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EMPIRE THEATRE, SALEM. 
Raymond Hircucock In 
RED Wipow” 
Raymond Hitchcock should be and 
undoubtedly is very proud of the re- 
ception which has been accorded to 
him in his new musical play “The 
Red Widow.” From every point it 
is said to be as novel and as pictures- 
que a play as has been produced on 
“The Great White Way” in recent 
years. 
It is described as being extremely 
funny, with London and St. Peters- 
burg as its locale. In the memory of 
the writer, it is the first time that an 
American musical comedy writer has 
taken Russia into his confidence. 
There are several scenes of Rus- 
sian history. Anna Varvara, the des- 
perate Nihilist, and her accomplice 
Tantul Popova have been introduced 
into the play with telling effect. Basil 
Romanoff, a Captain in the Imperial 
Guards who fell in love with Anna 
Varvara and caused her to give up her 
anarchistic endeavors against the life 
of the Czar is also a conspicious char- 
acter. Throughout the play there are 
many startling surprises, which give 
Mr. Hitchcock opportunity to show 
how easy it is to fool the secret police 
and the Nihilists. The comedian has 
been surrounded by a large supporting 
company and will appear at the Em- 
pire Theatre, Salem, directly after his 
coming Boston engagement. 
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The supporting cast 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
HouLLis STREET THEATRE. 
Public taste has raised John Drew 
to the position, quite unassailable, as 
the chief American exponent of po- 
lite comedy. Every season one of the 
social as well as dramatic events of 
the cities in which Mr. Drew appears, 
after leaving the Empire Theatre, 
New York, where he delights his Me- 
tropolitan ‘public, is his presentation — 
in a new comedy. He will be seen 
at the Hollis Street Theatre, two 
weeks beginning Jan. 6th in “The 
Perplexed Husband” by Alfred Su- 
tro, a four-act play which duplicated 
its London success in New York. 
Mr. Sutro, whose last success in 
America was ““The Walls of Jericho,” 
came over from England to person- 
ally stage his latest serio-comic play. 
The distinguished dramatist has 
created a strictly modern comedy, and 
his characters are live men and wo- 
men who say and do things that are 
natural though unusual. As is his 
custom Mr. Drew is supported by one 
of those unique and _ perfect casts 
which delight his well-wishers. 
In “A Perplexed Husband” Mr. 
Drew is a conventional husband who 
has good reasons for being worried. 
includes Mary 
Boland, Hudert Druce, Margaret 
Watson, Nina Sevening, Alice John, 
Walter Soldering and others. 
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B. F. Kertn’s THEATRE. 
The event of the season in Boston 
vaudeville will be the appearance of 
Ethel Barrymore, the famous legiti- 
mate comedienne, at B. F. Keith’s 
Theatre the week of January 6th. In 
many respects Miss Barrymore is the 
most notable capture ever made for 
vaudeville. Miss Barrymore, with 
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt as an opposing 
attraction, broke all records in the 
Windy City. For her vaudeville tour 
Miss Barrymore has elected to appear 
in J. H. Barrie’s one-act comedy, “The 
Ten-Pound Look,” one of the clever- 
est playlets ever turned out by the fa- 
mous Scotch author of “The Little 
Minister” and “Peter Pan.” Miss 
Barrymore’s engagement will be posi- 
tively limited to one week only. She 
will be surrounded by one of the 
strongest and best vaudeville bills ever 
put together. Ed FF. Reynard, the 
ventriloquist with a production, will 
present his famous “Seth Dusenberry 
and Jawn Johnson in “A Morning in 
Hicksville,’ combining ventriloquial 
skill with some remarkable scenic and 
mechanical effects. 
Sucw Is Lire. 
A man who waited patiently 
To hear from Opportunity 
And hoped she on _his 
knock, 
One day received a dreadful shock, 
door would 
When, thinking she had come at last, 
He swiftly from his chamber passed. 
And hurrying to ope the door, 
He saw a face he’d seen before, 
A wizened wight from Dunem’s who 
Remarked: “This bill is overdue.” 
—Birmingham Age-Herald. 
Nuccets By THE WaystpE 
Don’t go huntin’ fer Happiness on 
de hilltop. Half de time he’s whar de 
valley is dreamin’. 
Dar’ll be no trobule *bout gittin’ ter 
heaven ef you'll des work faithful fer 
de wings. 
Some folks wouldn’t want ter be 
angels ef dey thought dey would have 
ter play a harp day an’ night. 
Dar’s more happiness in workin’ 
fer clothes ter keep de old out than in 
waitin’ fer Charity ter kiver you.— 
—Washington Times. 
About nine preachers out of Io find 
it much easier to preach than to prac- 
tice. 
