The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 9

THE » EVENING # WORLD'S # HOME # MAGAZINE @ ‘uv os «Public Not to Blame for In- different Attitude Toward Shakespeare—Aciors Who Imagine Themselves Su- perfor to “Small Parts” —Frocks First, Art Second With Many of the Younger Actresses — Mrs, Gilbert Preters Good Vaudeville to Bad Shakespeare, O much ts being said these days about a revival of interest in Shakespearian plays that !t oo- curred to me Mrs, Gilbert's opin- fon—ah opinion based upon an Intimate knowledge of the moods and tastes of theatre-goers for more than half a century—would be of more than Py Ordinary interest. [ j “I have made it a principle,” she de- murred, “not to talk for publication—a , BRinted interview seems so much like an advertisement.” Mra. Gilbert might have added: “And I don't need advertising.” But she didn't, And, better still, she talked, not with the painful consclous- eh eas of one who aims to make an im- et pression in print, but with the easy, ied manner of one more tnter- in the subject than in herself. Gilbert had just returned home @ walk, the first outdoor exercise @ had taken since that fall which re- cently made her an invalid for a few : H ty i Naturally, the first inquiry was of her health. “Well,” was the cheery answer, ‘while I don’t exactly feel like doing a jakewalk, I'm atill very much alive, dnd, what's more, I hope to be for sev- bral years to come. The “doctor at|PTefer good vaudeville to bad Shakes- ‘ 00d NWashington treated me “according to| Petre any day. In faot, I enjoy a g my age. My own doctor here is treat-| Vaudeville show, but I can't abide a , <2 Star Shoulds ing me as he would « patient ten years) DO, performiaribes ch16) BLS Sesret saz \ : : s : (my junior. That's even better than : A 4 % ZIGEES Ever; s 1 3 er S + ‘having @ dressmaker make you ten) # % J 8 8 = | inate roles, I have heard more than = & $ F bow Vex . jeage e Are No Sail ; years younger, isn't 1t?” RS, GILBERT was now fully! once an actor or an actress say: ‘I : ur LB es” i 2 ae 235 Ib Shakespeansy te : fWho says Mrs,’ Gilbert 1s vighty- squared away at the question,| cannot afford to take a small part. It gS, Vs three years old? yet she approached tt with no-| would injure my professtonal reputa- ; Seventy-three years young, {f you] ticeable hesitancy. tion.’ unfavorable he will, nine times out 4 please. “I am afraid it would sound pre-| A hs of regret, mixed with impa- of ten, turn up tia nose end email ‘The doctor knows best. sumptive in mo to say.anything on the| tence, escaped the champion of the old) «nat will bring the change?” she|the conclusion that 1 best for thie fly ‘aupertt. Or Gat? laceie Signe aaa on's opliion.’ If actors would only take ihe bad with the gopd they would learn a great deal. That'¥ T jave always tried to do, <8 that I bulked at when he wrote about Mrs. Barling.” that ‘the erans ought to ed possible attitude of the theatro-golns | scho : repeated. ‘Education and culture. dy to at itting.”* Cr a) ubllah tonrata Sane herpeese to eA “Tl seino|emielt pares Sha] rf Th advamages are possessed in sobs ae re ane sa ee) 4 mar! “ 10 i re's plays. e parts are vital; | greater degree than ever by many of sar ET an Deymbtly answered | course, that for a long time taste has Birt queens mdolisciearthellimeaningallell theevanagewomentasrsciaie; wis ercléé YTTING" led the way home this remarkable woman when | tended in a less serious direction. Pev-| brought out. If only those who com-| turning toward the stage to-day. Of| ma eats. Glbert seyine, asked what she believed liad | jie who go to tho theatre want to be|piain of ‘small parts’ could be made to| course, they must, first of all/ have SnSLEATELY Aen EC LOL ALY, C108 qmabled her to retain her surprising | entertained and amused, and it's per-| realize this! Then we would have bet-| natural talent, without which «il their |‘ but the one where she was obliged mlaved-out vitality. fectly right they should. But I belleve -around Shakesperian perform-| accomplishments would count for noth-| ‘0 $% up In thelr little beds," 1 don't, want, 20 i 7, Peres dancing when I was @ lit-| that the stage, more than the public, Pelee anak belleve the public would | ing, SuCaaneaslSn ill ObTE great fac-| “I stay at home and read the criti- yo “tucked In my little bed’ Just Fe” tle girl, and it has kept me in pretty | is to biame for lack of proper interest |4_ as ready as ever to patronize this|tor in aiding them to reach a high “isms.” sho acai ‘Iam very fond er Sood heblth ever since, I'm so lent,” |in the classic plays. Give the public form of drama, But in these days| plane in the world of acting.” of doing that, knowing the capa- iN fact Mrs, Gilbert isn't reconciled © \ ‘with an expressive sweep of the hands) shakesperian plays as they should be| everything is done for the ‘star,’ instead | Mra. Gilbert folded her hands in her | bilities of the players dlecussed Tam i] Frohman’s plun to retire her ever her epare figure, “that @ puff of | given and 1 believe the public will not|oF tne star belng able to take caro of | lap and waa silent a moment. Then she | able to judge pretty well for myself season after next, . ‘Being on the stage keeps me alive,** ’ sald, “In the Daly days i€ Chapey red to be a little ll Ada Rehan used » say, ‘Put grandma behind the foot’ ™ Lughts and she'll be well in a few minsy cn I do. retire It will seem is notuing left to hye Stor, But no one : t may happed ma: wind will lift me off my feet. But I'm| be found wanting in its support.” | ,inself, as should be the case. A star | continued: what the performances are like. I like always certain of landing on them! «nq the trouble les in: should ‘dominate everybody and every-| “A great many young women come | Htertatning criticlamg. Very often they sgain, That's what dancing early and thing. He should have an artistic per- | to me for advice, but I seldom give any,| “fe much more diverting than the per- fanoing late will do for one.” sonality of such power as to be su-/¢or the reason that it is seldom, !f| formances. I believe tn criticisms, and “You did a step or two in ‘Mice and /the question, ‘There are more stars to- preme: no, matter ow t his surround: | over, takea. If my advice has hap-|I admire goad judgment, which ts the Digariast) yous day, but they are not such stare as we) Sti uti Y tho star none too g00d,|pened {to interfere with the style or|chlef requisite of a critic, It's funny “Yes,” and there was a twinkle in the} had in the old days, We have no/the public should not be found Fault | Color of the young woman's frock or the |t0 sce the way criticlam is taken by ‘and maybe I could do} Jooths, no Forrests, no Cushmans.| with because it is lukewarm in its 8D-| way in which she wanted to wear her |those criticised. If a critic speaks year. But this isn't | sfost of the stars are small, and in 22a Oey ROO hair, she has, in nearly every instance,| Well of an actor you are apt to seo » iw ite order that they may appear larger the hastened off, leaving the advice on my/him running about with the paper in “What is it, vaudeville?” actors who play thp lesser parts are QWEVER, Mrs. Gilbert takes a hands, Dress, instead of acting seems | his hand, prowdly proclaiming: “There's r 1 i ry, h ly “Perhaps,” laughed the volatile vet-| smaller still, Then, too, it ts dimcult hopeful view of better days and/t. come first in the minds of most as-|what they think of me!’ But if the ‘ Abs of kindly Hilled with tearar wan, “‘and I don’t mind saying that I| to get players of talent to take subor- better things bye-and-bye. pirants these days, so I have come to reference to his acting happens to be ° ES DARNTO} “Glittering Gloria” and New Singers at the Opera. BROADWAY, 100, Wee ae Hety of legs as would mi HERE will be several shifts of; Allen in “Twelfth Night,”"| Knicker; | lon Brothers, with song parodies, and stock company will present the farce poster biueh with envy. EAT es. S20, Mat. Sat ‘PR CTOR’ tea The F Marion Littiefeld, 1 i € igh NEW ENPIRE 1 To-night, Res. 75, attractions, but only one new | bocker; Wilton Lackaye In ‘The Pit,"’ | Marion Littiefleld, soprayo, mpagne apd Oysters.” ‘The play at PH pelt MALT paleny seen) Aucustus Thomas's The Other air CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE. S “ "Empire; Ar- | Vesta Tilley ha proved such a draw- | the Fi “Lady Wine ts columne fora ‘Temple toe Woman eat Comed offering at Broadway theatres | 300) ye Ccanal ite ‘and “the Man | Ing card at the Cifcle that ahe will be Pes ce ea pee Sena AP you're thinking “of building. one—| ed heal och ah Uy 98d St; RICE & COHEN 2202 i while at the. other of the toe'l HERALD 80. ate next week. | of Destin: udeville Theatre; George | retaine a third week. Others will | pean juggler, will make lis first Amerl- | ay s= " nf Dest ‘deville Theat 6 third ath I} pean juggl AML make his first Ameri: | auld ‘FOUNTAIN OF ail ith Aye, ' | =MOTH with a pair with ‘The single newcomer Is “Gilt- The Good Old Summer | be ‘Charles T. Aldrich, the Six Reed | Gan appescarice at Prootor'a, 4n Newark, | {Wain a Mayiplike “ere ” 2 it Theatre; | Birds, Ge '§ monke ne Three Du-|~ ‘The Beh in show will be the attrac- e Flossie goes " , tering Glories.) which wishes end’ Ry ley Fe ee tT ee lekmnorl Mmonds and George Wilson, the former |tion'at Hurtig & Heamonia It inclades | |The first part of the bill was Dig Continuous Vaudeville. american, will produce at Daly's on Monday | ‘Quincy Adams Sawyer, minstrel. | the Russell Brothers in, “A Rontarice of | Heria’ Rusticana," In which Cal BIG Gal night. The piece 1s an English “comedy |GRAND OPERA BILLS, “ony Pastor will offer a ist embrac- | Now Jersey, Felix and ‘Barry in The “O lia” weet t ;, Bantuzza, of course, atoned for her Car FROM KAY'S ‘58th St. KELLAR npiisic'tit@ay. | with musle” by Hugh Morton and Ber~| “sirgugt' which 1g to be sung at the | INK Josephine Gassman and her plcica Doings of Johnnie Jones.” George Felix oppelia let Tels in ynen by" “aiving an Vexcellont yor-/) CREE man Mat. Mon. Wed. Thurs Fri. & Sas | ninnles, Mons, Paulo an le, ain tri t w Midge ‘ by . ‘ormance. Herr Dippel, who 1s work-|| with q ‘ vat = nard Rol’ The locale ts Londbn, and | sfetropolitan Opera-House on both Mon-| "A "French Frappe,” James. ti. Cullen, of, Powell Bealtina haiti verath at Charming Music and Delight: ine, verv para !uiete’ntetts.. fat hut|| anvrenigH aut tie. ae \ “THY MAGISTRATE "* the complications occur over the discov: | aay and Saturday nights, will introduce | Rosairo and Barbaretto, Signor Maceo Mus i broke in two and went onthe 1 Mat diy. Last th Big Veuteville Twice D $27 byt youns wit of the Intention, 2F Gyo singer to tht counry, Me aime | Wut ffs dom, and Smith and Pu) pubes Mas Scope and win oter «| ful Dances the Fantastio Ro- *.. write VIRGINIA iano : re tet er husband to buy Gloria 3 ~ | Ackte, who will be Marguerite, and Broctor's theatres: The Kaufman ‘ - , / mond necklace. Gloria, of course, 18 2n'F.. Naval in the part of Faust. For troupe of cyclists will head the bill at !N BROOKLYN, mance of a Doll’s House. A jith St s ele wel i, musements. ACADEMY ped, J fatees in compen, lnausee A002 serena seczoms nate Acbte had Uoon oe, ATaMG BREE tesin, aed | alam BaMmay fe, ‘he, ast of cane SAVOY ss ACADEMY OF MUSIC ig ; Bisco: eH US: q leading soprano at the Paris Opera- feature. ‘The Fifth» Avenue Theatre. the Montauk. Robert Hilliard tas; r pintera yril Scott and Ferdinand Gott- pro” white Mr. Naval is from wget Fifty-ninth street nee ‘ Vienna Opera-House. Edy’ Ports airs, atter an th Wa “Merely Mary Ann,’ in which Eleanor |, ef a OURS, Bee | Tf Robson has scored a sure success, wilt, Wil! be the Siebel, and allss Dae There are other “Babes in Toyland move from the Garden to the Criterion Meister the Martha, The Valentine on | That's right, Mr, Conried, bow low, | Monday night will be ir. Scottl, but on | even though you haven't far to. bend Theatre, and ‘The Secret of Policht- TH ” Saturday night Mr, Campaniril w! 1 the * It ts t be hope ja pel rey piece aang ce cies Madlges sume the role, Pol Plancon, of course, | won't ine of ee tie Be CENTU RY Baquare Theatre, will be housed in the, Will be the Mephisto, Gustay Hinrichs | are in Mr. Mitchell's favor—still Leo LAYE Ss Garden Theatre. Kyrle Bellew, who, Will conduct both performances. Delibes's two-act ballet ‘Coppelta,’ n't put on-such GARRICK“ Annie Ru: cat ile nor to BIJOU THEATRE? with Thos W. Roxs. 73.81. Mats To-dav& Wed. ry CONTINUOUE 14TH ST. : 20 & 30 CENTS, Warren. & Nianchard, Roberts, Hayse, @ ts Searle Vinee, Allen, on CHEERS Frives, N RHEAT RR GAK “Mt ELEANOR ROBSON 3 Cer ti bee was also driven from home at tho Prin-| ‘Tho ninth performance of “Parsital Gartermedl atthe Metropolitan cooetee apt carioenenscin HUDSON REAEE! Taree av Jt TO STO BIO SH cess and who ts prowling along the high- | W! e given on Tuesday evening, with ed | ———s Houlss'ilant inighte soll delighted ra ible SYDNEY ROSENFELD Robert Edeson— WaNsON's way this week, will break {nto tne ee ae earat time as Pavaita, | Romance of Stage Fotk Ends in! Gems Worn at Moe Levy Asso-|utlence, witch stayed until the last] gpey. ° Gavoy Theatre on Moxday night witn |p . toe twinkled good-night, that all the| | 2P ENING Sat. Eve., Feb. 90 aShamplonshiy ae ‘8.15 o'clock. * |town's apt to hear of Mr. Conrled’s frved_ Seats. $1.00. extra 3 anaes te Ju-| On Weanesdi yening Mme, Calvi . ; j y Fuge’ S02° "he Sacrament of Tu" Tt ye heard in two parts, Santuaza in| Marriage in Brooklyn After a! ciation Ball Far Outshone the town's apt to near (FIRST MATINEE FEB. 22) __lYulsm Faversham will come Deck t0 i eyaeri Pusticana” And Marewerit©+ Proposal and Acceptance by! Artificial IIiumination and, Fifteen years ago—this upon the BROADWAY: * fo in y." ““Motistofele.” The Lola in lcrushed hat of one of the old guard Lo : tat 2 3 House tn * rats panieates Me real W be Atme, Homer, while Furlddu and Telegraph. Dazzled Even the Dealers. of opera-Koers!— qROTRINSTERKENNEL CLUB, =, [MEDALSBMAID © s . . i pel and Ca due y ; i tor the rat time, sme Ret Be the: ne. fro ateistel "| I uh" “te ‘ i it Ree air; Sing Pes oN sti ML iNew AMSTERDAM Theatre, ves seen “A Chinese Honeymoon" will continue ve Will have the assistance 0 ist night Was its premiere on Broad of oon . . Mate Wel M oii’ MOTHER GOOSE lariaacther week at theiGranalOperas Dippel and Journet. Mr. Hin-| Patrons of the box office of the Am-| Diamonds by the quart, peck, pound ’ richs will conduct both works, Delibes's i S , eo rrel, e you Uke, way & with St “ ouse. Every seat in tho house has|charming ballet, “Coppella,’ will again /PMon Theatre In Brooklyn to-day will} bale or barrel any measure you like, |) ps WALLACK'S "3 ee W § NEW YORK Spicer et eta AMR, «teat en sold for Monday night, when the |e presented on the same evenin tela poten @ new dignity dn the bearing of ees Ne Beanie Saaie ne N never did ft into’ fve-| GEO. ADE!S QUAINT. COMEDY y By oi TT Rte a Bees ; mo with Miss Blanca Froehlich asthe treasurer, Edwin 8, MacFdtden, | Assoc! + ive! yin very nice j THREE! Dantel B, Finn Association, of the Firat Swantida, Nahan Hrunko ‘wilt cOndyct | He Is a benedict, i Fourth street, ‘The electric lights. were ? hurty “home COUNTY CHAIRMAN. {OHA ic eat Assembly District, will give its annual | the ballet. Pata shamed and the Kohinoor, had it by and, tell the c! about It. 3 | PRICES: 2 ; theatre party, “The Magic Flute," in German, will be| Miss Mary Joyce, who for four years) shamed and tie Koninoor, the | It’s Just a story o ; , MURRAY Buen ae Soe ee When We Were Twenty-One.” Henry | {@ pill, Thursday “ovening, with "Mtin ; e Four Gohana com-| 80me strange chance crept out of the Gaia ea WN va 2h | AMBHIGAN MAI. 1U-L 4 Sombrich as Astrifiammante, Mme. Ter-' pany, gaye up the struggle fr fame and | Coffers of King Edward for the ocea- or 1 wh r wel V. Esmond’s excellent comedy, will be {nina as the First Lady, Mr. Kloeprer | Pans. P sin) Would’ have iad hard work chang ithe ‘ itty ene TRELANNY OF THE “Weuls Sree Adams Sawyer, the offering of the Donnelly stock com-|&% Sarastro and Mr, Gorltz as Popageno. |left the company tn a Western town in| 10m WOuld i ly thin doll tsp t badges 2 Mt TED MARKS’ CONCERT, 1 eee ares erin ‘On Friday night M Ive will again | order to come back and go through |!# rays seen. ‘and. simply hanteal. Frantz, ; ae LAST MATINEE TO-DAY zo: W pany y Hill, appear jn’ Carmen,” with Mr. Dippel/ the ceremony which doubles a man's| Jt was war—war to the last carat be- }} Ay wise as some of his bn 3 Y Ladies’ Mat. To-Day "The Ninety and Nine” will be at the }as Don Jose, ween the Ley: ens, ‘The | Me the ; ‘ IN ( ‘A double bill, consisting of “La Tra-| (roubles and halves his income with| tween the Levya and the Cohens. The thers of the present day, climbs Into Theatre N, Go 6 4Y MASQUERADE Wealth end Poverty,’ medy- | viata: with Mine. Bembrich as Violeta, | MacFadden, Levys heard that the Cohens wero going the toymaker's ho’ Believing pbeatre No ‘ carenen eR, rane of Michigan it Wwi'be seen at | Mr. Dippel as Alfredo and Mr. Scott!| ‘Their romance beganetwo years aen.| 0 outshine them at thelr own ball, In dull Co be a beautiful daughter of BELASCOTHHATRE Er. he satnee Fvatonnoww a7 8 y erin as Georgio, and the Ballet “Coppel {when ithe Four Canine plaved at ane [consequence nearly every unredeemed fit! oul," gupposediy, in Infused “Wi “DAVID BET i DEWEY Matinee To- Dads eae Over uee cereus elie ate a a wantida,/Amphion. MacFadden saw Miss Joyce | pledge on the Bowery was in ovidene, {lyn 90" } ie ; is announced for Saturday after: "i y 2 hie aie Prootor'a Fitly-elgith Street |/#,announced for Saturday afte TR the | ead teesepene abt fo other, eit! | Som of the participants wore so. many nit that Swantlda, who bes marist. | PARISIAN WIDOWS Metropolitan will be devoted to the | penni ‘sparklers” that they had to bore extra ¥ ATLANTIC $= ‘To-Morrow: Night 250. tie. 'Metropol } po! Theatre will have| works of composers, The|' A week ago he counted up and found] holes in the fronts of their asbestos ‘Americano ; ‘Human Hearts. D } Hay a} ey 3 soloists will be Mmes, Loulse Homer and | he haa’ e: ‘ eke ta Ep ee ya the) West nd “Pea Meri? Snnounced for }icayth Walker, Lioyd Rand and Mr.|on, Ito wired’ the glad news ant lucas | enurts ale Doll's House’ a rough nh ts eee » Mgrs, Glories will be at | Campanarl, gn 19 Milas Joyes, and ene wired cack | Occasionally, when the diamonds were use.” knocking down automatons) @ 9 & EDEN ‘yt ‘he World Beate: VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. turned the right way, one could dt. Piss phic! $¥ ds MU SEE Pytra Attracts with James J. Jeftries, at the * Ungalth at the end of the mall an elece {ions whlch speak plainer than word "| MAJESTICY 278300, oft $ Mat ‘wenn BAST en she arrived MacFadden met her Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre of |in Willlamsburg and they went directly | swish at the that dolls, singly and collectively, can] MIG VAUDEVIL! L engagements at leading | Varieties enters its third week with an-|'9 the residence of the Rev ede) tric slgh which read: smash, ee Rene a GOON OFT aheatean will betaanio Hussain sake | other entire change of bill, amotg the Aeedunders aator of the South Becond | Duke and Duches of Easex Str inviting done so. the damage IRGLE ix Beans nt MMER TOM epnger Mrs Harting.” Garrick Thomay| features are Papinta in her spectacular at al » Hel” Ay to tho Duke, Joe Levy, he music whispers to you that VESTA TILLEY, * | crpic WILTON LACKAYB sae i Poeonent Eaowon’ Mansons |clectrical dances, Frank Bush, Eva . MacFadden are now| Hike Solomon in all his blory. | M i George C. Roniface and BD, ee Tos 5 rin" Wis ext Mudge, Melville and Btetson, Howard | Lady {0 recelvo thelr friends at No, 163] The Hucheus (Mts. Tvs) ted te a ray rowan tx sung of uttered, | The | KNICKERBUCKER ei3 9 uth Bi BESTSHOW, 3 Sore be a Pe vey Riad anes Tg —— of diamonds which oov Mhich “are pretty: and in music that Do ay 2 KEITH $i Nid ise, eho a Brooklyn Amusements. fares Chauncey Sloot tn deren and Nelson, Sandor — Trio, R > Levy Assoclation, the Cohens, the Orig- |. onarming. VIOLA ALLEN ‘AS VIOLA tn 5 Se 5 — NS New ork vaweel K ity Bellairs,”” Be- | Brooks, Avery and Hart, Pige: is Math BURST BLOOD VESSEL IN LEG. Jinal Conens and the Only aa Miss Knrica Varasi, the Swanhilda, TWELPIM NIGHT | N Q 7 Tex av € ith. Mat, sot. MONTAUK. BATEBe oma’ tanta) manner, Cove: J sand Nevins and Arngl John Bagley, a clerk for the Adams |Cobens, a delegation from the danced delightfully and looked prettier BERS) ft WER SIND’ Fri. es Wailnek'oy Wiliam filet tn the A taded by tht, |rezprea Company In. Joreny ‘cis. was] Marie’, az, qammmauion, the Martin han any dal ‘ha’ ever nae ea sol] VICTORIA Status wasn aa| MAINS LE lee . . ore was a very well-behaved do 5; : lire Me dogs.| found unconscious behind hix | desk] Hyen dawn couldn't him the rays of Fekian Braun @ gracetul and. pro Rebhahin ogg AES WEST END ; _{n_OLD_HRIDRL y. A blood vessel in his left | the Wamonds that solntillated in ‘penitent ¥rants, EURO an vrepeen and, Pag yi ape ey CLERMONT AYE! ) lost. itvwas long after dawn, ciolt, the ballet’ master of the opera- ‘Metropolis Ral “2 Aliasie “SKAT IN, and enn of Sinica, ‘a opnemiealioun te M4 Ay. es gupeuee| bo lenceng e Ini ts au revolr, ‘The costumes were picturesque andl 48k." Weak aN is ul tess Watanabe,