The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-07
"THE LOST PARADISE
Excellent Company Present an
Excellent Play at the
Academy.

1.-THE Lost Paradise opened a weeks
engagement at the Academy of Music
last hight before a large aud appreciative
audience. That the audience was both
large and appreciative Is no more than
the due of the performance. The cast Is
admirable. headed as it is by Forrest
Robinson. an actor of whom more
will be heard before long. the seem
cry and accessories in harmony. but +" the
play, the plays the thing!" OF all the
plays now on the stage dealing with the
tabor qusstlon"-and there are many
it presents the great struggle of the a ge
in the most just and temperate manner
It exaggerates no features Of the sub
ject. il gives no maudlin sympathy to
the one side, nor hysterical condo mpa-
lion to the other. 1t simply brings DO tn
sides before the audience. and 10 Il ma n
ner whose very simplicity is the mos t
convincing. Is needs no words to point
the scene in which the owner OF the
Kbowlto3 Iron Works makes the appeal
to his men to grant him their sympathy
for the sake of his daughter standing
there, and in the OF yielding. an
old workman calls from the stihtug
work room his sick daughter and her
rags to stand silently by his side.
The characters are all treatad with the
same moderation and fidelity to life.
The young capitalist, Ralph Standish,
was in the hands or an excellent actor,
Frank Dayton, who brought out to the
full extent the characteristic OF a man
brought up with theories on the labor
question and every other question, aud a
sublime Inconsistencies of the y essence
OF another side, He RANKS nexJ to Forrest
Robinson az Reuben Warner. The quiet
earnestness of this mans acting. the
complete absorption of his personality in
character. unite with his excellence as an
artist to place him 10 the trout rank Of
the profession. Miss Mabel B ,rt makes
II Margaret even better than her work of
last year. With one exception Prince
Lloyd as Bob Appleton, the cast is un-
changed from last year. 1t follows in
fuii:-
Andrew Knowlton; owner of the Knowl-
ton Iron Works. Mr.. Charles w. Stoke;
Reuben Warner, superintendent OF the
works. Mr.. Forrest Robinsou; Ralph
Standisb, the last leaf of the family tree,
Mr.. Frank. Dayton; Bob Appleton. hail
fellow. we'll met. aud very often, Mr..
Prince Lloyd: Fletcher. Mr.. kuowIton's
man of business. Mr.. H. A. Morey; Joe
Barrett, foreman. Mr.. James Richards:
Sch wartz. Benzel aud Hyatt, men at the
works. MIR. Lawrence E ldinger. Mr. S. 5.
Wjltsie and Mr.. James H. Cody;
Billy Hopkins. a spark from the
factory furnace, Mr.. George w. Neville;
King. Morris. workmen. Mr.. J. F. Marsh.
MI. Walter Wilder; Mrs. Knowlton, a
motheriy wording. Andrew Knowlton's
wife. Mrs. Kate Denim Wilson; Margaret
Knowlton, their daughter, the pearl tnat
the toiiers of the works have SET. Miss
Mabel Bert; Polly Fletcher. Mr.. Fletch-
er's niece. a country slip IN citv soil, Miss
Virginia Marlowe; Julia. maid at Kuo vi
toms, Miss Elite Morris: Nell. CInders.
Kate, girls ut the works, Miss Airline
Athens, Miss Fanny Conen. Miss Gene
We've Rollo.
The play will run during the week
with usual m%atinees.