New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
RED LIGHTS OF HOME-THE CASE OF THE GIRL
FROM KAYS-OFFERINGS FOR THE WEEK.

There is TO hi Hoiler ard no tomboy part tor
Mile James in Lottie Blair parker's latest play.
lights OF Home.' being presented at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre. Neither Way Down
Past" nor Under Southern Skies" is likely TO
be eraced from the memory by the Troduc-
ton. Described a domestic drama, Lights
or Home has no domestic atmosphere. either
sentimental or realistic and the fine sounding
ritls IS Ike Peter Bells Primrose by the Rivcr
Brink But Il serves well anything csc
Tor the name OF a nlelodra-na OF the conventional
Fourteenth st pattern; they all have fine sounoihs
sitles The suggestion that red lights are really
meant and the title thus docs become signilcanl
OF the content OF the play, is hardly falr orc
The play vas written and produced before The re-
cent election and. anyway where is the homee
The play. nevertheless. is received with lnuCH
favor by the galleries. and VIII AFFORD no htue
amusement and much geographical Information to
the more sophisticated persons in the orchestfA-
The scenes are alternately laid on the East cue
and on a hitherto unexplored portion OF staten ls,-
land known as ''Smuggers' Bluff. beneath "hlch
IS a cave. and toy OF which is nut MheIe NV
the first assistant villain and his WE Inc ny
teries OF Staten Island viii probably never become
fully known, but Lights OF Home VIII have cone
sts share in the work Of exploration Next to as
covering the secrets OF trolley taEel IN bt"oNi' "
there can be no more worthy work -, r..
The heros name is Jack stanton ano I'Is 1-.o,e
have little son. Archie Grace was seamstress
and when Jack Tn9irlea NJ rs. tS ~ the searnT
side OF life but seven years later. when tie pla.
pe PEGS i s1s i4T in lie East Side He surely
smart young and miglt IN tln3e nave 5iSS F
81 HsrIeI /, ieft alone But his wicked step
brother. Wallace Winfield, who had also ioNea va
sear7stress bat. by net marrying her, nao escape1
having his living. would not LEI hin aiol n
old gentleman had forgiven Jack and LEFT him
his fortune. So he had copy OF the VIII mace;
substituting his name for Jack and then hscl%e
8 plot get Jack accused OF forgSTy oy his S
rloyers that Sing Sing bars would prevent I'm
from conducting an lnyestlgaton % INC VII 1T
dot woula nave Mt! 45;yy on Staten Isl
ard. and jumped from the WINDOW 81 1le ilo' o,e
the smugglers boat below just as the ponce Were
rooce came in at the door hut Jil-that is. Grace
did so tumblng after. She stood her gToLIlu,
mortal acts. while Jack was away in the trople
seas, she was presented ny Inc Nlial rs a br 5sy
bread An attempt was finally made to murder
80 F-set river a. the ri-1e end who but Jack
should save him. wallace then stole Grace mar
took Grace strangely trustful. down in a napththa
launch the raging seas 10 the sn n r.
rising tide BHt Jack and hand OF trusty East
Side friends reached the top OF the DUN al the SP
perfume moment 10 form living chain ana rescue
her A wild storm ragged during this interesting
Of musketry 1t did not. in fact, suggest thunder
SO much the popping Of corks Perhaps. - nc
was opening bottles at Fox Hills for the jovial
members % the Greens committee. That mas oeen
The play ends happily. Of course and not with
cut = song by German policeman the tutelar
goa Of Archie. with refrain dear TO the heart
Of District Attorney Jerome. w Guild the, lrlsn
words 10 that effect. Miss Georgia Weiles makes
pretty hsroine and Fa5I Sros{ SS me ib NAV
possibly pass for lfelkeness on Fourteenth-sI
The Girl from Kay's" IS filling the Herald
Square Theatre nightly. and seems likely. Tor a
time at least to duplicate here its popularity in
London. There will not be lacking those who can
not understand this however Book for book song
for song. read from the prompter's manuscript