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A lftl aA T5Lxolfl- i-' A '3 I iTTT XXatro-polivS. II I I 1 Sanity in Musical Comedy. WITH the production of "The Chocolat Soldier at the Lyric the (act is emphaiixei that some of the producers of these lighter musical entertainments are slowly realizing that banality is not an absolute necessity in the lighter type of entertainment. It is true that they are proceeding with hesitating steps and this entertainment, as in several others that have recently been seen, the producers have apparently -hesitated about cutting loose entirely from precedent In th se matters Thus a more or less useless book, with soma choice specimens, of alleged American humor, is substituted for the scintillations of Mr. Shaw, especially in the' opening act, and It la only necessary to see tioir well theSbaw lines go when they ara used in the last act' to realise what a mistake this is.

But as it with charming music' and orchestration that is exceptionally mu-slclanly and Interesting. "The Chocolate Soldier provides unusually appealing light entertainment. Miss Ida Brooks Hunt's singing alone would make the piece worth while, but there is the added attraction 'of the sprightly dancing of MIsS Edith Bradford, the ex- cellent acting of Flavia" Arcara, and the ringlnar 'responses to Mr.vd No- vellls's baton from' a chorus that faithfully and to excellent advantage. too, The Dollar Princess at the Knickerbocker, with, its insistently soothing melodies, provides an entertainment, that is sane for the most part, 'and at 'the same time mirthful. Once ha a while the placidity of the English type of thing is interrupted to-allow for the familiar buffoonery, but on the" whole it is the sort of -piece "which on A does not hesitate to recom mend.

This has not always been the case with the musical shows, which when they have not been intentionally broad and vulgar, have often been' stupid and in bad taste. It is too much, perhaps, to ask for subtlety and Intricacy in a story which Is to be frequently interrupted by song, and so the average playgoer at this type of entertainment has become accustomed te make allowances. In The Uollar Princess." for example, where pretty Miss Augarde assumes that her sweetheart, represented by the agreeable Mr. i Stamper, doea noi recognize her, Although the only she wears 1 is possibly a. fresh daub of rouge, one ami las good naturedly, and is content to overlook the absurdity of the incident in i enjoyment of the mu-Kg and the dancing.

In this same entertainment, by the way, "Mr. Donald Brian not only dances as as heretofore, but plays very success-1 fully. And Miss Louie Pounds adds interest to the proceedings. Mr. West's Br-tfng of "Truly 'Rural," the song wlfh Mhlch Wllkle Eard was convulsing London last Summer, la also highly amusing.

Again "The Love Cure" at the New "Amsterdam Is an entertainment, which may be sarely recommended to people who like good, light' music' Well sung, and who can get interested In the some-svhat tranFxartnt operatic plot. Miss Elgle Howen's Euddcn popularity in the play Is tha natural result of. an excer fionaily ispirlted performance. Mr. fliarks J.

r.css givc3 a clean-cut character stuUy, and Mr. CrRig Campbell aid3 come exceptionally agreeable If there had been no Merry Widow thrre would probably have been no Princess" and no "Love CVre," for the Influence of the lively I- 13 arrarcnt'ia both, but whatever-t f.i'j;',3, the producers' a realizing sense of the fact that silliness Is not the. only absolute essential for musical comedy success. MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS. The Chocolat Soldier (tarts its second week the Lyric.

James T. Powr In-" 11- A nn. beslna bla Ut week A the Casino. The Dollar Princess continues at the Knickerbocker, The Love the New Amsterdam. Sons at.

the Broadway, and Mclntrre and Beath In "In Haia at the Circle. The Week's Offerings 1IAROARET ANGL1V In "The Awskenlnj of Helena Richie." a drama adapted from Margaret Deland's novel, by Charlotte Thompson, at the Savoy Thealre, Monday evening. i ROBERT EDESON in The XobJe Spaniard." a farce In three by Somerset Maugham, at the CrLterion Theatre, Monday evening. THE ROPE OF ALGERIA." a musical play, by Victor Herbert nl Glea MacDonoujh, at tha -Herald bquare Theatre. Monday evenlnz.

JOitV DREW In Inconstant George." a In three acta, by R. Ce Tiers and Q. de the Empire Theatre, Tuesday XHB INTRtTJEB." a comedy In three acts, by Thompson Buchanan, at the Bijou Theatre. Wednesday evening. THE Savoy Theatre will open to-mor-' row 'night with Margaret Anglln in Charlotte Thompson's dramatisation of "The Awakening -of Helena Richie." The play Is in tour acts and two acenea.

one showing the livlaj room in Helena Richie's home in Old. and the other showing the exterior of the house. MUs Thompson has retained only the essential characters of Miss Deland's novel Dr. Lavender. Ueyd rryor.

vr. wim King. Benjamin Wright, Sam VrlghU David Allison, Sarah. Martha. King, and Helena.

The play begins with Helena's establishment in Old Chester, where she is looked on as a widow, pretending that Pryor, her protector, is her brother. She assumes the care of an orphan boy, David, at the suggestion of Dr. Lavender. Her husband, from whom, she ran away ten years dies suddenly and she demands that Pryor marry her. He refuses unless she consents to giveip David, and she sends Pryor out of her The village doctorWilllam King, has learned her secret, and prevails npon her to.

tell Dr. Lavendar her story. Lavendar makes her voluntarily give up the child to complete her awakening from a life of sel fishness. David is eventually returned to her. Besides Mini Anglln the cast Includes Sally Williams.

Gertrude flwlggett, Charles Wyngate. John Findlay. George Eugene Ormonde, Raymond Hackett, and Robert Cummlnga. To-morrow evening Henry B. Harris will present at the Criterion Theatre Robert Ed3on in Somerset Maugham's three-act Victorian farce, The Noble Spaniard." The is that of.

an audacious arrandee of Spain, Duke of Iler-nianos and Marquis of" Alcalat The scenes are laid at Boulogne, where Marion Nalrne, a beautiful young widow, and her sister, Lucy, are staying for the Summer with Justice and Lady Proudfoot. The Duke, immensely fascinated by the charms of the widow, pursues her with his somewhat impetuous attentions. In order to protect herself from ahla expeditious advances Mrs. N'alrne. talks of her husband, and -the noble Spaniard at; once vows that hs will prove his undying love by marrying her when he has made her a widow.

He mistakes several men for lils Intended victim, and it Is this! situation which leads to a aeries of complications that entangles every one in the I lay. la- the end. carried away by his! 'impetuosity and Ills sincerity, he wins! phe fair widow. The company includes I Gerlrude Coghlan, Rose Coghlan, Cor-. Uelia Macdonald.

Ann Murdoclt, Deslrcej Laatrd, Verner Clarges, Cyril Chad wick, and Macey Horlan. Monday for an engagement of two weeks only Lew Fields will present at tiio Herald Square Theatre the musical "The P.ose of Algeria," with music by Victor Herbert, bock and lyrics by Glea MacDonough. On opening night Mr. Herbert will himself conduct the orchestra. The cat Herloin, a prima donna brout'it to t'S t-y '-i 1L-A PLAYS THAT HOLD.

1 5 5 "SfpLolfS- "Bi.I, "continue D.1.. W.to WW I mliteXrUlOS An AinrrlcaB widow" at th Hud- I 1 ler Garden, Prlin: ISthel Green, Eujfne Cowles, Frank Pollock, Vfllllam Gaston, end James Llamond; Anna Wheaton, Edith. KtheJ McDrlde. Marlon Wynne, Maitland'Davlea. Eelle Pallma.

Edward Tabor. Carl. J-iubn, and Carrie, Florrie, and Xcllia Poitz. His sixteenth season as a'Charles Froh- man star will be marked by' the appearance of John Drew at the Empire Theatre next Tuesday nighA tn "Inconstant George," a new comedy in three acts from the French iy R. de Flers and G.

de CalllaveL The authors of Inconstant George are. said to have succeeded in said to have a new idea, and a new and Imbuing their newest with theciever treatment of the dlvoVce question same Gaelic wit and Bprlghtly fancy, that was evldttit In Love Watches" and My i Breathless, worried, pursued by specimen beauties from the four corners of the world, George Bullln has arrived at St, Lunaire, a' fashionable watering place near Brittanyi He seeks refuge among his friends and' his friends' wives before he Is torn to tatters by four1 4 cohtendlng cliarroers, each of whom ne has assiduously wooed, but with such a deplorable want of method and order that all four discover bis duplicity or rather Quadru'pllclty." Every fair face he meets becomes George's Instantaneous target for flowery speeches, mere words to him. but serious vows of undying constancy to. his hearers. It is this prod gallty in gallant sayings that eventually involves George self a bewildered wanderer in an Eden 1 i.

i.w i ir.A- K. crBLW. bed wiin imyvi i.uiiii.o having the qualities of hia the very amatory propensity that gets him in yeta him out of his predicament. Mr. Drew's supporting company will include Martin Sabine, Fred Tlden.

Rex MacDougal. Soderling, Bernard Fairfax, Robert Schable, Mary Boland, Adelaide Prince, Jane Laurel, Desmond Kelly, Marie Berkeley, Carlotta Doty, and Alice SodetHng. Thompson Buchanan, whose comedy, A Woman's Way," provided Grace George with her success last season, is to make his second bid for fame as "a playwright at the Bijou Theatre Wednesday when his new The Intruder," is to have its first metropolitan appearance. under the direction of William and Josenh R. Griamer.

The new comedv Is promised. The odd complications that ensue through intermarrying in this country is given a quaint comedy, twist. The Intruder has been tried with considerable success on the The cast includes Cyril Scott, Arthur Byron, Scott Cooper, Janet Beecher. Adelaide Manola, Grace Goodall, Maud Turner Gordon. fna Lizzie Goode, Billy continues at Daly's.

Walker Whiteside la "The Jdeltlr.g at the Comedy. An American Widow at the Ars'ene Lupin" at the Lyceum, Lillian Russell JB; VThe Might" St the Uberty. Guy Bates Port In The Bridge at the Majestic, Rattle Williams In DetfcUve Sparkes" at the The Tor tune Hunter" at the Gaiety, The Climax at Weber'a, Frances Starr in- "The Easiest Wsy at the Stuyveaant. Is Matrimony, a Failure?" at the Bclasoo, "Thai PoUar WallackV William Hodge la "The Man from Home at the Astor, and Elsie Ferguson In Such a tittle Queen at the Kackett. AT OTHER THEATRES.

WEST END THEATRE. Charles r.lchman. in Tlie RerelleraT will move uptown from Xtaxlne Elliott's Theatre for a week's encasement, beginning to-morrow night. The caat will remain unchanged. THE LINCOLN SQUARE.

The Witching Hour," v.ill be the: play here for the week, with the same, company that appeared at IheJTorkvllle Theatre last week. 'Howard Gould. Harry Leiehton. Henry Weet, Helen Ro'oertson. Alma Chester, and Marlon Ruckert are prominent in, the east.

YORKVILLE THEATRE. At thU playhouse the coming week WUton Lackaye will make his first appearance ra town this season In Cleveland Moffetfa play, The Battle." Bev-erai members of last year's company are In the cast. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Joe Weber and his company will occupy this theatre for a week, offeiicg last season's travesty on The Merry Widow and The Derll." Helen Redmond will be seen as Fonla, Frank Mayne as Jhe Artist-Prince, and Mr. Weber will bare his old part of Helnrlch O.

XHsch, the Janitor. METROPOLIS THEATRE. Frank Hennes-sy's musical comedy, The Motor GrrL" will bcsln a week's engagement here to-morrow night. The Lyric Theatre continues Intact MAXINE ELLIOTT'S The Blue Mouse will be tha attraction for two weeks only, beginning to-morrow night. Mabel Barrlson, XfArT'sTTAT' Jameson Lee Finney," anJ Ul.ry Uennor are still with the company, and Zclda Sears playa the Jealous wife.

Joseph Howard, kilns' Bar-rtsonTs husband, la also a member of ie company. i 1 VAUDEVILLE. The special feature at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre this week will be the first appearance of-. Gus" Edwfcrde's 'Nlgbt Birds. a eina-ln act headed by Tfellle Brewster.

The Boston Fadettes. with, forty m-slclans, have a prominent place on the bllL Albert Whelan. an Australian comedian; Thora, ven rl loquU Violet Black and company la "In the Subway Clifford and Burke lo a comedy dancing act; the pagwell sisters, who sing songs la costume; Myrtle Byrne, a sharpshooter, and tha klnetograpb with new films make up the programma. Edward A belts and company win head bill at- the Colonial this week, presenting the scotch Self-Defense." Nt at. WUla-U also a feature on the bill, and a novelty is promised tn La Tltcomb, a singer on horseback.

Others on the programme will be Mils. Roches's monkeys In "A'NIsht In a Monkey liulc IUU Melville and Higgles In a singing and talking actHyman Meyer and company; Ida 0Day and company In "'A Bit at Old Chelsea Uerrtll and Otto. In "After the La Vine Clmeron company In aa acrobatic specialty, and the vltagrsph. Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook will be the headline at the JUhambre Mualer Hall this week. They have a sketch called Just as They Are." Camllle Ober make, her Harlem debut, and ether or'erlnga will be the Great Lester, tn a ventriloqulal act; Charlie Case, a monologue; Clara Bella Jerome, la a comedy, called Joyland Max a ruber and his animals, the Bleedea.

Qulgley brothers, Hastings and Wtlapn. and the vltsgraph. CeceVa Loftus. returning to vkudevtlle. win be the principal attraction at the America Music Hall this week.

She promises Impersonations of several actors new playing In tewa. Other features at this bouse will he Sydney Drew's sketch. The Naked Truth the Gordon brothers their, boxing -kangaroo. James -J. Morton, Maude Hall.

Garleton Macy and company, in The Magpie and the Jay Joseph Deming and company. In The Traveling Muriel Window, a Western 'singer; Besnah and Miller. csmedlans; Snyder and Buckley, a comedy musical team, and OCUton brothers, acrobats. The XMvIne Uyrma 111 remain for another week. PauUne.

tha hypnotist, will continue at the Plaxa Musio Hail tor another week, with a complete chinge of programma. Daphne Pollard, the young alnger, returns from the West aa a feature of the bill this week. Wilfred Clarke and company will present the farce, "What WU1 Happen Next?" and LlndT wl.l after a dance called A Dream of the rive Senses." The remainder of the bill sriU Include De Witt Toung and sister, Probst, the mimic, and At Fields and Dave Lewis, la Tha Misery a Haasem Caa." novelty In the way of a magical Illusion Is promised at Hammerstela's Victoria, Theatre i of Varieties this week. It Is called The Woman In the Case." and la said to be most mystifying. Nora Bayes and Jack Norwonu are announced as hesdllners for' the week.

Bessie Wrtu will appear with new songs; Waterbui? Brothers and Tenny will bffer a comedy musical specialty; Oracle Emmett and company will appear In a comedy skit cal'tad "Mrs. Murphy's Second Husband," and the bill will be filled out wUa Loney Kj-an and the three Dolce etaters. Eva Raymond sni Company, and the vllajTSph. The Great EUr and Garter Ehow," leaded by John T. Powers, win be the attraction at thi Murray Hill Theatre this week.

At' Hurtlg FesrnolTs Muslo II all (He Tracsdero Durleaaucrs, with two new burlet-tas. will be this week's The Pica F.arton Gaiety Extrava-(iu Company will be at the Olymplo Theatre this week. rlth Charles Barton at the head of the funmakcrs. The Elen Musee ahowe many Huitcn-Fulton tableaux this week. Cinematograph ptcturee the reception to Dr.

C'i fcy the i I'3j-v' IaJ rf 4vA Ifilal MBMrtl ,1, v. den. The Marruerttex Orchestra oatlrroe tt -race Cardan, where TasaleelU tod tj slciaaa air concerts aflsraaoaa and stslv. Bnbera Muaeiuu la otferlnc (or the cm weak Tarktav ta an Oriental dance; the I Comedy Company, beaded ky Xlck Xs-tbe Ladles Octette, the Priaceje AXbtik, i new motion pictures. THE HIPPODROME.

The Hippodrome enters open Its Uir to-morrow wlui the three big new sp-u A Trip te Japan." The Ballet of Je and "Inalda the Earth are all mano scenic and the guttering ballet Ik Mile. Aibertlna Rasch la by so means thi attractive pcruon of the show. A etreus Is Included la th nterUtaaxct. there are naany scenic snrpriaea, ta-. the astonishing finale, when aa army of clad men and maids march late the disappear from sight.

la saost extrsarfv faahioa. The Hippodrome wrj yrobsblr i. Its tanner season this year. PALISIDES AMUSEMENT PA" The eld-fjuhloced County Fair opened laades Amusement Psrk last night. Tmii many exhlbita of Interest, tncludlog a Luther Burbank's tti lo be exhibited In the East.

A gruvl i capable of seating 30.000 persons Is b-lr-s ed co the edge or the park for the Hud--ton naval parada. BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, MONT AUK THEATRE. Eugene Ws pUy, Paid in Pull." will be the offers the week at tha Montauk Theatre. It Is f. presented at the Montauk by the com 507 recently finished a season at the Astor aire, Manhattan.

ORPHECM THEATRE. The week the Orpbeum Theatre will be headed sr Blane, who will appear la a playlet. Musician." assisted hr Lena V-lelgh. Oihsr ambers will be Lenlse Or-r singer; Pat Rooney and Marlon Beol. t1' diaaa and dancers; Stuart Barnes, ssonoUi the Kalllnoa.

acrobaU; the Eight Palace G. singers and dancers; -the Jack WUscn cor- In a funay skit; Van Gere and Denton, their mule. Qnina sal 1 Quick, cartoonist. MUSICAL NOTES. Qustav Mahler is to be the conduct, the Plillharmonlc Society this season.

steaa of the usual eight afternoon eight evening performances the will this season give no less than C-three concerts, divided into four and a Christmas Day concert, all eegle Hall. The first series he on Thursday evenings, commencing 4. and Friday afternoons, Kov. 5. This sverlee will correspond the regular aeries 'given by the eocietr former seasons, the Thursday concerts being substituted Ur tbe I day evenings' of previous yers.

Tt ond series, a historical cycle, will cc six Wednesday evening concerts, t-mencing ia The third Beethoven cycle of five given cn Friday afternoons, cotnm'3 Not. 19. The fourth series of fiv c-certa will be given on Sunday afterco commencing Nov. 2L Mrce. Pattl is still giving eccaslc: concerts, even IT site bas done a fire well tours.

Last Wednesday sS ited Cardiff to give a concert on We-'' dsy afternoon In aid of the funds cl Cardirf Infirmary. She sang Schub' Serenade and Gounod's Chantea." Miss Marie Noreiio, Oorge Swlnton, Mme. Ada Ada Wtwdfort. Ivor Koeter. an3 t-Davies also appeared on the programme The Moofly-Miinnere Opera brouaht Its short London season opera InJCngllsh to a close U-t right st the Lyric Theatre, with fonnanee of Faust." During l-r-weeks' sesson twelve cruras ka' rnountel.

Of these, on. Maltre a one-set otera, wss -an. entirt work, sal Rienxi was virtue tlty lo Lonicn operagoers. T2-has been financially jroflUble, Manners, tn a sreech. declare- was convinced that ere dn and the provinces can be.