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

Percy Williams is PREPARING -
a new theater in Brooklyn on tho
block bounded by Broadway, Howor,
avenue and Madison street. The h,r,
ing is to be several stories high and n,
brick and white stone and to no 49,,
rs a high -class office building nr,h
ably called the Williams Block
which will include the largest wanda
vile theater in America with q coo.
ing capacity of between 25OO and 2Ooo
and will rival if not surpass in snrar-
dor every vaudeville theater in Create.
New York. His new vaudeville tbaa-
ter VIII be something of an innovation
inasmuch as the large seating cana
city will enable him to present b;yb.
class vaudeville at a low price of ad-
mission
Mary Mannering is appearing in
Rachel Crothers' new American drama
"A Mans Work." at the Comedy thea
ter. Her part is that of a woman nov
elist who upholds the principle that
the moral standards of living should be
no more lax for men than for women
and bohemian life of the metropolis is
portrayed with fidelity.
The announcement is made that
the 5Oth performance of The Pass
ing of the Third Floor Back" will be
celebrated by Forbes Robertson at the
Maxine Elliott theater on Monday.
next Some means may be found of
marking this event No finer work
than that of the STAR has been seen on
the stage in this city in many a year.
1.-The Lily David Belasco's drama
of modern French life, continues at
the Belasco- Stuyvesant theater where
it has been playing since its metropoll-
tan premiere on December %.
Among the plays that have come
and gone along Broadway during the
present season the farce comedy, 1.-The
Lottery Man." remains a landmark at
the Bijou with Cyril Scott as the star.
Patrons say the tender scenes between
Mr. Scott and his optimistic little
mother Louise Galloway, are as re-
freshing as the laughs at Lizzie Helen
Howell, who plays Lizzie has made
this figure famous, though she really
has not any more figure than an ex-
clamation point.
At the Astor the farce, Seven Days
began THO seventeenth week of its
run Monday. If laughter has any power
to cure ailments a great many people
who have seen it must be feeling bet
ter than they did.
Lew Fields production of 1.-THE
Jolly Bachelors" is furnishing hilarious
dl the
1t combines the best features of musl-
cal comedy and S ectacle. The cast
headed by Miss Nora Bayes, includes
Stella Mayhem, Jack NOrwOrth, Walter
Percival, Lionel Walsh, Elizabeth
Brice AL Leech, Robert Daley, Topsy
Gertrude Vanderbilt, Billie
Taylor, Josie Sadler, Nellie Lynch and
others too numerous to mention.
Next Monday night SOthen ana
Marlowe begin the last week of their
present engagement at the Academy
of Music, but a return engagement mas
been arranged for them in few
weeks The repertoire for the week
Is as follows: Monday and Tuesday
nights and Wednesday matinee, Ham
et;" Thursday matinee and Thursday
Friday and Saturday nights, Twelfth
Night and Saturday matinee, Romeo
and Juliet
The sign "All seats sold' continues
10 be hung out nightly at the Ne"
theater, where Madame
K is on view. The play is a real thrill
er, and Dorothy Donnelly, Robert
Orouet, William Elliott and the other
principals have established themselves
n popular favor.
The bill offered at the Plaza MUSIC
lall this week is headed by Henry
lee, who presents his character spe-
,ialty entitled Great Men, Past anu
Present" The Hebrew comedian, Joe
WEIGH, has a monologue full of stories
md anecdotes. Game and Odom. linen
Song Tailors," have an interesting Lnu-
;ical speciolty. Miller Brothers, Euio-
bean comedy acrobats, Introduce Dur
esque wrestling match in connection
With some good feats of tumpiihs'
Mamie Fenton, a little Scotch ldss4e'