The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-05
1FECY ON THE STAGE.
lhxHTBTTRD IN A ~SEMBLANCH
nTFETfRE -NAKBDNEsS.

JayuTBTTIsD IN A REMITTANCE
bFEgTTRE NAKBDNEsS.
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A..o Unfortunate Creatures at tlss
N and y Lot NJ Sam Jaok's-The
80 Realism Exhibited in the Ins
4 WslodramntiS "DsVil's Island."
"A OF Yankee, Doodle Dandy" At
IA nituated In q school Of art, A
>msht IL psopled by several OF the
and the male and female chorus.
spent students at work, excepting
a, who 10 at iirst q figure IN the Ro-
4. but subsequently is called TO life
manner Of GAlatea. A new and
] khlblt has been introduced into this
|hout warning or explanation the
urned down, sand then the glare Of q
Ds on q woman In o semblAnce Of
Ndness. There ls no compromise
ilpery and nudity. She stands erect
platform. Her only covering ID
hbro so thin and elastic that IL
orally like her own skin. which IL
D % exactly in color that the lines
baroness OF neck aud wrists beRine
Idetected. She poses In q series OF
twenty httitudes. and they give
or irotu all sides. These are in
familiar statuHry. Butno attempt
make her look otherwise than alive.
for her exploit presumably Ia that
reasonable object In q representa-.
hart GLASS at practice. and the as
Jade that this one is Clara Beta,
In artists' studios. She
III face and luxuriant hair, but II
opformed physically to classic lines
lsions Il ives before che took on her
ilkiness OF body and legs. Bhe 10
yross, The indecency OF her wan
lon 10 not palliated In the least by
lion Of the ideal or the artistic.
Amanre At Sam T. jacks Theatre
INHERENT from those given there last
sbcialties are fewer and atrooiously
1t pictures" are moro numerous.
IA they are sandwiched In between
now engage as many deplorable
y he small stage will hold without
lFaperies are wholly absent. In
III all the women IN posed on the
but In others platforms. stairways
8 scatter them at various heiRhta
hu Is In semi-darkness as the cur
ID. The light Is gradually made
the use Of slides in the calcium.
there Is q strong glare for several
fore the. poor creatures are shut
There IL an appa rent attempt to
omen still. and their occasional I'M
destroys oil the illusion Of inant-
any such thing has been intend.
B burlesque that followBsthe olio all
~ At its beginning the same wo-
fsight. in the same costume Of one
VI garment. In imitation Of nudity,
tlhave worn In half Q dozen group
dare placed several feet above tho
20 that none may be obBcufed.
Wepresent statues, the work Of an
Nor. who has been restored to
Norgeous fairy. This woman. who
~ eup to look as much like Lillian
oesible, ia in the business OF doing
Eass TsSpySe Zen III The q SCULPTOR ~ Tor she SIs
on his wishing that life be given
nave Of the falry's hand does the
gesture. because Of stones on the
recalls the nighttime wiRwug-
eight brakeman. but IL leads the
In pink tieshinRs to burst forth In
method OF creating Q chorus 1t is
md the costuminR Of these lesser
" quite ahead Of the indelicacy that
with burlesduers.. Jennie Yea
b. the resorts leading. specialist
depends upon quarrelsome dis
/ IL Aha ~ Ntatdtan q 70 a1Nnplts fNNn
Yet Of Devils Island" finds Capt.
De Dreyfus OF the play. walking to
cage. The rescue party was or
De preceding act. and the specta-
brned that the yacht will not be
approach within a certain radius.
arine vessel which Is TO land the
scene preliminary to the view Of
hows this craft slowly making its
bhore. It's lights r dim in the
UYHappears, only to be seen again
Nay as it approaches the island.
Fkary suggestion Of desolation Is
ke. and the ensuing disclosure Of
N th its Gagged prisoner. cursing the
Nj be him there. burning in a tropi-
glowing with southern vegeta-
Ntriking contrast. French SOL
Him.. and 30 does his personal
NAomes to kill him. in order that
~ never be found out. Another
III Russian adventures. to whose
bis stage Dreyfus owes his mis-
disguised as a French Lieutenant
Ltt guards with the same ease that
Gilar circumstances always do on
~. iS there to resSue the prisoner.
! Iafe making for the boat, when It
n a transformation In the. scene.
them under full sail. The
Ute large enough to have been o
craft In actually. Several men
N substantial deck. 1t rises and
Z he swell. and its bowsprtt reaches
~ curtain line over. the footlights.
acme In THE World" used to be
plauded,. But what would. have been
thoee days II q despatSh boat under
sInt eae a 81 speSiI's I fslsn TsSl ioP the is
GEMS to lie In the Incidents which
anna illustrates. Even for that kind
here IL too much conventionality In
age and the humor. The petition OF
That her husbands life be spared to
bat he be not sent TO the desolation OF
4 Of course Is ~unavailing, and she
'Aen the General. tells her that moth
1--we him. The darkened stage then
\eral episodes In the progress Of the
We before his final condemnation.
Nagle lantern pictures. the first
wife at the court Of Spain, be-
Hlb Queen to intervene In her huh-
,.Nlf. Later she Is at the courts OF
ID England. IL Ia the anthem Of the
lntry, played AZ other national airs
the pertinent view Is disclosed. that
70 enthusiastic applause than any
e, until the President Of the United
d bis Cabinet are shown receiving the
That brings out the national sym
III great emphasis. The woes Of the
,anily touch the audience deeply be-
y represent virtue. while vice is en-
ihe other side.
N have still another low-price stock
Die Third Avenue Theatre has
MY George II. Brennan and Henry
purpose.
bnan Doyle. author OF the "Sher-
detective tales. has arranged
\ Gillette TO make a play out OF
impersohate the crime detec-
lied eeiEure of the material for
kmay be looked for. The stories
VI eeh originally In the Strand Nag