The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17

! leading man of experience. and have seen
many important successes in London-my
nome 1 should annOunce-but in all my
! NE have never seen anything that could
compare with Mr.. Charles Frohman's ITO
Have and To Hold" In 1t I am beheld at
the very apex of an artistic, career tina 2
| has been one continued success NV i'm
| personation Is full of vrility and | bring
! TO the part of Ralph Percy an ability that
even my closest friends did not know l
| possessed, but which the discerning Mr.
! Charles trohman recognized at once he
I saw my handwriting. Come and see me
| FOR l am well worth the price of admis-
sion.'
Mr.. Buck McGoogin. the advertising
agent of the knickerbocker Theatre. says:
Say-'To Have and t Hold is 1T
We got more paper on Broadway DIN any
tree houses put together. An all Stro-
bridge stuff. too. and not a block stand
in d hun lot. Charles Frohman knows
his business when he puts ON ITO Have
Really. Mr.. Charles Frohman should
have himself dramatized and presented
He would make the funniest comedy OF
the season.
The announced intention of Nixon Il
Zimmerman. the Philadelphia managers,
to secure a New York theatre opens up
many possibilities in the theatrical world
II is well-known fact that the
Quakers, who, by the way, formerly
directed the Lafayette Theatre in this
city for the late Mr.. Painter. have
not been exactly satisfied with their
treatment at the hands of the other
members of the theatrical syndicate
and have taken measures to fortify them
selves by looking for a metropolitan
playhouse.
the theatrical situation in Philadelphia.
although the Walnut Street house has
been getting larger share of the good
things than the gentlemen who direct
fortunes h.
two Chestnut Street houses have cared to
see. The Walnut house is managed by
Frank Howe. ostensibly, although there
is every reason to believe that he merely
represents klaw & Erlanger. the Book
ms agents of the syndicate. In Pittsburg
Nixon d zimmerman have the Alvin, the
only hrst-clasS theatre in the city but
such good playhouses as the Duquesne
and the Avenue are open for opposition
purposes should the occasion arise while
in Baltimore Ford's Opera House divides
with the Nixon * Zimmerman's Academy
of Music the patronage of that city
80 that, as matter of fact, the New
fork end of the syndicate can only be
opposed by the Philadelphia managers i'm
the iatters own city, and to overcome
this difficulty Mr.. Howe of the Walnut.
is having erected new theatre that will
occupy position just across from the
Mint and have entrances on Chest ntt and
SAMSON Streets. 1t will be ready for oc-
cupancy early next season and will be
Dedicated by Mr. Richard Mansfield on
october I, when he will present his new
play, Monsieur Beaucaire" which is an
nounced as not being a dramatfzation of
Booth Tarkingtons novel of like name
but play by this author made on the
identical character and embracing many
OF the scenes and personages of the story
During Mr.. Mansfield's last visit to Phil
adelphia he laid the cornerstone of the
new theatre. In the stone were placed
current copies of the New York and Phil
aeelphIa papers a programme of Mans
hcld production of Henry V" a biogra-
ply of Garrick and one of Mansfield, and
other data referring to the early work on
the new theatre. The new house will be
named the Garrick, and it is expected
that it will be about the most complete
place OF amusement in the country. The
stage Will be large enough to accommo-
date the largest attractions, while the
seating capacity will accommodate over
two thousand persons.
When the Philadelphia Garrick is COM
pleted the syndicate will have nothing
more to fear from Nixon & Zimmerman' |
who. it will be recalled. threatened dis |
ruption of the Rich and Harris Charles |
Frohman-klaw & Erlanger-Nixon & I
Zimmerman combination last year and |
the managerial alliance will be stronger |
than ever. Even if the PhiIadephians |
should succeed in getting a New York /
theatre they will not be able TO success
fully combat the other members of the |
for. as showed above. there |
are available theatrical properties In ev-
cry city with which to wage a success |
Frank j. Wilstach, who has been in
Washington during the past week her (
aiding the coming of ''Unleavened Bread
to the Columbia tomorrow night, is Sc
riously considering the idea of a Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to Deadheads.
There are all sorts of society. Mr.. VIII
staCh argues. but for some unaccountable
reason the theatrical deadhead. this most
interesting of individuals, has been here
tofore neglected. Says Mr.. Wilstach:
1T was not till late that | was pos
sessed of a laundering desire to shine as
A philanthropist and have my statue Oc-
rupy a conspicuous corner, filling the eye
u the multitude, and the scorn of the
aspiring but unrecogniZed genius. Girarl I
endowed a splendid orphan asylum. Peter
Cooper left magnificent building for the
public use and pleasure. Yerkes name
s associated with certain telescope, and
certain other dear, dead departed with
colleges and the like. Why should not !
my name go rafting down the corridors
# time as the founder and promoter of
10 Deadheads?'
Civilians. Lnacquainted with theatrical
lie, nave little or no acquaintance, of
'ourse. with the Sufferincs trials and
iiscomforts that the deadhead must sub
nit to at the hands of ruthless, flinty-
minded, incorrigible theatrical managers.
punched, and pounded by CORY Russian
llguazils. are in no less pitiable plight
han are our desperate. defenceless the
Ltrical deadheads. When / learn of the
rails and concentrations of the pass
lend / am filled with a yearning to
meliorate their condition and put their
and wrongs to swift, sure,
md perma nent end.
The pursuit of passes is surely a
isease, and 1t should be the first work OF
ociety to seek out some subtle anti
oXin fluid which will dispel the dead
lead micrObe. AS the pass system cannot |
cen he abolished. the pass micrObe must !
'e hunted and eradicated. Trifling with
disease desperate grown would be fruit
ess and foolish. The thing to do is to
trike at the root, and to strike hard. |
But there is such thing as being cruel. |
larsh, and bestial, and It will be the
pecial prerosative of the society TO see
% attack the insdious pass microbe ;
With the marble heart. cold eye, and I
vobbly hand savOrs of the Dark Ages. ,
'hen medical science was in its infancy.
he microbe should not be accosted in
his barbarous fashion They, in the
erson OF n tiend. should be turned over
o the society, who would treat them to
mildcr form of correction. such as the |
trait-leckeT, or the pump. Desperate | {
mind and body racking diseases require
esperate remedies. hut the marble heart
: altogether too desperate and savage. l ,
I is idle to tamper with patch of MI
robes which, when once acquired, rage ,
With the fury of the chicken pox. the ,
1umpS, and the pip. /
when in Chicago recently | visited ,
he stock yards and picked out a number :
I tender-hearted, puissant gentlemen
Eho have grown strong ending the
Misery of pork ers and beeVes These gen :
lemen would be just the persons to ad-
Minister the desired treatment with care. ,
Xactitude. and with no undue brutality {
he greatest care should be taken that 1
iety fall into dlsfaVor and decay. The !
'hicago gentlemen are just the right 5