The morning call., 1893-10-03

ibto Will IhdIi kIfhuSOlIuO
adopted as a niece by the landady
of the cottage in which the men are stay
ing and promises TO marry her when 1.-THE
cruel war is over" While Jarlet is en-
deavoriDg to break up this engagement he
finds out tnat Marie is MS daughter; that
his deserted wife had died in a hospital,
his name being the last utterance on her
lips. Paul, too, has been sentenced TO be
shot by the Prussians for some cause or
other. .arlet is daZed by the retribution
that has Overtaken him, and in the wild
ness of his despair offers himself as sub
stitute for Paul during the absence of
Marie and her affianced. He is a cepted
by the officer in command of file of men
and marched off to execution. The dra-
matte feature of my Friend Jarlet" lies
in this: Twenty years before he went out
from the presence of the mother, who
never saw him again. Now he goes out
from the presence of his daughter and her
lover as an act OF retribution and returns
no more forever.
NJ. Marius has fine stage appearance,
and his acting Is marked by a nice atten-
tlon TO detail, showing the school in which
he has studied. He speaks English with
strong French accent. There is a reminis-
cence OF LIE Bellevllle in his style OF speak
ing.
Miss Rosina Vokes had a warm recep-
ton on her entrance as Lucille Grafton in
''The Circus Rider" and both in his char
acter and as Miss Lily in "a Pantomine
Rehearsal played with all her wonted
liveliness and grace. Both the pieces are
well known to our theater-goers by Miss
Vokes' previous visits to the Baldwin.
and therefore need no special mention.
The same programme will be continued all
the week.
King and Wlcox's 'The Countersign,"
now running at the Stockwell, is neither
Iok {ho n b;,
kind of work that has invaded the stage of
late years. There are few war plays that
have CLEANS of originality. and one is
Bronson Howard's shenandoah" He
does not depend upon the noise and
noisomeness of gunpowder TO make his
effects. La this respect ''The Coun tersign"
is to be also commended. The beat seen
in the King Wilcox drama is the third,
where love, treachery and innocence are
mixed up In somewhat intricate man
ner. but the intricaces are deftly handled
though the situations come p2ssrilously near
to being confused at times. The best CHAR
acier in the scene is Lizzie Spooner (Miss
Polly StockwelD daughter of Jacob
Spooner, the traitor fisherman of San
dusky Bay. She carries the part With
sweet naivete. The little love-passage
that enters into her sightless life is like
the unfolding of delicate flower in dark
ness. We are reminded by the appealing
plaintiveness and subjectivity shown in
her condition of the blind slavegirl in
Bnlwers Last Days Of Pompeii." Lizzie
is bit Of good acting. There are many
striking lines in this drama and the acting
by all the members of the cast is above
fully painted and the eyes of the audience
are gratified by picturesque landscapes.
"Success"::is written in every act OF "Kil-
Iarney," as produced by Katie Emmett
and her company at the New California
last evening. The story. which was pub
lished in THE CALL on Sunday morning
last, is without WEAKNESS of detail, while
purely Irish In all Its features. which are
garlanded throughout by bright little side
stories and Irish songs, alternately pa
thetc and humorous, that keep the emo
tiOns of the audience excited from the rise
of the curtain till its final fall. Katie Eni-
NETT in the dual role of Kitty Burke and
Terry Doyle is. OF course. the central
figure, and It's toss-up in which of the
presentations she is liked better-in the
Irish pOplin as Kitty or in the disguise of
the corduroys as the assumed omadhaun
Terry Doyle. She sings a lot of charac-
teristic songs. and the audience call for
more. 1t goes without saying tha she has
made herself a favorite. AS for Andrew
Mack, he is revelation in the singing and
story telling way. He is a sweeter singer
than Wilkie-whichi is saying good deal
and better story-teller than Jim Roach.
During the third act, in the Kenmare road
scene, he gives what may be called an
interlude made up of the drollest stories.
and the neatest and most original songs
sung IN a voice Of surprising sweetness.
the charm being heightened by the ex-
preston impaired in the execution. Mack
is surely card. The rest OF the char
acteIs In the cast are thoroughly we'll
played. and you hear true Irish brogue
from every tongue.
The Tiyoli's reproduction of 'sFatinitza"
filed that theater as usual. Meantime
public expectation is directed toward the
new opera. "Trip Van Wink!e." which it
is proposed 20 bring out next week.
The Alcazar Theater, under the direc-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin, will
reopen on next Monday evening with
Nancy" The sale of seats commences on
Thursday morning.
At the Grove-street Mr. Lorimer John
stone appeared, well supported. in the