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Vlacountess tie Grissolle* Elsie tie Wolfe Baroness Frouard Dora Goldthwalte Madeleine tlt> t'outras Ethel Barrymore Blanche Vallon May Buckley Jeanne,. Georgia Memium Louise.. Marion Kirk The story of “Catherine” In Its main yiente very closely resembles "The Ro manic of a Poor Young Man." except that In this case there is a heroine In stead of a hero. The play Is probably, from n.commercial standpoint, Imprac ticable for the road. Inasmuch us no sane manager would be foolish enough to attempt to send a company of such uni formly high priced artists on tour, us it would be Impossible tor the receipts to be large enough to enable the ledger to make a satisfactory showing. Of course a few of the very large cities may be visited by "Catherine" with the original cast, but it may be said. 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J. 11, stoddart, the veteran actor whose stellar venture In a dramatisa tion of the "Beside the Ronnie Brier Bush” stories was not the most glitter ing success which the Amertoun stage has known during the past decade, and whose plunge Into vaudeville created a genuine stir In dramatic circles. Is about to forsake the continuous houses, ns ev ery one expected he would do, and re turn to the field In which his magnifi cent art will have at least a qualified opportunity to shine. The vehicle se lected for his rentree Into the legiti mate is entitled “Red, White and Blue.” As may be supposed. It Is a patriotic drama of a somewhat lurid type. Mr. Sioddart's role will be that of Father Savage, a naval chaplain, and the pro moters of the piece may rest eatlstlcd , m the consciousness thut whatever there Is in the part of Father Savage | win he developed to the full by this veteran and sterling actor. London theatrical circles have gone daft on the question of a municipal theater. The Comedle Francalse of THE AUOTJBTA SXJ3ST3DA.Y HERALD. A# f *** (ft •4WNMK I*4* Iftft* Ml Pft# 1 **•* 1 p’ : ( dBKm \ I \ ' 1 1 r*i' / >',<4 £4 j I. / i.i Hw i ’• I , J\\/ +mK¥Ml ’ I 3Jr i s. / / Hvrf *< / j f 1 SA«# I\', - • \ N , yyCSS fomtlL \ \ jWJvV W ILIAM I tE MOTHC personuge, who wilt probably accede to their wishes. A gentleman, Shultx Ctn j tts by name, also has a somewhat slml , lar plan on foot in London. His desire Is to build a Wagner theater which shall be modeled after the Bairruth plan for the sole exploitation of the works of the "Shakespeare of Music." So much money lute nlreudy been sub scribed that the gentlemen having charge of the enterprise are now look -1 Ing for a suitable site upon which to i erect the building. It Is not expected that the enterprise will prove a fowl ing success in a pecuniary sense, and the money contributed has been accept ed with the distinct understanding, as I hear It, that there Is little probability of any return save in the satisfaction of having done a commendable act. William Terriss, whose cowardly mur der In London by a crank shocked the English and American theatrical w orlds, was always noted for his horse sense. He never aimed at ideals of the attain ment of which the slightest doubt could be entertained, and the cond tlon of his j bank account at the time of his death I Indicated that he was a man who was opposed to the theory of wasting money on hobbies. He left a son and name -1 sake, who seems to hare inherited much i ftrijß yftft ft** I fAnr* ftftftft «••*•*# «»» #*#'«iftf When "The Telephone Girl" was pro duced at the Casino in this city, it was unmercifully slated by nearly all of the papers. Even the persons connected with the management were confident that Louis Mann and Clara Lippman's Invasion of the stellar firjpiament was doomed to dire and speedy,failure. But somehow or other the receipts persisted In refusing to fall oft and jjy the end of the first fortnight one ofi, she Casino’s marked successes bad besn developed. The. same experience has fallen to the lot of this play In severaf’of the very large cities of the country. 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In the strug gle the manuscript representing the au thor came out second best; hut, owing to some hitch, the American whose copy of the play had won the right of way forfeited his Interest to the English pro moter. To my knowledge the latter gen tleman ha* forwarded to Mr, De Snu chet tor the use of hi# play a good many thousands of dollars, all of which he might have saved had he been so in clined. Furthermore, Mr. De Souchet 'has been Informed by the London man ager that he will receive his percentage on the approaching productions of "My Friend From India" In several coun- I trie* where it has not yet been tried. One swallow does not make a summer, and this one case does not prove the rule, hut it does demonstrate the falsity of a statement which has been so fre ; quently repeated In this city as to eon ' vlnce thousands of persons of its truth. New York. A Great Music In u'* Great Charity. Three years have passed since the first stone was laid for the House of i Repose For Musicians, which is being i built by Signor Verdi, situated in the Piasxa Michael Angelo Buonarotti. a i small distance outside of Porta Magen | ta, Milan, and now that it is almost completed Signor Verdi has begun to take an active interest In its construc j tlon and Is hurrying it to completion. It is destined to house 100 musicians, 00 men and 40 women, during the last 1 years of their lives. SPORT ON THE LINKS. 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Inaan* and wantnl hla j condition limit red Into, and it araa on y aftar ronaMtrrabl* .iptaaattoa that ha tnanay*4 to mnvtnr* them that h* *aa »tl! in ht* rtcht mlmf. tiotf. aa a rmwaiaH tpart on thi* | aide of th* Atlantic, really date* from the arvantnation »I the American Oolf I , owri.mnn tn IW4 The foltovlna year 1 lha name of the nryantaatlon tra* . htmel to that of t'ntted fttatea Oolf .aaoctation and Canada farmed a ««v --rrntnK bodv of her own. In M*s there were J* eatabiiahed *olf ciuha in ih* Cnitcd Atatea hatlnar a rt tern her.kip at about tl.t*' Trtday i here are over 7SO flourlahina club, and over 2*o taw player*, and th* number of both la Increaainn dally. With thl* maaniltcent Increaae in the number of *olf club* anil enlhitalaata th* standard of play ha* easily kept pace Men who two year# ago thounht th.y w?r* pretty ,ood player* find thefnavlve# now mere “ha* been*." anil others who considered theni*elve* “haa been*" l»*»w see that they belnn* to the elara called "never waa." Thl* wonder ful development In *o abort a time ha* taken place because youn* men and boys are taking up the game. Oolf la unlike any other scientific sport In that unless one learn* to play In youth be fore the muscles become at all “*et” one can never become an expert. In mak ing a drive the club should describe n perfect circle, and In every other stroke the arc should be a part of the circle described by the player when making a drive. I’nles* the game 1* learned when young no amount of practice will looaen the muscles sufficiently to allow the Stroke to be made properly. For this reason the hope or our golf era lies in the player* turned out by the various big schools and colleges If we are ever to produce experts as skillful as those In Great Britain. The tourna ment* of thi* season have shown al ready how fast the younger element is forging to the front. Although the win ner of the amateur championship is a Scotsman, yet the runner up was Wal ter B. Smith, a collegian, and several of the leader# were likewise college men. The class of game put up by the play ers tn the inte.rcollegiate tournament last month showed a distinct Improve ment over the one held last spring, al though the play on the first day took place In a driving rainstorm. Players are often heard comparing their scores with the records over the St. Andrew's or other well known links in Scotland. A player will say: "The record at St. Andrew's Is 72. and my score is only 74." and he will thence forth regard himself as a coming cham pion. Now this method of comparison Is altogether wrong, for the simple rea son that our links are much shorter than the ones over the water. The i length of the average IS hole course In the United State# is seldom over 0,200 yards, whereas the St. Andrew's links are 8.323 yards long. So that, If com parisons be made at ail, then from 12 to 15 strokes at least should be added to the total, according to the length of the links played on. One of the finest courses in this coun try and one of the few which compare with the magnificent seashore links of Scotland and England, is the Morris county course, near Morristown, V. 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My, lb. ad* low said that lli* pya#r*aa madk by aor plkyayk Ik fans or fiv* r»af* w*k t simply katokkdmg akd m*H kaf ba dopiiratad across th* wa«*y tk Mat | times that length at time H* said i that a* th* pfasyar* gataed tk *«p*f»- *MCW. cnachtfkg and c®k«d*»c* th*y i would *vrßtttaUy pwa that, tn folds, i aa tk many other apucta, w* isssd **** [ a hack askt la kk country. He ta hep* tag within a y*ar ur l»» la «tt test t sort at aa In lama t left* 1 match at rang - *d batwcaa a lam as our player* and ; thaa* at Grsut Btitalu and pcedlcta i that ts our me* ensaa ih* ocean ta try ronctuatana with their twvthreii they will be much surprised at aevurkt thing* Tor laatane*. th* meet tea as , golf *tb|tiette and the awarding as pen sit tea are much mare strictly ohaerved In th* old country thaa la common with iua He said that an International mkteh would raise our standard of play : a* «*lt aa afford ua many other useful ' hint* Of course th* Amerlran* would i be beaten, far there ar* many playern in England and Pcotland who ran gty# Mr. Findlay It. Oaugla* one-third of k j stroke k hole, wherea* he 1* easily tk# beat amateur player ar* eak boast. Aa regard* women golfer*. Mr. B*u dalow said that their play would never approach the atandard **t hr thalr English am! ffcoteh alatera until gtrta I and young ladle# In the women*# col* j lege# were taught the gam* by rom- I intent Inatruetora. Moat of th» larg* ' institutions auch ay Vaaaar and , Wellesley, have club* and link*, but ■ the girl# are obliged to pick up th* j game in a haphaaard faahlon. and. h*v* mg once atarted wrong, never gain n I |,* r fect style, without which It I* hup*- ! leas to become expert*. He regards Mia# Beatrix Hoyt as In a elna# by hey aelf. and ah* la Inferior to score* of w. ft known feminine wleldor# of the club* on the other side of the Atlantic. CHARI.EH E. EDWARDKa Karri Coostlea t outset. It la a popular Idea that In a eoaat* Ing contest, other things being equal, the heavleat man should win. A eoaat. ing match took plate in Hartford re cently at which thi* theory was Entire ly upset. Th.- course was short and the grade at the beginning light Ona rider weighed ISO pounds, and the other was 60 pounds lighter. In the three trials both men used the aame wheels under almost Identical conditions. In • the first trial the lightweight roasted j 115 feet, covering the first 100 feet In j ten second, w hile the heavier rider was six seconds longer In going 100 feet, and his distance was 20 feet less. The second trial, w ith different equip ment. resulted favorably to the heavy man. who beat bis opponent half \ second in 100 feet and was only beaten by one foot in distance. In the third trial the spldcrweight was again victo rious In time and distance. Both men were supposed to be equally skilled coasters, and by the rules under which the contest was run neither could avail himself of any movement to add to his distance. French Aid «o Theaters. Howard Paul has compiled for Th* Home Journal some facts and figures regarding the system of tuhventlon in France. The total amoum given annu ally by the government Is 1326,000. The / Grand Opera receives 2160.000, the Op era Continue 260.000, the Comedie F.an calse 210,000 and the Odeon 220,000. In addition the sum of 23S 600 is appropri ated toward the maintenance of the Conservatoire.' After e thorough exam ination of the system of state aided the aters Mr. Paul reaches the conclusion that It is Ineffective. The directors at the Opera find it hard to make both ends meet, and were It not for foreign visitors the other subventloned houses i would seldom prosper. The courtyards in the slums of Lon don are being used by some charitable people for the purpose of giving con | certs to the poor.