New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-29
THE DRAMA-MUSIC.
DALY'S THEATRE-"A BUNDLE OF LIES

DAry,S TtIEATRE-"A BUNDLE OF LIES
Mr. Daily placed upon his stage last night another
OF the German farces which have long foriheo 50
large part OF the repertory OF his company A. -
called "A Bundle of Lies and the German ors'-
nal is the work OF Carl Iaufs and Wilhelm Jacopy'
II is an invention which, IN respect to It's extrava-
CANT improbabty, has seldom been surpassed
Miss Rehan does not appear In II, ana lhleei Il
has no part which would be worthy OF her artsuc
attainments Miss Rehan cannot be absent from
the stage Of this theatre without being missed pu'
the cordial reception of the play of last night ana
the obvious pleasure with which the audience liz
tened to it tribute to the general excellence
of Mr.. Days company whole and to Its aDi-
ity to be thoroughly enterta. ming at all times
The present farce is the time-honorel theme
OF the attempts of husbands to deceive their wives
by making visits to New-York for pure pleasure.
under the of much longer journeys for pure
business. Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Gilbert have the
familiar parts Of sportive elderly gentleman ana
his prlm elderly wife. who are involved in a con-
slant struggle for supremacy. Beyond these IA
milIar features. nearly everything in the play Is
novel; and everything in IL is amusing 1t Is
crowded with cross-purpOses and one complication
trrads upon another's heels with bewllderng rapid
lty. The wives OF the truant husbands come 10
town on their OVID account. and find themselves
lodged in the same house with their husbands, VINO
are the special guests Of the master OF the es,ab-
llshment while they are under the particular pro-
lection OF the mistress The two husbands take the
names OF two former acquaintances OF their host,
and one of them repays sum Of money supposed
TO have beer loaned him. with elaborate display
intended for the eyes OF tho hostess, all the con-
splrators being quite unconscious that one or the
real former acquaintances has already paid the
money to her And the entanglements go on
with constant. rev twlstings and invoutions. One
OF the comic features or all Is the pprlouic
! irruptIons o, one Professor Hans Heterogeneous
fIlmmelmanser. who has next to nothing to 90 with
the plot. but who constantly filings himself at the
head Of his landlord with complaints about the DIS
order In his cooking range the love letters that
somebody Is writing 10 his wife and the dangerous
condition OF his front stairs. This part u payed
by Henry r.. Dixey In delightfully."- droll ana orls-
Inal manner Dixeys popularity with the New-lo rk
public Is OF long standing, but ne mas seidoih uo''e
anything more amusing than TINS.
Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Gi bert were welcomed III paris
which, as has been said. were not cohspicuouS's
NON, N thenn George Clarke and Herbert Gresham
maintained the comic dignity or the recreane nus
bands with humorous skill, and Misses Maxine Elliot
and Sybu Carlisle added 20 the beauty OF the
pictures as they could fail to do. az the ag-
rrioyed wives who 50 enlarged their own vision by
q visit 10 York TO say nothing Of casting pom.
deros beams out of the eyes OF their husbands that
all arrived at the valuable understanding, that
somethns requisite g. health OF mhi an" "dPp'.
ness was lacking in the social atmosphtrf Vi I'asS
Lemons This rural retreat became Known rn soli,s
wears ago to the frequenters OF Days lheatr' ds
a spot OF which the deadly dullness was broken ohy
by conjugal infeicitie: william oven, atoi"fr
favorite actor AZ Dr Tenbily, became ihNoI.ei ~
Tho rlo of the play manner too intricate TO de-
scribe and George lesOir did a clever bN OF acting
as "A susceptible cadet, with vast behet III MS own
Th@ nature OF "a bundle OF Lies is Of the light
esi bnt II is full - merriment. and it will serve
voil IN beguIe the few nights that remain before
revival Of 4 Midsummer Nights Dream. which
Mr Day promises FOR the closing weeks OF MS sea-