Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-22

NEW YORK
Dramatic Letter
~ William g. Drswsr.

the novelty yet bright on within the
Law" SO admirably acted by Jane Cowl
at the Eldinge theater. and MY Best
Girl' with Clifton Crawford at the
Park, theater goers are looking forward
to the reopening of the George M. CO.
han theater next Monday evening, when
the attraction will be George M. Conan.
his father and mother and their COM
pany, in Mr.. Cohan's new comedy,
Broadway Jones" Before coming to
New York, Mr.. Conan is presenting
broadway Jones' for q week at Par
sons theater. Hartford. Conn.
Honest Jim Blunt" ends its first
week at the Hudson theater tonight.
with excellent prospects. It is the work
Of a new playwright. William Boden.
by name.
The first act has for its scene the
brokerage office Of Jim Blunt. Har-
assed by debt. he is confident that he
can avert threatened disaster IF he
only had day to turn around in" I'm
able to quiet his persistent creditors
with time worn excuses, he invents a
temporary embarrassment due to activ-
ity in certain stock. which he says is
about to experience phenomenal rise.
Questioned further, he claims that he
owns $4,000 shares OF this stock.
Scarcely has he spoken when the ticker
indicates a wonderful activity on the
part OF the stock. which rises. points
at time. to an unprecedented figure.
on paper Jim Blunt is q multi mil
lionaire.
To admit his deceit now would bring
instant calamity-Jim Blunt Is forced
to make good his bluff. On credit he Is
able to obtain everything his heart de-
sires, and he lives for a few eventful
days the life of a millionaire. He is
still confident that with day to turn
around in he can make everything
come out all right. Other financiers
plot to deprive him Of some Of his sup
posed wealth. The manner in which
Honest Jims troubles pile up and how
he finally extricates himself from the
mess is the playwright's business in the
last two acts.
Tim Murphy has the support Of vio-
let Heming to play the young heroine;
Louise Closer Hale is Honest Jim's"
secretary. while Frederic Bond. Frank
Losee, Murlel Hope, Frederick Mosely
and Harold Meltzer have the other i'm
portant roles.
Miss Eveleen Dunmore, who is under
contract for John Cort, will play An
geie in THE Rose of Panama. until
January /. She will then return to New
York to create the leading role In Mr..
Cort's production of John Philip Sousa' S
opera 1.-THE Glass Blowers"
Messrs Harris & Selwyn announce
that for their forthcoming production
of George Hazelton's and Benrimo's
play, 1.-THE Yellow Jacket" they have
engaged George Ralph for the leading
role. Mr.. Ralph. 1t will be remembered.
played the swordbearer in "Kismet."
| Two shiploads of scenery and effects,
part Of the equipment for the produce
ton OF the spectacular melodrama,
1.-THE Whip" have arrived from the
Drury Lane theater. London The pro-
duction is to be presented at the Man.
haitian opera house during the present
| theatrical season.
| Klaw e. Erlanger opened the Liberty
theater on Tuesday evening with the
best comedy written in so years-"Mile-
stones" by Arnold Bennett and Edward
Knoblauch, with an English cast, under
the general direction Of Joseph Brooks.
| The first act depicts the fashions and
mental attitude of 1862 the second
1885 and the third 1912 All the scenes
| take place in the same room--a parlor
| in a house in Kcnsington Gore. Two
women and one man appear throughout
the play. The remainder Of the cast Is
made UP Of the children, grandchildren
and their friends of the period.
THE Girl From Montmarte" is now
| in It's seventh week at the Criterion
theater. Excellent work is done by the
supporting cast Of comedians, which
includes such favorites as William
Danforth. I.cnnox Pawlc. Albert Hart.
George Lydecker, Percy Leach. Alan
Nude, Moya Mannering and Marion
Abbott.
Robin Hood" and his merry men are
still disporting themselves under the
| greenwood at the Kuickerbocker the
ater Bessie Abbott. Florence Wick
ham, Walter Hyde. Herbert Waterous,
Edwin Stevens, George rockingham.
Carl Gantvoort, Pauline Hall, Anna
Bussert. Viola Ellis, John Phillips.
Philip Sheffield and Gertrude Hutche-
son are in the cast.
"Officer $685. remains on fixed post
duty at the Gaiety theater. OF course.
"Officer 666" is not regular police
man, but he acts like one. and 1t is the
very earnestress of his behavior that
creates the merriment that has r.
sounded on his beat since he began it's
patrol % weeks ago.
When Arnold DAILY comes to New
York for the season he will have a new
play entitled THE Wedding Journey"
a new American comedy by John T.
Mcintyre. in which Josephine Victor
Alphonz Either, Julia Walcott, Edward
McWade and Arthur Hoyt have impor-
tant roles. During Mr.. Days engage
ment he will also offer at matinees