The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-11
GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO.

NEW YORK March 1O.-Among the sew
eral interesting things theatrical provided
for the DELEGATION of the Gothamites this
week none has proved so worthy of atten-
ton as is forty-minute play presented
after "NaTgnty Anthony at the Herald
Square. re piece is David Belasco's
dramatization of John Luther Longs
story, Madame Butterfly" and it demon
strates again that. if the ministerial
looking craftsman cannot write original
farces, the country has no greater adapt
er OF serious themes. Like The Cat and
the Cherub," the only other straight
work that ever approached "Cavaileria
Rusticana' for condensed intensity, Mad
anne Butterfly" is Celestial. 1t tells of an
American naval officer who marries
japanese girl and then sails away. \
child is born and the wife waits for the
coming Of the husband she worships.
When he returns it is with spouse
chosen in his own country. The Japanese
girl commits suicide. Blanche. Bates adds
a triumph to her list of triumphs through
her impersonatian of the unhappy mother.
while Frank Wcrthing is seen as the ma
val officer Or Monday night they are
giving silk stockings as souvenirs of the
run of Anthony" The obscenity has
drawn comparatively large audiences
here. But it will be forgotten when Mr..
Belasco's one-act bit is remembered.
On Tuesday last, James X. Hackett pro-
duced The Pride OF Jennico'' at the Cri
teriGn without much effect. The romance
describes how its hero, Basil Jennico, goes
10 Hungary for the purpose of taking
charge of his estates, and with the Under
standing that he shall not wed beneath
him. a princess, who loves him, changes
places with Eer maid, and-well, as the
vaudeville comedians say, use your own
judgment" The play is singulsrly like
"Ernestina.' Offering in which Lester
Wallack and Mrs. John Hoey frequently
appeared twenty-five years ago. Mr.. Hack
EFT is a graceful though not a remarkable
Basil, and Bertha Galland is the princess.
Tim Murphy. who has not been here
since the days OF "A Texas Steer" opened
at the Fourteenth Street on Monday in
Opie Read and Frank 5. Pixley's The Car
petbagger" Inasmuch as the work already
has been dole in Washington, | need not
tell of its plot and incidents. The Car
petbagger' -.ored quite a hit, and will
draw good uoGses while it remains. Mr.
Murphy is excellent in the name part,
while the supporting cast is fair.
The Castle Square Opera Company gave
its seven-hundredth performance in New
York the cher evening at the American.
..Falka" was the composition rendered,
and il attracted a great gathering ID.
Eloise Morgan, Reginald Roberts, Frank
Moulin. William Pruett, Louis Casavant,
Gertrude Quinlan, and Maude Lambert
were in the interpreting organization
The Casino has been closed this week.
nending the premiere OF "A Casino Girl"
on next Tuesday or Wednesday. The new
musical comedy will be brought out by
Virginia Earle. Sam Bernard, Mabel Gill
man. Irene Bentley, Louis Wesley, and
others. Nat c. Goodwin and Maxine Ell
lott terminate their engagement at the
Kpickerbocker tonight. and will be follow
ed by Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.
who preceded them. Anna Held. too ends
the run OF "Papas Wife" on the last of
this month. Stuart Robson, who failed
lamentabIy in The Gadhy" not long ago
on Broadway, will come to the Fifth Ave-
nue. when Madame Modieska has left. He
will present August Thomas oliver Gold
sm:i.i." At Days shortly The Ambas-
sador' is TO give way TO a piece entitled
AN Interrupted Honeymoon" which will
remain until late in April. The company
then will indulge in a brief tour. at the
conclusion of which Mary Mannering will
retire to prepare for her debut as a star
next season. The Carpetbagger'' will be
retained until next Saturday at the Four
Ieenth Street. when and where Rose Cogh-
Ian. Minnie Seligman, John T. Sullivan.
and Charlotte Deane will revive THE
Great Ruby"
or course. you know all about the
"Sappho" doings. and there Is nothing else
sufficiently neWSy to deserve sDace or the
trouble of filling it. NANCY SYKES.