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while. Lacking in so many ways, “ The New Secretary” has practically no chance of survival in this era of stern theatrical competition. Re PCRCOCHAAGITG OUNT LEO TOLSTOY is general- ly regarded as rather an apostle of gloom, and it took the young thes- pians of the Yale Dramatic Association to come on to New York and show that he had a humorous side to his charac- ter. In presenting his comedy, “The Fruits of Culture,” the Yale Associa- tion adhered to its tradition of trying to do something a little more worth while than the usual college theatricals. Allowing for the handicaps that are in- separable from casts made up entirely of male amateurs, a very fair idea could be gained of this humorous effort of the famous Russian. Divested of its local color, it remains an amusing drive at the credulity of the falsely cultured everywhere. In one character, admirably drawn by the author and not badly acted by Mr. Cumming, we have a world por- trait of the not uncommon type of the Pest afflicted with a large vocabulary and the cacocthes loquendi. We en- counter him so often at political meet- ings, on the lecture platform and after dinners that it was some consolation to learn that Russia is a companion in misery. 8B: VBX Tex 7s Mes Te PARE ABS DB. ODE TBE IBS “THE MAN 7 WITH —ch THREE WIVES” Hy is not the per- + 80n — ovcasionally Na dragged into our courts for additional , Pun ishment but the hero of a comic operetta with Viennese music by Franz Lehar. He is not in fact m the three ladies, he is connected with a tourist agency finds it convenient to have per- manent arrangements for feminine society in Vienna, Paris and Lon- don. This provides three heroines and dif- ferent settings and com- plications for each of three acts, Also it allows of changes of costume for the young ladies of the * EA BSEY chorus. It. permits more plot and situations than are usual to musical pieces of the sort, but unfortunately does not seem to have inspired the libret- tist to much humor in his lines. The cast of “The Man With’ Three sAstor.—“ Fine Feathers.” by Mr. Eugene Walter. American domestic problem play, the problem being based on the nationai temptation to extravagance. Fairly interest- ing. Belasco.—* Years of Discretion.” Clever comedy of contemporary American life, ex- cellently acted. Casino.—* The Firefly.” Tuneful and well staged musical piece with Mme. Trentini as the prima donna. Century.—" Joseph and His Brethren. Spectacular scriptural drama very elaborately staged and well acted. Children’s.—" Racketty Packetty Mouse.” Play for children pleasingly done in a the- atre especially built for children. Cohan's.—" Broadway Jones.” Mr, George M. Cohan as the star of an amusing contem- porary comedy of his own writing. Comedy.—" Fanny's First’ Play.” The British middle classes satirized by Mr. ‘corge Bernard Shaw in his own inimitable way. Cort—" Peg o° My Heart.” Miss Lau- rette Taylor as the charming Anglo-Trish- American heroine of an amusing comedy. Criterion.—" The Argyle Case." Very up- to-date detective play with Mr. Robert Hil liard as the hero exploiting the methods of Mr. W. J. Burns Eltinge.—" Within the Law." The depart- ment store and its methods shown up in strong and well acted melodrama, Empire—" The Spy.” A play with French patriotism the usual French triangle combined in the same plot. Not of very ap- pealing interest to American audiences. Forty-eighth Street-—" Never Say Di “sree Tt = ESQUIMOSES CONFIDENTIAL Gu 283 Wives” is a large one with several clever artists in the list, the music has a good deal of the Lehar tunefulness and altogether the piece has a dash and go which make it one of the best of its kind seen this season. Metcalfe. IDE ae Very light comedy with Mr. William Col lier’s fun-making as its principal attraction Gaiety.—" Stop Thief!" Farcical comedy with its fun based on the mixing up of klep: tomaniacs and real thieves. 2.2, Garrick. — “The Conspiracy.” — Moving New York melodrama unraveling the mys tery of a blood-curdling crime. Glode.—" The Lady of the Slipper.” Elsi Janis and Messrs. Montgomery and Stone i pleasing musical version of the Cinderella fairy tale. Harris.—Mr, William Mawtrey in“ The Old Firm.” Notice later. Hippodrome.—" Under Many Flags." Bal let, spectacle and impressive stage pictures of foreign scenes Hudson.—" The See above. Knickerbock Notice later. Little.—" Rutherford and Son." Well acted but depressing drama of sordid English middle-class life. Lyrie.—" AM for the Ladies.” Musical show notable mainly for its collection of gowns in the latest development of our ec centric fashions. Poor Little Rich Girl.” “The Sunshine Girl.” Lyceum—" The New Secretary,” with Marie Doro and Mr. Charles Cherry. See above. Manhattan Opera House.—" The Whip.” Thrilling melodrama of the English t with remarkable and complicated stage ef- fects Marine Elliott's "The Affairs of Ana- tol.” Consecutive exposition of five love af- fairs of a gay bachelor, Clever. Afternoons, “ Snow Whi and the Seven Dwarfs Fairy tale play for children, delightfully” presented. ‘ew Amsterdam. Ont Ob! Delphine.” Frenchy and funny musical pice: Playhouse-—" Little Wom: en.” Pleasant and well acte stage version of Louisa M. Alcott’s famous book of girl life in New England. Republic.—* A Good Devil. Poetic Frene drama elaborately and_ pic turesquely staged Thirty-ninth Street —The Iron Door,” by Mr. Allan Davis. Notice later. Winter _Garden.—Return of Gaby Deslys in “The Honeymoon Express." tice later. Weber and Fields Music Hall. —" The Three Wives." comicbooks.com