The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-07

land, tne SuDJeCC OF so muCn curiosity.
Stage training does tell in affairs Of this
kind.
London expectantly awaits Mr.. Pineros
new play Lefty
1t is doubtful if Mr.. Conried's imported
ballet will ever win 80 much applause as it
did on the deck of a certain ocean steam
ship ten days ago. Sea sickness had
vanished, the weather was propitious and
there were many able bodied enterprising
male passengers from the first class to en-
courage the efforts of the young women
"a bold, stout brigade, mostly recruited
in Vienna. To the blaring Of the ships
band these gay girls twisted and kicked.
turned somersaults with, and without, i'm
punty and wound up with wild version Of
cake walk which suggested cOmbna-
ton Of epilepsy and cats vaulting back
fences at midnight.
Several sympathetic gentlemen in mid
die life wanted to charter the ballet for an
all night performance on the upper deck
but the captain cried them off, otherwise
that ship would not have reached port on
time-the high kicking might have Jared
the twin propellers.
Sir Henry Irvings last appearance in
London previous to his departure for
America was at the John Ellington testi-
monial benefit matinee in the Theatre
Royal, Haymarket. yesterday.
Haddon Chambers wrote his new play
"The Golden Silence in twenty-one days.
The author began debating at IL o'clock
every morning and stuck at 1t until !. then
resumed at 2:30 and remained at his post
until 8. He wrote the last act in day and
half Originally it was named "A Great
Lady" Mr.. Chambers might be called
great playsmith.
An English critic has been finding fault
with the CATERS worn by Reeves-Smith in
THE Climbers at the Comedy Theatre
Instead Of being soiled only on the inside
Of the leg, says the Era. the critic declared
CATERS were In reality worn by daily use
This recalls to the editor the story OF the
critic who found fault with an actor because
his mustache seemed to be put on clunsily
when as a matter OF fact 1t grew on the
berated mans upper lip.
That Mr.. BEDFORD, official ncenser of
plays In London, should have refused to
permit a performance of D Annunzio's
"Ctta Morta" need not surprise any one.
Shelley's "Cenci' is in the same category
of plays on the index, though Racine HIS
escaped the vigil&nt eye of his pure minded
person. And of course John Ford's pict-
ure is turned to the wall, not TO mention
the name of his masterpiece.
In the meantime Duse must perforce
content herself with LA Giaconda' and
"Hedda Gabler."
The town is interested in Mr. Mansfeld's
production Of sold Heidelberg" for the
play Is well known-and we may add with
,,.lr 80 aF1 In oOto bat ha 10
also very we'll known-and its presenta-
ton will be of peculiarly brilliant sort.
Pert Coote is married again time
to Ala Russell And yet this clever come
dia got of that epigram once celebrated
at he actors Epigastrium Club: Bert
Coote breads therustle of a woman's skirts. .
It is good news to learn that Leonard
BOVINE will accompany Marie Tempest on
her American tour. These two artists In
aThe Marriage of Kitty" are absolutely
delightful Mr. BOVINE has improved
enormously since his last visit here and
now ranks with the most finished of Eng
lish comedians. or Miss Tempest there
need be little said Her h i'm will create
something more than the traditional tea
pot tempest in theatre.
Max Beerbohm in one Of his most char
acteristic Saturday Reriew articles calls
attention to fact patent to most travelled
FngIishmen and Americans: the cavalier
treatment of the American playwright in
London as compared with the roses and
raptures we heap upon the English dramatic
author in New York. Clyde Fitch 8 "The
Climbers" at the Comedy met with the
usual critical fate of visitors from across
tie water; 1t was called crude and I'M
promising. But, behold, says in effect Mr..
feerbohm, the trumpeting praise when Mr..
F,mond puts forth plays in America like
Wien We We're Twenty-one,' or BILLY 8
Little Love Affair.
As patriotic Yankees and former subjects
Of Great Britain we fairly grovel before the
splendor of Mr. Esnond's dramatic genius
or before any other mediocrity bearing
the hallmark "made in London" There s
truth in all this says the Shan Van Yacht.