The Washington times., 1906-12-02

Bigelow. Gertrude Hoffman, Truly Shat
I tuck and a score OF so Of others con-
I tribute to the iiyeliness Of the occasion.
on Wednesday night the Hfppodroms
made a new record for scenic and me-
/ chanlcal effects. The audience which
turned out to see the new show was
/ treated TO a series OF speotacies possible
only In such a gigantic playhouse. And
most Of the time the audience was al
ternately holding its breath and break
! ing into wild applause. the first part
/ OF the program. Pioneer Days" is a
sort Of Buffalo Bin and Belasco's Golden
I West show rolled into One-With a ghost
dance and some Indian fighting. and a
4 lot of sheriffs, cowboys, outlaws. and
: things To keep things lively. Then after
| an interlude Of circus stunts came the
/ operatice extravaganza. 'Neptune's
; Daughter" which really woke the audi
/ ence up 10 the possibilities of the tank
drama IN the first act village In
Brittany rs shown While the fisher
: folk are merTymakins - storm comes-a
( grand. gloomy. peculiarly and tremen-
dOusiy noisy storm. which makes you
! want 10 turn up your coat collar. The
/ whitecaps come tuuhling IN on the
beach, and in the midst Of IL all "A
by the fishermen, which paves the way
/ for the next act
+ Then a new scene is revealed The
F, same village il seen from the sea. rep
/ resented by the HipDodrome tank. in
which Marcellue hshed and caught
( among other things. intimate feminine
/ garments and live dog On the strand
/ p,!th the thatched hoases beyond the
natives arr again re-enforced by sailors
and a naval officer, who sing senti-
mentally and at great length.
The rejected lover Of the girl rescued
IN the storm calls desperately on Nep-
tune 10 help him. Then from out the
/ green depths between the audience and
the players there arises mermaid clad
in scaly raiment She doesn't seem d
bit out Of breath, either.
( For a second or two she seems a little
unsteady on her pins. but that IS all A.
she invites all m0rtals 10 descend with
her beneath the waves another and an
other mermaid appears- In fact the
water seems 90 be popping up mermaids
IN all directions. silver scaled. shapely,
icliugingly wet. They ali tempt the naval
officers who. after an uureasonably long
resistance under the circumstances,
plunge iu and a.! mortals and mer-
maids aIlke-vauish beneath the ripping
waves
How do they do it, \ secret which
everyone concerned with the show IS
sworn To keep. II is the invention Of
II. l. Rowdoin, a New York engineer.
. and Messrs. Shubert and Anderson have
applied it cleverly-
Several changes OF bin are ID prOs-
pect for next week. SIT Anthony is
( TO be Withdrawn from The Savoy, and
. "BrewstCr's Millions new Broad
. hurst play. which has been success
{ fuI on the road. is II take its place.
. The Savoy has been s:nsuIarly unfor-
+ tunate this season, It opened with
. Rose SJnnl in The Chorus Lady,' and
was doing a rushing DIsLHess, when IL
+ had 10 turn Rose OUT 90 make way for
. Lillian Russell IN "BlTbara's Millions"
! Lillian lasted tao weeks. long, weary
weeks and the Savoy starved. Next
came Fay Davis iE d mistaken drama
tizatiCu of The House Of Mirth'-same
result. Then "Brgadier Gerard" wiz
Kyrle BclIew in the name part-sicLen-
ing reiteration Finally. Sir Anthony
and The same old story. Meanwhile,
Miss Stahi has gone on her way tri-
umphant; THE Chorus Lady had its
one-hundredth New York performance
packing its house, and is likely TO stay
in New York all winter.
1 Meanwhile Mr.. Frohman is gather
Ing up the driftwOOd from some OF these
wrecks for new production, which Is
10 be launched in Washington late in
January dramatiZatiOn Of Rex l.
, Beach's novel. The Spoilers" in which
. Fay Davis ANA kyrie Bellew are 70
I have leading parts The dramatiZaUCn
I was put on Al the New TheaTeT. in
. Chicago. early in November, just 10
p see how il went, and il went pretty
. well. AS a FrOhman production II
/ ought 10 go stlu better. So here's luck
! = Mss Davis and Mr. Beuew!
The Love Route. I'D at the LAncon.
- meanwhile with Guy Standing and
2 Odette TYLER. which has held its own
, .or a month. makes way for The East
- man Case" Paul Wilstach's new play. in
which Charles Cartwright is starring.
- The principal feminine role. by the way,
is in the hands of Dorothy Hammond.
I who during the summer was leading
lady in Guy Standings stock company
{ ia Washington. The author Will not be
10 on hand TO bare his neck for the cruel.
p cruel guiuotine! He will be IN Kansas
/ City with Richard Mansfield. This is
/ too bad Tor Paul has 4 beautiful dress