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...following schedule: Today--at 3.30, Basket Bawlers vs. Dead Beats; at 8.30, Four Flushers vs. Subways. Tomorrow--at 3.30. Little Cherubs vs. Floor Walkers; at 8.30, Waltz Dreams vs. Sam Walters. Thursday--at 3.30, Green Peas vs. No Names; at 8.00, Two-Steppers vs. Bromos. Friday--at 3.30, Nell Brinkley Girls vs. Hard Hitters. Men not assigned to any team report to A. L. Thayer sL., who has been appointed captain, to play under the name of Floor Walkers...
FRENCH. Gretry, 1741-1813--Air, from Richard Coeur de Lion. D'Exaudet, 1710-1779--Minuet. Faure, 1845--Au bord, Nell, Rose d'Ispham. Debassey, 1862--La belle au bois...
...that 'Salvation Nell' created a sensation is putting the situation mildly. Playgoers may take our word for it, that they may go to the Hackett prepared to see not only one of the most wonderful portrayals that Mrs. Fiske has ever given but they will witness a production which is not alone extraordinary but unique. There will be moments in the first act when they will gasp at the cold-blooded, sheer brutality of the dialogues and situations; there will be times when their interest will sag, owing to the young author's too great love of mere characteristic detail...
...Edward Sheldon, the author of 'Salvation Nell,' in which Mrs. Fiske made her appearance at the Hackett Theatre, is only 23 years old. Ten years hence, when he has become a still more successful and well-seasoned playwright, he will probably stand abashed at the remembrance of all he did and dared in his maiden effort. For however much traditions may be shocked and polite conventionalities shattered, the fact must go on record that this boy from Harvard, backed only by the courage of his own convictions, and with Mrs. Fiske as both actress and stage manageress standing...
...word, a very remarkable production of a very unusual play. Its few faults are easily remedied; the prayer at the climax of the second act is not effective. The curtain should fall on Nell's line to her child: 'Pray as you have never prayed before.' The opening of the third act drags too much with street detail, and the entrance of Myrtle gives this scene its one false note. But these are tiny specks upon a wonderfully effective stage sun. Mrs. Fiske's production as well as her performance at the Hackett will go down into theatrical history...