Arizona republican., 1913-10-05

0Ll1AN, OO MIA | AIOpN failure of the venture depends on the patrons of the p, 50 and 75 cent seats and it is too early yet to know what they will do.
 The sensational handling of the | social evil and the white slave prob 1 lem in various plays has caused the l greatest excitement of the early sea son. The Lure" at Maxine Elliotts | theater, and Bayard Vieller's The | Fight" are about as lurid as any l thing New York has yet seen. Both 1 fell under the heavy hand of the law and were closed by the police to go 1 through vacuum cleaning and dis injecting process which should make them palatable to such eminent pur- ists as Magistrate McAdoo, Police Commissioner Waldo and Saint An thony Comstock. All of which, while temporarily embarrassing to the vari- ous managers, is mighty fine and highly profitable advertising ensuring a land office business when the plays end their more or less troubled sO- Journ in the big town and start on the long road journey which all plays good and bad eventually make.
 At the New Amsterdam Miss Chris tie Macdonald is demonstrating anew to huge audiences that she is Amer ica's foremost light opera prma don ma. In Victor Herbert's Sweet hearts" she has charmed New Yorl. even more completely than she did in The Spring Maid" and anyone who knows anything of New York must realize how much that means. No prima donna in light opera or musical comedy. and few in grand opera, sings as well as Miss Mac Donald, and added to her singing ability is dainty winsomeness charm and refinement which has made her the idol of a tremendous public. The only bad thing about her Fold on Now York audiences is that it keeps her there so long she sel- dom has m opportunity to come very far west and We are denied the op- nortunity of hearing her.
 Mile Fritzi Scheff. well known in and out of-opera a.s the little devil" has gone into Vaudeville-incidental she has gone into bankruptcy. The latter must be q great relief to the long and varied list of managements who have exploited the famous little rIima donna and greatly feared that bankruptcy would be their portion rather than hers. Having tried all nIanagements and found them want ing last season she managed herself and went broke" However. !! As were saying. the lady has de- Ci n ch ha she will probably succeed in doing so, IF she sticks at it long enough IF iS used advisely, for the very charm ing lady is one of the very best little changed her mind-eIs in the profes- Sion
 This year the big FIippodrome has again attained the impossible America" which is now the attrac- ton, is not only bigger and better than, but also different from anything ever done there before. As the name implies the scenes are all laid on American soil and even the dramatic critics admit after seeing it that there are wonders in America of which they never even dreamed.
 At the Belasco David WarfieId is ieviving The Auctioneer" for a short season before appearing as ShyIocl1 in The Merchant of Venice" The AuctiOneer" was MT. Warfields first play under MT. Belasco's manage ment. Before that he was a Hebrew comedian in musical comedy: loved fer the laughs he handed the audi ences at the Casino and Weber and Fields To the few who were prfvi- fn al of The AuctiOneer" at the old Bijou theater, it will always stand out as a mighty wonder. a compelling demonstration of the workings of the great Belasco mind. The introduction of the one line Are 3ou happy, Hester?" that brought tears in the midst of laughter changed the whole course of MT. | NarfieGd's career against his will gave to the world the great artist he 1 is today and made his Iovable old l .;eW pedl3r a figure almost as well | loved as sh4s Won Ba1wig in "the Music Master" MT Warfield today is proba bly, the greatest monument there is tes ethe marvellous genius of David Relasc0e
 At the Olic MT. BelascO has a | success #ne TemperamentaI Jour 1 rey,' ar station from the French | in W:1fclF eF Ditrichstein is starring. 1 but u" @rnsus of critical opinion | seems that while it would be | unusuf 4d for anyone else it is | emet @w par from a BeIasco ! tsr
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