New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19

Among the members of his company who ar
rived Miss Cynthia Brooke, his leading
lady, and Miss Beatrice Terry. niece OF Miss
Helen Terry.
Mr. Terry is here on his first visit. He is to
open on Christmas day at the Princess Theatre.
Later he is to produce Sweet Lavender which
he played for the first time eighteen years
ago. A tour of many Of the large cities will
follow his enga cement here.
Klaw & Erlanger. at the New-York Theatre
Monday evening Will reduce prices to the pop
| ular scale of % cents to 81 The first attrac-
ton presented under this policy will be Joseph
| Brookss production Of a new play by c. T.
| Darcy. author. Of In Old Kentucky" founded
on the theme Of James Whtcomb Rileys poem
called Home Folks" 1t is in four acts and five
scenes the assive stage pictures showing the
Selby home on a bluff overlooking river. an
other view of the Selby house and grounds the
living room in the Selby home. the swimming
hole by the old wmilI. and the picnic grounds
on the banks of the river The company num-
bers eighty people, with fully thirty children
presented. Among these players are William 5.
Hart, Thomas A. Wise. Miss Julia Herne. Will
lam Ingersol. Samuel Reed. Arthur Saunders.
Charles Stcdman, Walter Thomas morton NC
Kim Jack Ryan Howard Sloat and the Misses
Rebecca Warren. Ida Waterman. Frances Ste
vens. Rose MarstOn, Alice Brahalr. Desire La
gard. Belle Daube and Mvra Brook
Nlaw & Erlanger's "Humpty Dumpty." az the
New Amsterdam Theatre, is filing the house
at every performance. The Arm has never before
staged anything as great as this in number of
people and magnitude of scenery and effects.
Seats can be obtained for any performance by
mail order. directed to Manager New Amster-
dam Theatre.
George NJ Conan. appearing in his own must
cal comedy. Little Johnny Jones" at the Lib
erty Theatre. will begin his last week at this
house next Monday evening. He will be fol-
lowed by the Klaw & Erlanger Comedy Com
pany in John j. MCNaIys new musical play
| in Newport" in which Peter F. Daley. JOSEPH
Coyne Lee Harrison. and the Misses Virginia
Earle and Fay Templeton will play the prin-
cipal parts
In n few weeks at the Weber Music Hall. bur
lesoue Of George Ades comedy THE College Widow"
will be put on by joe Weber and his associates.
Preparattons have been under way for some time.
The announcement made in quarters that
Leah Kleschna' would he the play chosen for bur
lesdue was without foundation. The choice of The
College Widow" must Of course seem odd one,
for how can ANYBODY hope make this play much
funnier than IT is? Murphy the right guard from
the foundry the boarding house keepers daughter
the town constable and other OF Mr.. AIDES charac-
| ters already near buresque that they would
gain humor by stepping with both feet over the
mark and the whole tone Of the comedy is such an
amiable poke Of fun at college life that to mako
| fun OF 1t a difficult. not to say a rather
thanklees, task. 1t is not hard to understand how
ever why MI Weber chose TINS Play Play 9uElesque
! popular success. which everybody has seen and
6en 30 e W6en m 7 W @ iage
preparing his burlesquc possibly he did not count
| on Mrs Flskes play turning TO be the
success It is and his choice lay between The Col
latter play has only tho star part the choice
inevitable. Leah Kleschna" of course has
pose; II is capltally built be burlesqued for THE
scene Of the robbery. in fact could be turned into
a scream OF laughter with only slight alteration
sq"e Of The College WIDOW will nj" be I Watched Gr
for as an lnterestng eX5crmgTt 1t Is 70 be hoped
erisms in Edgar Smiths best style.
| Tho condition of West Forty-second-st Is becon,
ing serious at least to the conductors the Broad
way cars. The other evening. theatre time. the
conductor on one Of these cars put his head in the
! Belasco Lyric. Amsterdam Liberty and FaIds
theatres. and II I've forgotten any, God hepl me
| Mr.. Pineros opinions Of American audiences may.
be of interest just especially as he has il &c
! said. consented TO the elimination Of the dancing
| doll from "A Wife Without a Smile" an en,,na
| ton he would not permit IN London. In a letter
to Edward Terry, the English actor who VIII ON
pear here at the Princess on Christmas Monday. he
says:
send my heartest wishes 10 you old friend yo,
are an actor who has enabled me depart from Tu
plays for those occasions when You have V on
Sa Ionr skill nTentieTes and have felt sure
would help me to forget the imperfection nf nor
work and in this have been ,liseppoi,.ttiJi
trust you will have prosperous season IN 49,
lea there least. you Will find the kaenast -
| most intelligent audience in the world ~ anu
Mrs. Iy dia Thompson founder OF the "R-i,isb
Blonde BurlesquerS, is on the water hoo1a1
for America Mrs Thompson does not coma III,
time as an actress. but to visit her daurhto- Mice
Zefle TiIbury who Is acting the part OF P,,,Iao ~
Viola Aliens production OF The Winters Tai >,
She has cabled that she expects 20 ra,.t 80
in time to attend the first performances ~ tbo a'-
IN New-York at the knicEerhocker Tbaotra 30 -,
Monday December 26 Mrs. Thomson 80. 80 ~,
here in lsss that being III, her third Drofcsso@a aP-
1868 and in 1872 The interest which theso aLvsrtai
visits OF the british Blondes" created fh
in rho memory Of many oldtime thea rec, ~,
companies numbered among Others Rose GoqbIa Te
Eliza Weatherbee Pauline Markham Ellen Tvs
and Edith bland Rose Coghlan was rno,,ts