The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-09
NEW YORK ADJUSTMENTS.
Paul POtter's Play a Success in Spite
of Criticism.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-PauI Potter's play
is doing a 'standing-room" business at the
Empire rheater, notwithstanding the criti-
cism it has received. Charles Frohman says
he considers 1.-The Conquerors'' one of the
greatest triumphs of his Empire Theater.
Mr.. George Alexander, who will produce
1.-The Conquerors' at the st. James Theater
London, during this season, gave a copy
right performance of the play in order to
protect it in England. Mr.. Alexander writes
that he sent the manuscript to the London
play censor (Which is necessary with all
plays in London), and received a reply
which not only granted permission for it's
production but congratulated Mr.. Alex
ander upon having so powerful play
Hillary Bell, the New York Press critic,
writes: 1.-The inartistic quality of Paul
Potters work is exaggerated not only by
his forced and feverish incidents and their
prodigious number, but by the shortness of
time allowed to the action. The drama is
supposed to take place in an evening BY
this condensation of time the characters
must work. think and change in emotions
too quickly for naturalness. Thus Viola
Allen meets William Faversham. for the
first time at o'clock: at $40 he has grossly
inSulted her; at 612 she has thrown a glass
of wine in his face and denounced him q
drunken Backyard. at $40 they meet once
more; at Sis he declares that because of
his intense hatred of her he will ruin her
life; at $40 he makes his attempted assault:
at S:25 he releases her and disappears; at
$3.50 he returns. to find her senseless under
the garrote of the secondary villain; at 1886
he Kills that rascal at 1890 Viola Allen
turns the tables by Stabbing her supposed
assailant; at 1926 she falls in love with the
man whom she tried to Kill five minutes be-
fore; at II midnight he declares his love
for her and they fall into each others arms
rapturously Thus within six hours Miss
Allen has to express more emotions and I'M
dertake more action than would be eX-
perienced by an ordinary woman in a life
time of adventure"
Mr.. John X Bloodgood, the welI-known
club and society man, member of the 400"
is reported to be dying to-day at his home,
No. So Clinton place. Mrs Jack" Blood
good, his plucky wife, who last Tuesday
night made her debut as Elodie a dane
ing girl, in THE Conquerors' at the EN-
pire Theater, is at his side nursing him
tenderly, all thought of stage career
abandoned in her wifely devotion Unit!
Wednesday Mr. Bloodgood was a private
patient at the Presbyterian Hospital He
was a patient there the night his wife made
her first appearance as Elodie. the dane
ing girl. Mrs. Bloodgood's mother Mrs. j.
II. Goodwin, is also seriously i'll at a pri-
vate hospital in this City. None but the
most immediate friends knew of the awful
strain the handsome woman was bearing
up under as she took her place for the first
time on a professional stage.
Mrs. Jack" Bloodgood, as she was al
ways called in the smart sgt, took to the
footlights because she had youth beauty.
grace of figure and wonderful brown eyes.
and because when the elder Mr. Bloodgood