New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-30
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
"The County Chairman Hit with the
Public-The New Belasco Play Awaited.

George AIDES first venture into straight com
edy will hardly be his last; the managers VIII not
let it be. For The County Chairman, wnch mas
already made good dollars for MI savage 'ano
aIso for MI Ade) In Chicago, seems in way 10
repeat the trick here. Produced last week tues
dav there was q fair attendance at the natinee
on the following day, and from then on there mas
bean scarcely a seat vacant. On Thanksgiving
evening the receipts reached a mark so higher
than the record of The Sultan Of Sulu. which, IN
its turn had done better than anything oerore at
WaIack's for a long time. The obvious source OF
its popularity is not far to seek; as well known
magazine editor said at the opening night IL may
be a very bad play but ii Is very good enter
tairrnent" The play, from the rise OF the curtain
to the fall. compels laughter and after all 'ne
managers are quite rish- when they say that Is
what the public wants; the public may want oIneI
things but they always want chance TO laugh
ara any play which gives it to them in as great
abundance as The County Chairman will be sure
of success. even in so dull season as TINS
What Mr. Ace thinks Of THE County Chairman
however is another story. Is he contented with
his work? There is every evidence that ne KNOWS
his sentiment especially in the love passages does
not carry tee % hort as possible But he
his play should be built on a skeleton Of plot SO
o5yqCs an 80 Gusy as 20 Of 'f s third act shan be
re5uSed 10 ba,hos ard anti-cliInax. the character
Of Jim Hacker seriously impaired IN q. dTa ad
sibe according to dramatic logic for the sake Of
Siy ,S Snf fe IS not for his observation of the
surface aspects Of life especially life IN se 5ur az
humorous and true that. with deeper hold On
~1a1sbio h might Improve on such play as The
County CHAIRMAN" fourfold, or even I'VE Inc
s etSs5S story window above the country The
9lurng glsHSe c9f by o. thf The Chicago dr1mmer
and his silent speedy and determined exit down the
S{Tesf II hf 6 he Taroad station to meet $50
train; the Joy OF thg Td be bsir Of FER nineteen
year-old lover. who had Just been so ne pG9u t5
inruunerable touches Of commonplace but effective
y humorous re9iisms thai ntE6y qeSp IL real
village that the people Of Antioch are real peop,e
9 3ag S and the Peope Of The village and what the
people Of the yiags say are de T and even If thew
move through the acts or teGhIhlcaAy, P1f t
msEI1g whole audience uncritical II surely may
well cause the tudicous 10 wlsn thaI mT, aDd
humorous reporter.
On December another Belasco play will be
~bovvn AZ the Befasco Theatre. with Miss Henrietta
Crosman as the star. and New-York theatTegoers
taught to expect plays Of unusually popular interest
gt this house await the opening night with much
curiosity. especially as Miss Crosman's ability Is
well tried and approved. The new play is called
"Sreet Kitty Belairs" and. as has been already
2i14ouIcss1' Nlagrice Campbe of the Independent
Booking Agency formerly Sl Si N R97alcn IN her
pGsEen[ eseI The cast incudes John E TIeilerd
PIT and Miss Louise Moody The actors OF the
co1nanv have sent in word from the road that
thew expect q great success in Broadway.
Nat Goodwin viii give up his attempt to star In
"a Midsummer Nights Dream after the Brooklyn
r,erforrnance on Saturday. December p The play
viii then be put aside by the present managers
and Mt Goodwin viii be sent out in the farce NY
Dneared AT thu Madison Square Theatre in the
fall with success but Wh4ch Oh TIC 4Oe4 ''i0S "eN
not able 10 make pay
The fftieth performance Of Rallies at the
Princess Theatre will be celebrated by the distrlbu-
a., IF burglar iimr7iee which intended. how
ever for the peaceful purpose OF cutting the leaves
OF a book
Martha Morton is announced as the winner Of the
rrizo in the play competition recently held by
New-York dramatic paper.
,o r-,-tstrras ..Bookrnan' contains an article by
. price called American Undergraduate ORA
mates" which not only sets forth formidable
49,, % facts 10 show the time. labor and money
which are annually spent on dramatic productions
e. the COLLEGES and universities, but also names
several recent college graduates who nave found
tleir way into the professional ranks. The work
-h,cb M Price has thus incidentally begun might
he carried on more definitely with some show OF
&c, and an interesting paper written iustrat-
Ing the actual contribution the colleges make TO
the professional stage and settns LQrth %nat 1ney
might make. The college men anu women WIZ
Is no reason why their training should be other
than aid 10 their success aG .1Ty are f o f t
low suit than are most college graduates in other
It's - endeavor urge the merits or their pro-
Etlrt-Iors VIII not some OF these enthusiastic
.iIaDe bred actors come forth with definite brief
for his case?
The Columbia sophomoTes will present their an
rual "soph Show at the Carnegie Lyceufn the
latter mart OF the week. The play that VIII be
,,,or This wear is THE Sword OF Damoces. adapt
ed from The French OF Maurice Hennequin by
Arthur Shirley. 1t Is farcieal comedy In three three
acts Robert O. Jenkins OF the American Schoo!
~ Dramatic Arts, is coaching the cast Whcn VIII
he corgposed OF the following men: E tackenthaI
K s webb r Macbeth, F. Scott X N fichter'
n q Hascan, X. Bulkely. c. A. Stewart and " L