The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22

| chocolate manufacturer. he no longer dwes
| In fancy on the thought Of his married mis-
tress. He 10 considering a. bankrupt man OF
| the world how he can marry ths supposed
heiress. 30 visit from his sentimental mis-
trsss 10 not agreeable just at that
time She comes TO tho barracks
! thicky yelled. just as the Lieutenant
has put the girl into room to enable her to
( change In private her civilian dress for a uni
! form. Customary this ceremony would take
/ place In the presence OF oil tho other recruits
! In tho barracks. The sound Of the Captains
I footsteps soon makes II necessary to get his
amorous wife out OF the way. She 10 concealed
| in q room opening an ,he central court. The
! Captain decides on an inspection Of the apart
nents. Heopens the door OF the ono in which
! his wife 10 hid She shuts 1t with shrek.
"Ah." says the Captain to tho Lieutenant. "a
| rendezvous
The Lieutenant looks serious That my
| CAPTAIN" he says. after a moments silence. is
| the Yelled Lady"
| The effect OF this news Is startling. The Cap
| tain is proud to hear that one Of his suhord-
| mates IL concerned In such an i'm portant affair.
| aud with no less con pcuous a person than the
| Yelled Lady, TO tlatter him still further. the
| Lieutenant says that his Captain shall escort
| her from the arsenal. He IL delighted. The
| door OF the room is opened The yelled lady
| steps out tragically. The Captain offers his
arm ohsr1uiously. The woman is thus es-
| corted in safety from meeting with her lover
| by her own husband.
There are other incidents in the play that
rely less on the Dreyfus trial for their humor
You will never tell" says the singer. after she
has revealed her sex to the Lieutenant
| Never he answers. "rwev" Lahoris
cannot get the truth out OF a French officer
| unless he wants to tell IT."
| The elderly chocolate maker in this new
| farce is introduced Mt the home Of n music
| teacher, to which he has come in search Of an
instructor for his son. The dotng parents are
convinced that he should he composer. He
| Is IN reality only n spendthrft. His father
agrees to pay certain sum FOR his tuition
| The son offers to pay twice az much. and in
advance. II the professor will not reveal his
| failure to attend the lessons. The professor Is
| young man with an exigent wife and a fond
| ness for the couplet singer who GoeH to tho
barracks. The wealthy contectioner takes her
| for the professors wife. He makes love to her
| as violently as he can in the vicinity 81:
| his own wife. and promises TO send her as
| much chocolate every day as she wishes. The
| candy continues to arrive, much to the aston
ishment OF the real wife. The old mans suit
| with the actress. whom he sees in the barracks
while seeking his son. progresses slowly. as he
| Is subject to sudden twinges OF conscience at
the critical moment. But the actress does not
| mind that. She 10 only looking for his assist
ance to win her wager Max Leoaudy. the
| little sugar bowl. who diei several years ago
in Paris Is evidently the prototype from which
the character Of tho son was drawn.
The sense OF character is so strong with Ger
man actors that 1t seems the dominating
thing in their art. Whatever a role may be
they are not satisfied to speak its lines and act
| n Thev wnnt IN Iook lika IL wall Ona
suit Of this is varied aspect in every per-
Torrance. whatever the other abilities OF the
actor may be. Luckily they are all capable at
the Irving Place. and their characteristic ar
pearance in each play Is an added element OF
enjoyment and not pallation OF inefflclency.
American actors are less interest ed In the ques-
tion OF makeup and that indifference 10 said
to be encouraged by some managers in the be-
lief that the public likes to see its favorites
just as they usually look. That may be sound
sense. but 1t is probable that interest in 1opu-
lar actors would retain it's intensity longer II
/ they were a little less invariable. Ono instance
OF this difference in the German and American
m ethod Ia to be observed In The Girl In the
Barracks" at the Carr OK and the Irving Place
| Julius Stroll who plays tine YOUNG composer
in German. is the light comedian OF the thea
tire. He tries to follow the accepted idea oI
what a com poser should look like. His lock
Coyne. who 10 exceedingly comic in the same
part at the Garr.ck. follows no plan
In dress. unless it be an attempt a,
about-town moiishness. He suggests moth
ing so little as musician. lie talks OF writing
OPERAS but the au Hence knows that rag-tme
10 the most ha 10 equal to. There Is the same
difference in the actors who play the part oil
the youthful sp"ndthrit in the two produc'
tions. At the Irving Place he is the typica
Partisan dandy in looks and manner from hi,
carefully brushed hair through his black stock
to his patent leather boots. In English
tho role Is more regularly funny. bu
less true. Louis Mann may have decided that
even In the matter o. makeup he was supply
ing enough for the whole play. His mask Is If
fact a good one. As the elderly confectioneI
he hos a complexion which makes him look a.
II he had always lived on his own chocolates
an ashy beard OF stu billy and meagre growth
and several pairs OF the peg ton trousers whicl
are an essential part OF his generally admired
humor. which Is Just now being roared at By
Garrick audiences As to the farce itself. it il
equally wicked In German and English. but a
funny In both as it 10 indecent.