The Washington herald., 1906-10-08

I
week. TO be reopened next Tuesday by
Virginia Harmed IN sardou's play. The
Love Letter
'-The Hypocrites" and His House in
Order are among the substantial events
Of the season. Both represent the better
order Of play writing and have struck
public fancy You viii like these plays
when you see them. They have a story
To tell. and 1t is skillfully told. Jones is
never so happy as when he uypiies the
foibles OF society in enc of his stage ro-
mances. and he always seems to give one
his moneys worth He has again scored
in this play, which is as Interesting as
Mrs. Danes Defense" and The Liars.
Both he and Pinero disregard c0nven-
uonal characterization in their latest. and
give you something more than friv-
olous form of entertainment. You go out
Of the playhouse with the consciousness
that you have witnessed an interesting
phase Of life.
Judging from the notices George NJ.
Cohan's much-heralded comedy. "Popu-
larity, is receiving, and from the private
opinions expressed in a not particularly
private way about it, 7 Judge that famous
dramatist has Out-Kremered Theodore
kTemeT in the resources of all that is alb
surd In trying to invade the field Of satiri-
cal comedy Pride comes before O fall and
Popularity" is likely to prove untrue
to its title. The Times printed merci-
less satire on his satire. and compared
the dialogue to that popular in the Ar
kansas bottoms, although it deals with
the love of popular young actor for a
distinguished Southern girl. and in To-
.arTa
gion to which the critic assigns its liter
airy idiosyncrasies. It is serving as
starring vehicle for Tommy Ross. Of
Checkers fame. and the cast includes
Frederick de BeNeville and Florence
Rockwell This is this comedy that Conan
wrote for Nat Goodwin. and which that
comedian declined with thanks, whereat
we had one Of the characteristic funny
explosions TO which the young playwright
IS subject in which he cast aside all re-
gard for Goodwin's gray hairs and lam
pOoned him in a way that made one Won
der il the boys of to-day have any respect
at all Tor old age Goodwin stood IL like
q stole, but [ imagine his stoicism must
have dissolved under the asuingent
which the critics injected into their re-
views on Tuesday morning.
Alice Jenreys. the English comedieune.
who appeared in the aII-star east OF
London Assurance in Washington a lit
tie over q year ago. and who ventured
upon her second starring tour in New
York this season in '"The Dear Unfair
Sex" has closed her engagement. and
very quietly the lights went out last Mon
day at the theater where she appeared
The play was not up TO standard, and
III spite of her good work-3nd she is an
excellent actress-thc engagement was
Unremunerative W. II Crane and she
are to join hands I'm a fine production Of
She Stops 10 Conquer Crane is not
setting the world adre In "The Price Of
Money and this stellar conjunction was
hit upon as happy eXUedient TO ler both
out of temporary embarrassment. SUI
perinduced by an overdose Of Indifferent
vehicles.
Mrs. FiskA who has been rehearsing
for three weeks the play which is to sue
coed Leah kleschna" this season. took
her company last Tuesday and left for
Milwaukee. where the new piece is to DE
tried 1t is from the pen of L.angdon
Mitchell. and is a satirical comedy on
contemporaueous life in the metropolis,
called 1.-THE New York Idea"
saw her leading man, john Mason. at
the stage door Of the theater where the
rehearsals We're under way. smoking a
cigarette and catching q breath Of fresh
air between scenes, and he said he looked
back with much pleasure 20 his summer
engagement at the Columbia Theater
with the Guy Standing stock Company. .
and 10 his canoe trips on the Potomac 1t 1
was the first stock engagement he had /
PLAYED iE ye3rs-he used 10 be- "a member /
1f the old Boston Stock Company in his /
earlier days-aud he said he liked Fl be-
cause the association was pleasant and I
The Washington people were charming.
BeIasco Is to depart from his usual Gus /
tom this year in bringing his new play 10 /
Washington. and Boston viii have the /
honor instead The reason is not that he
loves Boston more and Washington less. /
but the difficulty in arranging his dates. /
Mrs CaTter's detection compelled him to 1
delay his annual production. and he finds /
he cannot get ready in time to MI -the /
week originally assigned him by the book /
Ing agents. and no later date fitting in /
with his plans Is available. Although
there is a restless energy at headquarters |
over getting the new production ready. no /
lne has yet received an iukling as 10 what 4
his new play is about. All that any one I
knows is that ne began work on il as /
soon as he decided 10 break his business /
relations with Mrs. Carter, and he is so /
far advanced upon it that preparations 4
are being made to produce Fl some time I
next month.
FRED. F. SCHRADER. /
Julie BOnboH'' TO Be Seen Here.
julie Bonbon. the comedy written es-
pecially by Clara Lipman for her hus-
band. Louis Mann. contains four acts
The first is a fashionable millinery es-
adjustment on Fifth avenue. New York.
presided over 10y Julie B0nbon The /
locale Of the second act is the library
In the home of one of New York's old
EST families. What is said 10 be the
strongest act takes place at Little Hun