The evening world., 1895-08-30
"THE SPORTING DUCHEss.-

str Gus 'Arris was the chef de cui-
sine. Sir Gus can serve you up a melo.
dramatic banquet while you wait, sir.
He can dish you up a good old fash
ioned hero Of the 1850 brand in a jiffy,
sir. He can produce u distressed hero
inc. with me-child fixings, and a villain
with white liver and black hair in the
twinklinE Of . double bedpost. sir. Yes,
sir And Sir Gus was the head man
and bottle-washer Of 1.-The Sporting
Duchess" which was produced at the
Academy Of Music last night by our
own American. Bir Gus-in other words,
by Sir Charles-that 10 to say, Mr.
Charles Frohman. Sir Gus's assistants
In the manufacture OF the Sporting
Duchess" character were Cecil Raleigh
| and Henry Hamilton. They hacked up
the bits that went to make 1t UP, and
Sir Gus seasoned them to taste and
served up hot with melted butter-or
melted audience. last night. at any rate
THE Sporting Duchess" absolutely
dehes criticism. for It's materials have
been written about for decades. 1t
doesn't contain one CLEAN Of anything
that 10 new. for II Ia composed princi-
paly OF the best bits OF other meo-
dramas. Everything Ia there-mort-
cages, encountered estates. the wronged
lady who can no longer conceal her
conditionfi the sorrowing pepper. who
clinches his fist and sets his lip as he
talks of poor Mary: the devilish adven-
turess with the devilish cigarette; the
impecunious earl. the trained race
horses (oh! hang the cable and trolley
that have let them loose: 1. we must
have them let It be In sausages), and
last. but not least, the villain who
goes about running pretty ladies Just
because tradition says that he has got
to do so.
The only interesting character in the
play ts that OF Maria, Duchess Of Mil
ford. q sporting Duchess, who buys the
Derby winner for f25, 900 "a mere tribe to
Sir Gus 'Arris and Sir Charles Froh-
NAM. and thus saves Douglas, Earl Of
Desborough. from the evil machina tions
Of Major Mortyn, who has ruined poor
Mary and made violent and really i'm
proper love to Muriel, Countess of Des-
boroush-and, Of course. has fastened
all the guilt upon the hero. ''The Sport
ing Duchess" Is amusing, and neatly ar
ranged. hut Sir Gus Is afraid to let her
stand out to prominently. 1t would be
too daringly original. The British pub
lie, sir-'Arry and 'Arriet. sir-must be
humored. They expect certain things
done in a certain way. and get EN- they
must. Whether this condition holds
true Of the American public can't say
.o' sure out I've no oouo' mat IL ooes'
o'F Sharies Knows more ABOUT II thah
yours ooeu'eht'y, anu ne mas invested
sooo uea. Oh eaSh III .h's prouuc'ioh'
me sporting DuchesS' from PIC
'oriA' point Oh view: WIN sehuS utiiate
you' .'o' ~ "a"ueo'"e spee'ac'e.
!. cant quite See why .he resimeh'ai
pa'' wa. Ahhounoeu ~ .s nhest scene
nraeNe"hurs. nan splehu'u iat'el
sAHs " sooo' anu 'he Deroy ''Se"' IN
'"e last act IN cer.~'"'y 'ne pest rae
scene We na'e hso' ~ makes me
rroo's.i pAus"'e' 'o'A s'up''' anu II
lanes .he .h'ne oe' Vi All '"e o'ne'
p'ASS 'hst hA's b''e" e"P'nSmeht 10
NURSES W. VI Joo'
Inc cast Oh Inc opoI'"s Duchess
'no very o0, 'ns. ''o "'arAe' can
upp,S !" y, wv VI so~so"' DeI o.u
e.'u"aI'' WIN away says wan
whe" ns se's VoAeu' III" Ms o'o spo-
'i"''S JaS' - VIC" - e'o'' TIC '"o
very acme OF borrowing pepper ana
you can peA' hiih i"es gave MI"
Ve"e"uoes reeepuo"' anu ne oe-
ser'eu H. p'ess ms hlee' o'u' we'-kept
heart' agnes booth' LOOKING not a day
more 1hah ohe-shu-tn'rS' was capltai
AZ her sport'Ve iAuyship' although her
voice was scarcely what you would ex-