The evening world., 1893-11-21
IAN AMERICAN DUCHESS"


Inere was SoN'e'h'hs 'Neee"'"s'' NV
rnorous III 'he ANNOUNCEMENT i"s' .ls"'
on 'he Prosra'nhle 'l '"c H'''u"t ",
atre, "herc an AMERICAN D"'nes' was
~ouuce 'ha' 'He pa! was "'.''." -
pr"ssly LOT inc hHV"u" ~ ''Sue r''-"'
lh!s ahouhCctleht '"o"'" - " SOu'S
American pi'y"rlFAt e'd'aNo'l"E 20 1T
America ) o'st S'ocF company WIN d
very bhsilSA play, M OF very hhB''S"
characters very fhsIsh iutas anu very
ins'Sh everything cISe. iet 'He "n-
h""ncR'n'"t was e'iHehuY i'aut IN al
For!oash'Ss' J. WASH c'h5'''''t iH''''
Inc W"rd '.>nl'EIcah' h.peafei II IN"
ut1e' ana MI f'lch made one OF Two OK
ms characters utter gaIie'Y speeches.
ABOUT the none people oil tacoma but
you insti.ctlvely felt that Mr.. tltch him
SELF LOANED the mob people OF Iacoma'
tie 49, Ike the English strVant-sIri' eN-
ceedlNSiy Q OF a te" chNe' ana LORDS
Il penn oith OF ariStocrauc mixtures as
II we're
IN An American DucheSS there are
one uuke' TWO iofds' one hafoh' one
duchesS' one uoWaser ducheSS' TWO laules
VI ''e' one hlarquIS' one count ana one
countess HUch pIcoclah articles as
masters ana fnISslsrS are strangely
laehihB' iou ltel lhat MI flIch mas
no use Tor them' or Tor stories that
uea' WIN 'heh'. ne llheS MS 'family
iic'au' anu MS 10" lellS' ana ms
hoNeiettes' ana MS shiilihs
~shocktrs' ana the COOK annual lie
must uo'e upon these' MS roon' you
ne"i oie y theSc '!t'eu pc"u'ieS say is
vi ''e ielt "iHS' 10 get 10 II you must
CROSS 'He plctur" gallery isn't that
S"""'' Lelt wings ana picture gal
IerieS aFe inc Joys oil Sarah Ann ana
MARY zone III hhSlahn. MT Clyde rltch
oIlll'eu IL plUe room ana a turret chain-
Der out the omission can sun be set
r.Sht' mere Is yet ume. You near a
'o' OF TAIN ABOUT ancestors VINO fought
az INC pa'tle OF ASlhcourt, n blue
o'o'"' anu III 'lAt sort "l lhlhS'
nv" 'he hoiuohers Woulu roar win
i"us"ler at 'hl5 very filSlish play! 1t
- 'e"ilS iuhny' Ior IL SHOWS suCh Il Won
uerLui STUDY OF cheap tnsilsh htera-
t"'', MI r''ch "NeA mas the usual
f'hshsh i'ei OF making the American
s'rl vulgar ana ostentatious. III he were
hot an American the character would
ne considerea UNJUST but MI tltch
wrote ms pay expressly Tor the Ly-
ceum' Ihra're'
AFTER all, however 1t is not II play.
an american puchess contains three
acts OF bright taik. Nearly all the ak is
bright nut II Is anropos or nothing at
all You wonder why all these people
are OH inc stage tfouhiins themselves
10 D" bright "heh thefe Is no occasion
lor IL oscar Wilde upon whose efforts
NT. flltIl CNllently models MS own
work. certainly has n plot. There is a
very strong scene III Lady Nlnder-
mcreS ran there Is "A story to "A Wo-
man OF no Importance In An Amer
lcah Duchess there is nothing but a
uucai couple IN hhahciai "Istress' Dor
rowing money from a baron with social
amoI'ion' VINO makes love 10 the duch-
ess' ana IS hnally Kicked from the an
cestral nails Ihat Is an Iherc care
niue i~rrcleVahcieS by the score in the
shape OF me everlasting juvenile comedy
lovers ana the perpetual American girl
ana her lord
} Much humor Is by freaks OF
costume Inc Lyceuin patrons, dying to
I see Herbert kclcey's legs-rather than
MS dramatic aoiiities-may behold them
2 p~romenading IN armor and garnet tights.
| Inc same with FRITZ Williams Who
however Is not original. Tor his legs are
' closely copied from those or Mile.
Paquerette' at Roster d Balls. Then
3 the ingenue displays a magnificent head
Oh hair' "hich her lovers arrange Tor
1 her IN sight or the audience N Miss
Cayvan IONS the costume OF Nell
: wynn tor the sake or looking quaint.
t MI F1tch attaches great histrionic value
n II n nFnn chr .lafO 1nuHr hnF hnNL