The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-10
BLU JEANS.
Arthur's Now Play Makes a Hit at tn
Academy.

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Arthur's Now Play Makes a Hit at the
Academy
In presenting Joseph Arthur's comedy
drama, "Biue Jeans" the Academy OF
Music offers an attraction of whose popu-
larity there can be no doubt. The theatre
was crowded last night when The curtain
rose and revealed the yard and exterior OF
Jacob Tutewiler's House in the suburbs OF
Rising Sun, indiana, the story being la1d
In the Blu Jeans district. Perry Bascom
and Col. Henry Clay Risener. Republi-
cans, are stumping Tor themselves for a
political election. The former ID a
''city fellah" who has bought a mill and
settled in Rising Sun. At a festival he
meets and is infatuated with Sue Eudaly,
an adventures, who has another string
to her bow in Ben Boone. whose love she
finds it useful to June"
from the ~poorhouse appears ut the Iute-
wiler home. and is adopted by the old
people, and afterwards proves to De fhelr
granddaughter. Sues cunning wins
from Bascom a picture of his father to
his mother, on the back of which he call s
her his wife. The photo end handwrit-
ing are SO like the sons that she uses
both against him successfully. Bas-
com two years later marries June,
the poorhouse girl. He is how
ever, prosecuted continually by Sue,
who'd lie ndu SeCE6tly Iuttilco WV ySotS
ago, but had left after finding that she
had already a husband living. She has
proofs of his marriage to her and his
fathers picture against him, while her
former husband, White, is supposed to
nave died a few days after her mar riag g
to Bascom. She tells Ben Boone that
she is Bascom's wife, and if it were moi
for this she would marry him. He is
engineer in Bascom's mill. He chal-
lenges his master, who. fainting, falls
on the planning table. Ben is about to let
the machinery 10 its murderous Work,
when June, VINO has been locked In the
office, breaks the door and saves her hus-
band. She hears the truth OF Bascom's
relations with Sue. She believes in him,
but he is forced to leave her to hunt up.
il possible, evidence against Sue. He re-
turned three years later, Christmas eve,
unsuccessful, and is lodged by Sue, and
a warrant for his arrest for b1gamy IS
served. But in the person of jim lutte
wiler, who has come hoMe to spend the
holidays. is found her supposed dead hus-
band. and Ben aids in testifying against
her, and all ends WE'LL.
The play runs briskly from the begin
ming to the end. There is not a single
dull moment in it, and the Drum Major
and his corps were forced to repeat such
tunes as Marching Through Georgia's
and Annie Laurie" AS Jane, Jennie
Yeamans was very good. The part CALI
for much ability from its interpreter. As
the poor, house girl, she amused-you
laughed with her. But | think every
woman sympathized with her in
the last act. with her baby girl.
She was most naturally motherly
and tender and avoided any over
acting so carefully, that it seemed
very real Robert billiard as Perry
Bascom was excellent, indeed the
same must be said of the whole COM
pany. Miss Judith Berolde as Sue Eudaly
was strong, and IN the mill scene Herbert
Carr as Ben Boone shared the honors
with Mr. billiard. The scenery in the
mill is made up of real live works, and
the gallery gods became enthusiastic
whe they saw its operations. For once
their applause was timely.
'tBlue Jeans'' will run the rest of the
week with usual matinees. Edgar Selden
will present the .'Wil] o. the Wisp" the
first three nights next week.