The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1903, Page 4

AISK IN HARE in Madeline Lucette 's Play Suggests the of the Merry Sultan REN ALL OVER SEVEN.| : Annie Russell, Dear Old). ®. Gilbert and Other Treasured y Take Part in a Brigham. ish Production. ; "Florodora." An octet 6 ap much for “Mico and Men’ tt necessary. If this octet had o its toe, v trill in its voice and a tes nedice it would almost do for of Sulu.” For—whisper tt in Brosdway!—tt has something o of the harem about It. Who last night went to the Gar- ee Annie Russell, Mrs. Gilbert ithe others in Madeline Luoeite pretty play had an intimation poor serto-comic bachelor was to as his ward a miss from a found- hospital and then train her to fill 4 position of his wife. But they “Moarcely prepared to see elght ly young women marched tn and { up for inspection and selection. really quite a Brigham Youngish ews the play-Dill's classification of " had been @ correct one a it view of the situation might been taken. But the programme gay Geosiver, It ied the audience ‘There was nothing Mrs.- Bumettish about that ition. Every one of these “chil- was over meven. And ‘scholar, _ and philanthropiet” though Merk Bmbury may have been intended “Fon, Hf must de confessed “Jack” Mason @omewhat tho air of a con- #. No wonder ft tool him some #9 to choose! | Picked Out Annie Russet, i mee approved his cholce and ‘im his lofty purpose, ho: “a ‘THE BEADLE, SOME WOULD-BE HOPPER AS “PICKWICK.” Looks, Acta and Is the Quaint O14 Dickens’ Character, De Wolf Hopper and his company pro- duced “Mr, Plokwick'’ at the Heralé Square Theatre Inst night. It was a singing comedy, founded on portions of Charles Dickens's “Pickwick Papers,” In two ecenes, one representing the out- ide of a seminary in Muggleton, and the other an autumn hunting field at Manor Farm, Dingley Dell, Many liberties, of a necessity, were taken with the Dickens story, but ft made a pleasant entertainment, despite about four of the worst possible actora conceivable among the men tn the cast. De Wolf Hopper wae the bright and shining star, and all praise must be given him, He made a eplendid Mr, jem he picked out “Little Britat hi ® partioular brown-garbed, white- demure one happened to be welection any audience De ready and glad to commend when the discaried portion the “chorus” went clumping buck to “hospital” the judges out tn trout gontent in the discrimivation bh had elected Miss Ru: the firee only “show girl” of Mrs. Ryley’s and wholesome comedy, ny" ag the maid is named, grows likely lass, but insiead of {ts & case of the clinging vine asd oak tt turns out to be te end the sapling—the maid and the ome young soldier—nephew of the his-own-wife-raiser theorist ‘alia Niles each other, and i in the end, giving her up ‘throwing in a home ond harp- i to boot. I @ diverting frat act are WO aote reminiscent of “Audrey,” even _ barefoot incldent—with poor Standing stock st!!! until the @udience had it laugh out twitohing toes and her rosy heels jyend # ball to which P ff - ST eEEY GOES Guile en A one thing to eriticl and Men," it is the acento of this ball scene. The lighted ae EN mre than a “back p perforations through whi Aight abines, wills’ the latnpe" lock ~ ong ro) as Uluminated n yom Laur of @ cou D on this paint - the beholder Was all put cant) it his ears to the low rumbling d trains in the nearby outer bout the play has a pi. id I the eat product ot Sint im which has found its way ork stage this season. What would be in less capable hands a lon. ‘That the pleasu; Tat evening was largely dae ome personality and spl conduct” of ‘Misa Fuse nothing of the effectivene: alent momenty—is to be ade a @8 much credit, on the @oore, belo: to as chery Am p 4 Icome so warm, longed that the gree Unter tony, See wn bri id blame him. se ter! ‘01 If OTHER HOUSES, TAberty Belles,” with Harry an- i and new jokes, started the week un- Susplces at the Grand.— Plokwick and acted with unction and naturalness, an the dearest old busy- body In Mterature. Hig make-up was excellent. 11 looked ike Mr. Pickwick, he acted like Mr, Pickwick, He was Mr. Pickwick, Digby Bell, a8 6am Weller, waa hie own idea of the part. Grant Stewart wrote the lyrics, They were not very wood, neither was Mr. Stewart as Alfred Jingle. Miss Gunning, aa Arabella, looked pretty and sang splendidly. Mise Mar- suerita Clarke played @ pert servant maid, All the actors and actresses in the audience thought she was “Just too ute for anything.” Mijea Clarke, her self, was evidently quite satisfied at her own acting. But Mr, Hopper wee enough to male amends, At the end of the frst ect he was galled upon for @ speech. Tt was a good speech, “Mr. Piekwick,'' despite the faults specified, i» pleasing and will be popu- lar, MANN IN “THE CONSUL.” Would Nave Been « Sad Affair but for Hin Personality. “The Consul,” which Loula Mann used a2 a vehicle for his Dutch dialect at tho Princess Theatre last night was right funny for one reason. That was Louts Mann, Without him {t would have been a ead affair. With him it threw strong men into fits, Fat ones rolled off their chairs and got wedged between the rows of sats. It was @ case of Dutch dimlect ap- plied with considerable @kill to the prosent American craze of expansion, Charles I. Nirdlinger took the credit for it, He admitted that somewhere in the plece's past 11 had been French, but there wasn't a sign of it last night. i WORLD) TURSDAY TVENTKG. WARDS AND THE DEMURE MATRON JANUARY. WHO FIGURE IN THE PRODUCTION OF “MICE AND MEN.” @PDDDOCHELDLODDHEDOOGOSOO The Consul to the imaginary princi- pality of Carinthia is Charlemagne Hoch, a New York Seventh Ward Ger- man politician who thinks “A Hot Time in the Old Town To-Night" i the American anthem. He makes trouble in Carinthia for the effete Prince de- cause he threatens the Prince that if he complains to Washington intervention, a conling station and benevolent aasim- lation would follow qutoldy in short order, He etarts a revoution, works tt to be come Prime Minister, !s abjured by his followers, and resigning from the Con- eulate discovers he never had the job at all, having been appointed as a hoax by @ politician who wanted to be rid of him. All thts nonsense gave tho star the change he wanted to “ball up” the lish language. ‘Tho author of the plsc took all sorts of shot at our salar service, with more or lem Justh ably, and expansion was merrily aau- rized from one end of the piece to the Elliott, 4 T rae Was the nit ve bill Wilson ap- . - Won-G: nm aotress, wa: . mia Arrow, at. fit shine at the peeey WLLE BILLS. ‘® trained seals vied f en, the coster singer, at love | Franklin, — stoging ‘and James Richmond Gien- Sinan with the reon gloves,” meaner a Has: 1 — tthe ‘the hero- other. ‘OOT ACT. BOY PRODIGY DIES SINGING. Five-Year-Old Musical Wonder Expires While Taking a High Note In Song at Children’s Party. HE BROKE A BLOOD VESSEL. ‘The home of Mr. and Mre, Henry Muller, at Second street and Madison avenue, tn the Bronx, 1# In gloom over the death of thetr little son, the musi- cal prodigy, who burst a blood vessel in his head while singing before a com- pany of his schoolmates yesterday. ‘They had planned a thorough muasl- cal education and # great career for the five-year-old chap, whose eweet voloe had pleased #o many. When Oscar Muller was four yeans old {t was found that his votce was remarkably sweet and clear, and songs that were sung about the ‘house he foon picked up and sang more credit- ably than bis father or mother, In a year he had mastered many dificult and classical selections, Yesterday afternoon Oscar's mother asked thirty of his little friends to a party at their home at which the child- wonder was to sing for them, He sang @everal songs and then started the t termezzo from the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana.”” It was the most ditoult of all the things the child had tried. When he reached the highest note his voice suddenly faltered, ttle hand w sped to his head with just a alight groan he fell to floor, where he remained motionless until his mother «ramped him in hor arms and’ carried him into another room The children were awe-stricken, and hile they gazed at each other in ‘silent died in the or had did not open hin eyes from the minute he fell to the floor with the song halt Onished. Coroner O'Gorman and Dr. Curtin, hla physician, went to the ho and’ the latter found that the child had ruptumed & bigod vessel In his brain, It was fis ‘The stare chief aid tn the ple Miss Olive May, who played th can gir! abroad with « reat ‘of the company will do, what they have to do can’t ‘spoil the fun Mann makes. RUNNING ATTRACTIONS, Continuing at Broadway theatres were “The Unforeseen,” Empire; The Girl with the Green Ey Bavoy; Julla Marlowe in ‘The Cayaller,” Criterion; Edlzabeth Tyree tn jretna Green,” Madison Bavare; Blanche Bates in ‘The Darling of the Gods,” Belasoo'# The atre; “The Bird in the Cage," Bijou; Viola Allen in Phe Wternal City,” Vic~ When Johnny Comes Marching New York; ‘The Bilver Slip- Broadway; “A Chinese Honey- Casino: ? Hilllonatre,”’ DPwirly-Wh “Me of “Gelatin Mire. Fiske in Manhattan: Wallack's; iat Street Theatre; Phe Ninety and Academy of Muaio, Daly's; Btickiness Fields's; h 4) BROOKLYN THEATRES, B, 6. Willard in ‘Phe Cardinal wiven a flattering reception at the Mon- where he will be seen in repertoire v1 oll 4. Florence Poon! vetoes setal opinion that he had undertaken too severe a strain in trying to reach the high note. Musicians who had heard th sing predicted that he would } the most famous boy count His parent send him to Burope after a & teacher in this country, nephew of Col t Bronx politician, TO LET HOBSON LECTURE. ee It WAIL Interest American Navy, Secretary Be People in th LOUISVILLE Courter Journal ga: P, Hobson will Puget Sound, but will continue his lec- ring tour. rived in New Al- ny yesterday from Evana in onse to an inquiry concerning the published statement {n regard to his having hee el into motive service and ansigned to duty at Puget Sound, id i have not recelyed any official no- from the Navy Department relative the matter, and, under the circum: do not consider it proper to: laik concerning ft.’ He had, he sald, a private understandh with the Ten ltd ee Daataee mae ariae iy ‘4 %, heed rent ba ‘hana hs tu bi tloe to Warts ANNIE RUSSELL'S BARE- F BURGLARS GOT EINE DIAMONDS, Detectives Trying to Run Down Gang Who Carried Rich Col- lection from Newark Home. (Special to ‘The Bveaing World.) NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 20.—The home of Alewander Cohen, at No. 621-2 Bos- ton street, was visited by burglars early to-day, and Cohen's coflection of dia- monds valued at several hundred dol- lars were stolen. Two vfiluable diamond stick pins and two diamond rings were inoluded in the collection. The burglary was reported to Capt. Cosgrove to-day and detectives are try- ing > run down the thi WOMAN POISONED BY FIREWOOD Doctor Says She Got Mercury in Her System by Handling Fuel, and Inquiry to Follow. (@pecia! to The Evening WorN.) PATERSON, N, J,, Jan. 20.—Polson tn firewood is supposed to have caused the ines of Mrs, Hortense Bourt, of No, 257 Marshall street, who is now in St. Joseph's Hospital under treatment. Mrs. Bourt a week ago purchased a load of wood, and after handling 4% her limbs began to swell A physician diagnosed the case as mercirtal polsoning and expressed his bellef that the woman had been pol- soned by handiing the wood, She te in & serious condition, The wood is to be subjected to a chemical examination and an investlga- tion by the authoritles will follow, = VAUDEVILLE ON EVARTS HOME SITE Tim Sullivan Trying to Buy the Famous House for a Theatri- cal Syndicate. reported to-day that a theat- ndieate, of which Senator Tim- othy D, Sullivan is the head, is nego- tating for the purchase of the house At Second avenue and Fourteenth atr in which William M. Evarts, onco 8 retary of State and United Btates Ser rived and died. If the syndicat suocoods tn acquiring the property eidevile, theatre will be erected on th an syndicate is not the onl; oie Seceanaee ol, Poca joatend. a sharitanle inition al hie pro > » 01 (og Tt ie a has’ secured ced 0990990449909 0O9900F o> o-d4: BIOS D9 MARK TRIES PEGGY'S NERV PPPLDODLODPOOL GOL OO EH OO HHHDL HHHOGHHLEH1GOGHHDD £$00F60000-1006605-96OO9O4 CONFESSES 10 CEM ROBBERY. Newark Painter, Who Stole $3,- 000 Worth of Diamonds from Barker Residence, a Nervous| Pp Wreck When Arrested. CAUGHT AFTER MONTHS. (Special to ‘The Evening World.) NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 20.—Newark de- tectlves have succeeded in recovering $3,000 worth of diamonds stolen from the residence of C. B, Barker, in Clinton street, East Orange, on the night of July 19 last Charles Owens, of No. 26 Camden street, this clty, has been arrested, and on being taken before Capt. Cosgrove at Police Headquarjers, made @ com- plete confesston. The robbery of the Barker residence ‘was one of the largest in Essex County during the past year. ft was beyond the powers of the East Oran ollce to solve, and tance was sked from Capt, Cosgro Detective-Sergeant ‘Farrell De- fective Coriano were placed on the case, The ground was carefully gone time had but as considerable the date of the rob- between ery and that when the Newark men went to work, there were few clues in evidence. A lead was secured, however, and tn searching the pawnshops of Brooklyn the Newark men discovered the dia- Mionds there, A good description of the man who pledged the Jewels was ob- tained, and Owens, who fs a pointer and was at work onthe Barker residence at the timo of the theft, was taken into custody late last night sho the Jewols were recovered ore” after On’ belng taken before Capt. Cosgrove Owens droke down and made a oomplete confession, It was his first robbery 4nd his conscience had so tr d him that for eeveral months he been unable to work and Is practically a nervous wreck, ‘The amount of Jewels already recoy- cred Is almost all that was taken, Owens will be arraigned tn court to- morrow as he waa not In @ fit condi- tion to appear to-day. Hast Orange suffered trom an epi. demic of burglaries during the summer and fal! and several of the restdences of’ wealthy ‘orkers who make their hom: Orange were looted by thieve e in East ——_—_ SUSPECT ADMITS BURGLARY, Prisoner Confesses, Police Say, that and Companton Looted Store, Detectives Byrnes and Heaney, of the Hast Fifty-first strest station, arrested John Meyers, thirty-two years old, who lives at the Palmer Lodging House, at No, 80 Bowery, early thie morning, for acting in @ suspicious manner in the hallway of the Arion Cafe, Third avenue and Pifty-second street, At the station house the detectives recognised him as an old offender, The detectives said he admitted being @ participant in a bur- Ight tna Jewelry store kept y Bakolowitz, at No. 975 Second avenue, The other man was ‘but he had escaped. ‘The two men were taleen before ‘trate Mayo tn the Yorkville Court and fomanded for forty-eight hours. If you are interested in out mi rend fhe alech Pro- eee Pane, tet ven "is NORICK REGAINS HER FULL POWER Admirers Realize with Delight that Recent Impairment of Her Vocal Powers Was Only Temporary. QUALITY OF VOICE LOVELY. Her Tones Were of Wondrous Smoothness and Her Vocal Art The Remarkable Sale of Black and Colored Dress Goods inaugurated Monday morning is one of the most pronounced successes of the season. The selling yesterday was extraor- dinary, but the original quantity (19,500 yards) was a big proposition, so that to-day the assortment of fabrics and col- ors is practically intact—The particulars are: $1.65 QUALITY—44-inch all-wool Voile in raised stripes— 45-inch all-wool silk stripe Voiles—44-inch all-wool open-work stripe Voiles—44-inch all-wool tucked Reached Perfection In Her Stu- pendous Duet with Herr Anthes. Reporta of the excellence which Direc- tor Hertz and Stage Manager Elmblad have achieved in the Ring performances have gone-abroad, and last evoning the seating capactty of the opera-house was again tested when "Stegtried,” the third opera of the series, was presented. In Sts entirety the performance, though exceedingly creditable, did not touch thi high arttstio plane achieved in Friday’ production of "Die Walkure.” ‘There were supertor individual excellencies, a notable deficiency along the same lin reveral unhappy moments for the stage manager and a good deal of superstrenu- ousness In the orchestra. The touch of surety which resulted in such an excel- lent ensemble on last Friday evening was lacking. Mme. Nordica must be credited for giving the performance its greatest prestige. There was a personal element In her reawakened Brunnhilde, for her first greeting to the sun after Slegfried's Ufe-giving kiss was given with such richness and plenitude of tone that her admirera felt sure for the first time that the recent impairment of her vocal pow- ers was only temporary, As the stu- pendous duet progressed the power and majesty of her tones Inoreased. The quality of her volce was lovely, the tones of wondrous smoothness and her vocal art perfection. Mr. Relan's Wonderful Mime. The wonderful Mime of Mr. Reiss was another excellent feature, His variety of tone and gesture and Ms perfect articulation gave compelling force to his characterization. Van Rooy’s Wan- derer was much better voiced than usual, His former explosiveness gave way to mellifiuous enunciation, The Erda of Mme. Schumann-Heink and Mr. Bispham's Alberich were up to their usual high standard, Mr, Elmblad’s Fatner was @ fine old German Wurm, of tremendous vocal breadth and a perfection of articulation that let not a single syltable be lost. formance came from the weakness of the Siegfried of Herr Anthea, He is not vocally equal to the tremendous r. quirements of the role. In a pictorial sense he fails to satisfy the eye. The Saxon tenor has the herolo arme and torso, but his legs are those of @ weak- ling, ‘hey retuse to support @ majestic pose. Neither have they the capacity for upholding the buoyant temperament of the young hero, ‘their metier is rest- lessness and that {x a poor substitute for youthful vivacity, Spent His Strength on Bellows. The notable shortcoming of the per- |. Voiles in single and double stripes. In these lots are tans, light grays, reseda, royal and _ several shades of navy blue, castor, also cream and black . $1.00 QUALITY—44-inch all-wool hemstitched striped ‘Nun's Veiling, in cream, black and other desirable colorings se . + + oe ee $2.28 QUALITY—44-inch all-woo! silk chenile stripe Eta- mines, in black, also black andwhite =. a ie: $1.00 QUALITY—44-inch iron frame mesh Voiles (hard twisted yarns), in blue and white, black and white, and salt and pepper effects—also same materials in black raised stripes, an extremely handsome mate- rial for separate skirt . . . . . i $1.50 QUALITY —44-inch all-wool Panne Prunella in open work stripes, colors, light gray, royal and navy blue, reseda, brown and black . . aN 85c, QUALITY—42-inch wool Etamine (hard twisted, closely woven crisp fabric), in navy, castor, brown and black—48-inch all wool granite, in colors—48-inch all wool Armure, in black and navy 5 . é 2 . . 5 . . $1.00 QUALITY—S0-inch all woo! mixed Suitings—48-inch all wool Sharkskin, in black OG s 2 2 e $1.50 QUALITY—S4-inch all wool Fleck Zibeline, white fleck on navy, brown—plain color grounds—a most remarkable value at this price A 5 6 a 9 ‘ : ‘ 5 $1.25 QUALITY—48-inch all wool Cheviot, in navy and black—46- inch all wool Granite Cheviot, in black—50-inch all wo Black Cheviot, in white hair line stripes . Printed Satin Liberties and Crepe de Chenes At About Half Usual Prices. 10,000 Yards Printed Satin Liberty, in a great variety of styles and colotings, including white and black and bck ane white combinanicnsy in both large and small designs—regular $1.25 quality, at, per yard, 59 cents, 3,500 Yards Crepe de Chene in all the evening shades, also black and white, regular $1.35 quality, at, per yard, 79 CENTS. Sixth: Avenue. 20th fo 21st Street. B.Altmant@o. will offer Wednesday and Thursday, January 2Jst and 22d, LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS at the following decided Herr Anthes's interpretation was nstaking and intelligent, but it lacked ressiveness, In the forge scene he Worked so hard with the bellows that he had breath to carry the ringing song above the crash of the orchestra, which in this passage was in one of its stormiest moods. At the anvil the tenor met with an embarrassing mishap, for an ill-directed blow separated it pre- maturely, 90 that when the appointed time came “Needful” had nothing to cleave but thin air, Stegtriod was not helped out any too well by the Forest Bird, which flew on mechanical pintons and with much whir- ring of machinery, ‘The dragon, too, Was about as clumsy a creature as the prays stage management of the Ietropolitan could provide, Herr Anthes slow ft. with emall vocal effort, & great deal of leg working and not'a single blow that would appeal to a blood- thirsty audience. In spite of 1ts occasional strenuous- ness, tra must be credited with’ splendid performance in the more subdued passages, Their tone produc- tion was excellent, the balance perfect and the nuances discreetly attained, Mr, Herta came in as usual for a goodly share of the night's abundant applause, LAURA BIGGAR APPEARS. Recently Vinilcated of Con Charge, Shows No Nervousness, Save for a alight start when a DIE bunch of violets fell “kerchug’ at her feet Laura Biggar—glorified in her ‘‘tri- umphant vindication” of complleity in the Bennett will conspiracy—betrayed ho nervousness when she appeared at Proctor's Fifty-elghth Street Theatre a'sketch called “A Thief tn the Nig not have been surprising jar manifested embarrassment, of a nuraé ome of the i oughts hot entirely. remote the rial through which she recently passed. But she didn’t seem to notice them a bit, NOTES OF THE THEATRES. the orch mprrow niu at Lytle Hal When Vesta ily cman. te thts country to ry poser ia ® Hall Caine com: comedy w bution ef slippers of German 4 for bis evening ‘Tallaterro, who wee to take Stebel Talla v= LG's Princes re, ‘The Rogers Brothers aod their company, afternoon. Pe eh ‘hat vie ot values: Women’s Linen Handkerchiefs, Plain Hematitehed, assorted hems, per doz., $1.50 & 2,65 Regulae prices $2.50 and $5.50 Hemstitched, Initialed, unlaundered, per doz., Regular price $3.00 each, 25c,, 35c. and 50c, Regular prices 45¢, to 75c. MEN'S, Plain Hemstitched, assorted hems, per doz, $3,00 Regular price $5.00, Rear of Rotunda.) 1.75 Embroidered effects, —————————————————————EEE——eeE— Previous to stocktaking will offer our immense line of they filled Comfortables, both sides fig- moving prices ; Also an assorted lot that were: Now $1.50, $2.75, $3 » $3. 50, $5.50, 6, 50) cases pure white crochet and satin Hemmed Crochet, were $1.35, $1.75, 250 fine twilled and Wamsutta muslingy re cholce re $1.39 50x36, asc. now $1.79, $2.50 Mnen Bore—Main Floor—iReag, ' Elghteemth Street, Nineteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, Announce their annual clearing sale of Biankets and Bed Coverings. _. above from 34 to off their former low prices, dozen full size pure white cotton 150 ir, California and Western W. oes Saeertet aes ear Blankets marked to ‘these Cag $1.35 each; sale prices % Site, were $2.00, $3.50, $5.50 pr, $1.65, $1.98, $2.50, $3.50, f Now $1 25, 1,59, 1.98, 2.75) Fulsizes, were ga. finished Bedspreads, full size only, at Now $1.85, 2,75, 3.98, 4, the following reductions: : dozen Pillow Cases, made from Now 98 i two sizes only, % price, Trice were $1.79, S2us6 value ae } 10c. each Silk and Satin Comfortables, Marseilles and Satin-finished Spreads, Were $2.25, $: ‘Were $25.00, $30.00, $40.00, $6: $79, $2. wow $18, $20, $25, $30 ‘Mall Orders Promptly Filled. Entrances on Three Thoroughfares, BROADWAY, 8 and 9 STS, The Wonder Book of the Year, 1903 World Almanac