, 1880-04-20

HluhH ~ tto !1neRcY EouaFeas WHO WUk thh
retclftlnn. tha performance will undoubtedly
improve, th0sIgh for a first night It went
smoothly. and without very serious draw
lore pronouncinE tlctlnitiy ss to lis success.
1fOOhEY'a.
Henry j. byron las contributed tt11ny
clever things 10 tho English stage during Ills
1nng association with X. and III admitting
this we tave placed upnt hts work i:s prnptr
vatun tlof. f,olh.tcsH Of tlcsfen OF vigorous
handling IN the manipulation IF tic elements
Of storytelling We have long kineo tcKses| In
lnok fnr from lin; ncltllnr do we cxrfrt |"
find anything particularly d,amati. 1T the
way Of fciIaracter.pninttng yet his tea. b"r,tJ
lit Ills thin eli rs ami hattccrr, weak us IT..
rarely falls TO exercise n houtl,fnE, aGres-
able, q pieasurablc effect upon the Irtrca nf
Ills audience. invariably Its sccrcs ARE
clever and amusing. While hts co,rrptiEt
Of character Is never profound, yet his fig
ures show delfracy In their drawing. For Tic
external contrasts ot humanity and Tue ex-
ternal absurdtttcs bf conduct he Eas G!t cS-
ceileHt eye, but In the ncctdcnls wfi.il Defnll
Ills characters VIC fall In tlntl tho lsa:nt at TINT
thcatric providence which should govern
their lives. They Rrc mere Ahstttl:cncns
moved around the sta9o hy tho hnlnl Of tue
author. In Ills latest work, "UNr Girls"
prrHluccd at fiuofcy's Inst night for tic tirst
time in this city, this defect is ayalN niat'c
prominent. In "Onr Girls" thclr Il M
abundance Of that peculiarly Byr"nic ll,.-
nlor-n0t tho true Wit required by writer
Of genuine conctfy-whicI, Inns 50 often
carried his pieces successfully cycll where
the plots were bAdly hid mt nrtl their parts
lacked that cotlercncc and fntcrtrMnde,lce
which VIC Iook for fronl all experienced
dranatist Tho comctiyis In three acts, nlEl
Was meant MS IL con,paii!on.'tctnrc TO "our
Boys" but neither IN character plot, In brill
[aney, ror III sustained interest can It rank
will. that celebrated comedy. Atr. Byron,
through. "Our Girls" evidently cn,lcayorcd
ss' @ bsa s sa sses q 1 Sass'aes Ssse n 2s
a,nd a,ndi gorgeous es!abi'si.n'sn'. W. ia, ', q,
{{ifis" s,ts!h} @ hfsserf }cIsmr. 7" ceM y, ns fMIss
iiclen Trney) and i:3aTa 1 Mcrt"n a tfSsiiss
Louise MulAencr}. The farmer nlaslles II
vulgar. li'ltcrate, selfish parvr1": the hitter
links her fate VIII! that nt l'"r. mild 'nlI'-
70 tho fundamental ItottsM of tl!e iiree u,h1i
the srcnhd net ends. When tho w.ttl+ ss'llelne
1ails through, and til tho Third act w ii':sl III:
rouplcs st"eNtl to tbs eyes IN t;,vc1ly niMi
n%cc!t,nnintinF % troubles. Jns, " n,e c,rtaIn
tr11ss the artist h presented With Gt,GI'hy
nobte patron: tic l,arscl,n.-wl,nsv fnrtl,,,e
l'ad hsen swept away n' thef.Hl .t .!,s' s.""'nl
HstNpon 2synp Ins the 'Sls ths, f thc M artist; "s
has been looking, for htn, nt,.l tho
play terminates with alI act the cnnycl!-
tiu,Mi ni'l lct'tniaonr'ne linture"f which Is IN
the play. The tlFst act serves % hrlng Tie
people OF, tho staxc and to engage the
couples; tho second III putting tl,n:,i, after
marriage. Into mt water. where uey IrtnalH
frees them from their troubles al.l makes
Fso.n this tle reader wili agrro With ns
when VIC say 1t Is difficult to sec Just how
70 prove. that love in a cottage Is inl1nitly
superior to life In n palace without love,
for It Is question which Or the couples arr
In the worst bont throughout, and in the
eyer, notwithstanding these drawbacks to
"Our GiIrs," considered Us wnrk of dra-
mnt!c art, the play Is very amusing, and we'll
worth see!ng, as Is nearly ryeryti!nE from
The piece was fairly. wr1l cast, md tho per-
formance seryed 10 introduce 4 bright and
pretty actress. bliss Louisr Mu1dcner, w!!U
s hs ss % iears tHf2 pSis ps f s Taey aSoy
ably remembered by ChfcaEn pinycne,*, acted
With power null feeling adnirnbEy governed;
Iho pnrt Of the nlay, however, y Tint Of
acts apnears as a wcalthy, vnisar ii; Hound,
without retcen,tng traft. nntl In The last
turns mp rs a lrpentnnt Tramp. Mr.. ". II.
Lytcll was cast for tho part, asltl the danger
of overriding sncI a ri,lc and becoming ftlicn-
lous WAS .clcyerly asoidcd., Mrs. F: Il.
1Iolmes as lfrs. Cicuch, 4 part in which there
is little opportunity offered, wa* cntirely nc
ccptnblc, md the *anIu may he said Of MIR.
". II. Ceilings aa her hnslnnf, .7.sftih. Mr..
nil through tho role Of Ihnl, md Tho Enod
Samaritan of the plny, I.I7rl tispiH,lti, AZ
rendered By Mr.. Lewis nnker, 1ackrtl ense.
Miss Ethel Gray assumed tc Enrt Of 1farN,
tho little rolo MI interest.