New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-19
THE DRAMA.

PROCTOR'S THEAIRE-TIiE LOST PARADl>E
The opening of the regular dramatic season Al
proctor,s Theatre on last Monday evening was sue
cessfully accomplished and was maze important W
the production Of new play, whieh surely VIII !"
popmlar called " The Lost Paradise This pIeoe nas
been built by Mr. Henry c. Dc Mile, upon tue uAs'
of a German drama by Mr.. Ludwig Fuda ana II
dldsctic in purpose sensational In plot ana
in quality It's purpose is TO contrast the conditions
~ the rich and the poor and to admonlsh wealth. "
iis duty toward poverty. That lesson, at least IN
America is not much needed for the habh oi wealth.
throughout this country, Is generous oo's'ea"VA
OF its responsibilities, and nowhere IN 'he WIT"
labor better paid more generally re'pf'ou' "NU
nowhere in the world is benevolence more NslH's "
more lavish. Yet the appeal for justice even ~He'
superfuous, is admissible and should be hean VIA
rssnect Mr. De Mile has not made it in the falres'
snIrt Int he has made 1t forcibly, and he mas en-
vironed with the attributes Of an Interesting pay
Not MANY employers stsrve the people VINO WIZ
for them considerable part OF the dlii'uiS u~.
arises from time to time, between capital a"u . S"
arises out of the fact that very oren iauore's 80
cannot do their work well, or VIII no, "o - '
The custom OF casting the blame upon an emP"yeh
only because he happens TO have caplai' II '''"'
wrong and stupd and pernicous as any fotm or IN
iustce could possibly be. There are, no doupl "a
men who control money, but there are Also S'"u "'A
who control il and. furthermore, there arc many me.
I'm the control OF il who perfectly well klo" 0ia' n'
Justice TO the poor dangerous TO property ana wv
state as neglected pest;lence would be 10 the puus
health II the relative attitudes and conditions OF s1@
and c,n,,,I are 70 &c discussed the respective repre-
centatves should be chosen with az least an inteeeW
reoard for truth sordid and cruel and reacheiOl'
oppressor on the side, is not any more aahnla0'
than a Malignant Anarchist would be upon the o'r''
But it is the nfrmity Of people who want 10 equa"
the distribution of property every SATURDAY mght "
they can never but one side OF their SUBJECT ~,
American traveller In Paris, who had but SIX cehu ms
another American there who had seventy hVe sa''
him nv six cents he said :" / clasped him ierVehlp
nv the hand and cheered him with the assurance u"
| would never desert him while he had cent lei''
Mr. De Mile chooses 20 typify capital In the person
of a Mr. Kn0wlton, who is ooyetous ana us"'.
oppressor and represent labor In the person Oh M
Wainer who possesses all the virtues mat cohs"'"
hero Upon this posture OF affairs it would be "ose
of time to expatiate. Play goers have been maze V'
familiar with it, of late, through the klndr.a Pr
ments OF Henry Arthur Jones. 1t Is an eXhouF' Va
welmeaning fooshness and II may be dlsnlsseu WIN
the comment that Dr. Johnson made upon sym"
pisbar: Nobody much affected ana JUS 0o
papy rose as from moral lecture by eonua1Su suns
MS wicked employer with his heavenly wVrhHla"' IN.
ever Mr. Dc Mile has fashioned a badin Oh seeS,'
that create suspense and stimulate ca io',g.
by The THEFT The inventor Is dead 6ut ,tn hs
of the inventor lives. and TO him DIT, hnv' Nm
q hls
his daughter for WIFE together with share ~ ne
business. But the Celestial workman VITO torss
SUPERINTENDENT OF Mr.. Knowton's iron foundry ~
this GIRL and 1t turns out that In MN ana no' I iS
rival resides tbs rghJ or property III the ,on, sssa
ton The girl has refused his suit; yet ne VIII Nh
his secret and will not disgrace her sire ne ~ ~
DESTROY his evidence. This he proceeds 10 90 am
utier such circumstances that ne seems TO nav
mtted theft and thereupon his rival take aS Ss
OF that situation TO humate aud DEGRADE H . ~
poIot of great dramatic strength l. made hee.U' q
papers that destroyed by the supeIintehns.I Ne
leaves from his dead fathers diary that estsonsn
ri.h to the invention Another fine effect Is Sssts,I
by the MANAGEMENT Of strike and the lh, ,.a,
opposition OF the prosperous magnate with his po ns
daughter and the exhausted laborer WIN ms -" In
child At the last the hero Is vlndlcsted' r 49, =
winning his right. he also wins his BRIDE ins S ns
much good I'm this play. aside from It's ethcs s
political economy-things which might always De vd
left ont Of work OF art. The chief parts are NJ
by Miss sydney Armstrong Miss Maud Adans c, ~
Frank Nortaunt Mr.. William Morris, and VIZ. -
scott The author called before the curtain, -
In response to hearty applause he delivers9 ~ ~
commendatory Of TN alleged habit 81 Thinking a. IA
part on the American audience This was Mnd a,.sss
complimentary but, fact, the American so1 SSpr
seldom takes the theatre seriously. ard II love- -
10 be amused than Instructed. Neither Adaml NJ ,
with his Wealth Of Nations nor Moses WITH nsyd
Commandments coud draw full house IN >e"'
at present-after the first night