The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-06
INCIDENTS OF THE STAGE.
MISS NETHERSoLE'S III OF TOILET
DISCLOSURE IN "C1MILLE."

4 Matter of Clothes In Busch X Rcichen'
bach"-SomS New Things ia Hurry
BurIy''-Roso Cogblnn and Others III
mile. Fin"-Chrleton on Ambition
II Mrs. Leslie Carter Is another Bernhard
IL IL equally true.that "Iaza" Is another Ca
mile" But the newer play puts forward a
Rrosser type OF sinner as its heroine. She Is
at once shocking In her revelations Of dcDrav-
ity and more commendable as II deterrent eN-
ample. The evil OF Camille Is refined and
therefors insidlous. That OF Zdzd Is crude.
and therefore not allurlng. no matter how
deeply her sorrows may affect an audience.
or course. the people who have been to the
Garrick talk a great deal about the dressing
room scene. in which Mrs. Carter makes and
unmakes the toilets of an actress with much
realism. Olga Nethersole. in Camille" Mt
wallack's last week. put in Just a bit OF COM
petition. at the end Of the first act. whore she
passed into a bedroom that opened upon the
staRe ut the back. Here she sat YEARLY upon
the bed and surrendered herself TO her maid.
Az the curtain fell the maid was fumbling at
one OF her MISTRESS shoes. When the audi
ence gave a recall the next viaw OF the pair
had the maid with u shoe In hand and n third
disclosure showed her working overthe fasten-
ings OF Miss Nethersole's bodice. Then came
another recall Of curiosity. In the time the
curtain had las: been dow the maid had. pre-
buInubly uhV vi NAV NNhAN o'VNH NNfN
wanted to know what was tho next stage in
the frst attack upon the bodice. SO the hand
applause was redoubled. with u deal OF laugh
ter. That the curtain was slow IN getting up
When it was lifted 1t was seen that the dis
robement had gone no further. The, actress
was on her feet bowling her Acknowledgements
There is almost a dlsrobing scene in Busch
4 Reichenbach" down at the Irving Place. al
though the danger is averted at the last mo-
ment. The first act passes In n
establishment. A gown arrives from Paris
and Ia to be tried on by a model employed in the
place. The garment is attributed TO a ia
nous Paris maker. although 1t does not look in
the least like the creation Of anybody OF taste.
The model is summoned: she appears wear
ing everything but her outer skirt and bodice.
She does her undressing Off the scene. and
when she makes tire change in her appear
ance 1t Is In the direction Of improvement.
The question OF clothes comes In Importantly
once more In the new farce. When the healthy
son-in-law is confined in o sanitarium one Of
the first rules which he Is made to conform to
requires that he assume the habit of the insti-
tuition. which i is q suit OF yellow linen pajamas.
Herr Stroll. who is the leading man OF the
company this winter. is not a beautiful peri on.
even IL he Is an agreeable and intelligent &C.
tor. He looks extremely thin. When he put
the pajamas on. the audience realized for the
0rst time how very thin Herr Stroll really Is,
With Huber's. Museum only a few steps away.
ouee In the thsatre. The physician in charge
OF the institution has never had a patient who
most severe treatment. Some Of bis charges
have exhibited one or two OF them; but NONE GSai
ience. Ultimately he discovers that. News
comes to him that his chief tailor absolutely
nobility, 1t is necessary for him to return to
the chop Immediately in order that the royal
cape 10 impossible. He endeavors. to. break
down the doors or jump through the barred
t wiaaSiHDi 10 Ail thu tee sfre ettsm are s tai e,ei His P tbSt
the element Of violence seems to have been
manifested at last, Now the time for the most
tom lscIing has been shown. So the electric
Ice bath apparatus is brought int Inti use; ,no
stage by two men. 1t was an apparatus as
large as an automobile and provided with all
sSe ps 81 %he steps ana insi lnp lien whse,. 80 srs s0 sat as as
work, with a viii by the muscular assistant,
who has, no liking for the victim and is de-
oughly as possible. At first the water seems
mildly refreshing and as it grows cooler the
the freezing begins his attitude changes. 1t
ig, no longer fun TO feel the water about him.
his relatives arrive in time to save him. The
destinations OF the young man for all women
who fall In love with him SO soon as they lay
eyes on him make an episode In the farce
which Is amusing ii its subject is not very
novel: None OF the expedients Of fun used in
fully used. The surly attendant in the cold
water sanitarium. the tailor, who has gotten
In the sanitarium. who never fails to mention
the fact that she Is n widow. and the model. who
IIo ooS az th Si goa an5 c mSn s6 81 %t fo he enae sne Han o oars
all comic characters in the play.
To visit a travesty of.the same name o 500
md tiTnA ~ yVnha~ q Iyn1Ia'a INAa ~
Barily mean that one will see the same show
twice. Part OF their bill has been Hurry
Burly" since the season began. yet it is hardly
recognizable as the same burletta. This Is
necessarily praise. for the original piece was
almost a bore. Now it has been condensed to
such an extent that no possible story is dis.
tinguishable. but the fun IL delivered SO quick
y that the audience has no time to think what
is one Of the latest additions. 1t tells OF an in
eesssant piano Rh player. Maud. who:has studied
the waltz tyne that seems to always please. a
new bit Of fun has been written in for Weber
and Fields also As they enter Weber sees
red light hanging from one side OF tho stage
and mentions 1t to Fields. who looks around
only to ind that 1t is white. The color OF the
changed IN the meantime; AS each one looks
the color changes. red for Weber and white for
sion between the two. Finally they decide to
bet. each naturally sfeelingscontldent. as his
SOiOr llpnt ID always tntre Wnen ne looks.
They bet fearlessly and without limit to lay
out, much 70 the amusement OF the audience.
which 10 I'm" on the Joke. After each man has
put up all he has they look around together
and SEQ a green light. This color, Weber
sagely remarks. is due to looking at 80 much
green paper money. AS both have lost. Fields
decides that the winnings belong to neither
and must be thrown away.
To H EDITOR OF THE ~SUN-Sh': In COM
msnting upon the Maxwell verdict Of $4,000
against Nat @. Goodwin THE sun says that the
Jury rendered the verdict upon evidence OF
similarity In plot, and also by the.admission
on tho part OF the defence that Goodwin had
requested the author OF Ambition Henry
Guy Carleton. to write a comedy on the theme
contained in the ether work" Quoted from
= Chicago report of the case.-ED. SUM This
10 wholly incorrect. Mr.. Goodwin did not sug-
gest q theme TO me. nor any part OF u theme or
. story. and he 80 declared. with decided en-
phasis.. both in his testimony and III subse-
auent interviews. And SO far from there being
any such admission on the part of the defence,
there Is a positive affidavit from Mr., Goodwin
that he never opened the Dackage in which
was Maxwell's play-that he received my see