The evening world., 1893-10-11
THE ~coRNcRAcKER."

II seems almost impossible to believe
that the same man wrote blue Jeans"
aud THE Corncracker,' yet Joseph Ar
thur has been popularity supposed to be
the author of tho former, and the pro-
ramm at the Fourteenth Street Thea
tire last night set him down as being
responsible for the latter. Mr.. Arthur's
fr.cnls VIII think Of him in connection
with Blue jeans his enemies can do
nothing more cruel thar muttcr Corn
cracker"
New York is treated to strange and
eer!e theatrical Entertainments. Each
season is fun OF them, for everybody
who has dramatic wares TO display
PUSHES to the metropolis. The Corn
cracker" is as remarkable as any of
them. Il IL as inc~omprchcnsiblc as the
programme offered by "Loic Fuller's &C.
lebritics." and as mysteriously unfathom-
able as n play | once saw at this same
theatre called IAN Iron Crccl.'
The C~ornCrackcr" IL not n drama,
or Il melodrama, or 4 farCe-Comedy, or
a farce, or a comedy. or a burlesquc.
or an extravaganza. 1t Is a chowdcr,
filed with chips OF everything. When
you hcar OF a missing viii and n long
lost NOMINEE you think You have
alightcl upon n drama; when Nancy Nail
Is pushed into the drinking trough your
thoughts turn 10 lioyt and farce-comedy
when six irrelevant girls burst upon the
scene and sing an irrelevant song You
wonder If II IL extravaganza and sigh
for '1i92:' and when Eleanor Carey
and Matte Earle indulge in a cosy little
~stranglinS match you begin to believe
that you are undergoing Bowcry me!o-
drama treatment after all. Then there
is Il hsticuff episode ana n tafring and
fcathcring ARRAY, and at the end of the
third act a very mild sort Of IA sensation
furnished by the falling OF an elevator
With red fire accompaniment.
Mr.. Arthur has jumbled all these In
cidents together. The C~orncrackcr' is
simply chaos. Even the ingenious lit
t,e gallery boy will be able to make
nothing OF II. He will hear of the ele-
vator accident. and wait for 1t. blu
he will be disappointed, for 1t is very
tame, and not worth seeing after three
acts Of twaddle. The word Corn
cracker seems TO- signify a Kentuckian,
who places cXtr,me reliance upon him
self, and makes his own whiskcy. In
bOlIlt llltA IplNltlt way ht 10 wv INV
the talky labyrinth at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre. and perhaps he enjoys
himself. We must hope for the best
In the cast was Miss Judith Berolde'
who wore a couple of neat froCks, and
one pensive air. She made a very Wig
urous speech, in when she said: MY
love you can never have. you coward
scoundrel and liar" or words to tha,
effect. She seemed to be very veNeC
about something-quite put out. as /,
werc-but the audience didn't know
what 1t was. and. consequently, couldn''
sympathlze. Miss Eleanor Carey. as 4
long-loSt who Is recognized
by "a chrome for which she is supposed
to have sat. tried to make something
OF her part. and Miss Matte Earle con
tributed n dialect sketch-the dialect
consisting OF the use of the word "pus'
SON for person" William Ingersol
played the leading male role. and wore
Il lovable little brown Velveteen suit.
Mr.. Arthur's agent a short time agc
sent out the priceless Information thai
the rehearsals OF The Corncracker'
, were conducted behind barred doors. Mr.
Arthur might safely drop his manu-
. script on Fourteenth street. Nobody
D would pick 1t up. ALAN DALE.