The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1908, Page 4

i pS neren res What About the Theatre Going to the Molluscs ? Well, There Are Mollusc Stars, Mollusc Man-| agers, Mollusc Authors, Mollusc Audi- ences and Mollusc Critics—But, No One Seems to Care. BY CHARLES DARNTON. O you believe in molluses? D If you don’t, just drop int atid to your knowledge of natural history aud human nature. Note ar, the molluse star-ette, the mollusc manager, the molluse st but not least guilty, the molluse ¢ nothing in particular to do with the lady molluse now per- Garrick. She can’t help molluscing. anks to Hubert Henry Davies. We are earnestly asked to study her as a creature who Mes in bed because she is too strong to get up. Vike a cushion for her head, The pretty molluse would like you to cut In short, the pretty mollusc would like any- the molluse audience, and This forming at the way, t dramatic captivity, the pages of her magazine. thing she could get without going to way of not doing things. Now, not take it where we have found { if the human molluse uses all {ts energy to stay where {t 8, why oa theatre any dark first night and cs. She was written that| \ She is the only human molluse in The pretty molluse would any trouble herself. It’s the molluse t, and apply Its non-activity to the d stage? "Tis a merry sport! It 46 ” | stage 1s going to the molluscs you re-| Molluse “Stars |member Mrs, Fiske and reflect that|! In the thoatre we see nice, succu-{ She ts probably g day and night lent, prosperous, beloved specimens of| You recall that t st has developed First of all apme the —actors and actresses who have once “made a hit’? and who forever afterward have thelr little world hustling to suit them. Play: | wrights grow gray trying to give them the mollu: mollusc “‘stars MOLLUS ¢ AUTHOR. roles that suit their pampered “per: | gonalities,* for they themselves would | never dream of laboring in the sweat | of their “art” to gain versatility, | Stage directors cut out whole scenes | and write in others with which the molluse may impress an admiring pub- lic. (Awfully obliging chaps, these stage directors!) Mere working mem- bers of the cast are forced to surren- der an effective bit of “business” or a telling line to the mollusc star, who clamors for and gobbles t down greed: | lly. The molluse star never thinks of branching out along new lines. That would be progress—and the molluse clings to what it knows. Furthermore, it pays to be a molhuse star. Joseph Jefferson learned that long before he died, Others are learn- ing it to-day and making regular trips to the bank, ‘Tye money-making mol- luse isn't risking his trade-mark to gain a kingdom surrounded by barbed-wire fence, He prefers vault- tng over a pretty hedge trimmed to his measure. It is much the same with the mol- luse star-ette whose beauty {s guar- anteed to last for at least three acts of light comedy. She may feel Nke erying a bit, but it is all arranged that | stage. jdone a great deal for others, | periments, | trom a soubrette into the most interest- ing and most intelligent actress on < You remember her, too, as the author of several little plays, one a gem that shines out of the past with un- dimmed brilliancy, You still see "The Light from St. Agnes.” And looking down Forty-second street you see the niames of two former members of her company, two examples of her training, blazing electrically. Mrs. Fiske has not | only done much for herself but she has | Mr, Sothern also comes to mind. By | his own effort he has dragged himself from the mollusc bed of the matinee idol, If all his attempts to give the stage a change from the old order of things have not been crowned with | success he has at least shown a will- Ingness to try and try again, Mr. | Arnold Daly {Is another who has had the courage to push hls way through | the dramatic seaweed. Mr, Daly may have his shortcomings, He may not khow how to manage himself. But he Is not & mollusc, Mollusc Managers. The-molluse manager is first of all a trader In plays. He goes abroad every | year and returns with a “fine line of | goods,” all guaranteed by the European | manufacturers, England and France| cut the pages of his plays for him. He! sees what Tes @t2s. Experience, not ex- | counts with him, Human, | nature fs much the same the world over.| |, What “goes” in one place Is likely to!” go’ In another.' One day King Edward returned from the Tyrol in a green hat. | The green hat has now gone to the| head of the imitative American. But the plays that the mollusc mana- ger brings over are green, They are well-seasoned—u: London-sea- not ally “Did you like tt? “Loved it! Better? Oh, I'm so glad!’ “Did you enjoy It “Immensely! been made for (It probably was). “Hello, “Helle “How'd THE EVENING WORJ]D, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 19. ' Fair Stars Will Shine in Plays of Coming Week ' “Smashing, eht* “Ripping good!” How is The, ner. Horte Max!" u ike How d you?” iotluse Critics. The things molluse soned, And he {s usually right about | — Th nivery tht them. As @ rule they are good plays. AAV SPs 4 notices.” Next ¢ They have a literary flavor di Se iaan from that sf the home-made play. We] the are glad to get them, and the mollusc nianager is glad to bring them \oe | &3y | Moliuse Authors. \@ On this side of the water the moltus: | «ho manager culttvates a few mollusc au thors. Sometimes ey happen to “popula Then they mollusc to orde: Tf @ Hari flat happens to be of dri matio importance the time they straightway leave “society” to look af- ter itself and take a train to One Hun- dred and Twenty-fifth et. ne mollusc author drifts wit tide, For years Wore a son and wrote with a ‘six-shooter."” But tain shall come down the mo- s to get red. A r trad And so id perhaps cially a song of her own. spent abroad tells when she wore, The pir The W ex wt er up." e tae town she comes | eg er season in stag be » Her suc eq ° 1 t A Few Exceptions, E tlons. W wesses and pessimistica that s ft play is | French-Canadian strong. The mo! for something uallstic w | magazines yed out, and But there ts author at don knows how Metluse Audiences, When I go to the wasn't sie? The play fits T lavis Post and MARY MANNERING == your cold, y must have CRE ARTY: Cont Th s after year, ar kind what e HATTIE. WILLIAMS, CRITERION dear? | LYRIC, Lillian Russe Widow in Mary Mannering Will Be an Old - Fashic Heroine in ‘ —Hattie W Out “Fluff ma To-N of D Vight. aftern | mantic play The historic her | Paterson, of Bi Io by Jerome Bonaparte er | marriage to this younger brother of the | p French emperor, Jerome arrives incog- Claude Mach trude ( oF \the Liberty in a racin George V. Hober hurst. Mis Russ who has racing fable an under the na reputable bo’ After she me | Wildfire in a | Duffy has pla {according to a si je jocke from it a hands t 10 Jose. to race, To ma allows him uM vs abeth Forbes. Hattie Wil sites of 1903"° _— ns itself with the Talaente of her lan Russell will open her season has ente: ned to ' rohief {s The Thi Fr ‘False Cecil Detectiva” life. T Hammer: in open jal alome’” dane: dD I! to Become a a Racing Pl dance ned Romantic! Bn" e Th The Yorky ke \Fi rank A. Got: sor McCay, prence Rob Metropolis Theatre in ad,” Clyde Fiteh’s 1 VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. for r include Gertrude Hoffman, and tre will have La Syiphe in her Avenua ate n Monday eve- ks’ engagement features will tome erhze by Bayes and a dance called Milo, Daale 7 e to ) Margaret Mling= ton and Bi it continue at the Empire ning week Carlotta Ni will make her first a in “Diana of Dobson's” a the Savoy The: n t Sitgreaves, | Annie Yeamans, and many | others will appear at t Belasco Thea- tre to-morrow night in an entertain: | ment for the benefit of the building fund of the Golden Gate Professional Club. Oo Oo 8 Rose Stahl in rus Lady’ be the attract at the Grand | Opera-House atre will have ; or, Driven to Bay.” will yea Girl and the » will reopen on The Straight of east side will be seen at the ate, will be at the ndon Helles come to vave the Vanity | 3 Root ¢ res e bill In nen inoth h, champion wrestler, 1 “All About a Bout’ on, That Q te ‘ollins and t, Taga- nd Arabs, Gardner and hone and the sand picture artist. Fifth Avenue Thea- | “Salome” | Rooney and | Lena and expert oth je One Hundred (Glorious Betsy’? | and tre. wil Glorious Betsy” tnetude gonn J of the illiams Will Bring | Mare’. pooner, | ©) "The She Ina y Ruffles” —"Di- and obson’s” Opens rt an " Phyllis Rankin; st ary Man- 1] and Hattie in new be seen will begin an engage- Theatre on Monday in 1 "Betsy" » drama a nally Man-| be George Howard, | Carr, Helen Gordon, Ger- re on Monday eve called Wildfire,” t and George Broad- £ ell's role is that of a seoretly da d enters her horses ” of John Duffy, a dis- rw n she det red her favorite race, e lea} hrow" jznal given by er’s quar! ‘aved tne boy Is ev f no signal Is given Ru foil Dufty the een ke love to her as and Annie Buckley, will appear In ‘ lange, a Monday on y 1 “1 wish then Ty play with. Jerome er, Bert Les! n, Lida MeM and Adele Rowla: oe will move down Into Yuvyuvwe™ Wasnougne croseY sliadowgraphist “On and O ‘ Eddie ra| and Ruth Lattimore, Mi EROOKLYN J AMUSEMENTS. " will be played ow T had been nild always ha Can this be the beginning of the end? + intended for a joke and does the manager want some one to get ar- rested for doing the Lady Ge co. features i Wit Harry the Em- nardi, the Ital- the Six } and Hart, and Be rctor ill make her vaude. Thambra in of the Hour, e bill wil ne Quar- company Theatre vaudeville “roelich opens house in the M ‘rh e : Shea h Gown, jonaire Band | play at Amusement Park. » for nine years posed are that the opera, to be to- be rie at Theatre, Iv ny will he farola; Tuesday with Miss Julia can 0. at about ould not of tears he twins and ne one to! ens, Greece, genuine Salome. who says she ts the Mme, Alla a nova’s new country ome near Port ed by the a Ne s Russian and Sounds like th e of a tul al oy, Handshaker—Greetings to you, red Stone, and how are way to join the e Aowemy Oh, it Is well, Word, Master Jd avoid foreign such a pessimist The ood master you to- Red Mil of Music bur "via" Stone, and. phrases on tinanekal conditions. That Is misinformation,” St “not to use the uglier word. “Tam an Optimist you must spell me with a big O. On your whieh reache via Montreal? Woy sho is a ' Liebler Fim Gets « | ‘ ie ___AMUSEM OPENING POsTPONED TO Thurs. Night, be 10th, Two Enormons Spectacular Productions toot, Pd 400 “Ha “HE SKIES Armed Airships. partie ah Georges Ballet BIRDS “A Little Broth nae Het you otherwise?” LAND OF A title rother Was the bear,” we say, laughing ning Next Thursday. , Ifreatell our ready wit. And, Indeed, M. to § of the Rich’ mer there: dangles from a silver ehain a) fs at “outs ea uinbting, son of U K | t,"" says Master Stone, care- | D’ rs ay) I ellis a Jessi, WA trophy of the chase, it waa| | on the recent trip through Alaska that | |this came about. Without any weap Joke. ons save three Krag - Jorg: a . howie knife and a copy of Joseph Me- | dill Patterson's prose works, [ slew a@ | Sa bear that must have been a month old, A worried manager and a worrled|if ft was a minute, and made prisoners BlayWrient wre) Henry. B) Harria)iand| OF {ts fauhor ald mothers : Ne ‘our other accomplish: | |Charles Klein, the producer and, au-l mente Mr. Stone? “You. may Beem ta thor of “The Lion and ‘The Mous frankly tou Recently, Mr. Harris announced that! | “Driving an automobdlie on one wheel eat and understanding what fi he w 1 present a new play by Mr. heiriess means when she ta i Beats Klein, entitled “The Third Degree,"| “Who is your tavorite author?” “Henry Blossom.’ Klein met Will- wand your favorite composer?" and not long after Mr. Jiam Courtleigh, the actor, In the! Victor Herbert,” Lambs’ Club. | “And your favorite sport? Quick, “L see your next play 1s called “Tha! Msn Gulek, the carriage walts!"” ler asres sharley,”” d rap-shooting Third Degree,’ Chariey, said Mr ‘Ah, a shooting star,” we hu: Courtleig ‘Of course, I know there's} morously and chuckling over ‘ovr jtc- no copyright on a title, but you proba-)Ular brilllansy we dismiss our young| ae Vena Sarre .;man with an injunction oly didn’t know I appeared in a one-| i", Tauren Jact play of that name four years ago, net did you?” Ages of Actresses—Miss Nora Boyes, “The deuce you did!” said Mr, Klein. | % Pel your story moves me strangely, What) Lost and to remember Found—Henry the plot of your sketch?” Wuetner ote Beneral press agent for owhat * Four. | huberts, {8 a reporter on the | "What is the plot of your play?"| Balumore 5 porter on the asked Courtlelgh, and Klein told him| ran | that it had to do with the securing of @) [Frank | Daniels, weari a bg | confession from a man accused of a blog ae pee th at had seen much ser: ry 8 houseboat, the crlme by modern police me Seldomever, met Lew’ Bos “You're just a little late,” § Bron onny tor, ‘Dhat’s precisely the idea of MY), 7s! Brae ing thaiaie How onvearth aid ow on earth ne holes?” dia : What be Ing it over, “You alarm me," sald Klein, What) stop had I better d ; I'd see the author gh, and the playwrigi sis manager's office, advised Court- the last time I saw that ha rried off to! {t wal that hat on a horse,” sald Lew, . . do vou mean?" asked ete ATT WORLD Pista HERALD $y BY S15. Mh Crowded 9 TWINS DALY'S | Rew va Clyde, Fhtet v8 | Coolng (0) HACKETT ig J Vabor I Gh ah WSOh i WITCHING HOUR, ie LABOR DAY MATINEE _ iY MANKERING LOU | Wer B48 & eer 7 fats Thats & Ba 21S, Also Mats HE AIRE, SAVOY sy, &, _DIANA i ore s | \ THE GIRL S OF cornea, gaan sate loseph Coyne an Alexander Carlisle In THE MO! Likert oN MISS BILLIE BURKE By HUDSON , W ATCH ROBERT EDESON WAL LACK’ 'S, olen ot ss Hope Booth yesterday began to {| ARNOLD DALY; conetat ‘ ¢ternoon | Al ntract In Vvaudevilie t s a See George C. Tyler Yesterday sa Meaill | Pater remarkable, considering these, || WEBER'S (82 es"! Whee Gy closed a contract with Josep Pall, times in that branch of the! || wed. Mace eu. Clone on reton Liebler & Co. «0+ | Wage, pie? PAID WR FULL 4 the sole rights to produce She left to play over the entire 7 cured Mote ae on. the | Orpheum Ciro ch will keep her || ASTOR #8 5% “Wn, Hodge, PTamerethers obatte | steadily at work’ until spring. In some ||| aug Relig . Age 1 Mr. Patterson {cities “she will play two “Weeks, ap: ||| MMM Aarea! The Man ron Him age rried back to his home in Chi- | pearing fn George Mf. ‘Cohan's “sketch, | theo and will immediately begin tho The Little Blonde Lady,” and tna) BIJOU ¢ xira‘iras a jl odern Cleopatra,” by the late Kene work of turning the novel into @ DlGY. | ne:h Lee, Ee | WR, nguGLis ambit : aah A | ee A_peen behind the cu ae = Miss Tix ie Friganza's real name {is Bede Mr, Tyler said no one will be starred in the piece, as Its name ani the re-| of prosperity Chorus Girl Bromide—I could ' , but I wouldn't leave New ning Pollock weighs 557 pounds LE ane 's writing a play for Charles York, aay las 5 ey — = =2 Dore Davidson, the English actor, ha heen engaged by Wagenhals & Kemper! __ _____ AMUSEMENTS, “The Stronger to play a money lender in 4 : rhich Miss Annie Russell 1s to ; 40TH ST, & BIWAY, Sexi /inartion 3 wil] be produced GAIETY = 407 Mat’ Torbay. APTed) ONG WED Nasu (poke COHAN ‘4 at Time To-nigt n Washington in October, yi aN “The Yankee Prince.” ‘ n has been playing for ert Mon. “The Teves ne owlesmian Mr David three BROADWAY fr catine “Whistling hit of the seagon.”"—American yicror REBRSrott and AL Geni London with Cyril Maude 1 of Pawtucket.” and also produ fon of “The London Sex.” He has arrived in New Ngoment of fe lay 4 (Gees ae odanran “GEE PE Pu see Brera onsry* TREMErTY Widow ie Lustice Wi Some one told “Lawrence D'Orsay that yvenerabl 28 joke Pnever LIBERTY, ats. Wee A. set. ‘ aid she had never go soa ‘aot anorus gin] who said she had never ood] THE TANVELING SLES got a dia nond trom “soar, cand Be) | Next Mow, Lillian Rimeelt | omedian nt it P THE | ae a ‘trled to it, but got JARDINde PARI ATOR THI the phraseology. | Last night Nxt NY. Th cle ; y data Nenaaids F, “bu SL NEW. REVUE CE al said st Pail Mie wat sad wed pwer| |” ROLE ES OF 1908 he had got a diamond from a} eo. | | Which brings to rail the odd way! that other English actor, George Gr | . Jr, has of referring to cowboys | eowehaps.” THE ROUND Up Prices, 280-$1.00,Mts.Wed.& tod! y.2. Ev,8.15 Mat Labor Day, Wed. Mat, Best Seats 1.00 oe The latest Is BANU thei cnmnel named — from And uf es mien “Volupte’ | AUTOMOBILE. & MOTOR BOATS, PPR The World’s Fastest Cars’ The World’s Most Dari" g Drivers! Te Sept. lith and 12th at the 24-Hour Endurance Race} To be held at Brighton Beach Race Track under the auspices of The Motor Rac'ng Association The short races consist of 5—10 and 50 Mile Events, including Special Match Races—Among these A Match Race between The Fiat Cyclone «« Christie Car ihe short races begin at 2 o'clock Filday Afternoon, Sept, 11 The 24-Hour Race Starts at 8 P. M. Friday * POPULAR PRICES Field Grand Stand!/Main Grand Stand (Covered) (Covered) 50c. ‘$1.00 A large score board will be erected In front of each stand, and the results of the race willbe immediately posted by the Telautograph System. At night the score will be shown by jopticon every 10 minutes. | AUTOMOBILE & MOTOR BOATS. GAWDEN,., fn TaborDay Wed Rte tion of the book are relied on to | | ap and she “owns real e ee “eso tc nla 30 proved by w attention to the play. oklyn. O00 m the Author,” 0 RANZ gone More harbing: of Der Teutel.": MOLNAR. $1.50, Extra Matinee Labor tines Labor Day. MONOLOGUB, Advantage of Being @ Mant 40 Big_Acts- 20, ‘$0, JPuparen, abe EVA TANGUAY, Anderson & Co, tee, Homard |) North cM: “iach Sa Mat.Dally,25c, Jack “Norworths HOWARD, ALHAMBRA sess "Fun in 8 Boarding House; Bernard!, Stuart Bangs, Mat.Datly.z5e, Arthur Hueston € Co., &a AMERICAN THEAT W. 424 8 TO-NIGHT, at 8.18. «ITALIAN OP: AK Day Mat.), AIDA, RIGOLETTO, to 81.50, iE WERRY WIDOW .. gpl Haran Guns vnais a al ae Sun Musical C PHEATRE, W, 424 St. By | BELASCO Mats. Bat. & Labor Day, 2. | GEORGE ARLISS AMMERSTEIN’ $ ROOF and Daily Mat. in Theatre (Roof Bill) Gertrude Hoffmann in "A" Vision of Sag ome, a Mendelssohn’ no’ ht tn Ral KEATH & PROCTOR’S TREMENDOUS SHOWS — ALL STARS, 5h Pyp, ggck& The Double Crs i 12D SUetrenpaue yy Gran Dy ¥ Stat aa, ATLANTIC’ and ella May GARDE: Bowery, near Canal Bt, Every event . & Sun. Matinee: Grand Concert, Vaudeviile, Moving Pic ATINEE TO-DAY. GRAND™ © TiME 7” PLACE n# GIRL Next Week—ROSE STAHL The Chorus Lady, “Magical BOWERY BURLESQUE | THE: . t | 14th ote HROCGH DEATH VATE ea Next Week—“THE R BO All Pathe Usual Mo ng, Pictures & ‘OLYMPIC (LOWME LY | ee M de, | MURRAY bb's iy BAER, jay aaa’ ExTANAGAKA” PHEATRE, ¥ “31 RUCTION OF JERUSALEM. Be TREWORKS TO: it, Bin PROGRAMME, | _With Son New and Attractive Pleces, LUNA | Rae PARK vIGH SEE A KEAL Live Mermaid FREE, ana 1.ovg other ¥ CUNEY ISLAND'S FUNNY PLACE. 0 a ua ES ofa To-morrow, Knanp’ GALA LABOR DA | STEEPLE BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, AA RR oe es 19 dado COLUMBIA §iicines baits 13 “Custer’s Last Fight. The Convict and the uirt’* | SUDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONUAY WONDERS.