New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

that has attended any festiyity Of the frlaiS
sine that organization was formed MI II :
lang Of course, occupied the place Of honof ana
wells Hawks was the toastmaster- About lheih
at t.le guests table Justices f-rIafeef
Gerard and Hendricl, Edward l-auterbach' Lit
tie Tim" Sullivan. Joseph Redding. Henry MiIlei
sam Harris Lew Dockstader and Irwin > toh'
Rennold Wolff made known the success Of the
coup d-etat by delivering the Little corporal
in person the gathering
The inxincble Erlanger arose and quietly sur
veyed his friends then as quietly delivered NM
self of a fine bit of satire anent the conduct OF
the theatre There abuse. no complaint
except in one instance He declared that the
press was inclined TO bo unjust in its ATTITUDE
toward the theatrical industry. He spoke less
than half an hour. and his speech might be api4H
described thus: The Players ard the Full Dinner
Pail Satire b. Abraham Lincoln Erlanger-
Mir. Erlanger said
There three ways G making MONEY ne
frsi is by holse trading. the second by law prac,
tb Isl Of these three has its difficulties. There
are tAxo KINDS OF managers in this country Inc
tstfer ienaHds on the former. 1t has been init
f9:..ed fit ! was 10 talk Of the ideal theatre It
a pleasant subject The ideal theatre, as / have
seen IL pictured in the papers. Is temple OF arr
fetr should be ashamed TO look a dollar in the
face, II has no commerciaI purp9sff fs III i1Is It
Merchants and lawyers an6 all other people come
but this would he Il disgrace for me manager OF an
ideal theatre. The architect Of the ideal thet1re
commission which accounts for the ornamentatlon
IN every nook and corner
Now believe that theatre is the nation
playground. People go there for recreation, ana
not TO be educated In TINS country we pipN'oe
education in our schools. Some persons ike
drama Others light comedy musical comedies, bur
lesoue shows, and whatever the peop-e IKE
fhev vii. visit. Touching commerce ana trust,
i saw here and that we have IN this country
under patronage of the authorities at NASil-
iugton the greatest trust III l'e "hoie Moiiu' '40
protective tariff.
A WORD about authors. There few in the
D-orld-about one hslndred. should Judge II
venture 10 say that there about thirty real
authors in this country. though If take my mail
would that ABOUT 5ne-ilitii
s,g rlsys and all Of them have great ideas. long
speeches etc. The author hates to take advice
IN literary matters from the manager, and When
his pIav fails the very faults pointed out Dy
TEe manager usually damns the manager
II was at the close OF this speech that Nr Er
LANCER was invested with the uniform OF the Ma
poleonic period and TO satisfy the caprice of the
sssernblage ne consented 10 be viewed for few
moments II striking attitude
Edward Ilauterbach made one Of The serious
speaches Of the night. the Of which he
declared that the theatrical corporation a
mower for good. that its business had been COM
ynendeS BIZ the local courts and would be upheld
Sv the highest in the land were appeal taken
Henry Miller who has his ideas about the
theatre said few nice things IN his polished
rpav among them that he had a great admiration
for Mr. Granger. though they might not always
agree Joseph Re6dng. Lew nockstader and Irwin
als smoke. There a fine vaudeville bill