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ENTERTAINMENTS S.
Hyperion I'aaeater.
FiypeEHUIA 7 EabHEBF.
ROGERS BROTHERS TONIGHT AT
HYPERION.

HYPERION.
The Rogers Brothers company, which
has been very aptly called the great
est comic organization on earth"
headed by, the inimitable Gus and Max
Rogers, will present John ]. McNally' S
latest vaudeville farce, The Rogers
Brothers in Harvard" at the Hy-
perion tonight and tomorrow night
The career of these entertainers under
the direction of Klaw and Erlanger
has been marked by the most mar
velous progress in public favor ever
known in the history of the American
stage. Five years ago they made their
first appearance comparatively I'M
known in Mr.. McNally's "A Reign of
Error" Since that time thew have
risen to be the most popular and
strongest drawing entertainers in
America. Wherever the Rogers Broth
ers have been seen this season, it has
been that The Rogers Brothers in
Harvard" completely eclipses all pre-
vious efforts in this style Of entertain
ment in the history of the American
stage. So far as attendance and re-
| CGlDlS are CUlISSIICus IL blIS 4SN-
ord of every theater in which it has
been seen. And attendance are re-
ceipts and the real measure of sue
cess of a theatrical attraction, for the
day has gone by when the public will
spend its money for anything but the
best in theatrical entertainment.
The company surrounding the Rog-
ers Brothers this season numbers one
| hundred people. Sc of whom are very
attractive young women.
| In the new scheme of modern
psychological stage romance it is the
| hero's heart that is laid bare and dis
sected of every emotion for the edtfica-
ton of a GREATNESS audience.
Of the many stage favorites who *
press such fondness for the role of
the man who loves and loses. Henry
Miller stands high above all the 9TH
ers His part in 'Trelawny of the
! Wells" is just such a role, in which he
has a hopeless love during the major
portion of the play, and, in his roper
toire, there are many others which are
even stronger examples. Indeed, Mr.
Millers greatest popularity has been
won as the detected lover, perhaps. e.
| cause he can portray such a character
more POLITICALLY, more pathetically end
yet, withal, with more manly qualities
than any other actor on the stage.
His earliest success as the detected
lover was as Kerchival West in "Shen-
nandoah.' After this came Mr.. Owen
in Liberty Hail." More recently
came his triumph as Eric Temple in
| 'Heartsease," which, his genius as a
lover raised to wonderful success af-
ter the play had been partly re-writ-
| ten under his direction.
| Then followed his remarkable por-
| trayal of Sydney Carson, the man who
| loves and loses in THE Only Way;
the English officer who loves and loses
in Brother Officers" and the husband
who loves and loses and dies for his
love in 1.-The Tree of Knowledge" In
1.-THE Adventures of Lady Ursula" he
was the man, who, having been the
| victim of an unhappy love affair de-
tests all women.
The simplicity and directness of Mr.
MiIlers methods of expressing the
emotions of a. strong man under adj
verse circumstances. have long ago
endeared him to the feminine heart
and have caused him to be regarded by
managers as the greatest matinee dol
lin America. Mr.. Miller's engagement
at the Hyperion on November 6 is
Hooked forward to with much interest
as it will be the last opportunity to see
him in the role of Eric Temple in
'Heartsease," the play that made him
famous as a star.
Liebler & Co. are certainly becom-
ing most thoroughly established as the
purveyors of artistic productions. "The
| Christian" James O'Neill's Monte
| Cristo," Kyrle Bellows "a Gentleman
of France" of last season, and now
THE External City" and "The Honour
of the Humble" which we are to See
at the Hyperion on Friday night, with
James O'NeIl as Rurif, the serf, is a
list to be proud of and to be talked of.
There is always an abundance of salts
faction in the contemplation of the
coming of Liebler production.
The cast of "Are You Mason?" the
comedy to be presented at the Hyperi-
on on Saturday evening next, will be
one of the strongest ever seen here In q
farcical production. Heading the list
are John C. Rice and Thomas A. Wise,
a pair of comic players not to be sur
passed. Rice is noted for extreme ease,
grace and naturalness in his work,
while Wise is deliciously unctuous in
voice, gesture, manner and makeup"
The election returns will be read from
the stage between the acts at the Hype-
rion tonight.