Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-08
The
Theatres
MAY RWIN'S OPENING.

Wilson, That's ALL" which is to be
seen at the Bijou theatre, New York,
commencing Monday night, the au-
thor. George V. Hobart, has given
the c~omedienne the sort of a role in
which she revels. Mrs. Wilson, the
character played by Miss Irwin, is a
woman with a comic past. Before
the beginning of the play she had
been married, through the pleadings
and influence of a maiden aunt, TO
Murgatroyd Wilson, who was of the
Sunday school superintendent type.
He disappeared and Mrs Wilson is
led to believe through an article in a
newspaper that he is no longer in the
land of the living. She contracts a
second marriage with Colonel An
drews after the expiration of sever
years, when Murgatroyd is declared
to be legally dead. The time is up on
a certain date, and a very funny scene
has been given to Miss Irwin as the
clock strikes the hour, at which time,
in Difference to the wishes of her,
aunt, she sheds a deluge of crocodile
tears. Later in the play, a friend of
Murgatroyd's turns up in the person
of Gerald McSweeney, who was so
fond of Mrs. Wilson's first husband
that he initiated him in appearance,
ever to a set of flowing side whiskers.
Mrs. Wilson, believing that she has
committed bigamy, plans flight to
South Africa and leaves a confession
in the shape of a record for a talking
machine for Colonel Andrews. Even
tually. of course, it turns out that
Murgatroyd was dead after all every
thing ends happily, as 1t usually does
in farce comedies. Miss Irwin is sup
ported this season by a first class
company and will have her usual
budget of songs, all of them being
new this season. In her company are
Adolph Jackson, John Hazard, Lii
liam Dix, Victor Cassmore, Mary X.
Taylor, Madelon Temple, May Dono-
hue, Ben Roth, G.. Russell Sage and
others.
How SectiOn-Hand Saved Train.
Riding at night in a comfortable
Pullman berth across continent, the
passenger will occasionally wake up,
send one flying look into the dark
ness, listen to the steady rhythm of
the wheels beneath him. and turn
over and go to sleep again with a
vague feeling of gratitude toward the
man in the engine cab, who is pilot
ing the train safely through the night
How often does he give a thought to
the section-hand, the man who makes
the track, and who holds in his hand
the life not only of the passenger, but
the engineer besides?
In "The Makin's of a Hayro,' in
the November McClure's, G. w. Og-
den has written the story of the sec
ton boss and his men in such a way
as to make it impossible for the read
err ever again to leave this obscure
parsonage out of account. The dra-
matte incident around which the tale
centers is ten thrilling rescue of a
passenger-train full of women and
children by one of the very hoboes
whose life, and that of his fellows,
the writer pictures with grim humor
and striking realism.
The Hippodrome.
The plans for the New York Hippo
drome's new spectacle, to be pro-
duced at the mammoth playhouse
Thanksgiving Eve, November %,
have just been made public by Messrs.
Shubert & Anderson. "a Society
Circus" the present offering, Will be
continued at the Hippodrome only
until Saturday night, November "a,
by which time it will have been per-
formed in New York over five hun
dred times. The Hippodrome will
then be closed for two nights for fnal
dress rehearsals of the new spectacle.
No name has yet been selected, but
this important matter will be settled
in a few days. The new spectacle
was designed by Mr.. Edward P. Tenn
pie, stage director at the Hippodrame,
and the music and lyrics are by Mr..
Manuel Klein, musical conductor of
that playhouse. The production Is
being made under the general super
vision of Mr.. Lee Shubert, while Mr..
Max Anderson has devoted much of
his time to gathering together an en-
tirely new aggregation of spectacular
circus acts, which will be introduced
appropriately. All of these acts will
be new to this country, having been
imported from the big Hippodromes
of London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
No details of the new production have
been made public by Messrs. Shubert
& Anderson, and will not be made
public until the first night, when the
audience will assemble absolutely in
the dark as to what kind of a spec
tacle they are to see. The only hint
as TO the locale is that twenty-four
of the chorus girls are obliged to be
expert swimmers, and they are COM
PEELED to plunge into the big water
tank, which is tn most uniquee fea-
ture of the big Hippodrome. This
leads n to believe that certain mar
inc effects of a novel nature will be
introduced. But all this is mere guess
work, as even the chorus girls are
pledged to secrecy.
The announcement of the closing
nights of "a Society Circus" has re-
suited in increased attendance, as
many people realize that they will
have only a few opportunities of wit
Messing this production, before 1t is
abandoned for all time.
Proctor's Newark Theatre.