Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-05

support Bonn against the merited press criticisms which were made on his crude blood-and-thunder dramas.
 The, taste of the Crown. Prince is equally debased In matters theatrical. He is devoted to the most frothy kind
 of musical comedy, and goes almost nightly to see The Merry Widows. 8 production which is chiefly remark
 able for pretty actresses and catchy tunes.
 One of the Kaiser's dinnerstable
 laws was broken by a veteran ad
 miral, who made the Emperor laugh heartily. The rule at the Imperial ! dinner table is that as soon as the
 Kaiser has finished one course, the | plates of all the guests are changed,
 but as everyone does not eat so rapid | ly as Wilhelm II, it causes good deal of annoyance.
 | The old admiral, who has strong taste for good things and rough edge 1 to his tongue, had just been served with a favorite dish of his, when the ! Kaiser started conversation with ! him, drawing his attention away from | his plate.
 | ne Hdu ldlulN ldslCu lllC lih-blN when he saw it being snatched away ! by servant. Growing Get out he i dug his fork into the flunkey's gioyed ! hand and proceeded to devour his ! favorite viand
 i Doubling the parts of Antony and i head scene-shifter was the experience | of Herbert Beesb bohm Tree, of His | Majesty's Theatre, London, who has 1 been presenting his Shakesperean
 repertory, with his London company.
 at the Kroll Theatre here.
 The stage hands, who were Ger l mans engaged in Berlin. organized a strike, and only four out of the whole | staff came to the theatre the night 1 Antony and Cleopatra one of the | heaviest productions in Trees reper- ! tory, was staged.
 i The men of the company, headed by 1 Mr. Tree himself, had to help in set l ting the elaborate scenery, with the result that there were long waits be- 1 tween the acts, and the performance was gone through in a spiritless man.
 ner by fatigued and anxious actors. | German critics have not been i pleased on the whole with the man. ner of presenting Shakespeare at Lon | dons leading theatre. They consider ! that the dramas are over-weighted ! with gorgeous scenery, extraneous I business and music, making Shakes Feare himself a secondary consider ation. Tree was more successful in ! the comedies, like The Merry Wives | of Windsor and ,+Twelfth Night" The performances were, however, l loudly applauded by the audience which included large numbers of Eng fish and Americans, and the personal charm of the Eniish actresses, Miss Viola Tree. Miss Constance Collier and Miss Alice Crawford, was special ly commented on.
 The Kaiser has just made discov- cry regarding the flags of his Tegi-
 ments which has greatly dispIeased him. Ii was often noticed at parades
 of the regiments that the regimental colors were battered and torn to a degree that might lead one to think that they had passed through centu-
 ries of the battle and the breeze"
 andI had been badly mauled by the enemy, when as a matter of fact,
 these colors had never fell 10
 wound.
 Inquiries were made and it was dis
 covered that the colonels in order to
 i've the flags an appearance of having Eeen used. and of having borne the
 brunt of attack, and come off victo-
 riously, were in the habit of dragging
 them through dirty places, stamping
 on them, and even tearing bits out.
 No wonder the flags looked dilapf dated. The Emperor has now issued
 decree ordering that the flags are not to be taken cut of their sheaths except under the most important con ditions and as little as possible. Four Russian courts have decided
 that to reprint the speeches made by
 the Tsar since his accession to the throne is an act treason, or of "lese majeste," whit n be punished by fine or Imprisonment; and that all Ecollections of Imperial oratory may be
 seized and burned.
 This decision results from the ac-
 tion of Moscow revolutionary organ izstion which issued a collection of Nicholas the Seconds speeches, and published them without alteration or Sui as tue LII
 casting Tidicule on the person of the Emperor. The volume contained
 nothing except the speeches, with a short preface. declaring that, such
 pearls of oratory should not be lost
 to posterity." The local authorities seized the reprints, and the courts confirmed their action
 The public prosecutor at Moscow
 declared that they represented his
 Majesty in a ridiculous light" to
 which the accused's lawyer retorted,
 then his Majesty had represented himself in that light"
 The cause of this gibe, and the
 anger caused by the reprint, was the extraordinary character of Nicholas
 the Seconds speeches. All, without
 exception. were short, vapid, and banal to the last degree. Whole
 pages of the book consisted of repe-
 titions of T drink to the health of
 my brave soldiers; T remain true
 to the memory of My UnforgettabIe
 FSther;D Flight for me, for my fam
 fly. and for the Fatherland;" and so
 on-the repetition of these banalities
 time after time eYOking rOars of