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new production, will serve to Introduce
large number of pretty girls posing
as modes Tor somewhat startling pos
sers. This scene created a sensation in
Berlin last year, where /, was first
presented in the German original of
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Eugene w. Presbrey's new play. in
Wn,ch Joseph Brooks and Ben Stern
VIII star Blanche Walsh the comiuy
season. has not yet been named r,
Will he produced in PHILADELPHIA nt the
chestnut Street Theatre the weol, OF
september 2ith. The week of October
ISL IL VIII be presented in Montreal
ana Will follow Ben Hur' at the CON
ciuslom OF its five weeks at the Broad
way 1heatre, New York, October Sth.
The lyrics and music in THE Rogers
Brothers in Central Park" will attract
not Il httie attention. j. Cheever Good
WIN is the author of the verses and
Maurice Levi the composer of the melo-
,.,rnc ne special numbers are called
me Matrimonial Agent" THE Ouch
eSs OF Central Park" Sally" "if
Cabby Told Half That He Knows"
Nhen Reuben Comes to Town" rs
1t Yes, or is it No." Il Would IL Were
You and Keep OF the Grass"
Helen Grantley is Mr.. Chas. Froh-
mans latest find. She is young West
ern Elri 20 years OF age and the critics
consider her a genius. He is undecided
Whethcr TO star her during the coming
season or place her in one of his com,
panies. She is as tall as Mary Manner
ins, possessing picturesque Greek
idce' with most beautiful black ewes
and for beginner is perfectly at home
on the stage. She has found immense
favor among the dramatic critics n nd
VIII very likely visit Norfolk some
time during the coming season.
wilton Lackaye has been winning
great success as the star of the Fra1y
ley Company in San Francisco. He
carried OFF the honors in the coast pro-
auctions of Children of the Ghetto :"
The Dancing Girl" and THE Great
RUBY which is still running. MI.
Lackayes starring tour in his own
version Of Les Miserables." under the
management of Liebler & Co. win be-.
gin in January.
Mr. Thurlow Bergen, who has been
engaged for the role of Albert de Nor
CERT. supporting James O'Nein in the
new Monte Cristo." Is q young actor
from Washington. ID. c.. who made his
professional debut in the leading 1u-
venue role with Sol Smith Russell in
"A Bachelors Romance" during HIS
engagement at the Garden Theatre
three seasons ago. Since then he has
supported Nat Goodwin and Rose
Coshlan, and last season was again
with Mr.. Russell until illness compelled
the abandonment OF his tour. Mr.. Ber-
gen then became leading man of the
stock company at the Pike Opera
House. Cincinnati. where he played Il
| round OF leading modern and classic
roles.
Liebler & Co have arranged to send
the immense Monte Cristo" produce
ton by sea to Boston, where it will
open on September II. Some idea of
the massiveness of the stage settings
may be gained from the fact that 1t
was found necessary to split the cargo
and send 1t by two boats. The scenery
and effects of Monte Crsto" will fill
eight of the biggest baggage cars. and
ii takes twice that number of the larS-
est scene trucks TO transport 1t. Hence
the managers reasons for combining
the production to two big cities. and
playing no 'one-night stands" even
to break in" the play. are easily COM
prehcnsible. y few weeks tour under
such enormous expense for transport
tation might easily break" the play.
$3.50
When Liebler & Co. contracted for
a dramatization OF Richard Harding
Davis popular Van Bibber" stories, It
was understood with the playwrlghts
II. Clay Greene and Augustus
Thomas, that the dialogue of the
play should have the benefit OF Mr.
Davis personal supervision. His de-
lineation of Van Bibber. the typical
New York clubman. is one OF the dis
tinctive types of recent American lit
crhtuTc, and naturally no one SPEAKS
the language of his tribe better than
the author. Mr.. Davis returned to
New York from South Africa. where
he has been acting as war corresron-
dent, for the express purpose of car
ryinE out his part OF the contract, and
in all probability he viii remain until
after the production Of MIR. Van
Ribbcr."-with Robert billiard in the
title role.
During his soiourn in Maine. where
he went on fishing trip To the Range
" Lakes. Joseph Arthur discovered Il
genuine type OF the country fiddler
such as he has skctchcd in his latest
dramatic study of life in southern In
diana. Lost River" The peculiar
bowling Of the way back fiddler is a
trick that cannot be Initiated by the
technically trained violinist. and as the
orchestra leader cuts II considerable
figure in Lost River" Mr.. Arthur has
engaged the backwoods virtuoso TO lend
touch of realism 10 the ballroom
scene. The part proper will be played
ny Nnas. Appe, with the Maine nddler
as his musical assistant. The slight
discrepancy in locality is easily ex-
cused. since country fiddlers the land
over have about the same repertoire
and exactly the Same style OF execution.
Tho White Rats OF American
is the name Of a society of
vaudeville performers which have
been organized to oppose the
organization OF the proprietors of
the vaudeville and continuous perform