The evening world. Newspaper, April 4, 1903, Page 7

Ooi } |. Miss Millverd rhe \ brightest Spot in “Th e Taming Of y) Helens THE TAMING OF A TAME HELEN. Mr, Davis's Heroine Shows No Trace of Wildness, Nor Did “The Stubbornness of Geraldine” and “The Frisky Mrs. John- son” Exhibit the Advertised Stubborn and Frisky Qualities. That exoolient comedy, “A Social Hish-| Princess,” Weber & Melts; | “ihe | wayman,” will be presented at the One | Prince af Pilson,” Broadway; “The Samo ‘Hundred and Twenty-fifth street hovee, |urban,"" Academy of Music; Lawn with Ned Fowler, High Ford and Lil-|®’Orsay in ‘The Earl of Pay Man Kemble in the principal rolos.| Manhattan; ‘The Sultan of Sulu,” |George Neville and company will head |lack’s; “The Wizard of Oz,” the Dil at the Newark house. Marie Cahill in ‘(Nancy Brown,” will be the attraction at the West Hnd)patrons of the Dewey “A Night on| One of the many high-ciass features | Grace George in “Pretty: Peggy," Theatre. Broadway.” at the Circle will be “The Grand |Square; “A Chinese Honeymoon,” G "The Minister's Daughters” t# the title} VAUDEVILLE OFFERINGS, of the pley which will be seen at the| Kefth’s will have for one of its attrac- Star Theatre. tions the original Florodora Gextet, “A Desperate Chance,” the Biddle | witch will strive for the first place with Brothers’ melodrama, will be talken to| Gillette's troupe of trained dogs. the Metropotis. ‘That genuinely funny pair, James ¥. of Cruelty to Dum Heroines would be justified in interfering. You could:, t trragine anything more brutal than to attempt such an un- Necessary task of subjugation. Handcuffing an oyster or putting a epring Jemb through the third degree wouldn't be a circumstance to it. Helen is as tame as buttermilk. There isn’t a cantankerous hair in her head. From a rampageous‘pomt of. view whe is the Umit of ‘nothin’ dotn.’” erent To tne honor of Mr. Davis and Mr. Muller let it be recorded that they spare the gentle Helen. ‘Tho end of the play leaves her as tame as the beginning found ‘ her, but no tamer. . ty “But why the title? you will ask. as the Duke of Westchester, and they take him serfousty, American ecosnt and Dunno, I'm sure—unless it be on the principle thet mekes “Fire! Fire!” «jail. Which weakens one’s faith in the sagacity of London servants and leads one Popular head for a soothing syrup advertisement. > jo beldeve that dukes are more plentiful than B: “The Taming of Helen" {s a good title, It sounds exciting. It promises a thrill All of which is important, since it is the result of @ trained observer's view of Shakespeare must have thought eo, for he used Mr. Davis's title in a modi- | @ristooratic poclety from the inside. fed form—""The Taming of the Shrew.” But it's the outside of those Park Lane "buses that really gives one the best ‘ The only difference—I mean, one of the differences—is that Shakespeare | View. : a a a a ut some taming into his play. a Which leads up\to the morality of mimesMing titles, ane false sores ore) res fa ane Keli en The audience ie ‘ : ways being 1 love sonreth! cing to happen, nothing mon’a, of El Aalst an eae # isd ever dose, rt De Kolta, the Wisard, will eontinye to, *Adlson we been rather rife Ls 2 A comio bailiff is in of the heros rooms ‘when the curtain hold forth at the Eden Musee. ” “The Stubbornness of Geraldine," for instance, dealt with a Geraliine whose | poe, up, You watch Magenta ec chmahiay gure that he is going to bey “A Little Outcast,” & new play of New) Dolan and Idm Lenharr, will be at the| gunday night concerts will be elven ‘Darling of the Gods,’ g any wretch really started out to tame Helen the Society for the Prevention Finch Lee—We Englishmen don’t mind you Americans coming o here and taking away our trade, but you musn't take away the Am girl. That's the best thing you bring over—‘“The Taming of Helen.’ Opera Trio," Signor Akramof, Edith) no; “The Unforeseen,” Empire; Decker and William Xantec, who wi'l| Russell 2 “Mice ee G @ive the prisan goene from ‘Faust.’ Charlee vasbidugs esage f1 ‘The ever popular Fanny Rice and wu- | Mars’” Criterto: jHeory a fred Clarke and company will form pert | Taming of Helen,” Savoy; 7 @& an attractive ybill at Hurtig de Bea | century» morality plays Philip—t've Just seen the Prince’s equerry In the lobby and he says his Highness is rat Pleased with your part of the performance. First can scarcely believe that, becar uu see, 1 oe ppeey ea the next act. iadidaehs o stubbornness couldn't be detected with the aid of the X ray. & perfect storm centre of action. York Mte, will be produced et the Third] top of Pastor's big bill in a new wketoh |1, various vaudeville houses and the|T: Powers in “The Jowel” of And the frisky Mrs, Johnson was a sad matron without a shedow of a frisk! “Anal A lady vieltor! Hero's servant introduces bailiff es his brother, Brill-| Avenue Theatre. Chances.” iy prs Umtandbe eens 3 $ Pepulerprinel, ctoria; Amelia B 1 her. : Pe ¢ _|!ant!_ Now for complications! Ward ann Volum iy “The eatwetters”, i ATTRACTIONS WHICH REMAIN. |r Frisky Mrs. Johnson,” Prine And a girl with any colored eyes would have gone green-eyed over the Green. Exit the como balliff—ales! never to return. In,vain you try to guess why| will be at Prootor’s Fitty-cighth Street/and company in the funny ektt, “Par- ®yed Girl's husband's idiotic refusal to explain his sugpicious behavior. he ever happened. And now arises a Helen whose taming ocourred before she was born. A dowager makes her extt through a door opposite the one which she Are these filusory Tamings, Stubbornnesses, Friskinesees and Green-Wyed- | entered, aaying, “Do you mind if I go out through your stady?” a7, messes any more to be commended than the fotitious mermaid that draws dimes Once more, aha! Something doing this time! to the door of a museum? (I mean, of course, apart from the important dis- But you never hear another word about it. ‘Theatre.’ * ” featiae’ ofthe -bilt!|/> Remaining at ithe deading théatres wilt) Barnum) G0 Baildy's) eran Harry Morris's Burlesquers will show Ky the rweettiord wtreet theatre. | be ‘“Dwirly Whirly” and “The Big Little | Square Garden. THE ELKG’ CHARM: | /SHAKE INTO YOUR SHORS. Amusements. Amusements. tinction between dimes and dollars.) Enter @ naughty adventuress—Miss Drini One of the first steps of an Hk is to 70 TO-DAY. 25, SOc. a And aren't the managers afraid of eventually antagonizing the god-natured |foolry, She flashes a smile on the pe Whee Te: Oapaaeee Allen's Foot-Have, « powder. Tt] TRY PROCTOR'S To-nidtir.. ues: i9=: | MADISON SQUARE OAM playgoor and teaching him (o Mght shy of shows that promise what they don't] "At last!” you ory. ‘Here comes the plot!” cures painful, smarting, nervous feet | Reserred Brecy Af. & Bye. —yull Orchestre, | open aa sew perform? But the adventures lady continues to wander tn and out at random, flashing and ‘calle, and tly Neste ‘Rowe Stuart a Os, Glason [S18 Warablog, Freaks, Predlates, Wi It would be interesting If some disappointed visttor to the Savoy Theatre eued|more smiles and new jools, and the plot continues to conceal {teelf, i ingrowing 5 inatan| Walle, A"0/"Desess, ‘sion BE RNUM & | ey” Ger the price of his seat on the ground that there was no taming of (Helen in the Eventually {t resolves itselt !nto this: That Helen (fiss Grace Elston) sees ‘takes the eting out of corns and bun- so , performance. the hero bestowing an innocent embrace on a friendly actress (Mies Jessie Mill- g& long the erento contort ce | hl {Ses aeaata rvs "| GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH T'll have to consult Mr, Hummel about that. ward), misunderstands {fh meaning, and te “gol from here” until Miss | astonishing the number Z items f ry ing away covery of the age. Allen's Foot-Hase FIDDLE-DEP-DuE. 3 Circus Con 3 ; ” Py Millward races after her in a gab and a patr of blue satin breeches and explains, Pittsburg Rest Side New Combination House, | Spectacular Profad "al recka, Cra 4 ¥ 4 And that's ail the taming duet ls coming to Helen SAD CAREW. 00 nave] makes tight or new shose feel easy. bth §L 1 Go"singere. Danoere, Comesiane.” | Kivetle Demos tra ot ! il “No taming in ‘The Taming of Helen?’ No; just the same as the Frisky Mrs, What's-her-name who didn't frisk. * * * My opinion on misleading Wtitles? Oh, well, it's just as Barnum said—thet the people enjoy being bum- ‘bvgeed. The world's full of it. Every merchant tries to humbug you with his @Avertitement. Business is another name for humbugging nowadays. “Bog pardon? * * * Hello! * * * Oh, the legal aspect of the case? Cor- tainly! * * * Yes, yery good ground for action, When the play falls to live B RIGHT idea. J called up Mr, Hummel by telephone, and this is what he sald: It is a certain cure for eweating, cal- ID5th a4 BG VAUDBYILLA nea, WEEK. ‘Deaper lous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try Ha wine e's ocmna | ued Aulaal ExhDies, TW Fs 4 , Gold by all druggists and} ——— an hour eartie shoe ren Wy mall for 260. in Wober & Fields’ Pree ae stamps. Trial package FREE. Ad- Last TWO " dress Allen 8, Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. | THB Muses TWIRLY-WHIRLY puing, to location. (aedieon Ave ealvaay durlesgue—THB BiG LITTLE PRINCESS nee bax grate, $2.00 and ty 60. i NO NEW PLAYS FOR HOLY WEEK. i ‘up to the title it’s a clear case of false pretenses. * * * Would I take up such pease Ss Date | ar ea eee One Pp Pach tofeen to A & trom § AM to 9% AT 6 A cleal false pretenses. cb | rece: about him, the manager will | tions of Gignor Outino’s trained monkeys, musements. c * & case! By all moans—and win it, too! Of course, the price of @ eeat ts #o|lay himself down to discontented| In the solid worth of Mr, end Mec, eet & 20 le ren, sree wai Grand-Mabelle Gilman Oe ne seeal ee ean _jemall that few playgoers would take all that trouble to recover it by legal] dreams the coming Holy Week. He will| Ghauncey Morian, “the world’s beaviest oe HUBER’S 1 TH MUSEUM N Jerome The process, but the ploneer who brings the Arst suit because of @ misleading ttle|taunch nothing new until the Lenten BEARDED LADT. | Week } Feed H Billionaire: ‘will be @ great public benefactor. * * * Not mt all; you're very welcome, * period is past, for, no matter how tempt- NEARLY ALL FORGOTTEN, | ™4p4um Marina, Gig. Outino's Troupe of Syke d-by !'* . ingly Satan might stand outside the As many a9 7,297 men have been elected EDUCATED MONKEYS, PASTO 9 lb wt, near S4 ave 3 on - ry “ Playhouse door and beckon the passing) trained goats; in the loveriess tot of the | (2, (Ms Nations! House since the Ameri, R MP tains hrong, the manager bear ; Congress begen. 3 !CABE, VmRA, . wiely Into A rand ; Se i ob: SNe hase BERLE ae EERO meas bow datewniend. we a well fa ainnars, who cannot be enticed | possfbiiies of the play in the theatre, a tno owt on conti ee Wallack’s, Hollow him into tho fastnesses and Jet him lecture us on “Wild Markisses I Have| '"t0 the Temple of Thespis at thie time, Re lon ‘The firetanighter will therefore be| ‘The Billionaire, Bykeo VOvi ato Ne Billionaire,” with Jerome We shrink instinctively from the exhibits, but the intrepid novelist, duellist, | Dlised to remain in seclusion and medi-|and the entire origind! cast, will af- LOVERS LANE Jwar correspondent and playwright laughs a scornful langh and cracls his whip|*t? om his many misdeeds, uniess he| ford lively entertainment at the Grand 4 v ft them and shows us how harmless they are, chooses to go to Prootor’s Fifth avenue | OpereHouse, where the lange wiage The Marquis of Woodcote in the first to appear. He wears the ends of his|*Bemtre. “With commendable energy! wit be well adapted to the miniature ymustache turned vp, which 1s a sign that he {sno better than he ought to be. stl AND A RECORD. LIVER SPOTS irisiada|ciwcer ntetr [Uicrora..ceeeeE »iie baa ® pupercilious drawl, which 1s a sign that the clever American hero will ? Lord Woodcote—Your play 1s a costume comedy? pave en nat Broadway & $34 8. Eve. | Prices, Sic. to $1.50. AL eee el Koen oanatdin at elites ines ae ee ae ne ts Philip—Yes, si~ d And all digeolorations chat cloud | GARRICK THEATRE, tis sear Beas, Mlamhattans ower es wee. sis! Py ECTI in Darkest Mayttair, y Woodcote—And the heroine wears boy's clothes in the last act? Spe compipasen eae aesiray 186 we ee ee aie (THR EARL of PAWTUCKKI: And then a goddly grapd dame, Lady Gower by name, who chaperons her pro- Philip—Yes, ‘aud eafcly removed. ANMB RUSSELL tn MICE and MEN, eretes MATE... Fue dh" [AMERICAN fy Partner |S Me Wil {IHS h hi CHARLES HAWTREY $4 FEAS2 Beware i Next week, DEVIL'S ISLAND BiG HITI “iN DAHOMEY. : ,] MAABSTIC pra" cute’ oe | DALY'S * 8 0% conf Te MARKS’ BIG CONCERT SUNDAY WIGHT. ENI THE TAMING eB Mata ‘Ton HENRY MILLER, Giza ?| WIZARD OF OZ|i,* “ih JAMES T.POWERS eae, the heroine, to a bachelor’s rooms and leaves her there alone with the Pachelor. Also 2 great nobleman, the Duke of Deptford, who takes the Amerioan hero fo his bosom and lets him dictate the Deptford family policy, because a practical ” . Poker has introduced him as the Prince of Padua, snd eurortnten gromare,” she preat nanas oe And others equally remarkable. modestly svurmurs, Mr. Proctor wlll} The Harlem Opera-House te to have At Lady Gowor's reception the playful hero announces himself to the servants] Proce Sydney Rowenfeld’s three-act |the pleasing presence of, “A Country Woodcote—Then I'm sure it will do, 1 want tt for @ society lady to 0 make her debut in--“The Taming of Hee be ae aly one" + alk —_ play, “A Modern Crusoe." It te bold; ” — recalled that this is the last play 4 bre be Syed al at Amusements GARDEN THEATRE, a Ko Masioon Ar with MONTGOMBRY & STON. |Seats, 1,60 BECASCO THEATRE 2a ‘ Which Roland Reed appeared before hit | naive” Ghiet pri Pag @ vay /beer slow Iv own | 28 “Y A A) | ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 16m ot. Irving pL | payin terasod prema ere A Series of Articles Which Will foal ones He eiceraly to be booed [ne Aner and ‘Wiliams Norma,” | KEITH'S (ect, | Betas. sain | “hes” EVE RYMAN [ote ie a crane | tess atl | oF ‘bes ee . 80 HORSES. lik m. & Bd Anterest All Young People— Frederick Bond, who sucsceda in the| William Gillette's bomedy, “All the MADISON SQ. THEATRE, 24h o.er.B var, | TUL Mats, Wet, b Gat. tre. 815. | METROPOLIS i role of the up-to-date Crusoe. ‘There is | Comforts of Home,” will be presented BIJOU |MARIE CAHIL) 8 Tee, bil, | ee AEE Mee Te ROSE MELVIN 13 ciinctitine cnotortine, even ‘eearmanie,| BY the Donnelly Stock Company at the) ®easane | NANCY BROWN.” "| ELSIE de WOLFE in CYNTHIA. ATLANTIC GANDEN, Dowerr, veer Cans ot, |"°Sett nosh 1 r AT Bu 2 Me: set. é fe in the inteliigence that the play ts laid| Murray Hill Theatre, 7D AVE. Mat 'Today, A Gambier Daughter | j Saat ry . it yerson, Steinert & Thomas, Maris! 4th St. Theatre, » “ a KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE,» way & S5up ot. | iD 8 SATS, Orobestra. By on & desert island, and again are we| “Spotless Town,” « musical farce com 3) LR LN a le Mean ik 3b MONTH. By Matinee To | Bove WEEK | | Oat WINNING A V V IFE, uplifted by the announcement that Mr.|edy of the advertising-card order, will exoncone, — Be Senter, Sad patustsd MIR. BLUE BEARD EST ) last all" Maleate” hoo, Apel By HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. Pi has geoured the original ecenery.|be performed at the Fourteenth Street Bway gad 290 - reverent amusement-socker may|'Theatre by one of Gus Hill’ Be Mem veley © ee. MATINEE TO-DAY, turn his feet toward Hubes's: Museum. | ‘The exciting melodrama, “Devil's Isi-|Amelle Blaghem, “Frisky Mra, Johnson,” | me Wey, | EDEN|* <0" say Sh Kansan’ ece= "| ERA SRP PERT PEGA | MONS | Vinee | nubs tao na sana nce, CASIO acne aroma LWEST END gd seeds PS ec ea