The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17


~ little cause for complaint last
veek, Every taste was satisfied
a one or the other of the play
IA 4 houses. Even the lovers OF the
sd6ux 6oWer Of negro minstrelsy found
xSlr enjoyment In Black Patti and her
knaRy. who closed an engagement at
E eeSftls tfeater with the opening OF
r veek on Sunday night. On the same
~ sHuman Hearts, opened a more
a niccesful week at the Third Avenue.
sGuman Hearts" Is play outside OF the
&lfselyped form. Into 1t, with some of
& thfilling features and spectacular ac-
1dur.es Of the ordinary melodrama. are
sst certnin Of the homely but effective
10y II plays Of the Shore Acres"
she Old Homestead type, making
~ whole q combination well calculated
u nit the popular taste and to touch re-
1dulive chords In the bosoms of those
~ N the most sincere, IL not the most
tHinal patrons OF the stage.
tVv smith Left Home farce COM
- II The better class. was the attrac-
u I ths Seattle the balance of last week,
hl1ne ne boards Tuesday and Wednes-
Nv H1Afs. why Smith Left Home is
w n ~ screaming" order. and for that
~ ~ the more acceptable to Seattle
igfpefs. With little depth Of plot, 1t is
~ ~ Of clean humor and vivacious
bgue, and untainted by anything I'M
mi The company was above the aver
~ and though In places some changes
u@aN have been made with improvement.
twas on the whole a well-balanced pro-
1urtIon.
1Ais weak, however, will far excel the
- Just past In attractions at the Seattle
nayhcuses. The situation in the theaters
MI b reversed. At the Seattle the cele-
hated society play, "A Lady Of Quality"
Wallack's tneater success. will be pro-
dIsd By Miss Eugene Blair, the talented
enOl0nal actress, with a strong company.
NJ Blair will make her first appearance
= . star in this city. At the Third Ave-
~ Browns In Town." a bright, rollick-
~ comedy drama, will be put on. 1t is
Inn the pen of Mark Swan, a well-known
sansdian. who himself taxes the leading
- n the play.
"A LADY OF QUALITY" in which
Miss Blair and her company will
elea! at the Seattle theater for four
nehts beginning Thursday. Is play
Nnch has scored a success on both sides
t9ee seasons ago by Julia Arthur, who,
.asn MISS Blair and her company pro-
aeeed Il In the East last season, raised
wrong objections and invoked the aid OF
~ courts by injunction and other writs
rShtl.
This difference between the two actresses
~ peen settled, however. and Miss Blair
n hA al L.,
1HA0y without let or hindrance, While
Als Blair has achieved an enviable repu.
Maun az one of the few great emotional
sais on the American stage, her work in
Lady Of Quality" which, by the way,
pronounced Wallack's success. has
ssued very materially, it is said, to her
Inc and fortune. Her appearance here
W De her debut before a Seattle audi
!, ost every one is familiar with Mrs.
s !. Hodgson Burnett's book. "A Lady
X Y. Naality," and also with the dramatiza.
~ w MIS-. Burnett and Stephen Towne-
sss II deals with English social life
~ ~ we problems of nearly three centu-
- ~ aso. Nevertheless 1t fits human ma
M. NV equally Well today. 1t throws strong
- ~. upon the character of certain class
* nsn VINO believe women were created
Ss sner especial playthings, and for
y. VI, no methods are too evil to make
Tnuuons fit their theories.
Al "finoa Wildairs, the heroine of the
& s when part is taken by Miss Blair.
!, . ., grows up as the boon companion
!. ~ pst1pie boys. and until her fifteenth wear
H. '"o comrade Of her dissolute father and
vo,, drunken cronies. She becomes A
Il ~ VINO thinks she can defy the world.
Il. sae END she learns the sad truth that
\ ~ vniy woman, and a weak woman
~. through the power of love.
ns.,s pook itself abounds in intensely dra-
s.u,s s scenes. which have been amply
rns py Mrs. Burnett and Mr.. Towne-
d. us stage form. Some of the en-
mss vnicn may be mentioned are the de-
- " suggestion for the better train
IL Iiorinda, TO the angry father by
NJ. .n'd chaplain; Clorinda's last han
~. ooy; her sudden transformation
rn-,,. ooy INTO dashing woman. her
tfsIn,nas Of the villainous John Oxen: her
lopsnr. Oh Devil, the widest horse In
II rn.:. me sudden and accidental death.
"a Sul'nda's hand. of her haunting lover
u . rss.noec scene OF her sister. These
a. r,apV made use Of in the five acts OF
H. .. une OF the play is in England in
.senteenth century, which allows OF
1000 ana picturesque costumine and
n,c ELECTS The costumes