The record-union., 1895-04-05
ADJUSTMENTS

There was good audience in the Met
ropoHtan Theater last night to see Marie
Burroughs in the play of The Profit
gate" There would have been crowded
auditorium had not the impression nre-
vailed that, being a "one-night stand. . the
play would be hurried and cut short to
permit OF departure of the troupe bv a
late night train. But this was error. as il
was TO make the engagement one of a
single night. The play was very hand
somely mounted, the scenery carrie6 nv
the company exceptionally handsome,
ana the stage furnishings superior 1t is
only on rare occasions that a better COM
pany plays here, Miss BurrOuph,s
support being well-nigh faultless. As
for the star, she is a woman of much
dramatic strength and skill and few
Weahnesses. she sinks her personality
, , IN the character assumed; she has art to
so act as to remove the thought that it is
assumption, quite as far as it is possible
Iof the auditor to dismiss the fact from
his mind. Naturalness and ease. grace
and finish characterize her work, which
Is fortified by intelligence and an in
forming artistic spirit, pleasing pres
ence, and most mobile and expressive
countenance. The triple recall she re-
ceIVed at the close Of the third act was
frank ana generous testimony by her
audience or the profound satisfaction il
ielt. 1he story of The Prohigateu
hinges upon the old, old text, LAS We sow
so shal! ye reap, a perfectly innocent,
trusttuI and unsuspicous girl. who has
not one redeeming fault, marries a man
who has sown his wild oats to the sorrow
OF many victim, believing that he could
put away the harvest time indefinitely.
Ia this man she puts perfect trust. He
is the lueal or her dreams, the anchor
OF her faith in humanity, the perfect
Fl1 1y1I of ha,-
lonor and moral cleanliness. In the
first blush of all this trustfIIness and
taIth, there comes to her revelation of
his past life and moral rottenness, In
the meantime he has awakened to a truth
that had not before touched his soul. that
there are such things as purity, devotion,
and perfect trustfuIness, and that his sins
must be atoned ia sorrow and the bitter
ness OF se!t-reproach. The very worship
accorded him by his wife is the molten
LEAD OF punishment that pours into and
burns to his SOUPS center. With reveIa-
ton comes depth of woe and suffering
TO both that is pictured SO vividly as to
make the auditor suffer keenly who at
ali gives himself up to the play. There
Is other sorrow and bitterness and hol-
loWness IN the piece; other hearts wrung
and Idols shattered. There is a cold and
sordld sale OF woman to a roue for title
and wealth; pulseless and heartless
mother who barters her daughter Tor place,
and daughter too cowardly TO resist the
| sacrlilce. 1t IS play powerful because so
close to human nature. and because so
deep IN Its shadows, so clear cut and
ruthless IN the tearing aside Of cOnVen-
tIonaI curtains from be.ore social skele-
tons. 1t presents anew the old, Old
questions without answering then-.'Is
Ibis your son, me lord? Is this your
daughter, my lady ?''-the old, unsoIved
question, shall the man be held to ac-
| countaDlllty, or the woman alone? Is
society justified in placing a dagger in
hls hand and refusing it TO her? Shall
the world go on demanding Of the weaker
| sex that which it does not exact from
I the stronger? AS TO the moral effective
ness OF such plays we may well entertain
| doubts. They have been given for years.
QraWn III strong lights and with all the
| sAlIl ol genius and the strength Of un-
sparlng critics Of social wrongs But So
clety does not modify it's code by so much
as letter, and neither men nor women
set up higher standards or do or ater
justice to one another. 1t IS as it was and
as 1t Will continue to be until that
dreamed-of miliennlal age, when the social
ana the marriage compact will be built
upon moral basis, assuring TO woman
IN man all he eXacts Of her as a wife.
At the Clunie Opera-house this evening
the extravagant farce comedy ~ and ]. -
which draws well and creates great
laughter, senseless and absurd as it is.
Manager Todd has concluded engage
ments with the Fencing Master'' Opera
Company; Emily Bancl,er in the comedy
"Our Flats" and the company present.
ing the sensational drama, The Girl [
Lett Bohind Me-"
The Montana silver statue at Vein
stock, Lubin & Co.'s is drawing hum
dreds of visitors. There is in it silver of
the value of So, 500, and in the plirth on
which it stands there is 3224, 900 of gold.
Both the gold and the silver came from
the Spotted Horse mine OF Maiden Mon
tana. The silver Of the figure and drap-
cry is from one to two inches thick aud
the gold of The plinth is from one-half TO
three-q quarters Of an inch in thickness.
Some have asked ii the base is of solid
| gold. OF course not. That would be
useless locking up of money. 1t is thick
enough to be worth S224, 600. This shell
is supported throughout by steel trusses.
! The Immediate plaque on which the globe
! rests. on which the figure is posed, is Of
( nicke ell steel.