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this season. She is now at her cottage
near Drigg. in Cumberland-a peaceful,
beautiful place. on the shore OF the Irish
sea. Miss Rehan intends TO remain IN
England for some time, and she will
pass the coming winter in London. Her
health has been benefited by rest and
she IS advised 20 avoid, for the present.
the toll and excitement Of the theater.
On Thursday afternoon Wright Lori
mer presented Ibsen's fve-act prose
drama. The Wild Duck" at the Col
onial Theater, Boston, Mass The Wild
Duck" has seldom been played IN Ameri-
ca. though Il Is regarded as one OF
Ibseu's strongest PLAYS, and the ChaTaC-
ter OF Hjalmar Ekdal is said 10 be
particularly we'll acted by Mr. LorimeT.
Hence the announcement that he intends
TO present this unique play during his
seasons tour IN The Shepherd King
In the various cities where he IS booked
is interesting Margaret Hayward APP
pears as Gina Ekdal Carl EkstrOm as
Gregers Werle, Lorema Atwood as Mrs.
Sarby. Marian Ward as Hedwig, and
Mark Price as DIT. Relling.
Il is noted that the cast Of The Heir
10 the HOOrah' at the Columbia this
week includes Miss Helen Lackaye-
Miss Lackaye is a Washington girl born
and bred, sister Of Wilton Lackaye,
the well-knOwn character actor. and Of
James LaCkaye. and has many friends here
who should give her "a warm reception.
She has not been on the stage long, but
her advancement has been almost phe-
nomenally rapid. She had the advantage
Of training in the company that sup
ported Mrs. Fiske a year or TWO ago.
and is pow playing a leading part IN
Paul Armstrong successful comedy.
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Stage Gossip From
The Great White Way

New York. Sept ..
LAST the Aston Theater is
" omen. Wagenhals & Kemper.
~ after all sorts Of bad luck. after
twice postponing their opening
because the theater was not ready,
after being Obliged last Monday night
to dismiss an audience that would have
made glad the heart OF any manager.
braved the Friday hoodoo and opened
their new theater as promised with a
most soul-satisfying production Of "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" with
Annie Russell as Puck
II was an unusually smooth first per-
Torrance, beginning at sharp and con
Guiding before H. which in view Of the
fact that it was the opening not only OF
the production but of the theatcr is lit
tie short Of marvellous. The play was
given In greater integrity, and with more
of the truly Shakespearian atmosphere
OF dream poetry and wakefu humor
than in any production with which the
public has been favored for many long
year,
As a spectacle it was lovely Every
thing that can be done with a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" on the stage had
been done, and very we'll done. Colored
lights bob up In flowers when Puck
kisses them, an owl boots and blinks his
eyes. and a whole troupe of little elves
and fairies. very we'll trained In the
antics OF fairyIand, as we understand
them, play leap frog tumble down hill
and indulge IN a most bewitching COO
cooling that gets as near the soughing OF
night winds in the trees as any one
would wish
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voice. Beauty. and Youth.

About the busiest office in town just
now is that of Henry w. Savage, who
apart from the scores of companies that
he has scattered all over the country,
In comedies, musical. and otherwise, is
up 20 his eyes in the preparation of his
production Of Puccinrs Madame But
ter1y," which is 70 have its premiere at
the Columbia Theater in Washington,
October Is In the past two weeks
scarcely a steamer has come In without
bringing one or NOR additions to one Of
his three casts. SO dif1cult is the music
that in order to present Madame But
teTiy' eight times a week as he means
to. he has arranged for three complete
casts Of principals.
The part OF Madame Butterfly the
little japanese child wife Cho-Cho-San,
requires not merely voice. but youth
and beauty as well. Elsa Szamosy, from
the Royal Opera at Budapest; Adelaide
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Holm nuun,a Acting q Revelation


Il was expected Of Annie Russell but
10 those who had not watched nm IN
q long line Of minor parts, splendldlF
nlaved. John Bunny's Bottom IS re-
yalariop. He is a bully good Bottom,
most absurd Iout, most magnincently
dense-an ass" on q colossal scale
who roars il that il viii 90 man
heart good to hear,
The beauties OF the new tneater have
been described. The beauties or its rrst
night audience are beyond description.
Everybody who was in town was there,
and a good many who weren't came IN
for the occasion.
There are. Of course. criticisms that
could be made, faults that could be
found with the production. But why
make them? Why not simply be CRATE
ful for the beauties that are spread be
fore one, and trust TO time and the
good judgment Of Wagenhels and
remedy such defects as exist, and en-
tCV TO the full production fun OF
poetic allurement and the WtJChery or
fairy charm and fun2
Aside from the opening of the AstOr,
which was of course the event Of the
week. there have been several other
openings in which Broadway has been
more or less interested. In view of the
exDected Monday night opening OF the
Aston Man and His Angel" the new
stanley Dark play which comes 20 US
after a week at Washington, deferred
its opening until TUESDAY, II mlghJ
inst as well have deferred II even long
er For. frankly, it's a bore II bored
WASHINGTON and IL bOres New York. r.
/ P-and the sooner the better.
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Idea" LangdOn AIitChclTs new play
which Mrs. Flske IL 10 produce shortly.
billy" civilian HJ Thompson.
whose success in THE Bishops Car
riage" was so pronounced, is also pre-
paring TO star in new play. It is to
be called For Loves Sweet Sake"
AS for DiXey-he is still The Man on
the BoN"-the best man possible in the
place.
But what's the matter with Nat
Goodwin Oh, yes, Of course, he's all
right. Everybody knows that but he
seems 70 be developing a mean dispose
ti0n. It is now announced that he has
Quarreled with Paul Armstrong. and
viii not present Sierra" FOR which ar
engagements were well under way It
looks like Nat was getting permanently
peevish-
Addison Pitt, son Of the late Harry
Pitt and of Fanny Addison Pitt. has
been with Henrietta Crosman since her
first production Of Mistress Nell, and
~ that time has not missed single
performance.
Jessie Lynch Williams The Stolan
Story has provided the stage with one
CT the most successful plays of the sea
son It has been packing the Stude-
baker Theater. Chicago and viii con-
clude its ngagemeut there this week.
IL is almost with regret that one
learns that Thomas Z. Shea. who has
given such notable Shakespearean pro-
his chosen field for a while. He Is
starring this season in rev historical
drama. Napoleon the Great" by
Claiming Pollock He undoubtedly will
make an impressive Napoleon, and
Nixon d Zimmerman can be trusted for
a fine DTOduction-but he certainly will
be missed. There is no one who plays
the popular priced houses-and few in
the more expensive Ones-WhO can touch
him in the ShakespeaTeaE parts with
which his name is associated.
Ben Greet and company have post
poned their departure for America in
order 10 play a brief engagement in "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" al the
Crystal Palace. London. with BenGreet
as Bottom. The company sails for New
York October 6, and will present Every
man throughout the south during the
autumn months. The only morality play
may also been seen again in New York
before the end OF the season.
Mr.. Greet spent his vacation IN a
non Elizabethan motor car touring Ger
many. Switzerland, and France, with
baireuth and ObeTammergau as the
chief stopping places.
It IS said that David Belasco has pre-
sented TO Mrs Leslie Carter the seen
cry and costumes OF "Du Barry and
"Adrea" lie did this simply as an
indication that they severed their long
standing relations without hard feel
ings.
Rejane, IT is said. Is dickerlng for the
French rights to 1.-THE Chorus Lady"
If she and Mr.. Forbes do not come 10
terms, Rose Stahl is likely To play II
IN Paris herself next season
Ralph Dean. OF The Heir to the
Hoorah' company, is a notable swim
mer. On a small bet with Guy Bates
Post during the run of the Armstrong
comedy IN New York, Mr. Dean swan
from YOnkers pier to Castle Garden. a
distance Of some nine miles. against a
difficult tidal current, without apparent
difficulty
Miss Ada Rehan. whose return to the
stage has been expected, and. naturally.
much desired. has decided not to act
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At the Theaters.
Natioual-Henrietra Crosman in "AI-
of-a-Sudden Peggy."

o1-a-Sudden Peggy.
Henrietta Crosman, in "All-Ot-a-Sud-
den Peggy" a comedy by Ernest Denny,
will open a weeks engagement at the
New National tomorrow night, and the
occasion holds promise OF rare enjoy
ment to playgoers- For, inadditiOn 10
the prominence of the comedienne her
SELF the play should prove interesting,
coming az 1t does with the prestige Of
great London success. From all &C
counts II Is a witty comedy. clever in
construction, original in idea, droll in
Incident. and full Of amusing character
types. It is modern and the scenes are
laid in England
II tells the story Of Peggy OMara.
a headstrong, adventurous. fun-lOving
girl OF good Irish family. Warm
hearted and unconventional. she de-
lights in shocking the prejudfces OF the
English aristOcrats with whom she
comes IN contact Peggy's mother plans
20 marry her TO Lord Anthony Cracker
thorpe, and Peggy, who does not want
him herself thinks he wonld make an
excellent husband for her mother. Lord
Anthonys relatives are Mortified at the
idea or his marrying either of them.
Peggy has her way, OF course, and de-
VclOpS many amusing situations In get
ting IL. and incidentally wins the love %
AnthOnys younger brother.
The play has made its author, Ernest
Denny, a reputation, ana should be an
excellent vehicle for Miss CrOsman and
her capable supporting company. whi2n
includes Edward MaCkaY. Ernest stat
lard, j. r. Crawford. Addison Pitt John
Marble, Kate Meek, c. A. ChandOs, ida
Waterman. Jane Marbury. and anne
Matinees wednesday and Saturday.
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artists. Following the engagement IN
Washington the organization goes TO
Foru's Theater. I'm Baltimore, and may
not reach New York until after the
Metropolitan Company has produced the
same opera. which it is also advertising
as its season novelty
About the time that Mr.. Savage's
Butterfly energies from its chrysalis in
Washington Albert Chevalier and Yvstte
Guilbert viii have arrived on this side
of the mill pond for their strenuous six
weeks under the Liebler management.
which it is ammo lnced will touch every
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came to his ears for the first time
when it was told the other night
It happens not infrequently that
stage incidents condemned as i'm
probable, or even impossible, find
even more remarkable counterparts
in real life. FRANK MORSE.
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Behind the FootlightS.

In The Heir to the Hoorah." Paul
Armstrong; comedy which comes 20
the Columbia Thea ter for a weeks en-
gagement beginning next Nanday, there
IS deal Of reference 10 the marvel
Gus richness OF the Hoorah mine Some
OF these aurifCrOus expressions must
have penetrated the Wall Street district.
Anyhow. during the New York run OF
the play, a ford, prOsperous-looklng
gentleman. with the comfortable dis
trict trade mark fast upon him. after
purchasing tickets one night, stopped
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Ions enough to pass a business card
in at the box office window. The card
bore the legend; Douglas Lacy a Co..
Bankers. Dividend Paying Mining
Stocks. J5 Broadway. n. y
Just hand that 20 Joe Lacy FOR me.
ne chuckled. II he wants 10 'Hoat any
OF the 'Hooran stock, tell MIN 10 put
the matter in my hands and We u Keep
the commissions In the Lacy family
.t.- o. 40. d,
'se''Ee Eeii'aiu 94a" 30 40 VIZ "
play with death rs me central theme
He will call 10 THE Doctors Dilemma,
and one scene Will oe given over 10 a
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~ ,--o,,.,.,,eJa 81 r,ediri7a and his apIn-
49,. = 49,.
Moi. rau,cet vrbo will he seen later
in the season in a new play by Alfred
Sutro. VIII play Iliil'eu tHsa- men. III
Eauoe'lli9 IN i1''',loi' ''-S --- g.
Hrsl appear M "a '.-g -, -
VIII 7i"b - -, -
salary VIII De 'He I"' seSt ever pe-u d
vaudeville star.
E,,lar NTelliSh VINO Was a prom
,,,.,,. -,,s-,,,,er ,f the Odatfa TYLER stock
ii'ei'' -, - -,,t-
company dl 'HS '''S>'
vfoia Aliens production Of '.Cymbeline. %
r,p,,b viii he given It's first production
-. aD, etaga ar the National Theater
N+oD,7,,- Cctober
O.t.- r,.-,be7s of the coupanv. to
-. .,,-,ioI Interest attaches are Ief-
-, IN NJ yy-iIIfa =, Winter.
iS1il -, ,,,ti,. of the New
Wy ti 81 ara Miss Aliens father.
l 1oi .Iita Kilan Who mas been prom
-. ,n ~ American stage FOR over
lneut on inc an
nifty years
Ethel Barrymore has new four-act
- -. ,,,r,,5 s.Lyatrla,.n." and Is said
Il. ,i.'s s'gSa. ,T,dsl,- from, ,nv.bing IN which
Miss BARRYMORE has yet been seen.
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Cranes managers Not satished.

Though the critics with one voice ap-
proved William r. Cranes new play.
The Price of Money" by Alfred Sutro,
evidently his managers are not salts
fed with Il as a paying proposition.
For though he is to take 1t on the road
for a short tour, IL is announced that
he and Ellis Jeffreys. the unfortunate
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aJOhn HuasOn's wife" at weber's

Thursday night saw two more open
ings-that OF Hilda Spong in John
Hudson's Wife" at Weber's, and that
of MY Lady's Maid" at the Casino.
John Hudson's Wife falls in love with
her husband and does it very grace
fully. II is an old story Of course, but
II Is deity written and eXquisitely act
ed, and should be a success. Honor
Beauchamp marries a wealthy man,
partly to lift her undeseTving father S
and brothers debts, but chiefly to light
en- her mothers lot. The marriage is
purely a business contract. Her father
and brother having bled Hudson TO the
uttermost forge the milliOnaiTe's name
to certain notes and finally. 10 cover
exposure Of this. steal and sell a Gov
eminent paper left in Hudsons hands.
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CITY in the country" II is 10 begin at
Toronto Canada. October 9.
Chevaiier will bring with him a series
OF Characterization that are new 10 this
country Among them are 'Auky
PaulIy." the tale OF a race track tout;
new cockney ditty called II Emmer;"
bit Of Lancashire dialet, "'E Can't
Take a Roise Out o. OF, and what is
said to be his best effort 50 far, The
Work House Man"
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Belasco-"The Great Lafayette" and
Vaudeville.

It is quite unusual for the Belasco
Theater. under its present management
10 indulge IN vaudeville offerings But
number OF unforeseen changes IN the
bookings OF the ShubeTts would have
left this beautiful playhouse dark this
week had It not been decided TO present
q program OF William Morris head
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stage has been expected, and. naturally.
much desired. has decided not TO act
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AS for Dixey-he is sriu The Man on
the BoX'-the best man possible in the
place.
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Billy civilian H) Thompson.
whose success in The Bishops Car
riage" was so pronounced, is also pre-
pairing TO star I'm new play. Il is to
be called For Loves Sweet Sake"
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Idea" Langdon MltChelTs new play
which Mrs. FIske il 10 produce shortly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-12
FOR SAVING NIAGARA FALLS.

WASHINGTON, February IA petition $500
of New York for the preservation Niagara
to President Roosevelt today
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AN EXPLOSION
IN BERETANIA
PUMP STATION
Oemoraiizes the Plant--Gas From
Oil the Supposed Cause--.Make-
shift for Water Supply

explosion shook the vicinity of Bereania and Aapai
80 p yesterday The instant cloud of SCOT
Beretana pumping station and
as of escaping followed.
above the mauka boiler the pumping station
blown presumably according the OF the
gnee charge accumulation of emanatng undoubt
the pipes feeding oil fuel to the furnaces
work forming jacket to the entire top
of the building demolished
and piles of bricks thrown into the furnace room
explosion confined the boilers
which strong spite the outward
main almost force OF the explosion
the furnace covering everything
there under inches of the stuff.
engineer called for the remainder OF the pumping
plant staff the maka1 boiler
shape so supplied the portions OF the city
dependent on this plant for its
explosion, the
to a question what he thought the replied:
We yet but surmse it was gas from the oil.
plant operation some years ago coal was
used 70 generate power oil substituted
for coal
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and automobiling from New York
there is ideal That is hundred and
fifty mile run and fine road nearly
all the way.
Automobiles will never become
common, as bicycles are. The original
cost of a machine, of course, amounts
10 considera bic, and even the cheaper
machines cost as muh as a horse and
buggy. However, there is much in
favor Of the automobile. I used horses
"a good deal before / went into auto
mobiling and / certainly will never go
ba ck to horses.
MY 1906 model Winton, which I
purchased in November, has a New
York license number in the twenty
four thousands. Since then I suppose
a couple Of thousand more license
numbers have been issued, so you see
what a tremendous number of ma
chimes there are in New York alone.
They are crowding out horses rapidly"
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NEW YORK BUSINESS MAN
DELIGHTED WITH HONOLULU

Mr.. Paul MacCormac of New York
has just returned from visit TO the
Volcano OF Kflauea. To see the great
attraction of the Hawaiian Islands. n*
travelled all the way from New York
City, and is satisfied that he did so.
Mr.. MacCormac is accompanied by his
wife. and they are domiciled at the
Hawaiian Hotel
Il was here between four and five
years ago" said Mr MacCormac last
evening 4 notice d wonderful i'm
provement in the city. There are
many large buildings which have been
erected since 1 was last here. In fact
the Hawaiian was the only hotel in the
city Honolulu is certainly growing
fast.
Every winter we leave New York
to get away from the cold, and go to
a warmer climate. The climate of
these islands is superb and strikes me
just right. AS for the volcano. /
wouldn't have missed that. 1t is worth
seeing and anybody coming to Homo
lulu should not leave until they have
made the trip to Kilauea."
Mr.. MacCormac is ~ crested in quito
mobiles, both from the pleasure they
give him ard from the com nareIdi |
standpoint. for he is interested in a |
company in New York and Brooklyn |
which turns out auto mobile trucks
"I am having a racing machine-a /
oope-ToIedo-built. to be delivered in |
March, continued Mr. Maccorrnac-
It is a I5-hOrse power machlne anu
me which can cover nifty miles an
,Our easily. / don't like to take any
oody else's dust. In fact, nobody does
nd for that reason like 10 nave
cad machine which can go just HttIe
aster than the next fellows. 7 rid
,ver to Springfield. Mass, a good deal
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JAPAN REACHING OUT
FOR PACIFIC COMMERCE

would be no such difficulty and the sub
sides would be more liberal.
While the United States at the height
of her prosperity is hesitating to spend
a few million dollars in subsidies,
Japan, fresh from the tremendous
financial drain of the late war and with
half the population and incomparably
less resources, is reaching out with an
open purse for steamship lines. Secre
tary Wilson of the Toxic Legation has
sent the State Department the particu
lars regarding two steamship lines now
being established between Japan and
South America with which this coun-
try is so anxious to open up communi-
cations. The first is a japanese enter
prise called the Togo Kisen Kaisha,
which already owns the America Maru,
Nippon Maru and Hongkong Maru,
sailing between China, Japan and San
Francisco, by way of Honolulu. Ac
cording to Mr.. Wilson, two steamers of
thirteen thousand tons each have been
ordered by this company to be built at
Nagasaki. The keel of one has already
been laid and the two are expected to
be completed within two years. Until
they have their own steamers the com |
pany will employ chartered British YES
sells. 1t is expected that the new yes |
sells, being so large, will be placed in
the San Francisco trade and the three
vessels mentioned will be run to South
America The route will be from Hong
kong via japanese ports to Honolulu
and San Francisco, thence to Panama,
Callao and Iquique. The
sengers and goods for South America,
Chinese laborers for the de-
yelopment of Peru, while nitrates for
fertilizers and Peruvian sugar are ex-
oected to furnish the return cargo.
Commenting on the possibilities of this
rade, Secretary Wilson says:
1t IS not unlikely that an important
between Japan and the
ountries of South America may follow
his opening of cheaper communication
The japanese expect to find a markell
here for manufactured silk. mating,
traw braid, straw hats, porcelain, fans, {
aper, matches, bamboo articles, lac-i
uer-ware, wooden manufactures. etc
0uth American articles of export
-hich would find a market in Japan G
re leather, hides, cotton, wool,
itrates, sugar, fodder and wheat. The L
-artlng or regular Japanese lines toI
outh America indicates the far-reaeh-I
lg commercial enterprise of the Japan
Sc and their determination to have a Il
erchant marine of the first magnitude. c
18th a large seafaring population, low
ages, cheap coal and liberal govern
ent subsidies to steamship companies, s
le japanese will reach out for a good
lare of the lucrative carrying trade
the world s.
Evidently the japanese believe that
,mmerce follows the flag in peace as
ell as war. y
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ANIN'S CHE.FA BANK WAS
CLOSED SATURDAY EVENING
Leading Gambling Headquarters Quits the Game
While the Grand Jury Probes
the Question.
Anin's che-fa bank is closed.

Aims che-fa bank is closed.
On Saturday afternoon
Anins gambling headquarters asonishment among
far exceeded their
ther opportunity the tickle goddess of chance.
The probing of the grand jury doubtless
closely doubt told him
up at least temporarily for unless
the hackers OF
dormant and radng they
the past Amin will undoubtedly again
storm blows
Amin and his crowd doubt hope that it will be of the
storm blowing 1t is believed however that
along the gambling hui
strucon n its wake.
From the of talk in Chinatown
other che-a banks may close temporarily.