The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

bit aa sns tSa e,,I. mas t1aa9 eIrh d;a g;reat
 ing Beauty and the Beast" at the
 Broadway Theatre, New York. This at
 traction is drawing the largest attend
 ance on record at this house and is said
 to deserve this patronage, as 1t Is, be-
 yond all cavil, the most massive produc-
 ton ever seen in New York. Harry BII-
 ger, as the King. Charles Ross as the
 Queen and John Hyams, as the doctor
 share the comic honors with him
 R. A. Barnet, author of 1892" Jack
 and the Beanstalk. and Miss Simplic-
 Frank Daniels IS reported to have found
 the most striking success of his entire career, has written another musical piece
 which the Boston Cadets are to give
 an amateur production at the Fremont Theatre, Boston, in February. The score
 for the new piece Is the toint work of Harry Lawson Heartz the composer of
 ''Mis Simplicity and Edward w. Cor
 liss.
 That 1t is not necessary that a play be presented in New York to win success
 again and never more completely than eases in point are Adelaide Thurston in Sweet Glover and the musical com
 fractions have enjoyed large receipts everywhere they have been presented. Miss Thurston's hit in the West, where she had never before appeared has been most pronounced.
 The Kirke La Shelle Opera Company, presenting Princess Chic" is duplicat- ing its last season record in Michigan. including Detroit. There is no question ing facts, and the facts are that wher. ever this charming opera is presented the theatres play to capacity. The cast,
 headed by Marguerite Sylva. is of un- usual strength, and the production IS of T1Fn haa nd Vfale ifH. that 1t leaves an indelible impression on the minds of all auditors. Hubert Wilke has rejoined The Princess Chic" Com pany, and will continue in the role of Charles the Bold for the balance of the season.
 Viola Aliens success with Tn the Pal ace of the King promises to eclipse her tian." Miss Aliens engagements in lead ing cities last year, and notably during her seventeen weeks stay at the Thea
 tire sepuble Hsw York wss series of Brooklyn her receipts this season, with 'In the Palace of the King. have been enormous, eclipstng all house records. ace of the King" In January.
 Richard Mansfield began his annual New York engagement on Monday last, with the dramatiZation of Booth Parking tons story. entitled Monsieur Beau caire." His advent was made at the Herald Square and the play is called 'Beaucaire." MT. Mansfield scored a very pronounced success In this charm ing romance, and it will doubtless serve him not only for the present season but in repertoire later. When this story came out in McClure's Magazine it was imme- diately voted by those interested in such affairs. as good stage material. MT Tar kington is fortunate in placing 1t with the one actor In America who could give 1t the life and charm which the present performance possesses.
 George J. Appleton. manager for N. c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. has cabled Klaw and Erlanger that the last per formances of these players in London were ovations and that they had had their choice of three theatres offered them to continue their London run. MT GOodwins lecture before the Play-Goers Club of London on The Americap lnva- siUIi" especially his reference to Ameri- cans losses in London and Ensltshmen'S success over here, undoubtedly proved interesting and somewhat instructive to his listeners. As matter of fact. but two or three English artists have failed in America, while a real American sue both to Englishmen and American man. aOement. MT Ioodwin's London venture this season has cost him over $lOO.oOO.
 III WflJlnR The Liberty BelleS, marry B. Smith eliminated the chorus usually seen in musical comedies on the assump- tion that a small number of pretty girls actually doing something on the stage are more attractive than a large number l of 'merrv-merries' who are merely auto l matic lay figures. Therefore, there Is no l chorus in The Liberty Belles," but nine l teen parts are played by young women l who possess a wide reputation for per 1 sonal beauty and who have been the | highest saiaried chorus girls in New York | during the past three years. Raised tu | that she should have a coiored maid. This | resulted in overcrowding the dressing | rooms at the Madison Square Theatre