The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-20

the management of Wallace Munro. who has given us, in the past, many good at- fractions. In the presentation of '"The Cavalier Mir. Munro has had the per- sofal assistance of Mfr. Cable. the distin- guished author. in securing the atmos- phere and spirit of the old Southland that he depicts @ lovingly end grapha- cally in all his books.
 Jerrold Shepard's new Southern TO- mance"Red River" had e very successful opening at Chester. Pa, on Labor Day. Manager Charles Nuokals has given the play . lavish production, and the general verdict of the first performance was en- tirely favorable.
 In ''The Favor of the Queen" in which Miss Haswell is to appear as q star here under the direction of George Fawoett, Shakespeare appears as a character. but strangely enough ne only uses one quota ton from all his writings. This is the "An the worlds stage speech used in part.
 Anna Held. who Is e fragile little wo- man, is an expert automobilist and can guide a $3,00o Panhard with all the direct ness and safety of an expert man of broad shoulders and big arm. Miss Held recently purchased a Hotchkiss automo- bile, which Is to be shipped from Paris and will be the first of the armored Hotch. kiss type to be used in this country.
 J. D. Dodson. who Is an old friend of Arthur Pinero. declares that the famous English dramatist composes his plays with great rapiity. Hike Sardou." says MT. Dodson, "Pinero is slow in accumu- lating material, but when once the time for using 1t arrives he writes with re- markable speed, and within three or four weeks the drama is ready for the stage manager"
 The Globe Theatre on Washington street near Beach, Boston, was formally opened on the night of Monday, Sept. IA, by James K. Hackett and his company, per sonating the romantic play. John Err
 mine of the Yellowstone" This is a play of James Evan Shipman, founded on Frederic Remington's novel of the same name.
 '"vivan's Papas" is unquestionably the biggest hit that John c. Rice and Thomas A. Wise have appeared in since they have been starring jointly. This piece by Leo Dietrichstein. who also wrote Are You Mason?" has been crowding the Garrick Theatre, New York. The work of the stars, as well as the brisk imper- sonation of Q Show Girl by Hattie Will liams has made New Workers flock to the Garrick. which might easily be termed ''The Home of Farce" Such pieces as "All On Account of Eliza," Never Again. and many other successful farces have run for long time to big houses at this theatre.
 A good deal of space has been devoted to the so-called sensational elopement of Lillian Russell's daughter with young Einstein, a son of a well-known New York lawyer. As a matter of fact. 1t was not sensational and not very much of an elopement. Miss Russell had known that the youthful Einstein had been paying her daughter attention for a long time. Miss Russell did not go into mysteries, as one of the daily papers plaintiveiy told the public; she accepted the entire situa- ton with good grace. In view of the fact that MT. Einstein's father is very wealthy and that Miss Russell is said to receive $1, 400 a week from Weber & Fields, 1t can be readily seen that the young Mir. and Mrs. Einstein need not fear immediate starvation.
 Whats the matter with Susan?" is the title of a new three act farcial comedy by Leo Dietrichstein in which Henry B. Har- ris will present Miss Alice Fischer this season. Miss Fischer who became a star in a night last September at Wallac6's Theatre. New York, through her assump- tion of the title role in Mrs. Jack" has been fitted by MT. Dietrichstein with a role designed to display her talent for serious as well as humorous characterization. The scenes of the comedy are laid near West Point and the types are those of rural New York. MT. Harris is negotiat- n with Jvo1I-hnnrun for the cast for Miss Fischer's support ing company. What is the Matter with Susanr' will have its first New York hearing at the BiJou Theatre on January 18th when Miss Fischer will begin an ex- tended engagement.
 Walker Whiteside, who has opened his season in We Are King" relates the fol- lowing incident that he once witnessed in a street car when he was playing in Co., lumbus, Ohio:
 ''The car in which I was riding was very much crowded" said MT. White side, "and I with several others was standing. lady entered the car and a very seedy looking individual, who had evidently been looking too much on the beer while 1t loaned. rose to give her a seat. Before she could reach it robust looking man slipped into 1t.
 o@-A-y' you-you 1eHer tnere' sald the boozy but chivalrous one, as he swayed to and fro. T-I'm drunk. an know 1t. but I'm get over 1t; but you-you're a hog, an you, you'll never get over it. no sirree'"
 Mrs. Langtry. who has just opened her American season at the Savoy Theatre, New York, in Mrs. Deering's Divorce" by all the odds the best play she has had in years, deserves considerable credit for the earnest manner in which she Is now