The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-18
A MODERN PASTORAL
A Most Charming Presentation
of "As You Like It,"
FOB SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE,
The Play was Given on the Grounds OF Mrs
A. E. Stevens at Castle Point. Hoboken-
A Distinguished Audience.

sprinled with pictures from "As You Like
It'' in water colors, love-making to thunder
grumbles and lightning flashes; poetry and
passion, wet by showers and swept by
wind, such was the performance given yes
terday afternoon on the grounds Of Mrs.
E. A. Stevens at Castle Point, Ho6oken.
Everything was favorable to its success
but the weather. The tickle jade that
smiled hotly in the morning began to frown
and weep as the day grew old. The play
was given for charity's sake, to beneft ST.
MichaeIs home and st. GATHERINGS home
in this city. The women and men who
patronized it were rich and fashionaole'
the actors who delivered it were cele-
brated; the scene where it was rendered
was charming: the audience was enthu-
siastic, but the weather-pahl An amphi-
theatre had been built from which
thousand people looked down tier upon
tier upon the close clipped green sward.
A grove of trees, towering and leavy elms
and naples arranged by chance sym
metrically, formed the theatre, nature own
playhouse. The high heaven was It's dome,
fences Of cedars were the wings behind
which the actors disappeared, from which
they made their entrances. Concealed oy
these same cedars was the orchestra OF the
Madison Square theatre. The amphi-
theatre seemed parterre OF the rarest
flowers, for the women in 1T budded and
blooomed in gauzy gowns OF the most dell
cate hueS, and their faces tiuttered above
that parterre like butterflies ever bed OF
roses. The amphitheatre overlooked.
Theoverture from "Eidelio' was finished;
the stage director, William Seymour
shouted "Clear the stages" there was a
rustic of skirts as everybody settled down
to enjoyment and Orlando strobe upon the
green, followed by the tottering Adam.
Barrymore certainly was picturesque IN
his leather doublet and slashed hose set OF
his figure, aud his auburn curly wig was
well suited TO his bronZed face, or better TO
mis- face bronZed for this occasion Well
gloved hands patted a welcome TO him nor
was the greeting TO the hoary Couldook
less sincere Orlando's grasp of the wicked
divers throat was strong and realistic
He seized at the same time the sympathies
of all the younger women who looked on.
When Rosalind and Celia appeared upon
the lawn, their arms about each others
waists, in the shadow of the foliage
above them,si was worth going many
miles to see. Rosalind wore pale
pink robe, Celia wore one OF pure
white When the birds chirped and twit-
| tered in the trees about these two, Miss
Coghlau and Miss Viola Allen spoke their
| lines and looked and acted their charac-
ters Then he of the moteley Touchstone
appeared and uttered his quips and TESTED
and looked the very jester, but while Le-
Beau was telling of the breaking OF bones,
! the wrestling that the ladies had missed
seeing the clouds began to gather and TO
hide the sky. Who has ever seen Rosalind
| in a waterproof. Orlando under an UNI
brelll Besides there were priceless dresses
TO be ruined should it rain. Then enter
Duke Frederick, the ladies of his court, his
courtiers and his soldiers, and in the reti-
nue. was one with clipped hair, smooth
faced with gigantic neck, thick cbested
with legs like trunks of some OF the trees.
He who was enveloped in the long blue
cloak was the dukes wrestler, Charles
William Muldoon, once New York police
man, last night second 10 kIlrain during
his argument with Slayin in that same Ho-
boken.
The second act opened charmingly. There
was the very forest OF Arden-the deftest
brush of scene painter never equalled 1t.
But unfortunately the mechanics Of this
play house were under no human control.
/ IL was not q rattle that was heard that
Adam falteringly urged his young master :
81 have five hundred crowns the thrifty
hire reserved under your father. Take
that" Just after Rosalind as Ganymede,
Celia as Alenia and Touchstone come down
1
peal than ever and brilliant flash Of light
ming. but the rain held off yet few min
/ utes long enough TO admire Miss Cognl2n
/ in her mans apparel. Miss Coghlan wore
/ doublet, the upper part OF russell leather,
/ the lower of red colored cloth; launty cap
sat on her head. She wore pair of russell
leather boots They were very tall boots,
possibly she anticipated the coming storm.
When Miss Cognian cried "Oh, Jupiter,
how merry are my spirits" the rain came
down in torrents. 1t was one OF the most
mastery bits OF sarcasm that Shakespeare
lines have ever illustrated.
Immediately after Miss Coghlan had re-
marked the merriness OF her spirits she
was compelled to seek the shelter Of a tree
in the middle of the lawn under which al
of the other actors had taken refuge and
they remained huddled there while cloaks
were brought out and thrown around the
women. After the shower had passed
Frederic Bond made q hit which wa:
second only to that of Miss Cogh
lan's. The spectators had beer
driven away from the shelter Of thu
trees which were on the border line of tn,
stage and some of them had resumed thei
seats. The first lines that Frederic Bono
spoke after this little episode were, "Wher
I was at home / was of a better place.
The people shouted and absolute good hu
NOR reigned for some time, but blacl
cloud of appalling dimensions slid up from
the horizon in the wake Of the shower an,
the SPECTATORS began to drift away until no
over two hundred of the original 1000 re
manned.
Mrs. Eben Wright, nee Pell, who had jus
returned from her wedding trip, wa
dressed in pale rose and white striped silk
with fiounces of white lace, and large ha
trimmed to match.
Miss Cameron was In tan clotn relleye
with velvet and white lace
Miss Kitty Cameron was IN a prett
gown of yellow ard white striped silk, wit
white lace vest.
Mrs. FLOYD Jones wore a Worth gown o
black dotted net over silk, and bonnet {
match.
of lilac and white striped silk with lac
and hat to match.
Mrs. F.. B. Chadwick wore handsom
, costume of pearl gray silk, entirely covere
with black lace.
. Mrs. Hicks Arnold was in black silk witt
a Louis Seize coat of black and white.
Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler wore blacl
and white dotted SILK with nat 70 match.
, Mrs. William Fellows Morgan wore
! gown of pale green silk and large ha
trimmed with peoples.
Mrs. Bonaparte- Patterson wore cos
, tune Of light grey crepe and silk and larg'
hat to match.
! Mrs William Jay was prettliy attlred Il
, black and white striped silk elaborated
J embroidered in silver
Mrs. S. Humphreys wore an airy cos
, tune Of pale green silk relieved with We
; low and large hat trimmed with flowers
! Among the others present were Rev
J Morgan DIX, Mrs. Oliver Harrigan, Judg
: and Mrs. Charles P. DAILY, Mr.. and Mrs
: Frank Bronson, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Nc
Dermott, Edward w. Sheldon, Mrs. Levi
Fitzgerald, Commander and Mrs. Chad