The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-27


 laugh" Acton Davies' headline for 1t was Housing success" and so they went all through. But the star quotation is from the Commercial, which opened It's critique with this sentence: Like Whirling tor nado, sweeping over the plains and car- rying all before 1t, the new play Saught up in its vortex an audience of applaud ing men and women, and spun them about in a whirl of genuine delight
 Some idea of the magnitude of the pro- duction of "iI'he Fortune Teller can be gathered from the fact that there are no less than twenty-three changes of cos tune for the chorus. The equipment which Milton and Sargent Aborn are us- ing Is a most elaborate one, for 1t Is the original production which was made for Alice Neilsen, and her management spent some S40,0O0 on the mountings of the opera. "The Fortune Teller" tells a most amusing story In Harry R. Smiths best vein and the music by Victor Herbert, is most melodious. Messars. Aborn are reported to have company which does full justice to MT. Herbert's splendid score and Mir. Smiths excellent comedy
 Among the stars new to New York city promised for the coming season are Miss Florence Roberts, an actress who Is ex- tremely popular in the west and on the Pacific coast. MT. John Cort, who has managed Miss Roberts for several years believes that he has a surprise In store for New York theatre goers when his star reaches town in mid-winter. Last season she scored successes in Tess of the DUrberviles" and ''Zaza." Miss Roberts Is said to belong to the natural school of acting with an absolute disre- gard of the tricks of the stage. Ann La Mont" her play for this season was writ ten by Paul Armstrong, the author of '"The Hair to the Hoorah." which had long run in New York last season.
 AL Wilson, the Golden Voiced Sing er," has started rehearsals in New York of his new comedy "The German Gypsy in which he will star this season. The play is In four acts and as many scenes, and tells a picturesque story, filled with extremely interesting incidents. In i the title role MT. Wilson will have many l opportunities to show his ability as an 1 actor and vocalist. Manager Sidney Ellis l has engaged an excellent supporting com l pany for his star and will give the play I an unusually handsome production. Dur l ing the holidays Mir. Wilson and The l German Gypsy" will be seen in New York at the Fourteenth Street theatre.
 This season George Ade's comedy, 'The 1 College Widow" will be played by two companies. It has received more favora-
 ble comments from the New York Press | and public than any play produced in the l metropolis in recent years The aud 1 fences at the Garden theatre have only
 been limited by the size of the play l house.
 Nowadays 1t is the aim of librettists
 to secure what is called ''catch line" for the book of amusing comedy: many are the anxious hours spent in brain rack ! ing effort to secure the needed combina- J ton Of words To the pleasure of It's 1 authors, "The Seminary Girl'' possesses two Of these much desired treasures | Wherever this merry tanta1izing Miss
 has appeared, Say you don't know who am. do you?" and "did you ever hear
 the story about the subway" have in
 stantly become incorporated into local {! slang.
 J. Clarence Harvey has been engaged hy Henry W, Savage for role in the
 new opera by John Kendrick Bangs and Manuel Klein which is as yet unnamed
 'Woodland" the musical fantasy Of
 the forest by Frank Pixley and Gustav
 Luders began its second season at the Grand Opera House. New York city. on
 August l9. Harry Bulger continues Tn