The Ocala banner., 1906-10-05
YE LOCAL IN NEW YORK.
New York. Sept. q

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To the ocala Banner:
We have been here only three days
and yet it seems like a fortnight. Our
leyes grow tired looking at the dense
lthrongs of people. You cannot es-
cape them. they are everywhere The
large department stores are all
crowded from morning until night
Every restaurant, cafe, hotel and
public building Is jammed with peo-
Il pie and the theatres are crowded
daily and nightly.
| The theatrical season has opened In
earnest and the playhouses are al
enjoying good runs. The most popu-
lar and most talked Of plays and
players in New York this month are
David Warfield in the Music Mas.
ter" John Drew in His House in
Order Annie Russell as Puck" in
Midsummer Nights Dream" and
Flora Bowley and Edmund Breeze in
"The Lion and the Mouse" and of
course the Hippodrome.
Next week Eleanor Robson. Nat
Goodwin, Henry B. Irving and other
stars begin their New York engage
ments. Other public attractions at
present are Blanche Bates, Marie Ca
hill. Grace George. Hattie Williams.
William H. Crane. Hilda Spong,
Rose Stahlad and many o.ner lesser
stars.
David Warfield has made the char.
acter of the Music Master" famous
and the Music Master" has placed
Warfield at the top of the ladder of
fame. He has an excellent support
and sways his audience to his every
~ond. One moment one is in tears
and the next consumed with laugh
ter. In spite of the direct misfor-
tunes and the rascality Of his best
friend the Music Master always
looks on the bright side OF every
thing. The play is throughout q
sad one but has happy finis. One
OF the most laughable scenes Is in
the first act when the Music Mas
ter" gives his friends sphigettf din
ner. The audience simply roars at
che efforts Of some OF the characters
to properly eat sphigetti.
Last night we saw the Lion and
the Mouse" This play is in its sec
ond season and is delightful four
act play. by Charles Klein, author OF
the Music Master" The two main
characters. Flora Juliet Bowiey and
Edmund Breese are very strong and
will soon become stars of the first
magnitude. The play deals with one
Of this country's money magnates.
He Is a tyrant and stops at nothing
TO gain his ends. He has amassed a
colossal fortune and is about to ruin
the father Of the girl his son loves.
and who is United States supreme
ju 'ge. AS the play unfolds it shows
how this great man is outwitted By
a cley,r and beautiful yong girl
who is the only person who has. ever
beaten the great John Burdett Ry-
der. Naturally all ends happily and
the audience disperses in a most
happy frame.
At this theatre last night one of
the boxes was occupied by the Prince
and Princess Cantucasine. who are
visiting in New York. The princess
wore a shimmering white gown with
big black picture hat. its only orna-
inent being a big white plume over
a yard long. She wore collar of
pearls and diamonds and a number of
other jewels and she is not unbeau-
tiful.
At the Belasco theatre Blanche Bates
is starring in the "Girl of the Golden
West This drama is now enjoying
the second New York year of success.
The play is vigorous picture of Cal
fornia in the days of '49 and is an
earnest study of that epoch of our
country's history. which is so rich
in deeds, episodes and characters OF
human interest. Miss Bates has
created a role in The Girl" that
will remain worthy ornament to-
the American stage and careful at
tention has been given to the stag
ing of this production.
ChDA u rrAnnrO