ill-repute condemned to
penal servitude in Siberia. Conscience
stricken he follows her thither and after
many strange experiences effects her
moral "resurrection."
The play is handsomely staged and is
attracting much attention.
"The Bird in the Cage" at the Bijou
has been succeeded by Marie Cahill in
"Nancy Brown." t ,
At the New 'York theatre a" decided
novelty is introduced in the shape of a
musical comedy "In Dahomey," present
ed by the colored troupe headed by Will
lams and Walker. These two colored
comedians, who are Introduced to a
Broadway audience for the first time by
Hurtig and Seamon, have made a great
hit on the road and are booked for a long
run at the New York. Large audiences
have made the first night's performances
notable and the colored invasion seems
likely to prove a paying investment
Jerome Sykes, as "John Doe," In Klaw
& Erlanger's spectacular production of
the new farce. "The Billionaire," at
Daly's theatre. Is scoring the record of
years at this house. "John Doe" is the
best part Jerome Sykes has ever had
and he has taken full advantage of Its
opportunity to Increase his reputation as
a comedian, which has always been of
the best since he made his debut as star
four years ago. The theatre scenes In
the second act are the talk of New York.
Frauleln Else Haerting. the premiere
of the Grigolatls flying ballet in "Mr.
Blue Beard" at the Knickerbocker thea
tre. Is the most talked about person on
the New York stage at the present time.
Miss Haerting is the very beautiful,
splendidly formed woman who does the
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Marie Cahill has fuUy established
her right to enter the firmament of
theatrical stars by her clever work
in "Nancy Brown," now playing at
the Bijou, New York. Both the
dainty musical comedy and the new
stars are pronounced big successes
by the Metropolitan critics.
Hying act, distributing natural flowers
over the heads of the audience at the
conclusion of the great ballet, "The
Triumph of the Magic Fan," at the end
of the second act in this marvelously at
tractive performance. She takes part
In the ballet, performing remarkably
graceful evolutions through the air with
her six assistants. At the end of the
ballet of the fan she comes on the stage
as if in response to an encore. Posing
gracefully In acknowledgement of the
applause she raises her hands, holding
large bunches of carnation pinks, and,
before the audience realizes It, is sailing
over their heads to the upper balcony,
sixty feet from the footlights. She does
not alight, but circles-ln the air and re
turns to the stage like a bird on the
wing. Again she repeats this feat amid
enthusiastic cheers.
Having passed its 300th performance
at the Casino, "A Chinese Honeymoon"
is still setting the pace for music-mad
Broadway. Although twelve of the most
popular New York theatres have musical
comedies or comic operas as their at
tractions, and although "A Chinese
Honeymoon" Is "the daddy of them all"
with respect to consecutive performances
on Broadway, it has lost none of its pop
ularity or drawing power. The past
week, the fortieth of Its successive tri
umph at the Casino, excelled even the
receipts record for the house established
by this same company last Thanksgiving
The great popularity of DeWolf Hopper
was never better demonstrated than in
the succession of crowded houses which
are nightly in attendance at the Herald
Square theatre, where the effervescent
comedian is appealing to all, In his mag
nificent interpretation of the difficult
role of Dickens' famous hero of fiction,
"Mr. Pickwick." The company through
out is excellent and some of the mem
bers have made distinct hits in the vari
ous roles which have been assigned to
them. Digby Bell Is notably funny as
Sam Weller, and gives a striking por
trait of Cruikshank's famous drawing,
while the other roles are filled in an ex
ceedingly successful way.
"The Girl with the Green Eyes." with
Clara Bloodgood as the jealous bride
whose tantrums are so delightfully set
forth by Clyde Fitch in the four acts of
his novel and charming play, is moving
-along successfully at the Savoy theatre
toward its seventy-fifth performance,
which It will celebrate with handsome
souvenirs.
"The Unforeseen," which holds the
record for the most successful play ever
produced by the stock company at the
Empire theatre, has entered upon Its
second month. The performances attract
audiences which In point of excluslve
ness and dress outrank all other as
semblages to be found In New York
theatres. " -
The opportunities to see "If I Were
King" at the Garden are limited, as Mr.
Sothern will probably appear as Ham-
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MAHMOND PACHA.
ABDUL HAMID II.
PRINCE FERDINAND, of Bulgaria.
EDEM PACHA.
European diplomats refuse to believe that the Balkan war cloud is dispelled by the Sultan's acceptance of the terms laid down by the powers regarding
Macedonia In Vienna It Is declared that the compliance of the Porte is only a move to gain time and that a tremendous European upheaval is still more than
a possibility The above halftones show the Sultan of Turkey, his opponent Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and the two generals of the Sultan's imperial