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

“PERSONAL” NOT PERSONAL ENOUGH New Comedy at the Bijou Doesn’t Fit Willie Collier as Well as it Might, and It’s an Old Story. sealant REPORTER |S NEAR TO LIFE. Louise Allen as a Western Girl Al- most Repeats Her Burlesque of Mary MacLane of Last Season and Is Disappointing. Qne fault to be found with ‘'Per- sonal,” in which Wilife Collier made his re-entrance into the light-comedy field et the Bijou last night, is that it isn't personal enough. In other words, Bugene Proghrey’s comedy isn't as good @ fit for the likable young comedian as his friends—and they are many— might wish, Mr. Collier has always been careful In choosing his tailor, Had this game care been exercised in select ing a playwright he might have been better sulted, Attention strays and in- terest lags in following “Personal.” It's an old story, rather unskiljfully re- written, The romance of a peer young man is made somewhat enlivening by the fact that the young man is a wide- wake newspaper reporter, seat by hig city editor to find the possible “story” fn the “personal” of a wealthy mao who advertises for the son of the man who led helping him dig a fortune out of a Western mine. The reporter, quite naturally for dramatic purposes, turns out to be .the sought-for son, and it Ukewlse transpires that the daughter of the wealthy old party is the girl who sent the reporter woollen socks and her photograph when he was in need of neither in the Philippines. Result Foreseen, he result, so far as the young man and the girl are concerned, {s, of course, foreseen, and all that ts left to be dono is the breaking up of an engagement between a mercenary foreign count and THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING. “ WILLIE’? COLLIER AND MARION ABBOTT INA SCENE FROM THE STAR'S NEW COMEDY, “‘ PERSONAL.” ‘GIRL NEVER SAW A TRAIN BEFORE Ran After an Express She Had Missed, at Station, Shouting Wildly for It to Stop and Let Her Get on Board. (pecial to The Brening World.) MOUNT VERNON, Sept. 4.—Pollce- man Ember took part {n an exciting chase to-day after Amelia Schobel, an eixhteen-year-old girl. who he saw run- ning along the New Haven Railroad cut toward Wakefield and who he thought was insane and intended to commit suicide. The «irl ran at breakneck speed, yell- ing wildiy at an express train to stop. When taken to Polico Headquarters she told Sergt. Grant a strange story. She declared sho had never seen a railroad train or station before, and she thougit the exprego she was chasing would stop the same as a trolley car does. “I have been in the Wartburg Orphan School at Pelham for ten years,” sald Amelia, “and this was the first time I had ever sees a station or train In my life, A minister from Hempstead was taking me to his home to work and the sister of the girl who knit the socks and sent her picture through the mails as second-class matter, Tpe count is thrown off the scent by the common- place deception that tie father of his fizncee 1s a bankrupt, and the final cur- tain falls—though it balked at falling at all last night—on general happiness. Under proper training Mr. Collier would doubtless make a good reporter, for he is a bright young man, and in “On the Quiet" he proved that he knows how to write. But the best that can be sald of Mr. Presbrey’s reporter is that he doesn’t flourish pad and pencil, and that ac dresges like a human being. Mr. Presbrey, however, deserves to be reminded that the true type of re- porter doesn’t butt his way into a pri- vate dinner, and that his knowledge of the nicety of things does not demand the use of the blue pencil. As for Mr. Collier—except that he oc- casionally lapsed into music-! -hall meth- ods—he did as well as could be expected with the material at hand and scored more than one honestly-won h, But with the employment of a trifle, more finesse his performance would have been Infinitely improved. Wi His first appearance was a welcome relief, for up to that time there had been ‘little beyond the introduction of various more or less uninteresting char- acters shot into view with Gatling-gun Poulse Allen (Mrs. Colller) f part of a Western girl exact); Baricatured Mary MacLane in Whirly” at Weber & Fields's last season and was consequently a disappajntment. ‘There was a deep-drawn breath before everything she said, a monotonous ris- ing, inflection to nearly every word, a sigh to finish off with—and other w: men of the cast seemed to catch her affectation. Charles Swain as an Irish butler with an English name, was the only man, aside from the star, to attract particular attention. MAN FROM JERSEY HURRIES BACK HOME Sees All He Wants of New York in Twenty-four Hours and Sets a Brand-New Style Collars, There was about Philip Kingsland when he was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court to-day that which at- tracted attention. Kingsland {s a farm- er living near Newark, and It was not the conventional Jersey whiskers that caused him to be regarded with admina- tion, but the latest thing in collars. About the neck of the man from Jersey as he faced the Magistrate was a sky- blue celluloid collar. Kingsland came to the city yesterday and walked about dodging trolley cars @nd getting out of the way of sky- scrapers for fear they would fall on him until he was tired to death. His finish eame when he followed a fire engine for two miles about 10 ovclock last night and then stopped, panting and ready to @rop, having followed it to a fal alarm and back again. *Are you a constable?” he inquired of @ policeman in the Tenderloin. “If you | be, and know a barn about here where @ man can rest till sun up, I wish you would take to the owner. All these durn taverns along re want $ and e of them $8 fer a fellow to sleep in. ly get $4 for boardin’ a grown man Week at home." i Was thought that Philip would be Detter off uader the watchful eye of the daprman of the Tenderloin station until daylight, and he was placed in the rear room of the station for the night This e1 ur, t rall- nd 1 oo) He “lie fal George Hal Pinean s,boy Gam thats breakin’ on spent the ‘Nighi Jose WHh. the Might watoh| drove down here this morain in an express wagon with a gong on It. “What do you want. to do?” asked the Magistrate, surveying the collar, “Where did yoy gat that “Got that at the harvest home fes- tlyal last week,” was the reply, “What will you do if you are re: leased? "Git right back to Jersey quick Fi T can walk was’ the anawer,, and to the ferry, with’only one! had been asked to pay 9| was directed complaint: ‘am and esas for breakfast by the statlon-house caterer. cents for ACTORSARRIVE FROMEUROPE . Robert Lorraine ond J. H. Manners Among To-Day's Passengers. Among the passengers who arrived to- ay on the Germanic were Robert Lor- | ine raine and J. Hartley Manner actors. ‘The former comes hei pear with Miss George in the 0 ap- son Square Theatre Oct. 5. Mr. Manners fg here under engagement to Mr. Frohe | f man. mm hae written a play, “A Mar- Silage of Reason." which will, be prox duced (Ae by Harrison G: tab Ee, a rt hi i oluded oye eo caiag, e t vt 1 Cortagso, Crawford, Harry G' aple, Mr, . award’ Hollana, R, Hos- Jackson, August Kuhn, Rev. and Mra. Dick- v. James vey, icKelvey, Mr. and Mrs. David Mitehell, dre, 3. | 8. Mi BW. Owen ‘ank A. Remington, Jaimnes herd wyister ‘igiemondl, youn Btewart, Mi D. Tonves, C. A. Vermilyé ee “Pretty | hi Pegey,” which will open at the Madi-| sald 3. aul ewis, Be Alexander McKel- | hi rt McKelvey and Mrs. | FOUGHT CHERRY HILLERS ON ROOT Detective Reilly Led Chase for Members of Notorious Gang and Captured Two on Top of|* High Tenement. Five policemen of the Oak street sta- tlon had another battle with members of the notorious Cherry Hill gang early to-day and succeeded in capturing two of the toughs in true Nick Carter style. Precinct Detective Reilly w: ing around the of the gang in the act of stealing nailed ies relief, and four policemen res) Thee ‘elows fled. us Joined by. four! eared in N ‘street, Into the aan way them, The ten- ering the pursuers, The gang fe i te foot and, tearing iorisks © fram chimne; polle PNot hing daunted, attesuee Reilly tuck his head through the scuttle, and Cy the tanget for Srieks the gang brea in em UR ie Neethnted rou the scuttle, w= ever, and Peat tw of the six. The others fled over an adjoining roof before the four policemen reached the scene. ‘Magistrate Pool, tn the Centro Strect | Court, held the two ruffiains under $900 | bail ch for geod behavior. DRINK INVITATION MAY PROVE FATAL Texas Eagle Asked Brooklyn Por liceman to Have a Drink and Got His Skull Fractured for His Hospitality. James Halliday, an Bagi invited Policeman Andr Adams street station, Brookly, to-day to take a drink with him, The pollee- man refitsed and words passed at which Brown took offense. The Texan ia in the Brooklyn Hospital vith a fractured skull, which the doctors say will most Ukely prove fat Halliday and Goorga C. Matsehke, also an‘Bagic, who lives at No, 1) Graham enue Brooklyn ware 8 nding on the corner of Myrtle avenu Adams Street when Brown’ caine ‘out of the station half a block away and pass Niday called him vack to ir drink. TY Sia him shat I waa on duty and could not go into a saloan and thanked He inade an ugly remark and going to tall hat may i took hold be uinched me ie the omach. JT drew my club to t myself and struck Halliday only the police- ee, has. onl , guigre tine from Texas a O the policemen down i ie him an cf ‘arink. and he hi ae ren SE i him Ther, he toole voit of Hailday by et and dra; Bertie fe to she station ub Hd aroGng She ous "Halliday and I had been ‘drinking, but ‘were ‘not intoxleated, and Mr. and. Mre. J, E. Winslow, Ee eel , APOPLEXY KILLS COMPOSER, MUNICH, Bavaria, Sept. 4,-Hermann we saw t an fe hoapltat ad ae ireing a ae walted at the scuttle for ‘ne | FIRE PROTECTION NEEDED IN BRONX. Claremont Heights Will Ask the City for Water to Fight Fire. a Ciay avenue, surmounting Claremont Heights, in the Bronx, discovered early to-day that It is without fire protection, and the fifty.or more families who re- ‘on that ploturesque precipice will the city administration to provide with @ fire company and fire No. 1363 Clay avenue, caught fire after midnight and an alarm was turned in. All they have is a signal box. To get to the high thoroughfare the engines below must make @ detour of a mile or more and then finish with a long climb. That is what they did to-day, but when they finally got up to the Place tt they dis- Covered there were no fite hydrants, So the fire e Agnting spparatuy Wan selene But jade got to worl and had the fire out before much age was done. If a big fire starts it is feared all of the houses will go, and some of them are among the finest in the Bronx. ————___ AUSTRIAN MINISTER DEAD. VIENNA, Sept. 4—Count von Deym, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the home of Maurice O'Gorman, et Court of St. James, died yesterday at Bokeradorf, Sijesia, of heart disease. Herolsg BARN 14.78 BRIWEENK Men’s Suits of eombined with producer's magical th School Suits. pene School Suits, os yen a School Suits, vor School Suits, Absolute Limit g, of Excellence, All-Woo! Knee-Pants, 26¢,, 45¢., 760, Best Kind Corduroy Knee Pants, 60c. Sohoo! Shoes, Honest Make, 980., $1.2 Boys’ School Waists with 132 to W. [4th St. a | ft BLOCK FROM, ELEVATED STATI Our Stores Will Be Closed All Day Monday—Labor Day, 3,°55, §7.50, *10, *15. Black thibcts and cheviots in the new fall out at each, wool fancy cagaimeres and tweeds from $5 uprpure worsted onal and other cholee dress wear weaves from $7.50 up—rich, worsteds from $10 up. Correct, new models and competent EXCEPT THE BOOKS, Bioust, Norfolk and g 89.50, 3,50 School Caps, All Wool Tweed, 23¢,, 460, School Stockings, Famous Values, 10c,, 20¢, z | Fi for Two Days Only, To-morrow & Tuesday: Harn To-morrow Until 10 P.M. Closed All day Monday—Labor Day. ¢.{ The Surprise Store} v, SURPRISE SPECIAL SAL e N E THIRD’ PAVE. NW. ae FALL HATS. The aristocratic new Derbys and black, pearl, fawn and gray soft shapes—fast color and reliable— on sale one week, ending next while waiting at the station for a, train I got left. Iran after tho train, calling ‘Stop! Btop!’ as I thought the steam cars stopped when you signalled them the same as the trolley cars.” ‘Amelia was taken dack to the Wart- burg School. , Pianos and Organs, L.., RETA CENT I ET RTT aT TE AT aad SEPTEMBER 4, 1903. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOE {nig WHAT A PROMINENT WEARER S4Yé. W. J. Lacke: Lackey & Co. Bankers ‘til brokers Witenigten Del been wearli $3.30 shoes for years "Fey ara actaned wear as loi tnd wear aa long ax shoes that fornierly adits le the renson We, 1, Dougtas makes i eifalag diced Colt wes value in Douglas $3.50 shoes, the highest grade patont ponent (OF Name ant price Ling bottom. Ta! Fast Color Eyelets used ¢ Bhalh Re Tag Rast 14th 620 Willis sn Street, ities ie Fin Ai heoick Are. Pianos and Organ . = Ore at $175.00, on terms of term of ten years. the way from $175.00 to $225.00, liberal terms as $1.00 per week. we ask. » New Fall Make ice—all- lay diag- fancy, pure andiwork, prices, attract greater and greatef {uvor each season, SUCCESS of past seasons must and shall be SUR- PASSED this season. GET THE BENEFIT of the royal autumn offerings, | 1:5° 5 3, $1.08 Plaited Percale, 12¢ Patent Bands, Third Ave, W. Cor, 83d St. eatest of all Dao offers Here Is Your Chance to ecure a Piano} thlaWeek Pianos within the reach of everybody in this wonderfully ad- vantageous Piano Sale. Don’t put off selecting your Piano a day. We placed on sale a few days ago a lot of 168 renowned Harmony, Richardson, Weigner, Milton, Burnham and Coleman Pianos 55 Down and $1 a Week. These Pianos are fully guaranteed in every particular for a These Pianos are far superior to instruments offered by other dealers at from $300.00 to $400.00 each. You therefore save all You Can't Miss $1a Week, Which Is Less Than 15c per Day, and you will secure one of the best Pianos ever built for the price It ia your opportunity to secure a handsome Parlor Upright Piano At About Half Its Value With every Piano sold we give, free of charge, a Stool and Cover. ea ~ ———e TO et. ‘LARGE DOUBLE STORE, P Sy Sena Me $1-° In the Blue Cy West Fourtee CLOSED ALL DAY and MONDAY BEING we do not open again UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING, capping the to our Regular Saturday throughout the Summer ag with THREE DAYS ¢—_—________—__© Tuesday Next We Begin ’s Schoo! Needs. A Sale of Children Everything for SUITS, HATS, Business Property To Let. SHOES, SCHOOL STATIONERY and SUPPLIES At Specially Low Prices, Sunday’s World will give full particulars. nth Street TO-MORROW, LABOR DAY, climax all day closing a ’ HOLIDAY. Boy or Girl. APRONS, f Excursions, 50 x 85, NEAR CITY HALL, at 28-30 City Hall Place. iTS promptly procured; advice end book Excursions. LABOR DAY EXCURS!ONS ERIE RAILROAD. LACKAWAXEN ‘Rivers, 111 \ lea ay ig SHOHOLA GLEN tans, 107 miles from New Vark, ja beautiful Delaware River. Exorees irains leave W. 234 at. O65 and Waal PUIsT, Newel Penns STATIONS toot Wen sarris leritee Peres ee a iy rg “Ehime Last Excursion of the IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. afi 5 ee) artar RULAND & WHITING CO. |S fpeue ee : 5 BEEKMAN ST, Ea Patente. ae jeaving ti atl, tnd oe Seas ee *Slecaine. bmetlig Pw ae enltar vA ie GE ke ining CaF. rs ae besides obtaining a Piano on such For Sale. CLOTHING, CLOAK CREDIT HATTAN CLOTH! ‘near 63th St sala EDIT THING CO. ES CREDIT; TTAN CLOTHING Co, near 24h St. Open Kvenines, | ING, OLOAKS CLOTH AND JEWBLRY ON ANH A a CRE 2274 TTAN 1850 EDIT, ONE PRI Felerence’ required, Immediate | We or telephoge (9 aay of us | We SWEET & CO,, IN LAN sag sini? Ke MAIDEN FAN nes BROOKLYN. [ RE CREDIT Waren ( eo. is 8 WATCIIDS A: BASY PA Will send represcntat American Watch & 0) 700 AFTAX CUDIMING 6. hth 3 ‘ HEWES ON REDIT} amonds, | Watches, Jewels me 19 MALDEN LANE. “TYPEWRITERS Ss RENTED. ALL MAKBS. ¥. 8. WESSTER CO., 517 B SU WEEKLY Suara 0 to Di REBATED NOTICE DEMA GURBAU FOR | onde HAAR FALLS, Ties | couse at. 9.00 A, |PATTEN | it so ‘~ .00—ar, with Dinner at Cesipo, $1.50. tal Main leaves, Weat 234 st. 9.40, 45 Jersey Clix 10.00 M a 00; TORONTO, $10.: sia good going Saturday ‘ M., 7.80 fa of te Sttore dent. olices In Ni NIAGARA FALLS and Return SEPTEMBER 5th Ld RAND SLEEP! G@ CARS A LA CABTE GLEN And th i PenscK LADOR DAY, SEPTEMBE! cm Rares ‘ork, Si HAY Fongas Bis, (Pulton 6), 6.18 a.m ie een aes, 5.43 p. Tiekets ents, on trait dditlonal. stone MITANCT & Highland Beach—Pleasure Bay. ALL NORTH JERIEY CUAST RSOATS: 240 P.M ASHURY PARK & BACK _80C. lie i alles Revi For oar, we Ve. ic ‘Satu bse aup Mies ygiarsti 2 ic ae ee arn ie Fer ara haay 4 ap repre, 428 Rae: Lak os (ois Rall Setter Teer Shutatnd 0 COAST isd asi, 1350 Ths aed ces. ithe Avehue. thalew Bara Binh Avenve (toraer ah) 2 a pridzearere sho, will bet a Atseranien Taparwes | returaed by mall SUN DEL 2 Doroua WYER: Munielpal Bal tag, ath hl ie WBS ¥o peacon Barougn of “Br: FREDERICK. M rarer, Haak r Riedan taxpayer ait then draw ebeck hi ith return py Deputy ath ia" eniene the property Ie locate ep mtets PAID. DUR Xa, coroner uronn PAY MOAvIR Re AUSTRY, Receiver of h preneld te, | 2, SWITQHBACK & GLEN , Spoctal tri tak 1040, Wat 415. 400, Sept. 7, boat Sunday's time. ray AM uy 49 Pow ~ LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. “THE WATTU THE SEA" MANHATTAN BRAC ks BR ABOR DAY) EXCURSION ‘| MAUCH CHUNK, NOKO September /, 1908, Via New Jorsey ‘Centrat. RAVND TRIP TICMETA ost SWITCHBACR TICKETS, S0e, ADDITIONAL es ihe ‘Station, 8.50 ea from Libett Bourn Ferny, Eceeekyecry Serer ere RESEESRE BRE eIT TS