The Washington herald., 1907-12-01

said that Weber was persuaded TO take
this step on the strength Of the hit made
by Ross and Fenton in their burlesque OF
The Thief. under his management.
Another little playhouse is to change
somewhat its character If not its destiny
and that is the Berkeley. where Arnold
DAILY started the season with such pre-
,entious blare OF trumpets as the Antoin
OF New York Il is obvious that New
York viii simply not be AntOined, and
prefers 10 be bored by a three-act play 10
submitting 10 three different shocks In
one evening from three different me
diums. or changing its emotions that
many uases. according TO whether you
witness Nine. HanakO in primitive COM
edy. a thrilling midnight murder. or
rOllicking comedy. Under George G. Ty-
lers management DAILY Is 10 be put back
into three-act comedies. and the idea OF
making the critics pay for their seats IL
almost feel Ike saying for their fun')
will be abandoned. The change is 20 be
made not all at once. but gradually and
the interim is 10 be employed in accumu-
lating a repertoire for the comedian
On December Is Rose StahI viii cele-
bate the 23g,,f performance Of The
Chorus Lady" This. Of course. includes
the number Of times she played it as
sketch in vaudeville. which covers several
seasons. Anyhow. she is back in New
York after a short tour Of the South.
where business got bad as soon as the
financial furry began. while Robert Ede-
son, who held the stage at the Hudson.
Is out on tour with Classmates This
makes the third or fourth theater at
which she has played Patricia O'Brien in
the metropolis. First az the Savoy, then
the Garrick, then the Hackett, and now
the Hudson That Is a record pretty
hard TO beat
But then Patricia O'Brien in Miss
Stahls hands, is a vital character, like
Col Sellers. Rip Van Wrinkle. and Dun
dreary. or ike Adah Lewis tough girl.
OF which Miss Lewis likes not 10 be re-
minded. VIII Patricia O'Brien be Miss
Stahls shadow? Will she be ever able
TO shake II of? That is the horror Of
making a hit in charaeter-role. for il
is a horror 10 the impersOnatOr IL he can
not escape its grasp, il the public win not
see him In any other part but that So
FAR no announcement has been made of
Miss Stahl's intention 10 change her bill.
and for the present a good portion Of the
public here is rejOieed 20 see her back.
Margaret AnglIn and Henry Miller
close their remarkable engagement in
The Great Divide" at DaIy's Theater
tonight. and go on tour in the play
which has been running continuously
sonce last September a year ago. when.
after d short preliminary season on the
road. il opened at the Princess and was
received with wild acclaim on all hands.
With the reOpening OF the summer sea
son the attraction was transferred from
the Princess. which has ceased 10 be a
playhouse. 20 Dalys. where IL has been
drawing uniformly good houses till the
present on Monday evening the stage
viii be taken up with The Lancers.s in
which LaWraDce D'Orsay and Cecilia
LOTUS are Jointly starring
For the present The Witching Hour"
in which John Mason is the UNDERLINED
personality on the three-sheets. IS reap
ing the benefit Of the splendid press
notices which the Thomas play has been
receiving, and the friends Of the author
and the star must rejoice accordingly
surround Mason with a good company
and he cen make almost any play inter
esting. for ne has the secret OF bringing
out values by something more than a
finished performance or an engaging per
sonality. He is what would be termed. in
baseball parlance, a great team PLAYER
He lifts those around him Up 20 his own
level instead Of depressing them, and IL
the truth were told he is doing more for
The Witching Hour than il is doing
fo- him, though his way of doing il is
not easily detected by an eye that per
mits itself 10 De distracted by generalities.
The Belasco Theater viii remain dark
on Monday and on Tuesday night reopen
with the new play OF William c. De Mile,
The Warrens Of Virginia" in which
Charlotte Walker and Frank Keenan are
the featured players The new play has
been enthusiastically received IN Philadel-
phia, and is expected to prove a worthy
successor Of The Rose Of the Rancho"
Mr.. Frohman announces the close OF
John Drew's engagement in My Wife"
AT the Empire. and after December p
"a new card will be offered. the name and
character OF which have not yet been
disclosed, though Maude Adams will
probably I'LL in for an engagement longer
or shorter, according 20 whether she Will
again be seen in Peter Pan" or in a new
play.
Elsie Janis closes tonight in The
Hoyden'' al the Knickerbocker. and fol-
lows The Right of Way" at Walack's
next week, while the attraction al the
hnickerbOcker on and after Wednesday
sight will be Victor Moore IN George NJ.
Gohan's new musical play. The Talk Of
New York" FRED. F. sCHRADER.
+. II. SOthern's Engagement.