The herald., 1898-10-18
AT THE THEATER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .

IrRBANK.-'Wilder's Wives" given
last night, Is fair sample Of Mrs. Pacheco's
ingenuity as playwright. 1t Rbounds in
farcical situations which are carried to the
point Of the grotesque; it also contains the
usual assortment of people of divers nation
alities. There is French actress, whose
representative is, of course, required 10
speak French and to have that accent In her
English. There IL q Spanish gentleman OF
olive complexion and sanguinary tempera-
ment, who ought to have Spanish accent
but who speaks plain Bostonese. There is
an elderly Russian count, whose physical
infrmity is near-sightedness and whose
idiom is no4 Of the Muscovite order although
his antics are decidedly amusing. With this
queer assortment is mingled young Eng
variety of noblelnan in this case is of the
species called Johnny" which is inter-
preted by Mr.. Probert to mean semi-idiotic
and with a strong infusion of the Stuart
Robson peculiarities of speech which hith-
erto were popularity believed to belong to
no other human being.
Pervading the farce is the irresistible
leading man, an American in this instance,
he Of the duplicate wives. Brigham Royce
ance and with the personal attractions that
are also expected; in fact, he looks remark
ably like Lawrence Hanley.
Carina Jordan makes capital French
woman and plays with great delicacy and
taste. Kate Vandenhoff resisted the temp
tation to overact the old maid part and de-
serves great credit for her clever work.
Marie Hilliard, as the wife Of the jealous
Spaniard, had not very much to do. but
intelligence that should enable her to cope
wyi<k - ~ 0paafAp ivoNovfou~n Thn 0th
ladies', Isabel Garrison and Hattie Sche1l,
were easily able to pcrsonate the rather
shadowy characters given them.
Thos. M. Hunter. as the jealous husband,
managed to extract a great deal of humor
out of the part, because he has the true con-
ception of farcical character. He acts
IL in deadly earnest and does not think it
necessary to inform the audience by wink
or otherwise that he thinks himself very
points to the audience and the audience en-
joyed them hugely.
The cockney butler Of Stewart Allen was
a clever bit.
"Wilder's Wives" has plot entirely too
absurd TO elaborate in detail, but il serves
it's purpose in keeping an audience in a
condition Of breezy excitement and hila-
rious enjoyment and sends every one home
satisfied with the fun enjoyed.
n 1VCle CURTAIN TdIScT. cutlVieu, MOtHeT =
Ring" was played by Mr.. Hunter and Miss
Schell in very acceptable manner. The
sketch is rather verbose, but was otherwise
well conceived and was applauded
The house was vel! filed
The sale Of seats for Nance O'Neil's en-
gagement opens this morning
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ORPHEUM-A new bill, up to but not
surprising its ordinary standard of excel
lence, drew full house at the temple of
vaudeville last night.
The Paolis, human and canine, and the
Anglo-American quartet held over from last
week, and require no additional mention.
OF the new features, Mulvey and Inman, a
song and dance team, both Of which are Of
the feminine persuasion, were first on the
stage. Something about the practice Of
clog dancing seems to make the voice thin,
and these performers are no exception to
the rule; it can be truthfully said that there
is nothing thin about them except their
voices, fact which was revealed by their
was spirited and full of vim.
Miss Pearl Andrews givet clever imita-