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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-19

George II. Broadhurst, who has won
fame as an author Of farce. is an Eng.
lishman and halls from the little town
of WalsalI. stanordshre, where his aged
parents still reside. He drifted into the
theatrical business through his brother
Thomas. who was an expert accounts
ant and was engaged by NJ. y. Leavitt
90 straighten up his books. Leavitt at
that time had several theaters and at
fractions and quite few inexperienced
boolIkeepers. George became the treas
urer of the Windsor theater. Chicago,
and afterward the manager of the Bush
street theater. San Francisco. While
there he met Bronson Howard. who first
put the idea into his head to write a
play.
His first was "The Speculator," which
he gave TO Joseph Brooks TO read. with
a view to getting William II. Crane tn
produce IL. Brooks rejected ii, but aft
erward produced The Fool OF For-
tune" which was similar to THE Spec
ulator"
Broadhurst. OF course, docs not accuse
either Crane or Brooks OF pilfering his
play.
Writing farce Is very easy for Broad-
hurst. He completed What Happened
to Jones" i'm 80 days. The ideas and
lines came to him SO fast he worked
| about Is hours day for fear he would
lose them. Serious work is much hard
| er for the author. He has been three
years writing THE Last Chapter" ana
will not produce Il until next season. as
| the company required 10 interpret 10
/ must be strong one. why Smith
/ Left Home" was written In San Fran
cisco last winter. He considers that
smith" and Jones" have no merits as
literary works.
Broadhurst considers that there ara
but two things i'm writing farce. one 10
to make people laugh and the other to
bring money into the box Office. He -
I always careful. however. never TO touch
upon anything suggestive.
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Copyright. 1881

Copyright, 1881
The baseball season of 1898 is over
In spite OF the depressing influence Of
the late war IL sheen one OF the
most interesting races for the National
league pennant in recent years. For
one thing il was the longest schedule
i'm the history OF the association; sec
ondly, the leading clubs have been with
in a few points of each other most OF
the time and the winner was not posi-
lively known until the last week OF the
race. Consequently public interest in
the contest was not allowed To flag, but
remained on the edge up TO the very last.
On the 18th Of April the opening games
were played, so that for six months the
fans have had opportunities to witness
their favorlte sport.
The season had it's ups and downs for
all the clubs. Each started in with
sprlngtide's hope and confident that the
process of Strengthening the team"
would at last lead within sight at least
OF the promised land when the autumn
leaves began to fall. Last year Boston
managed to get the pennant away from
the Baltimores by the narrow margin of
13 points, having won 80 games TO the
Orioles 90 and lost 80 as against 40 de-
feats for the Baltimore nine. Hanlon's
team had held the pennant for three
seasons previous to this. and Boston
had also won the flag the same number
OF times since 1892. when the present
National league agreement was signed
Thus this year there was a sort OF
rubber between them for the famous
trophy.
The Boston team did not start out
very brilliantly this season, and on
April "a were eighth on the list.-with q
record of three games won and -four
lost. From that point however, they
began steadily to climb, with varying
fortune, nearer and nearer the top oi
the list. on the 1st of May they hac
reached the first division, being sixth
with a record OF six games won and five
lost and q percentage of .545.
Cincinnati, the club which badl1
wanted the pennant this year. was lead
ing at this time, with Baltimore second
The Queen City team ably defended IL
position at the top of the heap for th'
greater part OF the season. but at las
succumbed to the inevitable strain of ;
long season and of being pitted agains
teams containing players who could bet
ter stand the racket.
BY the 1st OF June the standing o
the clubs had greatly changed. Cincin
natl was still In the lead. being over 10'
points ahead of Cleveland, which was IN
second place; Boston had clambered in
TO the third notch. more than $50 point:
behind the leaders, while the fourth
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THE BOSTON TEAM:
HOW 1T WON
THE CHAMPIONSHIP

until Wednesday Aug. IL. the Cincin-
natis had maintained their lead, al
though by that time Boston had climb
ed the heights 10 a practical tie, as on
that date these clubs stood: Cincinnati,
won 81, lost 36 percentage .6505; Boston
won Co. lost 50. percentage $500. AS II
was on the 18th Of June that the cham
pions jumped into second place, il took
them exactly one month 10 wrest the
leadership from the Cincinnatis.
Just about this time the strain under
which the Cincinnati players had been
To- maintain the lead began TO tell upon
them. They were playing a series with
the New Y0rks, and the slump in bat
ting shown by them was pitiful 10 WIT
ness. II helped the Bean Eaters To cinch
their hold on the first place. though-a
fact Of which they were not slow 10
avail themselves. Baltimore was also
making a game struggle 10 redeem her
lost laurels and from this point on was
a very prominent factor in the struggle.
on the 25th OF August the Baltimores
administered defeat TO the Cincinnatis
and at the same time deprived them OF
second place. The next day Cincinnati
whitewashed the Orioles and regained
her position.
on the first day OF September the
three leading clubs were within five
points of each other. the score being as
follows: Boston. .63i Baltimore, $50;
Cincinnati. .629. They were now on the
home stretch and the winner seemed
certain to be one of them. though Cleve-
land with a score Of $50. was still in
the running.
The Boston team was still ahead by a
comfortable margin on Oct l. and the
next three were str ang out somewhat
by this time. They stood as follows:
Boston, .676; Baltimore, $50; Cincinnati,
500; Cleveland, .562. Unless the very
unexpected happened the pennant was
safely Bostons by this time, as only the
| loss OF nearly every game on their part
and a corresponding bunch of victories
| by Baltimore could snatch the leader
ship from them. The unexpected did not
| happen, and the Bean Eaters are again
the winners of the race.
The champions have won their vel
deserved laurels by the strongest kino
| of away from home work during the
whole season and by playing consistent
ball at all times.
The Orioles were upheld in their
! siege by the offer of $1,000 to the play
| ers by their manager and president
| Ed Hanlon, and they would have well
| deserved the money had they won Or
| the other hand.-the Bostons had nc
| such incentive to spur them on, bet the
true idea Of craftsmanship is so deeply
| imbued in their hearts and minds that
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is a king pin OF catchers. and withous
him the Bostons would be probably in
second place or even lower down the
ladder.
Nichols, Lewis Klobedanz and Willis
are a quartet OF great pitchers. not only
because OF their ability with curves and
shoots, but because theyknow the weak
ness OF every batter that faces them.
Altogether the team is a splendid one.
The men play the game for all IL Is
worth, and the combination is happily
free from the chickering's and jealousies
that have marred the play and made
unpleasant many games participated In
by some teams.
If all the mines were composed or such
men as the Bostons, there would be no
need for Brush resolutions or any such
laws against rowdyism on the diamond.
CHARLES f. EDWARDES. y
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"to win" Is prize enough e. B.. TX ~ a
fight to the last ditch.
Boston this year has team that can
hardly be excelled I'm individual players.
and Whom TheIf Te8W WOfK " taken mo
consideration IL D. simply unapproaoh-
able Tenney. Lowe. Collins and Long
are Individually and collectively the
equal Of any infeld quartet ever pro-
duced. Captain Duffy IS probably the
most valuable left fielder now playing
the game. and as a leader he Is only
second 10 Tcbeau. Hamilton Is one OF
the best base stealers and run eetters
i'm the business. and there are few bet
ter feldcrs than stehl. Martin Bergen
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place was held by the ex-champion team
from Baltimore. by the middle Of the
month the four leading teams were still
holding the same positions, but the per
TeHt0ges Wefe ereat1y cHhhEFd. CTH'IH-
natl led. with $40 points. Cleveland and
Boston were tied TOT second place. with
6ss, and Bal .mOre Was fourth. with 81
points.
When the first day Of August rolled
around. the four leading teams stood as
follows; Cincinnati. won 40. lost 23. per
centage .635. Boston. won -. lost 23.
percentage .623: Cleveland. won 90. lost
q. percentage 500. Baltimore. won -.
lost a, percentage .5ss. From May ~
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New York.
Took the best odds.
New York.

Corrigan, the well known horseman.
had a jockey or whom hc was very
careful. The boy fell ill, and Corrigan
told him 10 gu 90 his own physician.
Unfortunately the youngster forgot the
address. but determined to obey Or-
ders lie scanned the office hour
signs. observing some 10 bear the words
~ 10 p" others '2 to 4" A third door
was marked III ~ l." II guess those
are the best odds on the street" said
the jockey. "and / u try that fellow"
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Copyright. 1851

ICopyrignt, l6yh.
saw the new Glen MacDonough play,
'Kate Kip. Buyer" in which May Irwin
Is starring, the other night. out OF town,
and there can be no doubt that Miss Ir-
win has the best medium in which she
has appeared in many years. The piece
turns upon the rivalry existing between
two boom towns. each of which aspires
To the designation Of permanent capital
OF the state. Upon this selection hinges
the, material welfare Of the young man
who in the play is Miss Irwin's fiance.
Through the mendacity TO which Miss
Irwin appears TO be perpetually con-
demned on the stage the matter Is
Strengthened out satisfactorily, and ev-
cry one is made happy excepting only
the rather negative villain. who has
stolen a Japanese uniform and mas
querades as the hero OF the Chino-Jap-
anese war.
AS usual. Miss Irwin is supported by
an excellent company Her old standby.
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A new dramatic prirna donna OF us
tlnction has been found In Georget'e Le-
blanc who succeeded Emma carve IN
Massenet's "Saphs' at the Paris ops
era Comiquc and achieved an instans
and extraordinary success on quite orlss
inal lines.
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fohn Il. Sparks, is OF course cast for
the role OF "A prosperous and shrewd
Irishman who is able to outwit every
body but the star. and that naturally
would never do. Ignacio Martinetti. al
ways n capable actor is well fitted with
the role OF an anarchist, who, TO prove
the depth OF his devotion f~r one OF the
yentler sex, declares In an impassioned
manner that he would even so to work
for her. The women, who in an Irwin
farce-are usually simply backgrounds
for the star. are all pretty and are. be-
sides, able 10 act
Mime. Pillar NORM plays n Japanese
girl in English with a very slight
French accent. This lady, who has no
superior in the world as a pantomimic
artistic and who will be remembered as
the original exponent OF the title role
of IL Enfant Prologue" in this city at
Days theater. is absolutely wasted in
Kate Kip. Buyer" Indeed her little
speciality, which might be well received
in an entertainment of different ma
ture. scarcely gets "A hand" The au-
thor of the play. Glen MacDonough.
seems to have once more struck his
gait as a writer OF farce.
had a talk the other day with Mr..
Albert Melen. the secretary of the
James Il. Waite Amusement company.
anent the theory that the repertory and
local stock companies will shortly cease
10 exist as influential phases OF the
amusement catering business of the
country. or course this is the opinion
OF scarcely any one except the few man
ayers who fnd that these organizations
are interfering with their buccaneering
practice OF sending bad plays out with
poor casts, but the papers have given
60 much space TO the subject lately that
the views OF "the other side" so to
speak. ought TO be of interest.
M. Mellen informs me that the Waite
company has been organized with a
capital OF 5000 900 and that II Is It's pur-
pose To put on the road a number oil
companies Ia addition -tn-thoRe- which
arc now successfully touring the coun-
try only the best OF the metropolitan
hits will be presented. and as the prices
will continue 60 be from 10 TO 80 cents
and the companies are TO be made up
rs at present. OF capable actors he be
l.ovos that the success hitherto achieved
viii be ns a drop I'm the bucket 20 thai
which the future holds.
\ phase OF tho Waite company which
~ffI - ,,otscItv A. tho iuetalla Tim liz
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AS VIEWED

various cities not too widely separated
OF competent stock companies. The plan
Is for each of these TO present play
and then go to the nearest OF the Waite
towns, then TO the next and the next,
and so on. During the absence from the
home town each OF the companies will
be rehearsing a new play, 80 that by
the time the starting point is reached
IL will be ready for presentation, BY
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The problem" I'm "The Liars ap-
pears to be the question OF the extent of
the culpabllty OF a wife and her lover.
who have not actually become outlaws
from society simply because the oppor-
tunity has not presented itself They
are not ashamed Of their conduct. or.
rather. misconduct. and only'regret that
circumstances have conspired 10 keep
them ostensibly respectable In spite OF
themselves. As I'm all or Jones plays.
the dialogue I'm The Liars" II snappy
and bright There arc numerous cpl
grammatic retorts In which the ele-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-19
THE GOTHAM STAGE
VIEWED
BY ARTHUR CRlSPlN.

ment Of cynicism is all pervading. AL
together the play is not a proper one
for the young person" but despite that
fact, or perhaps because of 1t, IL is do
ing magnificent business at the Empire.
This theater has the best stock COM
pany in the United States, IL not in the
world, and John Drew is an actor who
is capable Of doing great things, but so
long as the public will patronize plays
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-19

man forces was OF the opinion that Miss
Adams tour would prove satisfactory
i'm a financial as we'll as In an artistic
sense, but no one had the slightest idea
that she would so completely take the
country by storm. At one "Wednesday
matinee at the Hollis Street theater. In
Boston, she played TO more than sl,5oO,
and the takings for "A week have seldom
been less than S11.0 900. Her receipts IN
Boston were heavier than those OF
either Bernhardt or Irving, both OF
whom advanced the prices OF admls-
sion, while Miss Adams did not.
Mr.. Hayman further informed me
that the profits on Miss Adams season
in New York city last year were in the
neighborhood of S175,000 These are his
figures, of course, not mine. but she
certainly was a phenomenal success
and must have made a lot of money.
And, when one stops TO think OF IL, this
Is not so bad for a girl who little
more than half dozen years ago would
probably have been delighted 10 accept
an offer Of life position on the stage at
very much less than Sl00 a week.
II is doubtful whether New York has
ever had n season in which there were
so many early successes as the present
one. There has not yet been single
unqualified failure in this city. and there
have been many emphatic successes
In addition to "The Little Corporal" In
which Francis Wilson is delighting large
audiences at the Broadway theater. one
OF the most notable hits is Alice Mel
sen. the newest comic operatic star
who is doing splenddly at Wallack's In
"The Fortune Teller" the book or which
is by Harry ". Smith, who Is also re-
sponsible for the Wilson piece.
Mr.. Frank l.. Perley, the manager oi
| Miss Nielsen. declares that II he car
make the necessary arrangements hi:
star will not have to leave New Yorl
this season, but as Miss Julia Arthur
| is to follow Miss Nielsen at Wallack',
] and as the time at most OF the othel
| first class houses is fully booked 1t Il
| difficult 10 see how he can hope to ac
| complish this result
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the better side or human nature eA-
clusively.
The recent scenic revival OF Bronson
Howard's shenandoah" which, by the
way, is playing TO enormous receipts in
nearly every city visited. has served
once more to call attention to young
actress who is certain TO make her
mark in the theatrical world. That she
has not already done so in most en-
phatic manner is matter Of surprise
to those who take pleasure in watching
the careers of promising beginners. Not
that Miss Mary Hampton. the lady In
question. is a beginner. She has had
long and varied stage experience, but
she has also been unfortunate in not
having been given the opportunity To
shine in the only field from which 1t
seems TO be the general impression that
stars can properly come-the city OF
New York i saw Miss Hampton In
Viola Aliens part i'm Sowing the Wind"
a couple of years ago, and, while she did
not i'm any sense initiate the original,
she gave a performance which for
strength and "clear-cut-n of inter-
probation was really remarkable.
Ii was then predicted that IL would be
only a matter OF short time before
Miss Hampton would be a member OF
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drama productions with the late Will
liam Terriss. 1t Is possible that in the
roles to which she has been accustomed
nearly all her life Miss Milward has
not a superior i'm the world, but 1t is
almost certain that Miss Hampton
would more nearly fill the void created
by the retirement of Miss Allen from
the Empire company.
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From time TO time during the last
few months the newspapers OF this city
have been publishing statements TO the
effect that Augustin DAILY is TO have
new theater in the neighborhood OF
Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street.
No one OF these writer's seemed 10 know
what disposition would be made in that
event OF the present Days theater,
but that. after all. was a small matter
TO gentlemen with athletic imagina-
tions There is a certain individual In
this city who knows more OF Mr.. Days
plans and purposes than all the news
paper writers OF the country put to-
gether. He says that there is not a
word OF truth in the new theater report,
and he knows what he is talking about.
too.
His name? IL ought not 20 be d.
vulged: but after all. IL can do no harm
10 let the world know. The name Of the
gentleman in question is-Augustin
DAILY.
All Hayman, Charles Frohman's s
right hand man, told me a few days
ago that Maude Adams success on the
road has simply taken his breath away.
Everybody connected with the Froh-
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Edna Wallace Hopper will star next
season in comic opera that Is now be-
ing written for her.
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one Of the prominent stock companies
OF this city. Indeed when Miss Allen
withdrew from the Empire theater 20
enter the stellar armament u IL prob
able that nine ogt of every ten critics
i'm this city thought that her successor
would b. Miss Hampton. Instead, Mr..
Charles Frohman saw ~ to go 10 Lon
don after Miss Jessie Milward. thc lady
who was so long associated In melo-
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Henry Arthur Jones, perhaps the most
crafty of the British playwrights from
the standpoint Of stage effects. after an
absence of a couple OF years is again
prominently represented at the Empire
theater in this city. where John Drew
Is presenting his latest satirical comedy,
THE Liars" The Empire has always
been a lucky house for Jones, and some
of his work has there received better
treatment than. i'm the opinion of many
good Judges. it deserved. If there Is
the slightest excuse for problem, Jones
Is certain to ram one into his play. All
sorts of questions which are supposed
TO be tabooed in polite society are more
or less boldly treated by this shrewd
stage purveyor. who realizes that there
are certain people who seem to imagine
that patronage Of plays I'm which pro-
scribed subjects are introduced is an
evidence of knowing the world" They
like TO be considered "blase." and there
in. aside from the undoubted ability OF
Mr.. Jones i'm a certain line. will be
found the secret OF the greater portion
OF tho success which has come 90 him
since he adopted play carpentry as a
profession.
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\ phase Of the Waite company which
will be a novelty Is the installation in
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this arrangement there will be severai
weeks devoted to, the rehearsal of each
play instead OF one week only. as is the
rule at present with local stock orsam-
zations. and the productions Will OF ne
cessity be correspondingly improved.
Waite has already made n fortune III
the presentation of opera and drama AZ
cheap prices in most of the smaller cit
les, and az he is an exceptionally shrewo
man IL is more than probable that there
is something in this latest development
of his pet hobby. At any rate, there are
several imitators already in the Held
which would seem to indicate that there
are those who are of the opinion tha'
"repertory' and stock are very iai
from being dead issues.
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7 Of the type of "The Liars" and "The
Conquerors" il is idle TO expect man
ayers TO present those which appeal to
the better side of human nature ex-
clusiVely.