The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

Special 70 Tho Tribune
NEW YORK. Oct. 16.-With the ad
vent Of cooler weather, the aggregate
number Of theatergoers in New York
is increasing. Now is the season at
which serious plays are supposed by
managers 10 thrive best, and the num-
Der Of them that are doing big bust
ness is unusually large. "Arseue Lu-
PIN is still turning people away from
the L,yccum: Margaret Auglin dis
pcnses nightly thrills at the savoy
in "Thc Awakening of Helena
Richie. and - On the Eve shows up
well at the Hudson. 1.-The Climax
p,irsues tho even tenor OF its way at
Weber's. and "Thc Fourth Estate y
gives big dose of realism at wal
lacks.
I.eave-taking notices are up for
"NcIntyre and Heath in Hayti, at
the Circle. for Lillian Russell in ''Thc
Widows Might at the Liberty, and
for Hattie Williams in Detective
Sparkes, - nj the Garrick. All Of these
start Mt once on what viii doubtless
be lucrative tours.
Musical plays are going strong at
Savage's "Love Cure' has more
would be patients than it can conven-
iently attend 10, and at the knicker.
hooker. where ''The Dollar Princess
holds forth to more than can get into
the theater.
In light comedy, ''The Fortune
Hunter at the Gaiety. ''Inconstant
George with John Drew. at the En-
+ l. ai
ihe Belasco: Robert Edeson in ''The
Noble Spaniard,' - at the Criterion, and
William Hodge in "The Man From
Home at the Astor. are all drawing
more than satisfactory houses.
PLAYS utterly dissimiiar, rs "The
Easiest Way at the Stuyvesant, and
"'Such Little Queen at the Hack
cit. are meeting with warm receptions.
Wilton Iackaye is PLAYING at the
Academy OF Music with 1.-THE Battle. y
Robert HilIiard is playing "a Fool
There Was at the Grand opera-house,
and william Faversham is at the Me,
tropolis with "Tbc World and His
Wife. y
"Thc Man Who Owns Broadway
started on popular run AT the New
York theater this week. The play is
billed as "Cohan's Latest Musical
Play II is full of laughs for those
who like Cohanism. There is no need
10 tell what Il Cohan play is about. If
YOU take a comic supplement, and set
~ 10 waltz time. march tune and rag
time. yon have a Cohan play Multi
tudes are eurapturcd by il.
Cohan knows how 10 jingle and Tin
ke. lie has put catchy airs into this
piece. as into others. And catchy airs
arc what his public want The people
ia HIS PLAYS dress in fearful and won
dcrful raimeni, and occasionally bear a
resemblance 10 humanity Raymond |
Hitchcock .'pcrvadcs this piece He |
has only TO ho RAYMOND Hitchcock. |
and he sets his hearers in roars of
laughter. The piece is a success. IL
could not he otherwise. II was made
for the Cohan public. and will add 10
The author s fortune, II is by turns |
melodrama. farce burlcsque aud op. |
crctta, I'm, things i,oep coming and go |
ing SO fast and he laughs bubble along |
so frequently that nobody cares what |
10 IS. save that IL is entertaining.
The plot has something 10 do with |
= man in tho tolls Of blonde villain
c>s aud baritone villain, from whom /
hc IS rescued by the Man Who Owns
broadway. The daughter Of the res
cued man is then given in marriage TO |
the Broadwa" chap. and all ends mer
uly. Miss Flora Iahcllo is charming |
as the rich man r daughter.
~ the Plaza Music hall Harry Laud |
or uf Scotland throughout tho week !
moved his audiences TO paroXysms of !
laughter or intervals Of sadness First |
comes ''Shc r n Queen Among the |
Heather new soug that tells of n |
lassie - tho Highlands Then follows |
- Foo IN moo, in which Lauder makes |
his entrance as Scotch lad carrying
chicken. when drops eggs about tho |
stage as easily as Lauder dropped his !
smllss and hiccoughs AIRY then turns |
20 his old favoritos She 5 Me DAISY,
80 The Wedding o Sandy McNab, - and !
Rcnny Leeza Lindsay
Capacity audiences at tho American |
Music hall enjoyed 10 the limit the |
vaudeville bill at that house. Genaro |
aud Bailey received five curtain calls |