New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27

tonight OF more than critical approval
should have thought critical approval best
worth having At any rate there was approval
without stint: and well deserved.
Eve are full Of a modest nope" said Mr.. Tree,
chat we NAV meet at the hands Of that other
great public beyond the Atlantic something OF the
generosity which has been shown to our dis
tnguished countrymen who have preceded us
He need not appeal to generosity. though no
doubt American audiences generous. The
Judgment of New-York upon this versatile actor
will b., waited for with curiosity by his friends
on this side There is just enough difference in
the point OF view between London and New
York TO stimulate curiosity and add value to the
newer verdict He leaves the Haymarket in the
full tide of prosperity. John a Dreams'-the
name is from Hamlet-is withdrawn, as he said
in the height Of success. THE Times" CORE
spondence seems to have had no great effect on
public opror. or rather. since there are always
more public opinions than one 1t has attracted
as many it has reIolled
The theatre is let to Messrs. Waller apd Morei
during Mr. Trees absence for the production OF
Mr. Oscar Wildes play You will probably
think-at any rate Saturdays audience thought
so--that Mr.. Tree has a neat turn OF epigrah
when you read the expression Of his hope tha'
Mr. Oscar Wilde may supply in An Ideal Nus
band worthy partner to his Woman OF NO
Importance" He spoke Of Messrs. Waller, MoreH
and Wilde as three well-known names
thought only one was well known. said Mr.
Wilde afterward. DO you mean Waller or
Morell?" was the answer.
There was the usual reception on the stage
after the performance. and the unusual inciden'
OF a speech by the Lord Mayor OF LONDON VINO
proposed Mr.. Trees health and success 10 MS
American journey. suppose that l, as journal
list. have no business to join IN TINS TOAST pu'
do Not. however. on personal grounds. but
because think Mr. and Mrs. Tree, each IN MS
and her own way, artists. and that 1t is ever for
tho nub,,c interest that art should have its due
welcome in all countries. 1t is Of no nationality
Mr. rrae does not come to you as Englishman
He comes as an actor. and Mrs. Tree as an
actress Both have rare qualities. Both have
won laurels here. where l sometimes 'hihH II
is moro difficult 10 get full recognition for art
of anv kind as art than in America. All mat
NAV no forgotten The New World Is the New
World independent Of the Old, and its Verdict
is sought because 1t is Independent; and is OF
weight here for the same reason. Few are MIS-
led by the interested kilograms sent over
nv English actors or English playwrgn's' WHO
make haste to testify in their own oehah. Inc
truth comes after a while. Mr.. ana MIS- Tree
are not Of those who need resort or wouid re-
SORT 70 these more than questionable devices
They go prepared to accept the Judgment OF the
new tribunal to which they appeal
Tho new play at the Garrick Theatre. MI
SYDNEY Grundys Slaves of the Ring, ADDS one
moro ~ the long list Of Mr.. Hare's failures. IL
,s NOW some wears since this once successful
manager has produced new piece OF merit The
fault is not perhaps entirely his. The Ensish
PLAYWRIGHT is more or less responsible TOT 'he
season of drouth which has set in at TINS thea're
Still the English playwright has meantime witt
ten pieces which, II not positively good are reia-
lively good; pieces which other managers nave
accepted and found means TO make acceptaoie
to the English public. So did Mr. John mare al
a time when relatively good pieces were less
common than now. He is not asked to DO oetter
than his fellow managers. but only not 10 90
worse and even this he finds beyond his present
| mowers Has he then reached the age when the
| Judgment begins to fail? Has he. we say III
America. lost his grip? He has not lost his power
| OF acting for on the stage he Is perhaps as good
| as ever in that monoonous but effective manner
which he has made his own. He acts very well
| in Mr. Grundy's doleful new piece. and others
act WELL so far as they are allowed chance'
young MIR. Hare excepted whose peiioi"hn"N
was very crude. Miss Kate Rorke OF course is
praised. It is the fashion to praise this lady
! She has good moments. and the praise may be
| referred to those, and not to the much more
frequent and prolonged moments during which
she rants vehemently.
| Miss Eleanor Calhoun Is praised Such eulogy
as is bestowed on her cannot be said to be due In
any degree to fashion. She has been too long
absent from the English stage. She returns 10
| il In possession Of method the most finished now
to be seen on that stage. She has those natural
| gifts which belong to her as an American. and as
| Miss Calhoun, developed and refined by Ions
study in France and some practice on the French
stage. No other American or English actress has
had similar training. The effect OF 1t will be
seen In the long run. In the lachrymose part
assigned to her In Mr.. Grundys piece. there Is
little scope for her abilities. and little chance TO
make an impression public long accustomed
to the coarsec methods OF the stock English
actress she acted the part" said the most
competent OF English critics. "as we'll as 1t could
be acted" That for the present. is praise enough
| c. w. S.