, 1876-08-16
ADJUSTMENTS,
uOOLEY's THEATRE,

ifr. Leonard Growers new play, g Our Board
fAg-1iousr," !" was produced last night. IT. won
an unequlvocl SUCCESS. The purely farclcal
efcments Of tho drama elected nproarioua
Ensrth, mud tho more serious portions heltl tho
attention OF the audience to the cn1. "Our
Boarding -IIouse'' Inns hccn well described by
the author as farcr-come,ly" 1t cauuot
Claim place in the higher order of dramatic
compositions, both because the subject itself Is
uuromanttc and because the treatment Of 1t docs
not alwuys recognize tue true relations Of mo-
tlYcs to uetioas. Wo lind the chief merit Of
slr. Growers work to lie exactly whore NC
would expect to 1nd 1t, namely, IN tic nice
adaptations Of parts to tho necessities
OF misrepresentation. It Ia obvious
that every sceue was written with an accurate
provision Of tile space IL would oil npon tho
stage. 6ucA aud such situations l.ayo been ar-
raugod for such aud such grooves; characters
have been conceived to I'LL anticipated gaps ln
the dialogue, and Incidents t1ye bccn Invented
to Keep vii tue vital forces In rapid and ugscea-
able motion.
The furclcal element OF the play, "a VIC have
already h!ntcd, Is nloru prominent thuu tue
dramatic, The title, Our Boarding -IIouac, ,"ia
ut once confession ind IN affirmation Of this
fact. The chief fault OF tho pluy, indeed, roll
sists In the somewhat lucongruous unlon Of the
two opposlng elements. The second art Ii pure
farcc; tlla last oct H. cumrdy III
each there IL genuine l,rrtt, but Il
partial suppression Of Que OF tic other Ia neces-
sury to tile unity Ut tho wllole. The fnrce seems
to commend itself must hcartlly to the sysn-
pathics OF tho Audicncc- Chicago boarding
houses are NJ surh terra tnee?y'stfa but tlat q
large part ot TIM population las sosno experi-
cnee which can bG brought into close re-
lattons With the torccs put III operation On thc
stage. Tile characters contained in this par
ticular boardinghouse aiso lave qualities which
SECURE fur thctl q recognition uMa gtyu them u
stand'ng r. ths world. Thu gentlemen
CHANGES" il. TIE Tnsnukx, the Young men
who answer the advertisements, ~ fond
mother who watches over hcr Hon with never
failing solrltude, thu indlsereet married nIan
who makes love to tho young laly of the lloslsc,
tue l9aA an.l emphatic land!aay her snpe5'ag
ult work-tl,csc arc prrsonagsa who walk
II in s shs street:yars sty ' or s''op perlaps s
1T down to. tho table with US every morning.
druna Is very tine. 4 tnarrted man IL obliged
~ Elyo rs present to hs vile a diamond ring
that 10 lsad tMtenAea fur aswectheart; taother
Haks in ,aIrlags IGs y1ung man not felatett & to
5a'i"s sS ts saf Indy rss SSs' .osita sssn hef =;
facetious gcntlcl.1an causes tlse servant to
suppose that 1se IL Offering her ularrlasv, when
he u, IN tact, oaly rrhuarslns = proposal which
llc intenls to mike to another person; an
Italian Villain auppoaes that t,o Is COMPRISING
thc ruin of wo'n5n, when hc Is oaly involving
himself inextttcab!Y.
As to tlla setious plot Ut the druma there Is
little to be said. It. IL merely working over
VI material that has been we'll used before. This
woman who waIs deceived by u mock 1narriaEu
band two years as a wifi, and .hu III tho end,
under tho laws Ut New York, prltyta to By u