New-York tribune., 1877-03-13
RITE GLASS.

This is another case Of "the bubbles that
swim at the beakers brim and break on the lips IN part
ing" The bubbles IN this case play over the surface vi
stage picture Of fancifu society in this city fancifn
bccuse the element Of the probable in its portrature Is
given TO the winds start. Blue Glass, IN brie
il a thrceact farce, Of the frothiest description;
and it does not pretend TO be anything else The sole
question to be raised concerning 1t was the question
whether it would make its spectators laugh ana ths was
rather auspicously answered last mght al the fHth
Avenue Thcate where considerable throng OF persons
accented the new trnc with eEuberant, though nterm-
tent harity. The piece is comprised III three
acts introduces eleven characters, is constructed
with some technical skill and is written In
glib stye-hat occasionally sparkles INTO some
Thing very ike humor Its ia chiefly the house of
colonel Lolc,zer, pOkcr-backed officer who utters
p,atudes and denounccs speculation. Its action is pro-
nelled by the mania for stock gambling which SEXES the
Coonels wife, and causes her to deal privately with
prepostcrous broker Mr.. POpheimer, who buys
and sells stock called Blue Glass" Also
the action is promoted by the anatory mania
of the CoOnels niece for n young lieutenant IN
the navy Choice is made OF certain big white book as
post-oIce; and into this the wife puts her letter to
popbeimer on Blue Glass" and the niece puts her let
fer to Lieut. Hnpen on love and hs photograph These
letters of course 60 asraythe injunction TO buy stock
reaching the marine lover, and the confession
Of love reaching calow young Cadet the
lovers brother, whom Mrs. Hotrit-er has selected
as a safely stupid messenger. The consequence Is
comic ystifcatiOn. Este the enaorcd girl, is aston
ished to find her lover talking about bueglass pares
instead of the pains that rend his heart; aud Mrs
Uorl-cr is amazed find her unncdged aud very literal
BOBBY OF a messenger rendering his photograph
and talking OF the fire that dries his inwdrds. Affairs
are further complicated by the InteT1ectOn OF bull
headed and vocifcrous old General who carries OF the
repository OF the correspondence and who is made the
means Of presenting in Co' Howit;e's parlOr. scedy
mad Pn,b;g a ppna
Romeo JenEius,-wlOse inpOsture plays additional
mischief with all parties to the intrigue. II will be
perceived that we speak OF a wild ana WhlIllng
con nglomeraOn Of grotesque Incidents nodded into.
what we only designate as stage froc These IN
cdrnts are so utterly lavless that they defe Oh the
scene the spectator TcaXes all effort to grasp them as
coherent whole would not iee the least surprise at
seeing all the i'll on stills, or sit down to
a social game Of poker, or indulge III sea
fight. or dance the canCan do anything
cl,s most unlikely ard irrelevant Botbs the scedy
actor dverscs Of his scenes by giving all imitation
of that tragic bombast which the occasional fault OF
Forrest And everybody talks about blue glass In the
end ifcati0ns cleared away, ana life Is made
rosy instead of blue for all these dabDlcrs IN the of
chance. Much good acting was DONE in the ilustra-
ton OF all this nonsense. scene OF equivOkc acted
by Mr. Coshan ana Miss Davenport. may he mentioned
as notably fine for atlessness on bOh sides and the
element of comic perplexty. Mr. John Drew eyiDccd
the military Verdant Green, and made the first telling
and STAYING hit in his theatrical career. Mr..
Lewis furnished another OF those remarkable
make-ups with which he is identified. and Mr..
IIardcnberg again exhibited his strong talent for
burles1ue. The travesty Of Forrest, however,
was OyeFdone and had about 1t an air Of d,respect to
memory which time has already begun To halOw. Mrs
Gilbert gave drol ana capital sketch Of the woman OF
business. Mr. BrOugham as the fuming NcIhundeT, IL
lustrdted the comic aspect of bounce, and also OF
Celtic inehrieiy Miss Davenport and Miss Rigl
dccked out the farce with beauty and sprightli
ness. and Miss COwell and Miss Wood afforded
little character bits that credta5le to their
talent. Mr Fisher sufficiently ramrOd. The set
for the piece, elegant interior Is one Of the
prcttiost that Mr.. Days stage affords. Blue
Class" is frivolous and senseless any
rubbish that dumped the stage !;
but, as already ntimated, il does make people
laugh and for that 1T will probably
prove acceptable to the desultuy public. The period
which abounds this kind OF theatrical confectionery
our Austin age, In fact-dOcs not prompt 10 deep
Election aud there IL danger that any body Will get
headache with thinking over Blue Glass.