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remain in the English metropolis an en-
tire year.
"The Power Behind the Throne" com
pany, which played in Topeka with Miss
Katherine Willard in the star role, closed
its season of 35 successful weeks in Gin
cinnat last week
If Edward Harrigan should prove a sue
cess in his latest work, Under Cover he
will remain in New York all of next sea-
son, the Murray Hill theater having been
leased with this point in view by the IAeb-
Ter company.
John c. Fisher holds eight weeks at the
Broadway theater, New York for next
season and wall probably present the. latest
tom Last summer Mr.. Fisher held 80
weeks open for THE Silver Slipper
Haddon Chambers new comedy Of man
ners. as yet unnamed, which has been
will shortly be given its first presentation
in London. The piece is in four acts, with
three scenes, laid in a country house and
in the studio of a sculptor.
The announcement of the marriage. Of
Miss Grace Freeman of "A Country Girl'
company, now playing in Boston, to Mr..
James Z. Gray. a member of several BOS-
ton clubs and the scion of a prominent
genuine sensation IN society when an
nounced last Wednesday.
Frank Daniels has a prina donna for
next season If he has not yet found a play
to suit him. His manager Chas. b. Dill
I 1ingharn,t E last Wednesday engaged Louise
Cunning faFr that position Miss Cunning
was last with DeWolf Hopper in Mr.,
P1ckwicx," but when the latter piece went
on the road she resigned.
J. c. Williamson, the Australian man
ager, has offered David Belasco $1,000 casf
for permission to produce THE Darling OF
the Gods in that country. and the Offer
has been accepted. MI. Williamson vii
have to furnish his own company snc
I
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Dut the atmosphere that gave the play
tne interest it had for me when I saw
IL ~ years ago viii be lacking
Atmosphere" is an irnpalpa bic entity
that one can feel and yet not see 1t
applies to all artistic works. The paint
er and the poet share the use of the
term with the actor. The atmosphere
Whlch surrounded this production OF
Oliver Twist" that I refer to. was un-
lnlstakable. It was at the old London
Iheater that I beheld this realistic pic
ture drawn by Dickens, and touched
up" by the dramatist Another lad and
myseit were living in an attic room on
StuyVesant street. There was one dor
mer window IN the apartment, and we
often bumped our heads against the
WhIteWashed ceilings A hundred yards
away was the Bowery-then a far I've
Her thOrOughfare than it is now It
sparkled a night with many lights: the
elevated road was still something of a
curiosity; the little horse cars were
crowded all the time. and the side
walks were thronged with all descrip-
uons OF humanity-sailors, peddlers, adj
Venturers, eountrymen and even wo-
men, who smoked cigarettes as they
strolled along the thoroughfare
One night we read the announcement
regarding the play, which said that it
would be performed exactly as it had
been done in London the same season,
and that several of the actors in the
English production would appear in this
one. We Immediately repaired to a
craftsmanship parlOrs" where one Of
the partners also conducted a small
ticket selling business. and left an order
for two gallery tickets. We could have
Afforded better seats had we wished, as
we could have afforded a more pre-
tentious place Of residence, but that was
not our idea of bohemian life in New
York A few nights after we called for
our "bill board tickets" as they were
technically known-being admissions
handed out in exchange for the display
of posters and sold at a great reduction
by the thrifty shopkeepers. These tick
cts cost us Is cents apiece. We took
our places in the gallery, which was a
seething mass of human beings-most-
~ young men and boys. with but a
sprinkling of girls and women. The air
was heavy with the odor of peanuts and
tobacco. and from where we sat the
stage seemed far away.
Never have seen such a performance
at any theater as that one OF oliver
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KAISER AND THE CHEMIST.
A Mathematical Analyze- Mistaken
for a Scientific Theorist-

A very amusing incident is reported
to have occurred lately at court A re-
nowned professor Of mathematical
chemistry, here was NEST astonished one
day to be called suddenly home through
the telephone. Wheufhe arrived there
he found a royal messenger, who handed
him an Invitation to dinner at the royal
castle The learned man jumped into
his dress clothes and drove off proudly
to the castle He was Conducted to his
seat at the royal table. and all seemed
to be going on we'll. After the second
course the kaiser suddenly turned to the
professor and said: T should Ike to
hear something from you about the
cause of the phos2horescence on the
sea-" The poor professor almost clIoked
with fright, and stammered: ''Y Your
majesty I don't know any more about
it than any other layman; that is not
within my province"
More courses were brought out, and
the professor began to recover, when
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Twist There was no need to caution
silence among the auditorS-the house
was still as death while the curtain was
up. Every move the actors made was
followed with the closest attention by
the spectators, and no audible demon
stration was made, except when Bill
Skies struck down Nancy" and the
blood oozed from her mouth. Then
pressionable, but approval or criticism
of the play was left till the fntermis-
sions, when Babel ensued.
1t seems to me, as I recall this per-
formance, that it was fairly good one
The actors appeared to feel that their
counterparts in real life were numerous
among the audience. Oliver was play
ed by a Weazened man who looked the
part, and ''Bill Skies" was great hulk
ing ruffian, who was very likely a repro
bate in his daily existence. Nancy and
''F'agin" and the latter's scholars were
all true types, as I recall them, and [
can remember, as though it were yeSter-
day that I could not but admire the
deftness of the young boys whose first
lesson in the art of picking pockets was
the purloining of the wipes" of their
companions. Even Bill Skies " bull
dog was as ugly a creature as I ever re-
member to have seen.
We came away from the London that
night with sleepless eyes. For days that
spectacle was in my mind. ..Oliver's'
cries rang in my ears. I could hear the
"Bill' struck down Nancy" We did
not go out alone after that at night for
some time, for it seemed to us that we
were in the midst of the atmosphere
which Dickens transferred to his book.
And as I remember the Bowery in
those days, really believe we were
literally in it, and not on the edge.
-Four or five years ago I again saw
OLIVER Twist" at the Murray HILL Nc
Kee Rankin played Bill Skies" and
Nance o. Neil was Nancy" It was an
excellent performance. too. but it Lack
ed atmosphere. took a girl friend of
mine to see this production We sat III
the parquet, and all around US was an
audience which was quiet and we'll
dressed. The gallery gods were in evil
dence, of course. They encouraged the
actors audibly, and were not slow to
show their dislike of the brutality of
bill" for Nancy" But Oliver did
not arouse the plying applause that
should have been his by right, and
while the play was melodramatic and
horrible It did not seem the dark trag-
edy that was enacted on the stage of
the London. where it was a faithful
mirror of episodes in the lives of those
who watched 1t from the footlights.
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ayers who are always looking for
novelties. Therefore when James X.
Hackett set about attempting to secure
the authors own dramatizatiOn of this
book. there was naturally a strong com
petition against him. That he secured
st in spite of all opposition. and that it
proved a great success upon its repre-
sentation, is now a matter of theatrical
history. He gave its first performance
last March in Pittsburg, followed it
with a marvellous engagement in St.
Louis and a few principal cities, and
then put it aside as an undodbted GER
tainty for the present season. This is
what he presents here at the New
Crawford next Thursday night with all
the attractive appurtenances of its
earlier production. All doubt as to the
worth Of the play or the ability of the.
star was surely out of the question. as
was further proved a t the opening Of
the present season, when in Philadel-
phia Buffalo, a return engagement in
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brain on fire. Once he tried to make me
sing a vile song. Sing, little CaDet'
my naTne-that I was-ah, Louis Charles
de Bourbon Then he struck me here,
a scar is there now, is 1t not?
There is a great storm Of wind and
thunder I wake in my bed-not my
prison bed. Ny mother stands beside
me. Men and women are yelling be-
meath the window Death to the Aus
trian.' Death to--to-Marie An
toinet5e." Gone OUT they cried. The
windows are open: she goes to the bai-
cony and the beasts howl louder. She
takes me with her; my sister, too, IS
there. We are terrified-cling to her
but she does not tremble. Long live
the cueen.' some one cries, and the
whole crowd shuts. Long live the
queen
They did not harm me-they put us
in q carriage; the rain pours down but
they sing. We went to Paris; through
a palace. 1t is clear now the rabbie
surround US. Torches are in their hands
they dance and Shrek We hear the
sound Of shots and falling doors. In the
courtyard boys are tossing the heads
of murdered soldiers in. the air. Now
they are coming up-up the stairway
with a. roar like. tigers. they are at thA
door. Crash-it rs off its hinges ard
hell rusheS in on US. They are drunk
they are mad. One bears woman 5
CHASTITY head on a pin, another. sna atches
off his red cap and thrusts it on my
fathers face, but he faces them without
fear; all is blood-al IS red. A Sottcd
hag sprawls on my mothers bed. Oh.
the horrors of it. We escape to a secreS
passage from the palace. We are cap
tured, brought back. thrown into prison
and my mothers golden hair is white
as snow.
We hear the furious ringing of bells
Red terror is everywhere. Ny father is
tried in court like a thief and must die
In the prison my mother seWs and reads
/ TO sister and If iS niRhf-76 I
comes-thousands OF troops are march
ing past and again the bells of Paris
are a-clang. There is a great hush and
a roll OF drums a cannbTi9 is fred and
I hear a voice cry: ztVfVe la repub.
l lique." It Is done. The king is dead.
AMI anl-the king
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all at once Prince Henry fixed his eye
l1ron the miserable chemist. and said:
professor. would you kindly exoound
to me the latest theory about DhosDhor-
escence2" Again the learned man felt
more dead than alive. and in oiteouS
accents he answered: Your royal high
ness. know very little about it. 1t j.
not within my province"
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.'NdigEt 1 request you to instruct ms
about the origin of phosDhOrescences p
The unfortunate mans knees began to
shake your royal highness.' he said,
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Theatrical Notes.

Lillian RusselFs daughter sailed from
Southampton for New York last week
Julia Marlowe will make her first ven
ture next season in new II. Y. Esmond
play entitled Fools of Nature.
Maxine Elliott and Mrs; Langtry will be
fellow passengers on the Philadelphia,
which sails for England May Is.
Mrs. Carriers season in Chicago with Du
Barry has been so large as to justify an
extra matinee. the orchestra going under
the stage nightly.
Fatal Wedding. with which he is now
touring England He has appeared in all
the larger cities of England
Charles Frohman is said to be nogotiat-
of Pretty Peggy in England and viii
soon present the piece in London
Paula Edwards is to be among next sea
sons stars. appearing under the manage
Inent of the Shuberts- Si1e VIII have a big
supporting company and new play
'.Du Barry had its first German hearing
at the Theater des WestenSs Berin, last
week with Nine. Helene Odillon in the
title role. The play is reported by cable to
have scored tremendous hit
It has been definitely decided by the
Iiebler company that audrey VIII not
be sent out next season with regular
company The piece. however, will be
played by a number Of stock companies.
Fisher and Ryley. who. have control OF
this country, may produce the latest Lon
don comedy. THE Medal and the Maid. E
in New York next fall The piece lends
itself to scenic embellishments
Mike TVhalIen, the clever monologuist
who was we'll known in this country sew
eral years back. has become the idol OF
week he was booked as the headliner IN
four different halls.
Virginia Earle. who has been resting IN
New York all season, last week signed a
in 4 big musical production soon to be put
on IN London. Miss Earle VIII probably
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st. Louis. the seasons at Wallaclx's the
ater IN New York and at the fremont
theater in Boston. the capacity Of the
houses were in each instance tested to
their utmost. The statement that there
will be no other opportunity to witness
the combination of these attractive ele-
ments should make the sale for this en-
gagement large one.
A most interesting fact regarding the
production last spring of Winston
Churchill's play IS that in spite of the
intensely depicted scenes of the civil
war, its motives and its causes, which
naturally must show the south to be in
the wrong, the play was enthusiasticaI-
ly received and applauded throughout
a tour OF several weeks in the heart of
the late confederacy, and return dates
are requested from everywhere in that
section of the country. The reason was
said to be that never before had any
play been offered in which the senti-
ments Of both parties were so frankly
and fairly stated, and the participants
upon both sides were represented by
ladies' and gentlemen. The northern
sentiments of the play were applauded
as freely as were those of southern
bias. and mention of the names of
Abraham Lincoln and Generals Grant
and sherman were loudly cheered This
was gratifying testimony to Mr.
Hackett that the attractiveness of his
play was not limited to any section of
our broad land, as also, incidentally,
how thoroughly the sentiment of the
Sunny South had become national and
shed all sectionalism.
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- ~
Pehaps this may
really amount to
something. but then
Dickens g lw a y s
crops up about once
in so often. The
announcement is
made that "Oliver
Twist will be put
on at an Eighth
avenue playhouse
next week. PrOba-
bly, it win be pret-
tv we'll done t00-
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XVI and Marie
Antoinette recalls
the da vs. Of the
Reign of Terror:
I remember =
room. dirty. hor-
rible- where ats
squeaked in the
corner. A man
. used to come with
my food. Simon
That was his name
-yes. Simon. Twas
he who beat me
and made me drink
fhiruS that Gnf nv
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THEATRICAL NEWS
James X. Hackett Here Thurs
day in "The Crisis"
Will Play Leading Character of
"Stephen Brice."
PLAYS FIRST SEASON.
Produced for the First Time at
Pittsburg in March.
Charlotte Walker Takes Part Of
" Virginia Carvel."
PLAYS FIRST SEASON.
AT THE CRAWFORD.

James x. Hackett, Thursday
When a story has attained the great
success achieved by Winston Churchill's
book. "The Crisis" which has the rec
ord Of having been read by more than
half a million people, it is in this day a
subject of interest to theatrical man
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4LAzARRE'sv BIG SPEECH.

Impassioned Monologue Which Otis
Skinner Delivers in His New Play
Here is Otis SINNERS big speech in
'Lazarre''-the long and impassioned
monologue in which Lazarre. the sup
posed lost Dauphin'' and son OF Louis
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4 must beg you to excuse me. I am a
mathematical chemist, and have never
occupied myself with phosohOreseencef
But" said the prince. one Of your
pupils recently published a celebrated
book bout this scientific question:
Certainly said the professor. feeling
very small but the author is not my
pupil, but one Of a professor who bears
almost the same name as L do" Tab
leau.-LondOn News.
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THE DICKENS ATMOSPHERE

"Oliver Twist Appealed Especially to
New York Bowery Audience.
Roderick c. Penfeld writing to the
New York Mail and Express says:
There is talk of a Dickens revivals in
the drama tie rlroe,ra r,n11ne for next wear
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Teaeher-What is the difference be-
tween a monarchy and a republic2
Pupil-Ohi The people think they run
a republic.-Puck.
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