The evening world., 1893-11-22
A QUAINT AS YOU LIKE IT,"
There Was Much to Admire in
the Women's Performance.
Beckett" May Have n Longer Run
Other Stage News.

| A curious combination of the worthy
and the grotesque was the feminine per
formance of LAS You Like It. ut
Palner's Theatre, yesterday, as given by
the members OF that ultra-august body
known as the Professional Womans
League. The huge audience present was
there to see the grotesque, for the worthy
is go awfully commonplace. don't you
know 1t IL 30 tiresome, SO usual, SO
monotonOus, so tame, while the gro
tesque-vive the grotesque!-it tickles
and 1t sparklcs, and 1t is, oh! so pleas
ant The League women knew this
! Smart ladies' are they and Keen Is their
knowledge of that artful problem, How
! TO catch the publiC?" So they gave
shakespeare's pastoral play without the
aid of men, and held the field with the
success that they had anticipated. 1t
Was otbeIs Gsai9t so aar Eood IN spots bs HpE
kers and boards and feminine voices re-
minded you irresistibly of the bearded
women at Huber's and Dorss. They
shade, for they were more graceful and
pleasing than the attractions Of the
museum, platforms. Then the actress
Ketchum-wore a wig that speakingy
suggested the late Lydla Plnkham, and
some Of the gay young foreslers were
Gus hit of the affair was contributed by
Nine. Janauschek, who seemed to be
genuinely acting and out of place amid
such motley surroundings. Her splen-
did Interpretation of the Seven Ages"
lured the audience away from the trlv-
olous contemplation OF bearded women
and hirsuted damsels. Miss Maude
Banks was very feminine Orlando.
but she was discreet and caused no
laughter. An excellent piece of acting
was &c eontrbuted by Miss Marion a Aobott
| wrestlers Is evidently the correct one.
She made hers tough and did very well.
Mrs. Eberle was praiseworthy Duke,
and delicately feminine lie Beau. The
test male impersonation was that of
Miss Kate Davis, whose Touchstone
culine voice, and musical one. She
used 1t effectively. Miss Theresa
Vaughan as Amiens sang very painfully,
Rosaiind Of Miss Mary shaw was good,
for Miss Shaw is an artist to the finger
tips, and most pleasing and dainty Celia
was Miss. Emma Field. Some of the
on standing In the front row and leay-
Ing the pretty members at the back.
That was where the femininity of the
proceedings was most aggressive. The
ushers did themselves proud. You should
have seen Aunt Louisa Eldridge and
Mrs. Fernandez. Aunt, Louisa pre-
seat was, but she didn't. She was there
because she was Aunt" Louisa, and
that was quite enough for anybody. Mrs.
EerEandes was simply, untorgettable.
mon-ha! hal! They were not in it
with Mrs. Fernandez. She rustled and
sCintillated in silk and steel. She had
crimped her hair and it fell In wavelets
through which her smiling chubby face
literally ploughed way for itself The
fsminne f,rii orchestra directed by Miss
anxious to disturb the proceedings, and
In one or two instances 1t succeeded.
Among those who were not there were
well, what's the use of giving them
away?
They arr, diligently rehearsing Henry
Nlil.' at Abbey's Theatre. All the same
1t Is quite possible that Beckett" may
run for fourth week: 1t is not a
lively play, but 1t gives Mr.. Irving and
Miss Terry opportunities to display their
art.
Henry Bagge.. Leonard Boyne's un-
American Theatre Monday night to play
Boyne's part. The English actor was
not on hand. Everybody wondered. but
Bagge had dressed himself and was
prepared to play. At $40 O'Clock he saw
Boyne at the stage entrance, and rush
ing up to him him asked him what Was the
Boyne, testify, why it's only half past past
seven" He drew. out his watch and
IGGked lick bostr at it. It had stopRHd Then
|
been placidly sleeping at his rooms in
the San Reno, and had VOTED nothing
mns Tns he er%aES Ssa hm anG IN five
ready for the stage. Bagge lost his
, chance. The lot of an understudy is a
hard one.
r Manager Miner has instructed a dra
q matte gentleman in London to keep his
eyes open for all good new plays and tc
I cable to Mr.. Miner when he finds them
. The American manager wants them fol
:, the stock company with which he /.
going to ornament the Fifth Avenu,
= Theatre.
4 Not to be outdone by the Broadwa,
= Theatre, which sheltered President Cleve
land last week, Palmer's has had sew
Mayor Giiroy and Gorporation counsc rEs;
= Clark wandered in Saturday afternoon
MINI oF the rst q sesnE
j evening Gov.-elect Mckinley sat in
box: ,s and doubled up Ike a jackknif
- clnnati, is his lifelong friend. "wha
n makes that gentleman come so high
ta consprator nsPSa one P2fy ne 9arGp ar
o the author OF the Mckinley bill turne
> purple with merriment.
e Richard Mansheld's motion to dsmls
d the complaint of Vincent Sternroyd, VIII
r IL SUNG MIN, mas Deen dismissed. Tn
T. case will be tried and Sternroyd is jubi
liant Now Mansfield will have tn
chance OF alleging, that he ,dsmissc
Sternroyd because he is English Thi
will be difficult thing for the public /
credit. as Mansfield is so fond OF engag
ing English actors. But 1t will adj
weight to his recent TRADE.
. Miss Julia Marlowe has been telling
. Philadelphia interviewer that she hate
OF shopping and prefers reading plays. Ho,
mt exceedingly unwomanly!
Fred Solomon and his wife have toine
The Fencing Master company MI
Solomon has wisely abandoned his sea
cy son as star. Times are SO very bad ou
bo Of town.
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