The sun., 1915-05-30

show that put Mansfield on the high road
20 success. He made so much money
IN the Herald Square In the first few
months that he was able TO lease the
Garrick, in Thirty-ffth street. near sixth
avenue. for a long term OF years. Anna
Held made her FIRST appearance In this
country at the Herald Square. She APP
peared with Charles L. Evans and Will
lam ID. Mann in "A Parlor Match"
1t was the beginning OF her American
fortune and put her manager. r. Zieg-
field Jr.. on the road TO success
Max Bieiman. Fifth avenue picture
dealer. staged Belascos Heart OF
Naryland' in the Herald SGuare The
atre. II proved a great success and
was Belascos real start as thea
trical genius. Louis Mann. the come
dian. made his hi, there. and in 1897
Marguerite Sylvia came to the front
IN the old Herald Square. Arizona"
was produced there in 1900 The first
theatre to be secured by the Shuberts
was the Herald Square. Sam Shubert
had heard that the theatre could De
leased. and he with his brother WIN
was then a clerk in store In SYRIA
cuse. took the lease SO the old show
house put the Shuberts into the th.-
atrical swim in this town. Mont
somery and Stone will always remem-
Der the Herald Square Theatre. 20"
the reason that IL WAS there that they
began their careers as Broadway high
cla0 comedians. Edna May. Maude
Fulton and many others well known to
J theatregoers got their start in the old
building at the -hirty-nfth street cor
ner.
| Barnum & Everdell. builders. who have
! been associated with numbes' of bis,
operations in the city. bought the the
atre and its frame neighbors last fall
| from Charles Johnson for price said
to be close to s5.0o0.00 On it the
are 10 erect a twelve rory building
| The wreckers now at work on the old
property are making way for this struc-
! .ure whicS the builders clsim will cost
In the neighborhood of $4,000 to erect.
| II is one OF the lirges; operations In
that part OF the city since the con-
strrction Of the MLAlp!n Hotel The
building was leased from the plans lac;
week by Sol Bloom, the talking mn
| chine man. for twenty-one years. with
| .he privilege Of another twenty -one
years. at a rental OF s3e5,oOo year.
II is said that tAe builders will ne;
only about SIS, ,0ee year ON an opera
,ion which involves upward OF s6.-
200. 900.
Another old timer in the theatrica
line which Is sl3 ted 20 go is Wallrr)Ss
on the east side .. Broadway near Th,r-
tieth street. The property vas sold in
Marca to a builder who will remove he
rear end q the show house. tat which
ccntaired the Offices. stage ard Gress.-g
rooms, and in its place VIII put up 4
new building for the use o. trade. This
going OF Wallack's has been expected for
some time. IL is NOT as famous as was the
Herald Square. nor is N as Old a struc-
ture We; II mus. he c,usld-iSA 9Ioc,
deserving OF veneration hy 'aei.Iego"",
for the reason that v!th II :, .. M \
years WIS one Of tie beet ,Iorn nc:
OF the early stage ia this ~. TMer,
was always something about :ne man
agement of the theatre which made il df.
ferent from all others in the city, During
the days of the Wallack regime it's corn
panies we're. In the first place. always re
cruited in London. Watcher il ga
Harry Montague or Osrtond Tearle
, Harry Pitt or Kyrie Bellew the sentimen
tai hero always came from the smartes
OF the West End theatres OF London
The same was true OF the actress
whether she were Ada Dyss or Ros,
Coghlan, Sophie Eyre or Anna Rose
Then the actors were usually seen IL
! productions Of the London writers. will
occasionally an important contribution
: from Dion Bouclcaut.
. II WAS in such artistic talent thai
, Wallacks Impressed itself on the New
|. York OF its time But there were Other
characteristics Of the institution. Her,
, first could be seen first night audience.
which gave distinction to such gather
= ings. There were representatives of IN,
= arts as we'll as OF the dignihed pro
I fessions and Of society to be seen Al
I these memories of art and society ar.
E being disregarded now by workmen wht
hal