The record-union., 1893-01-14

ter, with some things about it absolutely
ldlotlc. In fact, it entertains only by ad-
dressing the taste for laughter, regardless
OF VIII promptlngs. There is absolutely
nothing to be said for it as satire; it is
not farce, because there is no point in
its plot something the farce always has;
IL Is possibly burlesque, but very raw
one. What saves ii is the clever character
acting OF Mr.. Murphy, who throws Gus
Williams in the shade. The part is really
made artistic by Mr.. Murphy's cunning.
SO, too, Hefernan gives us a stage Irish
man that is not mere butfoon, and
Kitty karsale and the Arlington Sisters
show what good dancing really is. Then,
too, the music is good, the selections
pretty and the voices nicely trained,
While the women are all pretty, and, as
farce-comedy goes, modest. So that
~ q l." condemned by its text, is saved
by its actors.
. At the Metropolitan Theater mex
Tuesday evening Manager Todd's con-
tract calls for Charles Dickson, Miss
Haslam, Mr.. Yorke, and company of
good players in a double bill. First a
charming domestic glimpse in one act
from the German OF c. A. Conner. by
Henry Dobbin, entitled the ''Saltcellar,' -
which humorously shows how small an
accident can cause a violent quarrel to
occur between a newly married couple
who have vowed never to permit angry
words to mar the serenity of their nup-
tlal bliss. This curtain-raiser will be fol-
lowed by "lncog," a comedy played here
over year ago with success. Since then
Mr.. Dickson has applied to the piece his
stage experience and considerably modl-
ned the play with the authors consent,
and we are assured that it has resulted
happily. The story of the play
hinges upon youths exile, because he
refuses to marry as parental authority die
tates. lie loves another than this choice
and in disguise returns to be near her,
but his disguise matches the appearance
OF twin brothers who move in the same
circle, one married and one single. Out of
this arise involvements that give the play
Its title and its claims to merit. MIR.
Dlckson's company is represented to be
very much stronger than that of last
year. In it are Maud Haslam, we'll known
here, Louise Muldener, Anita Bridges.
Virginia Ross, Gustave Yorke, +. j.
Connolly, Franklin Garland, Barton
Bancroft, Edgar Allen and Louis Mason.
A feature of the entertainment last
night at the Metropolitan Theater, not on
the bills, was the subject of remark,
general and cordial, among the gentle
NTH DltSGllls d uSb w udU Lie ldul0S LlOuguI
of 1t we may not say, but their "looks"
were commentaries. A lady with her
escort came in early, and secured q seat
IN the parquette with group Of friends.
There were behind her two or three rows
of seats occupied by gentlemen. She
wore an approach to the regulation hat of
the day, which is crowned in these times
with nodding plumes, and marvel
ously built-up devices, as many
a disgusted and weary man
can testify who has sat behind
them, and lodged and craned his neck
and bent low, and tackled right and left
in efforts to see through, around, under,
over, or to larboard or starboard of the
headgear of some women crowned q La
mode. But the hat of this lady under
notice was not eXtravagantly high or
broad-indeed, it was modest pretense
of fashion, and as neat and comely as the
Intelligent cOuntenance beneath it. To
the astonishment of the feminine sex
in the house and the delight of the
males, this lady, when well settled
in her seat. removed her hat, placed
it IN her lap and kept it there the
evening through. Not another woman
in the house followed her example, but
not man was there, of the three or four
hundred in the lower sections, who did
not have to battle with the temptation to
rise then and there and bow to the brave
little woman in honest admiration and
frank acknowledgement of her public
service. She knew that she was the tar
get of all eyes, and the subject OF whis-
pered comment among the other women,
but she manifested not the slightest evil
dence of being sensible of it. Who the
lady was we do not know, but she de-
serves to be publicly thanked for the
sharp rebuke her act constituted-but
then women in tall hats so rarely take a
hint or are sensible to rebuke.
A social dance will be given at Y. NJ. I.
Hall on Wednesday evening next by Co.
lumbia Lodge, No. l.