New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

presence Of the entire company. is a foregone
conclusion. and lacks dramatic interest The
play is we'll staged and admirably acted. but II
Is as amess and purposeless as blank car
fridge fred in the air AS a comedy Of manners
II merely implies that a pair OF -bred school
girls. rivalling each other In pertness and pre-
cocity. can succeed in having their own way.
Apart from Miss Leclercqs acting az Mrs.
Beechlnor which is characterized by delicacy
Of finish and certainty OF method, the best work
is done by Miss Beatrice Forrar as a prying
child who finds out what mischief is going on
in the country house and exposes the intriguers.
On the opening night this was a tour de force
in impersonation OF character which thrilled
the audience and called for a spontaneous out
burst OF applause. There was a similar e;.pe
rlence on the first night Of Macbeth" when Mr..
Robert Taber deeply moved the spectators by
his spirited performance Macduf Cynical
London playgoers may affect to despise earnest
acting, but whenever il is offered 20 the public,
it has been by Mrs Kendall with incom-
parable art in THE Elder Miss Blossom" It is
appreciated at its full value. For this reason It
is matter for sincere regret that Mr. Jones
who ranks after Mr. Pinero the second play
wright In England. should have chosen petty
a subject schoolgirls manners. ald have con-
structed his play so clumsily as 10 give a really
excellent company little scope for artistic effort.
He has shown at other times his capacity for
strong work. but In this instance he has under
rated the intelligence and artistic instincts Of
playgoers
The Institute OF Painters in OIL Colours has
changed its name this TO that Of Society
Of OIL Painters. but otherwise there is little
that is novel IN It's autumn exhibition in Pic
cadlly All the regular contributors are repre-
sented on the walls by works in which previous
achievements and limitations are repeated Mr..
Wimperis has a fresh series Of vindswept
Dartmoor scenes with sheep and cloudy skies;
Mr. Orrock presents his usual rustic bridge and
mill; Mr. Frank Walton offers his glimpses of
the verdant Surrey hills: Mr. Aumoner has his
opulent summer landscapes; Mr.. Fulleyove has
painted with hard finish the Acropolis from a
new point OF view Mr.. Edwin Hayes provides
fresh examples OF excellent water painting with
fishing hoats; Mr. Brentnan again produces
Turneresque experiments in high co.oring; Mr..
Bundy introduces a group OF Covenanters and
his other old-time scores; Mr.. Hugh Carter
supplies effective genre painting; Sir James Lin
ton portrays in Summertime" a gil IN green
and gray. with red poppies dropping from the
edge OF basket; Mr.. Allan repeats his luminous
shore pictures; Nine Ronner reveals her !nevi-
table pair OF kittens, and so on TO the end OF the
list Every year these standard favortes are
on exhibition, and while there Is no decline OF
power there Is seldom any evidence OF fresh
creative impulse or Of marked Improvement In
technique.
The landscape work is the best feature OF the
show. and Mr. Alfred East. who never repeats
himself has perhaps the best example. certainly
the most satisfying one. He attempts in "A
Grey Morning q difficult problem Of effects ot
light and solves It by poetic feeling and insight.
Different in method. but strong IL Its simple
realism and perfect IN its balance Of values is
Mr. Peppercorns River" There is power OF
another kind IN Mr.. Dollmans figure OF dead
man lying IN a stretch OF desert. with the light
mist. 1t is called THE Crown" and. grewsor,e
sls II .s & fascnates the. EYE by sheer force o.
originality and Imagination. Mr.. George Weth-
erbee has several dainty idylls fine in compost
ton. Mr.. Hugh Carriers Selling Off the Rem
narts" Is a work we'll worth doing. /. only for
the effect OF light from the fshmongers shop
on the pinched faces Of a group Of poor children
in a gloomy street. There Is a downright poor
and clumsy Watts, but there three Fantin-
Latours in the collection. a well-mode,led
woman and the others exqusitely painted flow
er-peces. perfect in drawing and coloring.
These are the chief novelties in an exhibition
where painters are content with "reminiscences
Of what they have already done. They must
live and so they continue 10 paint pictures In
their own -defned manner which will find
a market as representative works OF their art.
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