New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20
EOElARo JMOR6AM
BElj!E TYREE.

visitor. comes again this week, and takes up his
abode at the Knickerbocker Theatre. He has
new play called Worth a Million written Tor
him by Eugene W. Presbrey. Mr.. Crane has
/ the part OF a man Of middle age, who has had
disappointment in love in his youth because
the parents OF the young woman toward whom
his affections tended objected to his poverty
She married another man. and Colonel West
CIr Crane) goes and gets rich ~ himself. lie
contriyes to straighten out the love and fnan-
cial affairs Of other worthy persons. and at last
finds his old love a widow and mariies her MI
! Crane is supported by company which in
cludcs Miss Percy Haswcll Mis- Gladys Wallis
Miss Tsobcl Ilaskins. Miss Kate Lester. Walter
Hale Boyd Putnam. Frederick TrHcsdrlL
George f. De Vere, William Dupont and VIII
lam Eoag.
! Miss Julia Arthur r III this week present play
at Walack's Theatre which will on.r a con-
/ siderable contrast to her wcli-Worn Lady Of
/ Quality" "lngonar' has not been seen i'm N'"-
York in some timc-fot since Miss Julia Mar
lowe last presented it here soi"e eight or nine
years ago. Miss Arthur has never b.for. played
Parthcnia here After this play has had short
run il will he succeeded hy "As You idke IT,
which is something less of Il novelty. '"""sh
Miss Arthur will BE- ncV 'sai;d '' N,N-
/ York
Being crowded out oi Da',- TLeap, lbs 'h'
coming of the dramatic company. y i;una"aY
! Girl" will tomorrow night begin its ne" course
! at the Firth Avenue Theatre. Il * uhdrls''"n
! that Mr.. Day intends, after &C." "'rNS' p"
produce some other musical piece AT this theatre
wherefore the remaining nights of "A Runaway
.,f tor mol
row night will be the Tooth OF the piece in
New-York and souvenir albums VIII be- dis
tributcd as mementos OF the OCCASION
The fumes Of The Chimes Of NCrmandy hay"
been long unheard about here. They viii ring
again at he American Theatre this week. ana
if the Castle Square Opera Company can sing
the work as it sings when it does its best tn
revival viii he pleasure 10 tn" OLD tim rs "ho
| are forced to spend more time IN lamentlng the
| dccadcnce of operetta than they are abb" to
| spend in the enjoyment Of anything. The Pr's-
ton is often asked why the good OLD l.ght
| operas-this one "rhc Mascot. "Boccacci"'
"Fatinitza," the whole Gilbert and Sullivan LIST
and a good deal OF the Oncnbach list are not
revived in the finest possible STYLE. in tine fash
| ionaiie theatres since there is nothing new that
| approaches them. All, why indeed? Feeble
| attcmpts have been made to do il. and they
have failed Was it entirely because they were
| feeble. or would they have failed anyway
| over in Eighth-aVe. the Castle square COM
pany can do them at cheap prices. and every
| BODY SAYS. How cXquisitelN loN"!N' But
| would everybody say that in lir'ad"ay. or Is
! everybody inclined To be indulgcnt 10 the CASTE
! Square company? When tn old "pcr. ttas are
| tried in Broadway there seems g. Dee always
something the matter with them Thu singers
are not OF the best or the production lpohs as
if the manager expected il t. fail ami VAS Ivy
ing 10 lose a. little money as possible. or some
| thing deo is wrong. IT might hr possi1l" 10
point out something wrong with The cast
! Square company now and then, a.. in truth. The
| Tribune. has sometimes done. Iut luc fact roe
! mains that the Castle Squar, cDiurdn. DOES
| these. things and succeeds. AMI others try O. 10
them and fail
Richard Mansfield will close li~ ENGAGEMENT
at tn. Garden Theatre in "CNranu dc Berg":ar'
| with the performances If this week. which Wili
| include an extra matinee on Thanksgiving Day.
| II has reals been a remarkable engagement in
| poiut Of public interest. II has j., IN short for
a play that had ben $50 we'll advertised \
large attendance would naturally Doc expected
and could scarcely fail. But nor only has the
attendance been remarkably largc-ther- has
not been "A vacant .rat since tn first week
| but The seats hay" been sold uncnuln"uiy FAR