The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-31

FootIight Facts and Fancies.
One of the first dramatic stars to ~inaugu-
rate the new season of 19O7-0S was Robert
Edeson, who opened the Hudson Theatre,
New York, on Thursday. Mr.. Edeson APP
peared in a new play of American life by
William C. DeMille Margaret Turn
bull, entitled Classmates" The locale
of the play, with the exception of one
scene, is the military academy at West,
Point, Mr.. Edeson playing the role of 4
cadet in his last year. One of the novel
scenes of the new vehicle illustrates the
hazing of a "plebe," which is the hinge on
which the whole play hangs. This season
the star will ave in his support Miss
Flora Juliet Bowley, who was last season
leading woman of the New York Lion
and the Mouse" company. Other import
ant members of the cast are Mauds
Granger, Marjorie Wood, Frank Mcintyre,
George w. Barnum, Sydney Ainsworth
and Wallace Eddinger.
Henry B. Harris gave the initial pros
entation Of Martha Morton's new play,
THE Movers" at the Lyceum Theatre,
Scranton, Pa, yesterday. This play opens
the new season of the Hackett, New York.
September 3.
Quite the most popular not weather"
play which has come to New York is Ray
ulOflQ I1llCuCOCh III n 1dukcC 1OuElsl,
now in its third week at the Astor Theatre.
and so successful has the engagement
proved that Wagenhals- &c Kemper, man
ayers Of the theatre, have arranged with
Henry w. Savage, under whose direction
Mr.. Hitchcock appears, to continue him at
the Astor as the attraction for the ensuing
four months. "a Yankee Tourist Is char
acterized as a musical farce. The book is
by Richard Harding Davis, war CORE
enandonf auflor. and inur1a1iGf. Wallace
Irwin, one of the editorial lights Of Col
lier's, provided the lyrics, which are said
to be the most reasonably written in a
decade, and Alfred G.. Robyn set both book
and lyrics to a most fetching and whistle
able score, The appearance of Mr.. Hitch
cock in this play with music really marks
his return to the New York stage In the
realm where he achieved his first great
successes. 1t is a question whether or not
there is to be u anywhere in the entire
country another actor more popular In mu-
steal comedy on Broadway than this self
same Hitchcock.
The Hippodrome will open its doors for
the season Of 1907-19OS tonight. In spite
of the fact that the house has been closed
for three months, work has been going
on every day inside the big building. Now
all preparations have been made and the
actors and performers are again ready
for "Neptune's Daughter and Pioneer
Days" the two spectacles which closed
the season last year. The mermaids will
again perform their puzzling stunt of
disappearing beneath the cool tank twice
a day. Messrs Shubert & Anderson have
corralled a number of new acts from the
different music halls in Europe, which
will be seen in the circus part of the pro-
gram. among which are the following:
The Grlgolatis Aerial Ballet. Flying-in-
Mid-Air. covered with dancing doves, for
whom a special musical number has been
written. entitled 1.-TWO Little Doves''-
something on the order of the Moon
Dear song in "A Society Circus: Linz
Marrder, equestrian queen, who employs
an electrical display to aid her in her
equestrian act; Les Francois, an aggre-
cation of contortionists: Olympia DesvalI,
who does a high class sporting act with
o e and ponies; the Lola Trio. a sem
sational wire act, and the Four Parros
In a remarkable acrobatic act.
Aubrey Boucicauit, son Of Dion, has
gone into vaudeville. His sketch is the
one-act farce "She Loves Me, She Loves
Me Not" which was tried out at Proc
tors Theatre here a few weeks ago.
Henry W. Savage has completed the
engagements of his cast for 9TH Merry
Widow" which opens its New York run
at the New Amsterdam Theatre October
81 Among the principals are included
Miss Ethel jackson, Miss Estelle Bloom
field. Willy Saville. Robert u Graham,
Charles Meakins, Louis Mintz, Frank
Casey, Frances Cameron and others.
Blanche Walsh, in Clyde Fitch's play,
THE Straight Road opens her season
this week at Trenton, and then goes direct
to Chicago for a five weeks engagement,
after which she win be seen in a tour of
the principal cities until spring, when
Managers Wagenlhals & Kemper will pre-
sent her at their New York Theatre, the
Astor. in a repertoire of classical and
modern plays. In her role of Mary O'Hara.
in tile Fitch play. Miss Walsh has a role
affording her unusual opportunities for
the display of her peculiar talent. 4 pro-
duction in keeping with the usual high
STANDARD maintained by Wagenhals IL
kemper will be a feature of her engage
ment in New York.
Among the several important openings In
New York this week none is more so Than
the beginning OF John Drew's annual en-
gagement at the Empire in his new COM
Grace Georges plans for the coming 3
son include 2 revival OF Much Ado About
Nothing. She will appear in plays by
Siyae flecn ana Jerome K Jerome also.
Robert Mantell is to produce King
John and Richard H. this year. He
Will not be seen in Ibsen's Brand' until
Clara ~Bloodgood, who will open on SEN
temper 30 for a tour in Clyde Fitch's conn
edy. drama of modern life, 1.-THE Truth
play which VIII deal with the ca1se esIA
fbre of many troubles since The davr ~