The morning call., 1893-08-01
AT THE THEATERS.
"Aristocracy" Is on at
the Baldwin.
The New Piece at the California.
Hollis Benefit at Stockwell's.
"Mme. Angot' at the Tivoli.

Company, drew a good company of first.
Fighters 10 the Baldwin last evening. 1t is
said Bronson Howard spent over two years In
wiling This play, just one year less than
DEnery gives TO bis best work; but we can
not concede that 1t is the best effort of
Howard's brain. Ii tells the story of a newly
rich California family struggling to obtain rec.
oenition in the high Eastern and European
circles. and has for It's theme the marriage OF
American helfeSses to titled foreigners. Mau.
rice Barrymore Is well placed as Jefferson
Stockton, the head OF the newiy-rich family,
and one who besides great wealth. has a good
deal OF common. sense, needed where he has to
deal with the foolish caprIces of his women
folk and as a defense galnst tn cupidity of
the spenGthIift English nobility seeking TO re-.
coup exb listed fortunes by an alliance with
rich American D rvenues. He is defeated,
though. in the INSTANCE OF his daughter Vir
ginia G. ISIS Mary Hampton) marrying, In mo-
ment of nique, the Prince Emil Won Halden-
void of Vienna tWiliam Faversham), rascal
OF the first wafer. Some Of the good scenes in
the play are IN The second act. at
the Normandie House. London, where
the Interviews take place between Stockton
peie, and he Prince. to whom Virginia has
been clandestinly married while she was sup
posed TO be att ndne a royal d,aWing-rO0m.
The dresses In this scene richly elaborate,
and there is good deal OF tnesse shown by
The ladies on the stage in preventing their loug,
drawn.out trains interfering with each other.
If these were the court dresses of the time no
wonder the Queen issued an edict against
them. The play is further intended as
point OF the satire is not very
keene as il fails to reach the
intelligence of the audience. There was but
slight recognition of The different phases
thought 10 be striking. Fayersham did some
good work as the Prince, as also did little
Blackstone In The Earl Of Caly>ion- Leigh.
Buck stone. Miss Maud White as Catherine fen
Bioeck Lawrence, aud Fred Bond as Octave
Due de Nieny-Va ianIe OF Paris, furnished what
little comedy there is IN the niece but 1t WAS
so gauzily genleel that II scarcely provoked
smile. a Leatty laugh would have been OUT of
place in the midst of such chilling respectable
itY. The same bill Tonight.
Robert Bruce Maniel supported by good
dramatic company, reopened the New CalifOr-
MIA Theater last evening with Charles Os.
borne's romantic drama, THE Face in the
Moonlight" Man,ell imrersonated tho dual
role OF Robert, 4 criminal, and Victor Ambrose
soldier, and in both presentations acquitted
himself we'll In the melOdramatic vein. The
business turns on a case of mistaken Identity
ana and lesemblrs In ms respect the work on
but the details in the working out are
far apart from each other. Tue play is very
strong and Mantell is robust in the action ali
through. This story has already been pub
lished ano II unnecessary TO repeat II. Some
good acting was seen in the effort OF b. e:
Engoa as a gande, spy M,er y Ernest
Miss Charlotte Behrens was little
oppressive as Lucille muoier. Miss Cath
crime kerrigan neat as Marquette
The management fulfilled Its promise in
mounting the inlay VIII. The different scenes
were admirably set and each formed a picture.
There are -four acts, III each OF which the title
OF The play Is carried on. There Is, besides
the face in The m0oni CHI. the face in the street.
the face In the picture ami the face in the
prison where Victor Is about to be condemned
for Rabats crime. This evening Mantells ia.
vorite PRESERVATION. Monbsrs, VIII be given in
The play OF that name. The audience was not
as large as the peIfol nance deserved.
Miss Lorraine Hollis had a rather meager
benefit at the Stockwell, but better, it is re-
ported in financial results, than that John Jack
received. Roger La Honte," the play for the
occasion, has now been running for over q
week at this house and there seems 10 be no
diminulion of the public interest IN il. 1t is
rerme ated In good many OF its scenes by the
element OF unexpr ctedness and thus keeps
the attention Of the audience on the CuI yiye
The attractions OF Il play may be measured by
the distance between the remark OF a posted
auditor. Il know IL ALL" and the question Of
QUO ignorant of he plot. "What comes next?"
In the one case there Is dullneSS, in the other
the easerDesS OF expectancy,
The Misses Pla,sied and Liddiard, who have
had previous experience together in ia File
de Madame AngOt," distinguished themselves
last night in his LecocG opera at the Tiv0li.
The previous experience was in Australia.
Plaisted appeared as Clalrette ana Liddiard as
Mile. Lange-the same characters they as
sumed last ev'nng. and In which they won
more than The usual meec OF applause. Phil
Branson as Ange PitoD. the poet, also dlstin-
guished himself by his political BALLADS and his
manner OF escaping punishment for singing
them. There was so much satisfaction given
by the performance Of these three principal
characters that the opera must be gOOG for a
substantial weeks run.
THE Lady OF Lyons was produced at the
Groye-street Theaier. with Miss Kate Dalgeish
as Pauline, and NOrvai McGreg0r as Claude.
Holden played Beausent in good TASTE and Mr..
+. n. Ihayrr Colonel DamuS with the precis-
ion OF an old and trained actor; but the "rest is
silence"