The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09

matte interest. Guy Standing as Charlie!
Steele, realized, both in his portrayal o
the character and in his personality, thu
creation of Sir Gilbert Parker and thu
dramatist. AS the dissolute, brilliant law
yer of the first act, he gave a remarkabl
Interpretation of a man besotted witt
drink and harassed by his own doubts o.
the present and the hereafter. Theodore
Roberts, the ~co-star, has made marked
success in time past in character por,
trayal, blu he never before achieved thu
success that must be accorded to him II
the character of Joe Portugais, the Cana
dian riverman. Both actors achieve posi-
tive distinction in their roles, and the PLAY
itself deserves one of the longest runs o.
the e We can remember no bool
dramatization ever seen that contained
more of dramatic virility and power Of
sustained interest.
When Francis Wilson read the manu-
script of his present successful play, "Wher
Knights Were Bold" he had a nervous
shock. He had to smoke a cigarette In one
of the scenes. The comedian sought
Charles Frohman inc tried to explain tina,
1t was impossible. The manager, who was
smoking at the time a cigar that looked
like a Krupp gun, simply smiled. MI. VIII
son further explained that in all his life
There udu no IODHCcO LOuCueQ Ills lips anu
that it was absolutely out of the question
for him to attempt to smoke on the stage.
Mr.. Frohman merely replied, "Rehearse
It." And Mr.. Wilson did, and weeks and
weeks went by with the audience bowling
at his comedy and he with the cigarette as
nervous as a fireman rescuing a case of
dynamite. Once last week he lighted the
cigarette, and then put the fired end In his
and said things to himself that
would have shaken the walls of the Hack
EFT Theatre had they been aloud. But
there is a change. The stage manager of
the company went to speak to him last
night while he was making up and in
shades of Sir Walter Raleigh the comedian
was smoking a cigarette. And what's more,
his veracious publicity promoter says he's
saving the coupons, too.
Charles Frohman will shortly produce
Austin Strong's new play called 1.-THE Toy
maker of Nuremberg" which will be given
with a special cast of players. and will
open in New Haven the middle of No
vember.
Miss Blanche Bates takes 9Th Girl of
the Golden West to the Belasco Theatre,
New York. succeeding Miss Frances Starr
in that other fine Belasco production, 1.-THE
Rose of the Rancho on Monday. Miss
Starr will be seen at the Shubert Theatre
here this season.
Never has a play been received in New
York with a more unanimous accord OF
praise than "A Grand Army Man. In
which David Warf1eld inaugurated Belas-
co.'s new Stuyvesant Theatre. Mr.. War
fields great art, as displayed in the de-
of the quaint old teamster, Yves
Bigclow. has been as fully acknowledged
by the keen-sighted analysts of the press
as 1t was In his memorable impersonation
OF Herr Won Barwig in THE Music
which the later part SO greatly
resembles. Set against the beauty Of the
new S~tuyvesant Theatre. with its refined
atmosphere and artistically rich and har-
monious environment, "A Grand Army
Man" promises to constitute a principal
Broadway attraction for many months to
come. The theatre is sold cut at every
performance.
Madame Hermann, widow of Hermann
The Great" guards jealousy the secrets
of her art as a magician. Recently she
gave out the following interview regard
ing magic.
There are three classes of observers"
she said. There are the ignorant, who
resent the mystiication as an insult to
their intelligence and who wish at all
hazard to get at the secret of the trick.
There are the cultivated observers, who
accept the pleasure of being mystifed, and
there are the c~redulors-for example, cer-
tain Orientals-who regard the operations
as magic. The usual observer goes to be
mystified.
1T is the willingness to be gulled that
the prestidigitator counts upon from the
beginning Of her performance. From the
first she caresses and intensifies this feel
ing by devices to put her audience in good
humor. to bring them more into sympathy
with her. making them more and more
willing to be tricked. Her gracious man
ner. her suave words, her compliments, her
anecdotes all aim at one end There is
nothing more contagious than gaiety, Moth
ing more amusing h assurance. When
she tells them she is going to make an egg
disappear, she has their sympathy; when
she says she takes the egg they believe
her.
1T is all very well to tell how things
are lone and to give an account of certain
tricks. but it takes years to think them
out. and other years to become perfect
In them. / am always thinking out new
tricks and trying them. Many do not go
well and have to be worked anew. The
life OF a magician is not an easy one, and
he or she must put in many hours of hard
work n deep thought, often to see it all
lost because some little details refuse to
out properly. Often a trick, perfected
only after years of study and practise,
is exposed in q few weeks. Or the other
hand. some of the simplest tricks have
never been solved by the public. But 1t is
a fascinating work to the performer as
well as the audience"
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Bertha Kalich will begin her third an
nual tour under Harrison Grey Fiske's
at Pittsburg on November IS,
and will appear In the cities thai have al
ready witnessed her achievements as we'll
as in several In which she has not yet
appeared. Mr.. Fiske is now rehearsing
Kalich and her company in
Marta Of the Lowlands.'' a play which
he has held in reserve for Madame Kalich
since she came under his management.
It will be remembered that Mr.. F1ske some
time ago made a production OF this drama
at the Manhattan Theatre. In New York.
Marta of the Lowlands'' is By Angel
Guimera, the eminent Spanish dramatist.
It was written for the greatest OF con-
Temporary Spanish actresses. Marin Guer-