The sun., 1898-09-14
DRAMATIC OBSERVATION.
WErAr hLl1B FOUND THIS WEEK ON
THB STAGE IN NEW YORK.

Tnrss Yresumptuous Aotrnhses from
London = Sectional Plays In Madrid.
De Wolf Hopper has changed his makeup
IN THE Oharlatan" 20 make it more comical
and has dropped undesfred dignity In favor Of
popular facetlousness. much 10 the improve
ment OF the play as given this week at the
Knickerbocker. William Gillette Is In the
Anal fortnight Of Secret eervloe" at the EN-
piro and the calm smoke Of his cigars rises
with undiminished effect during the rattle
and bang of warfare outside. Edward H.
eothern. heavily clothed In u room with blnz-
ing CRATE i1re during whole act Of ''The Ad-
venture Of the Lady Ursula" at the Lyccun,
no longer excltes hurtful sympathy. US he did
while the hot weather lasted. Dennan
Thompson's snow and zero scenes in The
old Homestead" at tae Academy OF Music are
also moro consruous now that the real tenn
perature II cool. Stuart Robson continues
with 'The Meddler'' ut wallack's and Charles
Ooghlan with The Royal Box" at the Fifth
Avenue. Other unchanged bills OF the week
are "A Brace Of Partridges" at the Madison
Square, "A Day and Night" at the Garrick,
'Dovil's Island" at the Fourteenth Street.
The Turtle" at the Manhattan. "A Runaway
Girl" at Daly's and Yankee Doodle Dandy
at the Casino The French Maid" has re-
turned to the Herald Square. The Golden
Horseshoe" win be new at tho Irving Place to-
MORROW and Tho Marquis Of Michigan" at
the Biiou on Saturday The shifts and re-
Vivals Of plays at the week stands include
''ThO Telephone Girl' with Louis Mann and
Clara Lipman at the Harlem Opera House.
"A Trip to ooontown" with real negroes in
comic profusion at the Grand Opera House.
.-The Belle Of New York" with Dan DAILY at the
Sc stsr and a Factory Wsif' as e the Peo-
Pies. The stock company at the Columbus
Sap Is fcanthe. and that oft oi the e Murray I HIl
IN Nay Blo9som,p and for each OF these old
Il aTUS sX S1 Sssssd S GSoyysasd yss aDtsr
p ROOT performers indoors and closed the
% sF aGa sPSWasd Means q Snd ssgs Es
ssEH sEs 5oSn faoS ssEss FSS' and Ss d%sSs
kt RroesSrs ThsatEs ,,,t the leaders ndl Are the
Sasfss ossma Es Hrso ana Harry q Lacy and
siass iso sn Shos dssmatio aRrsE SssPass the
SSu SISfs soTe e1S n HuEiyBuGTy RSStsT Biss
SsE' S nST SSFsssz sSEsssas aha GhSm
Ss33s MSnday The Harlem RkseHs stanton hs1a
marches ct Sam T. Jacks. At the Eden
MuH6e are several new wax figures OF patriotic
import.
Makers OF strenuous melodrama should visit
Pastor's this week. and from "The Pace That
Kills. learn a lesson. There Is q fight In It
that outdoes all other struggles between stage
heroes and villains up to date. 1t takes place
In gambling den. and the spectators interest
In the serimmage is impartial. for in q tedious
preface both contestants lost all claim on
sympathy. Violent hatred has been devel-
oped. however. and its first expression is q
shot The man aimed at snarls and feels his
wrist. Indicating that he has been hit, and he
is made. with pistol at his head. to sign re-
traction. Then the shooter. to show that he
had not intended to kill. fires across the room
Of tho oandelabra. .snuflng a light at each shot,
Soon afterward he puts the weapon aside to
indulge in O man-to-man scrap, One chap
hurls lighted lamp at his fellow as signal
that the protocol is or The other replies by
dragging his assailant about by the hair. In
che wrestling q crimson spot as big as a. hot
sun OF the griddle appears on one fighters
forehead. and. as though enraged by this In
jury to his complexion. he takes chair as his
next weapon. In throwing this at his enemy
he sweeps three gas globes and some brazen
mount some stairs. Several times he has been
eS Wa e% s bout he gets
s ssRF't tSs Sss5 $ ssss
MOUNTS the steps. AS he staagers upward he
pslcqts from the stru ,ture such spndries as
%SSs ) iDS1t taRoitu 9 R1ISt Ia@p built into thS RAM
sHC oS Ss landing and
g they belH6or and goTge the whole s staihTIwag hI
h Then S ana as sSs Ssasr sSfOfs & liz this
Peculiar and admirable audiences are those
which assemble at the American to enjoy the
performances Of the musical stock company
They are at once keenly critical and face
tioaaly tolerant "IolAnthe" had mishaps on
lloaday night Villa Knox was too LII to
bo put hastily into the part of the naive ward
In chAncerV. Miss Quinlan had under
studied 1t. and got along fairly well. but
SCARED member Of the chorus played the very
diekans with the fairy role. from which the
other had been shifted. The people laughed
Eood-humoredly ct the poor girls failure.
buk for the excellent sinGinR by most Of the
bGtpQipAIs and the chorus there was always
IoySa. nd hundreds q seats are held by sub
yo4i1hlnSly hlg9: eonslderipg thct piece has
ASS SsrSS sAg pretty a Y E&ssS aStFessss in "A
PEaos o PaTtrfdGes" who made such z fine
b.S ssoTs nsxS m an
kS2yiS business that they spent Sunday on
Yaqht q NeYport with come co1yiviel elnbmen.
BGusrO on Monday evening until nearly
SSLssE 6F shS@3 g Sss SSSE had EessoS r
10 atag0 as VaTiously as they rate themselYes.
NeInO q those engaged In the revival OF The
aay nIeht seemed to hold themselves at q low
Sstimate, to judge by. the freedom with
VkI0h they communicated with other actresses
q exhibition In the boxes and visibly recog-
Si1ed men In the parouet
IN theee days when our volunteer and reRu-
Lar soldierS are plentiful In town. the employ
Eonk Of eeunterfeits upon the stage Is dam
sxpsdi.sSnt .S In the cSsan plays thus thus
6absn patriots; 80 there has been as yet no
- Of the question whether audiences win
eSnf them g impertinent In the current
1i1Y ot the Peoples militia are called out to
SaEdUO Virtuous Workmen, and the managers
~ not the courage TO ATTEMPT q dignified