New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-01

was eloquent as Alcibiades pleading for mercy
.oi soiiieoody whom Shakespeare or some anna
eui playwright Of the Elizabethan period neg
-, - 1iahle' ana he brought up his warriors
win spirit for the rctaliatorv march upon
49, Charies Rock gave a touch of
P"'ios TO the fidelity of the steward. and the
-'--o- characters were adequately represented.
~ 417ish 1linon was more attuned to prosper
""1 ~ misfortune; yet the impersonation
0u out with consistency. The Court
Iheatre' under the new management IS . rener
'i' pay mousse where quaint REVEALS can be
conducted and interesting e,-nar,r,. .,oa r.
serves SO many useful purposes that those 1pbo
are or2Wn 10 it are tolerant In their criticism
- 'he Hreek dances of Cupid and the Anazons
hao NOT been so spirited the spectators would
nave Deen forced to agree that Ttmon was a
inost "earlsone person. and by no means splen-
ola In his isolation and wretchedness As q
was they were grateful to Mr.. Ieipb FOR the
pans taken In staging IN Elizabethan relic and
t~cAeo the faith required for accepting the ira
ullloh that Shakespeare was seriously concerned
III the construction of the play
me reduction of price in The Timex, ia not
MADE for the benefit of casual purchasers but
Ior regular subscribers. The newsyenders will
DE enabled to deliver the papers to n limited
number of regular purchasers anywhere in the
0H'eu hlhgdom for t3 year. This will mean
saving of IS shillings or % per cent The
manager explains that less money will not be
expended for news nor received from sales and
'haI the revenue will he diminished from one
source and Increased in another so that the
aggregate income will not be altered What
Is apparently sought is the regulation rather
than the increase Of the circulation Five comics
are now printed for every two sold TO regular
SUBSCRIBERS. and this is not an economical meth
od OF producing an expensive journal printed
on heaNy paper. With subscription list large
ly increased by the reduction in price the man
Aseihent VIII be relieved of the necessity for
supplying surplus every day The price for
regular subscribers will be reduced from three
pence TO a fraction over twopence and the loss
Tor unpurchased copies is theoretically trans
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