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I I 5 r- I It id, is a ts ir la to id et iS iy t- e- i- at ill r. iy. re nC nr in ir ot IP th r. 4 7W 7 CASINO if 00 This Week's New Offerings: FBITZI SCHEFF IN "THE TWO ROSES i coBMdr opra. book by 8tnUlau Stance, music by Ludwl EnUnder.

to-morrow evenlnc at the Broadway unnni AMn a "muBlcaJ fantasy of the forest' book by Frank Plxley. mu.lc by dutav Lu-ow. to-morrow evenin at the New York -THE BARONESS FIDDLESTICKS," a musical comedy, book by.Oeore De feong, music by Emtio Bruniere. to-morrow at the Caalno Theatre. NANCE O'NEILL IN.1" MAQDA," 'to-morrow evening at Daly'a Theatre: MME.

REJANE IN ZAZA, to-morrow evnln at the Lyrle Theatre. LOUIS MANN IN "THE SECOND FIDDLE." a comedy by Gordon Blake, to-morrow evening; at the Criterion Theatre. -DEB HOCH-TOURIST." by Kraati and NeaU Tueay evenlnjr i HE Irresistible FrlUl Scheff, of whom It baa been aald that ahe has never yet met failure, will come to the Broadway Theatre to-morrow even-in in The Two comedy opera based upon Goldsmith-, famous com-lJy, She Stoops to Conquer" Th title. I -rv. is auKcested by the two i character, which Mis.

Scheff assumes dur- I tat the play-Rose Decourcelles. a rrench girl, put down among eighteenth mtury rustics, and Rose Marie, a barmaid, i Tfce opera Is a story, told In music, of oia linxllsh country life, with the central figure a rlvscloua French maid who celebrates hT birthday by masquerading under conditions that lead to amusing mlsunderstand-in and complications. Wr. Dillingham has made a most la-lsh production, and has gathered together what be considers an unusually competent company to support the star. the success cf Babette 7 still fresh In the minds of those who enjoy a combination ot good musto and good acting.

Miss Scheff wJU be urt ot a great send-off to-morrow even-in. Her company includes Roland Cun-. rlniham. Ada Meade. Grace Spencer, Nile.

Bertha Holly, M. W. Whitney. Xuls Baron. Roy Penalton, Ida Hawley.

Jo-trphlne Bartlett, Clarence Hanydystde, 1-chiU Barrtson. and Frank Boyle. "Woodland." which comes to the New Tork Theatre to-morrow evening, la de-wrlWd as a musical fantasy ot the for-t" The characters are all members ot the JUred tribe. There are musical birds, like the lark, the nightingale, the canary. nd the mocking bird, and birds that are lv from musical, like the parrot, the ewU and the rooster.

There are no hu-beings in the plece'at all which makes It iur that whatever other quality Wood-Utd- may possess It will have originality. The scene of the first act la King Kagle's Tl court, and the time Just before aun-The birds all assemble and are chlded Judge Owl for being late. King Kagla stnt for hU son, Prince Ragle, to come, and marry Lady Hawk. But. Prince F-Mle Is a love with Miss Nightingale this umlada one a Uttle of Old Heidelberg 4 balks at marrying Lady He King Eagle Is killed shorUy ftnraxd.

and the Electors, consisting- of VOwt the lUven. 'th Rooster, and the UlUrd. meet to chooM a successor. The abw votes for himself and Is chosen Before long a revoluUon. Is.

bertm the Robin, who sends the Dove to bring Prince Eagle. east Includes Harry Bulger. Stanley Torde. Frank Doans. Harry Falrlelgh, wlea Dow Clarke, Emma Cams.

Chert- Bhapaoo, Ida Brooks Hunt. Helen Hale, i sluUe. Margaret Sayres. Mattle Nlch- r4' Frank D. Nelson.

v. "Tfce Baroness whlca. Cos to the Casino Tuesday evening, ts tlre cb society by George De Long, who ku the libretto, and Emile Brugulere. the poetr. The story deals with Mashaway, ftau, who Invites to bis country home -tnn.

a London muate half singer. Bhe wprise. him by bringing with her a bevy chme girls, much to Mashaway cha-f1- He, to cover their real Identity, Intro-acn tkeia by Impossible titles, calling the Bardness All goes 'oethly enough untO a real lady of 4 sends word she Is coming Hedda Gabler Thursday. at the Irving Place Theatre. down to meet the 'Baroness, whom she' says she once knew in America." The usual complications and only the skill of the librettist is able to disentangle Mashaway.

In the cast are. Anna Fitzhugh. who takes the title role; John E. Henshaw. (Mashaway.) Richie Ling.

'Alden McClaskle, Tony AsherToby ClaudeAnna Juhnston. Walter A. Cluxton, Edna Mc-Clure. Bergen, Minnie Method Gustav Kdldovskl. and May Ten Broeck.

Nance 'oNelU will appear to-morrow evening at Daly's Theatre in Sudermann's Magda." Theten years of Miss. O'Neill's stage life have been devoted exclusively to -the serious and clastic! drama. She evidently believes in -aiming high. The fact that the famous Mrs. Flake Is playing "Hedda only three blocks further up town' does not keep her from putting It on at Daly's Thursday evening.

st Spring In Boston she won a great success In The Fires' of St. John." Beginning her season there In a cheap and out-of-the-way theatre she ended It In a hlghnclass. high-priced This 1 week the first four performances. Including a Thanksgiving Day matinee, she will present the, other four performances will-be devoted to Hedda Gaoler Mis O'NeUl Is under the management of John B. Schoetiel, who was In the firm Of Abbey SchoeffeL In her supporting company are Wheelock.

Louis Massen. Rlcca Allen. Gertrude Blndley.r-thur H. Sawyer, and Clara Thompson. Mc-Kee Rankin Is staging Miss Nelll playa The third week of Mmo.

Rejane's runat the' Lyric Theatre wUl be given up entirely to "Zass," the same Zasa which haa become familiar, to the United States through the English Interpretation of.Mrs. IeUe Carter Mme. Rejane created the role in Paris; It was written especially for cer The fourth and tast week of her stay In New Mme. Rejane will appear In -Sappho? Monday and Tuesday. In In cognito, and ia reiu- Wednesday.

In Ma Thursday. In La Douloureas Friday, and In La Dame aux Camelias Saturday afternoon and evening. lxuU Mann will come, to Criterion Theatre to-morrow evening In a comedy by Gordon entitled "The. Second The story of the play Is aa follows: Paula, a Vlenntse singer, goes to Paris, to seek -her fortune on the stage. 'Nearly starving, shs writes letters to her foster brother.

Leopold, who is second fiddle In a Vienna orchestra, tilling him she has sue-ceded and Is happy. He writes back to her. abio lying, and saying that his compositions have been accepted, and have brought him prosperity. Then he goes to Parts, thinking to find Paula on the topmost round of the of fame. They meet and learn the It happens that.

Paula has an. admirer in one Count de Gardlnet. auppoeed to be a composer. When the prima donna of, the company feigns illness he offers to put Paula In her place If she will consent to marry him. She consents.

Whesr the opening night comes -prima donna suddenly recovers from her? 111-neas. Here's where 1 Leopold comes In. He pretends he ts a Uusslan nobleman and prsuades the prima donna to elope with THE NEW YOREC EMMA CAR.U9. in WDODLAND HEW eYORK THEATRE TO-MORROW Jlm. She elopes and Paula Is prima donna.

show makes a hit. ana me claims his bride. But the words ol ine pledge were that Paula would marry the mau who made her success possible, and it turns out that the opera was really something the Count had stolen from Leopold. So Paula marries Leopold. Mr.

Mann's supporting company Includes Percy LyndaL Charles Dad. Mary Bacon. Marie Bingham. Elsie Ferguson. May Grant, George Gaston.

Irene FrUell, Gertrude Uoremus, and Georgia Der Hoch-Tourlst will be given aj the Irving Place Theatre Tuesday evening. authors are Curt Kraatx and Max Neal. The chief character of the play Is Myliua, a well-to-do Berliner, who has persuaded his wife Into believing he has been climbing the Alps, whereas he has really been leading a riotous life among the actresses and artists the bler-nallen of Munich. Retribution awaits him when he finds, upon returning home, that the letters he has written her he. copied them out of a lately published work have been Issued by his proud wife In book form-u He Is forced to.

live up to his reputation of an Alps climber by undertak-. lng a real climb. The tricks to which he.re-sorts to lie himself out of the. scrape are at last crowned with success. The action Is-laid alternately In Berlin and the Tyrolean Alps.

Characteristic songs and yodels are Introduced in the Alps scenes. The cast Includes Max Haenseler. Geor-gine Neuendorff. Agnes Bunger. Richard Schlaghamer.

Marie von Wegern. Helnrlch Habrlch. Herrmann Gerold, Una Haensler. Margarete Russ, Otto Meyer. -Paul Hage-mann.

Frans Klerschner. Bruno Schoen-feld. Jacques Horlts, and Hedwig von Oster-raann. Der Hoch-Tourlst will be presented Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday evenings and at the "Thanksgiving Day matinee.

-vilhelm Tell will be presented Friday evening. PLAYS THAT HOLD. The College Widow," at the continues to be the great success that It has. been all the season. David Warfleld will move down town to the Bijou in January, taking "The Music Master out of the Belasco to give place to Mrs.

Leslie Carter In a new play. His play Is still filling the Belasco every night. Humpty Dumpty has caught the fancy of the public, and Is attracUng large crowds to the New Amsterdam. "Uttle Johnny Jones," In which George M. Cohan is starring at the Liberty Theatre, is fining, the house every night.

Mrs. Flske's Hedda Gabler Is getting a large share of intelligent attention nowadays. t- The Sho-Gun." at WaUack'a is. showing a marked Increase in popularity every day. It Will run Henry Miller's success in Entangled continues uninterrupted.

He will be at the Gat-rick many more weeks. Sir Charles Wyndham's David Gar-rlck has proved a powerful drawing card. at the Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch stays on at the Savoy. Edna May's run In The Schoolgirl at the Herald Square Theatre will continue well into Sothern and Marlowe will give Hamlet -to-morrow and Tuesday evenings at the "TIMES.

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1904. iDr- 7wk LAST NIGHT rT. PHOTO aOZZc I mz Tfir I I Knickerbocker. Much Ado About Nothing and Thursday evening and Thursday matinee, and Juliet the rest of the week.

Miss May Irwin's play. Mrs. BUck is Back." win stay at the Bijou until January. The-Wlxard of Os remains triumphant at the Academy. The crowds that visit it bring back memories of its first days at the Majestic Theatre.

Andrew Mack stays at the Fourteenth Street Theatre In The Way to Kenmare. Dave Higgins has made a hit at the American with His Last. Dollar." will stay on. Amelia Bingham wUl stay at the Princess two "Alt Heldelberg- wUl.be performed only once more at the IryinsT Place, to-morrow evening' rjoUy as ever, doing weU at the Weber Music HalL Miss Ethel Barrymore is packing Hedson with Sunday." Whether it Sunday or Miss Barrymore. is immaterialthe house keeps full.

With one of the longest- runs of- the season behind him. John Drew. Jn The Duke of KJUlcrankle," -'at. the Empire, shows no evidence losing popuUrlty. COMBINATION HOUSES.

I Raymond Hitchcock and his -company wUl present The Yankee Consul to-morrow at the Grand Opera House, their enxagement will last one week. Agnes Cain Brown has taken the place formerly held by Miss Flora ZabeUe and has proved herself capable. -There will be an extra matinee Thursday. i. t.

which in New England a week since leaving the Hudson, Theatre, wilt bo at the Harlem Opera House this week has recovered from his illness now. and will able to go on with his part. Cariotta Nillson lsTatiIl.the leading woman. V'- The Hanlon Brothers will have the Fifty-eighth Street 1 Theatre this week for their popular pantomime, They have spent over they say. tn preparation of this bis: spectacular entertainment.

One oT the iwwf is laid In the Japuneso villmgo at the World's Fair. The AU-American 7 fen i If ETHEL DARE.VMOR.E AND COMPAQ. Ballet has special numbers, which Include The Keveis ot ia rui.r- land and "The Dance Models." -ot Artists'; Because one iove 1 1 ru .1 1 ilia a. a Thutra this week. It contains scene- laid In the new Tombs Prison and In the old Five Points.

The Factory Girl will be ptayed at the Windsor Theatre this week. The play tells of the trials and tribulations that beset a airl trying to earn a living in an honest way." In the end virtue triumphs. The Street Singer with Florence Bindley will be the week's offering at the Metropolis Theatre. Theodore Kremer's A Race for Life will be at the New Star Theatre for the next six days. This is Mr.

Kremer's most recent thriller. The two-act musical comedy Flo Flo will be at the West End Theatre this week. Stella Mayhew has the leading rile. VAUDEVILLE. Isabel Irving, supported by WUfred North.

wUl give "Six Persons at the Proctor Fifth Avenue Theatre this week, Ulai Irv-'ings last appearance was as star in "The Crisis." North was in Flske's company. Six Persons Is by Israel ZangwilL It ran several months in England, being a curtain raiser for three successive plays at the same theatre. It is based on a remark ot Oliver Wendell Holmes namely, that there are six persons In every conversation, the two who are speaking, the two as they wish to be thought of. and the two as they regard tbTne1VOreatest Thing In the World." by Harrle Ford and Mrs. H.fC De MiUe.

11 be presented by the stock company, with Edwin Arden at the head of, the cast. Miss Isabel Irving win present Six Persons" at the Twenty-third Street Theatre, She will make four appearances every day. two at the Fifth Avenue, and two' at 'the Twenty-third Street house. The McWal-ters-Tyson Company will make a scenic reproduction ot McWatters's sss McVVat-ters will also reproduce the late Prof. Herrmann's Hindu basket mystery.

Others on Si long bin are Hall the Exposition Four. Lillian Ashley. Gilbert and Bart. Naomi Ethardo, and Barto and The Stubbornness of Geraldlne wlU be offered by the stock company at the One Hundred and Twenty-fiUi. Street Theatre tH StmDAT at mtt 1 HUDSON this Wolf and wnn y-i.

.1 JL, i will head the vaudeville uuiiv S3 a The Lion-Faced Boy Is the great sttrso- or ri i v7iiKspa Museum. Iron skull wonder, runs him a close race tor the popular iavor. Hammersteln's Victoria Theatre bin this week includes Rowfrio Guerrero In her one-act pkntomime. The Rose and the Dagger John C. Rice and Sally Cohen, the Arab troupe, the Messenger Tplo colUnsand Hart, Cliff and Gor-an' the -EuwTn Comic Conjurlsts.

and Cunningham and Ford. Powell and the Majlltons nave prepared a new programme for this week at the Eden Mue. The World In Wax ha. some new figures, l- The Four Morton- have the first Hurtlg Seamon bill this week. William Harcourt and Company will lrglve their com- sup Emniet Corrlgan will appear to "jockey Jones at Keith's this week.

A stirring "ter HurC-rSony! Ut'ne KhwUl .11 go to make up a. thoroughly good bUL, -i Grace Cameron will make her appearance at the TorkvlUe Theatre, Eighty-sixth Street and Lexington Avenue, this week, Dolan and Leharr will give their sketch, High-Toned Burglar." Others are Caron and Herbert. Falke snd Fjmon the FluSlbbon-McCoy Trio, the Jack Theo Trio, and Press Eldridge. 'Grace Cameron. the former "DoHy Dimples of the Pit t.

Paf Pouf Company. Is to be at the Circle Theatre this week. Staler and Blrbeck. O'Brien and Havel. Matthews and Reno and Richards.

James 5ETcDonal3: Empire City Cuar-teind CarterjandJBJuWw on the bill. SUNDAY CONCERTS. ThA nrinclpal attractions the theatres to-day are as certs inNewyork theatre, to-day tollows; Harlem Opera' House Delia Fox, J. R. A iiKo flTOUE IM THlt THE.

ACAD EJCf it Gleiiroy; Hughes Musical Tro. IcDrlUe and Rose Naynon. Madge tox. Hurtlg Seamon's Same as at Harlem, Opera House. -v -West End De Veaux and De Veaux.

ra and Gerhue, Ray C. and eU --Proctor's Twenty-third Street -11cm I FrenchT Frank Bush. McCarthy Co TbeQueen Fan," Watermelon Trust. Proctor's Fifth Avenue-Me WatterTr- son Company. Mrs.

Morris nd Hal Merrltt. Paul Nicholson, Therese Dorg-evaL a Proctor's Fifty-eighth Street-Stephen rat tan and compaay. Frank Bush. Alt. Holt.

Bertie Fowler. Proctor's One Hundred and Twenty-flfih Street-Ed Harrigan ni.e?mApn' phine Gassman. Hall Merritt. Alt Grant. -Eden Mosee Powell end the Majlltons, World in Wax.

Moving Pictures. American-Mitchell and Marron. Smith and Campbell, four Huntings. Katherlue Wells. New Star-Ford and Gerhue.

Moore and LitUefleld. the Golubocks, Carlotta, Del-mar. Fraser trio. Victoria Irene 'Bentley. a Champagne dancers, Hendrix and Prescott.

Tooxoontn. Troupe of Arabs. Hedinl and Arthur. Metropolis Mabel. Brownell and company, Lawrence Crane.

Francesca Redding and company, Epps and Loretta. Third Avenue-Francesca Redding and Miles and Raymond. Cook and Slvia. Harry Thompson. Russell and Buckley.

Grand Opera Houe Howard and Bland, Hlnes and Remington. OUvette. Barry and Hal vers, the Krazer trio. Harry Rodger. Charles and-Mlnnle Savan.

Circle Last week's vaudeville entertatn- 0e0 JBRdbKLYfl AMUSEMENTS. Eugene Cowles. the basso, a-former ber of 'the Bostonlans. will be the head-liner at the' Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn. Joseph.

Yarrlck will display his MagVo and put it through its wonderful trick. Chasslno, said to be the best of European shadowgraph Ists. will produce all sorts of shactowa with his fingers and with his toe. as welL -Charles Burke Grace La Rue. and their.

Jnay Boys will nave a prominent place on the programme The reit of the list contains the bcott Brothers. Klein. Ott Brothers snd Nlcker-son; Chester and her Dog. and Milt and Maud Wood. The regular 'Sunday concert will be given this eveuing.

"Checkers" will be the Thanksgiving week offering at the Broadway Theatre, Brook- -lyn. Thomas W. Ross Is still playing the title His support includes Katherine Mulklns. J. Harriet Worthiest Lydi Dickson, Dave Urebam, W.

11. Clarke, Charle Wlilard. EUa Kothern, and Margaret Smith,.

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