The times., 1899-11-19

Ray Ct sunshine and The Cowboy and
the Lady" We're condemned. The enthusi-
astic manner in wbich the primal three
were received ia New York is generally
known. Sir Henry Irving never had
greater triumph in tns country, while Hen
ry Miller and John Drew still are working
before Dig audiences. "A Little Ray Of
Sur-hiue" was an immediate faseO. and
remained on the road barely month. And
row Nat Goodwin vehicle the afCTe
Mentioned The Cowboy and the Lady is
undergoing such a newspaper roasting as
makes probable its speedy withdrawal
With all OF these object lessons no claim
cI intallbiiity is made for the department
Tne histories of these offerings are cited
only to prove reliability hich is a very
different thing.
That Organization CT operate antiquities,
the Bostcrians, having disposed CT every
one CT is capable people at last appears to
be being rated at It's true worth. Never
within the past ten years has a company
and presentation been 50 numerically
scored The afcrssatd scoring does not
take the form OF charitable criticism. Evil
dently. the reviewers are highly wrought
up before beginning their articles and the
results are appalling. \ prominent Brook
lyu daily, for example. is responsible for
the following.
TEe 8ostoniaGs began their annual cagageu Et
at tAc Co.uApia in,atra LAST evening "Itn the
presentation ut ID new Upc.d, The Smugg.vTs uT
l<atayez IL Is alleged he comic AMI tuusfui,
hut lIse -'IEc NaIo of Plymouth, aad the m9Ee
recere NCNIraE-greI>g. production tHat this COM
pery brought out, Tie SInue2lti-, l5 doubt
less iaf-d FOR an JBtimely de.,rn. Frederic tI'i-
sen Is responsible tor the hbrcttG. ard bad the
t,mprItv 10 I7iB@ before an audience OF re-
s8ecfahtc iir ukiyEItss such h0JtN aatiquiles ti
& fL4.rN L..
rril1iiast borrowed from l{.t2. III since de-
ceased tcretburts aud Why does a aeH Gro
tive -~u -et. Etieh Ifapa3s e. N';b o"bs CRACKED
in The Isle of Champaign su inIT ttHtt even
+ .rg--rr.iIrL ,jIouayr gct tsreH - DC aad
: ,voujdn go to hear tie opera any inpse. Thee
Z srf. our. b. cauute a4 ample There are others
-Ioti af thrm \ great deal c ,Ha lbretto Is
dr2 gu fgpm 11tes.f, long -iu'- ue'2Ned. me
music IS By ti.Coial NHkD"sky. In shows natt-
iue brilliant, and h;J'e thai Is new. In places
it IS decidedly WiuterestHg, and at only two
good comic opera. The ploJ is a. Old as the his
! tory Of -tagccIItt, being made up 90 incidents
surrounding the pursuit cf band Ot sHulEE.arS
and the Alleged comic episodes resulting from
,rfSf3.en idtHtity ig capturing the wrong man.
! The company Is mude up IL what OF the ofiSlnai
famous BU-touidus lErrr are LETT priHc'Pa.iN
Henry Clay BstEabee- William It, McD nait, md
George r. FruthiHgbam, and last night -t5-y -aug
fb.. new naTa for the nGst part - though they
tool. less INTEREST ia % than 40 anything else on
ag-rh The audience Waitad patiently fer some
I
the evening bat rc5! hHuor was about as scarce
rs the teeth cf the hen chat wandered acr1ss the
! street somewhere In one ct Henry Gay bJIj'-
bap'y talks with nsmsclr upon the sfagc tue
scenery was duh uud uu.ntsrcstine for ,Ae most
| part showing nothing especially nc| nm designs
OF c0lafiEg. and the costumes, except those Worl
/ by The principals, "oui1 nave "a "a at C'sull 10 i
| second rate road company The -olalefS VINO
were supposed Co capture the suuEglers were not
even we'll enough dsiled Tor service m the PINK
| ippiucs
There WIS q great deal more 20 this re-
view and there were a great many similar
ones printed in Brooklyn Altogether, the
! !ong-axpacted end OF the troupe seems TO be
! at hand Locally. it was n0t unheralded.
/ If the gentleman responsible for the above
quotation Iabors under the Impression that
| he is highly original ne viii hnd cure for
that belief in the dIe5 OF the Washington
| papers of-say 1898.
Having about exhausted a plentiful crop
| Of American heiresses. the British nobility
| seems TO be making effort TO lind for
| tune and ia cor on the American stage. The
! Earl of Yarmouth who. after having been
| billed like a circus. "modestly'' cOnceals
! his identity under the romantic name OF
| Eric Hope, was the first of these pioneers,
! and his brilliance completely o0Scured play
| and PLAYERS in the New York criticisms OF
/ Make way iOf tue L@uIea, HAiIu was
| presented last Monday night at the Madison
| Square. And now William Angus Drogo
| Montagu the Duke OF Manchester, an
nouncas that he may condesceud 10 take uE
! Thespis for consideration. Certain mana
gers have jumped at both OF these titled
! gentlemen rs though they We're prcdigies
| and certain ths8regoers are counting on
| fesstiug their eyes upon each before
! lone IL either the Duke or the Earl has
| the slightest histrionic ability, no one can
| object TO their adoption of the stage or tC
| their trying the emotions produced by earn
| ing an honest livelihood. The young Var
| mouth and the hardly more mature Man.
! chester have perfect right to enter any
| business for which they are fitted. They
may begin at the bottom, according TO the
proverb. and work up in great shape.
! But unfortunately. the probability is
| hat both have been rendered positions re-
! fused. to more talented asptrants msrely
because both are notorious. In which case
| New York and The rest OF the country will
| inspect them as it irspects human skeletons
| or fat women and when satisfied. will sim