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LAST WEEK
MRS. FIsKE'S LATEST SUCCESS
Little Woman Who Is Fighting the
Syndicate Breaks Into the
Manhattan and Makes
q Hit.
MRS. FIsKEs LATEST SUCCESS
Special to The Globe.


NEW YORK, Dec. mo one can COM
plain of the dearth of novelty in the met
ropolitan dramatic field this season. Fou7
new plays have come to take the places
Of four old successes at the leading
theaters during the past week. All OF
these are productions of Importance.
Overcoming the attempted restraint by
David Belasco, who intended to prevent
it's production at the Manhattan, Mrs.
Minnie Madden Fiske has made a sue
cessful appearance in Mrs. Burton Harri-
sons new play of modern life, 1.-THE I'm
welcome Mrs. Hatch
The play introduces many diverse and
interesting types of character. Mrs.
Hatch, when the story opens, Is divorced
from her husband, having sacrificed her
home and daughter through an indiscre-
ton. The husband has married woman
of the world who was concerned In the
attack on the first wife's reputation. The
divorced wife meanwhile has established
herself in business in San Francisco and
prospered. Mrs Hatch learns that her
daughter is about to be married and her
mother love compels her to seek a
glimpse of her child. She breaks her di-
vorce agreement in going to New York
but succeeds in securing an interview with
her eX-husband at a New York hotel.
Fearing that she will upset his financial
to marry her daughter, the father agrees
that the mother shall see her child, but
only at a distance. She is allowed to
get a glimpse of her in Central park,
where she is playing the good fairy to
lot of East side children at May party.
This glimpse only makes the mothers
desire to see more of her daughter uncon-
trollable. She schemes with an old SER
want, at what was once her own home,
La a,. tn 6T0c q 1Yd
on the wedding night. Then comes the
ante climax. The husband and the
woman who has caused the disa agreement
both recognize the divorced wife and the
play ends with a very pathetic scene.
Mrs. Fiske, who has the part of the di-
vorced wife, acts it with becoming power
and dignity and adds another strong role
to her repertoire. The supporting COM
pany as whole is excellent.
Despite the kicks of some of the critics
who claim that Augustus Thomas has
not given US as a good thing in Colo
RADIO as he did in Arizona, and others
of mis- plays, his latest effort is
positive and great success at Wallack
theater. It has begun its career by
drawing enormous audiences and sending
delighted with the incidents and charac-
ters which he has woven into his play.
The-e is a guarantee, too. In the en-
thusiasm of the audiences that this new
American triumph is not to be short-lived
at Wall. cl S It is probable th:.t Mr..
Thomas play viii keep the house crowd
ed for SINE time to come and that it will
become as popular as his Arizona it
is an entirely original WORK, and hreathes
the picturesque and enchanting atnlos-
phere of the Rocky Mountain State
which is presented with such realistic
and massive scenes and well-drawn
characters that one cannot help getting
an inspiration from it's performances.
There is convincing love story as the
theme of the drama and plenty of Mr..
Thomas always delicious comedy.
Charles Frohman has assembled some
strong players in the cast and it is only
necessary to name Wilton Lackaye,
Frank Carlisle and Maud Hoffman to
show how important company 1t Is.
Herald Square has been the signal for
crowding that peculiar playhouse to. its
utmost limit. "Beaucaire," his new play.
bids fair to prove vehicle through
which this favorite actor may increase
his already enormous popularity, and
there is little doubt that his holiday
engagement will develop into long run.
Charles Dalton has followed William
Faversham at the Criterion in a draria-
tization Of Bertha Rlnkles historical
story, 1.-THE Helmet Of Navarro. He is
supported by an excellent company and
the play has achieved an instantaneous
success.
e. II. Sothern has been succeeded at
the Garden theater by Virginia Harmed,
who is appearing in dramatization by
Edward e, Rose, of Maurice Thompson's
colonial romance, "Alice of Old Vim
cennes" This actress has been tr1-
umphant in the role of Alice wherever
the play has been presented thus far.