The New York herald., 1879-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS.


1t was not only large. but brilliant and
critical audience that assembled at Wallack's
Theatre last evening to witness the pro-
duction of Mr.. Henry j. Byron's comedy
entitled sOur Girls Like its companion
piece. "our Boys" which has had remarkable run
of many hundred nights in London. it quickly
achieved popularity when presented on the English
boards and it bids fair to become one OF the success
ful pieces of the season here.
Mr.. w. Il. Floyd, the stage director. while abroad
during the summer had frequent opportunities
of observing the method in which the play
was rendered in London. and promptly
adding it to the repertoire of Mr.. wallack.
his good judgment warmly indorsed by the
praise awarded to its initial performance in New
York. The attractiveness of "Our Girls. ="
however, consists not much in the
strength of dramatic situations in the
sparkling wit with which the dialogue abounds.
There is enough OF sympathetic sentiment i'll the
plot to enlist and retain the usual interest of the
audience. but the evident purpose of Mr.
Byron was to make the story tho me-
morn NOR. in ' which bright sayings ' should follow
each other with pyrotechnic rapidity, and keep his
listeners constantly on the qi rre TOR good things
well said. Certainly few OF the auditors left Wal.
lacks last evening whose memories were not
burdened with epigrams and full OF the cham,
pagne-like sensation that comes from intellectual
attrtion. The comedy is in three acts all OF which
il lustrated with a beauty or scenery that
characteristic
tons at this theatre. The first represents
scene 1T Mr.. Clench's home. the second at
Mrs. Potter's and the third at Tony Judson's. The
latter young sculptor who falling in love with
Clara Merton, Mrs. Ciench's daughter, is married,
and a time suffers the usual penalty of poverty.
Plantagenet Potter is equally in love with Mabel,
Mr.. Clench's daughter, and is also eventually
married Plantagenet. however, leaves his wife
after a gay city existence and goes to the bad. He
turns up in the third a miserable tramp.
hungry and depressed yet anxious for q reunion
with his wife. 1t takes place. and meanwhile Lord
Aspland MIR. J. II. Gilmourl turns up the friend
OF the brothersin-law. particularly of the young
sculptor, whose genius he has admired from
the beginning and by timely relief restores
them all from poverty to wealth. The success
of the several situations largely depends the
comic element introduced by Mr.. Harry Beckett. of
whom it is not too much to say that he has
rarely played with greater art especially
in the last scene, where he is in dis
guise to meet his wife, Mabel Equal praise
may well be bestowed MIR. Barry more for his
careful impersonatlon of the part of the young
sculptor. MIR. Henry Edwards. Mr.. Maurice Barry
more and Miss Emma Lorraine in making their first
appearance ut this theatre, also proved worthy of
the excellent choice made by the management.
The old patrons OF Walacks were made glad by the
renfree OF Mme Ponisi and Miss Stella Bonface The
company called before the curtain at the close
of the second act. and throughout the performance
had reason to complain of a lack or praise that
at testified appreciation of their endeavors and
the manner in which they contributed to the sue
cess of Our Girls"