The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
"ARTE" REACHES The STAGE
ADE WILL SNOW HIN a. THE
GlRRICk TO-MORROW.

ABE WILL SNOW HIN Al THE
GlRRICk TOMORROW.
4 New Musical pay About s'ocahsntas by
thc Author % "siV9' VIII conc 10 tho
s.yric Tomorrow AIso-New One Act
Plays Tuesday at the ssevmsn Theatre.
George Ade's dramatizalion Of his -Artie"
stories comes 90 the Garrick Thestro to-
morrow, following The Step SISTER which
was a failure. Lawrence Wheat will play
the title part, and HALE Norcross will be In
the Gust. with numerous other players.
Mr.. AIDE himself introduces bis comedy with
these words;
A year or two latter the publication
OF the book O number of prominent theat-
ricsl people suggested that 1 put Artie into
a play. But I WAS not disposed 10 put Artie
into a play because ] had no story conoern-
ing him. The book was merely a collection
OF sketches, each complete in itself. though
with q little low story linked from n 70
another.
a couple Of years ago I struck upon
the idea Of having a young man who is sit
ting on the front stoop Of a cottage waiting
to take his girl to u hall game observe q
gang OF surveyors running a line along
the street, having the young man follow
their line Of stakes, get wise TO the fact
that the L road was going to make an ex-
tension and thereupon buy up al tho
real estate in the neighborhood, largely
on his nerve. I took . second look at the
young mar on the stoop and recognized
| my old friend Attic. From that incident I
evolved whatever story there may DO in the
play"
'Sappho and Phaon" was removed from
the stage last night and tomorrow a lew
musical comedy Will be shown at the LYRIC
Theatre, called Miss P~ocahontas." r. A.
Barnet, who wrote .i4e2.- is the author Of
this travesty on Colonial history, and IL
also was originally written for the Boston
Cadets. Walter Jones' will appear a. John
Smith and Blanche Deyo AZ the Indian
maid. Dan J. Sullivan wrote the music.
The Lion and the Mouse with Edmund
Breese and Gertrude Coghian, will come
to New York for the fourth time tomorrow,
on his occasion to the Academy Of Music.
The Aborn Opera Company. at the Lincoln
| Square Theatre. will revive "Pinafore"
and -Cavalleria Rusticana" as a double
bill this week. Estelle Wentworth will
sing Sdntas.d.
Three n act plays by Arthur Schpitzler
Of Vienna, author Of The Reckoning
will be produced at the German Theatre
Tuesday night. They are AT the Sign
! Of the Green Parrot" Literature and
-The Last Masks This hill will % re-
peated on Thursday and Friday. Monday
Great Community" and Saturday after
noon the Glamour OF the Stage"
Matilda" a farce. win be the offering
Of the stock company az the Fifth venue
Theatre his week. THE Evangelist" was
scheduled. but for some reason not hard
10 guess that play was abandoned after q
trial up In Harlem.
Andrew Lang writes to n London journal
70 inquire why people don't cry in the
theatre any more. Mr.. Lang has never
seen Warfeld. Mr.. Belasoo should invite
hin to a performance Of "A Grand Army
Man ~ the new Stuy vesant Theatre.
~The Merry Widow at the New Am
sterdsm. has caught the town. and the rush,
for seats Ia tremendous. Hitchcock IL going
TO introduce a burlesque OF the waltz dust
into A Yankee Tourist" on Monday at the
Astor Theatre.
MI FIoIituhh ~ nNbth NttObr III CoutltIuSs
"The Thief at the Iyceum. is a genuine
n deserved success. My Wife, AZ the
Empire: Francis Wilson, at the Hackett, and
sThe Dairymaids," at the Criterion. are all
attracting their share Of patronage. And
in the Hudson Theatre Robert Edeson may
still be seen as the hero Of Classmates
The third and last week Of MADAM
Butterfly begins tomorrow night at the
Garden Theatre.
On Saturday, November q. Joe Weber |
will introduce a burlesque of "A Grand
Army Man into Hip! Hip! Hoorayl" at
the Music Hall. Ressie Clayton is nov back !
in the cast. |
These are rbe last two weeks OF AThe
Rose OF the Rancho" at the Beasco Theatre. !
sThe Man OF the Hour" goes on ito way |
at the savoy AZ IL It were brand new. and |
70 does the Great Divide" AZ Days.
George Fawcett in ~The Silver Girl will
continue for a week at Wallack's. II will
be followed by "Ths Right Of Way"
Lola from Berlin comes 20 the Grand
Opera House this week.
aThe Hoyden.- with Elsie Janis. continues
at the K~nickerbccker.
Next door. at the Casino, ia "Ihe Gay |
White Way and down the White Way, |
M the Herald Square, Lew Fields ia standing |
them M TO wee him in The Girl Behind
the Counter
Wonder continues at the run Of Ibsen's
bafiing THE Master Builder" at the Bijou.