The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

him 10 say that ueople In Seattle wfs have
seer both are divided In their opinion.
Jacob Lit, who put the play On the
road, Is one OF the most successful man
ayers Ia the country In addition TO his
road companies. ne Is proprietor OF the
MeVsckers theater, Chicago: the BJou. In
Milwaukee. the Grand. In st. Paul. and
the Bijou and the Metropolitan. in Mime
apoiis, all good paying houses. II was he
who starred Miss Dorothy Morton in
the great SUCCESS she made Ia The Fenc-
Ing Master" under the management OF
John Harley.
The first four days OF next week the
Seattle tbeater will be ciosed--the first
time In FIVE eeeks. On Friday night an
ether % Lifts productions viii Be offered
1t ie called Shaft No. g. Q highly SEN
sationai play with many wonderful eiec-
fricnl scenic effects. On Wednesday and
Thursday OF the week following 1.-THE
Contented Woman win be PUT on. and
from what the press has 10 say OF this
II Will rather have a tendency TO make the
women euy;ous rather than contented.
For Belle Archer. who Is TO play the
heroine. is a supremacy pretty woman
which perhaps may be forgiven In an
actress. but she wears the most hand
some up-to-data reception and dinner
gowns that money can buy. SO that the
delight at her appearance. to the average
woman, viii be voiced In Q soft, sad sigh.
~ Contsnted Woman" Is one of the wit
tiest plays Charlie Hoy. has written and
tho company coming here is Z carefully
selected and very able one. While on
the road the press has spoken nothing but
praise ~ 1.-THE Contented Woman"
This will be followed on Friday and SAT-
urdnS January IL and II. with "A parior
Match" another Of Hovt's successes. and
on the 18th and lsih Vests big minstrel
troupe VIII hold the boards, On the s6th
the Seaicht Concert Company wii spend
an evening with us, and the month will
conclude at this theater with Willie Col
Iier's play. Tho Man From Mexico"
Manager Russell krew tina, we would
have large number of visitors from
Alaska Just about Christmas time. 40
quite n long time ago he booked the julie
Walters company 70 present here jules
new drama. How Hopper Was Side
Tracked" The play opens on the kien-
dixie In the dead OF winter and ia full of
incidents in the daily contest OF the
plmcky gold seeker az thu frozen north
Had II met with small support here, IL
would have been casy 10 assign as the
reason tina, s'site~Traeked' was given
here last year and the year before that
ard that people would think IL tha play
they had already seen. /; IT, In fact, an
entirely new play Ever had IL been the
old ore. however. Seattle ia growing so
metropolitan and 50 constantly fun Of
visitors Their" rutGhs have been crowd
20 see y, Manager Russell very dramatic
al}y declares. We turned over go people
AWAY on Sunday and Monday evenings"
Ii played 10 big business all week. and az
the matinee and Ia tte evening ~ yest er-
day. despite the SnowstoFm. the house
Was crowded.
Ecr next week Manager Russs.s a,il
present Bsarey farce 4 boy Wanted -
which re IS bringing here sires-t iron, sfa
California shoater. san Fgancisco. w.sers II
has had an Immense success Ameax shas
company - tae oyssina. 'soy-' wha get ths
sob Martiwstt. sA3 he and T4 Murphy.
and stage Manager MArcIs are tie on{v
members 80 tae original company The
rexe aTe rev aHd tie spae sast5es are uew
Mr Rrasc3 eas calculated sNAt the AHA.
y,ssa wsa hs ast'' aboss January ) sos
th4t evening ana fAe fel.osiax nsek 10
euts uf g6a& "a fzvorase nsglmx yarg o.
liyet &Agta g saa1s over into = play. cassn,l
'~fis3sfsssee-s "a riaeg That wtI ae g,s-
loves ~ A Slrea ~ kevN.~ from tha
lsEh - ting 9iss. ON tAs Sgwsapes Rfvae.
frosn she 4S3 - enn esga. al Ab.sassg'-
oss tAs &ssa MaFtatTs Merry Makers.'
t3uae en February 3 ard tae Tart Axosaas
thssatsy Is esokus ee.ia from that Gate tlrtsl
Asy !
rfeec arr ~ better knowu comedian
than Trank 3saatsla NO canes "a tse
seattle ta@ateF nexy a1oota. A. aveT the
eaarsgY yea eAa Ea@st wgiA stories q hiss.
because his good nAsSre8 AGsrux $ s>a
&a4n4Ant All sssegvss>es.i 20 preserve j;