The times., 1898-10-09

with spirit or intelligence. She IS not
IN the least attractive. though this de-
feet becomes positive virtue when one
has noted how Mr.. Darcy appears to
plume himself upon his looks Alto
gether. the pair are totally lacking in all
essentials. and only serve to seriously
injure the excellent ensemble efforts OF
the organization with which they are
seen.
About half an hour of the time usually
given TO a vaudeville entertainment was
contributed nightly last week at the
Bljou to Joe Flynn. the author OF Down
Went McGinty'' This song served to
make Mr.. Flynn extremely popular for a
"hie and he has taken care not to lose
any OF It's value as an advertising me-
dlum since, though just where the merit
OF having written Down Went ElcGinty',
comes IN it is difficult 10 understand Tba
composer Is. however. passfn.iy coed
eoinedlan and manages TO keen his audi
eHceS laughing during every moment OF
the time he is on the stage Moreover
the matter he uses is nearly all good a7d
would be great deal better II he would
take the trouble to memorize IL instead
Oh reading parodies and jests alike from
the eopyboOk in which they are fnscribe5
There was something woefuI about seeing
con over his material quite as though he
mad been school boy selected to reeita
but whose mind had failed MIN at the
critical moment. Mr.. Flynn evidently
had a complete performance on his hand
I last week. for he began at the besinnfn.
-as proverbs teach that one shou d-and
worked his way leaf by leaf back to the
end. After reaching the last page he re-
fused all encOres and tacitly ackrowledg-
ed that this is all l know" Certainly
the author is too clever a man ID find
this sort of thing necessary and IL should
be Temedied at once.
Though little mentioned before his local
advent. Clayton White. who played Judge
Potter at the initial and following per
Iornances here Of "A Misfit Marriage is
a wonderfully able actor, and his i'm
personatiOn Of the Southern Justice proved
one OF the hits of the piece In makeup.
in manner ard in detail he was. rather
than appeared TO be. the blundering. bIus-
tering old lawyer. and every one OF the
lines he delivered was given in such a
manner as 10 make the characterization
all the more complete and convincing. The
wcrk OF the player rang true all the way
through, and. while something in the
conception made one fancy that Judge
Potter was Mr. White, rather than vice
Nt-o'r e-lAL tAle1l. III consequence. the
dian was one-Dart actor no one who
witnessed his clever rnateriaIfzatiorI of
/ the authors ideal could forget the fact
that the one imDersonation is likely to
make the reputation of its producer.
The ancient jest about the ballet girl
| or hundred years of age. which had
a-ways before seemed a libel and an
injustice. was realized as a convincing
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to the Academy to see "Gayest NIanhat-
tan Whatever the merits of the show
were-and IL had many-the man who
forSaye the terrified hOmmeliness OF its
I chorus girls would deserve a place on the
I sunny side of the golden gates. Not
q solitary woman appeared in the perform
ance could have been called good look
I: ing BY the most charitable. while manu-
factured blondes and aged beauties pre-
( dominated. One who sat through the en-
ter;ainment could take 70 pleasure in
J the lavish display Of legs and lingerie.
fer fear that the exertiOl involved. to-
gether with the evident age Of the dane
ers, might bring on apOplexy Ada
Deavss, who assumed the role Of Mrs.
Waldorf, bore especially the marks of
positive Observation-Disclosures - that
was not lessened. but only made more
disgusting by the attempted friyoIities of
the woman in question. The remainder
OF the feminine part Of the organization
Were quite as unpleasant 70 look unOn.
and, altogether, one who laid claim 10
being a judge OF female lovIiness might
readily have understood after the OPEN
ing song was over. why all the front
rows were deserted Evidently local
FOUNDERS learned that most Of the
girls had established extensive lines OF
descendants and remembered that beau
tiful axiom about distance lending en-
chantment to the view. Many cOmbina-
tions of hOmely women have been served
lately and called pretty girls but Mr..
Harley's organization was unequaled in
that Uneven by the eitys variety
/ houses.