New-York tribune., 1903-08-16

PLOT OF "VUIAN'S PAPAS," WHICH IS TO OPEN THE
SEASON At THE GARRICK


''Vivian's Papas," farce by Leo Dietrich
stein. Will open at the Ciarrick tomorrow night.
Ihe chief comedians John c. Rice and Thomas
A Wise who the principal factors in Are
You Mason?" and Hattie Williams is to be the
show girl about whose harum-scarum life the in
trigues whirl. The action opens in the quiet lib
rary of New-York home. The second act shows
the show girls apartments, while the third act
shows the waiting room and lobby of New-York
hotel A message postponing engagement at
dinner which is sent the telephone by a
chorus girl and received by the daughter-n-aw of
an elderly gentleman fer whom it is intended is
responsible for the situations that make the plot.
The daughter-in-aw jealous woman, naturally
suspects her husband of dividing his attentions,
have been the guilty starts find The de
have been attentive to- the soIbretfe ndsaV3r R in
their own peculiar wav TO clear the innocent vic
tim of their guilt. The husband. feeling that the
chorus girl make explanations starts 10 her apart
mepts mpts An starting at the same time, naturally
gather simultaneously at the home of the cause
Of the trouble The wife refuses all excuses and
thinks the whole family in league with her heart
thing.
curious mishap occurred to Lawrence D'Orsay
in The Earl of Pawtucket" the other night. He
has line in the play, 1T seems have committed
almony," which always brings a great laugh from
the audience On this night as he approached
the speech, he had horrible sense that he had
forgotten the word Then it was that his self
possession came 70 his aid. He went rapidly into
ms memory for word that sounded something
IKE 1t, and, at the cue, drawled in his most
Tbs iat Ins 1eey nave g@{ com
digger laugh since the opening night
The prosperous season of the Paradise Roof Gar
den continues, with Aga" the floating mystery
stlll in the lead on the programme Several minor
changes will brighten the bill for the ensuing
week Among the big features retained are Ricca-
Donas horses, Gtlette's dog pantomimists the
Four Nightons. in their splendid athletic feats
Yamamoto Brothers. the Yalto Duo, Hungarian
dancers; the Wilton Brothers. in their popular
horizontal bar speciality; Agnes Mahr the Amer-
can can u; tommy Atkins, and Punch. Judy & Co." in
eTreaaslng her popularity by her singing Of Maggie
McDoh0hue the hodcarrier song and chorus: in
which she is assisted by twelve young women. The
Sunday night concerts are characterized by special
weekly changes of programme Miss Maggie Cline
being newcomer especially engaged for Sunday
night.
The Earl of Pawtucket" begins its last three
weeks at the Manhattan Theatre tomorrow. There
will be no cessation in Its It will close
Saturday night September 8, at the Manhattan
Theatre and open at another Broadway theatre on
Monday evening September Z, and will have been
at three New-YOrk theatres in year, and up
to the present time has broken the business records
of two houses The incident of the play during
the last week the debut of Marguerite Hay
den, the daughter of the late William r. Hayden.
a well known theatrical manager, in the character
of Ella Seaford The young gave trial
performance Wednesday afternoon and gave
promise Of much talent. Manager La Shelle had
under consideration the advisatility of producing
the play for week in the grand ballroom of
the Waldorf-Astorla before the fall and winter
been perfected. but the business at the Manhattan
doned, and thus it happened that the first legiti-
mate comedy through a summer season in
New-York will not exploit itself in the big hosiery
| for while.
The biggest opening the theatre at Manhattan
Beach has ever had in it's history was last Mon
day night when Klaw Erlanger's big q lry Lane
| spectacle, THE Sleeping Beauty and IT, Beast,
| began its of four weeks. The production has
lost of its beauty since it was seen on Broad
way and nearly all Of the favorites which helped
to make the spectacle successful during the long
run at the Broadway Theatre are still In the cast
| Thus far the business has been enormous like the
opening After it's month at the Beach the produc-
ton will be taken on an extensive tour of the cOun-
try. The stage pictures are riotous blending of
coors, and the finaes of the acts splendid.
Then too there are several novelties. such the
! flying ballet which We're imported especially from
Germany for this production and which have re
other reason of the big success of the production
from the first curtain until the last one there is
elicit roarS OF sughter ter @ m seapD g45 VII x
and the Beast at Manhattan Beach
| Neither rain nor humidity any other phase OF
the weather seems to affect the attendance at The
Wizard of o." So remarkable has been the sue
of this merry musical play that its thirtyfrst
week finds it still the most prosperous entertain
ment of its kind in New-YOrk Such record in
| the midst of summer and the untoward climatic
conditions augurs we'll The burden of the work still
! falls upon the shoulders of Fred Stone, the inm
liable "Scarecrow'- they broad, strong. in
| defatigabe shoulders, well up to the weight Stone
! is boneess shredded cod and as graceful as a
York nearly every child In the metropolis will have
| seen Mr.. Scarecrow and his equally lively partner
| the Tin WOOdman.
Miss Isabel Irving of James *. Hacketts
stars, has purchased a beautiful spot at Siascon-
set, rhe island of Nantucket where she has been
all summer supervising the building of a bungalow.
The plans of the structure she drew herself. copy
ing the leading features of the bungalow that
built by Rudyard Kipling in the suburbs of Calcut
ia Miss Irving returns to :, Ne%-49rk % J early next
ils play The Crisis, in which she opens on Sep
| tember Is
Another week of big attractions at the Pain
| Fireworks Enclosure Manhattan Beach, opens to-
| morrow The dinner to Captain Leslie c. Bruce
! of the victorious rife team which won back the
| Palma trophy to America will be followed i'm
mediately by a special display of fireworks in
| honor of the guest of the evening. AS it happens
| the knights of Pythias have also arranged TO be
| down that evening, so that, with the rifle
men and Knights. the enclosure will have quite
| a military appearance. Tuesday evening the non.
| ors are divided between the Grand Army OF Ihe
| Republic and the Scotchmen in the city, The
Order Of Eages ana the WooTmsn Viii Viii be
/ political night THURSDAY, when the Republican
| clubs of greater New-York meet, and on Friday
! the odd Fellows will attend
| John stapleton spent last week in Saratoga
| gathering betting ring atmosphere for the race
| track scene in Checkers" which he is to stage
Having acquired sufficient supply of the color
| he thought to get a bit of the feeling by placing
a small bet. Not being up in the dope" he did
the next best thing and concluded to follow the