The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
neWS cf tbe Stage

lure than anything in 'Parsifal" It is located on the rock heights where the fabled warrior-maids assembled before galloping through the clouds to Walhalla. This is the chief ensemble number in the opera The piercing brflliance of the battle song of the Valkyries is unlike anything else in the Wagner gamut of descriptive mel ody Almost every note is pregnant with meaning. having a fascinating l charm all its own. :
 When the valkyrie Maidens are all assembled. Brunnhilde arrives with Sieglinde on her horse "Groni," flee ing from the angry Wotan, who has decided on her punishment for disobe- dfence. The subsequent turbulent and pathetic interview is the great dra- matic preceding the great closing cpl sode, where Wotan lays his sleeping daughter within the protecting wall of flames. In this final picture is an- other rare opportunity for realism. The old bfow-flames have been dis carded and electric eeffcts substituted, producing an illusion that is more poetic as it becomes more impression istic. From the moment the fire motif is first sounded the scene rivets the attention of the music lover, holding 1t to the end of the pathetic farewell of the heart-broken god.
 | Wealth of Theatrical People. Vast fortune have been made by Americans in the theatrical business Some of the wealthiest men and -wo- men in the business are, A. L. Erlan- ger, $2,500.000; Eugene Tompkins, 3D. 100000; Al Hayman, $1,5O0,000; D. G. Gilmore. $1,250.000; Jacob Lit Estate, | $1, 1,500,000; Marc Klaw, $1,000,000; Jos eph Brooks, s1,e0o,00o; Charles Froh- man, s1,000,000; Henry w. Savage, | 500 000. Hyda and Pahman 500 0n0. l Isaac B. Rich, $1,00O,0O0; Charles W. | Spalding. $1,000,000; Joseph Weber, $750.000; Gus Hill. $250,o00; La Shelle Estate, $500,000; Lew Fields, $250. .000; E. D. Stair. $1,500,000; John H. Havlin, | s750,000; David Belasco, $250,o00; Lee Shubert, $20O.00o; Thomas W. Ryley, | $350,000; John c. Fisher, s150,000; A. W. Dingwall, s250,o0o; Samuel F. Nix | on, s1,000,000; J. Frederick Thinner man, $5G0,000; William A, Brady, $50O,- { 900; John W. Hamlin, s1,500.0o0; Julius Calm, s20o,00o; Moses Refs, sS0O,o00; Joseph R. Grismer: s65o.ooo; Oscar Hamerstein. eGs s2So,ooo; .. F; Proctor. Keith, $2.000.oO0; Harry Davis, $780, | 900; Kohl and Castle, $1,250,00O; Or pheum Circuit Company, $1,000, 900; Percy Williams, $750,O0o; William H. Reynolds. $2,000,000; Harrison G. Fiske, | $100.0o0; w. G. Rankeville. $100o00; Frank Sanger Estaie. s5oo.o0o; Alice l Kauser. s2se,0o0; George c. Tyler (Lieb' Company, s25o. 900; William F. Connor Liebler Company, $500,0O0 Richard Mansfield, s750,0o0; Joseph Murphy, $1,000,000; William H. Crane, $750,000; Nat c. Goodwin, $250, 1000; Lotta, $1.000,0o0; Maggie Mitchell, s750,o00; Oliver Doud Byron, $10o,000; Mckee, $200,000; William Harrls, $250,- 900; Charles E. Ford. $100,0O0; W. H. Rapley, $250,000; L. N. Scott, $100, ,000; Henry Greenwall, $500.O0O; R. M. Gu lick. s200,000; c. J. Whitney Estate, $1,500, ,0o0.
 These figures are not exaggerated, and there are others. Ten years ago a millionaire was unknown in the theatrical business.
 Governor Glenn on ''The CInnsman.o
 One of the members of the audience that witnessed Tom Dixon's The Clansman," in Charlotte. N. C., was the distinguished Governor of North Caro- lima, Hon. Robert B. Glenn. The Gov ernor was delighted with the perform ance. and fully appreciated the great historic truth which the play portrayed. When interyiewed Governor Glenn said:
 T attended MT. Dixon's play The Clansman' last evening, fearing from what I had heard that would be dis appointed and join with those who believe that the production of such a play would be of no benefit to our sec tion. am glad now that I went, for my views have undergone a complete change, and 1 unhesitatingly say that I wish every young man and woman in the South could both see and hear the condition of things through which their forefathers passed in the days of re- construction, for In so doing they would not only appreciate what they suffered, but likewise know the business of their cause.
 Tt will do good also for the North ern people to study Southern condi- tions as presented in this drama, for the story as told Is not overdrawn, but1 is truthful, and will teach them the in- dignities heaped upon us in those ter rible days. They will likewise realize what the fathers and mothers suffered In the shame put upon their daughters, l and how the Klan of that hour was not for murder and cruelty as they sup posed, but for protection, and the right ing of grievous wrongs. MT. Dixon's play rises above his books. 1 heartily | approve 1t, and believe it will do good. | No respectable negro can take any ex- ception to 1t, for 1t shows how kind the true old servant was treated and only the indolent, those who aspired tO SOCldl euudlllJ UT rape, LelI the vengeance of these lighters of wrong. The play recalled to me many things I heard and saw while boy, made me for time live them over, fNed my heart with the feelings that then were uttermost in the minds of our people, and thank God, that peace has at last come, and our country once more is prosperous
 still it is well that the youth of the land shall hear it and like we older ones will never forget 1t.
 Success to the play is assured in the South, and believe Tt will be gladly | received by the better class of the , thinking people of the North as they | will readily see that the sole object | of the pla wis to correct the foul mis- | representations done this beloved sec tion." PTTHY PARAGRAPHS
 OF PLAYHOUSE PEOPLE.
 Ann La Mont" in which Florence 1 Roberts makes her New York debut as | a star this winter, tells of young wo-. man artist; a girl at war with conven-