DENMAN THOMPSON.In "The Old Homestead." at tho Academy

cf Music to-morrow night.

LEW FIELDS.In "The Girl Behind the Counter," at the

Herald Square Theatre Tuesday night.

MISS DOROTHY THOMAS.As Christobe! Nuneham in "Th« Evangel-

ist." at the Knickerbocker Theatre to-

morrow night.

MISS HEDWIG RE'CHER.

Leading woman of the IrvingPlace Thea-tre. Season begins at this house Tues-

day night.

AC*IKM"' OF MUSI*"". 14th «=t. and Irvine l»l»cc—-—

J>:lf.— The Old HoiiK-MeaJ.\u25a0AJ.HAM3KA, ]-••'!. m. ar.J 7:'.. »ve-U—

—Vaudeville.

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—Lola from

iwmrjjPQOAHB. Broadway near 6Sdl 8t.—3:15—8:15—Dion O'Dare.

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TEZATKICAL DIP.ECTORY.

STAGE AFFAIRS.

NOVELTIES OF TEE WEEK.

MONDAY NIGHT.Knickerbocker Theatre— "The Evangelic."

Academy ot Ma*lc—

IVnnian Thompson in "TheOld HomeoJfad.**

TUESDAY NIGHT.Herald SQuare 1 .\u25a0,:\u25a0<\u25a0-!\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '.;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- in "The Girl

Bfhind Uc- Counter." •Irvim;Place Theatre (German)

—The >ea*«n will

begin with?aJderon's "El Alcalde I>e Zalamea."

overcome. An advisory board Of permanent of-ficials, with authority for recommending- prac-tical measures but without power for compelling

th?! local authorities to do more than they arewillingto sanction, is the English method offinding the line Of least resistance. Th* medi-cal inspections of pupils willbe as thorough or

as superficial as the local school boards wish to

have them, and they will cost little or much.The discretionary powers are so elastic that the

results at the outset will be uncertain. Time

will be required before the school doctor in Eng-

land can be as useful as he is in Germany,

where he keeps watch of the scholars from term

to term, fits spectacles for them when they arestraining th. eyes, finds out whether they

have tuberculosis or other dangerous tendenciesor are physically fit to undertake the work as-signed to them, and is the guardian of their

health alike against ignorance and neglect at

home and undue zeal among teachers In forc-ing them int.. higher grades. The German sys-

tem would be too drastic for England. The

MACREADY AS VIRGINIUS.

ABOUT •\u25a0VmCTIMiS."FROM MACREADY'S REMINISCENCES."In the course of the month of Aprilan applica-

tion was made to me by my old Glasgow frj»o(fJohn Tait. on the subject of a tragedy thai fca!b^en, produced at Glasgow 'with much appia;^^The author he described as a man of oriirl-ialgenius, and one in whose fortunes he and many Lfhis fellow-citizens took a deep interest It so hap-pened that Ihad undertaken the reading of tw.-> \u0084r

three tragedies when lately it Glasgow, and it -*ajwith consequent distrust that. t-> oblige a very gcoifriend. Iundertook to read this. Tait was So }t=,jthe MS. without delay, and 1looked forward to mytask with no very good-will. It was about 3 o'ciocione day that Iwas preparing t>j >,v out. w';n-a aparcol arrived containing a Setter from Tait andlii.- MS. of 'Vtrsiniu.s." AftT .some hesitation Ithought it best to get the business over, to Jo a:once what Ibad engaged to tlo. anrl 1 sat -l»-»adeterminedly to my work. The freshness and SBB-pllclty .-' the dialogue fixed my atn-iition; Ireajon and on, and was soon absorbed in the interest dthe story and the passion <>f it3scenes, ttitlt at inetosc Ifound myself in such a st-ite of exciternea;that for a time ' was_uno>ci<led wbtat step t»> take.Impulse '.v i.-> in the ascendant, ami sr. itching c?my pen Ihurriedly wrote, as my agitated feelingsprompted, a letter to the author, to me thea aperfect stranger. Iwas closing my letter us tli*postman's be" wis sounded <:;> the street, wh^ri »h(j

thought occurred to m? : 'What have Iwritten? Itmay •em wild and extravagant: Ihad better re-consider it.' Itore the letter, and. sallying out.hastened directly la my friend Procter's lodarir.^a.Wishing to consult him. and test by hi;? corr»ctn»-»9

my own judgment. He was fr^m home, and 1 left

a card. re-guesting him to breakfast v.-ith m« next

day, having something very remarkable to showhim. After dinner at a coffee-house Ireturn*!home, and in more collected mood agair. read everthe impassioned scenes, in which KawaSßa hasgiven heart and life to the characters of the o'A

Roman story. My first impressions were confirmedby a careful reperusal. and in sober certainty of its

Justness Iwrote my opinion of til* work to

Knowles. pointing out some little oversights andassuring him of Bay best exertions to procure itsacceptance from the managers and to obtain th»highestn payment for it. Ihave not preserved acopy of my letter, but its general purport may beguessed from the reply to it. which Is here ver-batim:

"Glasgow, April20. 1833.

"My Dear Sir*—For bare sir is out of the ques-

tion—l thank you from the bottom of my heart for

the most kind—lmust not say flatterlns-tho' moatflattering-letter that you have written to ma.

Really [ cannot reply to It in any manner that

will satisfy myself, so that Ishall only once for

all repeat-] thank you: and feel as if Ishould]

never forget the opening of a correspondence wtta

Mr Macready. You must have \u25a0 very warm heart.

1,., not think. Ientreat you. because Iexpress

myself imperfectly-very Imperfect! y-there •\u25a0» an

deficiency where there ought not to be.

"'Ihave but a few minutes— lshould say mo-

ments-to write. AH your suggestions Ihave at-

tended to; 1 believe so. and ifIhave not. Ifolly

proposed to attend to them. except as far as t£s

word 'squeak* is concerned: that word Iknow not

how to lose, for want of a fit substitute the smaO-

Ml possible sound. Find out a term, and make th»

alteration yourself: or. If you cannot, and still

wish an alteration, do what you like. Idon't car*

about It. 1 merely submit the matter to you. OXIhave forgotten the word "cheer": what shall I

do also in the way of finding a substitute for that

word?*

••.jcannot stop to write another line. Iam very

much your debtor, and truly your grateful fcunibl*

.errant. j. » KNOWLES.\u25a0\u25a0 'Make any alterations you like In any part of

the play and Ishall be obliged to you."

"A letter more trulycharacteristic of a man wasnever written. Procter w;is .... betimes themorning after my call. How pleasant is the recol-

lection of that morning's conference; How de-lightful to recall particular instances *»f a- M«» ofbenevolence, the history of which would be orto

long catalogue of kindlydeeds! We read the play

together, and no word of exception was heard .tojar against The {.raise he spontaneously ar.d lft-

erally bestowed on Ike work—but he ha.i ever a

ready and nnentrylng admiration of contemporary

genius. He undertook to- write the epilogue, and to

enlist Hamilton Reynolds in Its cause as the coa-

tributor of the prologu«.

"In accepting the tragedy Mr. Harris ctmaeuttdto my stipulation that its payment (£4OO frr twenty

nights) should be continued Into the next season.which, making the difference of £1'"«\ Ihad great

satisfaction in communicating tn Knowles. Tha

characters were allotted and the calls issued.Fawcvtt. having much on his hands, asked ma t#

read the play to the company, and to take on my-

self the 'getting it up'—i. c.. tiie arrangement of

the action an.l grouping of the scenes. Not os*

sixpence was allowed for its miae-*B*t*we. aa.i to

be correct in my costu-ie Iwas obliged to pur-

chase my own dresses But my heart was in th-»work, so much so that it would s.-em my z?a! ranthe risk of outstripping discretion, for it was aM

*>

\u25a0 complaint by F.gertcn. the Numitorius. that 'tieyoungest man in the theatre should take en him to

order and direct his i.ders/ On Fawcetfs report

of this •\u25a0' me Idirectly made the amende to Eg**:

ton. apologizing for any want of deference In:S-1thave shown to my brother actors.

"The play was. hi the French phrase, **\u25a0"

mounted, with Charles Kemblo. Iciltua; Terry*

Donatus; Abbot. Appius Claudius; aad the lovely

Miss Foote (afterward Countess of H.-irrirgTon*.

Virginia: who. thankfully accepting rr.y tuition.produced the most pleasivj effect t>-j mhmlmo at none.My every thought was engrossed by Vlrglnta*.,!

had perfected myself roughly in the worU of tSspart before presenting the play, and WBtij the first

of morning and -..-\u25a0 last of night Iks images it

offrred wet* present to me. whilst every vacanthour was employed la practice, to r-ve smooth-ness to those pathetic touches ami those whirl-

winds of passion in the part, which, in --\u25a0\u25a0' fullsway of t!i«>ir fury. required the actor's self-com-

mand to insure the correctness of every tone,

gesture, and look. The rehearsals, as r-.-y be *Wposed, had been most carefully euperlr.taniied. ar.d'all appeared in the best train, when on th* r.lgbt

before the play's performance an order from Carl-ton House, desiring the MS. (whichhad passed \u25a0'"»

Lord Chamberlain's office*, to bo sent ther* imme-

diately, tilled us all with alarm. Of course M »'»

Immediately sent. and. as reported, subjected to

the royal scrutiny. The nest morning we wer» as-

sembled on the stago waiting for It.when it «=»returned, v.lth only pencil marks drawn over sops*

lines in the part of Apptua Claudius, expatiating

on tyranny. On May 17th (XSM). -Virginias' »*•

first acted, and Its early scenes were not unat-

tended with danger. Charles KimW? being *>

hoarse that not one word, spoken in the lowestwhisper, could be heard; but the action of »•scene told its story with sufficient distinctness to

keep alive Its interest. This grew M IBM play ad-vanced, and in the third act. IciUus's great scene.

Kemble's voice came out inall its natural strength

and brought down thunders of applause- Wit t-«

progress of the play the rapt attention of the audi-

ence gradually kindled ,}nto enthusiasm. Lonff con-tinned cheers followed the. close of each succeeding

•Ct; half-stifled screams and Involuntary ejacula-

tions burst forth when th» fatal blow was strurjtto the daughter's heart: and th» curtain ««

amidst the most deafening applause of a M&nwr

excited auditory. The play was an unaue***o*^"triumph, which Knowles had sat in the pit •\u25a0 wit-

ness and enjoy._

"In my eager desire to obtain for Knoww^jj"possible benefit derivable from this beautiful wore.•Icalled on Murray, the most liberal of publishers. .with the expectation that he would give. acoom>to Ma wont, a liberal price for It. He receivedin th« most friendly spirit, and my disappointment

was Inproportion to my raised expectations whan.

\u25a0 day or two later. 1 found the manuscript •*•\u25a0my table with his note declining to publish it. »•reader and adviser upon this occasion. »»Iwad in-formed, was the Rev. H. Mllman. afterward dean

St Paul's, on* whow name Is Justly classed wsmthose of the great and good,but who,Ithink, •*"*"instance. 'Impar sibi.' .lid not exert that lib^raWand clearness of Judgment which would ordinarily

and Justly be ascribed to him; for th© star oi

Alfleri's genlu- looks pale on this subject before tn*

lustre of Knowles. and so lons as there'3 a st^*

and actor? capable of representing the best feelings

of our nature, so lone will the pathos, the poeW

an-1 the passion of •V'.rginius" command the I***

an.! applause of it« audience. Its publisher wo*

Ridgway. of Piccadilly, an old friend of the ftutbof.| and it has passed through many edition*"

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FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET THEATRE.Miss Gertrude Hoffman, in impersonations of

'Eddie Fey. Anna Hold and other theatrical per-

UNION SQUARE THEATRE.Mr. John X Kic- M»d Miss Sallie CoSW will iead

the bill ;<t thN oouae, appearing in a sketch noHod"Allthe World Lcwrea B Lover." Messrs Avryaiiii

Hart aad Misa Juns Balpb wiil iikewis. aitpcar

TWENTY-THIRD STREET THEATRE."The Futurity Winner." a sketcn jx>rtrayin({ a.

phase of life at the racetracks, will be BcasaatcNihtre. The Four Fords and La-sky's Quintette areamong the other entertainers announced to oer-fortn.

HAMMERSTEIN'S VICTORIA THEATRE.Harry \\.n Tilzer. a clever entertainer, willhead

the bfU a- tl.is house. iiegintiinK to-morrow nfter-

aaaa. Other petCutmen announced are Mlsa Clay-toti Wbite and Miss .Marie Stuart, in a one-act piecerailed "Cherrey": Miss Kati,> Harry; Byron andLangdon. In "The Dude Detective"; Patrice andcompany, in A New Year's Dream"; Cliff Cor.!, n.B sroup of Aral-s from the Hijipodrome and Miss

Beatrice Lfctdtey.

THE VARIETY HOUSES.

NEW YORK THEATRE.Miss Vesta Victoria will Iv continued this wer-k

as a feature of vaudeville, to which form of enter-

tainment this house has been devoted. She wi'.lPing sevcraJ new songs, among them one called"Ting Wee Ting." Other enteitalners will be theRomany operatic Company, Louib A. Slmo>i in

"Tlu- New Ooacaußan.** John Hyams and Miss

I^eila Mchityr- i:i "Two Hundred Wives." HillyCBflord, t):e Sisters iftmlHlimat the Gauschmidta,ac:..l,:its

NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE.

it is announced that "The Bound Up." the attrac-tion at this house, will be taken on the road nextmonth to make way for "The Merry Widow." Mr

Maclyn Arbuckle'a Impersonation of the Sheriff I:

a pleasant feature of the current performance.

SAVOY THEATRE.The 4OOth performance of "The Man of the

Hour" at this theatre will occur to-morrow night.

It is stated that souvenirs will hipresented to t!:«women attending that performance. Mr. RapleyHolmes has succeeded Mr.Ralph Dehnore as Harri-pan. the "boas," and Mlsb Pearle Lander has suc-ceeded Miss Loulee Rutter as Cynthia Garrison.

WALLACK'S THEATRE.

The musical piece called "The Hurdy Gurdy

Girl." by Mr.Richard Carle, is offered at this house.There are several songs in It and It contains localscenery and the usuaJ choruses.

WEST END THEATRE.

Mr. Van den Berg's opera company is installedi*t this theatre for the sis;son Each week a newpiece is offered. I.iast week the company sang"II Trovatore." This week "Faust" willbe given.

In.the cast willbe Miss EilyBarnato, Miss Perry,

William Schuster, Signor Aiberti. Miss Juliet Kos-1;:,. George Tallman and Miss Georgia Strauss.Miss Barnato will impersonate Margaret a«d Mr.George Tallman will appear as Faust.

LYCEUM THEATRE.Mr. BaOew and Miss Dlingtoa are attracting

large audiences to this theatre. wh|re they areappearing in "The Thief." Their engagement at

this house Is likely to be a long one, as the piece

has found somewhat unusual favor.

LYRIC THEATRE.

Mr. James CKNefil will continue his performance

of Virgir.ius at this theatre throughout the pres-

ent week. There is said to be a demand for hisappearance in "Monte Crlsto," to which it la ear-neatly hoped that be will not be obliged to yield.

Mention has been made of his purpose to appear asOthello

MAJESTIC THEATRE.Miss Hamed will continue her impersonation of

Anna in "Anna Karenina" at the Majestic to

which theatre the piece has been transferred from

the Herald Square. The first performance at this

house occurs to-morrow night. It Is announcedthat Miss Harried expects to remain in New Yorkthroughout the eeason.

LINCOLN' SQUARE THEATRE.

Rake O'Hara, a young Irishman who sings Irishsongs, wfll be the attraction at this theatre, thisweek BWIIMllag in a piece railed "IMon O'l'-rc"

Mr. OTBara ha? sex-era: new aonga with whi>-i; t<>

HIPPODROME)

It is announced that a new entertainment will

be offered at the Hippodrome about the middle of

November. Meanwhile "Neptune's Daughter" and

"Pioneer Days" are drawing large audiences. A

pleasing feature Is the Aerial Ballot, in which agroup of young men are seen suspended from

the roof, while doves flyaround them. The ejitire

chorus appears on the stage in Una scene.

HUDSON THEATRE.Mr. Edeson has found popular favor at this

house in "Classmates." a thin play, relative to aphase of college life, which appears to be popular

and seem* likely to last for some time

LIBERTY THEATRE.Miss .Lulu Glaser in "Lola From Berlin" is the

attraction at this bouse. Kiss Glaser impersonates

a German girl, sings a little and dances a little.

The entertainment i? clean and It is akely to en-dure for rom« time.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.Miss Anna Held Begins an engas^ment of one

week at this house to-morrow nleht in "The

Parisian Model." a coarse play which had a Ion?

run at the Broadway Theatre last season. There

will be a concert at this house to-day.

HACKETT THEATRE."The Struggle Everlasting." with Mips Florence

Roberts and Arthur Byron impersonating: the prin-

cipal parts, can be contemplated at this house.

The first performance of this piece occurred lastThursday night.

moods. Th is the seventh week of his engage-

ment at the Garrick.

CRITERION THEATRE.That dainty English musical play "The Dairy-

maids'* is in the early stages of a prosperousseason at this theatre. Baaatsay Wriri,;. EugeneO'nourke. George Gregory. Mis-- Sanderson, MissDe Vole and Miss Hope are the principal enter-tainers. MesFi-s. Wright. Gregory and O'Rourkehave a new son*, called "Mary McGee."

DALY'S THEATRE.Mr. Miiier and Miss Ar.giin r- iii the fifth week

of their engagement at this theatre^ with their pop-uiar play -The Great Divide." It is not probablethat this piece willremain at this house, through-out the grvau-r part of the present season.

'EMPIRE THEATRE.

It is announced that Mr. John Drew will Riveiiglilperformances every *\u25a0*•« k of the comedy "My"Wife." There willbe performances every Wednes-day and Saturday afternoon In the course of hiset«^C«mei:t. His popularity rvmains unabated.

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.The etock company at i;.: house will appear

this week In Mr. Clyde Fitch's play of "Lover'sLan*." Miss \u25a0-'\u25a0 \u25a0 May Spoons will impersonateMary Ltrkinf sad Augustus nilll!ps will appeara* the Rev. Mr. Singleton. '...,,:,- will occurhere to-d*y.

GARRICK THEATRETl'ie whimsical satire cane* "When Knights Were*•»*"SwJiFrweto Wiuoa in one or fau"nierrl«at

IRVING PLACE THEATRE.The season of German drama will begin on Tues-

day nl&ht at IMb house with a version of Cald<-ron's•'El Alcalde de Zalamea." In English "The Ju'lseof Zalamea

"Miss Hedwig Reicher and Mr. W.-i-

gert. the leaders of th» stock company this season,will impersonate the characters of Isabel and I>..nAlvaro. M!bs Itt-icher is a daughter of EmanuelIlcicber, a well known German actor. Amon; theauxiliary performers are Heinricil Marlow. i:rr,»t

Saueraajni. Adolf Neundorff, Emmy Raatc-liurs.Albtrtlne Cassani and Martin Ahr*ndts. Dr. Mau-rice naumf«-i.i is the •\u25a0.-.• director of the IrvingPlace Theatre. "El Alcalde de Balimoa" -will >\u25a0•

performed on Tuesday and \V.-d:i> siLi>- nights andcm Saturday afternoon. On Thursday, Friday andSaturday nights "The Glamour of '.:.\u25a0 Btage" willbe presented.

ASTOR THEATRE.Mr. Raymond Hitchcock -alii beg to-morrow

night, the eighth week of his *-njrapement at thisiousc, In "A Yankee Tourist." It Is announcedthat this pitce will remain at the Astoi for sometime.

-BELASCO THEATRE.

"Trie Boee of the Kancho." In which Miss Fran-ces Starr plays the chief part, continues a pros-perous season at this theatre. It Is announcedthat a new piece willbe presented in a few weeks.

BIJOU THEATRE.Mme. NaM!,uva continues to act at this house,

aafl she may be expected to remain there through-out the season. At present she is playing in Ib-sen's "The Master Builder," the first performanceof which occurred last Monday night. It is an-nounced that there will lie i^rf"rniar!c(s on the"Wednesday aid Saturday afternoons of each week.

BROADWAY THEATRE.The Rogers Brothers continue their merry per-

fonisace at this bouse. Their new entertainmentThe Rogers Brothers In Panama" has foundfavor. Amon* the performers are the ffcnglfr Sis-tere. .

CASINO THEATRE."Tbe Lady from Lane's" closed a: th!s '.iieatr«-

last night. The house will be closed tills week.Beginning a we*-k from to-morrow night th. nextattraction will be "The Gay White Way," said tobe a musical review.

HERALD SQUARE THEATRE.Mr. Lew Fields willbepin his season at this

house on Tuesday r.icht. in a new musical piece.called Th*Girl Behind Th. Counter." Itha"-i a runIn London, and v.;^ adapted for Mr.Fields by Ed-gar Smith. The cast will include Miss ConnieE<2iss, Miss Loita Faust, Miss May Naudaln. MissLouies Dresser. Icnacio Martiaetti, Demnan Haley,Joseph Katrliff, George B^ban and Vernon Castle.A feature of this r>roduct:on will be the Englishpony ballet.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.\u25a0 The return of Mr.Dvnrsiari Thompson to the NewYork stage is a welcome event. Mr.Thompson hastHicn absent for a long time, tut tlie ad:nirers ofh!F simple an«l sincere act'n*r have not forgotten

him. ai:d when be nagpsMa at the Academy ofMusic to-morrow ewr.lriK he will, no doubt, bewarmly greeted by a numerous audi^nc?. He comes.of course, as Jopbua Whttromb, In the familiar playof The '•-•• "

a character with which hehas been identified for more than twonty-two years.That piece began Us career as "The FemaleBathers" ;then was styled "Joshua Whitcomb." «»n<lttmXty. much elaborated, was called by its present

name. It once had a run of three seasons at th.»Academy. Mr. Thompson. It is stated, now makesfcii farewell appearance here.

KNICKERBOCKER THEATRE.

Henry Arthur Jones's new play. "The Evan-gelist," will I-;presented at this house to-morrow

night. Itis described as a •"drama of contemporary

life." The ilrst performance of the piece occurredat Rochester last Monday. The play \u25a0• thencalled "The Galilean's Victory." Mr. Howard Kyle

and Miss Dorothy Thojnas will imr>ersonate theprincipal characters. The cast will include Miss

Edith Tallafrrr^i. Miss Gertrude Aug,*rd>, CharlesFulton, Charles W. Butler. Cecil Rose, EJ^arBauai':, Miss Magpi-' Ualloway ]'- • -

an«l Daven-port Seymour.

Otis Skinner began his season last night at NewEochelle in a four-act piece called "The Honor ofHis Family."

The Garden Theatre will op^n Ootor-er 14 with"Madam Butterfly.'

Kayniond Hitchcock, now appearing la "A Yan-k>-.- Tourist" at the Astor Tboatim. will tttk» thatpiece to Laadea at th«.- begtastiag <>f next year, ifthe Lootaoa public does not patronize tafa piece itis tin- purpose of Mr. BBtchcock'a manner to re-vive 'A Yiinkc- ConswT 1 and "King Di>do."

Miss Maude Adams began her seaaon In "PeterI'i-.n" lust Friday night at Utlca. She will make atour of the principal cities, then return to N*wYork for a brief engagement at the Empire The-atre.

At the Columbia Theatre. Washington, to-mor-row niKht James K. H;wkett will present a newplay called "A FY>ol and a Girl."

It is announced that E. H. Sothern will comoto the Lyric Theatre at the close of the engage-ment of Mr. James O'Neill. "The Fool Hath Saidin His Heart," a dram.-i by Laureaee Irving, willbo Included in his repertory.

At the New Star Theatre this week the attractionwill be "Edna, the Pretty Typewriter." There willbe two concerts at this house to-day.

Mr. Leslie Kenyon, who was with the late ItSch-ard Mansfield for many years, has been engaged

to impersonate one of the principal characters in"Her Sister," the new piece in which Miss IvthHBarrymom willbe seen this season.

Mme. Kritzl Sclieff closed her engagement at the

Knickerbocker Theatre last night In "Mile. Mo-diste." She will make a tour of the provincialcities, it is announced, and then return to Broad-way in tbe holiday Season

Mrs Bpooner. who <iir-<-ts ih« tiwi fin iimim*m ut

the Fifth Avenue Theatre, will give what she callsan "autumn tea"* at the close of the performance of"Lovers' Lane" next Tuesday afternoon. Next

Friday night will occur the 2i*tb perVorm;iii< •' at

this tlieatr.- un;ler the direction of Mr«. BfMMMMr.

Mr. Herbert Holey and Miss Effie Shannon willbegfa tlieir seasoa October 14 in a new play called"Bridge.** Miss Alice \u25a0aanaaar Ir .the author. Thof! \u25a0 t perforoaatMM wOl ba given at an out-of-towntheatre.

A new play by Charles Klein, entitled "The Step-

Slater.'' will be presents at the Garrlck Theatre,

it is announced, at th*- close of Mr. Francis Wil-son's engagement at that boose in "When Knights

Were Bold." The enterprising manager underwhose auspices Mr. Klein's play will be offeredlias devised a plan to announce the rising of the

curtain on this piece. Before the curtain rises oneach act those loitering about the lobby and places

near by will be warned by the sound of bells thatthe recess between acts Is at an end. Th*-Bt> bellsare to be placed in vhtlous parts of the house andwill ring in unison.

THEATRICAL MISCELLANY.

The stock oompany m tii«> R..>ai Italian Theatre.p.-ari an«i WlUougbby streets, Brooklya. will ap-p.ar there in "Hamlet" the latter part of thia

week. Sipnor Malorl will i:ni>er.si.nate the melan-choly Dane The first pari of th.< week "Muerrain Tempo rti Pace* 1 (in English. "War In Time ofPeace") v;'.l be th.- attraction This is su:<l to n«the nrst permaneni Italian stock company estab-lished In N' iv Tor*. Signor Maiori came her.- withMmi Duse's company when that ;u-tre.v; madeher vinit to America ii>- was for a long time ar«t«ce of Mrs. H. O Uavemeyer. Beveral wealthy

• m.w York are encouraging his\u25a0

Signor Maiori and Kis Company to Present

"Hamlet."

THE ITALIANDRAMA.

EDEN MUSEE.A new figure • ' the Kmperor of Germany has

been placed among the group of "Rulers of theWorld" on exhibition at the Muse*-. The Hun-garian band pives concerts every day In the interCardan. This week several new ctaemal >

views will be shown.

TONY PASTOR'S THEATRE.The i-o.r RAberta In Th« Dolhnaker'a r>i-

Imma," will appear at Pmstor*« popular bonse thisweek. Mis May Chadwick, the Hr.i. and Tib com-

Geraldinc McCann and company, Hall andter and Vincent, all of whom ar«

favoritesa wir contribute to the publk enjoyment.

DEWEY THEATRE.\u25a0 , . t the Dew < tre 1 wees

• "Tl •\u25a0 M< rry M if'!-ns" pompaai 1.: thli -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•• every week.

GOTHAM THEATRE."The American Burtesauers" wni be at ti>-

Gotham this week. Several r..,w features are i

noum ed

ALHAMtRA THEATRE.Mr.Peter l»ail.y. in"N-arly a war Correspondent,"

will lead the bill for a week at this boose,

nlng to-morrow afternoon. Other entertainers an-notnteed are wins..r McCay, Edward Connelly, theMidgets, Conna, the ventriloquist: Robert Xorth

and the Majestic Tri--

COLONIAL THLATRE.Miss Millie Undon. an Bngnsa musical ball

favorite, is continued i:i the entertainment at thislioni-p. Other entertainers will be La Gardenia,

and a company of Spanish performers, that capital

nrtnr. W. II Thompson, In "For Love's SweetPake"; the Elinore Slaters. Pat Rooney and Marion

Bent. A. O. Duncan. mWm Ketta Vesta and theJo.- Trio

sons, wilibe the principal feature this week at this

house. Mies Agnes Scott, long a favorite in tae

Harlem Opera Stock Company, will also appear.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTHSTREET THEATRE.

M:s> BteOa laayhew will he the chief feature

of the entertainment at this house. Herbert LJoyd,

Miss Kitty Traney. Mr. Bauaders, the cartoonist:

Messrs. MilIt*i and Shannon and the Misses Del-more and <;riff will participate In the perform-

ance.

great gain, even if the minimum required is

the examination of scholars on admission to theschools. An advisory department has been or-ganized, with Dr. George Newman as chief

medical officer for the Board of Education, and

a small professional staff has been recruited.

It is a modest beginning, but mechanism is pro-vided for a large measure of administrative re-form on the broad basis of public health. Theinertia of British ooaeervjUism is never easily

ITALIAN BAND HERE.At Carnegie Music Hall to-night W. S. Cleveland

will present, for the first time in America. Cava-llere Lorenzo Pupilla's band of sixty musicians.This organization la recognized in Europe as th*

leading concert band of the Continent. In mu-sical circles Cavalier* Pupllla is known as "theWolf of Europe." This appellation was given him

because in contests between concert bands, whichart always a feature ai European carnivals, a*baanev«r been defeated.

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school doctor here must bide hi.-? time and notbr> too obtrusive and zealous until he has provedhow useful and tactful he can be.

There are welcome sifjns of reaction againstpublicity for weddings. One Is this addendumto a printed announcement of an engagementfrom Carlton House Terrace: "It is the especial

;wish of both parties that no wedding presentsshould be sent." This is a promising openingfor a social reform which will restrict present

igiving to relations and intimate friends, prevent

the ostentatious publication of lists of gifts be-

fore or after a wedding, abolish the post-nuptialJumble sales .>> worthless remembrances fromacquaintances and dispense with vulgar cadg-

ing methods of attesting the bride's popularity

and importance. Another alga is the markedpreference for privacy shown by sensible bridalpairs, who willnot allow their weddings to beconverted into town shows. sir Arthur OmanDoyle and Miss Jean Leckle, who were marriedto-day, would not allow the church to benamed, and the ceremony, which was as prettyas it was quiet, was attended only by relativesand the closest friends. With the novelist'sbrother-in-law to read the marriage office be-hind the rail and a younger brother. CaptainDoyle, to act as best man. with a pair of brides-maids and a page closely connected with thebride, it was indeed a family wedding; andwhile there was a .Sequent reception at aWest End hotel the attendance was limited tointimate friends. So popular a novelist might

;have had a column In print about his weddingbut he shrank from the vulgarity of publicityand preferred to have as few acquaintances aspossible Invited and to have his marriage passwithout observation. If the bride's gown gotinto the picture press it was the dressmaker'sdoing. The author's prejudice against unseemlymethods of literary advertising by artists them-selves has caused his own marriage to be treated

ias a private affair of no public importance. Ahost of sincere friends, honoring his reserve andgood taste, willunite In wishes for his happiness.

!There is no manlier or more straightforwardand robust flguro among*Engllshmen of lettersthan the author of "Sherlock Holmes" and tuo"Story of Waterloo." I.X. F.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.Beginning to-morrow Bight, an electrical exhibi-

tion will occupy Madison Square Garden for aweek. Numerous electrical devices will be exhib-it..!, and practical demonstration will bo made sicooking and milkingby electricity. A dirigibleair-

;ship will be one of the features of the exhibition.!In the course of the exhibition several scientific

organizations will convene to discuss the improve-ments made by electricity. frank M. Stevens.Henry F. Pierce and Everett M. Burdstl are to

.Mad papers on the subject. All the sTit BTal com-panies will have exhibits. Patrons of the Gardenwill get unique souvenirs in the form of electricaldevices. There will he a varied entertainment eachnight by the Telharmonlc music system, and con-tests in which the various exhibitors will partici-pate.

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Revival of "The School for Scandal"

at the St. James's.London. September is

The revivalof "The School for Scandal" at theSt. James's Theatre If one of the most inter-esting events of the autumn season. Only oneof the Individual performances la exceptionallystrong iind vivi.l-th.-it of Mr. Charles Grovesas Sir Oliver Surfa. .—

a full blooded, rich Im-personation of character, which can-lea con-viction, even with all the \ ririati"iis of ni'>"'l art'!temper; but the cast Is excellent, -tr:.J although

traditions are nol always followed there isthoughtful treatment disclosing painstakingHtudy Mr. Eric Lewis, Instead of making Sir

Peter Teazle bombastic garrulous andas la usuallj done. Is a courtly gentleman offifty, w:tii One manners and a keen sense ofhumor He Is never <>ut <>i the picture <>f the

nlous eighteenth century circle of sal-lantfl and i?<><=s;;>s; n^r is .-itlvrof the youngerSurfaces Charles, aa Impersonated by Mr.Compton, lacking buoyant gayety, ret r*>tain-Ing 'lienity and force, and Joseph, aa porti lyedby Mr. Henry Ainley, not being burlesqued as

sanctimonious hypocnte, bul represented

with effective realism aa an m ed man\u0084f the world, th. roughly unscrupulous In <fjrry-

m ii- points by fail ior fouL MissBraithwatte has surprised aU tier admirers by

her vivacity, sprightllneaa I \u25a0 variety of

is Lady Teasle the best Impersonation..f rh»- whimtrtcal character which has been wit-

nessed hen foi \u25a0 long time Her acting seems

r: ,r, ponta ''is than it usually is. and leavest},,> |mpn >f rai -i Improvlsatloii ratherthan i

''1 working up of the

byplay, and this may account for Its brilliancy

and vividness. The actors, '-veil as they do theirwork and novel aa are some of the readings >>f

the familiar text, have r..>t thrown the play out

of balance nor sacrificed its dramatic force !r-superiority!r-

superiority In construction, satire, wit andknowledge of human naf-.re to any comedy "f

manners recently written is disclosed com-pletely; ami that is a decisive teat of the qual-

ity of the performaw aMr. Laurence Blnyon'a "Attlla." at His

Majesty's, Is Letter literature than drama and

totter spectacle than trap*- It contains paav-

sajcec of sonorous blank vena, beautiful imag-

ery and impassioned declamations, but much of

it is dull. labored and thin. Few people «\u25a0> to

the theatre merely for the pleasure of listening

to the music of poetic tragedy, even though thetext limy be admirably recited by artists socapable as Mr. Oscar Asche, Miss Lily Brayton

and Mr. Htgnett. They want dramatic action,

and while they get it in the list act, they have

to wait a long time for It in this play, for theepisodes preceding the chief situation do not

open the way for a genuine climax. If"Attlla"

be a library tragedy put together without In-stinctive sense of the theatre, it has been con-

verted by the stage manager's art into a mag-

nificent spectacle, with dreamy and sensuousOriental effects. As a melodrama with so fine asubject as the devastating Attlla's murder on hiswedding night! and with the cross-play of hiscoiifll.-ting relations with thiee women. It would

not be attracting crowded audiences if therewere, not all th.- accessories of a splendidly

staged costume play. The costnmera and scenic

artists have saved the situation, and the play,

after running until Christmas, will delight the

provinces for many a day.

After the cool fit of detestation of everything

made in Germany has come a hot tit of imita-tion of everything done there. Mr HnJdano

w<»nt to Berlin when he was trying to work out

administrative reforms for the army; Mr.Burns

in now in Qiiimi—T Ktu<lyiiiKthe details of poor

law and workhouse, and scores of writers forthe daily press are explaining how old ;ure pen-

sions and other social questions have ben

worked out In the Fatherland without reducing

the masses to thrlftlcssness and pauperism.

The door for the Bchool doctor has also been

opened, ifhe has nr>t already appeared. In Eng-

land and Wales, iind that Is a German idea.Every primary school in progressive German

towns is under constant medical inspection, and

promotions cannot ba made from one grade to

another without tho school doctor's certificate.School hygiene has been broadened out from theFurvy of buildings, drains and grounds to acritical examination «.f the pupils themselves,

and as the Germans have a genius for doing

everything laboriously and thoroughly ithas be-

come a practical science which has already ef-

fected a marked improvement in health and

mental efficiency. Tho formation of a medicaldepartment for the Hoard of Education \n a be-

lated attempt to apply the German system toKngland, and the reform is introduced eaiatlaam-ly and tentatively. The experts will need to

make many journeys to Germany before they

can master the administrative details, but the

school doctor has a future before him. and hemay do much to improve nutionai pJiyslquo be-

fore his work is done.lTnJor a law recently enacted medical Inspec-

tion of pupils Is uiadt- compulsory. That i.s a

LONDON \OTES.

THE THEATREXEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1907.

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