The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
 IN THE MIMIC WORLD
By JAMES ORA NIT THuRsToN.

long enough to write a check. Next day he again casts Charlotte out the window, but she comes in by the back door to up- braid him for forgetting to put the cat out the night before The moral of the play, If the word moral can be used in connec- ton with it at all, seems to be: "Once an affinity always an affinity" It seems a combination of ''The Easiest Way" and ''The Incubus"
 Charles Dillingham's new Globe thea tre, at the corner of Broadway and For ty-sixth street, was opened this week. The opening attraction was "The Old Town" an Ade play, with Montgomery and Stone.
 When Blanche Walsh was playing in St. Louis she wrote to Manager Hugh Grady in this city as follows:
 "Did not engage carriage in Duluth. because hotel and depot and theatre are in immediate juxtaposition."
 Grady pondered over this message until today, when he remarked, sadly:
 ''It's certainly a tough season. Two houses. two hotels and depot burned down on us In St. Paul. and now we catch lot of trouble in Duluth"
 After the holiday thrush of new plays the producing managers have stopped to take momentary breathing spell. Otis Skinner appeared in new play called Your Humble Servant" A new musical comedy underwent the Broadway acid test called "The Jolly Bachelors" At the Racket theatre Miss Mary Lawton appeared in the first American production of Rudolph Besier's three-act play. "Ol- i've Latimer's Husband" ''The Lottery Man." Seven Days and "The Bache- lor's Baby" with Francis Wilson, are
 Paul Potter's "The Girl in the Taxi'' struck Chicago this week. Anything written by MT. Potter is sure to be gay if not more so l merely indicate you to The Queen of the Moulin Rouge and ''The Belle of the Boulevarde." vaies- ke Surratt is suffering from nervous pros- traitor from a series of police interfer- ences while playing in "Ths Parisian Belle"
 Miss Hilds Spong. palying "A Lit tie Brother of the Rich" at Wallacl1's. had frightful experience the other day. Miss Spong suddenly emerging behind the scenes for dress rehearsal heard loud noises in her dressing room.
 How loud Bingo Is breathing tonighti" declared Miss Spong. clasping her hands and turning loving eyes toward her dress ing room. Bingo is her pet King Charles Spaniel
 ''I think I will wake the little dear up," said she
 As Miss Spong entered her dressing compartment she gave loud cry. She started back She was flabbergasted. Stage hands ran to investigate and found a grimy, tattered individual calmly sleep ing upon the floor of the room.
 TIax a. said the grimy one.
 What is your name?" asked MT. Vim cent Serrano. the heavy man of the cast
 I'm de kid wot's knowed as Missouri Pete," replied the raGamuffin.
 The press agent denied complicity and Missouri Pete got six months.
 Cissy Loftus is again making her fare well appearance in Vaudeville in New York Miss Loftus has added impersona- tions of Sara Barnhardt and Yvstte Gil- farewell next season.
 Frances Starr. in '~rhe Easiest Way" has aroused so much criticism In the press and pulpit that the box office is about ready to call halt. Eugene Walters the playwright who did the deed, has another work under way of similar character. For elucidation as to '"rhe Easiest Way readers are respectfully referred to the divorce columns of the newspapers.
 Lee and J. J. Shubert made their an- nual January tour of their circuit this month and pronounced great business everywhere. They got no farther south than Baltimore and no farther west than Chicago. Incidentally William Morris. Inc, is planning to send some star at- fractions to his newly leased American Music hall in New Orleans When Mo-- ris recently lief there for Denver to toin the vanguard of the Lauder company he said he would inspect the New Orleans hall. upon which he has taken a 10-year lease.