Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-21

happlest ettort--ln fact, Is d manu-
soonest and most skillfully executed
painting yet seer from the brush Of
this rising young artist. His Sunset
on the Nile is the best drop curtain
picture we have had, and does infinite
credit to the painter. OF the play ii
is only necessary to say that it proved
a decided success from the beginning
TO the end. 1t is full of interest, pos
sessing a strong and deep-laid,
we'll devised plot, interpreted with
abundant comicalities, plenty Of
ridiculous action and a copious supply
of the modern slang dialect Of the
wild west. The action opens at a
little way station in Nevada on the
Central Pacific. A crowd Of miners,
gamblers and hard cases generally,
with a specimen Of the inevitable
Chinaman, no American play would
now be complete without a celestial
or two, and a slow-going pair, brother
and sister, from the English lordly
a~ristocracy, with their waiting-maid.
The two get left by their pOky move
ments and are compelled to remain at
the station all night. 1t is a rough
prospect, but they are obliged to put
up with the situation. A smooth
tongued character, known as English
Jack, an outlaw from old England,
who hates the snobbish aristo-
crazy of his native land be-
cause of fancied injuries put
upon him while at college, seeks
a quarrel with the traveller by Offering
indignities to his sister. A row fol-
lows, during which the tourist, Alfred
Fourth, Earl Of Edgerton, is basely
murdered by English Jack, who es-
capes in the excitement that follows.
The grief stricken and lonely sister
with her maid are offered shelter in
he ranch or miners hut of one Chris
topher Columbus Gall, a stalwart
hero ofthe approved American type.
de watches over his wards through
the night, and falls in love with the
handsome English feminine, though
| does not let her know it. The first
ict closes with the row at Rye Patch
and the night in the cabin, with the
,xtras thrown in all left to be
imagined. The second, third
and fourth acts are laid
in England, the scene being the gar
lens, pleasure grounds and baronial
halls Of Edgerton park, with the
proud family, its inberitors, including
The handsome female traveller Of Ne
vada and her eccentric maid. The
hero of the cabin episode, having
struck it rich by lucky stock specula-
ions, goes abroad, and upon striking
English soil, telegraphs to Lady Alice,
he fair heroine of railway memory,
that he expects to pass three days al
the park. Her high-boFn mother il
naturally shocked at the idea, hui
can't get over taking him in. Then
follows a lot Of lively incidents and
ever so many comic as we'll as
serious side issues too numerous tC
relate. English Jack under an assumed
name having grown rich by a thousand
rascalities, appears on the scene il
the usual villainous mode, and undel
the guise of a gentleman schemes t.
win the heart, hand and person O.
Lady Alice. with Edgerton Park
thrown in, Chris Gall happens il
at the proper time to forestall his in
tentions and upset his plans, pays al
bills, including a forged draft or not
which some weak young college scior
Tad been unfortunate enough to lie
into the hands of Jack for moneys qd
vanced in the early days Of hia indls
cretions, and all winds up happy b.
preparations for the connubial allianc,
of the hero Gall to Lady Alice
the mating o." All Tie" to the wait
ing maid johnson and the happines
Of all concerned, except the badl
discounted English jack, VINO, it
natural to suppose, goes to prison t
await his proper doom. The hero
we'll acted by Mr.. j. B. Polk, an
though many Of his ridiculously stron
phrases grated harshly upon polite eal
yet the crowd applauded yociferousl
Mr.. Polk acted SO handsomely thu
he was called before the curtain
the close of the third act, and he VIC
the admiration Of the entil
assemblage. Miss Emma Pier'
as Lady Alice was vel
effective, very pleasing, and made
fine impression, both by her actin
her splendid dressing and her cor
handing and graceful poses. Loqi
: Dixon was a sportlye and very CON
! maid servant. Murray Wood, in Il
+ Chinaman, proved highly amusing al
J did all that could be done in MAXI
1 his part true to nature, and Miss VI
! GINA Buchanan was D stately, digT
4 fed and most worthy representa-
= Of old England's proud line in 4
8 part Of the Countess Of Edgerton
g Az a whola the comnanv Isl an exec