The evening world., 1893-10-11
THE coRNcRAckER."

II seems almost impossible to believe
that the same man wrote Blue Jeans
and THE corncrackcr.' yet Joseph Ar
| thur has been popularity supposed to be
/ the 8uthor OF the former. and the pro-
gramme at the Fourteenth Street Thea
tire last night set him down as being
! responsible Tor the latter MIR. Arthur
friends will thing OF him In connection
with "Blue jeans" his enemies can do
nothing more crue! than mnt'cr "cnrn.
| cracker"
New York II treated to strange and
| eeric theatrical entertainments. Each
season is full Of them. FOR every body
/ who has dramatic wares 10 display
rushcs to the metropolis The Corn
cracker" is az remarkable as any OF
them. II is as incomprchensible az th"
progra mmc offered by "LOic Fullrr'S cc-
/ lrbrtlos," and as mystoriuusly unfathnr-
able az tlaY ! once saw at this same
theatre called AN Iron creed"
The corncracker' Is not drama,
! or a m'lodrnTa, or tarce.coneiy or
4 farce. or comedy or a buIloslu",
| or an extravaganza. II II cho~def,
nlloi with CHIPS Of everything. When
| you hear OF Il missing viii ami long
lost NOMINEE Sou think you have
aliHht"l upon "A drama. when Nancy Nail
is pushed inlo the drinking trough Your
thoughts turn to iioyt and farce-coE''lN
Wh"'. six irrelevant girls burst upon tin
SCENE and sing an Irrelevant song you
woL'cr II IT = eNtravdganHa and SIGH
/ for "liaG;" and when Eleanor carey
and Mat,.e Earle indulg" in Il cosy little
/ al, l,pip "a lslipNp
that You are unl, rgoin% Euvcry mel -
drama treatment after all. Thrn there
IL II nstirun ,psud. and a tiIrinG and
reathcring ARRAY, and at the end of the
| th'ri got Il very mia sort of a sensation
furnished by the falling Of an elevator
with red III" accompaniment
Mr.. Arthur has jumbl"d al these in
cidrnts together. The corn rackrr" Is
simply chaos. Even tn" ingenious Ill
tie gallery boy will BE- able TO make
nothing Of It. lie will hear OF the Gle.
/ vatOi accident. and wait for IT, but
/ Ire will be disappointed, for it Is very
;umc, ana not worth seeing after three
acts # 'waddlr. The word corn.
cracker" seems To signify Il Kentucl<ian
who places extreme reliance upon him
/ self. and makes his own Whiskry In
some inrXpllCabie way H. is woven into
! IL" talky labyrinth ut tn" Fourteenth
! street Theatre. and perhaps he enjoys
| himself We wust hope for III" best
| In the cast was Miss ,lulith Bcrull"
! who wore II couple of neat froclis. and
/ one pcnsve air. She made n very Wig.
uruus sp" Oh. In which she said: My
! love YOU can never have. you coward
sCoundrr aud liar or words to ina,
/ effect. Sh" seemed to be- Very NcXed
, about somethins-puit- put out, as II
were but the audience diln't know
what it was. and, consequently, couldn't
sympnihizs. Miss Eleanor Carey, as q
long-lOst momm"r. who IL recognize
by II chrome FOR which she is supposed
10 have sat tried to make come thinl
OF her part, and Miss Matte Earle con
, trihuted Il dialect skrtch--the dialec
, consisting Of the use of the word "pus
son" for person" William Inrcrsol
played the leading male role and wor,
a iovahl. little brown vclvctecn suit.
Mr.. Ar,hurs agent IA short time ago
sent out III" priceless information tina
the rchoar"als Of "rhe cornCrac ker'
we're conducted behind barred doors. Mr.
Arthur might safely drop his manu-
script on Fourteenth street. Nobod,
would PICK II up. ALAN DALE.