The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-17

Of her rivals who has attracted attention to
herself 10y singing in the streets. She dis
guises herself as a man to carry out this plan.
finds the summons to military service sent to n
Paris dandy; takes that. along with his
purse and follows the sergeant who has
come In search Of him to the m Hillary head
quarters. There the hardships Of a shower
bath confront her. She confessos her sex to II
lieutenant, who falls In love with her under
the impression that she is "a daughter
OF the rich chocolate manufacturer. whose
son shs 10 representing. TO tho barracks came
her lover. who is mistaken for q recruit and
compelled to do mental service; the old
chocolate manufacturer. who is also
anxious to lrt with her. and. finally.
his son. These episodes luckily followed
one another quickly and they were
arranged SO The Girl as Re-
crut" moved swiftly and humorously. 1t had.
moreover. the advantage Of an Interpretation
which showed the actors OF the Irving
Place at their best. PLAY and company
there are so closely united usually that
the good results obtained can with difficulty
be attributed 10 ono or the other But the act
Ors last night distinguished themselves. 1t is
not possible now to give discrim ating praise
to all OF them. 1t lis enough to say that Anna
Leonard was a heroine full OF humor. vitality
a new conner. showed rare skill and finish as a
light comedian that Gustav Won SeyfTerttz
was again amusing in his exaggerated way.
and that Edmund Ham displayed all
his comic JUNCTION as rufllanly
sergeant The play to which they
lent their talents was worthg OF good acting.
But the performance Of the Irving Place COM
pany in its ease. Intelligence and sparkle was
brilliant. Every actor in tho cast plainly ap-
preciated the humor Of the situation.
Under the name OF The Girl in the Bar
racks" the farce above described was acted
also at the Garrick last night. by company Of
American players. including Louis Mann and
Clara Lipman as leaders. None OF the fast fun
of the original had been lost in the trans
lation. and not lot OF the ndecency. Every
thing was loaded with doube meanings Had
there been any room to doubt the intentions
OF the language. the graphic manner OF acting
would have made them clear. A large number
OF the typical frst-nighters were on hand. and
the entertainment did not seem to offend them
They needed only the humor. which was indeed
plentiful. 1t must be allowed that to thos who
could overlook the wicked men there was a
free evenings amusement Mr.. Mann enacted
the chocolate manufacturer with an excellent
Disguise and an accent which 1t was hard to
define. He was enacting al renchman am ng his
why he shout not have spoken as good Eng ish
as Use others. But II he must pronounce his
words peculiarly. why should he have done SO
in much the sd me broken English as was sup
posed to come from German two seasons ago
in The re ephonc GirlE' But 1t is sufficient.
perhaps. that he was truly funny He kept
his audience laughing continually while he
was on the stage, and certainly no more could
be asked OF comic comedian. Miss
Lipman played the gay Parisienne in her usual
manner In the ca rlier scenes her acting was
adequate. but later. when she donned the garb
of o man. she WAS empowered Try her part. or
was it the clothes? Joseph Coyns played the
sportive husband Ia an exaggerated hut
funny manner. Probably he felt that the farce
was based on incongruitiss. and
forced but lively imptrsonation was the
right thing. Helen Harrington. Beatrice
Bonner. Mary +. Post and Vivian Edsall were
commenda BILE. as were George W. Barnum.
Leighton Leigh. Thornton Cole Bert Flars-
brugh, and Ben 7; Dillon was eommendable in
The Girl in the Barracks" 10 extremely gross.
but such faults, whom included in an otherwise
successful farce. do not interfere with its pros
perity in New York.