The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-05


cepts the suit of the aged Earl of
Dunstanwolde at a moment before she
meets the man of her choice, the Duke
Of Osmonde.
The third act takes place in recep-
ton room Of the newly widowed Clorin-
da, and here John Oxon appears to
claim her as his own. A thing which re-
suits in what is described as being the
strongest scene in modern fiction and
presenting-it is claimed by critics
greater opportunity than any play Sar-
dou ever conceived, the death Of John
Oxon through a chance blow from the
riding whip of the Lady Clorinda, which
she uses in a fit of passion. This scene
calls on all of Miss Arthur's strength
of dramatic force, and this alone makes
somewhat of a sensation. The idea Of
the book, in which Clorinda, in her
great fear, hides the body beneath the
couch upon which her visitors greet
her a few moments later is also car
ried out in the play. In the last act
there is a happy and sympathetic end
ing.
The epoch of the story is England,
1701, that period of picturesque set
tings, of quaint costumes and poetic
and highly colored scenes. AS a study
of the times of that romantic period the
play is rich in interest, particularly
in the scenic and costume embellish-
ment, which are faithfully carried out
from original designs in the British
museum.
The angels are iocking on the roof
of Days theater and Tapping their
wings for joy. Augustin, the poet, and
Ada-Ada, the beauteous-have re-
turned. Why, they have asked for 10
these many months, have the sands of
the orient been gilded by the imprint of
Ada's precious feet, while the muse sat
here forsaken in a mist Of tears?
Come back" the angels sang to
Augustin, "and bring the priesteSs Of
the temple with you-Ada, purest
fancy of our waking hours; Ada, fair
est vision of our dreams; the goddess
who too long strayed from her home
while the clown and the short skirted
soubrette cavorted in her place."
The sacrilege had to end-the cac-
king and the kicking of The Circus
Girl and the giggling and the gurgling
of "The GeiSha" We're we'll enough in
their place, but now happily they must
pass from sight and sound and give
place to the luminous presence Of La
Belle Aurora, with her Katharine, her
Rosalind and her symmetrically sweet
Viola.
Hugh Morton, in an entertaining let
ter on What Happened to Stanley.
the rotund boniface with the Is short
haired brothers, says:
with regret and alarm do I note the
action of Sir Boniface De Grill Stanley
the gifted restaurateur of the Tender
loin, in turning from his crystal doors
a pair of ladies bringing with them
theatrical appetites and moneyed es-
corts. I have before referred with ad-
miration to the superhuman efforts
made by the 80 Stanley brothers to
meet and satisfy the midnight hunger
of the women of the stage, and !
thought they would be able. by contin-
uing to add new floors to their restau-
rant and digging additional kitchens,
to cope successfully with the digestive
apparatus of the entire dramatic pro-
feSsion. But it seems that a night ar
rived when they were compelled to call
for quarter. Twelve of the most vora-
cious chorus girls from the Casino and
nine from the Broadway theater were
being served by the full force of the
Stanley kitchens. Four cooks had been
exhausted and sent away in ambu-
lances, and the walters had gone on
strike. Then. to cap the climax, there
appeared at the door the largest appe-
tite in New York. 1t was the appetite
Of the girl to whom the Shanleys had
offered 500 a week if she would eat at
Mr.. Martins. Sir Boniface. the eldest
Of hn nj 70
pale and gasped when his eyes rested
upon the advancing figure of that girl
with the fathomless Intervals. 1t was
no use 10 try to fill that vacancy. The
resources of the house were already
exhausted. and another chorus girl
would simply swamp the shop. So Sir
EOniface, with tears coursing down his
cheeks, confessed his inability to serve
the newcomer. who turned away utter
ing threats of assassination and law
suits. ! think il was little unfair to
represent that the Shanleys turned the
lady away because she was a blond.
To be sure she was a blond. but she
had a brunette appetite. and it was the
aopetite and not the peroxide that
made her persona non grata at Shan
leys'. Sir Boniface is not a wizard. He
can take lHuultlct dDiS wei
out of a silk hat or turn single bird
into a whole aviary. He deserves our
sympathy. not our ridicule. He may
lose trade by his action of the other
evening. but on the other hand he will
be able to keep his cooks and his wait
ers. The whole episode is a sad one.
just as sad for the Shanleys as it was
for the girl, who had to escort her ap-
petite to a cab and have il driven to a
larger and more hospitable restaurant"
ing on at the New York Casino than
there is in Cuba or in Tammany hall
Whenever I take up a newspaper in
the morning il is with the expectation
of reading that Miss May has been
kidnapped by the Seventh regiment, that
George Fortescue has run into a cable
car and killed the gripman or that
Paula Edwardes has kicked too far over
the footlights while dancing and fatal
ly injured the bass drummer. They co
these remarkable things at the Casino
every night Why, they tell me that
Miss Crissie Carlyle is playing a lead
ing part there now. After that I'll be-
lieve anything.
The proposition to get up a benefit
for the mother and wife Of the late
William Hoey. whose chief celebrity as
an actor was based upon his extremely