The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-14
AN TSFM EkTy.
Last Nights nj the Theatres Nights of
Iuciiie Western.

number Of our the tires, the runniny NAV peiny
taken OF to make room for something else
Starting With the New Broadway Theatre. 1 find
that Mr. keine. with his "own superior con-
ceptinn Of Rip Van ynke," has become dis
gusted 1T the nom ppreci itlon " the Gotham
lite, and turns his bt upon hm-l t US hope
forever. Not that teiieve Mr.. Ksane Il with
GU talent. but his "own iperior conccp lon OF
Rip Van Wmle" was such a servile copy OF
Jeferson's that couldn't patiently read even
his announcements.
lie filled.
And poor old "Uncle Tom succeeds him to-
morrow nisht.
OF course Mrs. Howard plays Topsy and
dare saw the theatre will pull M from heavy
losses to plane Of respectable inc 'me 10y the
did Of this rcsurrected political power. "Unco
Toms & BIN" a. now PLAYED, Isn't what II was
some twenty years ago. wnen Birnum brought
1t out at the Museum with George Howard as
81. Cldir, Mr'. Howard US 1opsy, aud Cordclia
howard as Lice EuI.
Jeais2
Why, Clar, Morris, Miss M,tpon, KING Lear,
and the "wept Of the Wishton wish" roll d
into one champion weepist couldn't begin to
draw such barrelllc floods OF the briny secretion
rs Era did with her diving song.
Barnum's " Lecture Room" caught all the old
fools who abhOrred the the-d-tre, where, next to
the soiled doves aud the gay glmooliers aud the
bronzs-h ,ndcd farmers from Long Island or
Poduuk, theN'd sit and "cry themselves away to
most EXTREMIST hiss"
Now DAYS we have pl ntation SONGS with
ere niggers" The Jubilee bands have multi
| piled on the face OF tho earth. and turn up
every occasion-sacred concerts on SUNDAYS.
the tres III the rest OF the week. prayer meet
inr-. sunday scho Is, festivals. and revivds
thrown in. In some re-pec : the present is an
| improvement. At all events, 1t Is a Ct inst
whenever and wherever "Unce Toms Calm"
Is played, crowded houses greet the little Err,
and tumu.tuous tears surge aooyt She suGe ing
Tom.
asked Mrs. Stowe IL she made any money
| from the dramatic use Of her novel. She said
she n never sought nor received one cent.
That would doubtless serve the festive couy-
rign'i-t as tex on which to build three mile
sermon, but must let 1t pass. contented my
self bv getting the lady few seats 4 the Bro TX
| Ign Academy. where she sighed with Tom. sang
with Erd. laughed Z 7op-v. and svmpathized
with henpecked ST. Clair, like the rest Of ia.
But 10 return. "Uncle Tom" succeeds Mr..
Keane aud bis own on -inal conception, super OF
| though 1t be.
A little further down was the LIST night OF
" Inc American" seiar,ted from ID Tvs
demons" bv an inierpoated rerformsnce-a
rounded ana beautiful psffotmance- The
Lady Of Lyons" Mr. Daily tells me thet "lhe
American" was one uf the TN st satisfactory
| PLAYS that be ever produ ed. he chief mi-for-
tune about itw that It didn't draw. Every
one who saw II praised It. but artists won't
take their pay In prais'. They have a fancy
Tor cash once a week. "No ray no play." IS
their absurd motto. So the manlser h sto do
something else. There were twp diricul'i-s
wiih " The American" When Mr. Dtiy under.
| took to tone 1t dowu-for our criminal level Ia
not ant w t. the French mlik yet; We have
'opes. but tney are not fully dsSeloped-to the
point 81 New YORK foroaar nee. he necessarily
| spoiled the II tyor. what IA duiterous In France
~ea = competed 10 call Platonic here. We can |
stand the g,mey sect ~ Vet. Tolls tne ac-
compished translator knows iul well. So he
sets The acaptef AZ woih-anf spoils he PLAY.
| Ia TIE American Ms. Clukson has the SYM
. my the audience. Inc duchess has none.
| Yet Mn Cdih on srnt n ulsgractd ana very
logically. wnii- the Duchess poses for ,he cur
I In, her lover n"ins cunsinerhtels handed oy r
| To her side ~ her indulsent aud watchful ia.
10 NV mad, NJ. DAILY l. De ter originator
However mat nav be. the Americana, last
| nishi mas coma and gone. II VIII bs succeeded
| by Lemons" hrst ut-ht tn-norra ". anu am
glad t. know the e j. q promise II somrtAiug 10
| Iaugh a.. " eve mai gloom emo Igh.
| A block ur 80 below ana We com, to the p rk
Theatre wher, L'tta made her last nlgnt e IT.
sry t. a small IA intelligent audience A. I'm.
Miss Lott is no chicken. She has necn iauciux
and uanj'ins sin ls5i-tninK Of thu! In
u
has fame IN mr. profession. she has cash ~
her bank. she draws, out Of New IurA. as well
as any 81 the tegulsr spe iAii-ts, and as d uanJO
| ticker his no liyiug equal.
But she b her last .ht last night to be fol-
lowed ON Monda' O' the Union square company
-Thorne theiine Rogers, Maud Harms n
IN the glOd oiu st,nd.oe. " Martl- Hear" II IA
expecfed that tho topular heart " Il bea, re-
sp'nsiye TO the Roeed,n pulsatious Of ME-.
Marco. aud That this artistic procession viii
mlicn successfully tnrourh th9 Pr I, the
Threshold OF our Is arding House on UI
al
herewith be no more Divorce" at the Grand
Opera Hons, IS lat night oeine ended aud
after a SUNDAYS rest, "Arluni the Clock q
str <es IN This man Daly Is ruhera rem rk
aple feIl low, os tue " Y. lie manage, tNo New
loses IA Hu"y all the time lie must have been
ninipuarr wnen no stirred. or el-e the
n Wei as ne does himself. lie certainly has
enterprise aud tact anu push ana cneek. II
these he would lave succumnsi lon. neo
to the financial ami professional pressure
he has - lons en !ured. lie hasn't ~
mucn money "a BoIcicdult out he has
the adyaut.ee IA years. aud long after tue
sn ugurhun Diln has been gathered t. his
fathera-in an o. 'mau Lfobabiliiy-Daly VIII 70
| gu aGhp'ing I'd aiteltns utncr peoples PLAYS
Just a. Blucicauit dee, aud IA time he may oe
q1,e rich. Daily IA, done a great de 4 for
himself aud the dramatic ,fofession. Now
want nm to write a pitN al Out If Ills own 10 al
"A Kind Of monumental achievement Tor tne
future.
Poor Lucille Western his had her last night.
bllghter perhaps "a IN ~ nv OF Its 'decess ~.
"
NeS orleans IN 1913, aud when SIX years Old
danced aud pINei .nail part in tie National
Ihealre. Boston. A pretIi-r sirl never walked
the Uuhrd-. aud wnen Ia lsj,, NJ IA her SIS or
Helen, sue played II tho d" hree + II u u "
here IN he itDwery she Wa picture OF unysic 4
grace ana beauty. Her mother mtrrtcd a man
by the u me Of English-hhi actor, nat writer
whu saw tue talent and bOdiiy excsilrncs Of
these gll-, ana utillz - them. Had Ire pos
res.sd grain Of con mon sense he would have
sent tnein to -cnO0l. Two years careful teacn-
ing Ia TIE IA er branches OF elementary knnwl.
edge, md one yeu's training IN the arts 81
met aud tlocution would have gwen the
| Western giIls tue tool, Dy which tuei would
have made fame nd fortune.
But they dI1n't have them.
they were starred m pieces which more than
bOr1ered on yulgtrtv. lhrir al sense " 5
blurred, anu tastes woe lluvated wnICn a. C.
essaTiiy made them low Ia tone and appetite.
nelrn di 4 IOng ago. Liclils worked htrd-r
tnau morse, Lnhappy at nom. she sought
TEL ei in tho idhOro rx Item rnts Of the stage,
aud found Temporary hap iucss in infrlcILOus
Submissions that injured her IN every wav.
| Her Et~t Lynne - Performance was marked
by flashes ot genius. Power sat Ia her right
hlnd, nj sho cieuched enects by the throat
VINO that saw II eau ever forget her Ndncy
| Syk,sf Rose EStings plays Nancy better Ia II
an, Nving woman, but the de al woman was, IN
| Lucille Westerns itura gitrs h q been sup
| plemeuted py the cheapest " common school
education, aud h I'd DER agent frIt scintill, OF