The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-25

Fnilharfmonlc mas written special incl dental music which will accompany the dramatic action throughout.
 Mrss Sarah Cowell LeMoyne will open her season with the Charles Hen ry Meltzer historic drama, The First Duchess or Marlboro" MT. Meltzer has put in nearly a years hard labor on the play, labor incessant and unceas- ing. and fn many respects the result has surpassed all nope'a and expectation, ana promises to prove q revelatIon, both Tn it's originality and In the ex- cellepce shown Tn the treatment of ma terial. sNo reader of English history will doubt the abundance or dramatic material. not only in the character of John Churchill and the circumstances that environed hIs active pubic life, but will be, able also to appreciate the Judgment of the dramatist in giving preference. even over England's great est military hero. to the wife. who was greater soldier and statesman than Marlboro. and in the presence or whose imperious will soldiers and statesmen became mere puppets. and royalty it. self stood tremblngly suppliant. MT. Meltzer's play hnds its atmosphere in an important epoch, and deals largely
 With historic people and events seldom or never before portrayed on the mimic stage.
 The cast for Tn the Palace of the King" in which Miss Viola Allen will tour the country next season. will in- clude w. E. Bonney as Philip the Sec ond: Benjamin howard as Don Juan of Austria: Walter Hitchcock as Cardinal Luis de Torres: C. Leslie Allen as An tonio Perez Arthur T. Hoyt as Adonis; J. II. Benrimo as Captain de Mendoza; Eugene Sweetland as Don Lopez Zapa- la: Edgar Selwyn as Don Manuel; Miss Adelaide Warren as<Dona lnez; Miss Sue Van Duser as 1Ie Duchess of AL va: Miss Blanche Moulton as the Daw- ager Duchess; and Miss Lida Hall as Dona Mencia. It will be noted that the cast includes a large proportion of the members of last seasons company. The company will play in Montgomery.
 When Miss Adelaide Thurston ap- peared as Lady Babbie in The Little Minister" at New Orleans a couple of years ago, she made a great and unex- pected hit. and was the recipient of many floral tributes from unknown ad- mirers. One lady wrote on a card: We were determined not to like you; we insisted on having nobody but Miss Maude Adams in The Little Minister But you have conquered our prejudices and won our hearts. Now we all think you an incomparable Little Babbie." Wherever Miss rThurston appeared in The Little Minister" she left troops of friends and well -wishers behind. Her warmest admirers have been the hard est of critics. the theatrical managers. Ask any manager where Miss Thurston has appeared and he will say in effect: She is a lovely girl. with great talent, who will be at the top of the ladder some day. She has beauty, talent magnetism, and the most bewitching manner imaginable" In her new play, Sweet Clover" Miss Thurston thinks she has found better play than even "The Little Minister" An opportunity will be given theatergoers here to judge for themselves this season.
 When F. N Innes. the famous band master. brings his band here this sea- son. it will be in his own private car. This unprecedented action was taken because Innes wants his men to travel in all the comfort possible to secure. It pays. he believes to have musicians and artists in prime condition, hence this departure. The orders for the cars have been placed. and they will be ready when the band starts after it's Buffalo engagement. There will be an extra large and fine sleeper for the musicians. and a private car of unique design for the bandmaster and his SIT gers This last will have bedrooms, staterooms a parlor and observation room an office. dining room and kitchen. and all hands" will live on board as a full complement of chefs. walters and valets will be carried.
 Arizona" Augustus Thomas great play. is booked for appearance here during the coming season. Miss Elsie Esmond as Bonita. and Sydney Aims worth as Lieutenant Denton. will again assume the chief juvenile roles. and practically the same company, 1t Is said. will reappear in the piece. "Ari- Zona is. of course. love story. and it deals with a phase of frontier life heretofore unknown to the stage
 Herbert Kelcey and Fife shannon promise an elaborate production of Martha Morton's new play, Her Lord and Master" which they will present in this city. The scenic creations are being made by Homer F. Emens, whose canvasses for the New York MetropoN tan Opera Company and for Julia Ar thurs Lady of Quality" and Shakes pearian productions have attracted un- usual attention wherever seen
 Liebler &z Go. will put out two Chris tian" companies next season, the one for the larger cities in which MT. Ed ward J. Morgan will be starred. sup ported by Miss Elsie Leslie, as Glory Quayle and the second for the smaller cities. in which Miss Lila Nane, who played Glory Quayle in the Eastern Christian" company last season. will continue in the role. The cast of this company will be maze up largely of the members of last seasons company, MT. Charles Rowan. who has won dis tinction in the role of Lord Robert Ire. continuing in the part: Franz A. Lyon playing Archdeacon Wealthy; J. R. Furlongs. Father Lapplugh; Helen Wethersby. Polly Love; and Carrie Lee Stoyle. Mrs. Callander
 Notes of Plays and Players.
 The new comedy Martha Morton has writtene for Ada Rehan and in which will be called The Fascinating Miss Ford"
 The new sequel song to The h. nocent Maid" and When Reuben Comes to Town" "The Wedding of the Reuben and the Maid" sung by the Rogers Brothers, Edith St. Clair and Jeannette Bageard at the first per formance of "The Rogers Brothers in Washington" in Buffalo last Monday | night, is even a greater hit than the | others proved. It was encored four | teen times by actual count.