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THE HACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORXIXG, DECEMBER 27, 1908 Many Hits Scored In First Half of Dramatic. Year “The Devil,” “What Every Woman Knows,” “Love Watches,” “The World and His Wife,” “The Man From Home,” “Jack Straw,” “Gentleman From Mississippi,” “Salvation Nell” ’ FI. k/3 real I Rile nr w vehicle Mustrut- duct Ion* that resist rr above tho aver* j by the Engli.-h r Teas ns ono of thr*» lux the mural hi si physical horrors of' afe rap. Anti In this connection might | naive conceits of tho distinguished j No tv York's underworld; “A Gentle- bo named the now program at Hit* Hip- | Enulirti humorist whore “Throe* Me:: man From Misrtsslppl." tho intensely podrome, one of unquestionable quality j Jn a boat" made the whole reading true t-. life portrayal of political and m l variety. ; world a fourth paar-ettgor with the do?. I aortal Intrigue In Washington, ir.; Harry j^auder ahould also receive. Mias Ward an the F.tnny of the play Is j which Thomas A. Wir-e shows the na-l mention in this necessarily brief n*- pronounced natural and unaffected. I t I capital not to La tip* “if pot less view. Hit Scotch dialect Bong* and f,he refrains from acting, from usnum* j town" of billboard fl'tlon; "Tho Trav- , hia dances hay** ‘ upterrcl an enthuslas-! lug a voice, a manner, attire other #l!ng finb :ann,” h.v Ju.nn-.i I'orbf«, ou- tic following of truly importn; dimen-; than her own, and she is nrfditod with tho - of “The Chains Ludy:” “Theialons. ; one of |!ie successes of the London I Patriot,” WUHe Collier's frothy but | * ! reason.' wiiu'.It: force, nnd “The Blue Mouse,”! Fannie Ward’s Nsw Play. | with Mabel Harrison. Fannie Y/crd. who achieved « per-1 Chorus Girl Marries a Peer. That l» a long Hal of actual art! die; nopal frlumph In Jerome 1C. Jerorno’a- Mr. Jerome haa adapted what hou • and finnaclol successes for a half successful comedy at the Aldwych become «I moat a habit In London, that • H« a:a»n to present. Practically everyi theater, London, In hi New York pre- * 1 of a pc;r marrying a chorus girl, fori phase of dramatic expression is rvprc-, paring for * her American tour under his plot and has written a comedy in} FANNIE WARD. (Fiotn Our New York Dramatic Corre- spondettt.) H ALF of the dramatic reason of; 190S-9 has ctapiw-d, nnd he' who stands at tlu* inidwuy j id at Ion and glut trot bnck over the productions that have pawed In the night or remained with us must j conclude that those histrionic offerings! have hvera.red high in the scale. In both the Htralxht drama and the musical comedy world this gr.itlfyln: I condlNon 1ms prevailed in spite of thej financial de| resslnn Incident to mat-! tcra theatrical In a president ini election i year. Familiar fares In easts In Imthl branches of drama have been missing j this nraaon. New forms mid fores have In many Insianrcs received nub atantial recognition, and In some mass familiar faces have appeared with new forms, guaranteed to last until spring. In other cases familiar forms have ap peared with new faces, warranted to Wear for a shorter period, but more anally renewed. (No names, please.) The necessary (no names) rejuvena tion of the physical has happily been accompanied by a seeming rejuvena tion of the menial, for In the latter connection the playwright.* v.ho have succeeded In capturing public fancy thiii fur this year have given many original nnd refreshing Idea* for dra matic exploitation. Ill the straight drama the success of Molnur** “The DfVlf has proved a ruling nrnau!Ion, nnd couplet! with it ns u success In an entlri ly dlffernt vein, however, Is Maude Adams* presenta tion of her new Barrie play. “What Every Woman Knows.” which h: won favor on tour. Billie Burk* has established herself us a New York fa vorite In “Love Watches," and r.nothei decided hit la “The World and His Wife,” In which William Fftvrrslmm and Jnlle Opp picture the leading charactors ut Daly’s theuter. Other pleasing productions are “Jack Btraw,” with John Drew, who will play until spring In the Maugham comedy of European life; "The Man From Home," with Will T. Hodge of “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" fume; “Lady Frederick," Ethel Barry more's En k I lull InifNirtntlon. also writ ten by Maugham: “Samson." the Henry j Bernstein tragedy In which William j Gillette leads; “Salvation Nell," Mrs. I THREE PRETTY GIRLS SEEN IN “AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE,” NEW BROADHURST PLAY uented In the list, from nerve straining tragedy to lightest farce. Few half seasons have accomplished as mush in straight drama. Musical Comsdy Hits. Frltal Scheff In “The Primn Donna," Anna Held 111 “Mlsa Innocence," Mnrie Cahill In “The Hoys and Betty,” Do Wolf Hopper In “The Pled Piper." Lulu (Baser In “Mho. Mischief and “Little Nemo” are the musical pro- ■ the direction of Joseph Brooks. Abroad 1 tho play was called. “Fanny and the j Servant Problem.” but this title has I been changed to "A Servant Problem." After . the usual ono night tryouts Miss Ward will open her tour ut thoj Park theater, Boston. Jun. 4. Charles Cartwright* who played lends In Lon-j don, has been engaged for the same' role, that of the butler, for tho Ameri can tour. "A Servant Problem” Is spoken ofj whimsical fashion. Fanny, his hero- j Inc, ran away from home us a girl be- j cause she could not stand the dis cipline of her Bisters and her cousins and her aunts, who were of a class! born and bred for domestic service In i a country house. She becomes a fa mous music hall artist. She met a pleasant youth who pretended to be a! painter, made love to her and married | her. Actually he Is the Earl of Ban- tock. He hud mado half hearted In- ANNA quiry of Funny's birth and parentage, { and a well meaning friend of the girl had romanced as to tho decayed gen- ] tlefolk from w’hom he said she came. , Fanny kept her own counsel for a| time, but when alio arrived at Enntock: Hall what a situation she found! It was manned by her own family—from ’ her uncle, the pompons butler, and her aunt, the stately housekeeper, to the stable boy—twenty of them, grim sen tinels of the family honor of the Ban- tocks, determined that the daughter of their own house should not desecrate the sacred traditions of the county family. Tho situation is as Ingenious as it is ludicrous. Poor Fanny suffers long, but the way she solves «he prob lem and'wln* out makes tho play lively and entertaining. As a result of the success scored by Clydo Fitch’s new farce comedy, “The “MISS INNOCENCE.” Blue Mouse," at the Lyric, theater, the* managers having the American rights* have already begun organising three* other “Blue Mou3e” companies. The* first organization will, of, course, re-* main In New York for an Indefinite* period, the second organisation will begin its carier with a Chicago en gagement. the third company will open . in Philadelphia, where time Is now be ing reserved for a prolonged engage ment, and the fourth company will lm«- mediately Login a tour of tho extrema*' south and west. In fact, the new* specimen of animals, “blue mice;” wills soon be common sights in many quar ters. m *_ x DRISCOLL ENTITLED TO FIGHT ATTELL * * 4 J 1CM DR18COLL Is that rare bird, evidently, a game and clever English fighter of the first class. It's no wonder he left England. A real scrapper of the Driscoll class would die of dry rot In the English ring In six weeks. If he rouId stay alive long enough to die. Drlsootl Is now In line on his record! to fight Abe Attrll for the feather- j weight championship, and Audi's shy- j ness la attributed to something more than native modesty. Driscoll la the champion “feather" ofj iCngtnnd and Australia, and In Ida re-; cent victory over Charley Grlflta In Huston he showed bundles of slrnnn. pure championship class. He knocked aut Griffin In n manner that showed him to have that coveted breadwinner, tlia punch, and that he knew when and how and where to use It. Driscoll In nt Ids best at 126 pound:), but says he can fight Just as well at tit. Hut whether he will consent to make US at ringside, a stipulation usually made by Attrll when he thinks his title Is In danger, remains to be •gen. At tell has been regarded as ono of the cleverest boxers in the world and has had a clneli on the feather weight title ever since “Young Cor bett," after defeating McGovern, be came too heavy to defend the title at the preorrtlHd weight. Drlscoll'it challenge to Attell cannot be Ignored by tho latter. Attell must defend his title or acknowledge that ho WRESTLER LEMM. WHO WILL LATER MEET FRANK GOTCH IN LONDON. the best fighter of Ids weight ever seen In Boston nnd thut be Is tho best fighter of Ids weight ever sent to this country by England. New York, Bos ton and Philadelphia fight lovers will travel any distance to see the Driscoll ( and Attell fight In this country. Baseball Tangles. The basebull tangle caused by the long overdue revolt of the minor leagnea against each other AND AGAINST THE MAJOR LEAGUES bus perplexed and even worried many of the “Insiders" who know what Is what In baseball. The fact that th© Eastern league and the American association have decided that their associate minor leagues In the National Association of Profes sional EasebttU Leagues are “Intoler able" nnd “unfair” suggests tin* fine lUlianorquc brain of Prcaldent Pat T. Powers of the Eastern organ!ration, and the Mate ment that the E;. .w mors and American association!-rs ought to be allowed to "run their own uifnirV without tnterferanco from tin* National cm league and American association j threatens the supremacy of the two; major leagues of the present. They; have been ao high handed in their, methods, banking ou their assumed • power, that It la time that some Moses baa risen to lead the belittled and the ! betrayed minors out of the wilderness of hard work into tho promised land' of "easy money," pre-empted by the' majors long ago. the majors believe. I But will Mr. "Binding Put" let them continue In that belief? Will he found a third major league from a combination of the Easterners and the American asroclatlcners? If he does, will he not trente pan demonium and will he not bo able to effect an equitable agreement—a com promise—between the Nationals and Americans? Who is there to hay that a third ma jor league Is nn imposslblty? Surety no one who knows the ability of Pat Powers. It U up to “Smiling Pat." and t-> him alone, to solve the existing difficulties. And the writer wagers automobiles can members of the Olympic games committee comes the word that tho re quest will be made that tho Marathon race bo stricken from Olympic pro grams nnd that this event, the most famous one of the entire list, be abol ished. This is not to bo done be cause of the trial or for physical rea son, but because a few of the partici pants in the last event havo seen fit to try to pawn their laurels by becom ing professionals and reap a pecuniary profit from what has been merely an affair of great honor In the past. Tho recent race of Dorandn Plctrl against Johnny Hayes In New York, a professional event, precipitated this action. Lest the dignity of the games aguin he hauled through the mire by mere mercenary pot hunter* the com mittee has decided that the winner of this event Is too much an object of adulation and his temptation to profit by this prominence too great. Ama teurs have never eetn anything more unsportsmanlike than the actions of HnycS and Daranilo In qulttlngalt their amateur connections to turn profes- Rube Waddell has been heard from. The erratic pitcher of the St. Louis Americans hag, bobbed up as a hotel clerk In Sparta, Ill. He arrived there recently with a shotgun and two bird dogs and asked the hotel proprietor for a job. He got It nnd has been making good, but judging from past incidents In the life of Waddell he will coon "vamoose tho ranch” to become once more an actor or a bartender. HARRY GRANT. NOBILITY RODE IN MATCH RACES Match horse races often were under royal patronage. So far back as 1377 the Prince of Wales, who became Richard II., seems to have been bcatenb j In a match against the Earl of Arun del—“owners up"—and afterward to" have bought tho victor’s horse for »• sum equal now to 320,000. King Charles II. himself rode his horse I Woodcock In a match at Newmarket* in 1671 and was beaten. Even th©** austere King William III. ran a horsi* in a match for a stake of 2,QQV> guineas, while Queen Anne ran several* horses In her own name in matches at* York and ut Newmarket. The future" George IV. ran a memorable match against time when twenty-two years* of agt\ riding from Brighton to-Lon don and back (112 miles) in ten hours: on the same horse, as 1t appears. \ t* QUS STOLZ. ARANSAS. OE ANGELI3. PHIL KEARNEY. START OF CHAMPIONSHIP SKATING RACE AT SARANAC LAKE, N. Y. •*, but he lu» f the National l< lag follower of prise In a p«»pi Is a high * 1%m ' important Th llftm knows lb aw |>ri*coll *!•* Pulliam sleep I Uul Urlwell Is. At any rats* I alt ike • A inert- BATTLING NELSON, WHO IS AFRAID TO FIQH'I FRED WELSH. CHRISTINE NORMAN tfg£S££gm