The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-19
AM ENTS.
Mrs. Potter and KyrIe Beliew at the
Academy.

4 MRS. E0kbcI H.
Academy.
Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Belew APP
peared in Jersey City last evening for
the first time in several years. A large
and fashionable audience crowded the
Academy of Music and gave them a
hearty welcome. With the support of a
large and experienced troupe of players
this picturesque pair presented Charles
Henry Meltzer's adoption of lie Collier
de la Refine" called the Queens Neck
Lace The plot follows more or less
faithfully the generally accepted histori-
cal account of the great diamond neck
lace, which well nigh ruined the
and unfortunate Marie Antoinette, OF
Austria. The play opens at the lodgings
of the Countess de la Motto Valois, tine
descendant of kings" who, in her pow
erty and distress is visited and befriended
by the Queen Marie Antoinette. soon
after her departure the Cardinal De
through her favor to become Prime Min
lister of France, visits the Countess. He
Countess favor and obtaining from her
a promise that she will use her lately
acquired favor with the Queen in his
behalf. The Countess consents to move
| into a sumptuous establishment which he
has provided for her and to accept his
protection. On her way from the poor
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the Queen is beSet by the starving, mis-
cradle mob of Paris and Is rescued
and conducted to her palace by q hand
who falls desperately in love with her,
which passion by no means dimininishes
which passion by no means dilnlsnes
| the object of his affection is the Queen.
About the same time the Court JeWeller
meets the Cardinal returning az, frq q the 7
wonderful diamond necklace, valued at
a million and a half francs, which he
had hoped to sell to Marie Antolrtette
| Portugal. Rohan knew that the Queen
OF France was greatly desirous Of
for reasons of state had declined to pur,
| chase the gems. He buys them and
makes an arrangement with the Countess
E " aeesnt sn the as n &c RIersuff from tI the Var Carr
While at her farm at Petit Trianon,
of the court. and engaged in general
merry making, the court jeweller ap-
pears with the gems. and the Queen
gift of the Cardinals, however, but by
purchase. In this transaction, the Count
ess, who loves the Cardinat, d Use tas
affection of his Queen, and consumed
herself upon them both.
The Queen, unablet to realize the amount
required to purchase the necklace, sends
them to the Countess %sa to be r eso T TO to
keep them, and after. running both the
Queen and the Cardinal fly with an
a acc nt to E=dp ssm,sasd The ben acsS9 con raef.
ment for forgery, forges receipts for the
Jewels. The Countess discovers a wom-
| Queen. named Cay d'oIiva. She induces
devious with Rohan and encoqr-
IS deeply in love with his. Queen,
discovers them together. and in an
encounter with the Cardinal is
dial from Charny and dismisses the Car
dinal in a highly dramatic scene. He
the altar and sent to the Bastile. This
eonvinces Charny of her innocence, and
he resolves to clear her good name. This
Countess De La Notes country house.
He arrives just in time to secure oliya,
her lover. Nine. De La Motto had been
arrested, and, thinking Diva out of the
way, was d%en nog s;4gg the queen; when
her Majesty.
No woman on the stage today deserves
work she has done to perfect herself
in the art. of acting than Mrs. Potter.
That she is not a great actress is no
her power faithfully and conscientiously
to convince the public of. the sincerity
Of her IF pMIr NJ pos ! r Last evening ang the the oub lie
her ample opportunity to display the
wonderful progress which it is said she
| she failed to convince those who re-
member her when she first appeared at
the Academy that that progress has been
still seems Unable to break away entirely
from those little mannerisms in her car
riage and in the use of her voice which
characterized her amateur days.
Nevertheless Mrs. Potter is an attrac-
tive actress, and one can find much to
admire in her performance of last even
Mr.. Bellew is still the idol of the WON
EN- he always was. With his scarlet
and every inch of dignity his physique
could stand, he made an ideal Cardinal
R R } hsI from d their standpoind The play
and court costumes worn by the per-
formers were exquisite. The subordinate
parts were all well filled and on the whole
the performance was one well worth see
ing. 1.-The Queens Lace Handkerchief
will be given this evening and on We'd
ings. and Wednesday afternoon the COM
pany will appear in Charlotte Corday''
ternoon they viii present Scamiiie.S az
Bon Ton Theatre.
In this weeks bill the popular Bon
Ton Theatre. Manager Dinlins has GER
tainly surpassed all previous efforts.
| The performers this week are the cream
of the vaudeville stage, and unless all
| signs fail the Bon Ton will experience
the biggest weeks business in it's his
| tory. The BIZ is headed by the original
and only four emperors of music, Messrs.
Howard, Russell, .Tenny and Talbert, a
| high class musical comedy sketch team,
| who have for years been the attraction
| Of the best minstrel shows on the road.
and Who nave made a pronounced sTuc-
| cess touring England, Scotland and Ire
land, Their act alone Is worth the price
OF aontesSi2bn y; the foliowing veil Known Sra
| peopIe:-Prof. Ad. Carlisle and his troupe
| Of trained CANNES; a sensational feature,
fbe Marians, in a marvellous balancing
trapeze act: the girl Of the period. Sadie