The sun., 1902-06-05

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Gotta. and 20 isins one ~ trsnA
u.r,r,. Wan, tnsi,.s r,s,., John
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r. R.rk ratti Tr,ubahours are black.
.-.p. v.llv and white. Si-rsre,ta
-. o.. - nicklfne giyrs them a trade
.. b. Ito hue q strong coffee With con
-.s,,h. cream In o. i;er face 10 of n
-, ,,f.. aud her dirk arms und shout
-. .ho~ u,lily IN an evening gown 81
.h,. snt,n Bat her uii"n II - amably
..,. her draving-rlom carriage -
.s,IIr casv. that ~ On" could think 81 her
81 le,i'y A. al accomplished singer
IN. = widely known. Her ballads ana
.,.,t'ir bit. are. II course, the beet things
4. ,Hr ,audcNiI.s entertaininent now at
r.s,ar.tut dozen oices, some carefully
,f,ir.sl ant others ia "a rough state, accom-
pary her heartily
In. ncsruisiu In this show l. thrcs hours
gns. and may tire You before IL l. over.
70, !. varied by things that you hardly
,Ir.r,cd For instance. did you ever sec
bA.A walker Of the wire' Here Is one
whose feats are remarkable. Did you
NV there was brown exponent Of Fronch
"a, and elan In song and dancer Here
. ,eritahla fougSre minus iniecency
All chorus girls' Here we have q dozen
who oglc. an,hle and pose as though they
we're graduates Of Weber h Fields's acad-
oeny True. thcre isn't = beauty among
non They seem TO have been chosen
bI -ong ard dance talent, without regard
10 appearance Several are fasCinatingly
.c,y bruaze- Othcr- are graceful figures
Ia terra Gotta. One II fair a. porcelain.
attn ~ trace Of the African IA her face.
uul,h II ~ wistfully IusluIhng that YOU
.anrv suc ~ unhappy with q race whose
k... stc has ~ little ~.
comic n,an are numerous In tho Black
Ps'r Truuhadour-. Ihey 1In from the
u.,' and nIrrhle to the grotcsque and vio-
i,ut ul-' s'tuut a. the whlts comedians
DIN ordinary vaudeville. SINE srC wide
r.uu'ho. ara -rrcad-:ooted caricatur''> 80
.ryr.., I,'.. ,u-. they were ! orn so som"
have acquired sufficient dramatic art 20
- regarded ~ good actors 4 native
>-nsa ~ music and huUor is tmlWci wrl
....r.ctsi ..flr lnita'iNcncSS And IL Il
'la d. =. cd S,--cr"'tt Jones who keeps
,m all under N~at'lv cuntrol' There u
uuL. II the rfrnutery that negroes On 'ha
stage tend 20 II unrStrslu"i. Among
'nr uul-aiahlo performers in the regular
ari-ty th-t're- j. an oh-trcp-ruus black
nan who does not sing ueSro d.'ties, but
sc',cs hem yorlferusiy, and there are
-pl"r'I" duplicates of him, hut none IA
n.tch Pa''I- company.
4 Professional matinee will he given This
''.-upon a. IN. Third Avenue Of John
L4 .Icr's WIFE, WHICH IA produced this
N-,. for the first time IN this country.
II u S,d that Daniel frnhm1n and 4 ".
la.mrr considered the play for their stock
rpari-s several years ago. Al frat
;Dat -".ln~ absurd, hut when one separates
;lo -chcm" %: the play from 81 execution
.iIs uo' hnri 'u h"lievc that these managers
2 81 a.
gi' su.' their audiences IL we'll written
John Ja.I,-r's Wife would undoubtedly
ma" a good society drama. Put Frank
U.ry"v. It, author, employed N" S,u-
,r@ap devices and gallery lanSu'g z" 'ha:
H'fr acr"piah." la Ais successful mrlD-
arlnas of The Wages Of SIN and -Shl.,
Ne Forgive llci'- - lie pcople who
light i'k. 'hc story are ,iTrrlad hy the
rrId@ne~s Of IN" construction and language,
and on 'ne other hand. those who would
overlook that faul' probably 'CG'ri the
~ lon as lacking "a srtlsatlOnRi pet,ls ard
r~-u.s
In tnr fret place. the play II half over
le;oe one knows whom TO sympathi2c
sgh-a bad itult H. IuiId avenue 4
Ul oi country shupk."lcr. s,Gdonly
lah, wants 10 marry wcll and 80 Jilts his
sseni cousin, Who does not LEI him
nat breaks her heart. ~ We are sorry
iur her, and the fact that the youth thought
AeT love ~lmply friendship excuses hIs
CONDUCT. The ari-tocrailC girl he marrle-
t.-'n- iucNCusable for trapping man
-!mpiy iDr hi- Inone> but her fat her makes
e. b. n, and another man, whom she
..lr> has desert "A her. III. too /, pariDn-
Al' a. her father had told him that hs
.u..d bot marry IN" girl until he b,Scsinc
.Ch When he ilhsrit- wealth h" returns
'u tls ~ e,tl cart bat finds her John jas
s'rs sdr. ~ IA the -'S'und act We do
..o' kuuN with whom "" should weep or
whom 10 hts However. the wife has
"'ome vtAdl,tlve IN her unhappy mar
rlAse aEi ia an excellent -C~n', makes
lef husband turn hi, vulgar but W",l-nean-
.ag parents iroIn his hous" In the third
Ct STE has brought him 10 bankruptcy
her cNtravagancc, and when ruin falls
'cu' him she clHpcs with hcr old lover
i.' his parents come back and all ends
happily hy hi- marrying his flIthfI. cousin.
~" auI- Tor th" future bclag much brighi'I
vffh u - sNll ,fgho trsnfrs VIII.