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

was with him Ms soon ~ the last cur
tain fell Ut the Madison Square Thohtro
last might. II wna meant to br one OF
those vcrdicta which jurics deliver with-
out leaving tho box.
We'll, "Lndy Glndya'' was not Ms hnd ms
that. The outside weather was wr"'ch"h'
but there was something thlcrahlc about
the play. The principal trouble seemed TO
ho that II needed elbow room. tn" meas
urc uf Lady GlndyH' II melodromauc,
and the comedy md domestic drama d.
mcnrlons OF MIR. iioyt's theatre kim 81
crnmrrd 4, and crowded everybody, In"
painful Impression given by all the
~p,nycrs was that they were acting under
n small glass cnsc. and were afraid to let
themselves loose lest they smash things
to smIthcrccns Even 'thc star. Mrs
Minnie Cutting. kept her emo
tons In u supremacy suppressed condi.
tI,n nrd remained II pcnt-up Nt!cn Of
| dramatic expression to the very end,
only once ala che consent 10 maui o."
and knock the daylIgh,s out " u sltua'
| ton. aud that was Mt the end ot 'he n'S'
net when the heroine, wrought mp 70 a
righteous frenzy by the henr'css"'H'
and cruelty ~ the pnrrenu old chaP' "no
has purchased her farmly's estate an"
IL turning her out Of her home, rises ""
her t,ppy toes and wrathfully remarks
"you have had my fathers answer I"
your i]nsinuations and insults, now take
mine" whcrcupon ehc cracks the crnS'F
old guy across the face with her r'n'ns
within II seemed rather funny NJ hrs'
TINT she should he going out Into the
| cold world In n ridinS costume pn' 'n'H
Incident EXPLAINED the necessity Tor the
rio No exclamation. however. was or
torel for later on sending Sir Gilhert
y,rc. ont into n Rip-Van-Winkle-kke
,,,,, with mn old rcd slipper on MS
foot and nothing % shelter his MARIN"
v,,.,I,,ton hair from the biting blasts.
Mrs. sel,smnr-Cut appeared TO
ANY , deem and dismal regret all
through tho rest Of the play Tor having
| given WAY To her feelings In that horse
| whirrinc scene. The play ac'uh''y
moan,i for more OF her to slosh around
In after that; It sasred as II " were
laced too tight: Il pleaded TO he given n
loos, leg .o that II could carort about
like n healthy. high-spirited me'odrama'
N fairly begged at several points Tor
more histrionic cNcitatior to the cuhic
inch than Il was getting and less nerv-
ous prrstration. Rut Mrs, Seligman-
Cuttings dramatic mensuration refused
10 deal with larger dimensional proper
ties, 50 Lady Gladys was served up
to the audience. who tried to a X II all
seriously, In crushed chunks OF emotion
that were diffcult OF definition and as
unapreasing as n Rur-dror might be 10
\ hungry ~hippopotamus.
lady GLADYS Hone, In the guise OF n
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