The morning times., 1895-11-03


IN the Year One this week, but Nei
has heartlessly postponed the production
of this new comedy, and although l am
distracted with curiosity, ! viii have Ia
wait until Saturday night before j shall
be permitted To gaze un the syiph-iike Mel
In flowing robes of snowy white. I'm
sure he Will look the part.
Alter years of patient toiiing David
Bclasco has at last got there on the
opening night uI ''HeaIt III Maryland at
the Herald Square he came beiorc the cur
tain in response Ia enthusiastic calls ana
these were his words:
u nave worked Twenty-Five years Tor
Tonight. | have been a supcrnumerary, i
call boy, i property man, Il player oi stnaB
parts. an auapIcr OF French plays, and this
little drama lo-hight-we3l, L hope to DC
q dramatist."
There was not one in the audience who
DOUBTED bis success. and all knew that ne
well deserved it. The Heart Of Mary
land is Iull of sentiment, which appeals
to the sympathics and tear ducts good
share ui the time. 1 is finely acted and
beautifully staged.
Mrs. Leslie carter has improved under
Be asco's tuition and is now Il satisfactory
actress Had she only become divorced
earlier in life believe she would have been
a great success on the stage. She has a
line presence and knows how to wear good
clothes. She is delightful In her love
scenes and Always sincere and convincing.
Her voice is sweet, and intelligence marks
her work at all times.
Her hair is the roddcst red / ever saw.
III remember rightly it was darker when
she played in Miss Helyeu." j thought 1t
beautirul then, but now it would make
bricks turn pale and brightest of hiazes
lose their lustrc. On, Mrs. Leslie, have
you fuulishly had ii dyed? If so, wny old
you not choose magenta for the color?
John E. Kellard acts the villain 50 well
that L. J. Henley, who was originally cast
for the part, is not missed. To play a strong
melodramaatic scene while one is supposed
to be under the influence of liquor is no
easy job, and Mr.. Kellard acc"mplishes
that feat so successfully that / heard a
man behind me, who had been out to ''see
q man. and was late getting back, Ask an
sCuua intance if ellard hadn't been taxing
q little too much since the play began.
don't like Ma urice Barrymore. ]
never did. His reading is dreadful. He
attacks ali of his sentences in an explosive
manner, and in the end becomes almost
inaudihe Barrymore looks well as the
hero, but the person who ever told him he
could act has lot TO answer for.
went over 10 Brooklyn last Friday night
to See Lewis Morrison IN Yorich's Love-,
the play which the laTe La wreDce Barrett
appeared III so many times. / believe
thirt Mr. Morrison can play anything we'll
comedy, pathoS, or tragedy. He has
very expressive face and is skilled in all
the technique of the stage.
The play not only afr fords him rare
opportunities, but Florence Roberts Nor
rison. his wife and leading lady, appears
to better advantage than any other part
1 have ever seen her in. She is charming
and wears some exquisite gowns, as We'll
as diamonds galore.
One effective dress consisted of shrimp
pink satin with a narrow vine of apple
green running through 1t. The front OF
the skirt was separated aud drawn back,
and up. on the hips in overskirt fashion,
displa ying a beautiful petticoat of white
mousseline dc sole, combined with fine
Valencennes lace and insertion.
Around the top of the decollete bodice
and the waist was a fine ruchng of apple
green satin. Mrs. Morrison's beautiful
neck looks well in a low-cut dress.
Nat Goodwin and Ambition" at the
Fifth Avenue, reminds me very forcibly
of William II. Crarc and The Senator"
So much that AT times one is liable to for
get that he is witnessing a new play.
The part of Senator Beck " as made to
order for GoodD in. Of ii had been written
before Nat vas born, / should say lie was
made 10 order for Senator Beck.) 1t is
perfectly suited TO his methods and enter
tanning personality and as such a medium
is a success. The farce mot playl is hardly
true to nature. Imagine If you can
former brake Nv ister, coolly and positively
refusing the nomination for the Presidency
when il is almost forced upon him.
''The Shop GIRL a musical farce, was
presented at ''Palmer's" Monday night by
George Edw ardc's London Company. The
book is by II. ]. W. Dan and the music by
Ivan Caryl. The shop girl is a foundling
who turns out TO he great heiress. There
are many songs and spccialities intro
duced and some shapely Gaiety Girls are
shown. Gaety girls are always inter
esting, particularly to the bald heads.
That much lauded actor, Henry Irving,
and Ellen Terry are playing in Macbeth" at
Abbey's. This is Hcnry's first appearance
here as the Thane of Cawdor. Mr.. Irving
as an actor he is inferior to many of our
unlauded American thespians.
But he is English you know" and a real
"sir" and think I have lots OF nerve TO
dare criticise him. Don't you?
Ihad the blues last week and rs a remedy
went to see 1.-The Gay Parisians' again.
When / came out my sides ached but my
blues were gone. 1t is one of the funniest
farceS / have ever seen.
The four girls who do q night-gown dance
in their bed-chamber and are mistaken for
ghosts are pretty, but can't imagine why
Odette Tyler always wears low -necked
dresses. Even when she visits at neigh
bor's house without hat or wrap she appears
IN loose neglige gown which shows her
shoulders TO an alarming degree.
Then again she goes TO theater in a
low-cut evening dress and passes through
the streets to restaurant, with n hat on
TO be sure, but with well exposed neck.
OF course Miss Tyler neck is fairly pretty,
but one can have too much of q good thing.
EIlaline Terris, of His Excellency" COM
pany, lost her gold and silver souvenir
keys last week. She breathed the secret
TO Charles Frohman, the latter whispered
Il 10 the reporters, they spread it broad
cast 10 the public, and the Johnnies be-
came so thick at her hotel that Ellaline
has been obliged to move.
Among those seventeen lost keys was
one which belonged to n crystal slipper
riven her by the Princess of Wales, and
another which unlocked a diamond brace
let presented to her by the son of the
Ameer of Afghanistan. Miss Terris prom
sed to smile on the finder, and SO many
bogus finders appeared that the promised
mile was obliterated by an uncomely
trown. Ellaline knows as well as you or
do that frowns make wrinkles, and for
hat reason she moved. Isn't this a nice ad?
POINTERS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Whytal are IN town,
It the Columbus Theater, where they are
in "For Fair Virginia" and
Agatha Dene." Mr.. Whytal tells me that
,e has Just finished a new play which he
las written especially for bis wife, aud