The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-19
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~ lHNlldS NISCf IN lllp announce
ment that Miss Maude Adams is
coming next week with J. NJ. Barrie's
latest comedy. What Every Woman
Knows" Miss Adams will begin an
eight weeks engagement at the Emnira
Theatre on Wednesday evening. Her
fourth Barrie role is that OF a shy
Scotch girl, Maggie wylie. who is con-
sidered lacking in the physical charms
,hat are attractive to the young men
OF the neishborhood. There is no sutton
for her hand until her brothers. stone
quarrymen who have become wealthy
by hard work, find one In a peculiar
manner. The Wylies, though short on
education, are long on a library" that
they have established In their home
The books appeal so strongly TO John
Shand' railroad porter and noighbor.
that he makes use OF the library with
out the owners knowledge, stealing into
the house like a thief In the night 10
pursue his studies. One night the
brothers catch him, but in their adj
miration OF his enterprise they agree
TO let him go free and Furthermore to
provide him with means 10 complete his
education If at the end of five years he
Will marry their sister Maggie-pro-
vided she wants him then Shand
carries out his bargain. aud Maggie by
her cleverness makes a great man OF
him The role of Shand will be played
by Richard Bennett, and other parts
will be acted by David Terrence. r
Peyton Carter, Fred Tyler. Lumsden
Hare, Ffolliott Paget and Beatrice
Agnew.
Wilton Lackaye will be seen at the
Savoy Theatre, beginning Monday
evening. in THE Battle" Cleveland
Moffett's decentralization OF his own
novel. "A King in Rags" The prin-
cipal character is John Haggleton. a
se.f-made multi-nilionaire. who has in
vested large part OF his wealth in
New York tenements. 4 Socialist who
wishes TO make Haggleton realize the
wretched condition of his property sue
ceeds in inducing the millionaire to live
in the tenements by telling him that he
will find his toughest son among the
tenants. To find out what sort of man
his son Is, Haggleton takes up his life
among his tenants and grapples sue
cesstuly with the problems confronting
them. Incidentally he changes his son
from dreamer into a PRACTICAL. eff
cient business man. Ml Lackaye vii.
be supported by L. NJ. Holland, H. b.
Warner Elsie Ferguson, Josephine Vie
tor. Gerald Griffin and Charles Abbe.
Joseph O'Mara vii bring Patrick Bid
wells romantic comedy, Peggy Ma
chree." 10 the Broadway Theatre or
Monday evenin~ The scenes OF the
play include country fair at Down
kitty, where the rollicking fun of seven
teenth century Ireland is shown. Mr.
O'Mara will play the part of a devil
may-care fellow who holds the past OF
hereditary piper of the ODriscolls
though he can't pipe note. But sing
/ he can, and sing he will. With Mr.
o'Mara. will be Adrienne Augarde
katherine Moran, Jennie Lamont
Leach, John i. 6'Hara, Marcus Nor
iarty, Arthur Wynn, Dan Fitzgerald
Mar MacDermott. Fred Savage ant
| Edward Cahill.
Eddie Foy vii! realize his long-cher
ished ambition in a degree on Wednes
day night, when he will appear at tn.
Casino in Mr. Hamlet of Broadway
I lie Will get HlS f+IdllCt 10 pay ltdl0it
as stranded circus clown. who is gvel
the part in an amateur performance ar
ranged by a summer colony in the Adj
rondacks. Foy VIII wear the "custo
mary suit of black" but his soliloqu!
and other remarks will not be strictl.
| Shakespcarian. Maude Raymond vii
lose her mind as Ophelia. Mr.. Hamle
of Broadway" Is the work OF Edga
Smith, with lyrics by Edward Made
and music by Ben II Jerome. Anon.
tie members of The company are Laur
Gueriie, AiaDelle Baker, George 4
Schiller. Oscar Bagland, John II. Pratt
and Daphne Pollard.
with Mile Mischief"
The Girl Behind the Counter" wit
Lew Fields and Connie Ed.ss, viii be a
the West End Theatre.
Al the Carnegie Lyceum on Wednes
day evening j. Townsend Russell wi
give another picture reading Of Long
fellows Tales Of d Wayside Inn"
In the Bishops Carriage" Will b
played by Hurtle & Seamon's dramati
{ company at the Iorkville Theatre,
a Trip 10 Chinatown" viii be tie a.
traction az the Metropolis Theatre.
The Blue Ribbon Girs come 10 Hurt
e. SeamOu Music Hall.
Clark's Jersey Lilies will be seen a
: the Olympic.
. The Murray Hin Theatre will hay
4 the Girls from Happylard.
VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS,
: AT Hammerstein's Wll be Thomas "
Z Ross in Awake at the Switch" WilliaT