Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-13
ally AVID WEEKLYs


nnA uupH0ntoDs0, ItOso oSs'esso
.e..aoei,t, the thsatsrs have taken the
- h society topics this week. After
- diepal failure Of Judas Barrsts's
-. .An American Wife," At Wal
-, passing interest Icing excited
= 4 euly BY the quarrel Of the husband
- vifs - 70 which really wrote il,
s,.,eshinQ vas needed - IN antidots.
nnday broaRht several. BARLEY
Onnpbsll's new play, "esparstion," at
- Union Square Thsater. proved 10 10
- Arst and only notable sensation Of
~ winter. II Was sxosllently mount
=. and brilliantly acted, Charles Cosh-
:. ,,d Miss EfBs Ellslsr taking the
ssissipel roles. The story Of the play
Ethai Of wife Who leaves her husband
e40 on the stage, and after years Of
nassnit Of the phantom Of fame
snd happiness In the mimicrv Of other
eooulo's Joys and suilsTings, comes back
- homo and duty. The plot 10 simple,
~ ths dialogue often very brilliant.
Or cannot help fsucyinR that the play
nm derive additional interest from the
meoenoe Of Mrs. LabRtry next week, IN
~ oity. In the main, with the exOep-
tion Of shs final scene II might pass for
~ own story, II reports are true. Al
anv rate Il draws, a. she probably will,
Wien she oomss here on Monday, to
~ for the first time at popular prices
belors miscellaneous audiences, at Nib
jo's Garden. The little bit OF
fencing aboat the title OF her
play, "A Wifs's Peril" was very
skiilfuliy managed advertising, but
vas badly needed. With seats from 90
cents 70 dollar head, the Lilly will
draw beyond all question, and will bs
bstter worth seeing ~ an actress than
when - novelty she drew at Ave and
ten times those figures. Az beauty
she never would have attracted ateen-
tion ON this side Of the Atlantic but for
ths prodiRious psfiing up she had re-
seived abroad and the patronage OF
"Walea."
.Confusion." At the Fifth Avenue,
sssms n have justified its favorable re-
port from London. where II has run for
- vesrs. Il 10 4 farce OF q not very
hah order, but we'll acted. That
Ss..v pleyed on tho road az "As
American Marriage" took fairly we'll at
- NV Park Theater. Tonight At the
6sdison Square Theatsr, Alpine
Roees," q nsw play BY Hjalmar Hjorth
no1eesu, he Of the Cornell Professor
~. viii be broaRht out. The town ie
/ g In TO- TO iapd out about Il, and
ascertain whether the pr0mises of . sen
n1ion are 70 be fulfilled.
q far, the leap. year parties have
Md 10 furnish ono. The usual mum.
- q faahionabls marriages keep
uommas and bPidesmaids In duttor
e pgeparatien and anticipation. BEST
nasr ere disappearing from society.
~ srs going out Of fashion. The
~ record has been made this winter
b Theodore Mos, Wallaok's ''0wuer,"
NJ has married three Of his half dozen
handopmo daughters In - many months
- = Q weak will give away the fourth.
n sirls made sensible matches, their
! hnGhande being risipg young men In 40
N business. Love, in the case Ut
= - q them At least, ovescame
q eosuples Of conscience and
religion. To marry her lover, . con-
ttoQ1og named Flynn, she became ko-
3 nAn' Oasholic. OF marriages thst are
~ fashionable society takes no notice.
Wheso 10 draw the limo in this oOsme-
ooli1An town, sxcs pt, perhaps. at the
! 1aahsr and quality Of the presents. il
ooe4 10 tell. The idea Of social
a1ine h . very elastic one, held
M - arm grip al the h0tt0m end ~
! - ~ alleged top. Only the other day
4UomAn in Battle how was asreated
- eaasina the death, by murderous
2 1a1DAseios, OF . young girl, and con.
Dd that she did 10 beonuse she did
- utah her con, Who Was bar
: lpoDog. TO beoounA compromised BY
Z 9gVant girl" With the maehinattOns
8 ambitious mammas on ono eide. al
0DeeoGlAntly swelling couvt record OF
oeoAoA -0e.peomioe oasso boAettinQ the
~ q unolIsudine bachslors on the
eonee, oae can almost forgive the old
u11IonAire up In Harlem, Who hangs
- tAis sign In the main ball at his
oo1D ID One Hundred aud w. nty
- serses, directly intids the trout
IAs ho1ssksepes Of this hon . 10
NOT
my wife,"
Io iook at the ahufilinR, ill-clad old
-. uho. through ths winter. goes
e!oo14 n straw hat that has seen eer
49, - least dozen campaigns, ono
yS2A not imagine that any one would
10y claim kinahip With him. But
0ouey! Evidently the old man
0eoD ~ attraction frO0 the value
80 - himoelf. His house 10 built in
0Apo ef . fort, With bastlements
- oAanOn On the roof, and maids Of
~ No. and c0ndition are forbidden 10
80 m threshold. The eccentric old
s - = one Of the best known residents
uA1joW. Possessed Of property val
- 8 millions, with neither kith nor
y = probably the only man In the
sleed 6eatss Who carefully rsverses tho
sepe II every letter he receives and
IS = Aantn. 70 . W the expense of
- . new one. have seen many
- ~osoona hand" envelopes, and
eam explain - ne The waste pre-
- - by tho process.
k1nQ 0f millions and marriage
No Of Jay 0ould's lissls cav
beak Scheue. ] have heard. On
- 81 authority. that during all the
- - eamblsd and ~ his little
p U Wall street. Jay has never
- = place certain percentage
&Aims N any transaction TO the
~ - q the dispooition o hia
81 - haa boarded them until she is
"a oullonaife in her own right and
- 70 provide handsomsly for
nnnd should the sssuss opue
- aeainst him and leave him
wnto0, however, h quite m
Ine way in which hs has
~ bears qn Oregon and
aunentAl stock in she last two
leas quite eennlusively that the
0ooDo-huuAer has ooe forRv(
- ~ onnnine, aud II 70 b. takes