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jcur.::ALV rc:.7LA:.D, cuiiday r:cr:;n;Gt apiul 9, ' izzs. MRS. ; FICICE DRAMATIST-1 I- 'Br? JULES ECKERT 00 OB UAH, , (Freei The Jeuraar Owe Arraspeadeat.V rw TORK. March !.--A woman in whom tha bo -called ' t;ui lure" - bad; not blighted tb - good-hard common aenae. waa N - V: giving her Impressions of a, current play sr to - on of bar ; "esthetic" ' sisters. ;. ;a ' liked the olay." aha said, "for three act . and, a. half. Th laat half of th laat . ,act It began to a row 'artistic' and that ',' ended my enjoyment I am old-faahioned '.enough to want the hero to cat the gal and .whan I to t the theatre ,1 prefer ' to be reminded of the pleaaant and hope- -l ful things in life, not or the mlaerabla , ".; and hopeless. ; In short, I want , to be aatlsfled with myaelf ' when I .' g ; to theatre at night; It la hard enough to keep op the lilualon all day. i There are thoa who have an Idea that v only auch atortea or playa aa end "un .-.'. happily" ar Urtlatlc.'.' Tru art, on tha contrary, has nothing to. do with happy , or unhappy endings. Ita aol duty la to i ' .recognise lta own convention and than. throuah these conventions, to breathe . ' meaning Into truth. It may call for-a , ',' denouement, happy or unhappy; but al- , . moat always it apealca optimum. n i ?r only when truth swings away from-art '"."that It becomes sordidly ' realistic and . pessimistic! In a word, becomes facta. : And facta are to truth what photography . la to painting. . "Facts are . stubborn thlnga." It la aald; ao they remain prao tlcally tha earn forever. . Truth. on 4he .'' other band la ever changing according : uto th angl of -interpretation. .;. . ; .- .,f" I have eeen six playa thle week with "unhappy" endings.. Of these not. mora , - than half rang true or teamed oonvlno Ing or necessary, . The other ; might ' Just aa well have had "happy" .endings - and have been Just aa artistic and far ,VN more pleassnR They war or the kind t ; designated by the lady above, playa that r y. begin to grow 'artlatlo'. In the laat half ;; of tha laat 'act and war thua atunted In 1 ' growth and aomethlng of a monstrosity. . , I Kn. Mak aa a.Wa-rsjrtgM.''-.? (, r ' A aplendld example of tb true artlatlo : ' ending can b found In a little one-act ' play from the pen of Mr, slake which ' i waa produced laat Wednesday afternoon, together with two other abort playa by v the: same author. To view- Mrs. Flske , ' aa a dramattat will oome aa a surprise ', ; to .many of her admirers: yet ainoe laat .Wednesday aha must be so consider-. -VJL Light From St. Agnes," though re- ; quiring : scarcely an hour, for Ita per ;:' forraanc. la great enough to atamp Ita ' . ' author aa a dramatist of technical skill 'combined with power and force and keen "Insight. -It waa convincing to th de - greo of tha grewsom and yet by virtue of i Ita truth and art. It possessed ele ments of real greatness. Something of . the . Impression created- by -thl. lime ." play., may b gleaned through the foi. "' lowing excerpte from the --Maw Tork " 'paper: ' . " ' ' ' '" . ; .Timea "A Light From 8t Agnea- la , ' a, vIvM Ilttla drama and Ita oloalng plo tar la tremendously tmpreaalve, ' Alan Dal In the American One of the most marvelous, electric. Irresistible, gripping.- vivid, artlatlo little one -act ; playa that it haa been my good fortune ; to aa. .'''. . ' : Evening Sun It deaervea to rank aa on of th real dramatic gema of thla '..''barren field. .. c '- ; Telegram Mra. Flak appeared before , her New York admirara yaaterday after- 'nxL in new role, aa writer of playa, and In on.' of them at least scored aome 5 ' thing Ilka a triumph. ', ' ' The Sun Making, allowances for the , obvloualy friendly .blaa of tb audteno. th occasion waa Ilttla short of a trl , umph. . , V5, , 'V. .'".'.. V' ' . ,. -"A Ugkt raa M. Agaaa." ', .. - After thea notltcea it Is hardly necee aarv to say that Mrs, Flak. h dra- ' ; matlat. haa mad a profound aenaatton. ."A Light From St. Agnea" la a re mark a . bl play to have been written by any one; It Is doubly remarkable' oomlnaT from, th pen of a woman, Botn In con ' -ceptlon and treatment It la virile and ruggadAlmoat to th degree of brutality at times. It la only In th underlying meaning and poetry that tha feminine touch la aen. '. -.'-' Michel was a bruate and a beast H waa a drunkard and a brawler. 'Toln etta, a young woman and anpaiwntly a fitting companion for auch a man,. Jived with him In a little hut. near th vil lage of Bon Hllalre in Louisiana. In thla vlUage there had a I no uvea a aainuy young woman who had reformed moat of the vlllagera-and had auweadsd-tB tamping out th sal of rum. . Sh had : . i not been- able. however., to. reform Tolnette and Michel, who hated her and vuraed her. . No aha la lying deaCVln the chapel', Juat' oppoalt the hut, . mourned as a. salat. .... - ' " -' Outside, the pitchy, night la charged with electricity, th thunder rolling and lightning flashing. Tolnett ia aaleep on her cot in th middle of th room. Suddenly at the-dooxv In th pauses of '.the storm, there can be 'beard a loud knocking and calling. Angrily and out ' of humor 'Tolnette arouses herself, lights a candle and at last opens th door. Father Bert rand of. th chapel p posit. . enters and seeks shelter from the storm. When 'Tolnette sees him ah grows even nor surly. With all th bitterness' of. her heart aha ralla etgalnat tha dead woman and th reforms ah had brought about. With almost fiendish delight she apeaks of what Is .most bestial In her own and Michel's Jlfa. . Th prleat maka aeveral attempta to admonish her, but ah remain a either ' brutally paaalve or disgustingly eon . temptuoua, ever nnisnina . a 7 sarins . some abusive , thing about th dead V . woman. ' As a last effort the priest take from his pocket a letter, the laat letter which the aalntly woman had written." In it ;'i aha mantlona 'Tolnett and on her death, bed pray for her ealvatlon. She leaves 'to- he Jief crucifix. -'- The prleat offer . ''Tolnett th cruclna, but -with a snarl ' aha turns from It; so ha places It quietly 1 on th table. 'Tolnette apparently la not In th allghtsst lmpraad by JJut letter; yet deep down In her soul, though aba tie unawars of It lttini w better self ar at work. ""' '- -', V Th storm Is breaking now and th Iprleat proceeds to' gather up hla cloak , and hat. "As h. walk to th window, he aeee 'Tolnette' cot In th middle of K" th room. With peculiar curiosity, ha vQRAND 1Q Th Diamond QturtetU '; Vynn and Rad ; ' yV-1" Biagera'aad tVaiedlaaa.; '7 -''V' '''- tTala rare. , ' ' kAl '''-;' -.V'v.llt teal Tsli';, '--f C( Wilson aad . 8-The Rehl Shenkes-8 ' "Zi' ."Ml If - net ' '. . Sallraad 4- . eaatlfal ,.- ' !" WtrlTl trUtf Acfasstl Cauatrepa. .... ,,'- .',',; , ' " . t .. . - . .!-..' . x ' . . . .- i. , ( Oeo. W. Laslla arandlKop '; J Honry. Cllvo J Tae Mlastrel Mis. ' "asaiea aad FIJI1 UUaas." An.lr.lUa Msgldaa. 1, ' . SdmlMloa lor; few arsts rtaerved la the liam4lst frost, IDe; he seats, SSf. . '. i- - .... . i- r . . .i. . 1 SCORES AS A aaka' her why she haa the cot In such a position. Sh answers that It la be cause th early morning bud ahlnea Into th yellow chapel window opposite and la 'reflected by It through the window of the- nut. Into the middle of the room and that "this awakena ber eaoh moralng In tlm to send Michel to ale work, t She cpnfeeaea that sh was somewhat scared and auperktltloua about It at flrst until eh-had figured out Just how it, hap pened. , y-J,.:,,;? 'J - V The. priest reachea tha door aa Mlcbel cemea In. Michel, who., has been. ..out all night, fa drunk, and ha staggers into tha' room, hurling taunta and curaea at the. departing prleat and the woman lying - dead in the chapel. From his pocket he takes a bottle of rum.' 'Toln ette 'fetches aom supper,' which he eats In-a bruttah eort of way, mumbling all the 'time about the dead woman, whom he hated With a hatred not -even ter minated by . death. , 'Tolnette la still sleepy and( Ilea down again.'-but Michel refuses u allow .her to aleep. Ho telle, how ne' peered In at th chapel window and aaw th dead woman lying In state, "with a Illy la her hand." and with four nuna praying about her. He-tells her, too, of a great eroes'of diamonds lying on bar breast. Vfluddeniy with an access of fury he gets up snd goes toward bla coat, which ha had hong on th wall UTolnett aaks him ' what, he la -about to do.- He iwill rob th dead woman of th diamond cross and than back- oft bar head. 'Tolnette tries to dissuade him, calls hlra both drunk and erasy, aaya that the four nuns will-ring the alarm bell and b, will be caught. Michel catches up a large knife. He will cnt th rope of th alarm, bell. - In th atruggla to withhold him '-a plan cornea to 'Tolnette.' "Olv m th knife." she cries, "I will" help you,' Michel. I will cut th rope for you." Sottlshly h lata her bav the knife' and she rashes out. : Not a minute later there la heard the sound of the. alarm belt. 'Tolnette has run- It. With. a curse Michel ruahes out , after her. '. Outside you can hear the two of them 'struggling, the man all beast, th-woman begging for ber lira. He drags her Into th room and throwa her across the cot. ' Then he atabs her twice In 'th' breast . For a moment he la sort of numbed by what be bss done; the next second a dull con sclousneas comes to him. He stumbles over to th basin, in the corner and washes his hands., Th splashing of the, water has a grewaome, awful Bound. He takes his bag and he creepe off. Meanwhile th night has passed and tha sun Is now rising. , Its rays ar re flected upon . th yellow, window of the chapel, through the window of th hut upon th face and braaat of tha woman who Ilea murdered upon th cot aa if th spirit of the aalnted woman In the chapel was potent even after life.' ;. There Is tragedy, grrm. hard tragedy In alt this; but It la not aordld. thoug It daala with a sordid bit of life. It la the spirit of th dead woman which la tha -motiving spring to the action and which lifts this play and relieves Its gloom.. It Is a moral regeneration and not depraved bit of life that is por trayed.. It Is essentially tru and essen tially artlstlej . o-wv. Th play waa exqulaiiely atased anil acted -with downright greatneaa. , John Maeon haa dona few things to compare with his Michel. He did not spar the character, He made him real, terribly, brutally real. Never for a moment eould you forget th beast la tha character. It was a gripping splendid portrait, and It waa - In marked contrast with th character of work with which thla actor la uauaHy aaeoelated, - Fernanda Bllscw. a young actress, waa 'Tolnett and ex- molted talent of remarkable order. Her acting was -distinctly an achievement. ine priest waa capably acted by W. B. Mack, .beat known probably for hla Tea man In "Hedda Qabler" and Schramm in ass? wa h . - 1 ivieanna." ah m ail th per- rormanc can truthfully b termed re- maraabl. j. ixa) Bras of tha Kaart. Ofth two other Clara Presented nna was delightful and charming, th other omewnat tinged and overburdened with rentiment. l'h Rose." In which Felix 'J '''T.fT.. wn J'tj!'' V"i ;""r? ",tory,of ' "'" . ! . ' .tT." J1 '""" whw l" .married to a charming youna woman married to a charming young woman Whom ha adores, and who Is at least de voted to him,. The count who Is til and growing old, discovers that hla wife Is in love with hla friend and doctor. The two- young people, being honorable, are thua sacrificing their-lives to him. Realising th situation, th count takea poison, and thus clean tbe'way for the young peopi. The theala la the quat rain which runs through th play: "Some measure lov by gold, v J - 1 ' By endless time, by soundless seia: But I I .love you well enough to leave you, lov. v If neeos must b." . .: a " Th Eye ot the Heart," the third piece, la a pretty little comedy, with many touches -of put ho. Th author acknowledge indebtednesa to an Italian aouro " for nam and incident Tha play centers about a grandfather who la blind, and whom hla family keepa In ignorance or the .fact that th great for tune h has accrued haa been aquandered by hla eldest aon, who la dead. . Th dos ens of little tricks by which tb old' man succeeds -to. detecting the loving false- '"r-fliood that has been woven about him. hts crustiness, ' combined , with genial charm and exquisite tenderness, his op timism, and kindly philosophy of life all this waa charming, Th piece was beautifully acted In ita principal rola by Mr. Oeorg Artie, "whose portrayal of the old man was don with convincing. nee and finality that were beyond criti cism. .'.. v . ' ....... These three play mad a moat enjoy bl afternoon's , per forma nee, Ttaay had dlatinctlon and value and power. They were not merely actable, but war really contrlbutlv works.- And they showed Mrs. Flske In a new and dis tinctly favorabl light ; - v ' mm Xaraed as tha X4y Snor. '. ' Mlae Virginia Harried appeared last Monday night at th Hud aon theatr in a drama entitled "Th Lady Shor. The play, which Is by Mrs. Vane Thompson and Lena R. Smith, Is In five acts, all pt ' aumptuou setting, ' and enlist a largo' company. ' Th production has un doubtedly cost a groat deal of Ubot and money, .''' : ,'r ' w; '-' The character of Lady Bhor I not new to the tag. ' It haa been known to the beards for a century or more., Th present play ahowa th lady In a aome whftt ntw light, however. Jo the first act you see Lady Bhor In her . busbarid'a Jewelry shop,, famed for her beauty and shamefully treated by her husband. Thither comes the Puke of Oloater, Richard.: and, Imprlnta a kiss upon the lady's neck. . With right eoua indignation tha -lady repel his ad vances, snd he goes from .tits shop In anger.- Whereupon. Matthew, her bus baud, threatens to beat Iter and throw fier to the floor. Meanwhile an appren tice of the Jeweler, one JSdward, no less a person than tb king of Bngland in disguise, haa made love to the lady and begged, ber to go, with him. .Overcome by her husband's brutality, ah runa away with Kdward,apprentlcS and king. The' second set finds her In the coun cil chamber at Weatmlnater palace. The king !a vary much, in lov with her, and abe la' very much In love with tha king and England. - She has had many taxes repealed, and he haa worked for' the good of the people. An uprising calls th king to war. ' ' Before- he goes he leaves his two sons in her charge. All this time the hurt piide-and love In Glostefs breaat haa not grown less. When the king Is gone he trap th two prince: In' the ' tower of London, and then Invitee Lady Bhor to have aupper with him In. th earn, placej Th lady WIIUMi IWnllll M ' unsuspecting of any . harm. Suddenly Uloster' Kisses ner again, ana wnue la full of aham and horror tell her the . . .kUk k. will riharata tha two young prince. . H leav her. for a time to think th matter over, placing a jauer in charge. Lady. Shore pleada with the ait . k h im AhrinrtttA.-. A. ha aoea to get.th prlncea aha throwa herself in hla way, wrencnea a ousaer uoiu belt and kllla him. Than ah take tb prince and haatena away. - ;'. Tb fourth act fine the -Duke of Oloa ter making house-to-lieus search for th Lady Shore. 8h hide in a play era' booth, disguised as an. actreaa Th king returns alone from i be wara, un accompanied by hla army. Oloater .baa so plotted that be can sals th king and become maater. More intent upon the lady',' however, he waive hi right to the throne. A betrayer give Information to Oloater of th Lady 8hor'a hiding-place. Oloater walte bla chance, accuses her to the klngi and then, tin proof of his Am h. m ttmr :ln Hm nltivers booth. to th king. Th lady make an at tempt to deny guilt but a word from nii.. iuhu hap that if she does he will sets the king.- - So to save tha king ahe saertf iocs herself. In snger, the king turna on her and orders her to dt penance by walking th street of Lon j .i.w - Mmlu in h hand. - . f '- Th laat act ahow the Lady Bhor doing thla penance until ah fall dead. Then eom on tall tha king th truth. A a algn of r Sentence he take her body oerore nim en nis --o . ..vus has walked. . That th play la magnificently staged Cannot ft gatneaia. Anrr wo after picture of beauty and rlchneaa. As fsr as the externals went the produc tion was all that could be desired. The aotlng waa at leaat acceptable. Aa for by all tha law's that govsm popularity i mm i taai r it as n fin i n nrtivai uuuuiai In dramatic onenns". " however, will find plenty of room for criticism......' . . y ; ' OBiaxar or r amotts wormtM- "1 m. i ''" iu ta.a FrancIsM Bulletin. ' . T r ivm .. w-mmi . . i.ni nation' there ar few a asa ga a we sa si novels to compete with -The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." and the atory of Ita Inception Is i almost as Stevenson. It sppears, had dealings ,i,u . n HamMi Bamuel Creggan. and did not Ilk him. '"H'i man who trades - on th , Ssmul," averreo m novellst He receives you with Samuel's it. v. 1- a.a, Itut averr . now and m HI 1, ww-M.a.w, - - - then you catch a glimpse of the Creggan peeping out liae a wnm . v..- gan'a th real man; Samuel's only super This wss ' what gav Stvnaon tha flrat idea of th dual personality w. Jekyll and Hyde, but be did not begin . On night- however Mrs. Stevanaon, awakened by crlea of horror from bar husband, and thinking that b had a nightmare, aroused him. Hs wag gul snrrv. ' ' ..n-k. am -win waka meT be asked "I was dreaming a fin bogey tale." He got. up at one and began writing Jn -a aort of fever! Hla biographer, Mr. Os borne, says thst It Is doubtful whether the first draft took him so tong ss tbree dsys. -..-.-..' "- Treaaur laland." by th same author, v.. a huiMiiiia almost eoually strange. On day Robert Louts Stevenson wss playing with a box of wnter colors be longing tJ bis stepson, snd Idly drew snd colored a msp-oi an iniinri a Tri oimta his own words: it' ., elaborately and." I - thought beautifully colored; the shspe of It took my fancy beyond expression? it . con t.injkii harhora ' that Dleaad m Ilk aonnets. and with the unconsciousness of the predestined, ticketed It Treaeure laland.'- The next think I knew . I had som paper before me and was .writing out a list or cnapters. .. The upshot wss thst for th next 11 4a.. Blavanann WMta like One DOaSSSd. tnmlna out a chapter a day. Than h loat hold, and It waa weeks before the lnaplratlon eame again, but when It did "Treasure Island" flowed from him "Ilk smsll talk," and ran serially In a chil dren's paper.. "il ;': ' To go back a good many .years, stories attach to almost every on of Charlea Dickanr noveis. - - ' -, ' : . fliMa aftar the Pickwick Pssers" had mad their amaslng success, Dlcksns happened to visit ths studio of Oeorg Crulkshank, and ther was ahown som drawings of th career .of a London thief. ' Among these was a sketch of, Fagln'a Dan, and a plctur of Bill Syke. Dick ens waa at tne urn engaajea uin an Ma., .f a mrkhmiM atorv. and the re sult of this chance vlalt waa "Oliver Twist," as It waa soon arierwara pud- Uahed. ". .- '.- " .-! i As for. "Nicholas Nlckleby." tber doe not seem much doubt but that the great novelist conceived tb Idea of "Dothe boys Hall" from th advertisement ef Mr. Slmpaon's academy, woooen urort lodg Torksblre, which ha saw In an ojd copy of tha Times. .. . i...-.- Ths famous Captain Kettle, .th moat popular creation of Mr. CUtcllff Hyne, was originally a character In a com paratively ilttla known story by th tall Torkahlremao, .. r ' MB4 WATIa T.laWlarS MUBVBJS. " Soda water la now preeorlbed for hunger,' especially for th abnormal hunger produced by discs se. . The seat of hunger is found In the solar plexus. By tha us of water charged with car bonlo acid gas th branches of th solar plexus distributed through the mucous membrane of the atomach ar Influenced In such a way that th abnormal Irri tation of the ptexsa. which i th foun dation for th ravenous . hunger often present n dkabatea and certain ' forma of Indigestion may be greatly mitigated If hol jwbofly ' appeased. , ; - , SUCCESSFUL WERE-REJECTED ' ; : , : PLATWRIGHT of limited prsc tlcal experience but wide knowl. -edge of - th- - drama--: ope Bed . an oirioe a. law yeara agu from " which ha , proposed to dis seminate . Information - of .' great value to 1 manager Ha. - waa going to tell them before they produced a play whether It would be successful. Ther have been unexpected failures of plays. aloe that time, Juat aa there used to be, and there have been successes very dim cult to explain. ' So probably the mana gers failed to take advantage of. this wise man's offer. - . V - "'-" ' - If be could da what h offered to do his Judgment would be ss valuable aa that of a stock broker who eould tall hla patrons Juat what atocka war going up or down.'. It la tru that any man pos sessed of this knowledge would probably buy -the right stocks himself and avoid the bad ones, and thus- be relieved of the less . profitable) ' task of advising othere. This truth applies, to dramatic prophet also. V , . ,. - Managers know that they make mis takes and feel little sensitiveness about 1C In the long run they make more good- gueaaea . than bad onaa, ' ala - thoy would soon be our of bulness. So 11 does not - trouble them to be reminded of the .chancea they, loat when plays ultimately, very popular?wer refused by them.-.. ,,..; . . ':,,"' "" A. M, Palmer, who died a few day ago, had for a year In hla deak tha man-; uaorlpt of "My Farther,", th most suc cessful play th late Hartley Campbell ever wrote. Mr. Palmer read It and re read It, and finely decided that the chances of success wer too- slight for him to produce -fV". 4. ' ' ' -' i ' Finally, Louis Aldrlch . bought the play, gathered a company and produced it In the late summer at th old Union Square theatre, it. mad a fortune for blmaand its author.- !' . J : ' ' Another similar . experience " in . Mr. Palmera career ' came In "the caae of "Alabama," which practically . estab llahed the'' reputation 1 of Auguatus Thomas as a-playwright - Mr. Palmer waa very much In need of a play at the Madlaon-Square theatre during th last year of hts tenancy ther. -- Mr. -Thomaa' comedy of -southern life waa In his pos session, and had been for several years. But the manager had no confidence in It After a while hi need for a new play became ao pressing that he took what he conaldered a deaperate chance and pro duced "Alabama." -It waa th greatest success ' of his later career, and carried him -over until , Paul. Potter .made hla famoua dramatisation of Trilby." which lifted. tb veteran manager ut-of many financial embarraaamenta. - , - "Th Second Mrs. Tanque'ray," was' for a year in th possession, of Daniel Froh man. who at th end -of that tlm re turned It to Arthur Plnero without exor cialng hla right to produce It Tt bad not then been' given in London; because the author had not discovered Mrs. Pat Campbell at that tlma and could find no woman to whom h was willing to trust the leading role. . ' Plnero's drama of tha erring Paula has made a fortune, sine Mr. Frobman re fused to produce It but Mr. Frohman's conscience la perfectly clear as to bis conduct n( returning th manuscript In those days be had th old Lyceum heatr. which - appealed to a special clientele. It . was his provlnc to ss that th plays acted ther wer innocent, whatever 1b they might be. Their strong card was in avery caae their pur ity, .Nobody couM attribute that qual ity to Th Second Mrs. Tanqueray," so back It went to Ita author. Flv year ago Henry Miner was playing at th Amphlon theatr iaLdoajwhsress th two other' plays sue Brooklyn. H was then trying to nna a play a search In which he has encoun tered much difficulty. A popular actor, he haa more than one been sacrificed to stupid dramaa or unsuitable roles. On night a messenger brough him word that Richard Oanthonjr wanted to apeak to him. . Mr. Miller had no recol lection of having met anybody of that name, but after th play th visitor was brought to hts dressing room. Hs ssld he had com e get th. manuscript of a plhy which h bad sent to Mr. Miller more than a year before. H men tioned th nam and th character of th piec.- v i : Ms Miller raekeeVbls brain In vain la recall It and wbat he bad don with It "You leava m your address." hs said finally to ths playwright 'land I will let you have your piece. . I have recently put some trunks In storage and it may be that the manuscript is In on of them. At all events, I will look It up." , Tbs next dey Mr. Miller sought for ths manuscript among tbs trunks and ultimately found It and returned It to Its owner. Th plsy turned out to b "A Messsg from Mars." - ' - - - ' 1 ' : Charlea llawtry acted In it In London for an entire year, and It is still play ing -with success in this country. Mr. Miller took this experience philosonhlc- slly as sn episode that- might happen to any actor, whose- Judgment about plays becomes after a while so clouded that It la difficult for him to tell what la good and what Is not ' ' ' ' Th experience of th Bernard Shaw playa haa been aa curious in this coun try ss in England. Richard Mansfield several years ago became an enthusiastic convert to Bhaw a genius sna aeciaea thst he must produce "Candida." He was to art It at the Oerrtck theatre! and brought Janet Achurch to this coun try on the recommendation of th author as th actress beat capable of playing1 th leading role. j -After two or three rehearsals Mr. Mansfield, who was unable to decide whether he should play th young poet or th husband, gave up all Idea of act ing th drama and kept Miss Achurch her for an entire season on full salsry rather than take the risk of producing th play which turned out so successful for Arnold Daly. No commercial mana ger for ytara thought of touching on of the Shaw comedies after that - Mrs. Flske wanted to play "Captain Brassbound's ' Conversion." but would not agre to th terms on which Shsw was willing to let th plsy be used. "Tou Never Can Tell" wss written on th order of Cyril Maade, tb manager of th Haymarket theatre in London, who. refused positively to act In th piec when h discovered thst th her. wss a dentist anrt that tne rirst-set passed In a 1 dentist's office. ' Charles Froh roan and other New Tork managers had th manuscript of "Tou Never Can Tell.".- but none f them thought of acting it until Arnold Daly with -Can dida" showed that he at leaat eon id b successful In a Shaw play, , v . -Ausustus Thomas seems to hsv Dua lled other manager besides A. M. Pal mer. "Artsona" waa peddled from pillar to post and refused by every manager who saw It until Kirke La Shells pro duced it In Chicago with great success. Then Mr Frohmsa mad a oontract with Augustus Thomas by, which he wss .to hsv an option on every plsy hs wrote f.n the next fit years. Naturally Mr. Thomas got - a - substantial Mm every year forsllDwlng. .Mr. Frohmsn , this privilege. . , - j- , ' .v . .1 ; , Tb successor to "Alabama" wag 'TJol-1 PLAYS .THAT oradd," and it laatad for about two un happy weeka at Wallack's theatre.' Not long, afterward Mr. Thomas wrot Th Karl of Pawtucket" - with. the Idea of utilising ' the drol) British mannerlama of Lawrence' D'Oraay, -who" waa at that time In Mr. Frohtnan's employ."- " But Mr. Frohman saw no value in Mr. D'Oraay ss 8 star and passed up th piece, which Is th moat successful fares produced .In this country m a, decade, Klrke La Snelle waa again the lucky manager to - profit . by Mr. Frohman's refural of a play, and is still coining money .with a Thomaa farce. - ' " . .. When . David' Belaaco cams forward tier aeveral years of retirement .wath "The Heart of Maryland" he made tne condition that Mra. Leslie Carter ahould act th leading role, whoever produced the play. . He met wltb rebuff on every side. No mansger wanted, his plsy, and for Mra Carter' services there was no demand whatever. - L'Utmately A. M. Palmer showed soms Interest in the piece, ss he was hard up for a play,' but he could guarantee book ings , for .only , part,, of a, season,, snd. If the play waa . a . success it chances would v be '.permanently jeopardised by auch treatment. Mr. Belaaco- decided, therefore, to take further risks and get some backer who would enable blm to put on th drama in a way thst' would give It a chance of success. Hs ulti mately : found this person outside, of th theatrical profession. snd s The Heart of Maryland" established both ths author and Mrs. Carter on their present level In American theatricals. - Another sunoessfui play had similar difficulties. When Hall Calne sent the dramatisation of Tha Christian" over to this country no. manager would touch It . Tbey had all kinds of objections to maks to it. It would shock religious people. It waa too preachy and too un dramatic The . manuscript came back to Kllzabeth. Marburya of flc with such regularity, that even '.ber customary elo quence -on behalf of an unfortunate play eould seemingly, do - nothing for this vlotlnV,-' -" i ..?' -... . .- f t. After a while it happened that Viol Alien, who was about. to become a: star, wanted, a. play In. which to. make her flrat appearance.. She naturally found herself onrtbe way to Bllsabeth Mar- bury'a offlc.,, . -y , .-. .. ' , .- "What 'you - want Miss - Allen," ths play broker said, to her. "Is -something more than a merely, good play to attract attention during , your flrat . year aa a etar.. You -want something sensational that will b talked about on religious or other grounds. ,t. Just take .this man uscript, home with you.'V , ,a . - 80 Mtss Alien went horn with "Th Christian" tucked under her arm:'' Sh was rather an- uncertain proposition as -star-in those early days, so. she .made with her managers an arrangement which guaranteed her a very small sal ary, but .a very large percentage of .th prof ita. ' Th Chrlatlan" swept every thing before it that year, and after act lng-It for-two sessons Miss All was a . rich . woman.' Yet every New York manager had refused the play. It often happena that .the, new dra matist gets his opportunity, through ths stsr rather than the manager if he la able to offer a play eontalnlng an at tractive part. . Hubert Davies waa an unknown quantity until Elisabeth Mar bury received aome of his plays snd wss struck with their originality. She wanted one of them for Elal D Wolf. . Among the playa thst . young Davies sent from Ban Francisco to Iter were "Cousin Kate." "Mrs. Oorringors Neck lace" and "Cynthia," Mies D Wolfe read th three, and selected "Cynthia' because ah thought it beat suited -to her talenta and because sh preferred to play Jh part of a -very young wo man. It was a faltur here and la Lon caeded In both countries. ' :Miss D Wolf mad an error In her selection. but it Is to ber. nevertheless, that Mr. Davies owes his dlscovsry ss a play wright. ' ' ...-; Mrs. Flske had th courage to take "Leah Kleschna" after It had been re fused - her snd In London by every mansger to wnom it was r submitted. One It.wa euoceasfully acted, the scramble for th London rights bgan ana is not yet settled. When Sir Charlea Young wrot "Jim th Penman" he could persuade no Lon don manager to produce It and finally tried th play out at a matinee nerform- anceifor whlch. be waa compelled t aup. I piy tn money nimaeir.- letter th piece waa a niatonc auccea, "My Friend From India." which was ss successful In its wsy aa Th Earl of Pawtucket" has been later, also found no sppreclstlon among the regular man agers, and waa finally'- produced under very modest circumstance by mana gers who had difficulty in raising th money, to ao it, 'VOTSBTT AJTB CMXmU From ' the Lowlston Journal. Eleven thousand - six hundred . and r1 Ji !" curred In New York. City during the year-l04. according to statistics Just compiled st the recorder's office. Of this number, i.lag bodies were burled In the Potter's field, 117 going to un marked graves, nsver having been Iden tified. Th problem of th social evils hss Important relation to thea data. It Is unspeakably significant, while wages are high and skilled workers scare, that there should yet be so large and so menacing a contingent of poverty and crime. . until . w have better teneraent-houeea, less spoils In polities snd efficient Industrial educa tion, w shall nurse poverty , and crlm by bad or by Inapt Inatitutions, for which "soolallata" ranting . In - aaJoona continue to Impeach all society for Its want of social compunction. . In our Judgment the problem of foreign Im migration adda no little to tb perplexi ties of th situation. . , ' , Bselstvs. ' : ,. , ... From th Chicago JourAaJ. ' "Waa Freddie long la coming to the point r' 1 ..i.- ."Oh, no J he-told m what hi Income was to begin w,tn' ' LYRIC THEATRE- tit Arrxmiiooir afs iiY-arnia tmi ooinxironio. ' MONDAY, APRIL loth rOBTLAFS't rATOUTX STOCK OOat- h ' -' run. : .- MitfitiMra:?" ' rnsT tlal Of AFT ITAgX. .' A tkHtltas raalndrsma' of Mtana'aad kesrl fi'ter-et, rltr l'a Wllana. Ike rwanUr leadjag a er in umc . , - - Follow the Crowd . tft wCoettnooos aarfnrswaea ana the WARQUAM iru. PAom Malm 868. , !. CiT. Jules Murry Presents MR. MAX '. ' In the Rosuing, Sctttaiaiag, a ;r,.- '.' .?' ',.' JUL OF taiTY ,;- ''K'-VlRST''.TiMB'HI3RB,, ' ' .,.-,'('-' v 1 i r . . . .. ' .'- ''. - - ' !' '- ': "Brsy. Sparkling, Bright and Amusing." -Denver New, March th.. ."Four .word tell a delightful. tory.'l It .waa pur. wmedyt''---alt Lak ..':,;' Herald.. April 1. w i -. '.... 4-t , ,- ,. .-;'. y ' . :,. ...... FBICaTSt Tower floor, teeept Baloeay, fin tows, Tool last rows, boo. asjisar as asva soe. mat and log, ST40. Seats mow. selling. rOarrlsas at lOtSO oalook. OLUMBIA THEATRE U tta,,-'w iV FOURTEENTH AND WASHINGTON Reopeninrj Sunday MaUneeToday April 9th mmmm . a .' - - aw v a a the New toiamoia mock company ''"' - " PRMENTIMO THE . POWERFUL DRAMA, f 'ri. Vooian Against Vojhoo ' .- ' :"' -' s : :.'-.' . :.-."- .,":,--..- .-',,',' .''":' I All Week Matinees , ' All the old, favorites In th cast. - A limited season"' of thr ) weak . only. Th 'standard" of Columbia productions ; will 'prevail throughout. Evening prices. ........,........IOc, He, tSc and lte .; ' Mattne -prices. ,4. .'...yra....SSc'16b and lc '' ' ., :I)owntown bo of flc open all Mdrrlson street- Phon Mala-110. weak: "BORA TMORNB.- EMPIRE THEATRE 10 cAdmission Summer SsaMti Opens To4ay (Sunday)' EMPIRE STOCK COWPAWY itir ikiLai j i von VUi , Matinee Every Day. 2 P. M. , V One Show, Beglnnlns: 8- o'clock Each vNla;ht ...... Opening Play The Seuatloiul Ea!ish Kelodnsa THE TICKET-OF-LE AVE MAN s ZtfrgS i. 'Ten ' Engagement Extraordinary Star Theatre jriw- S1XX RABTt KOVOAT, , . . i - Aran, u. - ' -- -PER1.B and D1AMANT . gtDrs Bad Paaeera. IXrarf rrom rirta. ; MR. and MRS. DICK TRACEY A CO. la rfoa-rdr M-t--a. "Tae rrlaky Mr. . y ioaea." -. ' gperlal EngsgeaMat af tne - . ED ZOY ARRASAM ETA . World' Oreat - OMe Kelleaa, "FeELEY & ABACCO " ptnet Tram . th Itsst. ka a Coated Skete. .. ...y . 1 .WILLIAM E. OROS3 i, - x .. . ; Oerraaa Ooai'ntaa,' - J JONE5 A ROBINSON I ta-Tketr lalailtabte Bhateb. "Msretaf ' ' ' Peter." , ROSCOB ARCUCKLB gtmrta. ta. Illnatrated Bnn(, Tees 1x4 Oeve His Lire tar Ills UMratrr." -. t::3 staccsccpe Bhowt; t f latest. Pl-tnee. Katltled . i i:ri:rariio." AEr. . Ptrfr- GRAND TI1EATl T, PmU, Rildt XTa-wr; . G His Company Induding FIGMAN- Farcical Comedy Success ' r 1 , . .. - . last S rows, SLoOi.laau S taws, TB. v v . : -STREET3 M . S l - Saturday and Sunday day at Dolly Varden Candy Shop, IJT ' Evening at theatre. Mala 111, Next J ; . . '' , J. ;,.V ; , Geo. UCsr Mights in a Bar Rccrf THEATRE ' THrao ajto takhzlz, iTaurff. Tugt aadevlUe atsaa ts --"-n WEEK COMj,;EKar.S fSZl 13 ''.i'-'T-...: Hugo Bros.-;::-'";-',:: World's rsBMMja AeratMHe : : The Aliens ' Is a Kefmed Moatrat gseeeb. ' ' ' r'v-C! Insoina . ",''-'. t . 'wnt. Hlatay Kid.- ' ' ' .Wayne Lamar The Stasstlaajsl Ssaelaltr ef tea ssa. , The Deasrona Trio aernsd Isroaelfcia. Stanley cbd Uzr.s ,' ' ' O.UbM Ssafe ArHata ' y,w in..- t; MAMAGE 10
