Telegram-herald., 1886-10-05

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evening 81 pare delight al TIE mas house
Is sn event Aere la Grand kaucs David
Be.ascos charming comedy had never been
pfesenied hefs before. although uiheE eitits
Tar more provincial than ours have been
frequently favored with H. once or twice
al The Madison Square have
had a ten minute peep a. it but, suspectinE
thai il Was like al ths geody ga5ay pieces
Of thaf once sanity tLeafre, lad never sal Il
tAroash. is presentation last syenins ~as
almost like beautiful dnesm All the rol.
the noise and hurrah TIE red FIRE aud bal
derdash Of The present stage dissppeaTei
and VI ali found ourselves acfaally listen
ing 10 the Language q the play and found
ourselves interested ia the characters WHO
seemed like really and tsuly human
beings. May blossom" is the sweet
aud simple story OF lie among
the Chesapeake fishermen There Il
glimpse of the sen, suggestion
OF the WAT then going on, touch of negro
life and a whole los Of love aud human
|
recital would be interesting and ben act
ed. as il Was last night by company o,
artists. powerful enough 10 bring tears and
laughter all in The same breath Bag heart
ed. iime-endearei Ben Maginiey hesds the
splendid compary and brings ntJ real iiie
one OF those noble, yes simple-minded old
village preachers who b.ing comfortable
themselves. believe il their duty 80 make
everybody else comfortable in this world
An actor every inch of him-and
there are great many inehes-he
made Uncle Bartlett wonderfully
effective Genial, jolly old Ben would
not slash at him with the sickle of Time.
bat ] could not help wondering last night
if ever Heaven forbid sh ould be called
10 write his epitaph how ] should best re
member him Whether it would be clad in
a clerical coat, extending his hands IN ben
ediction and asking Our Father TO bless and
protect Nav and Steve a. they kueli in tie
| fishers humble home on the Virginia coast.
OF would }; be- IN hls motley Rarb a. tossing
| his sugar loaf hat high IN air be leaped
| into tie sawdust ring and shouted a. was
| his wont. here are again"
All Ben Maginley, the world owes
| you much for the pleasure YOU
| have given the children ia DAYS gone.
| What matters IL? ring or stage Aou
amuse us the more now. bat IL Is because
we are children OF larger growth. Mr.. Ma
! ginley was ably supported by Joseph Adei-
man, who played the young hero Sieve
! Hariand. without fault oas Turner was
! funny as Tom Blossom. father If May, aud
George Hill displa, ed a marvellous make
| up a. Owen Hathaway. Charles Jebilnger
did wonderful bii Of character acting IS
! Eph, the negro and Richard
| Ashcroft, the Enoch Ardenish
| young man who got Jeff Wa
satisfactory 10 the hands Of Fred Sioddard.
Jessie Sioddard made Sister Deb quite
amusing aud Eta Frank and the children
did the little they had 10 do surprisingly well
| Maud Thompson Is bJ0u artist. Her
| crying spells brought her several enc0res.
The childs acting Is quite beyond anything
OF the kind ever seen before. OF course I
am ne forgetting MAY Blossom herself a.
acted by Miss Mary Hamiiton-nof viii
any one who saw the Performance forget
| her. The audience accorded the youug
| woman such a tribute of tears a. J never
! remember 10 have seen at the ihcater eN-
| cept when Clara Morris star biazei. Into
the simple little character Of the fisherman
| daughter. Miss Hamilton breaibed the life
!
| Blossom. the exptciant bride. May Blossom.
the wife and mother, May Blossom the
wife without husband. was an actual be-
| ing. with whom we ali sympaibized j.
seems almost incredible that this lady has
been on the stage bat ten weeks.
And vet such j. the absolute fact
She has. OF course. already acquired
something Of the PLAYERS ART. bat being
gentlew0man. Young lady 0f culture and
refinement did not need 20 be taught
| what 20 do with her hands or how g. walk
or 10 1T down when first the footlighis
tiared in ber face. and possessing thst
genius which Is birthrght. aud without
which no ocfw was ever made nor never
will be- her pathway was smooth. Too
much cannot be said in praise 81 Der com
plete possession 81 the character. There
was nothing left "a be done and yet Miss
Hamilton has far greater possibilities
than lie in little emotional paris
such as Nav Blossom. Ia fefW
sheis AZ 1.-THE aud will0Hy ~ Bernhard
she is naturally more grseefui than
Modjeska and her voice has All the tragic
| quality Of Andefs1ns without being
| strained Indeed her control 81 voice s.
superior b. most Of her far noree expsfienced
sisters of tragedy. Her luslrons e1es glow
with the unmisiakable FIRE 81 genus and
should the young actress adopt the legiu
mate drama there is much promise - .
splendid career.
II may be interesting o. the ladies
70 know that MARY Hamilton is
The wife of ,.nsisse Frohmor
the manager II the NAY Blossom com
panv and the daughter n wealthy Nev
York architect Mr Frohmsn is ore ~ thf
three Frohmsn Brothers who ma0e thf
Madison square T-esfrf and who have
been identified vifh the greatest theafflca
. enterprise Ia Amerioa.
u is 10 he hoped that thf readers 81 fhH
, parer viil thoroughly understand that thi'
! column viii contain fhe honest opinions ri
; fhe writer They nav ise worth nothing 81
, the public bar they shai| cerfsiniv have %
Z merit n being honest a e0nsianu0uf in
? stance vss fofnished .ssi veek vlieu ii b.
: / came necessary q sfesE critically f
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ezffieoef whirh witnessed MsT Blossom
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g r.-r fiared Vitn the rtert- nf tht p.efe
/ Yesterday morning as almost 'fIFeriefia
rrie gas dfferfei from and Irpsf nofies q
Mar Blossom was frfr.rfe1 ir tiiI
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