The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-20
PRETTY ANNIE PIXLEY.
Her "Deacon's Daughter" Charms
The Academy of Music
Audience.

Piquant Annie Pixley appeared last
night at the New Academy of Music in
her New York success, 1.-THE Deacon's
Daughter" 1t is rather late In the day
to describe the play, after the run 1T has
had, but there may be those who ave not
yet found out that it tells of one Ruth
HONEYWELL. daughter of a Connecticut
deacon, who comes to New York to be a
maid-of-all-work and general baby
jumper. She becomes devoted to what
her parents regard as a sink OF inquiry
the theatre-and finally becomes the lead
ing Juvenile at the Criterion Theatre,
add the adored of the town.
Meanwhile her parents decide to
visit their dear daughter. She
tries to get out of the scrape by
changing places with her table girl. The
table girl is not q great success at play
ing mistress. She makes such a remark
ably Zine lady" that the deacon Insists
upon dragging his daughter back to the
farm to do chores for summer board
ers." She washes, scrubs, sews. churns
and milks a vicious cow, until she finally
manages to transport the whole family to
New York, and lets metropolitan in
fiuences work on the old man until he Is
perfectly happy to W the actress.
'Mabel HAWTHORNE" as his daughter
Ruth. There is plenty of by-play, in the
city lover, a six foot Adonis, VINO can
really be tender without being Sickening;
"a Society ~Conundrum," Mrs. Dashing-
ton Browne; a country lover who dyes bis
hair, and a strolling photographer who
sings.
The centre of the stage is occupied. of
course, by the bright little star, to whom
the high praise may be given of always
acting her best. Annie PiXley would
have been q comic opera prima donna had
!, Dr0ui6apao djrootod hor ~ hopo Ohm 10
more useful. Her voice has a clear
twenty-note compass n the resonance
of a neii. But the best part of her work
Is the naturalness of it. especially when
she gets into f1urries and calls p%athetically
for "Charlie" to help her out of scrapes.
or calls him a great, big goose" in tine
most delicious a Her appearance in
the pages dress brought down the house.
aud there were four recalls for her song
and dance.
The supporting company included Fred
Butler. as Charlie Lawton; Frederic
Sackett, as an amateur Thespian; Harry
Bell, as an artist. who sang a medley in
toduciEg 1.-THE Man Who Broke The bank
at Monte Carlo" and scored a hit; Fred
Percy Marsh, as the villainous Squire;
Genevieve Beaman. as the Society Con-
undrum," and Lulu Klein in the difficult
character role of Mary, the Maid. The
"Old Folks at Home" were well done
ny JOS6pu DE0uudu duU MISS
A. Douglas, but where on
earth they or Miss Pixley ever found the
alleged Yankee dialect introduced. is
something the present scribe would like
to know. Even in a state of such mongrel
New EnElandism it is doubtful whether
there are such Maryland expressions as
PAW and 'Maw." No descendant of
the Puritans ever held his mouth in such
a shif'less way.
'The Deacon's Daughter" will continue
until "Wednesday night. Thursday night,
Miss Pixley will produce Miss Blythe of
Dututh' for the first time in this city.
This will be played for the rest of the
week.