THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 25,
1903.
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WEATHER IN NEW YORK BRINGS
OUT CROWDS TO THE THEATERS
Emilia Frances Bauer Writes of New Plays, and the Successes of Stars Now Occupying the Boards.
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NEW YORK. Oct. 19. ?pei-laT cor
espondcnoe.) The weathrr lends lt-
elf to further tlir lr.tprcsts of the
thetrs and notwithstanding the ex
citement of the approaching election
riost of the plays have their quota
f hearers. One of the most success
ful now runnlwr Is that In -which
Blanche Bates is appearing, and In
which she haa a rol affording her
l.ie opportunities. There is no as-
!.tan.e from srora-eous Paris powns
and elaborate stage settinK. it is
quarelv and fairly her own person
ality and her peculiar talents which
win her new laurels and perhaps as
(treat ones as she has ever worn.
The play is rather original in many
respects while it preaches BO moral
there Is a hlph principle runnlnK
through It which never leaves it at
any moment even under strained and
trvinsf circumstances.
It is called "The Ftghtlnsr Hope."
and with the exception of one bit of
crudeness it is admirably constructed.
There are five characters supplement
ed by a telephone and a typewriter at
which Miss Bates operates with re
rnurkable deftness Indeed there Is
little doubt that should she decide
to srlve up the stage she would not
fre at a loss for a profession. She
comes as confidential secretary ti Mr.
Temple, who is to be held as a thief if
the crime was not committed by R3h
rt Granger, at that moment Imprisoned
lor over-certifying a check. Miss Bates
Is really the wife of the convicted man.
ajid ber service In Mr. Temples office
Is merely .for the purpose of helping to
i-Iear lltv r.ime of her husband for the
s.tke of hnr .two children, who Rr of
much greater Importance to her than
Ls the husband. His weakness has al
ways elicited a degree of regret, as she
is especially won by those who have
strong and forceful characters. In Mr.
Temple she finds a man whom she for
merly admired without having known
him. and from the moment she presents
herself for the position it Is evident
that she has made an lmprrsslon upon
him. If he were free from all suspi
cion he might allow his admiration for
her to find expression, but under the
circumstances he would not presume so
far. The confession of who she really
Is and what she wants Is made to Mrs.
Mason, the housekeeper for Mr. Temple,
who knew her when she was a young
girl, and who over half believes that
Temple is guilty and that Granger is
wrongfully held. She. however, recog
nizes the danger of the situation and
calls the wife's attention to the fact
that Temple seems deeply interested in
his secretary, whom he believes to be
a single woman.
The network closes around him and
there Is only one thing which could pos
sibly clear him. and he reveals his
affection to his secretary, hut tells her
that he will not even speak of his love
to her unless he is cleared from all
suspicion. His force and his splendid
bearing are the traits that Mrs. Granger
admires and they are those which her
husband lacks pitiably. When the let
ter la found which clears him entirely
he gives it to his secretary to put into
the safe, as she only has the combina
tion. When he leaves the room she
crawls back and takes it out. It proves
to be a letter from her own husband. In
which he promises for the sum of $100.
000 to overcertify the check. Her horror
maddens her, and she forgets everything
except that she is working to save her
children from a shadow, and in a mo
ment of frenzy she burns the letter and
with It goes the evidence of Temple's
Innocence.
As the last shred of it disappears she
realizes what she has done to Temple,
and that she loves him. His admission
of love follows before he knows who
she Is end what has happened. Her con
fession to hlra Is a remarkable piece
of work, and here Miss Bates estab
lishes a new standard for herself. She
Insists that she will go on the stand
and testify what she has done and what
was in the letter, when Granger walks
In apparently a free man pardoned.
After a stormy scene he persuades her
to hide. him in her room, and Temple's
clerk, not knowing what has happened
to the letter, asks her to take a letter
to the detective agency. He dictates
this and she then hears that the money
was Invested In bonds made out to a
woman of questionable reputation.
When he leaves the room she drags
Granger out from his refuge and asks
him who the woman is. to his mo
mentary consternation, but he regains
his self-nossession and shows her how
helpless she Is, as is also Mr. Temple, for
he could testify any time that her testi
mony was given because she was m
love with him. The climax Is at band
when it la revealed that he had not been
pardoned, but had escaped and was
tracked to that office. The attempt to
save him was of no avail and a, shot
fired outside Is all that is necessary to
realize that trouble is over and sailing
Is clear for the widow of the convict
and the man she lovs. Charles Rich
man is a magnificent support to Miss
Bates and the company throughout Is
without flaw.
Jules Goodman, of Portland. Or., will
be responsible for four plays to be seen
In New York this Winter. The first was
produced last Thursday night at the
Circle Theater with Louis Mann in the
oast. Mr. Goodman called hte play orig
inally "The New Generation," but re
named It "The Man Who Stood Still."
Mr. Goodman has brought forward sev
eral Ideas, among which he treats the
question of race prejudice, but he does
not carry It to a forceful conclusion.
This may be because it is not the only
iho in the nlav or because it is a for
bidding subject. Another idea brought
forward Is that In America there rs but
one crime and that is failure. The young
writer Is not always logical and In many
cases argues on both sides of the ques
tion Mr. Mann is the only really inter
esting actor in the cast and the role is
well calculated to show his capabilities.
There are many moments of humor and
some really excellent comedy throughout.
The cast was aa follows:
John Krauss Mann
Marie Krauss Ml Edifh Brojmlng
-Katrlna Bender. . .Mme. Mathilda Cottrelly
Edward Spiegel Kobert A. Fischer
Fred Spiegel James lncent
Alice Splesel Miss Emily Ann Wellman
Martin MacFerguson P. S. Barrett
Prank MacFerguson H A. La, Motto
Joseph Abrams Qecftrey Stein
Beslo Miss Lillian Slnnott
Hal Frank Julian
Eleanor' Ames Miss Gladys Malvern
Emma ' Corlnna Malvern
Jackson Herman Marum
Blake N" Daniels
In "The Golden Butterfly," produced
at the Broadway Theater Monday night,
Reginald de Koven has at last come for
ward In a new light opera which Is
more on a par with the excellence of
"Robin Hood" than he has ever brought
forth since that opera swept, with a
cyclonic success, through this country
from coast to coast. The subject se
lected bv the composer and his collab
orator, Harry B. Smith, is rather out of
the usual in a certain sense, and rather
familiar on the other hand. It deals with
the theft of a musical idea, whether con
sciously or otherwise, and the story Is
based upon the stealing of an opera by
a manager. This enlisted the services
of two prima donnas, who played against
each other with very amusing and in
teresting effect- Miss Van Studdiford is
well known and has the , star part, but
Miss Gene Luneska is a good second
with a voice of charming quality and an
Individuality of much value. The hit
of the evening was given to Mies "Van
Studdiford. who sang It charmingly and
was recalled many times. It is "The
Butterfly and the Clover" and gave a )
dainty touch of indescribable beauty to
the act. The orchestration Is excep
tionally well done and the orchestra Is
well handled by Anton Heindl, who evi
dently understands his profession. All
the parts are adequately filled and some
are of exceptional ability, among these
Walter Percival and Louis Harrison.
The cast follows:
Bertha Miss Lenoia Xovaslo
01 . Miss Marion Woods
Count" Androsiy. . . .' Charles Purcell
Petoffy Louis Casavant
Baron von AHenkoff Louis Harrison
lima Walden Miss Grace Van Studdiford
...Walter Percival
Wanda. V. .'.Miss Allco Hills
Hanska W. J. McCarthy
Tina Korbav Miss Gene Luneska
Call Boy "To-To" Charles W. Butler
Head I'sher A. Hanscliman
Stage Carpenter Walter Jenkins
Prince Serglus Orloffsky Louis Casavant
Lailov Charles Purcell
His Wife Miss Gladys Coleman
What is distracting a good many com
manders of the pen Is whether John
Drew Is a good man to interview or
whether he is Impossible, Some decldad
one way and some another and n secret
that may prove valuable to those who
intend to serve their country this way
Is that if he knows it there will never
be anything for publication. Sitting be
fore a formidable reporter Is not one of
his pleasures and after a session with
him one wonders bow he could have
been so entertaining and yet said so
little for publication. He can talk of
sports and outdoor exercises, for these
are. his favorite pastimes. He is often
found riding in the park and his horses
are the envy of lovers of equlnes. He is
a well-known .habitue of the country
clubs, but his greatest delight is his
country place at Kasthampton. long
Island, where he has a splendid estate
with tolf links, tennis courts and a wide
expanse of .country for polo, a game at
which he and his daughter aro experts.
Kvery week-end. Winter and Summer,
finds him In thw home, surrounded by
his friends, all of whom enjoy his coun
try estate as well as does the noted
actor himself.
Mr. Drew has the satisfaction nf read'
Ing for the hundredth time probably that
no role ever fitted him like that of Jack
Straw. In which he W now seen at the
Bnpire. As long as we can remember
John Drew, the same remark has been
called into requisition, which means that
he always makes one feel that he has
never been better fitted with a role be
fore, in fact one might easily Imagine
that he is as careful In the fit of a role
an In the fit of his coat and in speaking
of John Drew this is significant. It is
difficult to believe that this is his 14th
season as a Charles Frohman star, for
he looks as young as he did when he first
played Petruchio ftt Daly'e. Mr. Drew
Is not one of the Teminlscent sort and it
is seldom that he refers to those bygone
days, even though they were days of
glory and of magnificent associations for
him. When Edwin Booth was in his
prime Mr. Drew played Tubal to his
Shylock and his scrapbook ' contains
many clippings anent the "young John
Drew" in his "studious performances."
In their time Mr. Drew has acted with
all the best figure of the American stage
and with many of the foreign artists,
among them Charlotte Cushman, Law
rence Barrett and the elder SalvinI, and
It Is safe to believe that he Is as en
thusiastic today about his profession as
he was when he was building all his
hopes on a career.
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Politics Stirs Old Mne
to Fighting' Point
Septuagenarians From TeonfMrt
Hold Heated Debate In Street
car Over F'avorlte Candidates.
monarch, but as a matter of fact they
hopelessly failed. Half a dozen London
constables would have kept the crowd
in check better than did the immense
force of police and military. The re
sult was that the crowd in many cases
easily came into almost personal con
tact with the King. When it is added
that most of the civilians are said to
nave armed themselves for defensive
purpose with revolvers, the nervous
ness of the boy Kins can be imagined.
AH! I'll pull your hat over your .
eyes." I
"Bah! You're .afraid."
"I am, am I? There!" !
"I'm from Tennessee, too. There!" j
The anifry voices, each somewhat ven- .
triloqulal. startled the passengers on a
crowded car on the Woodlaiwn line about
10:30 o'clock yesterday morrtins. Msti- j
cuffs seemed probable, and the strap- '
hangers stepped aside to, make room for
the entertainment, and thereby exposed to
view two aged men, eacli with a firm grip
upon the brim of the. other's hat One !
of the men, a spectator said, was about
70 years old: the other, about five years ,
his senior. To some of the passengers in- j
terference appeared to be advisable, but :
others thought action should be delayed ,
until facial damage was threatened, bo
the old men were permitted to keep the
floor. Each retained his hold upon the
brim of the other's hat, and only mumbles
could be heard
"Ijgt go of the hats and speak out!"
said a listener, who was curious to know
what subject two old men could find to
quarrel about. The hats were released,
and the men Informed the trespassers
upon their wrangle that they had been
discussing the Presidential election.
"He's from Tennessee and he's going
to vote for Taft," said the elder man.
."He's from Tennessee and he's going to
vote for Bryan." said the other.
"If Taft was a yellow dog you'd vote
for him because he is a Republican," de
clared the first.
"I would, and If Bryan were a mule
you'd vote for him because he is a Demo
crat." "lit-"
"And I'll"
Two hands were extended again for
the' unoffending hat brim, when the In
quisitive man interfered.
"Here," he said, "you fellows are played ;
out. Leave this game to the young peo- !
pie. Move apart," and seating himself I
between the belligerents he kept them at
bay. but their tongues continued to wag
until the elder man left the car at Bast
Burnside street.
Boy King: Was In Danger.
' LISBON, Oct. 24. (Special.) There Is
still considerable unrest in Portugal,
and on the occasion of the recent re
view of troops by King Manuel special
precautions were said to be taken by
the authorities to protect the youthful
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