The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01
"CAMILLE"ON THE BOWERY
O THE OLD ONE. nut ONE WYNN
LOCAL IMPROTEMENJS.

-. an. The.tresosr with Jsaed Tastes 90
20 the Windsor aad BEHOLD the New and
Triumphant Art OF Lippson and Thomas
h.nshy-.Apd Thea, the Diamonds
within n few years fashionable New York
has went over the woes of Cdmls, AZ por-
,r,yed by Bernhardt, Duse, Olga Nethersole, and
other great actresses. and has supposed that
their various Interpretations OF Dumas great
character covered the whole range OF art. This
IN a great mistake. There Is at present a pres
e~ptation OF Camille" very different from any
other ever seen In this city, and fashionable New
York Of the east side 10 approaching 1t to the
utmost. The Windsor Theatre on the Boweryi Is
the scene OF this histrionic triumph. and the
honors are fairly divided between that great
emotional actress, FrAulein Lippson, and
Thomashefisky. Americas rising young genius
of tho stage. Their version of the well-known
drama Is called Tho Camelia Lady" and 10
translation (freo) Of Dumas's novel; by ono
Boschinsky.
In Difference to tho racial and linEual prefer
oaoes Of the audience tho performance Ia given
in Yiddish. and the programme looks like an
instantaneous photograph ofa batch OF bacillt In
violent perturbation. 1t sets forth. however.
merely the title Of the play. the names OF the
author and translator. the manager ana propri-
otor uhese In English text, for some un-
known reason), and the cast, together with
the ormat that tho presentation brings
together tho most remarkable aggregation
Of talent ever known to the metropol-
itan drama, the truth Of which no man
can doubt after once seeing tho play.
Any way. tho fact that the cast side 10 willing
to pay 81 per orchestra seat to witness the per-
formance 10 proof enough OF this belief. and
that is the main point. Not only are the thea
TRIGGERS of the Orient willing TO pay that price
"a very fancy one for tho r~egion-but they arc
40 eager to pay It that on the evening when q
BUN reporter went to sec Tho Camelia Lady"
he got nearly tho last seat in the house. although
It was then half an hour before the perform
enoe began.
IL was q very fashionable audience that
stroamed into the theatre from 8 o'clock on. One
could tell that by the number of diamonds that
made the air scintlllNnt. Directly in front Of
the reporter sat u young man who wore at least
nfty carats of brilllnnts distributed about his
apparel. He was one of the ~jeunesse doTG Of
Grand street, and had made not less than S29
that very week. The reporter knows. because
he overheard the young nan state this en-
trancing fact several times to the young
woman whom he had brought with him.
each repetition being received with CON-
rather q Sveii herself. She wore a large black
hat. ornamented with . maroon feather, which
S SiTS nova na, .s, GGRs ever taoR grew : aS0 feather SsFi ike hat At
1t bodied and waved In the most allurtnE style,
sas nGs 1 It up sn isol inS SToIaly o. about ~ T TO sso
that none Of the less befeathered bipeds In the
pIsI.s sseq sSa , %,:: r. . s,S,' S:h,a sHSS: .sa fosnd ,s sss
feather . cause for regret that they hadn't
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the front row Of the saliery-75 cents per
,,..taTs. occupied By two sliq rs. o, S.e
Thomsshslsky: ,Bsswesn them they did : io.
sivs iH1t to q out se1.r T1pI play: sor = s:a:SnsSiy
long run. The boxee were, crowded 70 the ut
boz costa only 80 much anyway. II you can get
three person. iasS s Sysr nr,ya quar- 0ns {S,d Of s 81. os
iST nsnoisrIn le'S @Sish 'ee nnas Sn'' r saas ct on D; sS he
Bowery. In one box the, reporter counted nine.
,sen au%HS ,ar :, mes and o,tn% they sn we're Al n siiy s,s e
i Sasn 'a ase sat s=1ea1 Ssd; % s.. enc % i keep ssai. t sai!: as
place 'f here. 8 soSs aiasrsaosss Sssxssa 81.
di1srensss were largely in the, matter Of cos.
Sio,hinr. and sIeisnsrsd notes between the acts
M ans Il The the R PsSsias': sp Ssss q d ia s ds5s esssa.ls S1s
iSssin. Th:n h.r sleus in the gallery SFois
i haRs;Shi i"' d'stri isSsdnt shr sSSis To R. n t ss's
s &c au: i1d 10 : :sy ID! sfFs 1ssiias. L, II n h. not :
wonder: .n.,opicslly SOnstSsredi LIKE Trtiby;
e.: :ss o. ef her s9 GSs n o:es' ySa r ssnss; .h ns: an. %Gr =. y ,Ss
Ter until the last act when She goes to bed and
covero herself MP. To begin the performance
she wore a lew-necked dress Of yellow satin and
q pink-lined opera cloak trimmed with old
You felt yourself oppressed with the fear that
speak in German that the audidencs evidently
stand any species of German particularly we'll,
but he is very sure that many Of the words and
dirsnous 70 tho east side. Any way. the people
were suited. which was the main point, and the
Presently, however. there WAS . little diaioEuS
down In front which wasn't In the p~roGramme.
hands and his. estimAbie wife with diamonds in
her ears waddled down the middle aisle only to
Sasly sa Whe aeHiS twSu :hs ani SuPPr rHSiI to the . spot
and the air was foil OF Resturing hands;
plaintiTe . or s'. si PAID sid'n me . Dollar lola r" saoR.% anu
If.I got check" declared the occupant
eomsr:r"i You shall gf mo my seads 1 paid me
"""sh.h.hoh.h:" hissed Frauloin Lippson'a
clique from the gallery.
Another consultation followed with no result
"Ged oud!, Ged oud ke.vicki she said to the
lid You osd BY Won ear 10 a minats:
But he didn't wait. He departed. taking bis
COEDpdHlOH II MN poth HNoWlHk tucIE ~
~tention Of suing the theatre for $4,000 dam
ages. while the Clique Missed and tho actors
looked reproachfui. BY the time IL was over,
Armand had arrived on the stag. and his clique
height OF fashion. in u Tuxedo coat, very high.
cut figured bun vest. q blue shirt with q Ola.
mond stud just above the hiah: water mark OF
the vest, n flowing black tie. and q poetic turn
down collar. With him entered an elderly Per.
son whose Last whiskers had evidently furnished
tha trimmings for the opera cloak. While he
showed his ease of manner and familiar.
ity with the nice points Of etiquette by
keeping mis- back carefully turned toward the
others while he wiped his fingers on o pink bilk
handkerchief. Hercupon the, gallery. waxed
epplAusiye. and Armand turned around to bow
his acknowledgements. but Immediately reverted
TO his pink handkerchief. In the course oil
events It came his turn to come forward and
talk TO Camille, and then IL was evident whereil
Herr Thomashefsky 10 popular. II 10 his voios
that does IL. In that voice are all the caressinR
cooling, persuasive accents that fall like balm
upon the consciousness rs one pAsses along Park
row and hears the dear old refrain;
Here you are. shendlemensl Shoe sdringg
der best In der market; only two cends q payer
Bhsap, shsndlemens, sheap."
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