The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-04
LILY LANGTRY ONCE
MORE PLAYS IN
new YORK
Famous Beauty Appears in
the Metropolis in a New
Play of Which She Is Co
Author--0ther News Of the
Stage.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Monday night
witnessed the presentation of no less
than three new entertainments upon
the New York stage, the principal
one serving to re-introduce Mrs.
Langtry to the American public
She came forward at the Gar
rick theater to begin an engage
ment covering only three weeks of
time in new play, called 1.-The Cross
Ways" in the preparation of which
she had personally collaborated with
her leading man, j. Hartley Manners.
That is to say, Mrs. Langtry had fur
nished the skeleton of the comedy
drama and Mr. Manners had sup
piled the flesh and blood.
The piece had been seen previously
upon about thirty occasions in Eng
land. and for single night only, in
London, where it was placed upon eX-
hibition under royal command. The
fact that it had received the unquali-
fed commentator of SO eminent a
dramatic critic as the king of England
served to promote additional interest
in the first New York presentation,
which was Witnessed by large and
politely eager aSSemblage.
The situation was rendered notable
to still further degree, with the Ia
dies at least, by the fore knowledge
that in 1.-THE Cross Ways" Mrs. Lang
try was about to display an array of
feminine garments far exceeding in
richness and beauty all previous tri-
umphs associated with her career as
"the glass of fashion and the mould
of form"
Play Is Interesting.
AS for the play, it must be said to
be interesting and well put together
if not entirely original, and it has
certainly served to thoroughly please
the early audiences at the Garrick
theater. 1t tells the story of GER
tain duchess, impersonated by Mrs.
Langtry, who marrieS a man much
older than herself, in order to re-
lieve the strained financial position
of her female relatives. She finds her
husband jealous and intolerant and
seeks to bring him around by the en-
ployInent of the old and utterly illogi-
cal device of compromising herself
with another man-of course, without
committing any grievous sin. She is
saved from the consequences of her
| folly by her own brother, who manages
in the end to allay suspicion, and the
! elderly husband exhibits such uneX-
pected magnaninlity that she goes back
to him under the approved and mutual
sense of the matrimonial obligations.
Mrs. Langtry, who has greatly i'm
| proved as an actress since she was last
seen in this country. retains unimpair-
| ed her superb physical beauty, and,
| clothed in her magnificent new crea-
| tons from Paris, she is picture OF
enchantment quite beyond words. Her
| tour of the United States is to be
very brief, touching only few of
the larger cities, and there seems ev-
cry reason to forecast the result as
| being equally satisfying to herself, her
manager and the crowds attracted TO
| see her.
Fitch Accused of Vulgarity.
The production of Clyde F'ftch's "The
| Girl With the Green Eyes," at the Sa-
voy theater has brought about an
amusing controversy between the au-
thor of the comedy and a writer in the
! New York Herald, who signs himself
"Junius" The newspaper contributor,
] upon the first night of this piece, wrote
! for the Herald'S dramatic column
| rather sharp attack upon Mr.. Fitch S
/ comedy, accusing the dramatist of vul-
! garity and indecent double entendre,
further asserting that some of the dia-
| logue was in the nature of barroom
! POPULARITY. To this assault Mr. Fitch
/ retorted that the matter he had en-
ployed was such as fills up the gossip
! of real American tourists in Europe,
| that it was mere harmless chatter, and
| that the real trouble was with "Juni-
| us's" point of VieW-in other words,
| that the author didn't smean what "Ju-
MUS" meant. He wound up by saying
the gratuitous critic reminded him Of
| the story of the timid little girl, who
was found crying in a field of posies,
and who, when asked as to the cause
of her lamentations, replied that she
was afraid of the flowers, because
! they were wild" Mr.. Fitch's play,
meanwhile, has stamped itself indelib-
ly upon the approval of Broadway,
! partly because of its sprightly uncon-
| ventionality in the comedy scenes and
| the dramatic power developed. in its
serious episodes, and also in a large
degree by reason of the exceedingly
| natural, unaffected and convincing por-
traiture of the, intensely jealous hero
| inc by Mrs. Bloodgood.
Lulu Chaser Receivers.
! Lulu Glaser came hack to town on