The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-27

New York, Nov. 26.-"The Baroness
Fiddlesticks" will remain at the Casino
as long as it's hackers care to meet the
losses incurred and no longer. The
piece is the work of an amateur libret-
fist and an unplacticed composer and
it is without a solitary glimmer of
merit.
FRITZ Scheff has entered upon what
promises to be a really triumphal ca
reer in THE Two Roses at the Broad
way Theater. Nine. Scheff under the
direction of Charles B. Dillingham;, has
encountered not the slightest difficult
ty in placing herself very nearly if
not quite at the head of the list of
popular favorites in comic opera field.
THE Two Roses" is announced as the
work of Stanislaus STANCE and Lud-
wig Highlander, but it is known to a
few persons that the score was quite
extensively doctored by Gustave Ker-
ker after it had been tried out in pub
lie. In its present form the music is
bright, melodious and enhancing, while
the story of the piece, an adaptation of
one of the standard comedies, is we'll
put together and capably acted.
The stay of "a China Doll' at the
Majestic Theater, where it's New York
career was begun last Saturday it linn
tied to four weeks. This situation
is caused by the fact that another
attraction was long ago booked for
the holidays and cannot be sidetrack-
ed at this period, no matter how earn
estly the management of "a China
Doll may desire to remain.
Nine. Rejane's Lyric Theater en-
gagement reached its climax, artisti-
cally and financially Monday, when
'Zaza" was presented for the first time
here by the greatest of living French
actresses. There was, of course, a
disposition to draw comparisons be-
tween Nine. Rejane and Mrs. Leslie
Carter, but the results were not en-
tirely satisfactory for the reason that
the methods of the two splendid artists
are widely different, fundamentally and
in detail. Under these circumstances
neither actress suffers-indeed, both
gain renewed appreciation. The Rejane
''ZaZa" greatly stirred by spectators
most of whom were entirely familiar
with the play and therefore able to
follow it's action even though IMMERSED
in the French language. The Rejane
engagement has turned out to be in
tensely interesting to society in New
York. The audiences have been en-
tirely representative of the best ele-
ments of metropolitan life. A regu-
lar first nighter remarked the other
evening in the lobby that with a sin
gle exception of the opening nights of
new operas at the Metropolitan Opera
House, he had never seen such a dis
tinguished and representative assem-
blage of the real New Workers, who
came to applaud Rejane and her clev-
er company. On one side of the house
at the opening performance of LII
rondelle" were the Goulds, Astors and
Vanderbilts. The boxes on the OBJ
posite side were filled by Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and her party, James
Hazen Hyde, the New York insurance
millionaire and his friends, and Mr..
and Mrs. Townsend Burden and their
party.
Henry w. Savages picturesque pre-
| sentiment of the Pixley & Luders opera
of bird life in the forest called Wood
land" attracted a large and interested
audience Monday to the New York
Theater. The piece undoubtedly scored
solid hit and it will remain in its
present surroundings until the time
Hset for the premiere of Joseph Brooks
Home Folk"
The author of THE Second Fiddle"
/ the new piece in which Louis Mann
came TO the Criterion Theater Monday.
is Harry b. Smith. who certainly has
no real necessity for the concealment
of his identity under the nom de plume
of Gordon Blake. THE Second Fid-
die" is excellent material. and il fur
nishes ample opportunity for the dis
play of Mann's best ability as an act
or. The principal character is an i'm
poverished musician who. after many
| vicissitudes, accomplishes his ambition
of converting a chorus girl into a prima
| donna.
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
is the first OF the seasons PLAYS to
cross the one hundredth performance
mark in New York. The comedy will
remain at the Savoy Theater until aft
er the holidays.
The theater 10 be erected for Lew
/ Dockstader will have an entrance upon
Longacre, now known as Times Square.
/ The house Is to seat about fifteen hun
dred persons. and II win be entirely
surrounded by a wide alleyway I'm con-
formity with the new building laws.
II Ia 10 be called Dockstader's Opera
House and will be ready for occupancy
before the end OF next November.
u now seems likely that David Be-
laRco may satisfy his long cherished
ambition 20 have theafers Of his own
| in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia.
FOR some time past the auth0r-mana-
/ ger has been An negotiation with cap-
italiata residing la each Of these CEN