The sun., 1900-12-23
DRAMATIC OBSERVATIONS.
vlxws or soME NEw THIS0s DoSS on
THE VIEW tORH STAGE
The lady Cook In the latest Importstisn of
london Comedy Sarah Bevrhsrdt Under
scrutiny Along with Maude Adams
GannsIln IA, aersla EmnlaI Imenl.

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| woman nns In looks, Gramrnauch W
speech and graceful In manners nsurlns a'
aoooh IN rurh Enelish clergyman htcnen'
ihat 10 the oddity In IN" new play wmoh
COMEDY at DAYS when " u hot 'uoc
but It's story ls possible its characters arc
recosnisable types' its INCIDENTS are piaus'oie
ana " comedy most OF tho time' EV'n
wheh u Is monentarilya farce tho ponsh oi
'ho performance covers those spots from the
hsht OF all but critical eyes what saves
L'dy Hunt"orths Experiment from oeina
preposteronsisth The fact thattho "Hrerimehtins
LADY deoeives nobody She does not try TO- lhe
| "hoie household knows that. though nrst-
| ra'e COOK she II personaiiy Irhuo' her re-
nhemen' makes no excuse OF DISGUISE no
| ohiy thihs shc SEEKS 70 cohccai IN her 'oonuS'
her experience In earning hvins In doines-
| uo service mas begun before tho curtmh rises
| ana 80 our attention 10 diverteo from the
iaot tha' she should oouid ohu "ouio havo
ootaihea some plcasanter WORK wh.h suuoeny
oompeAed 70 shiit Tor herself We nis' SEQ
her AZ the joo' and at onco the disturbances
caused oy her inoongruous presence IN tho
househo'u oisract our tnoushts from 'ho
prior act which tho author shre"oy TO
! trained from writing. Mr Carton has maae
this pieoe with retioent a. Wen ~ reVeatory
pon' ana ais aoroitness 10 ~nat ne saves ous
eQuas MS oieverness IN Whae No pu's In
NOT - MS nouon 700 strange TOT = ooneoy
snas - throe-iourths Joouiar anu ohiy hshuy
sem.'n!ehtai ior the other ouar'sr'
iho "ofA OF 'he heroine a. cooA sno"n
prihcipaHy ia the miooio anu ho'' peouiH
ACT OF the three ihere we sec hei putuns
the hhishihe touches on inc iast oi'h OF 'he
scene. Tho butler and a rnaldservant are
,eryins the dinner or rather haye been.
n, thu dessert is about 70 be taken TO the dining
room when wa first see them This is q
fruit salad TINT te,npts the hungry waiter
He feels conodent that there will be none
left for him but he hopes that mt least Il
viii noks tho saters sick This butler
Ia A pompons psr.on. proud Of his position Of
mastsrv over tbs forlorn soul .ry maid
He IA rather deferential to the cook. though
ho does no, treat her es he would ~ hs knew
abe were a lsdv He Il going out for tho
evaninu but .ror.. Ave minutas To propo,s
marriage 20 bsr He IA NOR. than surnris.d
a, b.r r.frsal Ma denarture 4. followed
nv oall. from, m. .oldier and tho CLERGYMAN.
ho,b smstorv in infant Tbsv .ncountsr
each otb.r ard retire in oo,fusion TO return
later In the meantime more serious visit
IA paid 70 the titled cook by her former hus-
band He is very drunk and at length abe
dumps him into tho scuilory Next the
clerQyman returns and slowly reaches the
point that he wants his cook to become his
wife She rejects him Their talk IL inter-
ruptsd bv the military man and the minister
htdes himself I'm the larder Tho third suitor
ofrers his disinterested frisndship She per-
susde. him that IL would be misunderstood
an argument that ia soon proven sound.
The spinster mistress, of the house come,
10 the kitchen door To give her order for the
ne,t nornino'. breakfast The oeqcer
,binkiny ha rnigh, con,nronis. thu cooh ~
discovered with her. conceols hin,self I'm n
cunhoord Ua do.sn't keen arm enouch
and IN e.noscd Then the cIeravnan Tin.
toss un.tair. from, M. hiding nloce with nj.
.boas In his banda The cook now accen,s
tie soldi.r's offer 70 do her a kindly s.rvic.
sba ssks him 70 take away her in.ensibI.
,orrer husband and danosi, hin, In n ditch
Tb. crrtai, falls on the futurs husband carry
inc out ,b. INST husband and the cook going