The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02

beauty, are shown on o shield shapod back
ground, decorated with palm leaves and
balanced by a sword entwined with narrow
red scarf.
About the new programme for the Hackett
Theatre there are no indications Of policy or
character unless the two heads, n smiling
and the other sowing, indicate that the
serious and the mirthful are to have an
equal chance under Mr.. Hackett's guidance.
Within two oval spaces formed by the en-
twined stems Of water lilies are displayed
the two masks Of comedy and tragedy.
Bunches OF white blossoms and a heavy
green border of conventionaIized lily leaves
complete the detail of the design. p.
The masks, which are topped with French
court wigs. are drawn In black and white
on the gray background. The only vivid
coloring in the picture Is in the red letters
Of the name Of the theatre.
The most artistic cover in the lot is tina
OF the Belasco Theatre. The figures oftwo
women. representing comedy and tragedy,
as the masks at their feet indicate, lean on
an oval frame which rests on a garland
of leaves.
The frame e~ncloses a picture OF Mrs.
Leslie Carter Payne, and in this circum-
stance lies the regrettable fact that the
pIaybill must be altered. Mr.. Belasco
does not intend that the portrait OF his
former star shall continue TO ornament
his house bill while she Is acting d
another mana cement.
So the black and white dra wing Of the
lady with the redeemed hale will soon give
way to a portrait Of Blanche Bates. The
only color beside the glow Of the carmipe
hair is in the yellow and red lettering.
Girls in red dresses seem to appeal with
irresistible ~elOquence to the designer when
he wanted a symbol Of gayety, 90 Oscar
Hammerstein has a red clad brunette on
the Victoria 8 programme. She is specif-
cally Spanish, with q black mantilla and
bolerO, and there is Spanish temperament
in the gesture by which she attracts at
tention to an easel On which the address
Of the theatre is printed. A drum and
pipes and a bunch Of olive leaves are other
details OF the decoration.
This red clad young woman wears black
stockings, but for the figure that orna-
ments the new Lew FIelds's programme
there is a complete outfit Of red. She
has red frock, red feathers, rcd hosiery
and red ribbons, which support a banner
bearing in red and black letters on a yellow
ground the name Of the theatre.
Like all the other red clad young ladies',
this one is a brunette. She wears q yellow
hat and is apparently the subject Of admira-
ton Of a number OF young gentlemen who
figure on the programme, wearing evening
dress and carrying lighted Chinese lanterns
in their hands as they rush eagerly out
Of the Aladdin background to reach tho
bearar of the hammer.
The Colonial Music Hall, which is also
conducted al an abode OF decorous gIee,
has a girl az it's igurehead, but she is not
dressed in red. She Is clothed In q green
Of the Colonial period. carries in her and
a prayer book n reveals her shrinking
beauty against the bleak and snowy mantel
Of a winter landscape in New England.
The other music hall programme designed
for the Alhambra has no girl OF any kind to
indicate what its character may be. Two
swords, smiling masks and a wreath in
green. mauve and red, are the elements OF
the decoration, which Is on q drab hack
ground.
The old programme Of the Garden Thea
tire uted to show a view Of the tower
drawn by Bruce McRse. the actor. The new
design exhibits q ara eed young woman
whose expression Is plainly the result OF
acute art RONvenH. She forms the base OF a
riangie whose tiara are Ornamente1 with