The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-08
SUSAN TONIGHT.
Famous English Comedy at the
Seattle Theater.
GEN. scHoFIELD TO BE THERE.
Reception by Chamber of Commerce
-Theater to Be Decorated With
Roses-A Great Cast.

The Seattle theaeer this evening on the
occasion OF the party TO be given 20
Lieu. Gen. Scllofieid. viii be a bower Of
roses. Manager Hanna has donated the
four rsggft-hand boxes to the Chamber OF
Commerce. and the reception at the thea
ter Immediately following the perform
ance Will be under the direction OF c. j.
Smith, Gen. A. V. Kautz. Gen. e NJ.
Carr, Lieut.. j. L. Hayden. Lieut.. Wholly
and Mr.. Hanna. The work Of decorating
with roses wiz be begun at 10 O'Clock this
morning. Ii is requested that flowers be
left at the 0heater between that hour and
O'Clock in the afternoon The more
delicate roses have ceased to bloom
since the hot weather began. but
the hardy ones. especially the climbers.
are in their prime. For purposes OF deco
ration they are more useful than the ten
der flowers. because they do not wilt so
rapidly. Even the florists could not sup
ply many dozens of Jacqueminot. La
France Niphetos and Marechal Mel roses.
but there are certainly 100 gardens in town
that could each furnish 100 common roses
without injuring the bushes.
The play for the evening is The Case
OF Rebellious Susan" a tfree-act comedy
by Henry Arthur Jones. 1t viii De gwen
by the Daniel Froisman Lyceum COM
pany, and will bring to thss city the we'll
known Herbert Kelley and Mss Isabel
Irving. together with a strong support.
The play is one of great popularity, and
its success is attributable to the fact that
the dialogue is at all times entertaining,
and springs naturally from the charac-
tiers and situations.
Sir Richard kato, a level-headed Old
bachelor, oficiates as a sort of good fairy
IN Strengthening out matrimonial sQuab-
bles and incidental difficulties. The story
opens with Lady Susan denouncing her
lord and master, James HaraDin, who has
broken the eleventh comma ntnent by al
lowing his infidelity with another woman
TO oe found out by mis- better half. Sir
Richard endeavors to patch up a recon-
Citation, and Lady Susan Is willing to
forgive her husband on condition Sndt he
give his word of homer never TO he UNI
faithful again This ne refuses 10 do, on
the ground that he should feel like a cad
III anything should happen TO make hin
break his word.
Thereupon Lady Susan takes the bit be-
tween her teeth. snaps her fingers in his
faith, and runs away to Cairo. She argues
that what is sauce for the gander ought 10
be sauce for the goose, and, accordingly.
INDUCES in a Irritation with the first hand
some young man she chances to meet at
the public table d'hote. The youths name
is Lucien Edensor, who. after Lady Su-
sans return to London. appears there also,
and becomes a protege of Sir Richard. In
this way Sir Richard saves Lady Susan
ing young Edensor off to New Zealand,
very much against his will. Fifteen months
later Mr.. Jacomb brings the news to Lady
Susan that Edensor has become benedict,
and hands her a box of wedding cake, IN
which the ring she had given to Edensor
Is enclosed. After that Sir Richard has
little difficulty in bringing about recon-
Citation between Lady Susan and Hara-
bin. especially as the latter has finally
come 10 the conclusion that Lady Susan
is absolutely necessary to his mundane ex-
istence. and consequently he promises on
his word of honor to be permanently faith
full to his marital vow.
Sir Richard has his hands full. His
long practice In the divorce courts en-
ables him TO disentangle any kind of
matrimonial snarl al short notice. When
mis- ward. Elaine Shrimpton. quarrels
with her spouse, Fergus Pybus. a nerv-
Gus and esthetic individual with an am
bilious yearnirg to stamp himself upon
the age. Sir Richard promptly suggests
an adroit compromise. In the last act
Sir Richard proposes marriage 10 Mrs.
Inez Quesnel. a worldly wise widow, who
intimates that she will accept him after
they have come to an understanding not
to exact any unbosoming on either side
with regard TO their respective love cpl
sodes of the past.
The character of Sir Richard kato is
well suited to Mr.. Kelley, and he has
seldom been seen 10 equal advantage.
Miss Irving is a piauante, pretty and
talented actress. and her PRESERVATION of
Lady Susan is sprightly and intelligent
The cast for this evenings perform
ance is as follows: