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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
EXILE is AN HEIR.

PASsAiC, Nov. 23.-Gabriel Namess, 60
years old, a roustabout OF this civ, has
Just received word that he has been left
s'o'Vw In Hungary. Namess comes from
n of the foremost families in Hungary
and was the youngest of five children. He
entered the army as a member Of the royal
san and was promoted rapidly. After
snlse years of service he formed the ac-
SIaaaeanee OF a young woman of royal
Di9q } and they agreed to marry.
lne parents of the young woman, how
Sser' OBJECTED to the match, and Namess
VAC TO quit the country. He came to New
i1.oorrk ana later to Passaic, where he has
nvs Tor more than twenty years. For a
lons TIME after coming here he was pros
ferrous and lived highly, but his setbackS,n
Hungary preyed upon him and he slloyyad
hha lnse 70 degenerate. For years he has
peen a mere hanger-on in saloons and
storeS IN the business section,
Namess has relatives in Montpelier. VT.
from Wnom he received word of his good
fortune. They forwarded him transporta-
ION 70 Montpelier, and he has, left here
early next week.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
KIDNAPPED FOR REVENGE"
THE NEXT BLANEY SENSATION.

Charles E. Blaney will present VIII H.
Vedder, in his new sensational melodrama,
kidnapped for Revenge" at Blaney's
Theatre next week.
The play is in four acts and twelve
thrilling scenes. The central figure is a
lad, Prince, who has been brought up
among thieves. He has become an expert
pickpocket, and is the mainstay of the
gang. His sense of better things is, how
ever, awakened by an encounter with a
beautiful young girl, whom John Lawson,
the leader of the gang, orders him to rob.
He resolves to leave his old associates
and lead an honest life, and the announce
ment of his determination at once precipi-
tates a fierce fight to detain him. He
escapes. however, taking with him a little
girl, a waif, whom he hopes to rescue
from a life of crime, and together they try
to hide. Driven to desperation by want,
Prince plans his last crooked job, the rob-
bling of the millionaire banker, Matthew
Vanbrough. He breaks into the latter's
house and demands a hundred dollars from
its owner. He receives not only the
money, but, to his surprise, a sympathetic
offer of assistance. This kindness induces
him to tell his story, and in the course of
the interview Vanbrough recognizes in the
would-be burglar his long-lost son, who
had been kidnapped when a little child.
Marlborough has enemies who plot his
ruin, two of them being ostensibly his
friends, while really they are the leaders of
the crooks. Prince discloses their character
to his newly-found father, and in revenge
the band kidnaps the bankers adopted
daughter. Having compelled her to obtain
for them her valuable jewels, they throw
her into the river from the deck of a
~ferryboat. Prince is on hand, however,
and rescues her in the most approved
manner. Later he rescues the jewels from
Isaac Samuels, another of the gang, and
In the final scene the villains get their
just deserts.
The first act shows the rear yards of a
tenement on the West Side. Act 2 presents
an East River pierhead, and later Mat
thew Vanbroughs library, in Park avenue.
In act 3 Lawson's apartments at the Savoy
are shown; then follows the f~erryhouse
scene, with the rescue, and in the last act
the pawnshop in Mulberry street and the
Merchants National Bank, in Broadway.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
NEW LIGHTING INVENTION
IN USE AT SHEPARD'S.

At Shepard's Arcade the automatic chro-
matoscope. a new invention, enables the
production of all manner Of light effects
pertaining to sunrise, sunset, early morn
ing hours, midday, twilight, moonlight and
storm, as well as numerous color combina-
tions, portrayed with n naturalness that
greatly enhances the attractiveness of the
Photographic subjects contained in today's
program. This invention Is a great sue
cess in aiding realistic motion-picture pro-
auctions, and the Arcade has the distinc-
tion of being the first moving picture
theatre to place 1t upon exhibition. The
success attained Is so pronounced that it
will be continued as a permanent feature.
The program today contains a collection
of picture surprises and songs especially
noticeable for their newness and hand
some Illustrations The principal features
nex week will be views of Engine Com
pany No. 8 and Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 4 at the performances of Mon
day and Tuesday. Amateur night will be
Wednesday. A different program has
been arranged for Thursday Thanksgiving
Day., with performances continuous from
II a. m. to II D. m. Il
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
'THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE"
A MUSICAL MELoDRAMA.

Bowery vaudeville, a type of the amuse-
ments to be seen on New York's East
Side, Is given a close reproduction in THE
Phantom Detective" the musical melo-
drama which comes to the Columbia
Theatre the week beginning next Mon
day, under management of the Rowland
& Clifford Amusement Company.
The scene, representing one OF the
cheap Canal street theatres, is said to
be lifelike-the noisy bankers, the busy
ticket sellers, the hum of the expectant
crowd, the noisy actors and the ~oficious
policeman, are all made part of the pic
ture.
The story is woven about a wealthy old
soldier and his daughter, the latter while
a baby having been stolen by an Oriental
hypnotist. The child is returned. but
falls prey to the schemes of an adopted
daughter who expects to inherit the wealth
OF the retired general. The soldier is killed
by the villains, and the crime Is unjustly
fastened upon his daughter. 1t is here
that the Phantom-the man Of mystery
the sleuthhound of the law, steps in to
ferret out the crime.
The action is rapid. it may easily be
believed; sensation follows sensation. The
detective is led into traps Of all kinds, but
nothing can balk him. The chase of
criminals leads him to the hypnotist's
home on a foreign island, where "barbaric
splendor reigns.p. The villain, thwarted
on every hand, is finally brought to the
bar of Justice and all ends happily.
OF singing numbers there is a plenty
no less than twenty song hits being rem
dered. There are numerous vaudeville
acts, a cag of real Nubian lions, two car
loads of scenery and effects, thirty people
beside a singing and dancing four, the
American Newsboys' Quartet.
During Thanksgiving week matinees will
be given daily.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
K4auaRps1 Tor al Dlzrzeus.

Corbett had ambitions to shine as a foot
light favorite long before he became famed
as champion of the prize ring. He made
his professional appearance in 1888 at San
Francisco, playing q part In a burlesque
on Camille and associated with him in
the cast were Miss May Irwin, Willie
Collier and a number of others whose
names are. now known the country over.
His first star part was In a drama written
for him, styled Gentleman Jack" and it
was followed by THE Adventurer," and
the Naval Cadet" all of which were
successful. A flattering offer from a
vaudeville syndicate divorced him from
the legitimate, and for six years he was
head-liner in all the best of the continuous
houses. presenting an excellently enter
taiping monologue. At the beginning Of
last season, when the Barnard Shaw craze
was at its height. the Irish playwright's
"Cashel Byron's Profession was dram
affixed and presented for a run at Days
Theatre, New York, with Mr.. Corbett in
the name part, and his success in the
role may be judged by the fact that the
entire metropolitan press was most gen.
erous in recognition of his efforts.
While Mr.. Corbett is at Blaney's two
other famous fighters will be entertain
ing Newarkers at another house. Phil
Sheridan's city Sports burlesquers, will
come to Waldmann's December 2 and with
them will come Terry McGovern, Ter
rible Terry" and Young Corbett, to spar
at every performance during the week,
Manager O~ttolengui. Of Waldmann's, says
that the CITY Sports" are one of the best
attractions on the wheel" and good
enough themselves without extra attrac-
tions. McGovern and Corbett have been
engaged just to give the patrons of the
house an extra full measure of excitement
and entertainment. The local sporting ele-
ment is greatly interested in the engage
/ ment.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23

but the contest is an amateur event for a
gold cup given by Lady Gay Spanker, an
enthusiastic Englishwoman, fond of auto
mobiles. The climax of this act shows the
finish of the race between three great
racing machines. The machines will be
real racing automobiles, driven at the rate
of sixty miles an hour. The gold cup Of
fered as a prize for this race is stolen,
and the succeeding acts show the efforts
to recover the cup. The second act shows
the country home of Lady Gay Spanker,
where the circus events will be
The closing act is a transformation
scene, in which the ballet THE Four Sea-
sons" is danced by over FIVE hundred
people.
Edward p. Temple, Manuel Klein and
Arthur Voegtlin, the trio who have
planned and executed all of the spectaeles
at the Hippodrome since the big playhouse
was first opened.
The novel proposition in mental science
and telepathy that thought transmission
may cause or prevent crime, that sheer
force of unspoken command or suggestion
may be practically applied, forms the basis
of argument In the new four-act play by
Augustus Thomas, The Witching Hour"
which has just opened its season in New
York and bids fair to cause more discuss
oAOA tilau dIJ play DullL IpI years 0ACHS
the line Of a social problem. Mr.. Thomas
has studied psychology and the related
sciences closely for twenty years, and
much Of his accumulated mas
been utilized in building the play. At the
same time, the scientific side of the argu-
ment is brought in so incidentally that
there is no interference with the story,
which is one of thrilling interest.
The members of the cast, in the order
in which they appear on the stage, are
as follows: S. e. Hines, John Mason,
William Sampson, Freeman Barnes. Ethel
Winthrop, Jennie Eustace, Adelaide
Nowak, Morgan Conan. George Nash,
Russ Whytal, e. L. Walton, B. w. Par
mentor, Harry e. Hadfeld and Thomas P.
Jackson.
Harry B. Smith has been engaged to
write the book for the new musical play
In which Sam Bernard win star after the
expiration of his contract with Charles
Frohman, at which time Mr.. Bernard will
shift his managerial responsibilities to the
Shuberts.
Frank Worthing will probably be starred
in a dramatization of Robert w. Cham
berss novel, "A Fighting Chance" follow
ing his London appearance with Grace
George w. A. Brady has accepted the
play.
The next Belasco production, "The War
rens OF Virginia. a Civil War drama by
William c. De Mile, soon to be produced
at the Belasco Theatre, New York, with
Miss Charlotte Walker and Frank Keenan
IN the principal roles, was tried out in
! Philadelphia this week. The Philadelphia
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
BLANCHE WALSH IN TWO
PLAYS AT NEWARK THEATRE


Miss Blanche Walsh, an emotional act
ress Of exceptional talent, will be seen at
the Newark Theatre during the week be-
ginning Monday night in two plays. on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights
and at the Wednesday matinee, Miss
Walsh will present her Aston Theatre piece
of last spring, 1.-THE Straight Road" a
drama of life in New York's East Side,
from the pen of Clyde Fitch. On Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday night, and at
the Thanksgiving Day and Saturday
matinees, the locale will be changed from
Houston street and its environs, to the
vicinity Of the Ghetto, for. during the lat
ter portion of her week Miss Walsh Will
revive Jacob Gordin's tragedy of Yiddish
life. 1.-THE Kreutzer Sonata 1t was in
this latter play that Miss Walsh was seen
last season at the Manhattan Theatre,
and aroused a large mount of discussion.
1t will be remembered that The Kreut-
xer Sonata" was originally produced at the
small, but justly celebrated Yiddish Thea
tire on the Bowery. Messrs. Wagenhals
and Kemper. Miss Walsh's managers,
were quick to see the quality of the play,
and secured the not u~ndisputed rights for
its presentation in English. For some
months Miss Walsh was starred in this
play, during which time there was much
litigation, incidental to the fact that an
other version was being presented by
various managers and magnates of stock
companies and repertoire organizations.
The case involving the name Of Wagon
halls & Kemper and Harrison Grey Fiske
Is well remembered.
In Miss Walsh's present compan are
included many of the people who created
the roles at the premiere of THE Kreut-
Eer Sonata" wagenhals and Kemper an
nounce an elaborate scenic production for
both plays.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
SAM BERNARD COMING IN
"THE RICH MR.. HoGGENHEIMER."

The attraction at the Newark Theatre
the week of December 2 will be Sam Ber-
nard in "The Rich Mr.. Hoggenheimer."
This Is a musical farce, the book of which
was written by Harry B., Smith and the
music by Ludwig Highlander. AS a laugh
provoker Sam Bernard Is most successful.
His funny portrayal of Piggy Hoggen-
heimer In THE Girl from Kay's'' is re-
membered by all theatre-goers who saw
him, and his latest piece has justified the
high opinions his admirers previously had
of him. In this new play he appears as
the same character, with twenty years
added to his age. The piece ran six months
last season at Wallack's Theatre, in New
York city. Charles Frohman has given
an elaborate production and surrounded
his comedian with a company of seventy
people. The plot is simple. Hoggenheimer
comes to New York city to hunt for his
son and to prevent him from marrying a
young woman distasteful to the old man,
and becomes involved in a number of
comical scrapes. The comedian keeps the
ball of mirth rolling in lively fashion, and
1t is hard to say whether his amusing and
grotesque actions as an imitation cab
driver. his lovemaking at the lawn party,
or the very able way in which he edits a
cablegram to his wife, so that it will con-
vey to her all the Information she needs
anu Cost MIN as little as possible, tickleS
his audiences most. Besides Mr.. Bernard,
there are In the company George Game,
Marion Carson, Josephine Kirkwood, Elise
Moore, David Torrance, Burrell Barbe-
retto, j. c. Fenton, Mortimer H. Weldon,
Charles r. Burrows, Dwight Williams and
a big chorus of girls to look on.
Florence Bindley, In the musical drama
The Street Singer" will be the attraction
1f the C0Inrnhfa Th an ra AA-I.rs~~ n.y.. |
day. December 2. This is said to be one
OF the novelties, as well as one of the
successes, Of the season in the popular
theatres.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23

order of George NJ. Cohan. with his char
aeter singing and eccentric dancing. Va
lazzl will be seen in his equilibristic and
juggling act. The climax of his act is
when he makes high jumps over chairs
and other obstacles, then leaps upon a
cannon ball poised on a table. Upon this
ball he moves gradually to the floor down
an incline. 1t is called Slipping the Slope
on a Cannon Ball" Charles Kenna, who
STYLED himself THE, Street Fakir,' an
pears as a type that might be likened In a
way to the characters that Gus Ellen and
Albert chevalier are portraying. These
latter two artists appear as the coster.
and what this odd and interesting chan is
to London the character Mr.. Kenna por-
trays is to American life.
Morris and Morris, a team of acrobats,
VIII display their agility In Fun on a
Broomstick." The Schenk Brothers, Willie
and Charlie, styled as 1.-THE Incompara.
bles, are another team of equilibristic en-
tertainers. Animated pictures make the
final number.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
AMATEURS TO PRODUCE
"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Previous dramatic efforts of st. Mary's
players have revealed the excellent anna
teur talent Of which that organization is
composed. For its third appearance in
Shakespeare the society will present The
Merchant Of Venice in st. Mary's Hall,
William street. near High street, on De-
cember 2, 3 and l..
BY its performance Of yAs You Like It"
last season the society scored a big hit in
amateur theatrical circles hereabouts. That
production was pronounced n Of the best
ever witnessed on an amateur stage.
During their career the st. Mary's players
have produced IN a satisfactory manner
some Of the most difficult plays in dra-
matte literature. The first production Of
shakespeare was that OF ssThe Winters
Tale two seasons ago. 1t was the intelfi-
gent Interpretation OF this play that first
brought the st. Mary's players conspicu-
ously into notice.
TIL same painstaldng care that marked
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
NOTE AND COMMENT
OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

After repeated attempts to appear In the
role, Blanche Walsh may be seen mex
season as Lady Macbeth. This announce
ment was made last week by Managers
Wagenhals and Kemper after they had re-
newed their contract with the star and
agreed to pilot her ventures for another
term OF years. Miss Walsh has devoted
some years to reading and studying the
character, which to her Is the most Inter
esting OF n S-hakespearean role. and it
is said that her Interpretation will be de-
cidedly at variance with that generally ac-
cepted. In her hands Lady Macbeth will
become a keenly intellectual woman who
IS swayed by a mentality dominating every
act. Three years ago Wagenhals and
Kemper determined to make the Shakes
pearean production for their star and were
about to issue the announcement when
Miss Walsh's success in THE Daughter OF
Han1ilcar" deferred them. Again the date
was set but this time It was thought bet
ter to present the actress in "Resurfec-
tion." A third time the star was pre-
vented from satisfying her ambition be-
cause a contract signed by her managers
made 1t imperative that she should create
the leading role in Clyde Fitch's THE
Woma in the Case" and also In the well
known dramatist's latest play, THE
OlrdiBHt ftOau.
Among the novelties In New York the
aires next week will be Charles Froh-
mans production OF Austin Strong's "The
Toymakers of Nuremberg and Chauncey
Olcott in "O'Neill of Derry" following
Henrietta Crosman in 1.-THE Christian Pill
GRIM" at the Liberty. Rose Stahl brings
The Chorus Lady back again.
sgrt. rr--a1-y -..--s..t ~io.v IN
which Elsie janis has started her first sea-
son as a Charles Dillingham; star. was orig
inally intended to run six weeks In New
York, that being all the time that could
be booked at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
So well liked has the play become. how
ever, that another New York theatre,
Wallack's, has been secured for the time
following the K~nickerbocker date. The
change will be made December 2, when
Miss Janis and her limitations, Joe Caw-
thorn and his German dialect. the Ward
and their eccentric automobile
dance, Nellie Beaumon and her shapely
show girls, and all the rest of the merry
''Hoydens'' VIII move further down Broad
way for an indefinite run.
9TH Auto Race" and "The -Four Sea-
is the dual title of the new spec
tacle to be produced at the New York
the night before Thanksgiv-
ing. AS indicated by the title, the new
production will deal largely with auto
and the prevailing craze for
speed. This will be the second production
at the worlds biggest playhouse by
Messrs. Shubert and Anderson, who are
determined to out-do ven the glories of
''Neptune's Daughter" and the thrills Of
Pioneer Days" The new spectacle will
- - w.t.
1rome, inasmuch as modern costumes and
lp-to-date themes are introduced for the
first time.
The Auto Race" will be given in three
acts. The first act shows the front of a
Island hotel, the starting point of
an automobile race. The plot is not based
upon the celebrated Vanderbilt. cup race,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
A JOE HART MUSICAL
FANTASY AT PRocToR's.

A bill especially designed for the
Thanksgiving season has been selected for
Proctor's Theatre. The headliner will be
particularly appropriate. 1t is a musical
fantasy with novel features called Polly
Pickles Pets in Petland," written and
staged by Joseph Hart, who has made a
success of writing and staging several
other musical comedies. The sketch tells
or Polly Pickle, a little miss. who has lost
her pet-cat. Pinky, and goes in search
of him to Petland, where an elephant. a
Teddy bear, a dog and a parrot are intro
duced, and add to the fun. Fourteen peo-
pie make up the cast. and several musical
numbers are used, the climax being THE
Jack o'Lantern." 1t is said the stage set
tings and costumes are effective.
OF interest to many Newarkers will be
the debut in vaudeville of Emil Hoffman.
the well-known local singer and teacher.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
SKATING AT OLYMPIC PARK.

Those who have missed the nightly skat-
ing races at h Olympic Park skating
rink have missed, we are told. a real
treat. This is the only series of local
races that gives every amateur skater a
chanc to show his speed. Some of the
races have been very exciting.
Sunday evenings the final of each weeks
races are held. There are eighteen starters
in every final, three from each race NJ
the other six days. Tomorrow the lIsr,al
two sessions will be held.
Skaters who have been timid in learning
this sport will always find competent in
structors at the rink.