The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

Of her two -on~' loving attention 20 her. Sh
one when she told him of her fears q
his inheritance and Of re struggle ma
S NSs no Sei9TS a" ber Ad daounc nHIiy a1nnt,
final reclamation Of him. Only then did she
raise her voice above a Conversations tone
but not once had she mis- sed a point by lhi'
adherence to nature. or such value IL erl'c
elucution to- player, Although Mrs. lie MOyne.
personal success Was. positive ana eNceplohal
II did not stand alone. lA"bler, " 90. mac
surrounded her with a company rich in names
and talent. Robert EdrsOn. as the wrnnE-.oing
son had an unpleasant task but he did not Il nC,h
from II. His own pleasant personality made
an attractive figure Of q naturally unaliractlve
ono, He was def In his depletion or lArtl"l
drunkenness. sympathetic In biz scenes with hs
mother, and couvlncingly ardent IN ht7 court.
ship. Florence Rockwell as his sMcethedi,t
had few opportunities and wisely did not seek
to enlarge them by ovgrncting. She wa, COM
mendable for what she did and did not do. Wilton
1 LaCkayc, ms n faithful lover OF the Widow gave
an admirable Geprcsent@tioh OF = rhmnaaIt6lss mature a andd
ADELAIDE Thurston had rather wearsoinr roleS
Of the conventional CHILDISH sTGcthearts anu
Charles slanley And Mrs G.endIpmi9g IIuas ag
d~iscrotly and well. "a did John Glendinnihg "a
the severe Scot.
Ii Is sometimes interesting TO e1amlne from
what point in n story or It's developmout az
author start. Fictiori-ts may ,bo divided
into two ~olaS-es; those who merely enoeHN"r
10 devise and present a diNerting ana enEI1-H-
inst narrative. and those who set ioortn a
condition. making the. plot a means
and not az end. Dramas Of the latter claS1 9 ,oi,
been dubbed the problem plays ana thelr
authors ridiculed by ignorant sensational.t as.
Arthur pinero has II late years faithfully ad-
hered 70 that more serious method %i nia{ IL d 4
cussions OF social wrongs. iienryk iosen;
on the other hand has selected Ned
agitated such exceptional ca, 90 that, ever, niS
strongest dramas interest only. the rev Eli,
De Mile and Miss Ford, followed ne
Greatest Thing in the World. - IN the, rath OF ne
serious draulntists. int wisely eudeavOred to
present their subject ia cheerful and engros-lng
environments. Yet IN" aNtil clse Tns ,n%,",
no matter how cheerful the surroundings. IL
not considered the play was nothing u WRs
a piece episode in merit, falling tre0n,rIIy
10 todiousuess and rising sometimes 10 on
crossing intensity.
Several pretty airs composed by Alfred F..
Aarons were heard at the Savoy last evening,
where was played for the first time In town
The Military Maid" Three ballads for jose
phine Hall. who vas the leading interpre-
ter Of tho new medium, were tnreful and
were sung and acted in her character
i-tlc manner. II two the words told tie love
stories Of dolls. The other had her a child
boosting that her sister had the measles. Each
made a pleasant impression, but neither had
the character that is possessed by songs when
are the making Of successful music plays.
A love song for David Terrence and an air
entitled The Madagascar Guards, for q dozen
comely chorus women, were other pleasing
numbers. Add 10 these the mischievous Jollty
of the evenings chief actress. ana 10 0Ln2ttut
nifty was afforded 70 see 1t In new or ltS b1SitT7t
expression, and the best has been tod or ne
Military Maid" The printed bills described as
a musical farce, and added the information that
it was from the French by George V. Hobart \
wee portion was recognizable as ualsleIieu
French naughtine~s, and as much as Two nun.
utes of It were shocking. But they came Ihte
in the last of two acts. and had been preceded
by 20 little that looked Ike reasonable attempts
TO achieve comic9lity, that their groGsne9s I'a
German Baron. and his twisted speech
was mildly comical at rare inter
placed as his opposite. was even less successful.
Several others carried along 9. stupid story
that excused several costumes for Miss Han.
Two were startling as ESSAYS In, computing
colors. one was the uniform Of a French
Lieutenant. Nothing Of greater value as dl-
version than these costumes was provided by
the author Of the English.
A revival Of Shakespearean comedy at the
Grand Opera House last night. though OF real
merit and interest. was opposed 10y the produc-
ton Of new plays in Broadway, and so did not
get the critical attention which It will receive
upon Its second performance. a Midsummer
Nights Dream had Kathryn Kidder for It's
Helena and Louis James for its Bottom. Prince
Otto" was takan up to the Harlem Opera House
ben employed at WaiiacE's Tie PLAYS
brought out by our two resident stock. COM
panies were -The Magistrate" az the Murray
hll and The senator" at the American. "A
Wise Guy" was al the star. "A Ride for Life" at
tho Third Avenue, "Mildteur., at. the Irving
Place and Murray and Mack at the Nlelr4potls
ing Of almost. altogether wholesome plays
well, performed Those that hold oyer are
rire. The Monks Of Malabar, with Mr. Will
son at the KnickerboCkcr A Royal Family" |
with Miss Russell. at the Iyceum; David Ha-
HaTbor. with Mr., Herne. st The. Republic;
den. The Rebel with MIR Mack at the Acad-
rion: san Toy with Nlr. Powers a DAYS;
The Rogers Brothcrs in Central Park" at
tAs Victoria; cFidalesdee tide 'HoT az " s9sorS q
! caleb lsist West H''T at the Manhattan; lost rive
at the Fourteenth Street; The Belle q Bo-
hemia. at the Casino. and a Million Dollars
The continuous shows were a good grade Of
vaudeville. At Proctor's, Palace a troupe Of
was displayed Interestingly. and Char ley Case
and the Dunhams were diverting, humans
dances and the tricks Of Marzella's
Proctor's i2Sth Street. where Stanton and
Todena and Ida Van Siclen were farce players,
an, nd. Y S.I8 as %; vS GiiSsFt fo and M MSf2n %H and THIGH @Si6
played a new sketch NJ Proctor's Fifth Avenue,
and Wright Huntington was heard in "A Stolen
1iaifsss. cleJT dan W. slm 4RI6ansh lea wa. 'N a new sSS-
,omer at Keith's, appearing in a tiny romantic
play Of the Revolution. and two other dramatic
.ketohes were new. Emily Lytton had AT
Twcnty-third Street a farce by VIII
Greasy. and Pianka directed a cageful Of
lively Hons. Stinson and Merton and the
md singing and dancing by Montgomery and
stone were leading features az Pastors Powell
lad n fresh budget Of his tricks Mt the Eden
and there were new Items In the show
81 wax works and motion pictures.
Music hall vaudeville was contributed at
,iuded Josephine Sabel, Bessie Bonehill, Charles
r Aldrich and Richard Harlowe. Hurtig
md Seamon's had Pat Reilly. the Emperor and
he Majestic BurleSquers began a eek, stay.