The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
SONE THEATRICAL TOPICS.
.,t,Ry or DRUNKENNESS IN sET-
ERtL or THE PLAYS.

RHfI or THE f'bTtS'
.. s.,,,.s In Two Fnrces, n Comedy and
'P' ,t,,Iremn Tho Song Tint May Irwin
Ill Sot sinE-The Weeks Revival ut
, Murray HiIl 90 Eougere's Tactics.
.,,. ip,oyicatton is moro rarely serious
,omiral, The drunkard, like the gam
. .. rsuolly loses tho romance that he 10 some
W. ,hler TO retain in fiction II revealed TO
WV n,blo I'm material form. Some current
u,,,o,I exhibitions OF alcoholic indulgcnce
.,b,usly produced and with different pur-
Ma, Irw MS accidental tipsiness Ia the
-, lint is already well known. Its most
.,,li,r phase IL tho slight provocation. Tho
pi.smoll but the effect, as II would have 10
". Il, Miss Twins case. Is prodiRious. Thecoh-
M. Arc the reverse when Henry Miller.
S " ,ne ar.t act OF The Only Way" indul-
n,n.,in,elly in the falling that has made
~ nI,r.n. hero, a lovable drunkard. He 10
",.r,rv in a stupor when the audience sees
sr.t Hi. head has fallen on table lit
.'.ai With empty bottles. He Is awakened
',s dsrculty. and with no evident loss OF
',I,s, The LIQUOR from half-empJ bottle 10
s,a,s1 into the glasses and disappears In one
ss..,lon The beverage 10 mentioned as port
S'ns although to retain consciousness under
...,noupt he takes would be creditable to his
~ n resistance even II II were only sherry
,,y,deira. Mr. Miller suggests intoxicat'on
.aI,rn,ed by good taste. and the audience
snA.po,hir: comic ia Sidnev's devotion to the
,,,s,s More bottles are opened ana more
,orr,l out. There 10 no proportionats
,h,nss in his condition. The spectators
.", S,iu,yS indulgence with the respect
W., Mr. Nlers art commands. until the vine
VA s, IS prove too small for his needs aad he
s@pss ha bottle into goblet Tns am1 asII,
,so 81 The serious attention that the actor en-
!o,np to this WON'T. sym ranGar r ~ tho eapa.
.,,oi a hero who is capable OF drinking so
inch and showing 1t so little,
c,o,s. o.bourne In "A Stranger In a Strange
1,na" represents some phases OF the stage
,rr,,n.nt Of inebriety. Two men In Tho
Tyr,npy OF Tears give still another view OF
,,,,,c,ton's results II not the actual state
when NJ. Tdr5mv and the friend OF his bach
.ord,y. come to breakfast they are suffering
,,,r, n derression that IL not due altogether to
,ba d.par,urs O. tho formers wife. That was
N. original csuse Of the night session which
l.ltotheir N orning discomfort. But the audi
,ne, saw none OF IL. II IL as plainly shown by
the d,meanor Of the men as II II had been rep
resented " th all the literaness OF Sldney's de-
tauch. Breakfast IL as intolerable to one as IL
/, to tn. other. Even the attempt to break
On egg is too much Tor PhrdTv. who has
.hare than his friend. presumably from
The ucoompanylnE emotional strain; They
iod TO bring a bottle Of cham agns. and its
influence ruts them temporarily into the con,
tented frame Of mint that coffee; egEs and d
oN.y one Of the pretcnders who has to Keep his
dignity while h. is losing his senses: and NJ;
.a's is the NOR: dLftionI, Tor thA, reason: TN
Heart Of Maryland" tho problem would be
more sasily solved as that chap 10 kept up to
There are no .trenuou. moments. however. In
the earlier scenes Of the The Only Way.
which only REQUIRE their hero TO he drunk ana
Try to make himself drunksr without demand
ing passion or fun. May Irwin and George
0.Ooqrns ouiy attsmrt the broadly comic.
DreT m Il, dn,y' shs or r,bsr Hyro ns
were eIagSsrative In the least OF a condition
rota'together pleasant to think OF; As Il IL
their sEI.tul treatment accents the humor and
makes It wholly delightful.
What Did Mary Dor" the song from Pot
Pourri" that William Brady prevented May
Irwin from singing because 1t had been stolea
Is being sung by Eta Butler in Round New
YORK in Eighty Minutes" in a changed form
Its story is OF sgrl who was so attractive "a
men yet didat know what she did to win them
A. Roster Il Balls II IL given In tho Beck
Sharp skit an the winning girl is Becky in.
stead Of Marn Mss Botl.r, an eIc.llen
nsns !; II one ye1se The h ,rN, nigh
"a W9a' Did Mary bog but don't dare
Dorothy Donaelly is showing herself to be
French va.hrrwomnn in Madame Sans Gene
,hs Murray Hin. and nov she IL PLAYING
sNsai sao reTy ws girl 10 my Friend from In
i..t last week, 10 in the last current. and Mr.
kiusrt is out now.
ST.ss r. mary tnP S.T YSaE h
Minutes" are the Twenty-third street news
glr. and the old woman who stands outside Of
mI.rsonsted on the stage before. the form
Nail ofts? Tsr 5 Are sd the e, thu Tn
hrht but IN his case i is true. As Il got sloni
w2vert Y o'clock aud the end Of 80 Round New
I Fs MY. TRssG %om o IN h hsn
Int Morning"
Dewoi Hopper has added trsvesty on "Th.
nCharss Hawtry buri.saues the part which
a Dor, here when Edward Morgan took the sam,
o. Europe"
Iealizng her failure to create the expected
sensation with foulness here. Eug.nis Fouser,
LuE.bsnsiye 70 our, aud encss. She now sing,
.s.V'.'' h1 D'py, uHu Ia ono OF ner fTencl
songs explains the meaning as she goes alon e
Mother negro song by Cissie Lostus has beer
eGlHt to Sister Mary" II IL called Louisiana
lIs and Is catchy thing
us Florence Rock well. not JefYries Lewis
Who succeeds Marie Burroughs with Stuar
hoeion. Walter Hale nlso will be In Mr.. Rob
sons production of oliver Goldsmith"
Nme Pillar NORM Is to return ~ the stage II
| canary as gypsy in "A Daughter OF III,
Mllllon. piece said TO be novel In some o
Nsten-atiOnAl scenes
hIhom1s, Z. s.ab!ooke is going to. tour undo
ned,rection " Alfred +. Aaronsin who Kills,
snlk9hinF. anew farce by J. Che.ver Good
h,n ana Louis Harrison. He will start In Al
peaoy on Thanksgiving Day, GO 10 Boston an,
hsre nav q" 'a'"a' '"'a''