The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11

TWO attractions of widely different |composition and interest are scheduled for the Montgomery Theatre during the week The difference between Yales "The Devils Auction" Tuesday night and Tim Murphy in a high class comedy "Wednesday night Is almost illimitahle, but each attraction has its own class of admirers.
 This is the twenty third annual tour of The Devils Auction" This is men, tioned to avoid arguments betwen those who are prone to look back up- lon things theatrical and compare the present with the past. The attraction has survived for nearly a quarter of a century. With this record 1t must have |undeniable claims to popularity. Yale has always appreciated the value of handsome young women well dressed and he has kept alive to all the im- provements in scenic effects and stage settings. His taste in securing the for mer and his ready adoption of the lat ter have contributed no little to the success of "The Devils Auction" for the fact that an entertainment has lived for twenty-three years Is sufficient proof of its success.
 Tim Murphy will be seen in a new play Wednesday night. MT. Murphy's
 
 in this announcement. Somehow the public had looked upon him as an un- derstudy, a very good understudy, of Sol Smith Russel. MT. Murphy had shown a remarkable predilection for plays in which Sol Smith Russell archie wed his fame. There are many people who believe that as an actor Mir. Mur- phy is in a way equal to Sol Smith Rus sell or any other comedian of the first rank. They rather resented the idea that MT. Murphy should take the old shoes of any actor. no matter how good he might be. MT. Murphys genius en- titled him to new shoes and to the best that could be had.
 His new play Is by Frederick Paula ing and is called Two Men and a Girl" It has been very highly com mended wherever it has been seen. It Is story of today which gives MT. Murphy splendid opportunities for the exercises of those talents which ha made him so admired upon the road.
 Miss Dorothy sherrod Is still lead ing woman with Mir. Murphy. Miss Sherrod Is hardly less of a favorite in Montgomery than is MT. Murphy. She is finished an attractive actress whose work is never slipshod nor careless and who portrays excellently the delicacy and the tenderness of a womanly wo- man. She is assigned to most con- genial role in the new play.
 The scenery of the play Is described as magnificent. The stage settings are undoubtedly more ambitious than MT. Murphy has heretofore carried.
 A large force of men continues at work upon the Improvements which Jake Wells the new lessee, Is making in the new Bijou formerly McDonald's Theatre. Great changes are being made in the interior and on the opening night it is promised that the public of Montgomery will see one of the hand somest theatres in the country. The opening date of the Bijou has not yet been announced but it will not be far in the future.
 Jake Wells is becoming one of the largest theatrical magnates in the country During the past week 1t was announced that at a cost of 100000 he had secured control of the Thomas C.. Leath circuit of theatres. There are seven of these theatres. They are To- cated at Richmond Roanoke, Norfolk, and Charlottesville. These theatres and Charlottesville. These theatres will in the future, as they have In the past, continue to play the Klaw and Erlanger bookings. They will in no way interfere with MT. Wells long string of theatres which have been playing the Stair and Hoolen book ings.