Telegram-herald., 1888-01-06
LAsr siGHrS PLAYS

Ii -sThs Stin Alarm Joseph Arthur has
.ooasiractea . sinsulsriy interes1eg pay.
From the facs thai . gar Of hoes.s and q fre
engine are advertised 10 appear IA TIE play
most people have 81 iss& taat tue plss is .
asshy sensational piece Of ths ofset OF
"hurrzh" drama wita which the stage Is
almost baned from sisEk SothiAg coEld
&c wider Of the marx. Barring . numSsr
II intensely exciting incidents The Sill
Alarm" is homsly. honest and rsposetsl
piece OF works eit Of play writing worthy
. much more distinguished tufeTatssa thar
NJ. Arthur processes 90 De. its story IS a
pretty one and IL is worked out wits
series OF iaeiasnts. which, wAils drsmati-
eally strong and stirring 70 degree, are en-
tirely probable. The realism OF this play Is
not What misht be termed q sgTslning Tor
effect, ths most commonplace incidents,
pie aIed witp . fidelity % fact, are made 70
serve as powerful factors ia makisg up
what Is Certainly one of the
most interesting Of tns new plays.
When the hero OF tae play, Jack AsnieT,
smashes the WINDOW out OF his home aud
jumps out OF it, in order TO meet AZ the foot
OF tue stairs the villain who mas ruined MS
life there is nothing ovsrdrawn in the ac-
tion. So. too. the hooking up when the
hsfses are attached TO the ire engine Anc
spring out of the engine house TO do their
duty II is an entirely natural incident OF the
story. TAe play was not written 70 lead
up 10 this incident. The affair is purely
an outcome of what Is transpiring.
Mr.. Arthur is to be Congratulated. but his
play was months ago stamped a success 10
New YORK. and dramatic waters are TO be
smooth sailing for himself and Harry Lacy.
The audience at Powers last evening was
delighted with the performances. Jack
Manley is one of the heroic characters Of
this modern work-a-dsy world, and Dir.
Lacy plays IL satisfactorily. He makes love
in a manner that even the most exscting
America belle could not complain Of
even in the coldest OF weather. lie was re-
peatedly called before the curtain. The
handsome Walter Dennis was so
completely disguised as the viii
lsinous John Bro. alias German, that
the villain as well IS he used 10 play the
lovers, and this is high praise. Ar. Dennis
has been very i'll for nearly year, ana has
but recently recovered his health. He is
one of the most popular of the young
leading men OF the stage. Plump Lizzie
Hudson is q better actress than | eyer
dreamed she would be- Her Gilmore Ford
ham is really splendid piece OF dramatic
work. Pretty little Blanche Vaughn
has in her the making OF
. bright ingenue of the Minnie
ing as Cad Wilbur, the little serio comic
actress. Mrs. Selden Ewin's Mrs. Manley
was. of course. good and Messrs Gallagher,
Eberle and Lothian were sll very accept
able. Joseph Wilkes acted the difficult
| role of drunken tramp-who mas q secret
with surprising excellence and was round
| " applauded for his effort. The Arabian
| horses Pegasus and Bucephalus, are re-
mzrkably trained. The play is splendid
| and the company far about the average.
Last performance tonight.
Little Nugget" sparkles with funny in
| cidents and pleasing witticisms, and the
| universal opinion of Grand Rapids theatre
| goers is that it is one of the best musical
| comedies of the season. A previous en-
gsgement here only heightened the intere st
| of the public, and last tevening the company
| appeared to crowded house at Redmond's. s.
| From the time that the irresistible COM
| edisn, Herbert S. Cswtherne, walks down
| through the audience and in his agile man
| ner leaps upon the stage and takes possess
| ion OF the teachers desk in the schoolroom
scene, the interest arises and gradually
| grows into enthusiasm, never waning for q
moment until the curtain goes down on the
| last act. Coupled with his name are Josie
Sisson, the bright and talented soubrette, Joe
Cawthorn, William Sisson, Ed Pavne and
the Little Coon" and these are su Eiicieni
guarantee for an evening of full enjoyment
The company viii appear through the re-
mainder OF the week.
Reilly & Woods big specially company
composed OF fifty speciality artists of estab
| lished reputation, come 10 Redmond's COM
mencing Monday, for the first three nights
of next week and two nstinees,