The Washington herald., 1910-10-16

City January !. 1867. which makes him
probably the youngest of the big pro-
ducing managers in this country. Surely
no one has accomplished so much as
he IN the way OF bringing the musical
stage TO its present high plane. Mr.
Fields when he was eight years old
and attending school, managed to find
time 10 appear In a Bowery music hall
with his partner, Joe Weber, unknown
to his parents and continued In a pur-
suit which netted him for the first year
OF his artistic endeavor, So a week. with
ihirty-six turns a day But ne perse-
vered. and ont of this beginning grew
the famous Weber and Fields show, Mr..
Fields being always the guiding hand In
stage direction, and when In 1904 he
separated from Mr. Weber after a pc
riod OF wonderful prosperity. he more
than duplicated that success. He first
produced 1T Happened in Nord-
land. which ran for two seasons
az the Lew Fields Theater, New
York, after which he took over the lease
OF the Herald Square Theater, New York
which now is known as the Lew Fields
Herald Square Theater. and in which
he produced About Town" with him
self heading the cast and associated with
him such players as Blanche Ring. the
late Peter F. Daley. Louise Dresser.
Charles J. Ross. and numerous Others OF
perhaps equal fame Thereafter he ap-
peared al the same playhouse with THE
Girl Behind the Counter" which enjoyed
one of the most remarkable runs In the
history of the stage. Last season Mr.
Fields appeared in the Victor Hergert-
Edgar Smith musical play, "Old Dutch.
and this season he is heading the cast OF
The summer Widowers," which ran FOR
eighteen weeks at the Broadway Theater
New York OF which house Mr. Fields is
lessee, and under his management
Mr.. Fields activities are manifold de-
spite his unceaslng work as an actor.
Within the past TWO seasons he has pro-
duced successfully such big musical en-
Treatments as The Summer Widow
ers' and The Jolly Bachelors" and has
launched two complete triumphs. Miss
Marie Dressler, in Titles Nightmare"
and Miss Blanche Ring. in The Yankee
Girl Altogether he has nine big shows
on the road, and has in active rehearsal
in New York at present William Collier.
IN IN BE Hanged II Do, which short.
~ viii be produced at the William Col
Tier Comedy Theater; when Sweet Six.
teen,' music by Victor Herbert, book by
George Y. Hobart; Boots and Saddles.
by Eugene Walter. author Of paid In
Full The Easiest Way The Wolf"
and other dramas, and in which Miss
Charlotte Walker will have the leading
feminine role; and at the same time he
is busy In preparing for the opening Of
the Lew Fields Winter Garden. which is
TO open In January. and which 2-iu oc-
cupy what is practically a whole CITY
block In New York, on Broadway, from
FiitIeth to Fifty-firsJ street. and thence
eastward 10 Seventh avenue. Mr.. Fields
occupies home near Riverside Drive.
New York. and has four children. Fran
ces, aged sixteen; Joseph. aged fifteen.
who is preparing for Yale: Herbert. aged
twelve. who hasn't as yet picked out his
university. and Dorothy, aged six. whose
mind Is more fully occupied with dolls
than an educational career.
Mrs. Fields, who was Rose Harris be-
fore her marriage. has been prominently
idenuhed in the public charities in New
York and other cities.