New-York tribune., 1883-12-12
THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
DUTY AT THE MADISON SQUARE.

The stage fittings are pretty and constitute
OF play house display Of doire-such rs may some
times De seen in the shOw-wndOw OF toy-shop. stiff
figures miniature chairs and tables, aesthetic upholstery
abundant abrac paseboard pctures-thesc are the
appropriate lnvcsure OF the latest compound of goody
goody morality, at the Madison Square Theatre.
The toycurtau rises on such a might be cut
out OF a ehd's pcture-boOk Mr.. LeMoyne is the con-
vcntional banker papa Mr. Ramsey Il the conventional
waxed and sandpapered young man, in state OF rous-
er and pose and Mr. George Clarke Is rampant IA do
mcstlo benofactor. Presently It becomes known that
Miss Enid Leslie prefers live with her mother instead
OF her husband and the way Is thus opened for mild
family row. 10 ADJUST these domestic relations Is the
purpose OF the play and the moral seems TO be that t Is
no mans duty to have too much mOther-in-aw.
An amateur atmosphere pervades the theatre. Indeed
the whole proceedings rightly described when
that amateur play, by amateur authowaS set upon
an stage and acted to amateur audience and
those among the players who old sagers fell into the
amateur mood and acted very much boys and girls do
at private theatricas in the 5ackparlOr.
Mr. Henry DE Miles play has plot, but its moral Is
ron-cad Not an instant passes when the listener Is not
reminded that sin will find out the sinner and that
virtue ia its own reward The particular sin iii this
Is swlndngno otner SIM apparently, coming within the
comprehension OF the Madison Square noralists Mr..
LeMoync, as n parvcnu named DeiDer, has swindled
man. now dead, and this rascalty ia avenged upo him,
twenty-five years later through the benign instrumental
Iy Of that fine old moral Nemesis the Packet-n this
instance packet bright and the latest hyecent
Nickel and perfectly in keeping with the rest of the brio
a-brac.
No sooner does Mr.. LeMoyne behold this dazzling OBJ
ect than he not only cOnesses everything but insists
making IA restitution beyond even what the conhding
Mackaye could expect for Hazel Krke" and scatters
his checks I'm the widest profuson George Clarke like
wisc impressed by virtue and the Packet pays $4,000
without winkng-a sum which he is understood TO have
caused the rascay Delmer to lose by exposing stock
swinde. Mr.. Clarke is only Colorado advenuIer, q
doctor OF physio and speculaor In wildcat stOcsbut
Dr. Brandrcths pills evidently nowhere alongside OF
Or. Vests OF duty.
Mr.. Thomas Whien ia In this play but he does not find
here that happy series OF accidents which made his per-
sonay interesting in "The Pinafore' and he remains
dull The part allotted to him Is that of sort OF upper
servant with absurd spectacled ylsage who bustes
about makes plenty of nOlse aud eventually sets the
table for dinner.
II took about three hours for Mr. Ramsey to get his wife
home and dlscOmtt his mOtherinaw but this tremen
dous feat ultimately accomplished, and the vulgar
parents OF Delmer's Daughters" magically
verted TO pentence Spectators who oozed out In the
of the thrd hour heard to murmur, in the
words Of " the pOus Clachson,"
81 would not live alway,
i ask not 10 Stay,D