The sun., 1899-03-21
DAYS NEW on OUR STAGE.
orr rROu THE FRENCH An En-
We b",,r.NZI IND 4 MELODR1Mi.

H"" t,udon Life" at the Columbus.
-.,,,of"In Gny Parco' is here giventin
Inc r.no,c /, 1, worth A young Frenchman
) NV Each Girl arc mated by their parents
hl -, I'm order that they may fall in
III ma't mob cpch other before the wedding 1t Is
P'e e".I that they shall first go. under
iH1"-, ,,,,ryi,ioa, on an antc.nuptial tour OF
Ne ."l it, suburbs. The other fell
h'S u.Dn IN. bride already loves. and
@ .,tor rlrl whom the bridegroom already
Wv, Wv. intruIo themselves INTO the singular
ot. ,rr,r,riaj'- and misadyentures of these
p,,orI N. "a .caiu-tm"nt III pairs ami Two
wv. Cos instead OF one. Incidents congcnial
u" n"rr.rch farce ior this piece was OF Partisan
".',--con,ri in between the start and the finish
wA ,i,brm hld been tiagrantly indecent. no
I..t, osthry were still lrary. at times salac1Aus.
.to orrrlishwhich Clay NJ. Greene had written
in,o The b!idc kept herself away from
''L b,iiecroom's kisses. and with those OF the
wv ".t..od Young man, by pretending that he
p'a ,bvsic,au whose treatment she required
w.,r of thS remarks had double meanings.
NaI.h Is,hsrs had only Que apiece. that one being
aN,a, aN,s Tnnu the hl~iS Of the French piece.
'n,,t oIib verses ty Grant stewart. tinkling
..ns Nv Ludwig Eng,ander and beautiful
,.T.,s hy Car, Marw.g had been piled up, and
~. whole had been assimlated by George W.
I,dsrer into a Casino kind Of affair.
y.,hirg more ,rusuouS had ever been pre-
..,,sd nm that stage Of audacious sightliness.
r,,,. in the main show Of women. Of course.
H., ,,rcral action would run along little
-LiI, and assert itself by boisterouS action.
,r,y, n be pushed aside by n song. chorus or
dance Most IT the songs wcro neatly Scnti-
,,,r,al or breezily humorous. They were much
igsd by the audience. though several were
,,rrad from diversion into intolerablc nuisance
r ancore. which a few people demanded and
,ha many did not want. The hallets were ad-
rrsbIy artistic The first of them was as wild
,c,n.can as ever was seen. 1t was necessarily
wicked in manner. and perhaps 1t was unnec-
ss.sriDy so in lis wantun excess of skirt-fing-
ing But the scene was in Partisan garden.
and what else would you have in such a
psce, 4 second was in Il vineyard. where the
n-I,l marty and il recruits intcrected them
se,e, into festival in celebration Of wine.
The scenery here and throughout the play
was the beautiful haudiwOrk OF Burridge,
Albert and Grps. Tn" costumes had been de-
signed By Anderson. and, III variety, novelty
snt harmonious beauty, were Joys to the
eye The procession and dances OF the vine
could be crowded into the movements and
taI.eaux New York is not partial to balets.
Tut this one making III" climax Of the second
as-5sHso aG fen ' t" ~ naanmous Is h%mani some "i
the iucUnsrultire ut -Iic"d farce and cXtrava
gan7a were fu'i". and the third act was as
lu as the SECOND was bright. but all OF the
sEectac,e was u'l-rtual and successful.
some Of the performers came out 50 strongly
a to deserve lrr~onnl mention. Mabel Gil
lrah. new at III" Casino. enacted a ,spunky
a ~lt.A aInI Ia
and danced with n!mhe grace. Marie George.
Ii, rogui-h LITTLE soulrrttc. held her own
against Mis-, Gilman a. a tiirting bride. with pert
ballads and aG" carcr,;, Margaret Warren, a
strangcraud nlantfrstb English, was pretty and
pleasing as the hrii" 4 freshly imported
tan'4r, Violet hpImes. was surprisingly rapid
man'uIly with the farce. but had easier Jobs
with topical songs and Incidental dances were
Harry Davenport. Charles Dickson. and Ed
ward b, Tyler In ,iay laree " Is a character
stc Casino achievement.
Columbus audiences are usually enthusiastic
over new meludramas. and the one that gath
cred there last evening kept rigidly to custom
There was good reason for approval, too. in
London Life Taken from French play
entitled lie Cnmclot." it was turned
into English for London use. OF which
II had deal It's last nights per-
'ormance was it, first in New York
Nothing Of its French origin remained so
'rongIydId il resem bic the many English mclo-
dramas that have been brought here. Itwa re-
natSabIe for the dire straits into which its suf-
'eters fell. for the abundant supply Of broad
comedy that dressed the serious incidents. and
loE the heartlcssness Of its oprrcssors These
,nIse are stock and necessary ingredients. but
tauh was present - unusual force. and more
remarkable than all was treatment that made
tach IN lis turn effective. Last night : trial
wa not one OF those wherein only auditors
near the io"t warmed to hcroicS and chilled to
prosecutors. such has been the fate in the
pasl TWO years OF many play Of similar COM
IosloP, but in this case the interest was
lhe story had 4 daughter turned from her
n.me ana i".t almost 1" etarNc by Il father.
W." NaS dotuluHt"d hy his second wife Tn"
10Y. a,w! was n".pI"lt"r with villain Of tn" dress
,IIa' DIe' Tut whose Nli"nc-S was quite out Of
mtNiHi"dry. GOOD .ulk w"r" from the Ipwly,
T,nl E,n tHe >'hgc "Nr"Vtl!u of one man, who was
VI Ihe Streets trcau~" h" was Il ca-t-off Be-
".s ,te 'h'iN upon THIS contingent for sucrOr.
t,sY %Y we're impressed Tor iun making in sew
tHa. eIr"tiN, sc"nc- \ pawnhrokcr'e shop
"%, Wa, WI, Sl."Eht a majority q, them into
Nv Wa> III" h"st "t these. II gave view
~ various picturesque" waits. and turned
h,L9.r- when On" chap pawncd his
..,MnlI WhiS'rudt I" rails" money enough to
n9e,. n,e ON ,n naI,.l- Fart Of tn" unusual force
s,ro,o MhN w" 70 good average uf ability
sss,,'E iiN layers Augustus Cook. Jennie
as5 5't'TT", h'harl Ganthuny. Lillian lamrsnh
Ts"aJ "Ii ,oI,, ioH ahIi",d were ,"pnspI"ppus.ly
Ms,aIEry,, Maurrv and Juhn. Frrnrhmon.
%",. %.r WIN i"" and Shirley for the English
joan Drew whs.'he top.liner Yesterday morn
mE"t III" Emrirewh"n he American Academ,
u'the lrama'i' Arts held the final exercises o
~ S"'rentt wear Mr. brew was there to ad