The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-05
IN THE PLAY HOUSES.
Fine Comedy Superbly Presented.

All too rarely has Scranton an OppOr-
tunity of seeing real comedy presented
as was Because She Loved Him So
at the Lyceum last night. 1t was a
distinct treat and if the theatre is not
crowded this afternoon and evening,
when the comedy is to he repeated, it
will he because Scrantonians for once
fail to reach out for a good thing.
The comedy was adapted from the
French of BOsson and Leclerq by Will
lam Gillette. There is also an English
version of the comedy called the Love
Cote" The story of Gillette's version
runs like this:
Oliver West, Il young artist, is mar
| ried to a charming wife, but, with
| "A loving and charming disposition, she
| unites the worst features of the jealous
| temperament. Nothing will convince
her that he is wholly and solely de-
voted to her, and consequently the con-
| nubial disputes become more and more
persistently acrid, and the finishing
touch is given when she discovers on
her husbands coat two silky golden
| hairs, and finds him on his return home
| impreGnated with the Odor of patchouli.
| Then there are alarms and talks of eX-
cursions into the divorce court. ard
| nuSI9nu anu WIG SET OIL III inherent
| carriages to tell their respective tales
to Mrs. Vests parents. the Weatherbys,
who have led a life of uninterrupted
connubial felicity for full thirty
years.
How it comes about that Oliver West
brings with him into his wife's draw
ing room such barefaced evidences Of
an illicit friendship is due to the schem-
| ,,1, g l. sr1'a Il h..
the butler are desirous of taking a
night off but the news that five guests
will be there to dine is death to their
hopes of a festive evening, so Susan,
knowing her mistress weakness, plucks
the hairs from her own head and pro-
duces the patchouli from her own
pocket, and with a waiting maids in
genuity contrives to saturate and adorn
her masters coat with the incliminat-
ing evidences of his supposed wrong
doing.
A friend has FASTENED to the father
and mother to acquaint them of the
state of affairs, and between them ii is
arranged that the old couple shall pre-
tend to quarrel, and so show Gertrude
by practical example how stupid people
look when engaged i'm unseemly dis
putes. The plot succeeds to perfection
= although the elderly folks quarrel
J eventually assumes something of a
] bona -iide character, owing To Eva's
l maladrOit interference between hel
father ana "A captivating Spanish lady
!. This is the outline of the plot, and II
i has been treated with much delicacy
e by William Gillette.
e The comedy had its first presentation
$ i'm Albany about a week ago and /,
5 undergoing polishing process through
y the medium Of short tour before /
is presented in New York two weeks
o | from Monday night. The company tha
% produced the comedy last night wa
% organized To present it i'm New York
y otherwise Scranton and other on
W and two-night stands would not haV
~ an oportunity of seeing such gal TX,
NJ of artists.
In the company are j, f.. DudsOn, tn
!" leading character actor OF Frohman'
u farces; Edwin Arden who was Jul
u Arthur's principal support last season
Arnold DAILY ana Charles r. Gilbert
who participated in the London pro
duction Of Too Much Johnson" Id
lt Conquest, who was a leading membe
le of the Empire Stock company last sea
u son; Kate Meek, who was i'm the Lon
II don cast Of Secret Service" and Leon
- ora Braham, brought over from Charlie
Al Frohman's Duke of York stock con
~ pany, London, to create the role {
ll Donna Adelina Gonzales, which is bl
se a minor character, by the way.
w The presentation Of the comedy b
v these people won the audience from II
\ start and after the second act the
were accorded a very hearty curtai
80 call. 1t Is a comedy untainted by SUI
n gestveness and is acted with a del
cacy that is in harmony with dialOgu