The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-27
INCIDENTS IN STAGELAND.
" THE ONLY WAY" IN THE HANDS
or RUDE BURLESQUER5.

Sew short Plays Performed by Dramatic
studonts-A vaudeville Scene en- a Peak
Of the Andes-A Poet Humorist Comes
out of the West and IL Scared.
lew plays lend themselves so easily TO bur-
loslus as does The Only Way From its
melodramatic intensity to tho ridiculous Ia
only short step That step was taken at
Weber Fields's last night when Tho Other
WAY" was put in as the second part OF The
WhIrl-i.gg' This travesty takes up the
Dickens story ct the tribunal scene and tol-
lows it from there pretty closely to the END
As might DO expected with a stage setting
rerreseuting French court Of justice. refer
pncps to the Dreyfus trial were made IRE
Gueutly and comically. The really funny part
Of Vt was where Peter DALEY AS kidney. the
hero. is pleading to Weber and Fields. az
French judges with German dialects. to spare
the life OF David Warheld as Charles
UITnGtoD. Tho lawyer and the defendant
v,ro In little witness boxes on wheels which
went trundlng around the stage like trolley
cars This absurd idea was heightened by
having on them the familiar bells. which tho
occupants rang to keep people of the tracks.
Dlsngresments as to who should stand In tho
lime light were settled only whom Chafes Ross
entered as De fOgg. wearing the customary
white enlTl Oh luelOulaula' So
coat after him. and taking the centre OF
the stage. light and all. Before this, however.
Daley had entertained the reyolu-
,ion.ry crowd with Jokes. which wero
80 heavy that the people discerned
thereby that that he was English. One
of the novelties in this scene is a wooden shoe
clog dance by Lillian Russell. along with Mr..
Weber and Mr.. Fields. 1t was the Queen OF
Comic Operas debut as q dancer and she ac-
Quilted herself well. The second scene OF the
travesty showed Kidney overcome by Ddrnaton
with a piece OF Roquctort cheese Another
shift and the prison was shown. with the arls-
GSsSs sTntPf h.f ' ara MIS-
tsrtaned them with coon song the nrst
she had ever sung 70 public Two Of the ssis-
the tins they, p.y an excsp'ionally
hinder "I"y Of their pinoche and poker games
In former pieces. After being worked up ia
little more. this will he ss comic as Its preds:
S"s .t. /. mi RaSIa gf''s stys H
tragedy ended with 4 distortion OF Henry NIL
frs ma" snSfG nv, ~ var a. ann. al lar fsr
better rest that | 60 to than l have eyer
known" Mr. Daley spoke it thus: L am far.
far. far better vest that wear than have ever
worn" John Kelly and Irene Perry appeared
only n the tribunal seems The former was as
wanted and the latter. his beautiful daughter.
Some members Of tho senior class OF the
American Academy Of the Dramatic Arts per-
formed three new plays yesterday afternoon at
the Empire. The most peculiar Of those was
"A Flower OF Yeddo." Japanese comedy trans
lated from the French by Victor Mapss. 1t
told the story OF a maiden who wishes to test
her lovers fidelity courage and generosity.
shn doa III tha All NJ to- oil II de
one who tries unsuccessfuy to win his heart
and another who DISCUSSES herself as a soldier
and attempts. with equal failure to brighten
him. To determine his generosity the maiden
herself tells him that her old uncle 10
IN need Of money. and the lover straight
way offers his own earnings. The piece was
into verse, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland had
Written afs T! risce which she called On
idea which would be charming as an inspira-
value. for, stage, representations. The third
Jar predssssso?s wa, oonSsntional' 4 d ssH
w56 OF New bhGs do farmer loves man OF
orBns hs IL. ' aasb Goes S not Mhen ho
man she chooses. When the father is alone he
SomprshenGs his foolish prejudice ana calls
Marion ,Thomas Marion Wright. sidns;
R!S1 Fam fnano oHy's foH. H.s FaSsI
Anna Branch and James Rodney.
Audiences at Pastors Theatre this week are
treated to rare sight. They see 4 familiar
variety pair. m ost OF whose former inning visi-
tors to this house know by heart. In a new
specially. Matthews and Harris are tho two
thus newly put forward, and Will N. Crsssy,
himself variety Snowman. is the provider Of
the matter. counterfeit castle wall crossing
the back OF the stage. balloon and palm
tree are an unusual inveStture. When the
curtain has disclosed this scenic richness. tho
woman OF the couple explains the situation.
Her castle 10 on top of an Andes peak. and
there she has lived all her days. seeing no other
human beings than her mother and her nurse
From stray leafot a book she reads the words,
men, war and marriage. and wonders at
their significance. She 10 not so secure in
ms exposition as in the old specially.
o. the strnnng green feshings that went with
me former effort she wears snowy draperies
Iut II she ,s changed, her companion Is not
~ inc Old sketch he vas hummer afoot: in
the new he is bleary aeronaut. When his
balloon has DROPPED him within the castle
served kind that is warranted to saagest a
iealy sponEed and busted From It The "a aero aPo
.cocoanut filed with milk and tapping the
b, Hxn mr,he' stream of water. The meeting
'','''-H Nh' wall, eTef ana the unhOphlStloatpl
maId Is m-asurahly like those bet ween m ortal
men ana N!phe n many a farce founded on tho
sSury OF tho fearful goddess. To the Pastortss
sne sconlca.!y green. and he il laughably In
sonu iucN, when she withdraws to bring her
tuurcu mn,her 70 view the strange visitor he
rrscoVers his balloon and scars into the fies
lns lNO Sp"caistsare well fitted, though some
a. ineir admirers may regret that the author
uIu hot nave me oo.dness to direct feGhinRs as
..guIhtlon female get-up for tho upper Andes
stratum ''
Ihe Western product OF comic vocalists is
sampled at keiths. Joseph Newman is the
newcomer The stranger Is the author OF the
verses ne sings. and the initiated are nearly
h'cA win ioreboiing. They see tall, angular
'ouhH CHAP IN a hurry. But his irock coat for
me matine Ia tsultless. Evidently he has re-
'usSu 70 accept the variety show fashion Of
''eh'hG dress coats for afternoons because
10 knows better not because he hadn Z claw
hammer coat Tie was badly scared at his
oyoL' AM That was encouraging. Your usual
"'f''a"St poet Is painfully confident OF his
,e'Ses' G4, alas for the hopes Of modesty.
"S waste NJ was hung with medals 1t was
Hoon disclosed however that these were de-
manuel ny Ms FIRST song. which made him out
W oe me do-r o. such feats as refusing to save
woman 'fo'A drowning and receiving a m odal
XXX mrt son 'n-law. Subsequent stanzas ex-