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splendid opera. Don GiovaHuL is not returned Co it's proper place iH thr operas repertery.
 As the Plays Flock In
 But the first blast of the musical season cannot diminish for a moment the demands of the theatre for atten= ton. Never before m the history of New York have there been so many theatrical attractions either imminent CT present. CT the new productions none ts more delightful than "Thr Play s the Thing in which Holhrook biinn is starring at the charming Hen ry Miller Theatre in Forty Third Street. Ar Blinn has wandered away from the sombrero and muStaches of the various and sundrv bad men of other days. and appears for contrast m a most sophisticated comedy as ii suave, competent, self possessed Wien nese dramatist. His performance is a delight in it's smoothuess and dc monStrates that few living American actors possess his qualities for higb comedy. Moreover. the play. the most recent from the pen Of ,he Hungarian Molnar. is sparkling original comedy IL should be one of the season biggest successes
 Transportation Drama
 Over at the Booth Theatre. Win throp Ames. whose production of 'Io- ianthe Is still a great success. pro duced recently a fantastic production of q play by Philip Barry entitled White Wings. There may be those who will find all this bother about the passing of the horse and the coming of the automobile too ridiculous for amusement, but to us it was delight. The family of Inch. for generations arlstocrats among the street-cleaning white wings of great city are thrust steadily into oblivion by the coming of the automobile There is among the leading characters one Josie. stage horse possessed of the most delightful humar Josie is one of the seasons best character perform aHees. Then NiHiffed Leuihan. Thomas Powers and William Norris add a Barrie-esque touch to the pro ceedings which make q the play de lightfui and Herel evening i1 the the atre
 The Sold Out Attractions
 If you are coming 10 Now York and want ta see tHase HiHes which are al ready acclaimed fhe hits af the sea son. then seu ma=f sHeHfe your sents very far in advance and we warn you that the prices WilI be h.t staGeer- ing Three outstanding sareesses are in the "sold-out class Thcze are eThe Captive" at the Empire. Gilbert Miller's superb production of Edmond Bourdet's drama of sex abuormalitY. one of the finest plays and one of the most splendidly acted productions of the American theatre; Miss Anita Loos's comedy of ladies of the evening known internationally as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and at fhe Broad hurst Theatre that gorgeous American melodrama. Broadway" which is one of the finest accomplishments of the home stage m many moons. Each of these plays has fastened itself upon the publieis favor Co such an extent that at every performance they play Go capacity houses and the prices charged for mere entrance are enough to make the public shiver Where does the money come from? you ask Well. consider the fact for moment that each day brings BOO GOO visitors into the city of New York and then you will not wonder why the theatres are filled
 On The Avenue
 But all of the activities of New York are not centered entirely in the theatres These are the days ef the shoppers paradise and from ten in the morning until five in the afternoon you will find the streets filled with slow moving motors and the shops along the Avenue filled Co then capae ity From Thirty Fourth Street to Fiffy-&inth Street in that newly built canyon that once was the avenue of piutocfats. there swirls in and out of the great stofus aHd shops the myriad buyers Nowhere does New York eX- press its uulHiable cosmopolitan qgal ity SD definitely us iu its shops Here are the rradaat5nf the world. Do you gsaut the ratFH af Paris in th5ir latest expression ef efple2 Then 01 to Fifth Avenue that oFarsta extension of Che rgr della Paix ua yHa ,saut the glass of Venice the leather of Florence. the silks of Kome7 Then go Co those charming shops that noW line Madison Avenue from uptown tu down, Jewelsf Then again Co Fifth Avenue and for all the things uf beauty that n human world inyents, then 20 Co New York and here and there iu its varied guar ters you will find what you want No capital in all the world shows such beauty on the mart as our own totally un-Americau New York The prices7 An, that is another matteri
 Magnificent Raquel
 In closing it would be unfair to omit the re-appearauee on these shores of the almost over advertised Sen0rita Raquel Meller One will remember the sensation of last spring when the Spanish singer-diseuse appeared at the Empire for the first time at un- heard of prices Bat an eager and curious public paid and paid willing F. The same cannot bc said of this years tour of the Senorita. La Meller receives no less than fifteen hundred good American dollars each time she appears upon the stage Moreover,