The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-24

time of year that followers of events
and affairs theatrical grow reminis-
cent, so with only two more months of
the theatrical season left and just
| few new plays scheduled for presenta
ton theatregoers can settle down to
the enjoyment of plays that have
earned the right to live on indefinite
I ly.
The Shuberts have done well, for
their offerings have, with few excep
| tions, been we'll up in the grade of
merit. THE City will stand as one
| of the greatest productions. A keen
| rival to this is Madame X produced
! by Henry W. Savage, and the Lieblers
! have held their own with "A las Jim
my Valentine"
The Frohman productions have also
reached a high place, though in some
| instances the stars of this popular
manager have had to work hard to
| make material that was not quite up
to the standard popular. All of which
speaks we'll for the Frohman players,
| however. Miss Ethel Barrymore in
Mid Chanel" Miss Billie Burke in
| Mrs. Dot" William Collier in His
! Lucky Star" and Francis Wi son in
1.-The Bachelors Baby" are Frohman
| productions that deserve indefinite
| runs.
J. Herbert Mack, president of the
| Columbia Amusement company, sailed
today for Europe to inspect a site for
| a theatre in London. He is taking
with him plans of the Columbia thea
ire at Broadway and Forty-seventh
street, and, if favorably impressed, ar
engagements will be made for the cree
ton of a replica of that house exclu-
| siveiy for burlesque performances of
| the kind now given at the Columbia.
This corporation now owns, or has
long leaseholds on, SO theatres in this
country The success of its invasion
of Broadway leads the Columbia con-
Germ to believe a burlesque house in
London viii be equally profitable. =
Only once in a decade, or even less
often, is a really original idea found
for farce, and when discovered it is
70 FOL cnl mil 10
! This is proved by the success of THE
Lottery Man. at the Bijou, which
| deals with the story of a newspaper
man trying to raise money quickly by
Offering himself as the prize in a mar
| riage lottery.
The Lenten season is anything but
dull at the Lyric, where Clyde Fitch's
last play, The City," is being pre-
scented to capacity houses at every per-
formance The great human interest
| of this drama, it's strenuous emotion,
its vital moral lesson, it's extraordinary
| psychologist analysis of city life, it's
wonderful craftsmanship and it's SUI
perb presentation have placed it in a
position of absolute prominence among
| the offerings Of the season.
At Days Miss Maxine Elliott en-
tered upon her ninth triumphant week
in The Inferior Sex on Monday. She
is the only woman in the cast The
, comedy might have taken it's coloring
from the pages of Schopenhauer, for it
| deals with a misogynist who spends
his time writing books decrying the
| opposite sex The story told in the
play is delightfully."- breezy.
Mary Mannering's engagement in
/ Rachel Crother's drama, "A Mans
| World, is still announced at the Com
edy as indefinite. Miss Mannering has
| unquestionably achieved the greatest
success of her career in this play of
artistic life in the metropolis
At the Liberty "The Arcadians' has
| entered on it's third successful month
and will undoubtedly be seen there
until the end of the season. 1.-The
Songs of the Already are unjuestion-
ably the most winsome that have been
heard on Broadway since THE Geisha'
days or The sMerry Widow
1.-The Chocolate Soldier" has gone
into it's eighth month at the Casino
| and is still the most popular entertain
ment in town, with throngs not only
of those who have not yet seen the
performance clamoring for admission,
but, included in its audiences nightly
are many who have heard Strauss
spright Y music many times and who
still revel in its beauties.