New-York tribune., 1894-10-23
THE ORA VI 4.

MR. CRANE IN THE PACIFIC NAIL.
# was repeatedly said around the Star Theatre
last night that from The Merry Wives o.
Windsor TO THE Pacific Mai" was long way
That was the distance that William H. crane a''N
his company traverscd between Saturday nlsh' anu
Monday night. The Pacific Mali ~ iarcica
piece which Paul VI. Potter has adapted from lom
Taylor's The Overland Route" The play SHOWS
the extremely unusual occurrences OF certain
VOYAGE OF the city OF pekng. one act s IN the
cabin OF the steamer one on the deck. ana ah"'n'r
a reef in the Pacific. Mr.. Crane represents I"
desperate man, who fees from his VIE ana u'tS
to get back to America as ships surgeon WIN
other knowledge OF surgery or medicine 'hah
that he carries in THE Family Physician uhder
his arm. OF course his wife gets on board the
ship. and he. tired OF her as he Is se'S
furiously jealous at her frtatons with other h'e"
There are some minor entanglements among the
twenty other characters.
The Incidents of the play are rather discoh
ncctcd. and at times a little confused. but they
afforded moderate amusement Al the beginning
OF the second act the first officer OF the ship took
occasion to explain that the variation OF the com
pass sometimes caused ship To steer the wrong
way and run on rocks. Accordingly, at the end
OF the act, she ran upon something which proved
in the next scene to have considerable e.evation
above the water. As thp night was perfectly clear
and fine, full moon was shining at the moment
the accident occurred. it might be unfair, however
to blame the compass entirely for II.
Mr.. Crane has often shown his skill In Illustrating
the sorroHs OF engaging miidio-agcl gentlemen
among love affairs and nrta,ion- and cross pur-
poses. He did again last night and exhibited
his large fund OF comicality and mis- faculty OF
making hts auditors sympathize with him. whether
he was In the right in the wrong. All the parts In
the play except Mr. Cranes small parts, and
they wer- for the most part played excrNeny. Nat
uraly. no Yer. when the part OF the star Is sub
tracted and ne rest OF the play divided by twenty
there is not much left for each supporting actor -
do The women Of the company were all especially
pleasing. Miss rfoilot pagct III" rccreant wife
and she such N might be expected 10 10
extremely dgrtcah.. to whom she pleased ana none
the less make the lfc Of her husband an !nto."rh-
bic burden. Miss Anne O'Ncill Miss Mary Saun-
ders whose presence this stage Is a Now ana
most pleasant acquisition. and Miss Lizzie hudson
Collier represented thres young women Who re-
sentcd neglect. and right IN doing All three
acted with charming spirit anl frightened all the
stage pictures IN which they appeared The most
prominent Of the men We're Orr!n Johnson. boyi
Putnam and Percy Brooke
At the end OF the second act M Crane WAS called
upon for a speech and said Ladies and Gentle
| only assure YOU that | appr"cat" the
motive which has actuatcd you 10 plac" m" IN thS
position We have reached a stage II the proceed
ngs when II = dangero is 20 feel safe. thank you
for your goodwill but | much prefer {" wait TIL
get through before saying anything further