The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-12
me STROLLARs ar rHFIR BEST.
Clever Amateurs Present "The Lady From
Chicago" To n Fine Audience.

w NNNieH'fs
That curiously composite organization. The
Strocrs gave is original mus cal comedy.
The Lady From On cago." before an audience
that crowded the large ballroom Of tho
Waldorf Astoria last night and proved con-
c.usively that II doe. not dercnd upon
the presence Of a Live Duke for the success Of
its thcatrcals. II was announced from the
stage that the Duke OF Manchester would
lie unah" 10 take part OWN: TO i'll
ness In his family. and barring the po-
lite regrets appropriate 10 the occasion.
there was no doep and widcsprca! sorrow
over the los. a. his Grace'S part was salts
tactori!y Allei. and II he had done all the extra
thing. H. was pu' down to 10. the light 81 day
would probably hay. found the pay sii'l rro-
crching "A u wa. midnight had come and
gone long before the last curtain i"ll, and one
Of the things that the StroIlers will have to do
for the rest ~ the week is TO stroll at iveler
Tace or use the axe with sweeping vsor.
Tn" play .tscIfi by Edward falrs Coward.
J. Cheever Goodwin and a variety Of other
persons. and. AZ a venture. zach of them wrote
Il character and an incident and tho contribu-
tons were thrown into hat shaken m. taken
G" and no Gss,sd 'sss S1., T rsero PIC,
mili.y.' Reminiscent. The lines are nor eni.
SPITE OF ali these 'leicc:s The TACT r,maIns that
IN" piny has certain swing aud go to IL that
lie h p.e," opens With Mrs. Xenophon Ypsu.
All Msger n hGT GqiGaGH her ,9a her 1wo
Gk.caso to New York Mf 5irssr to corner
into New York society, To them comes Young
Mr. I.yinGston; .on Of The oynsr Of the private
New York soci.ry. when he attempts 10 get
society 10 visit the Zegers at thsir, apart.
50 the Inventive Livingston gets bevy of
Casino chorus girls to impersonate society
don don't 10 a thinx to Mrs. X'gger But give her
the merry ha'ha and annex her diamonds in
w. IIrn,sion then takes the Zigoes SUM
ping. and the nct u the Lobster salooL on The
East Side Is ,hs best part t OF the nlsy The
HHoGiemen. Rasias and his honey; who arnear
walters and hahitucs brings out some anus
ns So%say The last st. "S 4 M %gg,
leg. L,ring'ton and his friend. Van R.n,.
had d gone broke H on peanuts gets h. mon"y
back and all Is 10y and peace and music by the
A. young Lirings'om Eiward Fales Coward
was natural. easy and confident. Miss Carrie
rSrknij William En f?V Wood Of hey i
proved a satisfactory Young ZI00@. and the
Misses Hoyt "a his sisters we're orInamental
RdStis was bit Of comedy that would have
gracei the professional stage. and the acting Of
1osui X. Metcaf e the Ihic q" IA 7Nrsmon'r was
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Gordon contributed largely 70 the q, occasion.
AMI ". Il Delehanty and Miss Grace Childs. as
| In the fourth act Miss Emily Key Hoffman
| and Ohio Gushing gave spanish dance. There
have been great many professional Spanish
them c%SHId, with profit, take lessons
IIs %an Miss Hoirmans collection. COM
h1 1 Rs HS" q sS, nn9
around THE stage. got twisted and gave of
| revolving refractons. As n proposition
SpherSa aas p, sT bar SHE T 1ny.is
| has been nothing like her, since Euclid, ana he
dealt largely in angles, whereas Mas Hoffman
ahsn't got an angle IN her makeup,
esque and appropriate background. When they
| finished the audience howled for more though
| It was then midnight.
RastIs's dance was clever. ant Louis Fitzger-
@tS s af"ss of s" %s ne S's 81 'a o%
ere, will BIO effective 1t was ragged
en ss Before The play began there Vas corr
.ESt many TcFsons i bar I S%.sht .isE !;
nowhere else but upon the tickets. This
| caused some discomfort among those who be-
| lieved that for SO a ticket they ought to have q
more sold foundation nan nan, mn a,r put they
The cabloRram which prevented the Duke OF
Manchester from appearing. lnt9rmed him,
| according to he anh3uncementoIthei illness OF
his sister. Morris Underhill played his Part
| antiSfaptOrly.