, 1879-08-19

ADJUSTMENTS.
7YOLFERT's R0DsT,o
| Special Hispatch u The 7ftbHnt
! NEW }ONK, Aug. 18.-l'fG audcncc which
gathered in Wal1aekB Thcatrc t!ls evening IL
witness the ilrst production OF George rawcc,t
Iaowe's new play, with John r. Raymond as this
star, was one of tic largest remember to hare
seen In New York ut any time, This wus cs-
rec'ally complimentary 10 Mr.. Rowe, or
| Sir. raymond, or both, beeause tho evening was
not unu that wonfd 10 allurlng to
inalcst-lulndcd folks. 1t las rancl In trc-
lnculuus tosreuis aii day long, u,ld the fury Of
the storm was BY no mems abatc(l whom
] O'Clock cAlnc. The audience wus II ipy one. nB
we'll ia hung pl,icky, anu 1t would have made
L "go" out ot "Wolfers's Roost" II
there had been my "go" in the
| piece. Many prominent people werc III
front. Solhern, l.. d. Buck, md eon,o
newspaper mon occupied one Of tt,e boxes;
Douclrault, Join Clayton, and Mrn. Clayton
were In another; while Third was giycn up to
Larry jerome and hts plcthosic cohorta. Iu tho
| 1nore democratic portion Of the auditorium
wero Billy FlosGnec aNl wife, Ida Greeley mid
her husband, Joe Howard, Frank Lawlor, Len
I Grover, Hurry French, Verona Jarbca,1,
Laura Don, nnd Heaven and tho doorkecper
only knew how maay moro regular nrst-n!cht
friends. Bnt thy wcro III d respectable FRANC
Of tnIiMl tonight, not having gotten their htE,ls
III NJ killing phys ns yet tl!is season. Ar re-
| marked boforc, they wontd tuye nlado
"Wolfert's Roost' IN unqualified SUCCESS
II they could. They applauacd cach
sccnc, mid warmly Ercctycd each p1ayer
WHO caulc upon tho Ringc. But their COOL
| fccllHE WIS not altogether s,scccss, Lecautr at
J times tile p.ay dragged with llopeiessuess
which did not wholly belong to tile opeuEng
night. The first two acts were Tho most Inter-
estlng OF tic whole play, and uutll after They
had passtl there seemed to be- every proba-
hllltY Of O most remarkable hit. But
later tile interest began to lag, tho
| characters to iosc the shurply-drawn outlines
which marked them earlier In the play, md tho
Incidents to assume Drosaic and liackncscd
| tonc. Upon too slight foundation Mr.. Kowu
has woven fur too clumsy fabrlc. It ID ntro-
| two pointed references to tic propagation OF
the species which might 10 dune a,say with.
| The story of the p!nY IL simple one, and IL
briefly TOLD as fo1|ows:
"Wolfcrt's Roost" Is gho,tlY production,
OF tic "Trip Van Winkle" t7pc. The scene ia
| laid in Sleepy Hollow, and tic pfeco is per-
meatel with tho wlcs1ucAs which Washington
| Iryli,;'s touch left III thc legend from whirh
| MIR. Rowo took lia drama. But, aside trunl tjs
| clclnent, there is very little ,uore thnn thu
| inercst suggestion Of Itvlng's story. The plot
| ot "Woifrrts Roostn IL romantic, anu Is s,aiuly
| original, although, the borrowed graveyard it,
tcrest Is ever present, from beginning to cutl.
The opcnilE sccnu Is laid on Ta. 1asse.ts farm,
Just OIL the border Of which ts situated the hal-
1emoliahed shanty frutn which tho play derives
| Its mime. .Da.t4s Paa Tasset Is the proprietor
of other items Of Interest, among which is
haunted well near the s!'anty. Thls, pses,,n.
aby, Is the only modern instance Of mixture Of
| spirits aa water by wholly nAturai methods,
although belleyo u,cto is Scrlpturai n.usio,,
| to something VI Tic kfad which oucc happened
| to the well Of all old Gimp named Poole, OF
Bethesda.
Tie RpifIts merely "ettrscd" old Poole's
waters, however. With Tu. TasseI. things arc
moro serious, mud, Whenever Mr.. Kastnond'a
company becomo anxious about eaEarIcs, nll
| itcy'v0 rot to do Ia 10 keep teir eyes On that
| we'll. So long US John phys "Woferts Koost,n
the ghost Is sure to walk every night. There Is
that advantage nbout having a piece Will,
lsaunrcd spot III It, anyhow.
| The piece opcns with aceus between from
Do'lea a.l1 Katrina Fan Tas.sl. Bro,n IL played
| by Frnnli Har1cnherch, and Katrina by Mtss
| knto ForsYthc. who ls loaned for the occasion
| BY Mr. JOHN Mccullough. Doass Is donblo-
baEEclcu fraud, aud Ia In love with Kairi,na,
| whu, however, has sat her cap tn another d.
| rcetson. She IL really infatuated with the
! Eoody.good young man Of the play, but Is Just
\ now offended with him because he has paid ut
tontlon 10 hcr in an oif,hand sort Of way shc
don't like. 10 she trcats him Ia rather high
priced fashion. und ho, being poor but proud,
IA well Ii yuDdy.nU0Q, uUutt uu[ta tsfuInt4n Il,