The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Mrs. Root Writes q Play.

The New York Herald says:
 Another young woman favorably known in society and music circles in New York has blushingly admitted the | authorship of play which will have its premiere in Altoona. Pa. Christmas Day under the management of Maurice Campbell. Mrs. Ivy Ashton Root a niece of Secretary of War Elihu Root, and the wife of Edwin B. Root, a law yer. is the author of the drama, which is written around the life of Mozart
 The play. which is poetic drama in five acts, deals almost exclusively with the life of the famous composer, and it's title will be simply Mozart The title role will be played by Howard Kyle.
 "Everything possible to keep secret the name of the author of the drama as we'll as the details concerning its pro- duction was done by both the producer and Mrs Root, but the facts became known last night when it was learned that the company back of the produc- tion had been incorporated in Albany under the title of the Mozart Company.
 "The officers and stockholders Of the corporation, which includes many well known business men. are Messrs. Dun c. Maynard W. W. Owens, J. R. Hal sey and R. H. Swartwout.
 For the production some of the best known musicians In the country have arranged numbers from Mozart's works
 Mrs. Root. in conversation with a reporter for The Herald, said that she felt fattered to think that her play had been thought acceptable for production She said the preliminary work on the drama had been begun some years ago, that she had altered the situations and scenes many times, and that the manu- script had only been completed within the last few months.
 CT thought when I started to write Mozart that there was ample oppor- tunity for the building of a good poetic drama around the famous musician" said Mrs. Root. and when the play was submitted for approval was pleased to find that it was aceptable.'
 Mrs. Root with a party of friends will be present at the premiere of the drama Christmas night"
 The Theatre Magazine for Christmas.
 The Theatre Magazine for December is certainly a remarkable number. There are sixty pages of text and over 100 pictures, many of which are full page plates. The colored cover is char acteristic of the holiday season and shows Mary Mannering in a snowstorm, picturesquely wrapped in furs. The 1it- erary features are of unusual interest and importance. Considerable space is given to that cratic genius, George Bernard Shaw, an interview with whom appears in the magazine. and in the course of which he declares that our notions of morality are entirely mis- taken The good people are all wrong; the bad people are right" he declares. The magazine editorially denounces Shaw's philosophy as pretentious and dangerous, and comments the action of the New York police in interdicting the play, Mrs. Warrens Profession" An other article deals with the proposed National Theatre, renewed interest in which has been revived by the an- nouncement that Heinrich Conreid, backed by some of the opera directors, will shortly build three million dollar theatre opposite Central Park. Mill dred Aldrich concludes her interesting papers on American singers abroad, and there is a well-written interview with Augustus Thomas, telling how that sue cessful dramatist writes his plays. Hem ry Tyrrell contributes a sympathetic poem to the memory of Henry Irving. and Benjamin de Casseres has a caustic article on the subject of the encore nuisance in the theatres. Joseph B Ames has made a collection of old let ters of famous players and gives an interesting selection of them. Marga- ret Anglin writes of her stage begin nings. and Paul Ofleneff and his Rus sian players are discused by Kellogg Durland. With music and the plays of the month this sums up the contents of a splendid issue. The pictures include full page plates of "Monna Wanna" ''The Lion and the Mouse" Robert Man tell in Richard IT." There are also pictures of The Marriage of William Ashe." "oliver Twist" "As Ye Sow" Babes in the Wood Peter Pan." and portraits of Fritzi Scheff. Olga Neither sole, Doris Kean. Maud Fealey. Hein- rich Conried, George Bernard Shaw, Maude Lambert. Augustus Thomas, Dor othy Revell. Margaret Ellington and the principal singers at the Metropolitan Opera House.