The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-28
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MY Friend Prom India

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presensa;Isn Ia The City last Right before
a very lsrEe and fashionable Audience 81
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q fun ard Il succession o ag4.crous Incl
oeats without borrowing from the French
sea0ol o. illrudlng anything except the
mos, lsgst{nAs g ocneety methods into ne
work For this demonstration the thanks
o. the entire Eiag-goif4S element SaFons
Americans are ihdeb.sE to the author
''AIy Friend From India was WI zen a
number OF years ago. al time when the
teachings Of Madame BlAvatszky were
fresh ia the minds 81 every body who read,
and Go rs fAFcical treatment x need not
offend the most dsyout adAerenI Of tie
cut o. theosopny a. Il furnishes only al
opportunity Tor tie practice Of deceit upon
the guillBie and ambitious family or the
retired pork packer, and does not ridicule
the philosophy For seven years, X IS
said. the author sought a market for his
work and hawked the clever conceit about
New York al ore time offering 4 Tor SO.
Il lay ia the pigeon hole Of Mr.. Frohmaa's
desk at the Lyceum theater until the dust
covered IL. and Il was finally resurrected
20 pass into the hands Of Smith q Rice,
who purchased it upon royalty payments
for s. 90.
The central idea In My Friend From
India" il that Of the social aspirations OF
a retired pork packer. who moves with his
family. consisting u a son. TWO daughters
ard a widowed sister 70 New York the
son one night while on a tear picks uo
a aaroer whom n takes home with aim
In the morning hoping 20 discover the
identity Of bis strange guest. be searches
mis- clothes 10 find only a the5s optical
tract Clutching at the straw offered hy
for the previous nights dissipation, he
foists the barber upon his family as a
learned pGndit from india. a man Of ad-
yanced thought and life.
Ihe pork packer and the ambitious f.
male members OF the household seize the
opportunity TO cater 20 the existing fad
for studying occult novelties and a recep-
ton il planned at which all sweHdom IS
expected 20 be present 10 meet the adept.
out Of this grows ali OF the subordinate
Incidents THAI have made the piece one OF
the greatest Of contemporary comedy sue
cesses Messrs. Smith and Rice have IN
trusted its Interpretation 20 a company OF
more than ordinary excellence Mr.. Fred
Criak Bond. as the pork packer. Is thor
ouEhly imbue4 with the fiue comedy pos
sibiutles offered by the character. and
added 20 the Interest by making up as
Senator Mark Hanna. Mr.. John r. Ward.
as the barber Ga. Keen Shaver, plays the
part quietly and hands out the many cpl
grammstlc speeches allotted 10 him in a
droli way emlnently betting his strange
situation. and accepts threats. brides and
-a3olery for carrying out the idea. IN the
most unctuous manner. Mr.. Makers work
as the son Is finished and artistic The
work % Mary Vokes. as T1lly. was OF a
stvle that Is positively new and refresh
ing. Misses Nita Allen Helen Reimer.
Meta Maynard and Clara Hathaway. as
the female contingent IN the house OF
Erastus Underholt looked and acted well.
They wore some magnificent gowns. and
added more than one artistic BIT to On ef-
faetfve ensemble The dialogue is bright
and sparkling. and many of the situations
were artistic, none more so than the scene
Of the mirror and screen by Miss Reimer
and Mr. Ward My Friend From India
will be repeated tonight.