The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02

or the regular duties of the ehauffeurs 1 Is to call at the newspaper offices and l take the reporters out for ride.
 
 The condition of New York matters
 theatrical has not been 50 pros, ,erous in years as 1t Is this fall There never have been at one time so many thea This state of affairs prevents the ex@ ploitation of many new plays that are only waiting for New York theatre,
 The orchestra at Lafayette, La, had assembled for a rehearsal of "The Sul- tan of Sulu' music The local leader got out his fiddle ana everything was looking splendid when the books were passed out. The town leader picked up his book and looked 1t over tur- riedly. then rising he spirited tobac- co juice on the piano cover and said Boys move we don't tackle t." And thGy didn't
 Blanche Bates fondness for home and horses has been a freauent ip- centive to imaginative writers to give free rein to their fancy In the way of comment. One writer says;
 Blanche Bates chief regret in leav- ing New York 1t tie end oe tho next two weeks. dp)b tao conclusion Of her extraordinary engagement at the. Belasco Theatre in The Girl of the Golden Vest lies in the fact that she must for the time being abandon her extensive and finely equipped country estate up tho Hudson. 2. feature osI this estate is a we'll constructed half mile track upon which Miss Bates has, of late been wont to speed a beautiful pair of trotters, which she purchased about three months ago at one of the big auction sales Of blootled racers upon the advice Of one of the shTe wd- est and most skillful trot.ing hOrsemen in this country. It would be Q sin and shame to repeat the stories which have been told of the speed trials of this pair of evenly matched bay fliers. Not that the timers wilfully misreprescrt- ed the results--not at all. But when @ man with stop watch in his hand to make q record of tho flight of a beautiful woman with bril- liant eyes, flushed checks and hair loosened to the breeze as she pulls taut the lines upon a span of striving thor oughbreds he is very apt to lose track of what is passing upoh the dial of hls timepiece and keep his gaze ri. eted | upon the ravishing vision before him " From the office of David Belasco di- rect comes what purports 10 be, and no doubt is, a sworn 9tatemen% con- l the astonishing observation that 1 during the recent four weeks run of | The Music Master at the Majestic | Theatre, in Boston. the gross receipts l up to the magnificent total | of $72,2I1.T5, says The Washington Dali Iy Herald. The last week of the en- gagement yielded the Warfi cid manage | ment a gross of nearly $21,000. aecoFd~ ing to the affidavit These are grand | opera figures, and if they are correct, | 1t is one of the most remarkable show ings of financial sort ever made by | a theatrical enterprise in this coun- try. They prove how eager the Anleri- l can public is for really good and ap- | pealing plays, and how readily forth coming the tnOney to pay for the kind | of entertainment the public wants.
 Blanche Bates closed her phenomenal record breaking run of nearly 500 nights in The Girl of the Golden . West" at the Bslasco Theatre, New York, Saturday night, November %, to one of the largest audiences of the sea- son. and on Monday evening began hor tour of the larger cities at Boston. Miss Bates left New York with the record | Of having appeared in the same play | at the same theatre for a longer con- tinuous number of performances than any female star before her.