New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-07

IF which was. of course. Uncle Toms Cabin"
It has always been argued by those who pos
sessed theatrical wisdom that the play which
glorihed Southern conditions and illustrated
Southern suffering and sacrifice. either during
The conflict or Immediately after-the dark days
IF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS meet with tremen-
7ous favor south of Mason and Dixon's line
In the South there had been d period Of forty
years of industrial and intellectual GONZALES
cence and 10 one has appeared. either
1ramatist novelist. TO fill this obvious want
until Thomas Dixon, tr, wrote The Leopard's
Spots and The Clansman." and then taking
both books fashioned play from their subject
matter
Both these books were widely read. and their
popularity did not seem to be confined 10 amy
one region. although, of course, they were hailed
md received with open arms through the South
Il not a question Of literary merit, hut
both books apparently told tale which had
be- waiting be written.
on September - the play saw the light at
Norfolk, Va II was commended. and one critic
concluded his review by saying this play Will
90 through The South like trainload Of dyHa-
mite Last Monday the play, with its North
ern company, was produced in Syracuse. IN its
story ii mora closely follows The Clansnla3l
than il does The Leopard's Spots'-ln tact
The Leopard's Spots" is simply drawn upon for
a few character sketches. The company in
cludes Holbrook Blinn. Jeffreys Lewis, Georgia
Welles. Grayce Scott sydney Ayres, Joseph
Wheelock, sr., and at least one or two PLAYERS
VINO have been with the Southern company
Miss Alice Fischer and Dan McAvoy head the
cast who will be seen in the first local presenta-
ton at the Herald Square Theatre Tuesday
night. of musical comedy. Coming Thro'
the Rye" written by George Y. Hobart. with
music by A Baldwin Sloane and J. Sebastian
Hitler a Newport society leader Of the Mrs
Nalaprop type is Miss Fischers part Mr.
McAvoy. who has been absent from Broadway a
long time will be seen 1ppy lpstein. tailor
n NasVT1 IN search
of his daughter. who has become model for an
ar1ist Vandyke Brown. whom the Newport So
siet. leader is endeavorine TO make the fad Of
the hour. The plot becomes lost soon after the
.aiio- arrives ~ Newport. and only makes its
temperance at intervals during the evening
During one of its temporary Iapses. n travesty
on The Squaw Man" will be introduced Their"
are fourteen musical numbers. and typical
Lederer aggregation Of chorus girls, described
as a gladstone chorus OF natural beauties. The
piece has been staged by George ". Lederer
The title. by the way is The title of Il famous
painting for which Loeta. the daughter az The
tailor had posed. and il is by means 81 the
painting that the tailor discovers ms daughter.
In the cast. besides Miss Fischer ana Nj Me
Avoy. are Amelia Stone. Nena Blake George
Kelly FRANK Doane. John Park. Riley Hatch
and others
A straight dramatic production succeeds mu-
steal comedy at the Majestic Theatre tomorrow
night when The Redemption of David Corson'
is shown. This is a play by Mrs. Lottie
Blair Parker. dramatized from the novel of the
Rev. Charles Frederick Goss Mrs. Parker is
the author OF Way Down East and Under
Southern Skies" The story told by the play is
that Of q young Quaker preacher living in
quiet Ohio valley, far from. the influences Of the
world he believes that MS day dreams are re-
iigious revelations. Into his life there comes
strong breath Of the world in the form OF beau
tifui Spanish gypsy girl travelling with med-
cine faker The faker shutters and. needing
some one If fluent speecil offers the iob 10 Da-
I'D Corson. David spUrns the offer. and lectures
the faEer, bat the fact thai the girls eyes showed
him her wish that he Join them fingers with him
end upon the failure Of one Of his supposed
revelations TO come true. he turns his back upon