The evening world., 1894-04-10
RIVAL CANDIDATES"

Money counts for very little In Charles
r. Iazey and / y Morriss American
cornely. Rival Candidates, produced at
the Madison Square Theatre last night.
The sweet little hcrolne's lover Is unable
to meet q $4,000 note. which belongs to
her She Instantly tears II up and nlngs
away the pieces with the words, Il don't
wan, the money" Tom Bansomer. n
football youth. wants TO marry Kitty
krrdrcn. lie has no money, so he deter
mines to put $1,000 on horse rnCe and
make $1,000 on the deal The 5000 is
of course. a mere hngatelle. III you
can't put 1t on one horse. put 1t on the
other says Tom to John Douglas
And money. the root OF all evil. is also
the root OF this play. John puts th so go
on the winning horse for young Tom,
anI gets the 5000 Then hc has n
struggi" with himself, II" needs the
$4,000 10 meet the note that Janet holds,
Shall he take these winnings and let
Tom continue to believe that he has lost
on. no, noble stag" hero! No, no. no,
We are all willing to swear that you will
do nothing OF the sort; that you will
merely have Il mental conflict, aloud. In
/ the centre Of the stage. for two minutes,
and that you will hand the bills to Tom
with a despairing, II cannot do 1t; can
not. will not" This is. In effect, what
| happens. and It Is then that the heroine
tears up the paper
| There is n dcep-dyed villain In the
play, who is John D5uglas's rival in pol
!tics and love. Exactly what the politi-
cal position IS for which they are both
| striving Is not made clear. But this
! doesn't matter n bit. Nobody cares.
| The villain is state Treasurer and en-
hozzles state funds, and does 1t all
neatly until the last act when he Is dis
covered by the hero and foiled. He alsl
plays the races. and insists upon n
Jockey losing that race upon which John
Douglas has placed the 5000. He Is a
very bold. bad man,
In spite of several glarng improbable
Ties "Iival Canddatos'' is an inter
estlnE and n human play. our reason
may rebel at the inconsistent. but W,
occasionally leave 1t at home when W,
30 to the theatre. and don't bother our
selves about logic any more than do tn,
children when they revel in the nursery
rhymes. The play is also we'll written
the language Is distinctly American ano
good. So much Is perpetrated libellouslS
ns American that Is not good that 1t l:
II pleasure to record this agreeable poin
In Rival Candidates"
The play was well acted JOSEPH
WheeloCk. as the hero, was fOrceful and
effective. Perhaps his work lacked tht
polish that our modern leading mer
possess. but WheeloCk Is an excellent
actor, and it is a pity that ne plays 81
seldom nowadays. Francis Carlyle has
never done anything so good as this
deep-dyed villain. He showed US the
best villain that New York has seen for
long time. The role Is an ungrateful one
but Mr.. Carlyle made 1t not unpleasant
and almost intelllgible. Mrs. Barker ant
Miss Victory Bateman were pleasing
and Louis Haines. a clever little boy
distinguished himself. Miss Lottie Alter
was too self-Conscious and loud, ant
Henry Chanfrau seemed to be unComfort
able. George II. Edeson and John II
Browne made the most Of their parts
and Miss Lillian Lawrence erred onl,
In the costuming of hers. Ovcrdressinl
appears to be n disease nowadays, anC
Miss Lawrence has bad attack. He
gowns were excessively talkative.
ALAN DALE.