Putnam patriot., 1927-05-13

HHltkfl the iNAFutE Aifnaei4s ne Epl- der" Is good theatre for those who | liked "The Bat
 And More New Plsys
 I Although these are the waning days fof the theatrical season, plays continue 0 have their first night while others that have or have not enjoyed a pros [ porous run depart almost every Satur- | day night. Recently the Winter Gar l den opened it's doors to A mammoth af- Tar called The Circus Prineess,1 in I which there Is every detail of realism | including real circus itself The mu. sic, however, Is by that arch-eomposer l of cOmic-0pera, kalman. and is as lilt- l ing and satisfactory as anything that one may hear elsewhere on Broadway l Then, too, the ubiquitous Jed liar rla. who sprang Co fame overnight with ] Broadway has produced satire on ] patriotism, entitled "Spreadeagle, H which bids fair to enjoy a summer run. i Meanwhile plenty of the favorites of last autumn are still enjoying pros i perity. Miss Barrymore shows no signs of leaving the Maxine Elliott Theatre and taking The Constant Wife" with her. Jane Cowl, at the Playhouse, Is seemingly more beautiful Co packed houses nightly in The Road o Rome" Mr Yinton Freedley Knockout success. "Oh. Kay, seems fair to duplicate the previous success Df Rose Marie at the Imperial, and Mir. Ziegfelds Rio Rita at the su- perbly lighted Ziegfeld Theatre will probably give an extra matinee on La-l bor Day.
 A Great Classic Actress
 That charming lady and delightful actress, Miss Margaret Anglin. who has been absent from New York for much too long time, returned to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House this week in a splendid production of the Electra" of Soph0eies. ' hen Miss Angln and her fine career are but a memory, and may that be many years hence Lit is tu be hoped that histori- | ans of the theatre will give a special chapter Co the work that she has done m bringing to life and action the great Greek tragedies. Despite the handicap af the financial outlay involved and the difficulties of cast and rehearsal. 1 Miss Anglin has elung to her deter minatiou to present the classic plays tu i modern audiences and every effort that she has made has been rewarded with eminent success. She alone of all modern figures of the stage has con-I quercd Che difficulties of the Greek plays and has shown in splendid per f8fmauces that these works of ancient Athens do not live merely in the lines af the original Greek and its translat- ara Perhaps the day Is not far of when some beuetieent philanthropist of thr theatre will make it possible for Miss Angin to cross the continent l from tbc Atlantic Co the Pacific and l how the principal cities of the eoanI i trY her splendid performance of these difficult classic roles. real work of l dramatic devotion such as our almost i totally commercial theatre seldom dis 1 plays.
 Bigger and Better Towers
 To anyone who has been away from New York for three or four months, this ever-ehanglng city presents breath taking re-HliEnment of skyline in this year of l927 Scarcely is there a street where the sound of the elee- trie drill Is not heard above all else. Downtown. uptown. and in the side streets the clamor of building and de struction goes on. To the visitor, more accustomed to the sights of Fifth Avenue in a reminiscent stroll, all this change and decay will be more start ling He will be struck. first of all, at the Plaza by the complete and utter disappearance of the famous Wander hilt mansion. Where there was a French chateau that encompassed three sides of a city block there is now bare and dismal hole in the ground Over the way, facing the west, and rapidly nearing completion, rises the white mass of the new Savoy Plaza Hotel so high that f looks down lit tle condescendingly upon it's parent the hetter-kn0wn and well-established Hotel Plaza Even higher. and rc- gently splendidly advertised by the most spectacular fire that New York has ever known. rises the high tower of Che sherry Netherlands. But this is not all Let the visitor take a taxi through the Park and ta the west he will see a giant tower rising over near the river at Seventy Second Street, to the east he will see more towers aris= ing from Madison and Fifth Avenues. Gone is the low. flat skyline of upper New York, and in its place arise more towers than even mediaeval Bologna or Siena knew
 Where to Stay in Town
 Anyone who has ever been to Paris cannot but have been impressed by the number of tiny signs in every street that are illuminated each night with tha sin.-l~ ~ -.' '-'' tz' . a ,ystem. however would never do for colossal New York With a transient visiting list that outreaches the popu- lation of many and many city of the country. New York demands an ever increasing number of bigger and bet ter hostelries Hence it is that in the ever-increasing number of new build ings there are moro and more hotels.
 There are hotels of moderate price and there are great carayansaries that eater only Co che elect of fashion and purse. There arc apartment hotels wherein one may build a house as one wants it There are hotels with roof gardens. private and public and there are hotels for the man of business whose stay Is but from one day to an- other Over on the east side. these new hotels have taken to themselves