The sun., 1903-11-05
YIEHE IN TWO new COMEDIES.
DANISH ACTRESS IN "TIC a TITO"
AND "COLIMBINE."
II. Charlicr Makes Hit In tho Former
Election Returns In the Theatres
Nuisance-A Composer Takes the
Air-J. &. lates's Hit In Small Part.

Charlotte Wiehe appeared III NJ" one
act tragi-comedy last night at the 'aude-
vile Theatre. 1t is called 'Columbihe
and Ia a latter-day version Of the 'Pagliacci
theme which as every one knows was nrs'
written--if there is ever first in such matters
by Catulle Mendes in his Femme de
Tabarin.r The present drama is by a
Vienna playwright, Korn, and is Gallici%ed
by Thorel.
Il is quite simple relating an episode
in the life of a frivolous ballet dancer al
Monte Carlo. who firing of her husband
poverty, receives he attentions of a wealthy
Baron. One of his most appreciated acts
y the gift of a thousa franc note which
b stuffs into her purse. Then she fears
her husbands homecoming and the Baron
leaves in hurry.
The husband enter he has won eleven
thousand francs at the gaming tables, so
he SAYS; he has really robbed some one
. His wife loves him when she sees the bank
notes--they excite her as much as the
champagne which she drinks greedily,
After some ooquetry Of the domestic order
hot very different from the antics in
dulged in previously with her future lover,
che drops her purse. Her husband
picks it up, discovering the money. Her
explanations are weak. He su tpects, the
accuses her of infdelity. She denies II
he aIteInDtS 10 CHOKE UtT Dut IL piOoNi
penetrates his finger, and he changes his
mind. After he sends her to bed he shoots
himself. She really isn't worth the cart
ridge.
Mme.. Wiehe, who is better in sheer
pantomime, acted with her usual charm
and cleverness dancer was replica
Of the one in -The Hand" Max Charlier,
the husband, proved himself an actor OF
great intensity. His death scene was very
realistic, as realistic in another way as his
burglar in last weeks mimodrame. NJ;
Charier, who has a little of the mark OF
Mansfield, really carried on the honors OF
the play. Wiehe's accent IL not very con-
,vincing. NJ. Cllio, with the aspiring profile,
made sensual and altogether satisfying
sColumbine" was preceded by va,lde-
Vile entitled tic a Tic" by NJ de Feraudy.
It was enacted by Mile, K. Nory and NJ de
Ber.
The house was crowded, hot, uncom-
Portable and badly ventilated, As Nine
Wiehe seems to have a vogue il is pity
that Manager Frohman can find no other
house for her-though il has the papable
merit of being situated in the heart OF
Lobster Land.
The majority of the theatres have aban-
doned the senseless and irritating practice
of reading election returns between acts.
1t finally dawned on the managers that the
custom was all right for the politicians. but
gave arr u Ddck eye.
The curtain of the Madison Square Theatre
was so ovarjoyed at the success OF "A Clean
Slate" the other night that 1t went still
further up instead of down when the end OF
the play was achieved And by strict
computation there were in the house three
men who did not remark in a casual fashion:
All, what jolly good TT title for an election
Of the three could not speak English. and
Il is said the other two did not vote for
the Mayor-elect.
On the East Side last Tuesday one OF
the most humorbreeding groups con-
sisted Of children who gravey recited the
following catechism:
sWas 7st Low auf Deutsoh?' What is
Low in German? The answer, fairly
q delicate play on words, indicating that
the present incumbent would soon be
ddns ie potl9r.
A man who wandered into the Princess
Theatre the other night was so delighted
with the performance Of Captain Bedford
that he was seen later at the Gilsey CATS
played the part. tied it is; only his hair
and mustaches are sunburnt,' as he put
the case.
Odd 1t Is that two consecutive nights
should see bad whiskey and cowsp wine
Jokes at the Manhattan and the Mad-
son Square theatres, The United States
post liquor Is 80 fierce in its effects that
Theodore Roberts fairly barks after he
swallows the burning potion in John
Ermine," while the pair Of plotters in "A
Clean Slate" make rush for the garden
after drinking the farmers home made
wine.
II reading election returns is a nuisance
at our payhouses. what can be said Of the
managerial cruelty and short-sightedness
which assigns an opening on election night.
Now. Broadway from Longacre to Union
square was not pleasant street for people
with nerves last Tuesday night, and par
ticularly unpleasant to theatre-goers Of
the fair sex The bowling maniacs with
hideous horns who paraded were not so
offensive as the panic-brceding mob itself
To force yourself through the crowd was
difficult for a man. impossible for woman
Why are election nights, Christmas and
New Year always selected for new plays?
Is there no balm in Gilead? Are theatrical
managers always stony hearted' And
must the critical chain gang ever quad this
Nepenthe?
1t was a small bit his, but ii was well played
bv Mr.. j. Carriugon Yates in "A Clean
Slate" he is golf-loving junior partner
In solicitors firm and he tries to break
away every moment only to be confronted
by his merciless. grubbing senior.
Drina de Wolfe has evidently awakened
to the fact that she must begin at the lowest
r,lrg of the ladder. 1t may be remem-
bered that Ethel Barrymore first came over
the histrionic horizon as servant maid,
and now she Ia "Cousn Kate" II Miss
de Wolfe would make up her eyes less pal
pably she would be still prettier than she
h-a hint that should not he taken amiss.
piano organ playing batch OF new
melodies attracted tie attention of pTomi-
nent operetta composer the other day
He disappeared. Some one asked for him
and his secretary soberlv replied:
Hes out taking the air!' And 40 he did.
News OF Plays and Players.
Charles Frohman. who owns the dram
attic rights to Sherlock Holiness" has pro-
tested against the use Of the detective as
q character in THE Sign of the Four" the
play which Weber & Fields are to present