The record-union., 1894-03-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Clunie Opera-house last night
d. X. Higgins sensational play, kid
naped,' was produced with Mr.. Higgins
in a leading role, and Miss Georgia Wal
dron, also new face, as leading woman.
Mr.. Higgins IS very clever character
actor and low com median-it was in such
lines that this play presents him, at least.
lie won great deal OF applause, and de-
servedly so. Miss Waldron is evidently
an emotional actress OF considerable eX-
perience. She made an excellent impress
sion. She reads clearly, with feeling,
and appears to lose selt-consciousness,
which is always a virtue on the stage
The support by Jennie Calef, Andrew
| Waldron, Mr.. Armstrong, MIR. Bacon,
| Miss W Weideman, Miss Powers and
Miss SeabroOke was good. MIR. Cooley
! had little TO do or read, and Mr.. Sam
! brooke is oYer-heavy for the part given
him. The play introduced the novelty OF
a kidnapping scene in which hack drawn
by spirited horses takes a part; also a
scene in which a police patrol wagon is
used, which is not new, however, as 1t
follows the line of plays that intro
duce the fire patrol wagon. AS to
the play itself, il is simply red-hot
with eXtraVagant situations and thrilling
scrapes and escapes. Just exactly what
1t was all about it was little difficult to
understand, for it is so full OF activity
that the auditor is kept ION the jump"
following the fortunes OF the leading
characters, torlorn and pursued maldens,
unfortunate lovers, deep-dyed villains,
hagS, fences, criminal hireLings, police
men, heroes, and the like so that there is
but little time and small opportunity to
study the plot. The whole pay, while it
has an abundance OF low comedy situa-
tIons and action. is peppered all over with
, crime. An actual catalogue of crimes
and otfenses III the play shows these to be
committed: forgery, murder. robbery,
dragging, sandbagging, false personation,
criminal disguise. criminal lying in wait,
kidnapping, arson, burglary, riot. battery,
Matchmaking, chlOroforming, THEFT, aid
ing escapes with trimmings such as in
sanity, attempted assassination, false i'm
prisOnment, conspiracy, resisting an Of
hcer, false accusation, garroting, and
drowning. That the remainder of the
codes OF otfenses, moral and statutory,
was not introduced, was due only to the
exhaustion of the actors and the ex-
piration Of the time OF the play. Po-
licemen, mad people, prosecuted maid
ems, villains and their accomplices,
lovers, wives, heroes, bludgeons, pistols,
tire. water. bombs, daggers, horses,
coaches, police wagons, dark lanterns,
gags, skeleton keys, stolen marriage GER
tihcates, ETC., etc., were so mixed up with
love, death, insanity, crime, persecution,
wit, humor. sentiment, love-making,
head-breaking, and the like, that one is
kept in whirl from beginning to end,
and is scarcely able to see W hat the trouble
on the stage is, except that as the curtain
goes down the auditor realizes that vice
meets its DUE virtue its reward, true love
gains its goal. honesty is on top and devil
try is downed. In an interlude young
woman. Miss Katie Raymond, who is in
the stock company as q figurante and
serving maid, made her first appearance
as balladist. She was, naturally. en-
barrassed, but sang her ballad and won
an encore. From less beginnings we
have seen success come. kidnapped"
will be repeated to-night.
Last evening Court Capital. Foresters
of America, gave an enjoyable musical
and literary entertainment, which was
largely attended.