The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-19
THE TEST OF THE CRUCIBLE
otETI man Avn ms NEW PLAY
BYFOKE YHE TOOTLIGHTS.

with the thermometer ut 1G' above zero,
.,d II brorx blowing at the rate VI sixty miles
An hour. u WIS not p''as mt to stand on the
o,yement in front NJ he ratk inca re- lat even
In, ,w iurr tho op' - o. the doors sun,
many persons. flr whom there was no lom in
,be ,u. or luhbs stanpcd their G I'D fc "a ON the
s,i eofier AaEa. hur.tted their hrcnst' to Keep
their haiis warm, AID patiently wlthstood the
n,,r. iu- wind whicn unicd their checks trigIt
yrrnNln. In the lobby the throng was dense.
butrtr,bod, was good humorcd, and tie un
pie,santnc.s Of waiting was relieved by many
aup aud Jest
INT. b. no crucib'c Hall has got into this |
twc." .iid "a ve'erat politiciin. Mover mind" |
,aif anofhor, "it will hc hot nough inside
Ihe utknt -pcculat,rs, I whom the g were /
i've, Writ seemingly imperVi, u Ocild. They |
sir MATED In the throng, both with and with
ont, with h,ud, full of money and Il kets tor
ch,,re -ea-, that they READILY sold to the Inn
pro,ldcn' who had forgotten or neglected To
sunply fier selves in advance. lly long practice
tle-e wen h We acQu snum something
between the call OF the old hat men and tho
.uhIued cao cnce Of the i,inerant glass member
"Opefa "a irs" on their lo.s unds like " on
ners b., re-" md tho uniuit ate are apt to look
around in dread - disturbance. They sold
reserved seats for from 81 1" tS, Geo ding to
location regular price $3.50. and opera chairs
from $50 to - trcsu ar price 81.
Az o'clock the doors were opened and, In
spite cf the Efforts OF the policemen, the throne
pushed In. II took some tine TO form line,
bit the four officers. by dint OF expostulation
and ngen,le push here md there, reduced the
multitude to ordcl although instead OF making
aspgle line they were doubled. and even qua
dtp led ~ pl ces.
TnE HoUsT OVERLOOKING.
Tfs rp- srv.d .eafs were soon exhausted, and
thOsu " no arrived a cr tnan hNf a,t seven had
- 90 tent ftrni~elNts Win standing ROOM or
Va. y, ~. 0.c, II H." asked an indignant
old - dtieman Of his comp nj u. "tnat IN
euen,atSH =" upon u'"'' speV"'"'oi7 "nen
"OS We, :" was the reply, "eut circumstances
alter Uascs, Nuu know. ne WIS ouS Mayor
then; " he's a theatric'i 20 r.
hany gentlemen WITH ladies were turned away
frOm tue box otlce, and Fl her delivered them
selves up to the tender mtrri's "i tne sn"cu-
iatot-, or went dly homeward. An ecun'mi
cal old lady whose husband seemed disposed to
Onrter Win tue l"bhy shafks, pnll"d MN uodiy
away, ing tnat the piece W iuid uoLbtless run
next week. md might o. seen for '-s N nev.
lhusc vino nfd turchased 10 Xe and reserved
seats began to pour in at about half pat seven.
A'."i '"e i-int "i '"r &C ~ lneIe were
house was reported full stl. ~ ~ the street
rHi-. thetr "tuOlI .ur ohc more, hhu tho5o
who ~ere content to Il nd were admitted.
Later in the evening maty actors and actress
60, whose duties 1t tneir own theatres for the
night we're over, dropped in TO see tue last act
when tho ek-M yor appeared early in the nr.t
boene of the a v ne was warmly greeted 10y II
Audiease twO-thirds ot whom he numbered
friend.
In the lower proscenium box on the right of
the stage were Collector Arthur ana MS lanilN,
and Mr.. Louis J. Jennings. In The opno-ite box
sat Surrogate HIT hinrs, MIR. Henry Wilder Al
The second tier boxes we're occupied hv the
Hon. BENJAMIN woOd and family. eI-Justice
Lardozo and family. and ex SCI" tor Cream er.
Lu the front row OF orchestra cnnits "A, Recorder
Haoket and family. Commissioner Dspecker,
br, John A. Str han. Commissioner Forrest, aud
Mr. Benjh I" y. Russell
Directly In iheir rear were Commodore Carl
son, wiluam Vanderbilt and family. ~. Ro ,ert
l.. Outing, Sx- -Cnutnissi ,uer Isaac Belt, and
Judge l{anto1s To the right ot the -tage sat
Sheridan shook sx-Judgs DittennoeIer, Hl-
bride y. uerTy, ant hr. J0rn hoey and his
~ife.
THE AcToi,s
One row o. seats In the centss ofths p,rauet
was tccupied by &C ors and ma ver- of tnea-
treH. Among them were aud Mrs William
7; Florence, Comm doe Jo-eph II. Iooker, Sr.
Anon otbsc Notable persons who witnessed
~ * 81. crs IN III. Il eLort we're the Hon. +.
pelafc II Smith, Justices l. .wrence oud Dono-
hue. u yid pudleT Field. Mr. Dudiey
mrn van Scnaick, D..tri { Atone, Pbs,ps and
Niic, NUmmissloner Jofddn l.. .utt, ex-Aider
Van Conoyer, eI-Coo iectr Tn mas Murphy. Nj.
T. onIrd Jerome r.. nN Lethe aud vile, II IN J.
Hastings. Joseph II " re, Jr Jonu Cndmbcrlin
nni hi WIFE nee Emi y inotn) Nr. Cn ri's DE
Young. Of lhs ; tr ncis'9 Cnro"iele Miss
Dnuiot Attorney L:on, Geo !. Giman 4nd wife,
VI me' +. keirs- Gen. A1St-''is F19N.
nludy of ibe EreHtiy MAJ, Nlnlan NJ.
Wodt Js.t'ce saea, ilss J,~epa +. D ",
Hon. Rufus r. Andrew. MIR. Juhn b. ioN4send.
pr merrls Phillips. Albert Weuer x-Aid' ~ an
T. rnou George tue Count J,annes. Cnarl,
1. I,iuns ami wife. ex-senator iir Gley, Nrs-r,.
Jonn end ii: i!onyier, gene Rooi son, Charles
"A, Johne-. j. h. Pat ,tsou, l.. A Drake.
Toe audience wa In the best of nutnBr aud
seemed detetnin-d 70 be eAsed with every
tbiug tnat r, Hall aid or ana.
He was cntnusi--iir hllY Dpaudei whenever
there wa the sligule-t prvtrx tur doing At
.nu emo oi every el ien1 sentence ani al tbs
A. the curlaln irll FOR the last time the house
rhnS VITA 'pplause. and there were lOuu cnes OF
A. Mr ia stopped before the curtain the
iaaie5 81 rptd th"ir hands ana waved their
bah uris, aud many of the audience arose
hul 'he'cd Mr. Hall bowed modeslly aud
Ms frirud. 4se N night to he a speech
uhN"r' - ,ert ~ sp' eche- that a'e written b.
DthrT-- tlh-i you VII let ne cnuWehce nov
o} iul,lin- my "ord Ny nea is full. ana out
oi Us ~ n"S, thanS you."
linen 2 n,hg u tho convict garb hch he
wore. Doe added:
=" ! am no l.nger convict, except as l fer
Immen.e ami use followed this httle speech
tired behind The sce-es
oir. A, Oakley Hall in the "CrucibIe" Mt the
Park Theatre Firsi Assay.
An audience that d. nsely filled he Park
Theatre witnessed the 1rat reuresentatlon Of
~Crucibls " and Mr. Oak y Hairs first public ap-
pear nee IA an actor last evening. The play Is a
nelodrama, has four acts, and thirty three
actors arc engaged 10 Its performan o. The
blot Il complicated, and an unusually large pro-
portion Of the per,onages are rascals. Reuben
Penslcfgh Il "A London banker. HIS wife, Ere,
vas formerly the wife Of man wno died a
convict IN Aus'r,la. Her present husband
La -