New-York tribune., 1903-02-23
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
The Fortunate Mr.. Barrie-W. Il. Thomp-
son as First Aid to the Eloping

son as First Aid to the Eloping.
In the for honors and cash in the play
writing field now on in England among several
authors. }. VI. Barrie would seem at present TO
have the best Of it. His comedy, The Admirable
Crichton." is one Of the most successful plays OF
the season in London. and some little white nlro
has been whispering new schemes in his ear An
thoSy Hope. one of his rivals in the race. wrote
which he closed with the following ELOQUENT words.
speaking he said. for the rest OF the rear
Barrie tells me that his head is full of plots
curse him.
w H Thompson. the veteran actor. who is TO
create the part of the Bishop in Mrs Craisie s
rlav The Bishops Move" when it has its Amer
ican production next Monday at the Manhattan
Theatre. has decided that nature fitted him Tor
The character Last week he went to Chicago
with the rest Of the company 10 rehearse under
the direction Of James K. Hackett, who Is making
the production AMI soon as the train was
under way settled down study his part from
manuscript At Binghamton two young people. a
man and a girl boarded the train in an evident
state Of excitement, and sat down opposite MI
Thompson Tze. however. was busy with his STUDY
and only vaguely them.
Bv and bv however he could not fail to notice
that he was attracting large share Of their at
tention. and glanced up. His kindly face evidently
reassured the couple. COR the young man imlneol-
excited undertone:
Pardon me. but can do the young woman
opposite and great service"
-" said the actor. a
into details now. but we want 10 ger maIiieu' anu
s-e sort of-of''-
of running away 20 90 it? An excellent plan,"
said Nr. Thompson
The youth locked a trife surprised at this, but
zlse more hopeful That is it,, he went on rapid
". And we were going 10 get off at ElInira TO
find q minister Btt she thought>you might 90 1t
for US richt here on the train. We knew you We're
q minister, right off You we didn't even need
So you want me TO tie the knot right here?"
said Mr.; Thompson, with laugh. ,z. ,r,s;e ooroe
oh, thank you knew you woud Maise' I COLE co!i1T
over here" the young man cried, before the acior
50 Nasie came and the two stood hand in hand,
expectan blushing. before the astonashea aGf9a TI
Bishops Move" before he could convince them OF
AZ Ei1nra the couple eft the train in search of
the real clerical article. and Mr. Thompson Went
with them as far as the end OF the platform, 10
give them godspeed.
Tie race question has become a serious matter
To the managers of the New-York Theatre since
IN Dahomey" presented by Williams and Walker
and their colored company went on the stage there
last week. The number Of colored people who have
presented themselves for admission TO the theatre
has been source OF astonishment TO those VINO
sit in Judgment. And all of these oolcred people
have shown the same prime qualification for ad-
mission as their white brethTenrectangular strips
Of paper with green backs. Their argument was
tr-eflts5le But the other hand, 10 aOtlll tieIh
10 all parts OF the house would be to drive away
the usual pa-rons of the theatre. il was felt;
rertaps 10 convert the -Iew-York into a colored
resort. AS klaw & Erlanger are not yet quite
prepared 20 take that step compromise was
effected and hard and fast color line drawn
wiz = the theatre The boys who pass the water
between acts are the only negroes allowed TO
overstep this lire, and no white person but the
manager Of the house is allowed TO cross IN the
other direction
shnST Is
The lower floor orchestra and orchestra circle,
all boxes except the top tier two sections OF the
dress circle and section Of the balcony are
reserved exclusively for those with white skins.
This leaves one section of the dress circle, sec
rtous in the balcony and the entire gallery 70
colored people. II may be stated in the cause OF
divided.
There was much discussion among the players in
a Little Princess the other day when announce
rnent was made that the play would be presented
evenings after this week Whether or not the
younger children in the cast would be allowed to
play was the topic. You can never tell what the
societies for the protection Of children will do"
said Miss James IT remember a play in which I
had TO bring on q baby twice during the perform
ance and little bunch Of humor only seven
months in the world secured for me- His
mother came with him to the theatre each night,
and between his appearances he slept like log.
When his cue came. however, he wide awake
and strained his little body get where he could
see the audience. He would laugh each time he
was brought on say Goo and all that sort Of
thing. And he grew fatter and heavier every night.
But they took him away from me, one Of these en-
nghtened societies on the ground that his morals
would become corrupted
Al the seventy-ffth performance Of THE Girl
with The Green Eyes at the Savoy on Wednesday
evening souvenirs will be distributed. Thi, also
happened at the hftieth performance, and will
happen again at the 1e0th- Do generosity and
jealousy go hand in hand?
Reith's Theatre will open at 1870 to-day