The evening world., 1894-05-29
LADY GLADYS

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was with him as soon as the last cur
tain fell at the Madison Square Theatre
last night. II was meant to be one OF
those verdicts which Juries deliver with
out leaving the box.
Well, Lady Gladys was not as bad as
that. The outside weather was wretched,
but there was something tolerable about
the play. The principal trouble seemed to
be that II needed elbow room. The meas
ure Of Lady Gladys Is melodramaic,
and the comedy Ind domestic drama d.
mensions OF Mr.. Hoyt's theatre kind Of
cramped It and crowded everybody. The
painful impression given by all the
players was that they were acting under
a small glass case. and were afraid to let
themselves loose lest they smash things
to smithereens. Even the star. Mrs.
Minnie Seligman-Cutting kept her emo
tons In n supremely suppressed condi-
ton, and remained a pent-up Utica OF
dramatic expression to the very end.
Only once did she consent to haul on
and knock the daylights out OF a situa-
ton. and that was at the end OF the hrst
act-when the heroine. wrought up to a
righteous frenzy by the heartiessnese
and cruelty OF the parvenu old chap. who
has purchased her famfly's estate ana
In turning her out OF her home. rises on
her tippy-toes and wrathtully remarks;
you have had my fathers answer 10
your i%nsinuations and Insults. now axe
mine whereupon she cracks the crusty
old guy across the face with her riding
whip. II seemed rather funny at hrst
that she should be going out into the
cold world in a rid ng costume, but TINS
incident explained the necessity Tor the
rig. No explanation. however. was or
fnred for later on sending Sir gilbert
Vance oht into a Rlp-Nan-Winkle-hke
storm with an old red slipper on MS
foot and nothing % shelter his Martina
Washington hair from the biting blasts
Mrs. Seligman-Cutting appeared to
carry n deep and dismal regret all
through the rest of the play for having
given way. to her feelings in that horse
whining : scene. The play actually
moaned for more OF her to slosh around
in after that; 1t gasped as II 1t were
laced too tight; II pleaded to be given a
loose leg so that It could cavort about
like n healthy, h!gh-spirited melodrama;
It fairly begged at several points for
more histrionic excitation to the cubic
inch thar 1t was getting and less nerv-
Gus prostration. Put Mrs. Seligman-
Cuttings dramatic mensuration refused
to deal with larger dimensional roper
ties. 70 Lady Gladys was served up
to the audience, who tried to take II all
seriously. In crushed chunk of emotion
that were difficult Of recognition and as
unappeasing as n gum-drop might be to
n hungry hippopotamus.
Lady Gladys Hope. in the guise OF a
Miss Gascoigne. who Is the travelling
companion of n giddy young blonde
countess. wins. unsolicited. the love of
the son OF the man who took away the
Hopes home and sent My Lady's father
to his grave with a broken heart. She
becomes his wife and receives for her
wedding portion the estate which the
Hopes had lost. Returning to her former
home she turns her father-in-law out OF
doors. and tells the son to 20. too. The
latter gets brain fever. but lives to have
the vengeful Gladys find out that he had
done her father Il great kindness In his
declining years. which causes her to call
everything square and take her hus-
panu bach to her arms. besides es-
tablishing a first-rate entente-cordiale
petween herself and her Martha-w Wash
ington-haired fathcr-in-law.
10 ,. u''hss Lazy GLADYS
a,". SHIPS
,. a 'e'ha'e with "a feud ranking
~ neA''. She looks colly-wobbly
VI ~ .'"'e' Out feebiy laughs the
vi mn'" you tel her she needs
.''' Sne iai'S INTO iachrymose
lars anu 'neh again she
VII "e,aei III d SOIL low. confidential!
way m"ie u pe"iidered Bioomingdale
|oN ,'' "Fr eyes laik about repres-
'"' "'t W" nave II with suppression,
'o''p'ess'oh' depression and all the
u,"e'" thrown IN me actress uses her
'o"er register entirely, so that her
voice may IN no way betray her feel
i'ss' her pericardium liz filled with cot
''n batting to deaden the heart-throbs,
ana her pulse Is mutiied to prevent an
awful calamity following the quickening