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had come in "Patent Applied Fol" now
playing at the Academy of Music. There is
more machinery in the play than the aver
age boiler-works find it convenient to carry
around. Everything hat can possibly be
introduced upon the stage in its "reaI" form,
from q horse to a steamboat, comes on In
the course of the four acts.
TIL play opens with the interior of a ma
chine shop, the machinery in motion. Henry
Milburn, an aged inventor, has risked every
thing on the success of his machine, an cleo
tric wire braider. Grafton Chase. head of
the works, tries to compel an assignment of
the patent by getting control of Milburn's
money. This pleasant diversion is interrupt
ed by Lansing, foreman of the works, who
advances the money for obtaining the patent.
| Chase and Lansing, it may be observed, are
both in love with Milburn's daughter.
Thu trial test succeeds, and then there are
q series of efforts on the part of the villain
to get possession of the patent. Milburn
dies, and Chase steals his papers and
files them in his name. This plot gives a
chance for a number OF line scenes, one
where the heroine rides a fine racer straight
into a raging torrent and saves her lover;
but best Of all, a shipwreck where the whole
stage tips up on end. The wind is too shr1ll
in this scene.
Finally, the forgery of Chase is exposed by
a stereopticon, and everything is properly
adjusted. The realism throughout is ex-
| C6llcub. lueE6 Ii d u Olo PiOb oho u AA1O
cast, of whom the heroine, Miss Bertha
Creighton, deserves most praise. She is a
strikingly pretty young lady, who has evil
dent talent. The leading man would be
more interesting if he were less hammered,
and the villains hats are all too DIG for him
| and come dow over his ears. The rest OF
the cast is as follows:
Robert Lansing, foreman of the Empire
| Machine Works, Willard Lee; Grafton
| Chase, owner of the Empire Machine
Works, w. Q. Holden; Henry Milburne, the
inventor, Harry Rich; Jack Morris, a young
the tramp artist, Charles Aldrich, Captain
Walters, of the steamship Savannah, Harry
Rich; Officer Barton, of the Savan-
nah, r. Philips; Ben Baxrer, bo'swain
of the Savannah, M. j. McKewan;
Elias Smoots, Chase's legal adviser, G. Aid
| rich; Harvard Garrison, a scientist, Il. Rich;
David Bronson, for the plaintiff, Charles Z.
Huntington; Judge Crawford, of The United
States Court. George Morrison; Cortright,
for the defense, c.. Fl. Bower; Clerk of the
Court, II. French; Martin, a workman, N. j.
McKewan; Officer, George Long. Postman,
NJ. Blaekwood; Helen Milburn, Bertha
| Creighton; Nettie Walters, the Captains
| daughter, Blanche Nichols; Miss Lucinda
| Walters, the Captains sister, Eliza s: Hud-
! son; Bessie, a little mischief, Little Mabel
Charles Aldrich made the hit of the even
ing with his bat twisting.
The play is, on the whole, a very good
| one and deserves as much patronage all the
| week as it had last night.
New Opera House.
There is in 1.-THE Boy Tramp presented at
| the New Opera House last night, all the ele-
| ments requisite to make up a sensational
| drama if an artist had mingled them; but, as
the play stands, it is what Macaulay would
term Turkey carpet writing" He who put
this play together has had many happy mo
nents. of inspiration mingled with nlauratses
| quart diheufes. The plot tells OF the villain
les of a gambler who murders his half
| brother, puts his sister-in-law in a lunatic
| asylum, tries to murder her and then nearly
| succeeds in drowning her son, who, accord
| ing to the law followed by the Legitimate
| dranlatist, was stolen at his birth, put to
| nurse with a tramp, and finally meets his
! mother. who asks:-"Have YOU a split ear?'
sNo.n 'sThen it is my che-eild." Such a
positive Identification leads to others as inter
| esting. This young adopted tramp is an
interesting character of the play. He sees
his father murdered by his uncle, witnesses
his uncle attempt to murder his own mother,
| and allows the same enterpfising uncle to
| nearly drown himself without saying a word
excepting the somewhat vague Nj boy, Pm
onto YOU It is scarcely necessary to add
| thai the gambling uncle meets his reward;
| so, too, his wife, who instigated the murders,
while the s.Boy Tramp" and his mother and
/ every DOuy GE6 Ill III ptdJ IL % IaPEJ oo
any bodies can be. Augustin Melville is the
boy Tramp a peculiar role which he fills
creditably. A little less bathos would make
his part a strong one. Madame Melville as
| Mildred Earlston was an able impersonation.
Richard Earlston, the gambler, played by J.
| L.. Ashton, was not a very artist1caHy pre-
I sented character. Mr.. Ashton rants too
much, and even if one is a villain, it isn't al
ways necessary to mutter Course me" look
as Black as thunder and walk as If you had
| borrowed your legs and didn't exactly know
| how to use them.
Miss Daisy Stanwood as Myra was grace
| full, attractive and did her work well. Sally,
the maid, by Miss Lillian Barlow, was also a
bright piece of acting. The remainder OF the
cast having slight parts, had not much OPP
portunity to give a taste OF their quality. VI
these, however, Mr.. John F.. Clark sang sew
eral comic songs, which the audience heartily
| enioyed. The scenic effects are admirable,
and taking it all in all, the acquaintance OF
the NBoy Tramp" is worth cultivating.
Ross, Hoboken Theatre.
ssUnder the City Lamps" a melodrama of
high order, was presented at Ross Hoboken
| Theatre last evening, opening an engagement
| Of three NIGHTS The play deals with New
York life, and shows all phases of existence
in that big city. Interpreted by a strong
| company, it is made a play that commands
the good opinion of the theatregoer. Last
nights excellent house attested to the popu-
1arity of the play. A story of deep and
thrilling interest runs through it all, while
| the picture of familiar, city characters rem
ders the piece a truly realistic one. Mr..
| Richardson, the. author, has shown great
| ability in the construction of the play.
Among the realistic scenes are that at the
| ferryboat landing, the rescue from the water,
| and the bank scene, showing the huge vaults
/ and the safe doors. The engagement closes
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