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THE BROOKLIIN CITIZEN, SUNDAY. APRIL 12, 1903. --K-- Jews and Views of Actors and Their Plays audacious and full of surprise. Thera srs twenty beautiful girls, and the specialties include acts by Coyne and Ardell, Irish comedians; La-Tell acrobats; Miss Amy Butler, coos shouter; Post and Clinton and Laurence and Edwards. Viola Allen in Hall Caine's Drama.

The Eternal City' 'Way Down East" at the Amphion Adelaide Herrmann at the Orpheum Nathan Hale" at the Columbia. business staff, the architect of the theater, Ranald H. Macdonald, met Miss Alice Fincher, Robert Edeson and members of I Countess Tolstoi Denounces 2l Young Russian Author their companies at tho new playhouse. 1 Miss Fischer snd Mrs. Edeson scaled ladders to the roof where a large white flag bearing the insignia of.

the Henry B. Harris Company and the worda, Hudson Theater, in green letter, waa adjusted ready for the 'raising. As Mia Fisches smashed a bottle of. champagne against the flagstaff saying, I Christian thee Hnd-Kon, Mr. Edeson hauled tha flag into place.

Three cheers and a tiger were given for the Hudson and Mra. Harris. Then the companies assembled in tha thea-wtwra-ttidy partook of a buffet lunch. At its conclusion it waa suggested that Mr. Edeson and Miss Fischer share together the honor of being the first players to, appear on tbe stage of tho Hudson.

The stars acquiesced and gave an amusing and impromptu dialogue which waa followed by the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner. The companies left at noon for tha point of New England where they were looked that Tha Hudson will be opened September 7-by Mias Ethel Barrymore in a new playp tc be ufHewd- by-Miaa Mario Tempest In "The'' Marriage of Kitty and then by Mr, Edeson, Jan. 18, In a new-play of American life. Misa Fischer will next season play her New York engage- the moral law. the Anglicised problem play of Plnerffi balks at Sudennann and will have non of Ibsen.

Tbe subject is the snd tha 4eatmet tewfrtfffsOBiiilorn characteristic of the type. But the foreign flavoi or local color of tha Norwegian and German dramas finds not favor with the taste or the eye of the Anglo-Saxon. Small wonder that the theatrical manager ia puzzled and that he makes a few mistakes. Verily much deptnds upon tho point of view. Scarcely is it announced that Maeterlinck and his wife ara coming to this coun- try next year to present some'of the most rocqpt plays of this distinguished dram-stit, whes tho charge Ja made sponsible authority that Monna Vanna," the latest sensation by this author, ia essentially a replica of Brownings Prof.

William Lyon Phelps, of Talo Uni- realism-ia-haiT Bunch of Keys will be'mad np of Miss McAlister" and Miss Morlan. who play Rose and May, respectively. The support- plays Rose's fiancee, a rural masher kpown as Giliy So Weigh; Mi-; Clarendon, Mr. Wilson, Miss Grove, and Miss Swearngin. New songs have been prepared for the play.

Between acts there will be music by Thardo, and Tuesday there will be a lily tea and reception." Miss Viola 'Alien is to present Hall Maines play, The Eternal City," at the Montank Theater this week. The initial performance of the the National Theater, 'Washington, Oct. 6. Later it had a long run at the Victoria Theater, Manhattan. Owing to the fact that the English and versions differ, there was considerable Interest to discover which of the two would prove the more successful.

Mr. Tree presented the play for the first lime at hia London theater, flis Majesty's, Oc 2, when the audience strenuously resented that fact that Donna Koma, the heroin of aj5 niade had, In Miss "Allen's version the heroine-Is a pure but much misunderstood woman, who triumphs in the end. Considering the. attitude of the audiences on the two it appears that the Amprirnn version is the one which Is the more artistic, as well hs more pleasing. All that portion of hook-which duals with the early lire of.

Donna Roma and David Roam in London has been swept way, the play opening with the Tapnl procession in Rome. In two other respects does the play differ from the The first and foremost of; these is that Donna Romas good name is preserved in the play, and, second, that the drama ends happily instead of with the death of the heroine. The play la divided into five acts and eight scenes, ail of which are located in Rome. Miss Allens supporting company Is an Ideal one, and includes such well-known players as Frederic de Belleville, E. II.

Holland, Edward Morgan, TV. E. Bonney, George C. Boniface, Henry Harmon and C. Leslie Allen.

The incidental musit is by Pietro Mascagni, Thattha ideals of pend largely on the point at view is shown hy tl) current criticisms nt recant dra 'Way Down East" at the Amphion. Way Down East, which will come to the Amphion Theater as an Easter week attraction, was never presented under more favorable auspices than is the case at present. This fact has been attested by the enormous audiences which have greeted this old pastoral play in every which will be seeir-a stron Sammy and Sarah, in School; the Two I.amonts, act mahked for daring; color dancing, and Brown their nonsense hit. The Chinee and the Coon. there will he theusnn! A Runaway Her Marriage Vow" at the Novelty.

The new sensational comedy drama, Her Marriage Vow, which will be presented at the Novelty Theater this week is said" to depict a powerful and most interesting story, It comes with elaborate scenery tnd a atrong cast. The play is replete with stirring situations, startling climaxes, and through it til there ripples sparkling vein of comedy. The striking feature of Her Marriage Vow is the railroad acene In the third act, where the villain, to gain bis end, attempts to wreck two railroad trains. Ibe-trainn are J2)Q feet lcoaandjas they thunder past each other in safety, in full view of the audience, the curtain falls. MANHATTAN THEATERS.

Edith Ellis Baker la a New Play at Mrs. Osborns Playhouse, There will be an interes'ting event at Mrs. Osborns playhouse next Tuesday evening, when Edith Ellis Baker makes her debut as a star, presenting a new society-drama, entitled The Point of of which she is the author. Mrs. Baker is' nut a novice, for she has had experience in the conipauies suppoftibg prominent stars, and also as manager of the Criterion Theater In Brooklyn, where for two years -she headed the Baker Stock Company.

In her new venture she will he her own mnnager, hacker and author. The Point of View is a modern comedy drama. It tells the story of (he reduced fortunes of an old family with a plenitude of ineestrtl pride and a woeful lack of business ability of their futile efforts to adapt themselves to circumstances, of the broken engagement of the daughter of the house, and of the daughters sacrifice: to send her music-loving brother abroad to study. It tells of the young womans marriage a wealthy self-made man whom she considers her inferjpr. amPlnier" his discovery that his wife married him only for his money.

She finally discovers the beauty of her hushands character and learns to love him. As the title implies, each character in the play is governed by his or her viewpoint engendered by heredity and environment. Cupid conquers prejudice snd in the end brings his victims safely out of their difficulties. The scenes of the play are laid in this city and near Irvjngton-qn-the-Hudson. Mrs.

Baker insists emphatically that hers is not a star part only an ordinary ingenue. She also says that the villains will cease from troubling snd the lady with a past is at rest. Revival of Little Lord Fanntleroy. Little Lord Fanntleroy, which Is to ho presented at the Casino Theater for a series of matinee performances commencing to-morrow afternoon, appeals more particularly to children and women. This is not because the Story does not possess elements that interest the mature mason mind, but1 because Mrs.

Burnetts idyl is distinctly a childrens tale. It is told so simply and clearly that It can be followed intelligently and comprehensively by the youngest ehild. The real value of the play lies in the deep impression thnt it leaves on the juvenile mind. The self-sacrifice of the little lord's mother, whom he charmingly calls, "dearest," sad the unconscious sweetness and entire forgetfulness of self that eh ii nii-T prizes Cedric Errol, tend to inculcate like qualities and sentiments in the hearts and minds of those who hear the story told. For the presentation of the play a capable company of playprs has been secured so that an adequate interpretation of the drama is assured.

Master Harry Wright and Miss Vivian Martin, both children just within the Gerry age limit, are to alternate in the title role. Others in the cast are James E. WiNon. as the Earl; Miss Chrystnl Ilerne, ns "Dearest; Norman Conniers, as the soluitor; J. H.

Bradbury, aa the grocer; Joseph Totten and Miss Dorothy Ronsmore in their original roles of Dick and the bootblack, and Minna, the adventuress, respectively, and Miss Emily Wakemdn in the character part of Mary. THE NEW HUDSON THEATER. Manager Henry B. Harris snd Hia Staff Christen the New Stractnra, The giew Hudson Theater, Forty-fourth afreet between Broadway and Sixth avenue, the property of the Henry B. Harris Company, was formally christened last Monday morning at o'clock.

At that iour Uvarj; B. Harris, accompanied by his a caricature drawn from Girl." Blue Jeans at the Gotham. Easter week at the Gotham will be ushered in with Blue Jeans. The production it is promised will be a notable one. The Rising Sun Roarer's Band led by the original Drum Major, Jqhn T.

Molloy will be usbd, and the celebrated sextet, on of the original features of tho pisy will also appear. The scenery will be an exact TCprmhietioB -or igi tfl mill scene is furnished complete by the' author, and will show a huge circular saw in operation, the motive power being a six-horse power electric motor. The thrilling rescue of the hero from the table that is 'slowly carrying him toward the whirling teeth of the saw furnishes the thrilling climax of this act. The east will be composed of the members of the Elite Stock Company and several clever players have been added to. coiqplrte the ngter.

A reception will he held in the saw-mill on the stage Tuesday afternoon. Myles Aroon at Paytons Lee Ave. Corse Payton will appear this week in the title role of Myles the Irish comedy-drama which he will present at his Lee Avenue Theater. George II. Jessop and Horace Townsend wrote this play some years ago for William Scnn-inu, and its popularity has not ipatc-rially waned.

The part of the blarneying which Mr. Tayton will assume, teems with qunjnt humor and pathos, as well as jolly good sense. Incidentnl to the story of the play he will sing several delightful Irish ballads. ,1 JOHNNIE Horf. Of Payton' Ice Avenue Theater.

Miss Barnett will he seen as Maggi Parrel. Myles stanch little sweetheart; Kirk Brown will appear ns Gerald Fna-dyke, the lover of Lady Glover (Ethel Vlriton), while Squire Raymond Thurston, the villain, will he played by Joseph Girard. The 'others cast are Joe I'pton, Peter M. Lang; Mike Carney, Barton Williams; Pat Thelan, Johnny Iloey; Constable, Frank Tayton; Mrs. Farrell, Grace Fox; Nellie Glover, Little Irma Day; Mother Bet, Florence Lang; KsttBT Clara Austin; Nora, Josie Antoinette.

The Hlgk Rollers at tha Star. Thnt the High Rollers" burlesque and extravaeapzn company will furnish the entertainment at the Star smoking concerts thia- areek. The first part of the programme brinia into action the entire com pnny and gives ample scope not only for the leading penpic but also to the ranlfsnd file. It portrays in glowing colors and many humorous inridents what a trip of the High Rollers would be like if they should go to Paris. Following this sketch is a carefully selected olio by a number of specialty artists.

There are alo some living pictures. The erfpraiaBCS with poses what he terms. resemblance between the two dramas." Tha professor aaya: Maurice Maeterlinck and Robert Browning it would be difficult to find two authors more unlike, two men whose writings hhve less in common. And yet the similarity between Maeterlincks Mon ft Vanns and Brownings poetic drama, Luria, is so striking that it Is surprising It has thus far escaped tho notice of con- tinental British and American critics. That Maeterlinck should have gone to Browning for material is curious enough, but that the likeness of Monna to Luria should fbe purely accidental, seems even more curious to ono who knows both plays well," Doubtless, as Professor Fhelps suggests, the fact that Luria is seldom read, even by lovers of Browning, Indicates the faij-nre of the European critics to discover this remarkable similarity.

Indeed, aa Professor Phelp describes It, the main plot of Monna Vanna ia almost identical with that of the Browning drama, the chief difference being that there is a love motive in the former, but not in the latter! and that the endings are unlike. Monna Vanna," it will be remembered, was refused a public perfarmance In Loudon, and was given only at a private subscription rehearsal, under club auspice, which placed it outside the jurisdiction of the official censor, But the tome play has been the chief sensation of tha dramatic season in Germany and Austria, "In which' countries Mme, Maeterlinck appeared la the title role. In the midst of the present international interest in thia morbid idealist, his coming to America will ba anticipated with much interest. And if ha should, up to that tima, maintain a dignified silence in respect of the charge of plagiarism, it is extremely unlikely that he will ba able to maintain hia reticence under the cross-examination of the American reporters. It is, announced that Edward Harrigan.

the veteran actor, playwright, manager and stage director, is to pass under, management of Liebler and Company. The contract has been signed, one of the chief considerations being a new piny Mr. Harrigan haa written. This 'hi. declared to in the authors "old vein, but having special points of interest and humor an-equaled by anything that even Mr.

Harrigan has ever before done. Mr. George C. Tyler says that he wag so delighted with the play that he had it read to the manager of one of the leading Broadway theaters, who caught the infection and with- out hesitation offered indefinite time to the production after Jan. 15.

The initial presentation Is scheduled for the first week in December in some city outside of New York, probably Boston. Mr. Harrigans contract with Liebler and Company is said to be for a series of yean, but just how many is not stated. The play is a four-act comedy, located on the East Side, tbe locale of the most successful of the Harrigan play of yore, and is redolent with that atmosphere. Negotiations are already nnder way for securing as many as possible of the more famous of the old Harrigan comedinns.

The incidental music has been written Jiy Dave and George Brahnm. The organization will he a large one, and the production will ba on an nnuaual scale. The piece w-iU be staged by Mr. Harrizan, and all rehearsals will be conducted by him. This is another illustration of the belief of managers that there are certain staple theatrical products for which there is pretty constant demand, though, of course, this is sometimes greater and sometimes less than normal.

A few natural comedians like Harrigan, Ezra Kendall snd Nat Goodwin have fields peculiar to them- selves which they seem to keep clear of all encroachments. Undoubtedly they era bib to preserve their monopolies only by virtue of the Inimitable character of their respective types of comical genius. Such original funmakers as these do not need a complete comic opera setting to make them appear brilliant. Well, Liebler and company have two of this noted trio, so they ran afford to let tha other go hi own way. A magagement that controls sneh fnr-apart stars as Edward Harrigan and Eleonora Dose most surely be factor In the operation of the solar system.

H. D. F. I retched Mr. Belase from ont-of-town patrons.

Aa this matinee comes daring the -week following the close of Lent the box office tala has been uncommonly heavy. Mias Rost Coghlan, who is starring In Tha Second Mra. Tanquerty, ia one ef the few actresses on this side of the water who haa renounced allegiance to the British flag and wili become a citiaen ef tha United States. Miss Coghiaa tome time ago pun: timed an extensive tract of land in Montana snd stocked it with cattle Tbs announcement in mad that David Wsrfield, in "Tho Auctioneer," is tq return to Broadway and will begin a spring engagement of fonr weak at the Victoria on May 2. With the exception of Mr.

Robert Fischer, who has replaced the late Odell Williams, tha original cast will pear. Robert Hilliard at Hyde and Beh man's. Manager Behman, of Hyde and Beh-inana Adams street then ter, has secured the services of Robert Hilliard, tlie cml-n'ent actor for their headline attraction this week. Mr. work needs no introduction to local playgoers, for it was received his first start in the profession in the ranks of the amateurs.

Mr. Hilliard will again be. seen in W.honiitifnl nne-flet sketch. The Littlcst Girl, '4, which is a draftmtization of one of Richard Harding Davis' most successful stories and one of the most popular piay-ettes on the vaudeville stage. As a special attraction, the Eiinore Sisters are billed.

Their act has been refurnished with flever songs and lines since last it was seen hereabouts, and is one of those nets of which the average playgoer never seems to tire. Including the list are Eva Mudge, the Brooklyn girl, nlm is billed as The Military Maid, and whose rich contralto' voice never fails of securing her recognition from ail parts of the house; Dolan and Lenbarr, will offer a new sketch which they call Two in a Boat and which is said to.be equal to their old favorite, A High-Toned Burglar; Miss Clarice Vance, who calls herself The Singer of Southern Melodies; Midgeley and Carlisle as their skit After in an acrobatic Armeta, fire and and Nevarro, in Wedding of the Sunday evening concert, and at vilie favorites. Foxy Grandpa at the Grand Opera Honae. At the Grand Opera House tomorrow evening will be seen William A. Brady's latest production the newuiusirad Foxy Grandpa.

Mr. Joseph Hart and Miss Carrie De Mar have the principal "parts and are assisted by a company of almost fifty people. The play, which is not old, is regarded as being one of the best pieces of theatrical property seen in a long time. No one who knows the ability of Mr. Hart w-jll fail to instantly recognize in him the ideal Foxy Grandpa, while Carrie De Mar, his leading support, has really the best opportunity of her professional career.

The two boys who personate Chuh" and Bunt," "Foi.y Grandpa's" grandsons, are personification all that the artist who originated the drawings could desire. A Little Ontcast" at the Park. A Little' Outcast" is the melodrama' scheduled for the Park Theater this week. The piny is a story of love and adventure, and ranges from Murray Ilil to Five Points, the latter locality giving opportunities of portraying in a series of vivid incidents the -wars of desperate characters who infested that part of New York and who for many years kept the police nt bay. Among the scenes may he mentioned a representation of the Battery and the adjacent sky-scrapers, illuminated with hundreds of incandescent lights; the fire scent the Chinese restaurnat.

Copied from the famous one on Dupont street in Pan Franciscos Chinatown; and the beautiful hou- doir. which is a replica of the colonial Gardner's famous son in the leading role is at his best, room in Mrs. Jack' palace in Boston. Merry Little Anne Biancke sparkles through the play as Bob, the newshoy, a role after her own heart. John T.

Nichol- McFadden's Row of Flats at tke Folly. When the new "McFadden's Row of Flats" arrives nt the Folly Theater tomorrow evening, it will he seen that it has heen reconstructed and recast with a view to piling the public a laughable entertainment. Much merriment is furnished by the antics of the tenants, and tlie vagaries of the visitors to -McFadden's Row of Flats. There is a mo-t amusing story told by Mr. Arthur Whitelaw, Miss Mae Donohue.

Miss Mae Phelps and their colleagues, while the incidents and episodes of the three nets, to say nothing of the specialties, follow other Jh succession. i Etta Reed Payton as Juliet at Her Fulton Street Theater. 4 During Easter wt ek Etta Reed F.iytnn will pioduce nt her Culton Street Th-liter Shakespeare's ti.igoh of "Romeo and Juliet," appearing in the character of Juliet. Her support ui'l he special one, being cho-i from thy two Payton sto companies and pompii'ing Walter Wilton, tiewge Hoey Charlfs Buriinger, Sadie Radcliffe, Grace Fox and others. Eery attention will he paid to the elaborate costumes and scenery whiih the play admits of.

The strong scenes in this piece will give Mrs. Raj ton ample opportunity to show her dramatic- versatility. At the Tuesday handsome souvenirs will be distributed to all ladies holding conpon tickets, and after the Friday matinee a pink tea and reception will he held on the stage, to which alt ladies and children attending the matinee are invited. "Peg Woffington" will be next weeks play. The Gay Faria Burleaquera at tha Unique.

The Gay Paris Btirlesquers" will be the attraction at the L'nique Theater thia week. Albini heads the company with hia feats of legerdemain. His versatility enables him to turn from the most difficult and mystifying act of conjuring to 1 ght comedy, with lightning change, and hit performance is meat; ifthe'1 Bljuo' commencing- iTESTOP THE STAGE. Frank Daniels, in hia comic opera, Miss Simplicity," will appear at the Montauk Theater next Monday. The Toll Gate Inn, a Revolutionary drama, will be the attraction for the week of April 20 at the Bijou Theater.

Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon will beseen at the Grand Opera House In William Gillettes "Sherlock Holmes April 20. Rehearsals for Miss Cecil Spooners production of My Lady Peggy Goes To Town, in which she will be seen on Broadway early in May, will commence next Sunday. The stage will be under the direction of Eugene W. Fresbrey, who has gone over the play since it was done at the Amphion in December last. The opening performance will be in Newark, Monday, April 27, at the Newark Theater.

The Monday night house is already, sold out. George Schiller has been engaged to play the part of Montague Fish in Peggy from Paris, the George Add musical comedy now running in Chicago. "Peggy from Paris, will he the fall attraction at Wallaces. 1 V- Eugene Sandow, the atrong- man, ha been booked by Manager Behman for Hyde and Behman's Theater in the-near future. This will be Sandows only Brooklyn appearance this season, and his last in the metropolitan district, before he starts on his Australian tour, as preliminary to a trip around the This modern Hercules is said to have increased his strength singe he was last seen in Brooklyn, and fo have added many feats to his programme.

Next Tuesday evening will be Royal Arcanum at Hyde and Behman's Theater, Members of the, order have secured over 1,000 seats for that evening, and Manager Behman will make special endeavor to please the brethren. There will be several big theater-parties at this theater during the next few weekj. Mrs. Leslie' Carter continues to make box office records at the Illinois Theater, Chicago, with her presentation- of David 'Bclasco's play, "Du Barry. Miss Georgia Cross, who is finishing her Course In 111 Stiinlmpe-Whfateroft Dramatic School, New York, ha been engaged by Amelia Bingham for her company.

The closing matinee of the Stanhope-Wheatcroft Dramatic School will take place at the Madison Square Theater on April 17. Sir. Blue Beard, with Its gay retinae of funmakers, brilliant ballets, pretty girls and gorgeous etnge environment, will begin its fourth month at the Knickerbocker Theater to-morrow night, with its record of attendance increased during the past week to 140,000 people. Grace George will confine her next season's tour in "Pretty Peggy to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pittsburg. Return engagements will be played in Chicago and New York.

A Chinese Honeymoon," with its tuneful ful score, its lively lyrics and its clever hook, not to mention its scores of pretty girls, will soon he seen in Brooklyn Man ager Cohen announces bat' the original company which has been appearing at the Casino for the past year will play at the Amphion during the week of April 27. The Tetnm of Charles Hawtrey to New York in his A Message from Mars has proved to he a most auspicious, move on the part of his managers. Crowded houses are the rule and the enthusiasm vfith which Mr. Hawtrey Is greeted is hearty The Sultan of Zulu," George Ades musical satire, thnt has enjoyed fifteen weeks of prosperity at Waliack's, will appear in new Easter garb next week. Many of the costumes will be new and much of the scenery has been repainted.

The new aorg introduced a short time ago by bliss Bern, the prima donna, railed tP. Sl is as pnpnlar as Since I Firaa-wMet You," My Suin Luln Loo," and "R-e-m-e-r-s-. The management of The Prince of Til-sen, the Pixley and Ludera musical comedy playing at the Broadway, selected a young woman during tftw past week ta impersonate the typical New York aoclety girl. She Is Miss Harriet Burt, a handsome yoiiRg woman ef medium height, brown haif''hrt bin eyes. There were about 4i)0 applicants for the position.

The Empire Theater Company will enter to-morrow the last week of Its engagement at the Empire in Robert Marshall's play, The Pnforeseen. Follow mg out Mr. Frohmana original plan the Empire com pnay will go to Boston, where it Is to he the terminating attraction nt the Boston Museum. The next attraction at the Em pira will te John Drew, wlip will make hia matic and literary productions. No one can escape the influence of his environment, and tha image on tharatina of every observer is found to be tinged with local color.

This Influence of custom and convention is more noticeable in its effect on national sentiment It not infrequently happens that a play that is cordially received in Paris will be given the cold shoulder in London and experience 'severe frost jn New York. Tbe Parisian notion of certain social problems may find a ready acceptance in St. Petersburg or Vienna, but the stolid Inhabitant of Berlin does not understand. But when a city is divided against itself tbe public opinion of the community seems for tht time to have little in common. A case in point is the present literary controversy in Russia, whjeh was begun by tha Countess Sophia Tolstoi, wife of the celebrated author and philanthropist.

At the very moment when the dramatization of her husbands novel, The ReSur-rectlon," waa being condemned for its portrayal of immorality by many clergymen and other prominent persona in England and America, the Countesa startles her wq countrymen and countrywomen by a bitter denunciation of tho recent works of young novelist, Leonid Andrieff, who, strange to say, is generally regarded aa a literary disciple of the author of the Krentzpf Sonata." The particular book to which the Countesa took exception was entitled Is a Fog, sod recounted the experiences vf ryonng student of naturally high ideals who passed gradually into a Ufa of immorality and aeon found himaelf in tha slough of deapond. The treatment of tho book is declared to have been vividly realistic in tha description of details. In the course of her attack, which waa published in a prominent periodical, the Countesa declared: "Writer like Andrieff are not to be read, landed, and rewarded; It behoove all of our educated society to protest indignantly against the filth scattered all over Russia by tha reviews and book publishers that encourage them. In the works of Maxim Gorky there is always relief in some character or- some npoving situation, which ptakdi you feel that the author, full of pity for -the fallen, firmly distinguishes between the good and the bad, and lores the former. If Gorky has Imparted much cynicism and nakedness into the scenes in which he depicts the life of a certain class, ha makes you feel that he heartily deplores the evil and misery caused by vice, ignorance and poverty.

But in tbe stories of Andrieff on feels 4 that the author relishes and derives satisfaction from the vile phenomena he depicts, and by this love for vice he infects the nn-daveloped, morally unwashed reading public, which is as yet incapable of analyzing life and which stupidly repeats the favorite but senseless formula: But this is reality. This evidently sincere outburst has elicited many expressions of sympathy with the views of It author by prominent literary and professional men in Russia. But Andrieff is not wanting in defenders, and many of these bava publicly commended the novel which has excited bo much opposition. It is a notable fact, too, that the women are the most earnest in tbeir support of the young writer. One of these writes as follows: "It is not Immoral to cry out, to tall the painful truth.

We mothers, in our inmost souls, tremble for our sons, and if we detect something wrong in their lives, we try to deceive ourselves and to make light of it. We need more of such healthy champions of morality aa Andrieff, who, in his final stroke, sounds tha knell of vice and imparity. We, fathers and mothers, must stand nearer to our Children ami save them from a mass of errors and faults. Andrieff does not render vice alluring; he artistically depicts tha inevitable and revolting consequences of an abnormal social relation." This, of course, is precisely tha sama discussion that is being carried on in this country regarding The Resurrection." It is urged that Tolstois story depicts needlessly vice and immorality In most offensive forms, and that such exhibitions on the public stage are demoralizing our American youth. Bif the Countess, who ran see nothing but beauty in her husbands creations, is tha first to sit in moral judgment on one of his imitators.

With a similar degree of consistency, London, which accepts second appearance at that house thia season. He will he seen for two weeks only In hia latest snccess, Tha Mummy and the Hummiag Bird." Interest among students, litterateurs and clergymen ia the old morality play Every-maa," la evidence by the large aumber present at every performance at (ha Garden. In fact, tbe theater haa become headquarters for thoa wheat study of literature tad the history of the airly drama ind the church finds an especial appeal in this old morality written over 300 yeera ago by a Dutch prieat. i A special, but set professional, matinee next Thursday I tha weeks event of chief Interest at the Belaaeo Theater. Blanche Bute, in "Tbe Darling of the Gods, will ho seen for this extra perfm mance, owing tQ the Innumerable requests that havt city in which it has been presented.

It comes to Brooklyn' with a remarkably strong cast and elaborate scenic- investiture. Way Down East" may be saidlo owe Its success not more to the progressive-sees of its story than to its intense humanity. Anna Moore, save fop the wrong done her by means of a mock marriage, is not different from the woman who adorns the best and purest home. Squire Bartlett, with his desire to do right and his dread of doing wrong, who believes in livin accordin' to the Scripture, is recognizable, too, as are manly David Bartlett and hia patient, lovable mother. Professor the eccentric, lover of Kate Brewster; the conscience-stunted Lennox Sanderson; 'the Pickwickian chore-boy.

Hi Holler, and the gossiping Martha Perking, are nil familiar types, and they fit in nicely with the other characters of the plny-- In -the cast are Thoebe Davies, in the role of Anna. Moore; Archie B. Collins, Frank Currier, Robert Gail-Jard, 3. H. Bunny, Charles A.

Burke, Sara Stevens, Ella Hugh Wood and Marion Shirley. Nathan Hale" at the Columbia. The recent revival of interest in things colonial make the appearance of Howard Kyle in Clyde Fitchs play of Nathan Hale, at the Columbia Theater, an event to be noted. This play has won wonderful success in the West, and Mr. Kyle has been asked to appear before colleges and literary societies and add oratory to bis charm as an actor.

As co-star -with him at the he will have Florence Smyth, ho has shared his success, as- Alic Adams, the heroine of the play. No on about Key York and Long Island seeds be (old who Nathan Halo was. His personality with Ainericnns excites as much sentiment as does that of Robert Emmet among Irishmen. Mr. Kjle will ba supported in Nathan Hale by the full strength of the stock company.

Adelalde Herrmann at tke Orpheum. Adelaide Herrmann, called The Queen of Magic, heads the Orpheum bill next week In an act replete with new illusions. Another name on the hill that will he welcomed is that of Will M. Oressy. who with Blanche Dayne presents his latest sketch.

Bill Biffin's Baby. James J. Morton makes his first appearance in Brooklyn this season in an entirely new monologue. Tha Mozart Symphony Oluh, newcomers to vaudeville, will make their dehut here. The Girl with the Auburn Hair is held ver in her beautiful singing act A Enropeaj juggling act is that of the Onrt Family of five people.

Crawford and Stanley, the hobo piano player and the dancing dnde; the Twin Nircs, singers and dancers; George W. Dnv, tho minstrel; Hal Merritt in his roster Girl monologue, and Gulliver's Travels on the vitngraph nra aNo among the entertainers. A Bunch of Keys at tke Bijou. Tho humor of a Bunch of Keys one of the musical farces of the late Charles Hoyt, at the Bijou Theater this week, ill open the post-lenten season of the Spooner Stock Company. A Bunch of Keys is a travesty, and in this particular instance it is the country hotel hit the clever writer has chosen as a target for his wit.

What plot there is to the play deals with thro girls, Teddy, Rose end May Keys, to whom is left a country hotel, with the proviso that it shall Jo to the one who is pronounced the homeliest of the hunch." In tha meantime Littleton Snags, an. old lawyer, runs the hotel, and tries to get Teddy, the youngest, declared the homeliest, thinking to marry her and thus get possession of the property. This fails through, and ail ends happily for all concerned. Miss Cecil Spooner will p'nv the role of the unctuous Teddy, a wild rosebud, with accompanying Harold Kennedy plays opposite Miss Cecil baling been cast for the role of Grimes, one of nature's noblemen, as the author ut it. Mr.

Ranson has excellent chacrps U.tliten Stasis. Miss Cecil, the i I I.