The times., 1901-03-17

many important successes In London-my
home, | should announce-but In all my
life ! have never seen anything that could
compare with Mr.. Charles Frohman's ITO
Have and To Hold In it | am beheld at
the very apex OF an artistic career that
has been one continued success. My inn
personation is fun of virility. and | bring
10 the part of Ralph Percy an ability that
even my closest friends did not know |
possessed. but which the discerning Mr..
Charles Frohmsu recognized at once he
saw my handwriting Come and see me.
for am well worth the price of admis-
sion
agent of the Knickerbocker Theatre. says:
Say-.To Have and t Hold" is 1T.
We got more paper on Broadway d'n any
tree houses put together. An all Stro-
bridge stuff too. and not a block stand
in d hull lot. Charles Frohman knows
his business when he puts on TO Have
and [ Hold.
Really. Mr.. Charles Frohman should
have himself dramatized and presented.
He would make the funniest comedy OF
the season.
The announced intention of Nixon x
Zimmerman, the Philadelphia managers,
to secure q New York theatre opens up
many possibilities in the theatrical world.
1t is a well-known fact that the
Quak ers. 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.
Nixon &, Zimmerman practically control
the theatrical situation in Philadelphia,
although the Walnut Street house has
been getting a larger share of the good
things than the. gentlemen who direct
the fortunes of the Broad Street and the
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 g. Erlanger, the book
ing agents of the syndicate. In Pittsburg
Nixon & Zimmerman have the Alvin, the
only tirst-CiaSS 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 Fords Opera House divides
with the Nixon q Zimmerman 8 Academy
of Music the patronage of that city.
So that, as a matter of fact, the New
ork end of the syndicate can only be
opposed by the Philadelphia managers in
the latters' own city, and to overcome
this difficulty Mr.. Howe, of the Walnut,
is having erected a new theatre that will
occupy a position just across from the
Mint and have entrances on Chestnut and
SAMSON Streets. 1t will be ready for oc-
cupancy early next season and will be
dedicated by Mr. Richard Mansfield on
October 7, when he will present his new
play, Monsieur Beaucaire,' which is an
nounced as not being a dramatiZation 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. Mansfields last visit to Phil
adeiphia he laid the cornerstone of the
new theatre In the stone were placed
current copies of the New York and Phil
adelphia papers. d programme of Mans
flcld's production of Henry Y, biogra-
ply of Garrick and one of Mansfield, and
1 ~..rf
the new theatre The new house will be
named the Garrick, and 1t 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, 1t will be recalled. threatened dis
ruption of the Rich and Harris Charles
FTOhman klaw & Erlanger-NiXOn
Zimmerman combination last year and
the managerial alliance will be stronger
than ever. Even if the Philadelphians
should succeed in getting a New York
theatre they will not he able to success
fully combat the other members of the
combination. for, as showed above, there
are available theatrical properties In ev-
cry city with which to wage a success
ful warfare against them.
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 Society
for Prevention of Cruelty TO Deadheads.
There are ali 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 hankering desire 10 shine as
a philanthrOpist and have my statue oc-
Cupy q conspicuous corner, hlIing the eye
OF the multitude, and the scorn OF the
aspiring but unrecognized genius. Girard
endowed a splendid orphan asylum. Peter
Cooper left magnificent building Ior the
public use and pleasure, Yerkes name
is associated with q certain telescope, ana
certain other dear dead departcT with
colleges and the like. Why should not
my name go rafting down the corridors
of time as the founder and promoter OF
A Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Deadheads?
civilians Inacquainted with theatrical
life, have little or no acquaintance, OF
course. with the sufferings, trials. and
disCOmfOrtS that the deadhead must sub
nit to at the hands Of ruthless, fnnty-
minded, incorrigible theatrical managers.
| The poor serfs of Siberia, prodded'
punched and pounded by CORY Russian
alguaZils are in no less pitiable plight
| than are our desperate. defenceless the
atrical deadheads. When ] learn OF the
trials and concentrations of the pass
fend l am filed with a yearnlng TO
ameliorate their condition and put their
sufferings and wrongs to SWIFT, sure
and permanent end.
The pursuit of passes is surely a
disease, and IL should be the nrst work OF
society to seek out some subtle anti
toxin huid which will diSDel the dead
! head microbe AS the pass system cannot
! Sell he abolished the pass mlcrobe must
| be hunted and eradiCated. Triflng with
! n disease desperate grown would De frult-
! less and foolish The thing TO do is to
| strike at the root. and to strike hard.
| But there is such a thing as being cruel.
! harsh. and hestial, and II Will be the
! special prerogatiVe of the society TO see
/ to il that suitable remedies are applied
/ TO attack the insidiOus pass microDe
with the marble heart cold eye. and
| wobby hand savors of the Dark Ages.
! when medical science was III its infancy.
| The microbe should not be accosted In
! this barbarOus fashion. They, IN the
! person of n fiend. should be turned over
/ to the society, who would treat them to
| a rrilder form of correction. such as the
/ duckiug stool. the thUmbScreW, the
/ strait-iacket, or the pump. Desperate
/ mind and body raCking diseases require
/ desperate remedies, but the marble heart
! is altogether too desperate and savage.
| 1t is idle TO tamper with patch of MI
| CrOhes which. when once acquired, rage
| with the fury of the chicken pON the
/ mumpS, and the pip
! When in Chicago recently | visited
the stock yards and picked out number
! of tender-heaTted, puissant gentlemen
who have grown strong ending the
misery of porl<ers and beeves. These gen
tIpmop would be Just the persons to ad-
minister the desired treatment with care.
| exactitudc. and with no undue brutality.
The greatest care should be taken that
/ there should be no severity. else the so
! Cietv fan into disfaNor and decay. The
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