Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-09

court, and these again were confirmed
by the judgment of the appellate court. y
SAVAGE ON MIDDLE GROUND.
The season for managerial state
ments is now open, and the theatrical
producer who cannot issue a broadside
of promises for the new season as long
as the platform of presidential can
didate is not TO be classed among the
magnates. The largest reverberation
| is not due until Charles Frohman
comes across the water, that red let
ter date being scheduled for the mid
die of July. but Henry w. Savage and
Henry B. Harris have already swung
| into action.
The formers literary representative
begins by defining his status in the
war of the syndicates a follows:
Henry w. Savage has entered into
| contracts with the National Theatre
| Owners association and with Messrs.
Klaw & Erlanger which provide that
| for term of years Mr.. Savage's pro-
| auctions shall appear in the theatres
owned or controlled by them. Mr..
| Savage's numerous productions will
thus be offered in every city and town
of theatrical importance throughout
the United States, playing the Klaw &
| Erlanger houses wherever they exist,
and those of the independent forces in
the smaller cities and towns. AS in
previous seasons, Mr. Savage's produc-
tiOns will also play, by this arrange
ment with Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger,
. he or or
resented by that firm in all the larger
cities. By this arrangement the diff
ferences between the syndicate and
the independent forces areogated in so
far as concerns the Savage produc
tons. and those living on no impor-
tant portion of the theatrical map will
be compelled to miss the attractions of
this producer"
Mr. Savage himself adds this per-
sonaI postscript:
"As a manager who has never had
any interest in any syndicate holdings
or profits, but has confined himself
exclusively to productions, l have ex-
ercised the privilege of Offering my
goods in the places that seem best
suited to my interests and those of the
L
still propose to play my attractions in
Messrs. Klaw & Changers theatres,
wherever they exist, also propose to
take advantage of the opportunity to
reach the smaller towns, and thus to
come in touch with the widest posi-
BILE public. Perhaps in this connection
it IS apropos to say that | have fire.
quently found this public in the small
Ter cities quite as appreciative. both
Intellectually and financially. as that
in what are presumed to be more ia
vored communities
The Savage plans of play producing
are then given, after passing through
process of adjectival elimination, by
blue pencil. it reads:
Three strong companies will inter
pref Madame X
1.-The Merry Widow will be present
ed by two organizations.
The Prince of Pilsen' will be sent
out again.
Miss Patsy will follow it's Chicago
engagement by an early advent in New
York
1.-The Little Damozei,' a comedy of
the leading features in the imported
list. The play is by Monckton Hoffe,
and among the players engaged for
leading roles are May Buckley and
Cyril Keightley.
The Great Name is a comedy of
sentiment that comes with the sterling
mark bestowed by the Berlin critics
and public. 1t is by Victor Leon and
Leo Field, and while not in any sense
musical play, it has a most effective
use of a musical theme.
OLIVER Herfords farce, The Florist
Shop will appear in the form of mu-
steal comedy, with score by Robert
Hood Bowers.
Theodore & Co. a Partisan farce,
will be presented in an adaptation by
Oliver Herford. The farce is absolute
ly clean, therein having a distinct adj
vantage over its brother pieces from
that source in recent years.
Little Boy Blue, a romantic oper-
eta by Henry Bereny, is to be the
piece de resistance of the coming year
in Vienna, where it's advent is eagerly
awaited.
"a musical comedy of American au-
thorship will be The Grape Girl by
Gustav Luders, composer of The
Prince of Pilsen, and James Clarence
Harvey.
The Divorce Fund by A. E Thorn
as, is a light comedy by an author who
has suddenly achieved rank among the
cleverest of our writer's for the stage.
Rupert Hughes farcical comedy,
Excuse Me- is another work of native
Everywoman,' by Walter Browne.
gives promise of being a sensation"