Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Robert B. Mantell comes TO the
Grand OperR House tonight in "King
Lear" the bill having been changed
from "Riohelleu" in response TO popu-
lar request. Mr. Mantell is so good an
actor that II would be waste Of space
TO dilate on his qualities at this late
day. lie has played the whole round
OF Shakespeare and romantic drama,
and there never was a time within
present memUry when he was not equal
to the task in hand. King Lear"
will bo a rare treat, as il is seldom
played, few actors being equal to the
severe exaotions of the remarkable
character. The critics give high
praise TO Mr.. Mantell's Lear" The
play will bo olaborately staged.
Few plays have been written in
which the story uniolds itself more
naturally or with greater interest than
Robert Downing'a latest Offering for
the theatIe-Roing public, Hank
Monk" or The Days Of '49." writ
ten by the poet of the Sierras, joaquin
Miller, author OF 1.-THE Danites" F."
"Old 40, " &o., which Mr.. Downing
Is now playing with remarkable sue
oeas. The author has observed the uni
ties. There are no weary sou.e 4uies,
no asidos to explain matters, no caves
dropper overhearing important conver-
aations, to tire the audience, but
good interesting play from start to
finish. lt comes to the Grand Opera
House ON Thursday night.
The tour OF Joseph and William W.
Jefferson in Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dams great old English comedy, 1.-THE
Rivals, supported by the late Joseph
Jeitarson'e own company, has embraced
a wide territcry this season, extending
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts.
They Will give presentation of 1.-THE
Rivals" at the Grand Opera House
next Saturday night.
Z KlAw aud Erlanger's production Of
The Ham Tree, coming to the
Grand Opera House soon, in which
they are starring Mcintyre and Heath,
is unquestionably the funniest show Of
the current season. Theirs was a
unique idea-the building up Of a
throe-aot entertainment out OF q 20.
minute vaudeville sketch, but they
knew their business and succeeded in
putting together an attraction which
Is oomlo from start to finish. The
chorus 10 a notable one and is made up
OF 80 young boys and girls who can
sing and dance, and especially dance.
Nothing like the chorus shown in this
piece has ever been seen on the stage.
Their dnnoing 10 no mere posing, with
little fancy sliding and gliding steps
The dancing is the real thing.
The dramatic field has lost some OF
its prominent stars Of late, the allure
ments Of the continuous" having
proven strong magnet. Among the
most recent acquisitions to vaudeville
Is the well-known character actor,
Archie Boyd. Mr. Boyd's most auo.
oessful Characterization include the
following; The County Fair," Otis
Tucker (ctigiual; "The Old Home
stead" Uncle Josh (fiVs seasons
1.-The Country Squire" Unole Eh
1.-TWO seasonsl "shore Aoresp 1tbree
seaaonH), Uncle Nat; "Way Down
East three aeasons), Manhattan
Theatre, New York City; "The Vii.
lage Postmaster" (orieinal, the rost.
master, two seasons. Mr.. Boyd ap.
pears at the Garrick Theatre this week
with his company, presenting his most
successful sketch on rural life, entitled
After Many Years" by William II.
Cressey. Others on the hill at the
Gafriok this week are Jack Mason 4
' Society Girls, headed by Lilliar
Doherty; Victoria Parker's trained
J dogs, who play return engagement
I this week by general request; Burke
Larue and the Inkey Boys, Genera
@ Weary Willie and his company OF Ho
e bo Soldiers; Wood and berry, and sew
e eral others. There are 10 acts in all.
7 at the Lyceum Tor the next thre,
days, beginning tonight, will be seeI
for the first time in this CITY the new
= melodrama, "Qusen Of the Whit,
= Slaves" in six acts and 10 scenes
!. from the pen Of Arthur J. Lamb. I'M
+, play has been produced under the di
rection Of A. II. Woods, formerly O
4 the hrm OF Sullivan, Harris an,
Woods, and is said 10 be one Of tn
greatest melodramatic productions eve
made. The story relates to the abduu
tion Of beautiful and refined younl
woman by agents of 1.-THE Terribl
p Nine, a san Francisco branch Of th
Q infamous Highbinders, her resou
. through the instrumentality OF q brav
detective, his marvellous escapes iror
e a horrible fate, and his rescue b
y another young woman, who had hersel
Is been stolen and taken to China by tn
same gang.
Il Ehen Holden, q" a dramatizaticn b
a Edward K. Rose OF Irving Bacheller
" famous ana widely-read novel, will b
u presented at the Lyceum for three day
- on Thursday next, with that cleye
character actor, Henry Horton, 4
.o Unole Eb., supported by special
u engaged company including Nil
I" Louise HardenburRh, pretty an
!. clever young leading lady. a new an
y complete scenic production has bee
y provided for th3 play by Mr.. Horton
"a manager, l.. h. Willard. and a drama h
treat Is IN store for all who attend.
d Butit an Automobile.
8. Edward MoCallister of No. % Fa,
Sc Iwenty-fourth stfest has built an a,