The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
EPISODES IN NEW A
A VERY DRAMATIC FOREST FIRE IN
"CUM BERLhND ,01.U

scenes worth LooEinE Al in ''The DEVILS Dis
aIpleo and ''The tdoi's EJs Heid
In ..la Poupee ~ - Tho AHAtP Between
Ennpy Davenport ana Eugene Tonpkins.
Adrojt stago management is involved in one
spisode Of Cumberland 81" at tho Fourteenth
etreot Theatre. The problem Of presenting q
sensational FIRE scene without subordinating
emotional dramatis interest to the realism has
been solved successfully by Mr. itou's handling
Of Il. The spectators see a confagration roar
ing in a rocky gorge, feeding upon the dry pines,
and eventually licking up a rude bridge. A highly
realistic picture is made OF this, yet there is no
cessation OF tho drama for II, and all the par
t~ioipants in the scene are continuously busy
from tho first flash in tho depths Of the gorge
until tho bridge is wrapped in flames. This
episode starts with q picture by Homer Emens
that on disclosure Is applauded nightly. The
view Is along the wlndings OF the gorge. In
front and raised we'll above tho stage is tho
hridre, with O roadway leading to woods at
leftr and right. Beyond arc the scattered and
uneven tops OF trees that root In the bottom of
the ochssm. and in prospecting, are distant and
fight softens all but the bridge and IT'S APP
pfosches and makes indistinct for a moment
tSS. face sSS Of 'b h, e snem mSun So eiosc E i Il, r Wsso h.
and no intense his mood for killing, that his rifle
e cooked and levellSd e a r friend Ssna before n the
Eiyes orders that his foe be hunted through the
forest like a wolf, and DO driven toward the
sppicach the ride is leyelied again, but shoot
,3g Sn Hner%oa no aSn Is and nI' he ei. casts si aside Ia his his
weapon. The two men grapple. In their parley
the the si SS,, Of t flrs is T ,esn fsoR L 'f isS ssss% e snS na.
them. At the moment that the younger man
fells his opponent and reaches the other end of
the bridge, the heroine-the sweetheart OF the
ono and the daughter Of the ~other-bcgs that
counterfeit Of consuming flames, the hero
drags his antagonist of the doomed STRUCTURE.
Of It disclose the structure In progressive stages
Of consumption. As the hottest flames arc
away beneath 1t, It is but their tongues that
lick the beams, and a new touch of realism
comes in the faint whirls Of smoke that alter
nate with tho uplifts of fire., and that float lazi-
ihgs OF this do not satisfy the enthusiasm, but
after that number nightly the actors are sent
thines-even fine displays o: fre-must have
an end.
The truth regarding Fanny Davenport's sud
den withdrawal of the new Joan Of Arc play,
"a Soldier of France" at the Boston Theatre. is
declared by her manager to be that the actress
and, Eugene Tompkins, owner OF the house, dis
agreed as to the practical value of the piece.
Ho insisted that she should put it aside and re-
vive some of the sure things from her Sardou
repertory, but she would not consent, and hence
her departure at the end of three weeks, in
stead Of filling the engagement for seven. Mr..
Tompldns's theatre is devoted largely to oman
tic dramas with pictorial mountings, and he
came to New York to secure either M
land 81, - now current at the Fourteenth Street,
or "a Ward of France which Is running. in
philadelphia. AUGUSTUS plt9n and j.: Wesley
'81," would not consider the proposition to
shorten the run of that play here; But a
Erianger, factors in the Hayman theatrical
syndicate. and right here came in an %iilustra-
trolling as they do the bookings Of many com
panies and theatres, klaw d Erlanger are able
1 por sh,.t c tainSs a. VII rhe TO d ans dd EiRe aH % e ai
OF France to Boston earlier than had been
planned by sending some other good play in its
stead to. Washington and Baltimore, and thus
take advantage. of the situation. Mr.. Temp
kins says that there is no i'll will between him
ference of Judgment, She pins her faith to
"A Soldier of France and will &c, on a tour
sent "A y W are e OF Fancy Fl netS T TO- the sn Bos se Mii sr in
Ats place.
The project Of the Criterion Independent
Theatre has begun to take on comic aspects,
and that is a pity, because there has been rea-
son to expect from it something better than the
ludicrous fiasco of the Theatre Of Arts and Let
tiers, Men of good repute and sound Judgment
in dramatic ART lent their names to the newer
enterprise, but they will hardly remain in even
tacit companionship with those who seem bent
on earning ridiculc.
This years matinee for the Actors Fund is
dated for Dec. 3 at the Knickcrbocker. Among
the things already sure for it, under Daniel
Frohman's direction, is a new short play with
John Drew and Maude Adams, n piece in which
n. G. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott will have
parts, and another with n Ly 2eum stock cast.
Chuck Corners has encountered n Waterfalls
tic obstacle in his pursuit of dramatic art. He
Is an exhibit in o the Bowery," and down in
Texas he was held up by a yellow fever quarnn.
tine. He is angry aid has sued the city OF San
Antonio for damages.
There is no love between:AuEustin DAILY and
that something like hatred is felt by those rival
managors. Mr.. baiy owns thesrights in The
Haecg rest SiF Of i fSr 'h rnif Sity s ena MF' M EESh% YUnn fsr
who had a rolc.in tho piece at Days made an
engagement to GO on the tour Of me Frohma9
Many new plays are projected promisingly.
Heart q Maryland" Glen Macdonoueh and
Louie Shipman'S dramatlzation of Henry Els
mond' will be produced by r. II. Sothcrn next
month in Philadelphia. John Ernest Mccain
e called sold aFo 5S G4s'" Wheel tIavi9 Charlie. a .e GSESIan
himself go starring in il. Edward F.. Kiddcr's
"The Ocean Greyhound" i. S. Willard has
received from Hall Game an outline of a pro.
posed decentralization OF THE Christian" b.
=. Valentines "A Southern Romance" with
the changes made in it by Mr.. Dietrichstoin
for the Fifth Avenue performances eliminated,
1.-THE Tree of knowledge will DO used at the
Lyceum after, tho run Of "The Princess and
the Butterfly"
4 circus of the old-fashioned, one.ring, kind
IL to be opened in tho building in West Forty
second street hitherto known as the Arena
Athletic Club. John Is. Doris Is to manage 1t,
an he expects 10 make Il start toward the end OF
this month.
Charles Frohman has four plays in prepare
ton for production this month; They are "A
Marriage of Convenience for John Drew's re-
appearance at the Empire, "The White Heath.
er" for his annual melodrama at the Academy,
The Circus Girl for a tour, and The Salt OF
the Earth in which Annie Russell will be
conspicuous.
Surely there never was a hero so nearly hanged
as Dick DudOeon in THE DEVILS Disciple -
Eophisticated audiences know that even in:ono
OF Bernard Shaw's plays the man is not 70
- hang. One pardon famed in ballad camo too
late. But that was not a stage pardon. In
Mr.. Mansleld's present play tho relief comes
later in the story than it ever did before. so tho