New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-22
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
c,orgs kde Finds q Fable IN "The County
Chairman Company.


- "a. os1s q, walIacIss Theatre the other day
ceorrs Ade told q Fable in Slang" which con-
- ors OF the rlayers in THE County Chair
- {" sIr AIDES play. now 50 successfully running
~ ,hot theatre DE did not give the fable name
t, u might best De called THE SUpe Who Became
Vsnfatter for Fair" The facts of the fable are
genuine and suy one who has seen the play VII
remember the hero q; the tale the old veteran who
eppears amid the crowd En- the second and last acts
Ir fable form the story goes something as follows:
Once on a tine Henry ". Savage decided to pro-
6ucs IN Chicago q bum Play with Bright Spots.
esued The County Chairman" So he advertised
for supers and was rewarded by collection OF
wouid-bes Actors who hadn't got the Price. Has
bseu's and Bunch Of Miscellany. IN the Bunch
was az old fellow with scraEgly gray Nhiskers an
Army SLOUGH hat Blue Coat and @. A. r.
button Io was what III Savage Wanted, and
was promptly engaged. When the show was pro-
duceG he Acted al, the Time. he was busy adding
local Color every Minute. and Mr. Savage was Much
Pleased. The old Fellow said he had been "A Black
smith al his Hfe. but was too Feeble 10 work at
that trade any Longer. and had ambitions 10 Break
IN on the stase. Mr. Savage told him that begin
ming the next week he would be enrolled as an
Actor and 90 On The Road with the Company. ana
Tho old Fellow went away happy. He had reached
The Goal OF his Ambitions
Likewise. ne was useful 10 Ar. Savage as Local
After e week he drew his Pay. and went forth
body Knew him. When the stage Manager did get
transferred Numerous words OF potency from his
bysten mo ;5e surrounding Atmosphere. ~.
Coat hae Vanished. on his head the Old Fellow
trinmed intc VsS BSes ,,l, 5te ~ 1isf15-ss a. a
French barber shop He wore a loud Checked suit.
49, 80 el w olets- po.fel OF i.s SoaI Lsi5L
toro5r % q handkerchief He was a Tam-fatter
Tor Pair the Kind YOU see on the Ralto in 'front.' OF
I a
Bright Day As "a Ham-fatter he was a Howll1g
Success. hat as Local color De was on the Punk
Mr. Savage has Bis Heart, and he kept him;
tlt De made lin .et his Whiskers grow and he
bad 10 bring back h's ole Clothes 10 the Theatre.
lie ls sun shouting ''Eurran" in tho front row ~
the crowd when Jim Hacker announces the result
q the Election But he insists on Parting his
Mhiskers ir the Middle.
Moral: Local Color won't stand Prosperity.
Arthur Forrest. Frances Kingston, Miss Edith
Barker and Miss olive Oliver with other players o,
ess Importance ir The cast started yesterday Tor
Washington, 10 join Richard Mansfield IN rehears-
ais for the forthcoming production o. ivan the
Terrible az the New-Amsterdam Theatre on
March 4 Air. Forrest wil play the important part
q Boris Godu10G. and Miss oliver win be the
lzaritza Marie. Work Is being pushed rapidly IN
MS city on the final preparations The manufacture
o. The Izar's crown and crosses. the numerous
properties q other characters and the scenery
ne part % Ivan & IS SAID by those who have seen
to Nr. Mansfield numerous opportunities for the
s.egeSton o. mo-dant and grim irony. which he is
burst OF Fearful rage the sound OF the cathedral
t.i93es causes The monarch suddenly 10 cross his
.,l.es sia GOV his heac. only 70 resume his pas
6onate outbreak with greater fury. And once
Naen BE IS on his knees before his followers in a
tiool 81 oFernasteriug ucritcr~c. al The sugges-
Non q one % these c0urtlers that he he Tar
demands Tho Rs b 800 pc Il7s IN a rage ana
,-t ~ --9oses 70 Do so Then he becomes the peni-
,enS again The character IS said to be one Of grim
aIalo1, as these passages suggest. throughout
80 "5IeIlla. The translation Mr.. Mansfield viii use
q San Francisco IN he grfs-r ,-fe-e he as -9f
Sss.sE ~ eigft wears. II may be that he has
Ssanr 70 show d the west jhe t-aric side Of his
h. 81 a. az actor fs wei gs TIE romantic ability
U ~ eoialfaoly displays in AIT Heidelberg"
AI,oo DAILY. unless re IS again upset IN his plans
ne CITY authorities WIN resume operations in
SsfFiIoSogy esnps e. At the Vaudeville Theatre this
N-l-ila- as a double bill.
- .espeare &c Ben Greet sees him win be pre-
- q ne Kuickcrbocke- Theatre this after
.aTl,, Miss Natthison win snrsor a. viola IN
also slfbo,, 81. without the aid Of scenery, and
Aliens rre-,sue eid o. Frank Wistach Miss Viola
--'-seI, a potent assistance "a Boston.
-. 1 ne broadway Theatre this afternoon Ray
l'.cheock VII appear as the star OF The
-, =, ~ola-+ a musical comedy by Ar. Bios
~ a-'ior Of Checkers" and at the New
oVr r-.-eicsii Richard earle VIII be seen IN his
Aosse---s az comedy. The Tenderroot." At the
uffrrs-. s-uslc The T0rpaoOr' VIII again be
,h-esse- this tine with JeHerson De Angels IA
Ne ieaolng part
nc complete cast OF the company that viii sup
~. ---ss katherine Kennedy IN the new play,
A. N-l1s Power" by ElWyn A. Barron has
IN ed The leading parts VIII be played
fhe 49, eetAton ana Vincent Eerrano. others IN
Rohs~f .,----lqe Eugene Jepson. Frank Lander
ehsrti,sfN Al@ick, William Herbert Emmett
Ra-f 49, frank Battin. Miriam Hutchins. Rosa
Whf. ---,tellQrt Seymour. EthyIe Earle, Mauae
Rov-srs ISIS Ives Dorothy Russell and Edythe
So - Inc Ruling Power IS in four acts Ihe
~ 80, - lad IN NeW-York City. and the tine -
al -, - Inc first performance VIII be given
- -e Sarrick Theatre March a