East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-19
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NEW YORK DRAMATIC - y
LETTER. =
BY William Brewer. =

New York, September 1.-The sea-
son is on in full swing. Each week
sees one or two new plays added to
the list of running attractions, and
at the present rate there will be lit
tie need of sitting out unsuccessful
productions, for all Of the plays so
far seen are of remarkable good quail
ity Next Monday at the Lyric the
ater Madame X' will resume the
long run interrupted by a vacation,
with Cecil Kern recently returned
from Europe in the part Of Helen.
Afterward Miss Kern is to have the
leading part in a new Viennese play
to be presented by Henry Savage.
Next Saturday evening is announc-
ed by the Shuberts as the date for
the opening of the fifth season of the
New York Hippodrome, and on this
occasion it is promised that a pro-
gram will be given which will sur
pass any previous one in the now ia
nous building. The bill. as usual,
will be a triple one of entirely new
spactacles, named 1.-THE International
Cup" "The Ballet of Niagara" and
''The Earthquake"
At Days theater BABY Mine "
which is in its second week is draw
ing large crowds nightly. This is GER
tainly one of the funniest farce COM
edies of the year and Margaret Mayo,
the authoress has built her story on
the very unkind belief that many a
husband is deluded into fondling a
. Naz oh
confidence in his wife's word. Miss
Mayo's witty concoction suggests that
married men cannot be conversant
with domestic possibilities if they ira
vel.
A E. Matthews by his success in
Love Among the Lions" at the Gar
rick theater has very evidently carved
out for himself a future in America
even more promising than his past In
London. Love Among the Lions
shows off the eccentric comedy oi
Mr.. Matthews to a better advantage
than ny Of the straight comedy part'
with which he has for years delight
ed English playgoers.
1.-The Fortune Hunter" with Johr
Barrymore in the title role, continues
on its pleasant and profitable way a
the Gaiety. The piece is so likeabl'
and so gratifying to the average Am
erican in its unforced humor and
faithful character drawing that it Il
not likely to wear out its welcome To-
long time to come.
Charles Dillingham; in THE Echo
at the Globe theater, aside from sue
cessfully introducing Bessie Mccoy a
star, has Instituted a new variet,
OF musical comedy. The entertain
ment is a dancing carnival but still
possesses all the regular attraction
of fun and pretty girls.
The prediction that James Forbes
new farcial comedy, "The Commut
ers," would rival in popularity hi
earlier successes, 1.-The Chorus Lady,
and "The Travelling Salesman" is be
ing fulfilled. The audiences ar
nightly testing the capacity of tn
Criterion theater
Easily one of the most extraordi
nary novelties seen on the New Yor
stage is "The Brass Bottle" whic
Charles Grohman is presenting wit
an extraordinary cast at the Lyceur
theater. It is built upon the story
the Arabian Nights.
At the Astor theater Seven Days
remains this week and for man
weeks to come. This shows that tn
public can't get enough Of the wit an
merriment and fun that Mary Robert
Rinehart and Avery Haywood hav
woven into their play. which In
time-defying fabric Of entertainment