The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-22
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LAST night lie re@asar ssax1u g, zsse- s.
commenced 81 the Seattle sheager. tae
opening attraction being Tbs Cay par
.saAfAs, cEaaAat.zatsez af or &C TIE most
s1eesssfal % he recsnt Fsan1h farce gro
alef4oE$. ghzE enjoyed .o-S xzn IN Paris
under sas tAtIs OF ssMsteg ID Iafare ~
cAssgs. p2f1e too Suggestive % azu~a.
10 audiences IN the un!tsa gate n9f -
mention New York city e. a part. wh@re
almost anything under TIE nAw dramatic
Opposition @. talngs finds we&coa4e
D1Fiug iGe s%yeT2s months aar5gx wnleh
the eozy 2a<s house nas remained uraef5e-
suy c-cseds thaateF g9eEs nave been d.
aseo any opportunity for Gas ErA gsslea Ion
OF their tastes. ard the ann14neesEserE ~
ths season. 0gSnSyx yas looked forward
- 10 p3raSaraSss@ anfse4 ssEs2a as s2Fceaze
from 1he oga.zsss faatG8 rig on aae WANING
Of simmer past4nasa. When tha statement
appeared that the friendly doors would
again swing 91en and fae music swell u2
from Tie Orchestra. people planned taat
fhHs weas1 assist IN TIE SEASONS premier
vita ne r@s2sf taat when he curtain
arose Or the first act there waz not va
cant seat. The affair. whsss not. strictly
speaking sosfss one. was largely a.
tended by Seatt.e's best p3ay-g0sag ela-
nseat, and there ~as a liberal showing %
cress suits ard other purple and fine linen
That made tie picture In ire body % the
house brilliant enc. Everything was
bright ana cs.ery looking and the nsw
music provided by the orchestra gas even
altentively listened To-
Tn. play Itself. 50 X Is sad has beer
materially altered in is translation. to lis
pronounced Improvement. and from tha
rising OF the curtain On the h~St act 10
the going down ths last. the fan Is
fast ard furious. Hardly a moment passes
wffnoGt q fresh excuse for laughter IN
the complications and their adjustment
with whca The Gay Partss1ss'' abo9nds.
The story or plot or inciaent that forms
the ralson oseir. Of The Gay Parislans''
Is the determine ton on tha part ~ Mar
ella Paillard. the wife Of a young archi-
tecs. 20 make him JEALOUS ana by that
means secure for herself greater au1oant
Of his attention In this she "a aided ard
ahstted hy = friend 81 her husband. Jc-
seph psnzlet. a master builder. who il pos
sessed a harYidan 81 slte, and whose
affairs sh8 pa themselves 40 as 70 admit ~
the eseapaae by hls wtse's absence from
home 10 attend ssek relative She locks
him In before ~avlug the house and re
keeps his appointment by going over the
parspet ~ balcony and 20 tbs ground Sy
the aid OF rope ladder. THE first AR
IL further enlvensa by > friend az Ping
let named Matthew. Who sfannners when
ever II rains Matthew comes 10 wish
the PtnRsets With hia daughters from
boarding school aai . iaeoa anently
elected.
GnA second AGt AFsANA - &FAE~SEF r1t+tt
sfage picture or the interior OF the Mascot
restaurant where the fun - more bolster
Gus than ever. The architect. Pailsr3
has been professionally engaged u lay
some ghosts or 10 discover the rsasan for
some unnatural souaAs- The sams hotel
or restaurant has been selected by Ping
let and Madame paiTlara fer their after
the-theatsr supper. and was also chosen
bv Gathieu art his daughters as place
10 pass the night The troubles ~ pi0giet
gnG sarcGsia to avosd detection, the ir-
truzfyenees OF Matthew and his daughters
the fright OF PM!ilsra a. the supposed
ghosts sfss the eventual descent % Ea~
potses and arres. Of same of the people
furnish gse most EproArions situations
witch are partially explained and set
right lr the last act.
W = Ferguson IS psngfet carries tho
burden % responsibility. ard ne ssgfon~
s,ratsG hiz entire csps oiiity as 9nissea
low .-ed.an. Miss Sadie Mafanat. Who
il always ehsruEnk &na @hoss eanscsen~
tfoas work has placed her tn ar snvfaals
,,a.4tien in TIE theatrical word disposed
~ she Dart % Narc8tlz Iaoksmg ard att
srr ths pat wfgA a delightful abandon ara
r0ssh MRS Phillips. as AngaItgue, VAS ca
"a. e esa pslusfaklnx. aa5 her work az
ssstsA IN n naM degree - The success
~ fAe production Charles n Wells. 90
vsf1ar1 James - ra-raws. as Nata1ss.
" u shirley sx Maxine. and MArg2rst
s-.xrH m az EtctcTsns. furnishes v88u& bic
s.Ss&fawe@ n unFaTs rig fhH s@taug}e~
,,,es,rs "a al sisa Leafs Hendricks. n tie
dual role q FsottscetB ara Hra-1asd ar6
uesxr~ Marshal ART sharpe. walters "a
.Ne Mascot restaurant IRE Gay Paris
lans" will re repeated tor .gnt