The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-04
ADJUSTMENTS.
Wym Crinkie Reviews the Dramatic sttuatiea
New Actors and Old Dariinss.

New Actors and Old Dariinea-
II is not only at Niblo's Garden, where |
silver buskin'd nymphs chase Folly round the |
world. that the play ut this moment offers US q |
safe retreat from our reason.
The man who is tired OF thinking may go 70
the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
II he be a weary OF both thinking and feeling
he shall find rest at the Park.
If no never learned TO do either. let him not
despair. for he can still go to Booths Theatre
By u careful discipline of this sort he will In
time reach that state OF nature 30 beautifully
seen in the rude man who continues to take in
hs nourishment through the umDilicus Of stu
pdity at the Partisan Varieties.
DO despise Folly2 Prithee. no. respect
her even on tinsel-slippercd feet. But she shall
not lower in my sky like u November storm.
She may sparkle a moment mcteor-like-thcn
| have something else to look at and think OF. II
IL be only the fathonless. mysterious CULTS OF
blue ether.
Folly in her own airy texture Mt Nbo's may
SOW some anatomical knowledge in veteran
bosoms. And dare say the thistle downs OF
ballet and burlesquc. that float across our the
atric sky 40 lightly. curry some tiny seed OF
beauty and we'll doing on their viewless wings.
But Folly. under an alias. carrying an cs-
thetic umbrella 10 keep critical slops on
drunkca " tia its own license. calling itself
drama. making mouths and pictures and VOW
ing it is life in ull seriousness: we'll. this is
sheer iniamy.
wonder thn, Mr. Grover and Mr. Rowe. who
are both intelligent and clever men. and who
both ahIicated their brains to catch the popu-
lar voice. did not put up placards in their the
atres and request ladies and gentlemen 10 leave
theirs IN the cloak room.
Perhaps. however. there s good reason why
"A.
were possible sccin.: that Mr.. Tooker would
appropriate them; and at Mr. Days they
would be sure ~ be stamped with his lmpri-
mntur.
Folly in Ave acts IL like a soup house that has
five courses. You'd rather ut any time take
your bnsinful md get AWAY. | presume that
even tho uithographic) stones will cry out
when Dr. Holland writes a novel in five volumes.
Folly being a scarce antiscptc. to be sprinklcd
| on our dr,ariucss ike chloride Of lime why
should Sir. Daly and Mr.. Grover heap il up In
,vrn,,ils and nal, ne IN con,onnln,e m Wecun
s,nnI IA, ,hiny strcwn along the curb hut To
nayo tho ronA IN sui,v,nent with II Is too much
pubiic tosto cri.s Mr. Grover. Populnr de-
mand. adls Mr.. Row. must be met.
So they must. But do Messieurs Grover and
pov,,, sunnos, hin, ,hev nre meeting il by max
inc the Irregular atterpiece which once tailed
~, n, evening Of trnci,. horror with twenty min
uies Of tomfoolervg-Io thevthink. | say TINT by
making il the whole piece. and by giving us. in
s,eod ~ opo.act fo,lnries every night 1y.-uet
tooIcries Tor hundred NIGHTS thut thev are
suhservinp tho nulile interests7
Good heavens what do Messrs. Grover md
Rove take the publle interests to be ? Are they
politicians or pIavwri.,hts2
Five.o,, ,arcos ora n,,,c written nv ~ ese rock
loss ,,,.r with holes In than, very nu,h ns nho.
,o,,ro,h sih,,,s o-a nnla Funny actors nrn
o,,,.1,sd T., ,,,,e nlon, AND ,un,, into the
s,,.cs
ph. s,,,o,io,s-rov tho chora,tors thern.
s.l,.s-,r, l,L.. ,,.tr'r, n.ul,s at, th. d, rrus-ol
mo- .,..r.s, vein, .,.r u,l... somebody tries I.
r,ount th,.,n nt,,l r,aket il.rnr,.
/ That tonl.rou. ur..at t..t'i's has ono hol,
which n man hp. ntal-y.s say ntt.i s,ri.
} ousiv-wth cuA.. rsy Other-trause people look
out ~ the gaps. but mono oi them are " I'M
portan; is this one. Tic 40 the eonvuislso piso
Of Mr.. liowe's work.
. Doubtless the author OF tho play. VINO Is
known 10 be tender-heartcd. meant to provide
, As many variety men " with work as possible
hope he Will permit me 10 say that do MOI
H. iuk this is the Kind vi employment they ou.h
10 have.
make the observation not as drainati
critic but "A q member OF society.
) As for public tast,-let mo observe that an
not sure about the changing moods OF IA" popu
/ lace. ! have found is appetltes. on the whole
to be unvaring and preferable. 1t has no out
breaks Of ravening hunger for farce. think
3, would lick It's brutal chaps at the smell u bloo
5 to-day very much rs it did in days Of III
d amphitheatre. Blrnum has ~ 1. by expert
t; ment. that the chariot races pack his parterre
u with giddy and Respondent women. wheneye
) there - u pros pect OF broken ribs and necks.
" when the authorities made US stretch NJ