, 1872-12-22

| be most on his guard, is q tendency to laps
into something approaching to vnlgarity OF buf
foonc1y, which excibes the laughter Of th'
crowd, but which repe1s people OF breeding ant
Of disce1nment Ii: is unnecessary for Nj
| Dillon to cater to the tastes OF the mob he car
[ make his reputation without it. He is not called
upon to resort to tho words ndevi1 no
1.damnod" in order to please his hearers
terribly at loss what to do with his hat. Ht
holds it now in ono hand, now in the other, some
times he places it on the floor, and sometimes
hangs it on chair. It ls funny, though 11ttls
exaggerated; but it is out Of place. Mr. Bank
STOCK: is not q country pumpkin. unused to tht
wayz Of the world, but hs is a gentleman ricl
enough to be- able to keep = servant, and not ig
norant OF the proper disposition OF lat. Tit
I play has Inconsistencies enough without Duon'l
aid. .
| dr. Dil1on's acting was even; he was no
| throughout the play. Still he vas sd Quite a sooi
! in the scene where hs meets his old sweetheart
| the nIlliner, and accedes to all her demands,
| speedy marriage included. His display Of aifec
ton at the close ia little STACEY; but that may
pass. He is popular but to preserve that popn.
larity be must DO careful to romember TINT q foM
comedian even should bohare like gentleman
Mr. J. " Blaisdell is set down OH the pro.
graname as Horace Maitland =" very loud" He
is the cousin Of dn's. .]enhins, and escorts bel
when she visits Bankstoch to have her bonnet
0tt%A-NN-A-3 @->A-t1 A@9f@N@se
on arsless Child Of nature, has taken his instruc
tons to be ssyerY loud' as meaning that he
must speak in Z loud and violent tone Of voice,
and this la faithfully does. or t'loudness in
and, if he did, he is essentially incapable
Of reproducing it. I would rs soon think
Of ordering 1l,:s. Halter to play a
part in the Lydia Thompson troupe ss to request
this solemn gentlemen to be "loud-" Mr.
Diaisdell is always associated in nay mind with
funeral mn with 1oa1
marches. undertakers, and things Of that sort.
He is Us prosy and sober as tho good boy in Il
Sunday School book. The boy Dillon was an
arrant scapesrace; he played trnant he made
laughing: The boy Dlaindell knew By heart 500
texts and score OF hymns; his teacher patted
him on the head, and called him Is dull, but
Industrious"
Substantially, Blaisdell figures In but ono
scene, and that with Dillon, when the contrast
being "very. LOUD, in . military ng, . coat Of
blue, with three roNs Of brass buttons in front
This is = local play, says the programme, with
local characters. So why could not Blaisdeu,
instead Of putting on coat which is familiar to
Commodore in the navy, BY . Colonel Of Lin
colnshire Yconanry, aud a Captain Of an East
Iudia Regiment of Foot, have attired himself in
the loud and local costume of the
Ellsworth Zouares? He could have figured
green, or he could have donned the dress Of tho
members Of the company Of colored soldiers.
Think OF the wealth OF local costume be had to
draw on, and yet he is satisfied to put on this
scene h1r. Blaiadeu is in a passion, which be
neatly typities by keeping on his hat, although
Dillon and Miss Selden, who plays Mrs. Jenkins,
nro present. To deepen the Impression upon
Dillon's mind caused BY the menacing attitude
of the hat, he folds his arms across his breast
and strides back and forth--the Blaisdell
fs fsney tho T. emotions say '0f uhish liz 'ns would ID
be raised IN his own bosom by tho intrusion Of q
stranger who insisted on remaining covered and
But, In spite Of tho hat and the stride, it WAS
still Blaisdell, and not Horace Maitland, livery
loud" It was peaceful, quiet, demu1e Quaker,
setting out to bully man and, notwithstanding
tho su2positious, black side shiake1a. tho uni
still Old Broadbrirn. 1t. WAS Simon Pure
0s e. 70 tBs RsS' ass es q t6s ' ions 5s'aPf sRin
Tho part is not much, but such as it was, Mr..
Dlaisdeu failed utterly in it, in dress and in talk.
There is no character in the play which lie con
take. There is play saw once, in which ono
Of tho dranaatis persona came out in sable gaEb
an1 ingubriousiy remarked soli1oquizing:
"Behold she wretched thing that was
It is my Impression that h1r. Blaisdeu would
como in pat, just there.
Mr.. Padget is David Diggs-" q florist" Since
there ia no mention in the play OF lis business,
he is compelled to carry around with him pot
Of myrtle as sign thereof: We're Mr.. Diggs q
q lager-boer mug. ! had seen Mr. Padgot play
some years ago, and expected to find that he had
improved since then. but in this play at least, he
showed no signs Of it. II there has bcon any
change, it has been for the worse. It is possi-
ba5 become ~ satisfied T With Himself,
secs no necessity for further study,
and intends to keep on copying himself II
would bo unfortunate were this SO, for Mr.
padset can, If it pleases him, bo I good motor.
The Enrt Of Digs il made funny by putting
tight boots on him, of which he is eternally
and by making him drunk in one
scene. He roems around with his escort Of
wedding guests from house to house, and is
oroEen or" He is armed with D stick, es wcll !
Is with q pot Of myrtle, md whenever he gets |
.ngry with his son-in-Iaw he brandishes this |
stick after the traditional stage fashion. !
5ut Dillon, being used to it, does not
lpon Keeping on his hat in those places who're it
'hou1d be removed; but then man With q
1ower-pot In one hand, and large stick in the !
>sheT, cannot perhaps be expect cd to pay strict
'ttention to the proprictios. It is true that tho
material Mr. PadGet is given to work on does !
lot amount to much, but he might make moro
3ut Of it than he has done. Ho is more Of d
tage father than Of real one. know no
;araat around Chicago who would venture TO
alk to groun-up daaghtsr as Di9gs does to
Lis.
Miss Emma Cline, who is Clara hopkins
she proprietor Of the Madison street millinery (
tore," Is pert, saucy, pretty, affected, and pro-
ooative. When Dillon rushcs into her place in
earch OF e bonnet, she recognizes him as IN old
wectheart who had made many promises six
months before, and had then suddenly left hor.
10, at first she seolds him, and then finally makes
p with him. She waggles her blonde head too
much, and is too fond Of looking directly at tho
udlioaee. a, aad Of playing st 5hem and she
I'D forth; but sho acolds aud pouts
8 if she had practieed on others than Dillon,
nd with SUCCESS. She is not at all dignified
bout it; but that is proper. She does t just
bout as the womsn she represents is in the
abit Of doing it. Her scone with Dillon is tho
est acted in the whole play, and it is pity that
he is not allowed to appear elsewhere. But sho
lust learn tho hard task OF coasng to ogle the
udience, and Of being Little less self conscious
Mr: Arnold appears as dfr. Jenkins, who is
rute Of a husband" and these rather vsgue
.iling directions constitute tho sole guido
Q has as to how he sha1l hahgye Mr.