The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-19
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
WRhTSxs BEING DOVE FoR Us THxs
WEEK M THE PLAY ACTORS.

1900 ~
WEEK M TH1 PLAY ACTORS.
IN the Absence Of Any Few ~H1atteg. That
which Il Fnusuiar n Serving Its Rnrpose
Very weii--Bst There rs = Hew panoer -
Csnaenan for Her Ezpioit or HndecenoS.
This week at our theatres has brought out no
nav play, but familiar ones are serving their
purpose of amusement very well. The Girl
from PArih'' has returned to town for o month
at Wanaok's, where II 10 performed by q now
company with all the old spirit and cleverness.
Georgia CAine, Frederic Lenox, Annie Buckley
and D., l.. Don now have the leading roles, and
ere, collectively, better than their predecessors.
This musical farce excels most others in its
class In comic Characterization, and Its humor
wears well. Richard Mansfield 10 giving APP
provotpieoes ct the Harlem Opera House. with
q change every night. Maurice Barrymore,
Elita Proctor Otis and the others in q notably
strong company are performing "A Ward OF
Francs at tho Grand Opera House. The cast
Is to be changed for q tour, but it remains the
same as at wallaok's for the week at the Grand.
Robert billiard has revived o farce at Hoyt's
in an amended version called "a New Yorker
The Castle Square company at the American is
devoting itself to '"The Lily of Killarney" The
Conried forces at the Irving Place arc shifting
between comedy and comic opera. Gilmore and
Leonard are the comedians of the moment at
the Star In "HoRan's Alley The popular
farce, my Friend from India" Is at the Column
bus. Tho plays that will stop with next satur-
day nights performances are "'The Princess and
the Butterfly" with the stock company at the
Lyceum, A Irish Gentleman with Andrew
Mack at the Fourteenth Street and 'Shoro
Acres with James A. Herne ct the Fifth Ave-
niue. The other pieces still available are ''Tho
%congpcrors' at tho Empire, .sThe Highway;
man" at the Broadway. "The Little Minister
NTH M H;a;i' Ida, adams @. at the '. GasE Wh,,t. The Hsot Tsle;
at the HSraid Square, "fhe Swell Miss Fitz-
tess yalcska" With julia Mario4e at the Knicf-
erbocker and '"The Ballet Girr' at the Man
Confinuous. show actors are Mckee Rankin,
Dunn at tho Pleasure Palaces Edouafd RSmenyi,
BonsbiIii snS SeromS Edys!dy Ct ,P:::ootSr's,
'tor's. George Fuller Golden q q very amusing
monDlogist at Weber 4 Field,s where "PousSse
S SSrfsty hG Eli N whi SS't are ca sssao h char an Sll,
A. A.lGuille and Carrie Fredericks, and the third
mnsic hall, tho Harlem, retains Smith and Cook
iesque has been found.at Sam +. Jacks for the
hit at the seeleg dinner. One Of the new wax
and SadlS Show Is the he .d ESsa mu' q A 4 DR. ,ssf Ssilo s5oup
It is as likely as not that Edward Il. Rice is
proud of his displays Of women on the stage.
It is certain that he should be ashamed Of
some Of them. One Of his exploits 10 O dancer
whom he has put into 1.-THE Ballet Girl" the
farcical Extravaganza that IL current at tho
Manhattan. She 10 not merely one Of those
ehapely and skirtloss creatures WHIT are set
forth numerously in the plays that he produces.
Nor is she ono of those objects of mingled as.
Constituent and commiseration who fling their
feet above their heads. She 10 q fragrant ex-
ample'o of that still more deplorable degradation.
the dancer who wears long skirts so con-
trived as to reveal an imitation of nudity.
She has been chosen for her voluptuous per-
sonallty. She comes into the scene wearing q
travesty of q Widows costume. Her black
dress hangs to her heels. But as soon as she
begins to dance the single, skirt parts at one
side from hem to waist, and exposes her figure
to full view from tho waist down. One side is
mesh mes s. 50 Ike Ike skin anNi In t tint and t texture as to
suggest no covering at all. Not only is the en-.
s sISo e, tsa. 'a SIDE 'o of her m body a%1't to Tho a0SS eIs li Rss
EEomsn's s1pIdit. u e Wholly msretrisiioas:
steps and sSSIicks Tor the sole purpose q bring.
der conditions contriyed to create the illusion
that It Is naked. Plain description and de.
Shameful thing, but. on the other hand. this arti.
ole may warn many more away. Charles
P Is,n. the sgdaoious remote %1,s who re-,
explanation that it was excellent advertising
Mi. Rice's dancer. That is his own dirty bust.
ness. 1t Is the duty Of honest newspapers to
publish the truth.
Two transferences to continuous vaudeville,
are interesting at Keith's. One is La Petite
Adelaide, q dancer who has long been familiar
in upper Broadway from employment In bur-
III III -al
and her steps are unlike any OF the many kinds
known in the variety theatre. The gods arc
accustomed to skirts that reach only to the
knees, and thai this young woman's dress is
white on tho outside and fluffy pink on the IN
side Is nothing now. Nor is it unusual in being
seen inside quite a. much as outside. But the
mixture of high kicks. toe-tip exercises. and
general airiness Is much unlike the usual va
riety show dance. When 1t comes to side
wise handsprings, of the sort that small boys
dancer retains as complete control Of her limbs
as II she were standing, the gods recognize u
Ding and respond accordingiy. That they may
not lose faith n their old standards. she Is fol,
Wooden.soied shoes. These he can click upon
the floor or against each other in more ways
than q quick-eyed watcher can count. By the
time he takes to initiating fire crackers and old
boys upstairs have forgotten whether AIDE.
lhluo d bklTI WA PINK Oubhiut VI III, lnuOeu, I'D
two-sidedness is Its strongest impression.
The other transterence was from some other
city's vaudeville, for no one would accuse Hall
and Staley of having come from the legitimate.
They appear as escaped %convicts. one trundling
than TO point the dominance of one chap over
his fellow. The barrow stops because It's push
er rebels. and IN the comic dialogue that follows
a robbery is planned. For its execution n drop
is raised, the two men invade q pu wnshop, and,
after ludicrous COLLISIONS with tin pans and
other noisy things. fall afoul Of n xylophone. "a
cornet that Id enclosed in a ueniiohn, and other
musical miscellany. Finally they blow up the
safe, which proves to be "a huge jack-in-the-
box. Robert Macdire is very far away ut the
end; perhaps these jokers never heard Of him.
TRIs rps hRfOy RAIL.