The daily critic., 1890-10-07
AT THE THEATRES
THE BILLS ENJOYED BY WASHINGTON
AUDIENCES LAST NIGHT
,1hc Cbas.ty Hau" nt the NauonaI
cora TANNER at NrbauEH's IVY
Jack" at Harris' Tony
Pastor 100 Eernan-s.

! alists 8s vel. What :. tbe matter thl.
as soon as The orchestra stops playing
"Aunic Rooney ar5the curtin slowly
crawls to- the rr1.ceuium arch the able
playwright gm'gB.wav mounts his
little pulpit takes DIS little text, and
breaches bis little sermon much more
knowingly and effectively, De % said.
than very many uf the professional
PuundteNts ot the clergy Last week
at Albaugh's it was Mr. kidler who
got up In the puri. aud preached g
thriIIirr little Discourse from that long.
neglected text. Blessed are The myek
and, iu the Noah Iu.e Of SHl Smith
Russell, held mp 'H The world an eN.
Cmp.ar of q noble and unse'fsh her0ism
a beautiful as &c is unusual This week
40 the National it is Negsrs. De Mile
and Be.lscC, who climb into a sort Of
combination pulpit. shake out the folds
Of their gowns and, without so much
as preliminary Dearly Beloved
Brethren, proceed 20 demonstrate, by
The aid Of "a number of fictitious per
sCnBCCs. named more or less after mem
bC1s of Mr. MCAllistcr -Four Hundred.
the sCriplUral proposition that the
love OF money is the root Of an
evil and that The mad chase of the
dollar as peculiarly Characteristic of
New York life, can make a man for
get more things than his Catechism
DO the dramatists mean Il all. or is it
simply q reaction from the horrible
slush Of burleslue and so called farce
comedy with which the stage has so
long been delugedg AZ all events the
public is likely 10 be the gainer for the
change, and, perhaps In time we may
once more venture To tgkc alOnr our In
tellects and human sympathics when we
start for the play, instead Of hanging
them carefully on the hat.raCk as things
for which We could have no more use
in the walls of n theatre than for snow.
shoes In SheOl
Ia The Charity Ball the authors
have given us O fairly strong and en-
tirely clean aud wholesome play, en-
livengd by O very fresh and enjoyable
vein of lumOr with touches of stnti.
mcnt never mawkish or excessive. aud
in situations end incident ailoriinr
ample opportunities for the exceptions.
ally clever people who have been cast
TO present it Miss Georgia Cayvan
needs no word Of praise In Washir1ton
60 recall the memory OF her triumphs rs
an emotional actress with power Of
tear compelling paihOs peculiarly her
own. IL In the character OF iHH CFugsr.
the noble and unspoilcd girl OF society.
Miss Cayvan finds hardly The gamut Of
passion and suffering 20 evoke
her highest qualities as au artist.
she Is not likely 10 do anything other
than admirably nu3 we'll and every
rI|FrrI IHF 40 d..
satisfactorily fulfilled. The phyllN
Lee Of Miss Henrietta Crossman Is aa
impcrsonaii0n rCpiele with pathos All
charm, which, taken In connection with
The rare personal beauty and grace Of
us exponent, makes Of it IN reality the
central figure, and a very lovely Que
at that, of the emotional interest Of the
play. The Bessie Tan BVreu Of Miss
Ellie shannon Is a very dainty little BIT
of pretty pink AMI white stage brio a.
brac. There Is nothing more distress
ing than he iHgsUHc who no longer
looks o.. but thls Miss shannon most In.
dubiiably and delightfully."- does, anI
her too fortunate Alexander the
Great .Mr FHl2 Williams need have
sighed for no other or fairer world 20
conquer, Mrs Chas Walcott as Mrs.
De Peystcr was all that Is clever, as
usual, with perhaps just a touch or
soRpc1H here and there Of Miss Ada
Dyas, and the blind mother Mrs. Van
Buren, OF Mrs Thomas WhiiTen was
quietly but most naturally effective.
OF The men, Of course the veteran Le
MOyne was as ever Jdcile DriHceps His
JUdge f'stsr GUrHey hHOr Is a most In
valuable addition 10 the gallery Of
humorous pOriraimTe, for which we are
already indebted 10 this sterling actor.
The scenes In which he figured were
enacted amidst the continued laughter
Of the audience, and his humorous
tTiumphs are achieved by means as ap.
paTeuuy easy and natuTalistic as they
are wholly admirable. IL Mr. Herbert
kelcey could have even family imaged
10 himself the acme Of personal lowell
ness expected Of him by the provincial
Washington girl who had never seen
him, he would have assuredly portrayed
the rector Of 81. Mildred's In a blonde
wig and pink tights AS Il was he
gave strong and wholly reasonable
presentation Of a noble character, In
which the man was never wholly lost in
the priest, and dignity. gentleness and
self abnegaiiOD were cOnspicuOusly
paramount
MessFs Charles Walc0tt and Nelson
Nheaicroft as the king Of Wall street
and bis would be successor, fully sus-
tanned the high standard Of merit We
have come TO regard as characteristic
Of these capable gentlemen, while Mr..
Bellows as the old organist, and Mr.
Williams, as the exceedingly thY'
young stock broker, were realistically
excellent The pay was COstumed and
staged after the usual admirable fash
ion Of The LyCeum companies, and the
large and eminently fashionable con
gIegaiion which assembled 10 listen %
the clever little joint homily Of the
Reys. De Mile and Belasco departed 70
their homes both happier aud better for
the discourse.