The evening world., 1894-03-09
STAGE NEWS AND NOTES.
Manager Conried Reappears as
an Actor in a Pretty Play.
Edward Fales Coward's Drama
Was u Success.

Manager Heinrich Conried reap
peared' as an actor at the Irving Place
Iheatre last night In a peculiar but
interesting play called Der Process
hansl.' The principal character in the
piece is a wealthy peasant known as
Andreas Lahndorfer, who Is very fond
OF lawsuits, and who is an inveterate
stickler for his rights. He is engaged
In II bitter controversy with %Stiglbauer,
whose son Franz loves L~ahndorfer's
daughter Burgl. Lahndorfer tries to re-
venge himself on Stiglbauer by securing
a piece of his land, and there is a strong
scene between the old man and Franz.
who tries to show him the Illegally OF
MS action. Burgl has another sutton In
Toni, a young man who has never
known his father. and who is the son OF
Lisl, an old villager. Toni formally asks
Tor Burgrs hand, but at the end of the
second act 1t is discovered that Lahn-
dorfer is TOMS father, and that Burgl
Is consequently his half-sister. Tableau.
In the third act old L%ahndorfer Is over
whelmed with misfortunes. Money
lenders threaten him, and lawsuits
swamp him. Toni is brought In on a
s%tretcher, severely injured, and old Lisl
d~enounces L~ahndorfer as the boys muir
derer. L~ahndorfcr breaks down, but
Toni. Of course, is not dead. The play
Is soon brought to an end. Lahndorfer
falls Ill, and during his illness Franz
takes charge Of the farm and s%traightens
out it's affairs. The old mar Is touched
by this. repents, and gives Franz his
daughter. Toni marries Francs sister.
Heinrich Conried did remarkably good
work, although he was slightly hoarse.
Herr Strassfnann was Franz, Herr Thall-
man, Toni, and Fri. Durand, Burgl.
Courtlandt Palmer gave his second con-
cert at the Madison Square Garden Con-
cert Hall, yesterday afternoon: He
ccRSypin, Se'f Iisst. ' TsGhai ins TSrkS an Hf
others, with excellent effect. Mr.. Palmer
Is not a great pianist. but he is a charm
Ing one. He plays with delicacy, refine
by Anton Seidl's orchestra. which did
not distinguish itself by any means.
Hearts Are Trumps," presented last
made a hit. 1t proved to be bright,
entertaining and witty. 1t was described
as artificial" and 1t was certainly not
"a was study nSn OF t life as Mor we k faT int it; Yet int it
story deals with the love adventures Of
Miss Mabella Weilworth. who Is heiress
to ESQ, 600, and a certain Capt. Audacity.
smoothly. but at the end Of the play
everybody is satisfied. There are sew
eral amusing, episodes and n or two
clever situations. In the cast We're
4. Taintor, f.. F. Coward, G. N. Han
lin. and the Misses Byron. Shipper aid
Kenyon.
Fleurette, the graceful little high kick
or. who Is at Proctor's Theatre this week.
does not share the popular opinion con-
corning, the danger OF the ''snlit" dance.
late. At least, she says that she herself
II did the split for the first time ten
sn s's the asV worse see fe sa'p Il. an" enjoy wa any ne sort
Of dancing: The, split, high kicking and
other incidental features of modern
dancing serve to keep me in good ply
The reckless liberality OF manager Is
occasionally extraordinary;r 4 young
tpekyt" 4 he would allow her to try
drama. She did not want any salary:
she was merely anxious to see IL she
The young woman appeared and did
very well indeed. At the end of the
first week the manager informed her
to play the part for another week. This
she gladly did. At the nd of that time
he told her that she had been 80 salts
factory that he would like her to con-
season. and go to Chicago with the piece.
II should like to do So" she said, but
I th!nk / should be entitled to n salary.
I shouldn't want much-just an under
study's salary" "Oh!' declared Mr..
Lit, aghast, IT couldn't think Of such