, 1879-08-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

-AA - OIL NAILN Aos
morc absurd. maudj;p, lncoherent tissue Of
49,, a,I,,,sss i. h.. r.~oir taa ~.
aea,'c'c, a'''lness :. aas tso'5 uss'' wi ~. "
sec nacea upon tlle staEe tnnh ltat presented
Knows Bcst9n Mr.. Otto Pclszer a epu,,cmuu
fro,, ~h,,u "a rrn-c+sf ssmr.hino h.ttor Ia
r,sr.,s,,,,a tnr !, nd -, II, ,rtlar rs nraho.
.ssto"slp'e ~ ~ ",'", nu"o'' 49, ~ p'uoa
tanly the average spectator at this, its 1rst pro-
aentsttop. found 1t yerr difficult to dscoycs
Tho n,rcc /. ,,,n,,o.cd IN nrea,,mc IN nortato of
~ '.o " ~ -, rsss,', e,.. ~
u'e natale ~ u'us.a', safeiea. son'ea'' ns
dialogue Is the vericss trnsh' purpo'elcsa, long
tedious, unlnteressing. From bc-
r,nn,n. to end NC fai,eil to fad sparkling line.
Few nron1s hare lie faculty Of writing b,,,nor.
~" pIous na's -. u. .as y. "''s'"t' a'''ao'
onc OF Mt. Pcltzcr's gifts' His notion Of fun Is
of thr crudest and most lurubrious ortfer. and
hIs fcpbo lra Of the dramatic Ntnc,s of t,,n,,s
:. a,,,1ano.I IL, +,,o ,a,,,,or f., ,st,c, H.. In
u eVlaGneea N u.e naaues ~ "l'ca n1 naS
1nissod hts opportunities Tor elective situations
10 Tar us tic music s concerned, The maturity OF
IT, docs not rise be,oud lie level OF ti,c VARIETY
~, ror,non n,cc, .,ttt,en !. Ttre, poIr. ~
shoes " u sald 10 nave neen the source from
whence Mr.. Pc1tzcT obta1neu bis inspiration: ind,
briefly told, "Who Knows Bcatf" deals
WITH youu9 womau, :. Gretchen, the wits
Of q humble sl1oenlassr::, She has aout abovo
leather. however, snd, dissat'stlsd With Der lot
nh e' pivS 20, s"~ snrronan"a Tnc hmh's @
shncn,sxcr. in oricr to sare his a,istoc,stIcaly-
inclined vito Of her folly, determines to ailofd
her "a opportunity 70 v.slt t!ic Homes OF ":
great aiHt 10 aGGou'plsl tnts ns atst1 "er ~
t, deliver to three different people, imprcssll;
The golden rule &C. Q; D." in every case, Illcn
We aro Introduced 10 the honc Of rich banker,
h9se ovey t nS n GaE{sa tact -
I,mt ,ynnac hnir IL bssutfnl,y baured un,l oiled.
Grrtchfu makes herself a, home here, and brings
tic Young ansl lovely hpt hcarlbroken daag,tcr
and Tie lank1 young man whose ha!r ~ bca,iti"
1uy nonsea nv ocd ,ogeaet, ~ " sss ss,v u , to
hea,.broken daughters avarc'ous ola father.
tn T"o h. l i,,e - yo,.aa ~ mud nj },yclT but hcast
S1okcu dauel'ter's grandfather: Again
ve lid Gretchen IN tic fona Of IN ianposs'blo
pf ueorlc % a,l il thc iast u sct ss i dscoTereI
At n.nsoteradc. III poInt;csa.lcss, If ayy net Il
Worse than the otlors, this ID II. In looking
over tl.e cast there IL hot name Of any pron,.
Of meaiocfIty could SCARCELY DO found, Miss
T.tna TettanGorn. who enacts The uart Of Grsi-
cIf,t. hss uniloubtcd dramatic nbjltty. but she
dos nut possess lie voice necessary to follow
lin the line Of hu6j1iEGG Eda Ina embarked III
,hat nf SINGING souhrcttc. Hlo has certain
abandon. freeaou, ul.i 4 flov Of animal
snirIts which may n]euse an AUDIENCE, but ncr
yn,co is thln. uusy,n1ut|ctIc, and tno1,o,voo,lr.
Cnnsii}ering NlsB Dlu0che Whcstunia lack Ut e..
ncrI,,co md lie difIjcultes OF tic mart shc 49,
sInsJ.-C;aya % Oman, Tic young md lovely but
beartprokcn Iaucthrr,-tt would have been au
H. + r. Eysri,an if rendered itvlt comedy nast
viii n trarie ncayincss, MIse 6utio Parker, as
Tic pri,la dopuu, did not SCOUT herself with
evan ordinary acccptabi!ity, aid III, Collins id
q, w.il AZ liz uutIor uermitted him.
strause H m to- 4, sas. tss honss was iarce one, ad
fran rcrtnin nuriions al IL cane uurlng the ner-
formanca thc most cxtrayaraut outbursts Of an
niauso.
A co1rs,rnvhfAN,s IDEA Of "n1F.u
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