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"Girls" is the Title of Fitch's New Piay
Prolific DramitiM Introduces a Bedroom Sctne in His Litest Comedy "The Servant ia lk House." Another
New Play, Attacks Hypocrisy in tlit GknrcB.
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A-.jAy oiiGr? jig. vl
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J r--v-d. as miirht have Nn ntv,-tt-d
! trcm Its nam, ft vry VjcM t-:-. m-f; a
I lot of fen aad frACxMer prnkUM through
out. IW'th aokrcwMjrrrrnts to t'. Grrcan
writer. Hnjrv HoltK. Mr. Fitch has written
in .ts wel-knorn win aru1 r .as takrn
tfcT (rtri. rowod to ir,f Mwsn
thrvvjclt jrtamir.jf ?TeprMruve which
old twm tat havir.fr from ov to shoul
der t-rrrr bi:nn is Nr?rr than :rur
trf with thm or.v
The pt to ail thxt Mr. F.toh has Nr
: rawM and that far from boingr rar;
orijriraJ. Tre thro p-rls aro oortsiry
oharaairiir and one nod on;y look upon
tfifm to know thAt no roAona:o rr.an or
men would pass them hy. whether or not
ther were w;ll tr.fr . These thtvo pt;? in
their haohe4vr quarter are Fame", .or
dor.. a sooretary arid ster.ocrapher; V:ot
Urwn. a :enoerapher and l;Ittra:or.
and Kate West, a nrwsrror writer, wj
terwarV beortr.es an actress Tey, ap
pear very enous each c:rht when they
ttt as evening prayer "No Ved.rr
Pelis for Me," ar.d they swear by their
hatpins never to heheve In men.
Mr. FlwJi wait until one ts tacked
away tn a fold in gr be"., another on a coach
and another on an ejcrerion oha:r before
h introduces mere man. TVjt happens
to he the Junior partner in the haw f.rm
of Sprajrae A Holt, mho '.n orr:e way
or other baa f-ttea Into the arartment ,
escaping- from a dinner with a jtat yours
-on:aa ho hus;a.r.d Is unespeotediy
raktnfr hte appearance. Mr. Holt makes
h ea t ra noe h y means of an iro n : r jr -N-xrv1
aorws the airshaft. whtoh pos:
bity ia bat tw well knowTi tv the o'ass
of peop! krrown a apartment dwellers.
In the eoor.d aot two o the younp
?adea are at work in the of?ue of ?prar;:e
Holt and when HV;t cornea in there i
considerable surprise on the part of the
and bril'tant dramatio srprano voir
no lesst than by her ftWlity as actrrsa.
?-e received, a iwnuine ovatKn and the
evemrc was one of the most brilliant in
the season s history. Nearly al! of th
M an h a t ta n com pan y sail for 5hi r"pe to
morrow, some d:rec?ly for Paxis ard
others for Italy. A mora those leaving
for Far-.s are Mary Garden. Mr. and
Mme. Campantnl, Mm. Tetranir.i, MUe
Gervilie-Reache. Mi: Zeppilli. Oscar
H amir. erst t'in and others, Mme. Breaser
ii'ar.oM aai's on the Rrxydam. leaving:
the same day. 'Mme. de Osneros wi:l re
, main a co;:p:e of weeks lor err. as she
i v'l fV ome eeineT en -CTf menf s.
-ounr women who rooorr,ite htm as the ! fw ,,,RVir.s Oampantnl talked at length
'th.t rope wa.ker of the :ron:r ir-board ' cor.oerninjr the season Just past as also
erUWe. Taken i! tocether. there is . conoemtn the scan ahead. H own
rood deal of fun and lauirhtor. without j expressions are herewith p'.ven. bv means
"r. a esac.y wy. tr.eio trans:ativn. however, as he does not
cast is as foUows:
Pamela tfVrdtVi
speak
Fame.a Oordon Laura N?s -"n H'.I , thxe s:
Vfe;t InJvr. Ru;i Mavc".:n i--r-n
Kate Wast V-rtv R:.-ard "
t-ac::: r-.:re:. 7e:.;.a arara eAmmaj
V-s IVr.ne
FxSjrar W. Holt
Fanvhn oarr.pbe'.:
praf-je & Ii.".;
t rariM tTn-r'
OecT-r H. Sprain: Hf-Vrt S:an.:rr
Frar.k loot..... Leslie Kr.vn
Aurunus Dennett John S. Mar:e
T Jan:tor r"re.Ter:ck rrr-. :
Te Tv:Tnan Harr MacFaT.in
Messecr Boy F.dward Morrwf.v
the Eniish lanyuare. Amon?
ure to return rext year are Mary
Tetranini. Renaud. Zenatel5,
aroo, orvi.Te-Reache and the
courts w:;l tett:e whether ramores wu!
i s:rc at the Manhattan or at the Metro
, pohtan.
Mr. Campanini is rot nearly so pTad
to pet away from America, as he win
be r!ad to rest, but that will not come
yet for a coupl of months, because
he will conduct In London before he
returns to one of the three homes
which Mr. and Mme. Campanini enjoy
the House. I: is a play ( in Italy.
Char.es Rant Kennedy. ! Accordir.c to his own statement, he
a mo"y each season, and
More serious ad of far greater im
portance is the play which also opened
on Monday r.cht at the Savoy entitled
The tervant .r
in five a.-ta bv
the busbar. A of Fdi'h YCyr.n Matthtson. Joves Aaeri.
Th r-ay 1 n attack upon hypoensy in
the church and the act:on ts laid
room m tn rom or tre Kcr. wliasn . in the past
myi-e, a :cap cr xr.e T-jopai:an i will strive
. hT2rcn. wno ;s in c:rc need of funds
w'th which to restore the parish chur.-h.
H"is wife has supreme faith in hm and
Identified w:th his life is a ".so Miry, his
niece, th daughter of a brother ho has
been missing for many years and who
was a blot upon the family.
Manaon. a new butler, in Ksst Indian
c.iurf. exercises a stronir intiuer.ce
:pon all those arvund him and when the
worMly and influential bishop arrives, h
reinic nearly Mind and deaf, mistakes the
servant for the master, and rlar.s with
the servant for the rehuiidir.r of the
church. The church is in bad condition
and needs draininjr for which a man is
hred. The drain man appears bejrrirned
and filthy after havnir been down throrth
that he will continue to receive the
appreciation from everyone as he haa
the aim for which he
"The people In New York can be
pr-iod friends.' said Mr. Carnpanini. at
his apartments in the Navarre. 'and
it Is more than a pleasure to prepare
something- for them, because when
they are pleased they are so very en
thusiastic and appreciative. I felt like
Mr. Hammerstem before the produc
tion of "Louise," and that was uneasy.
X assure you. I did cot know what
the outcome would be. and It did not
mean aione this season, but it would
have cut off ail the beautiful operas
which we are planning1 and had ai
res. v planned for next season.
"Oh. yes. next season will be, very
dW'-rer.t at the Manhattan. Indeed.
the- sewer. He finds that in order to do - 1 J! M U1,ur''1
the work thorouyh!v he must t down I rear t the opera-house, and
trr.der the church and the Jo is a dancer- x ws more riarers,
ou one. The chi!d comes upon the drain u !J : inspiration, however, to work
man. who ts no less nan her father and " " ' --rr
tve brother of the n;:niser. The latter
Tak-s off his coat, to po a.'onp with the
rran who w:!l rsk h:s life to clean out
the p'pes and as they so hand !n hand.
The chiid who is row certain of the work
rran s identity falls into his arms. At
t va moment the criental servant enters
a-:d the bishop arrives upon the ftr.e
fyrr holism runs through the entire play
and many times it is stronply dramatic.
T " company is ore of the very tv. t
arivl includes M;ss Matthiaon. who as of
o'd has a strong hold upon the New York
pi: Vic.
The ca.t is as f.V.owst
Jlir.fi JVcnby Makeh:;. rv r
AnVjr L-tt -s
Tae Kv. Wiliia-r fn-.v.e, . ,.irs r-ar:or.
.:r.tie M:&S E-.:i: Wtr Mait 'son
V..rv MsVl f wr
V -. Robert Smith Tyrr.e powers
c--s Gu'wfv H-hrrt
M a r. s o 3 w.:r Hanp-iea
Tne Manhattan Orera Company closed
it season on Saturday r cr.t ic the
rroverbia! b'axe of glory. T.ie last week
brought frth the strength of the com
pany and many of the artist who will
h -nth the ccrrpany next season. Mr.
Mammerstein w;;i sal! with his stars'"
March SI. and then he will be?:n a tosr
of discoveries. He w;:5 search every
-ftuntry not only for artists but for worts
a-d tt is h: amhirion to make next sea
sn even more auccessful than the one
o';t of which he has J-st emereed wnh
g!ry ntwithstardinr the terrible firan-
al sra:n through mhich the country has
f tssed.
The last achievement was t- bring for
ward a new work the last night but one
cf the season for the purpose of paymg a
rrtTrphrrcnt to Mme. Carnpanini. the w:fe
f the director. Mme. Carnpanini. who :s
a :ster f Mme, Ttrarxtri. astonished a1!
her hearers ry her remarkably beaut ful
so brave that he inspires one with
bravery evert when things look gloomy.
"I have, however, enjoyed the spirit
of trying experiments, and while I do
not mean that we were breaking new
ground exactly, but It was certainly
many times more risky than if we had
been laboring in an unworked operatic
field.
'Our success will mean more than
jr.st th continuance of operation at
the Manhattan. It will mean, without
doubt, that next year we will be able
to g-ive the modern Italian work, such
as those of Puccini. Mascagni and oth
ers, and as to the French repertory, it
will open up splendidlv.
Carnpanini was asked his attitude
toward French opera cow. after an
acquaintance with modern works
which were heretofore unknown to
him. He replied:
"I think that facts speak for them-selves-
Against 63 Italian works, we
gave 57 French operac. and I am sure
that each time I was more impressed
with their beauty. I hope thai I shall
never be considered narrow-minded,
and here I want to say that I lov
"Wagner as well as it is possible to
love those great masterpieces, and the
reason that they were not given at the
Manhattan was because we could not
give them with a German cast and as
they should have been given, and if
they cannot he produced properly. I
certalrly do not want to be identified
with their production at all. That
would be neither in keeping with my
own ideal cor with the aims of the
Manhattan."
"What will you give next year. Mr.
Carnpanini ?' was the next question
put to the great conductor, who does
not look very tired after having put
on f 3 new operas in r 1 weeks.
"Well, It is not easy to lay plana
o far ahead, but without doubt we
will give Meyerbeer's 'Etoile du Nrfrd
for Mme. Tetraaalnl; a:so I.akme and
The Pearl Fishers. In the French
works we wiil give Massenet's 'Hero
diade. Renaud's great success: also
the same composer's Greelidis and
'Jongieur de Notre Fame,' but so far
as I know there will be nothing new
by Charpentier. or Debussy, as it Is a
strange fact that everyone in all
countries seems dead, as far as new
operas are concerned. There is noth-
my even in prospect, unless it mtgnt
West." One of the greatest pleasures
to which I look forward is the pro
duction of Verdi's 'Falstaff which Is
one of the greatest things in modern
opera. Also Othello will no doubt be
one of the offerings of next season, and
I will look thoroughly through the
works which may have come forward
In Italy since I have been away, but
as I read very carefully. It does not
seem as though there were much out
side of the works which I already
know.
"Do you find growth of appreciation
among the patrons of the Manhattan?"
Assuredly. This is a great city for
opera, and I believe ft has hardly begun
to appreciate. I think tt safe to predict
that next season win be far ahead of the
present, and when one works with such
anticipations, 5t lends additional pleasure
and interest to the labors. The greatest
appreciation I receive from Mr. Hammer
stein, and together we can only hope for a
season which will be throughout what
the last eight or ten weeks have been.
"Io you really think that opera will
be given on Sunday nights nt season?"
-Well.' said Mr. Carnpanini. without
committing himself, "you know Mr.
Hammerstein as well as I do. Do you
think he will carry out what he plans to
dor
And answering the question, he said.
"It will rest with the legal conditions,
and Mr. Hammerstein studied those very
closely before he made his announce
ment."1 Mr. Carnpanini will have the heaviest
work of his season this week preparing
Andre Chenier, and rehearsing the
"Faust" scene with Mary Ciarden as
Marguerite for the last night, which per
formance Mr. Carnpanini will conduct
throughout.
France does not rejoice aione In the wel
fare of Its journalists, poets, musicians
and dramatists. They are almost as
close to the American people as to their
own. brought about no doubt by the in
fluence of the stage. It was therefore
very happy news to America when It was
made known that Jean Richepin. known
here through several dramas, has been
chosen to fill one of three vacant places
among the Forty Immortals. These va
cancies were occasioned by the deaths of
Marc! in Fertheiot, Andre Theuriet and
Sully Prudhommc.
At the recent meeting in Paris 53 mem
bers: were present. Including the aged
poet. Francois Coppe. Among those
missing, however, was Edmond Rostand,
who could not be induced to leave his
quiet Pyranean resort in Cambo. Riche
pin was walking; with his two sons and
several fri en as when the news was
brought that he had been received into
the charmed circle. The great dramatist
gave a cry of joy. threw his arms about
the neck cf the messenger and burst into
tears Other members of his party also
burst into tears, among them Raou!
Ponehon. the noted poet, a particular
friend of Richepin.
He made a short visit to this country
last season before the production of one
of his plays which was translated Into
English.
Richepin was born in Algeria in ISA9.
He was the son of an army surgeon and
was educated in Paris. He also made a
ood record for himself m the war of
1S70. Then he roamed for a year or so
through Southern Europe, earning a pre
carious living as sailor. porter, long
shoreman, and professor of languages.
He tried his hand at literature without
any great success, and then joined an
obscure theatrical company for a year or
so. His Bohemian spirit then called him
to the Latin Quarter, where a little lit
erary group, including Raul Ponehon
and Paul Bourget. was already beginning
to attract attention. It was at this pe
riod of his life that he wrote his "Chan
son dos Oucx." It was also about this
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of the staff of th Revue drs Deux
Mondes. Poems, stories and plays fol
lowed In quick succession. In when
his fame was already well established,
ho wrote "Nana-Sahfb." which the author
himself played with Madame Sarah Bern
hardt at the Theatre de la Forte St.
Maxttn. Of the neo-romantlc type. Riche
pin pave the Odeon one of its gTeatest
successes. "Le Chemineau." ("The
Tramp"). This piece, set to music, has
also recently been produced at the Opera
Comique.
...
Charles Frohman has arranged to have
svilliarn Olllette appear next season in
Herri Bernstein's new play called "Sam
son." Mr. Oillctte will himself make the
English adaption from the French. Mr.
Frohman has already received offers to
have Mr. Gillette appear in that play In
I-ondon. which he will probably do after
the American season closes.
Speaking of Bernstein plays, it is de
cided that Paniel Frohman will take the
entire company now piaying "The Thief
at the Lyceum to Portland. Or., this sea
son. The company will include Miss Isl
ington and Kyrle BeJlew.
J. Scott Hartley, the artist, has just
completed a bust of Otis Skinner in the
character of Colonel Bridaa in "The
Honor of the Family." The bust Is of
heroic size and is considered the finest
piece of modelling done by Mr. Hartley,
who is famous for his busts of Lawrence
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Much interest is manifested m the "Nw
Theater." of which Henrich Conried will
be. the director, and it is not unlikely
that Grabville Barker, one of the best
known managers of London, will be the
stase manager. Mr. Barker is on his way
to America, after having severed his con
nection as one of the managers of the
Savoy Theater in London. It is be
lieved that light opera will be given at
the New Theater several nights in the
week, not what has been known in this
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works as are given at the Opera Comique
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Hon. Sam Nichols.
DR. B. J. MILLS
Assistant