New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-25
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Mr.. AIDE Bobs Up-An Ignorant Public
Enlightened by Scholars.

1u4lSACeHeG Dy ScnoIarS.
| a play died Saturday night-"The Bad sa-
marian" Mr.. AIDES effort fell among critics and
was beaten and abandoned by the road while the
public went by the other side. Mr.. AIDE took to
| the back streets for a while; I'd and Sth ayes.
| were his paths Of travel up and down town But
he is coming back to Broadway Wednesday night
Himself Wo9d P say a Qg of S9egs as to he
living. 1t is strange that a man whose work has
been SO widely popular as Mr.. AIDES could have
taed SO utterly as he did with 1.-THE Bad samarI-
! uIe' AS the Persian poet remarked:
hair perhaps divides the false and true
oYerstepped the bounds of satiricaI exaggeration
vital WI and amusing. and his whole work became a
Dlt grotesqqe his characters mere stage types. In
had d., something to do with this-and the scene
painter: But he is not the. sort OF to lay any
WI Rad Doubtless be the gamer by the failure Of he
savsge's powers of a1truistic EMOTION l'''' MI
De Wolf Hoppers new musical comedy. by
Ranken and De Koven. was at first called ''FClysia
For the benefit of the public this has been trans
ald Of other learned classical scholars. into Happy
the piece. - '1 %
It is high time some member Of the Chain gang
protested against the production of new burlesaues
or other theatrical offerings 1880 or Ii o'clock at
night, as was done by Mr.. Fields last Thursday
and by Mr.. Weber last year. and on numerous oc-
casions before. 1t is always planned. of course.
to show the burlesQue much earlier but the blue
pencil is never sufficiently applied to the earlier
the new offering is always interminable. 1t would
seem TO be simple enough matter for a manager
to put on his burlesque before instead of after his
main attraction on the opening night to allow the
b oCif weeFs ffeen6 opportunity OF satisfying
to be fed at first edition. time After ALL 1t is for
respectfully complete account Of his Offering It
IS purely for love of him that this rattle of chains
is raised in protest
Henry Miller sat smiling in a corner of the
Princess Theatre on Saturday night, and the face
Of Lee Shubert Illuminated the box office The
genial doorkceper expanded his geniaity till he
positively glowed, and the ushers conducted folk 10
! so-not the usual reverse. Down on the sidewalk
stood board which painted. House
has sat long the little theatre had been ban
awakened.
| 1t will seem odd enough next week to enter the
! old Weber-Fied Music Hall and witness perform
| ance the stage without gazing through a pale
blue mist of tobacco smoke, without hearing any
music or Dutch dialect, without seeing any limbs
| Prince Chap which Mr.. Lawrence will transfer
| TO the Music Hall on October is long road-the
Helen Pullman. at the very least. Yet the Music
Hall, when the first shock of ncongruity passed
| should prove a comfortable home for Mr.. Pepe's
dainty sketch
The Progressive Stage Society still presided
over by julius Hopp. is IN the ring again. prepared
to do battle in the cause of the modern drama
The first blow will be delivered on the afternoon
| of Sunday. October s. at the Murray Hill Theatre
| when Ibsen's The Young Mems League will be
| produced This play will be repeated at the same
place the following Tuesday afternoon Fifty cents
will buy any seat in the house. In the winter the
ciety plans to produce Wtldes "salome'' Cfrequent
" performed in Germany, LIsle Adams THE Re-
| volt Tolstoy's 1.-The Power of Darkness Haupt-
manns The Weavers' and George Moore's The
t;orkis Nights Lodging" but. the Irving Place
company have already given that picture of horror
rival it would seem they might spare their noble
| efforts for some less familiar work.
JiebIer & Co are going produce Claiming
PolIoclls dranatization OF THE Bishops Carriage
on October r. somewhere outside of New-York
and later bring it this city. Miss Mabel Talia-
Byron that Of MIR Latimer Mary Hampton VIII
also be a member Of the company.
| Several members of the TT Happened in Nord-
land" company have recently complained to the
MANAGEMENT of losses ranging from silk stocking
| tn diamond ornaments. They think 1t likely that
these articles have disappeared while they have
bear behind the scenes. Lew Fields has therefore
| had placed steel safe deposit vault with uni
formed custodian close to the stage entrance. He
has reouested the members OF the Lew Fields com
many TO leave their vauables in this burglar proof
| Compartment on entering the theatre, and take
br, with them Just before stepping into their au-
! tomobiles on their home. Cfhey all have
! ,i,os Of course) The first day OF the new the
atgicai safe deposit company opened on Saturday
With q dne collection of diamond sunbursts, gold
ohains nocketpooks, solitaire rings and other
1nnnts Miss Josephine Karlin attempted to deposit
80 noode but the superintendent decided
az lIiItegtock Is not be included in the purpose
of this Iatest adjunct TO theatrical NE
4r,a Covyles has been engaged by F. g. Whit
a,, for the company that will support his star
Lillian BIauveIt when she appears in Charles
EI,lelsoH ..The Rose of the Alhambra" in Novem-
Der at Wallack's Theatre
! 1s,.- virginia Earl has been engaged by Klaw &
-. - create the role OF Josephine JOY" in
raorge Edwardes London Gaiety Theatre produc-
ton Of The orchid" which is to receive its
American premiere at the New Colonial Theatre
Tem9eton in Minutes 5ltsd From Broad
way. MISS stt| IA, THE orchid" is the piece
Nlss MaTle - csaiety Theatre In Ilnndnn