The evening world., 1893-11-01
SHORE ACRES"

IL II not JAMES a. il'IhVS
~;iCnliity. as many people suppose that
attracts 50 much attention In Ills o1er-
inss 10 the stage. Il is his truth IN"
urcrring brush with when lie pants
familiar co'oTs, a"t ms NecAIlaF Glit OIL
l"'rg -t.e - detect the humorous ana
~" pathetic nm.! The sometimes Il
r.al!"'s 4 lo".y Ht". Most rlay"tBhtS
present = series az ei'splcs that ar
;r-iat IN spots tnl.' They arc a'rai4
- - go natural. IN the dread - be'om-
'rr l.:"0 nj la. 50 ihey call IN the ald
d.. ih...i-.A. n-'ie she NlIa.n' the
W. r-.i woman. the climax tsi"r" 'a.h
c~-r;-.1. and the pairing OF tn" lovers at
the t~i e th2 play. No wonder That
'he perpetual ln.al-s-E7er grows weary.
lie has The same DIT every night The
i".sssa"; water.5r,P viii wear out 4
store
NJ E.rne !s not afraid 70 h. natural,
arI lie certainly is never Cgwraorllaee.
II ''@-F- Acres which Hal It's second
I'rf-T~ar,a ~ the i.tth Aysnu" The
ai-" lasi night. p" has written a play
50 Absolutely satisfying to truth that
."' n-rNe.s al the lire,in'.s Of some
~ the touches. that are apparently
aimed carc,sssiy. There are beautiful
~ ''des IN this rlay-pisod's that cause
he eyes TO mois;,n and the straps OF
convention that bend n man rigii.y into
his mundane shell, to loosen their hold.
such a Pay M st be educational and
hoy "hria! in its influence. l would take
c~r.Tinals in a body - see 1t. ard rely
mere upon its effects than on all the
mat colby inundate those I'M
i~c''Gnaies. Tn" sermons. al any rate,
could come afterwards. To those who
ara not criminG!s-to you and to me
who have nothing more hopeless than a
i~0lchen~i oriiermis-'Shore Acres" Is
a sweet aid fragrant zephyr, blowing us
mo a sort Of duleet appreciation Of
n-S.@c'ed hutIes'
We saw at this SANE theatre the
CRIME ana the nature Of Mr.. Tnomas's
in Mlzzonra'' n We can now COM
pare IN" effects OF Mr.. Herne's play with
Inc o'ap-'rap haturaIneSs and the the
alF!la' Ia'hPs OF Ihomas effort.
ii"fh' LOOKS at the SKY; Thomas at the
mes anu wings HeTne touches the
Po'NeilhS eye Ihcmas the o~pera-glass
lha' you can obtain by putting a quarter
IN the F!ot. The crime of In MizZoura'
coIIi be copyrighted; the nature a
SHORE Acres belongs to all who can
discover it
Yet shore Acres while pregnant
with realism, is ais tempered with
i4e1lism HerDe's kitchen Is true !:
ne, but II is hcaut.ael before II is pre-.
sHatcl. n at the silver wedding dir.
h'T the guests who pat their kni,es In
their mouths refrain from other and
more offensive acts that such folk
would in all probability commit. NJ
Herne Is not a lola He is real. but
he Is also iieal. The character Of Ma.
thahl'! Berry is robbed Of its angles.
me story OF Shore Acres is sim
rl!clty itself. Into the delightful littl,
Homestead near Bar HGrboT creeps Z
serpent in the shape Of a land boomer
lie soWs tn" see!s Of discomfort in thu
breast OF Martin berry, whose propert!
ne coVets Tor building lots Til
seeds have taken root in the secont
Gct. ana he harmony of the home Il
ruined In the third act misery ha
claimed Martin. his daughter. her lover
cid Nat and the household. In tn
fourth act content is pathetlcally re
stored, and the final curtain falls upor
the heaming content and se~lf-abnegatior
OF Nat as he retires. after the happy set
tiement OF all difficulties, leaving tn,
stage silent ana solitary, and the audi
eAce wondering why they are SO moved
by a voorhees, non-theatrical scene.
h beauty OF the play is MARIE
somewhat by the Introduction OF the in
cident dealing with the unnecessar!
] InpIt OF WhlCh NClls lover is accused
IRIS seems 10 be a tribe cheap, and
strikes one as being dragged in. TIL
lighthouse scene, in which Martin tr!e