, 1872-11-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.


OF the piece last evening at the Acad-
eny OF Music. The play was q marked financial
SUCCESS in New York, where the critics, with an
uuanimity somewhat rare, but not at all wonder
full under the circumstances, pronounced it ab-
solutely bad, but the furious condemnation only
served to give it an extra amount OF notoriety,
and people hocked in crowds to see whether it
really waa go bad 1t is probable that these harsh
criticisms, so boastingly advertised by Miss
Charlotte Thompson or her manager, will
hardly serve the same pecuniary purpose in
Chicago, unless the unfayorable impression
produced last night, both by the play and the
manner Of its rendition, shall soon be removed
by smoother performance subsequently.
There is no diaic' lty in agreeing with the
Judgment Of the Gotham writer's as to tie OBJ
jectionable nature OF the material Of which
Zone Wife" is constructed, but, at the same
time, there is no need Of wasting whole col
umns of valuable space in showing why and
wherefore. A brief sketch Of the main incl
dents of the plot will suffice as we'll A justly
Jealous wife sets spy. upon her husbands
movements, and ascertains that he is in
who proves to be heartless, designing edven-
turees without even the redeeming quality OF
icentiousness to plead as an excuse, but who is
pictured merely as brazen mercenary. Having
made ths dissoveEy the injured fe is at oace
''too thin" to be swallowed by any but down.
right idiot. She learns that he has lied to her,
and raves about his ungentlemanly readiness to
resort to an untruth-as though it we're high
upon injury By brutal1y declaring his faith1esa-
= little later on, and does it with an offensive
coarseness which suggests that in such g
eanae stua5on than to tel nay dG L. '04esns e tRs
same ruda strain he not1les her of his intention
to elope with his married enslaper, whose per-
feet readiness to take up with anybody else with
40 much money is 1ame1y employed to bring
about lightning repentance and reconciliation,
and the curtain drops With the highly gratifying
assurance that he has concluded to content him
self with g One Wife" " but not without convey
ing the idea that he would have indulged in two
il another fellow hadn't stolen march on him.
This is the story in 8 nutshell, and recited with
as much leniency and forbearance as one could
be reasonably expected to muster in the face Of
such provocation. One Wife, is an adapta-
ton from one Of the latest productions Of Du-
mas }us, entitled the Princesse George" The
rehabilitation has been effected at the expense
Of what little delicacy OF expression existed
in the original, and the adapter has not troubled
himself with preserving the faintest suggestion
Of a moral, unless it be this: "Steal your Wifes
you can do it without too much trouble; but,
ing-make It m with your wife. stay at home.
treat her as well az YOU can and help 10 alleviate
her-bank account" This is the impression
naturallV renaini11o mon the mind of the audit
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comment unon the NAV nroves fohaVa fhe affect
snoIen of Shove. and he1ns to draw crowfs to
aee the narYormance then va have been mis-.
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ao5naTvbsst dne to tha ;nonerfact and fa11tv man.
ner in which the piece vas produced, Miss
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40 wo1i - a. 5orca ~ and ;ntens;+v Ehere
e arc IN ~ occasional hnrets ~ e1trens natural.
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csrafr1 conacsant;ona sf art;sf ;nteTnretatio
~ t,e 1o1e ~ tha nntre ed Tr;fa ;a t;nrad with
sronan1v W zrastnana .16ch wnn1d co1nna:,d har
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company "ere 14os9 " NJ. NJ @ayatu ~ ~ - H. men
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tne uan III T. Noo1es 1ta u4ct " ePeaa. as
n1s roe OF tne coHatay, o1oeal, eultsy nuspanu
Is not one tnat AFFORDS much scope ior gooo aet.
ng. Mr. fadget VIII ooupIless e1Molt 1aarkeo
improvement at ms next appearance, Unless ne
'ontemplates retiring from the Ch1cago STAGE
- TElB oTHER THEATRES.