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apparent enjoyment of what she is doing. And she seems to have a talent for find- ing just the kind of songs that casily find their way into popular understanding and popular enjoyment, Her present play, “When Claudia Smiles”, is a diverting trifle made over for her uses and brought up to date from “ Vivian’s Papas”, seen here some seasons since, and which in turn was derived from a French farce. In spite of its origin, it is not very shocking, although dealing with the kind of material most popular in gay Paree. Mr. Harry Conor is her competent foil, and the rest of the cast aids effectively in the general merriment. “ When Claudia Smiles " every one else docs, and when Blanche Ring sings every one joins in the chorus. She would be an efficient aid in some churches to stimulate congregational singing—if she could pick the songs. os HE thrilling effects of one of the playlets at the Princess has made it necessary to add to the resources of that little theatre a “first aid to the nervous” department. Aromatic spirits of ammonia or smelling salts provide an entirely sufficient antidote in the cases treated, as none of them are serious. Metcalfe. tstor.—" Seven Keys to Baldpate.” Divert- ing mystery farce, very well done and with a short, sharp shock for its final climax. Betasco.—" The Secret,” by Henri Bern: stein. Frances Starr and’ good company in a well-staged drama whose foundation is the analysis of a not entirely agreeable female character. Booth.—" Omar the Tentmaker.” Spectacu- lar and poetic Oriental drama dealing with the quatrains, life and philosophy of Omar Khayyam. Casino, —" High Jinks.” Elizabeth Murray and Mr. Tom Lewis heading the fun-making forces in a rather jolly girland-music show. HOW HE DID IT Century Opera House.—Adequate_render- ings of ‘the prominent operas in English at popular prices, with weekly change of bill. Cohan’s.—" Potash and Perlmutter.” Laugh- able and well-acted stage version of Mr. Montague Glass’s microscopic studies of the New York Jew in the cloak-and-suit trade. Comedy. itty MacKay," by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Delightful and mirthful comedy of Scotch life admirably done by Scotch ‘actors. Cort.—" Peg o' My Heart.” Manners’s agreeable comedy, with Miss Laurette Taylor's amusing and attractive portrayal of the Irish-American girl turned adrift among her British relatives. Eltinge.—" The Yellow Ticket,” by Michael Morton, Unusually strong cast in melodrama of international life, with the scene placed in St. Petersburg. mpire-—Maude Adams in “The Legend of Leonora, by J. M. Barrie. Part comedy and part burlesque of English court pro- cedure. Interesting but not up to the level of other accomplishments of the same author and star in combination. Forty-fourth Street—“ The Girl on the Film."” Good example of the London type of girland-musie show. Forty-cighth Street." To-da Attempt at depiction of some phases of New York life, but the real attraction one scene of decidedly objectionable quality. Fulton.—" The Misleading Lady.” Farce dealin situations arising from the flirta- tion of a frivolous young person with a man of primitive and strenuous instinets, Gaicty—" Young Wisdom,” by Rachel Crothers, with the Taliaferro’ sisters as joint stars in an unusually clever comedy, with some stage reflections on some cugenic problems. Garrick. Moore in ‘Mr. Hartley Mr. H. V. Esmond. and Eva The Dear Fool”. Light drama of British manners and morals showing a more liberal spirit in the latter than we usually attribute to our cousins across the sea. Globe—" The Queen of the Movies.” Tuneful and well-staged girl-and-music show of the Americanized Austro-Germanic school, Harris.—" The Rule of 3." Notice later. Hippodrome,—" America.” — Bhigness_ and spectacularity with effective stage pictures and thrilling stunts. Hudson.—" A Little Water on the Side,” with Mr. William Collier and his family in the cast. Farcical comedy displaying the Collier brand of fun. Knickerbock: The Laughing Husband.” Well-cast girland- music show of the Con- tinental variety, with the dancing features emphasized. Donnelly and Drama, very ‘Well- Longacre.—Miss Dorothy Lou-Tellegen in “ Maria Rosa”. Spanish in atmosphere and motive. Staged story of peasant tragedy. Lyceum.—" The Land of Promise,” by Mr, Somerset Maugham, with Miss Bi as the star. Interesting drama of life in the Canadian Northwest. Little. —* The Philanderer,” by Mr. George Rernard Shaw. Talky but witty’ and clever! paradoxical comedy well acted by English compan; Lyric.—Mr. William Faversham in Shake- spearean repertory, beginning with “Othello”. Notice later. Manhattan Opera Howse—Return engage- ment of “The Whip". Conventional Eng- ish melodrama with all sorts of villainy and startling effects. Marine later. Playhouse—" The That Count.” Pleasant and sentimental little play of homely lite in upper and lower New York Princess.—Five | playlets, all interesting and well done, with some of them giving even the most hardened playgoer a thrill, Shubert.—" A Thousand Years Ago." Po- ctic fantasy of the Orient elaborately staged nd well performed, Decidedly out of the usual line. Thirty-ninth — Strect—Blanch “When Claudia Smiles”, by A\ See above. Wallack’s.—"* Grumpy.” Comedy drama in- teresting in plot and acted by London com pany, with Mr. Cyril Maude’s finished im: personation of the title character Winter Garden—" The Whitl of the World.” All the latest styles in chorus girls, upper Tenderloin music, and Jewish come: dtans, with elaborate background of costumes und scenery. iott’s.—* Help Wanted." Notice Ring in ne Caldwell, “A THING OF BEAUTY MAY BE A JAW FOREVER " comicbooks.com