New-York tribune., 1901-12-05
THE DRAMA.
LYCEUM THEATRE.

The course in the dramatic expression OF pain
ology continued last night at the Lyceum
Theatre. The occasion the first performance
of new play by Clyde Fitch. called THE Girl
and the Judge" Mrs Stanton thief. She
was caught with the goods when she lived in
New-York, where Messrs. Arnold, Constable
Co inconsderately made fuss because some
lace belonging 20 them was found in her
muf nothing to them that she
stole the birds sang. not because she would
but because she must. This drove poor MI Stan
ton to drink a happiness which all men have when
everything else has gone against them. With their
daughter they then went to new place further
West. and took new name. that of White But
when they off the Mr. White, alias Stan
ton could bear living with thief no longer. and
Mrs White. alias Stanton, wondered how she mad
lived with a drunkard long. The only
real disagreement between them was as TO
which should keep the daughter Neither OF
them cared to bring court proceedings and nothing
was further from the thoughts of either than TO
tell the truth SO an umpire needed. They
could not ask the corner barkeeper to decide oe-
cause he would be prejudiced IN favor of the hus-
band. and the pawnbroker on the opposite corner
ineligible. because of like prejudice in favor
Of the wife. they went 10 George Buckingham
Chartris. who was doing business in the town as Il
Judge Their call was quite unofficial and unprofes-
sional, and. there no case before the court
and a. he consulted counsel for either
side he heard half the and then walked of
and told them to settle II among themselves The
daughter then decided that she would stay with
her mother. who promised not to steal If she could
help it. and pay frequent visits to her father.
who agreed keep sober II convenient The
mother and daughter hired a at the house
Of Mrs Brown. The mother OF the judge
had received 2 letter from friend in
New-York about the coming of the Stan
tons, then a dispatch and then another letter.
which last her son destroyed unread lest it should
contain something which MS mother ought not to
see having first paid cents which due for
extra postage. The mother. having thus been In
troduced three Stantons who did not appear,
called the Whites. who did appear, because
there three of them, and that the best she
could do. She showed pin which the judge had
given her. and Mrs. White secreted II and trotted
off the pawnhroker's with II, while the rest OF
the people in the play were taking up the
stair carpet. The judge then came and in
sisted that Miss White should be his
wife She only glad, but regarded
her mother as an obstacle Lying awake at mid
night. she accused her mother of stealing the pin.
She denied it at first, but. hearing the door bell
ring confessed all. and gave up the pawn ticket
The next day the party assembled at the pawn
brokers', redeemed the pin and put TO confusion
the judges secretary. the daughter of the land
lady whom Mrs. White had accused of taking the
pin. Mr. and Mrs. White then determined, in the
interest of their daughters happiness, to go away
together and still another place, in the com
forting consciousness that there were plenty more
places left. if the should also prove a
failure.
delightful contrast with the mdudliu Stiffness
of the play was the epton accorded by the u
dience to the who the interpreters of it,
There was not a part which not well played,
and most of the parts were acted by old and tried
fayorites whom the audience greeted with ane"-
tionate. cheer and goodwill Mrs. G. H Gilbert. who
will never lose the love of the NewYork
puhlic as long as it is permitted to see her.
or as long it can remember her, made the
mother of the judge a sweet and gentle personal
tv as captivating all the of this actresses
long list of stage portraits. Miss Annie Russell
gave to the part of the daughter all the charm
which il could have. When she has something
better to do she do it, but there was no more
IN he done with a part ike this. Miss Emily Wake
man improved the better dramatic opportunities
of the mother. Mrs. Mckee Rankin and Nine.
Nathilde CottreIly both capital, the former
the boarding house landlady. with sad memories of
lost New-York society and the latter as the keeper
of the pawnshop. Randolph Mordecai, as the
Judges secretary, defended his mother like gen.
erous and manly boy, and John Glendenning was as
dgnified as the ridiculous position of the drunken
husband of the thievng wife permitted him TO be.
Orrin Johnson, 5 the judge, not enabled 10
show except by his pleasing person. why the heroine
should love him. but assuming that she had reasons
fully Robert Hickman real life the
Judges Office man, and the cast was completed by
Arthur Schwartz, boy, who was equally lifeIke
as the unhopeful of the pawnbroker An ex-
ceIlent audience appreciated the acting fully, and
Uttered when it co,ild not help 1t at the play.