Arizona republican., 1914-09-13

:" he Brute, at the ArIz
 a war of sports is going on. Here i where our old friend Marcellaine | makes his reappearance and even at this distance we can hear the joyful
 shouts of the children as they welcome the long lost but ever loved clown bacl 1 to his own. l E
 l flying trip across rough country l carries the scene to Algiers and then 1 back to the carnival in Italy and here an exquisite Pierrot ballet takes place l "The most picturesque and original the Hippodrome has ever put on', and then a marvellous marine picture in l which ships of all sizes are shown in movement, an extraordinary battle of the clements and the most exciting bombardment ever shown upon a stage" It takes place at Vera Cruz and is the only scene in the play which touches upon the events of 1914.
 Acton Davies in the New York Tri- bune says: Tt was the illumination of the Crusaders Cross and the lombard ment of Vera Cruz which struck the biggest notes in this extraordinary production. This Wars of the World | is a pageant of muscle and brains, in | which fire and steel and stone play their great parts too. It has more body and sinew to it than any of the playhouses's previous productions and yet it has splendid glamour too, and an l infinite variety
 l l. the three presiding spirits of the Hip podrome, are each in their own prov ince just as successful as ever; but | somehow-perhaps it's the times as | well as the performance-the whole presentation seemed to have a bigger swing and stride and dignity than Ianything the Hippodrome has shown before"
 1 A Busy Week
 The new season is now on in learnest and the New York critic has Ihis work cut out for him to take in all the new plays. This last week Drought John Drew in 'The Prodigal Husband" to the Empire, Paul Arm lstrong's The Bludgeon" to the Max inc Elliott, Tt Pays to Advertise to George M. Cohan's theate.', The Story of the Rosary to the Man hattan Opera House, Miss Daisy Ito the Shubert The Modern Girl to the Comedy and Innocent" to the Eltinge and in addition to all these openings a brand new theater, the Standard, opened on Monday night at Broadway and 90th street
 This new theater, which is the very latest addition to the already appalling number of playhouses in the great city. is to be a combination house with a weekly change at popu- lar prices It is said to be one of the most beautiful places of amuse- ment in New York and will seat ap- proxmately S75 people. It has a balcony but no gallery. The opening attraction was Kitty McKaye' play ing it's first engagement out of the Comedy theater. Kitty 'Mackaye,, by the way, is one of the possi- bilities of the Phoenix season.
 Something About the New Ones "The Bludgeon' seems to be ipleasant little affair which deals witf
 man and wife who don't get along at all. They have one child whom the father adores and the mother detests. She goes on record to the
 fact that "she gave up nearly one
 whole year of her life to having the child in order that she might have
 an effective bludgeon with which tt
 hit her husband over the head" The
 play teens with liaisons, divorce
 blackmail and murder and altogether
 would seem to furnish about as un
 palatable a bill of fare as even Pau
 Armstrong is capable of concoctlng
 We have only read one review O
 "The Bludgeon' but that was enougl to indicate that it will hardly prov'
 popular in the list of the season
 attractions
 In "Prodigal Husband" John Drev
 seems to have something quite ou of his ordinary line and apparent. lit will be another Empire success
 MT Drew plays the role of Niche
 Giroux. an elderly and wealthy F'rencl gentleman who has become estrang
 ed from his wife through difference in temperament and decides to go t the dogs in his own way. In thi
 he is aided and abetted by Charle
 Ravel, extremely well played by Fer
 dinand Gottschalk, gay old do
 fast going to the bad. This splendi
 pair of actors make wonderful combination and carry the play t
 success.
 There is one particularly fine seen
 in which MT. Drew attempts t
 soothe the grief of the concierge
 little daughter who has been lei
 helpless by the death of her mothe
 The little girl of twelve comes to hi
 room. which one of his women com
 panions has just left, while tn
 drunk and dishevelled Ravel lie
 asleep, a drunken heap of soiled eve
 ming dress, upon GirouX's bed. Tn