New-York tribune., 1905-01-08
Between the dark and the daylight
When the night Is beginning TO lower.
Aomes a pause in the days occupations
That is known as the buffers hour

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This quatrain. attributed by Augustus Thomas
TO Longfellow, serves the starting point of
the new farce-comedy. MIA. Lef1ngwe!Fs
Boots which will be produced next Wednesday
night at the Savoy Theatre Ernest Lawford,
who has been praised for his heroic work in
three failures this season, will be the butler
Mr.. Thomas, sticking to his recent practice. has
laid all the scenes OF his play in the same house.
and the action takes place within space of ten
hours The scene is aid at LarchLlont. in the
house OF Mr. Bonner. Bonner was painter of
note IN England. and made his reputation upon
his canvass. portraying the female nude
When he to America and married
American girl the new wife objected to his
necessary use of models, and Mr. Bonner aban-
doned the painting of the female figure and wen:
IN for cattle pictures. Taking lesson from his
wifes attitude. Mr.. Bonner also developed
spirit OF jealousy, and on TIE evening on which
the play begins has absented himself from din
ner party Of ten arranged by his wife in their
country home at Larchmont, because Mrs. Bon
ner had invited 10 the party a of whom he
Jealous. A storm not unlike the great
storm which caused the death of Senator Roscoe
COnkling comes suddenly up on this evening, and
makes IL impossible for many Of Mrs. Bonner's
guests to come to the house. The only woman
who does arrive, aside from q young girl stop
ping in the house with Mrs. Bonner Is a neigh
Dor, MIS- howard LeMNBNell l-eHlHgWell is
also a jealous husband, and has had his atten-
ton directed young architect named COrbin.
In whose hotel in Bar HarbOr in
preceding summer a pair of Mrs. Leffingwell's
boots had been discovered. The fact that they
had been placed there by mischiefmaker has
not been readily accepted by Mr.. Leffngwell
and in his undispelled doubt he has forbidden
Mrs. Lefingwel ever TO be where young Corbn
is On the night OF the party Corbin is driven
into Bonner's house by the storm and per-
suaded by Mrs Bonner TO take the place OF an
absent guest. Mrs. Lefingwell and Corbn
thus thrown together and in the absence OF both
husbands 1t is this second contretemps that
give rise 10 such simple complications the
author has chosen for the vehicle of his
edy. Leffingwell and Bonner both manage 10
get through the storm TO the house before day
light. and their suspicious are pleasantly dis
Possibly. thanks to the failure of other plays
the cast will be unusually strong. 1t is fol-
lows:
Mrs. Bonner UDrothy Hammond
Or. Rumsey ..-'-- Il SaNiHe
orton Ernest Lawford
tgowsr, IL f~SS3p9weji . onts PeVne
Mrs IefngwelI. Margaret Ellington
I'm. coachman M j. 1iaagher
Thomas H. Barnes
Police sergeant De LOUIS
Next Saturday evening at the Lyric Theatre
the Shuberts will introduce musical COM
edy and an old musical comedy favorte TO New
York. The comedy IS called "Fantana - and the
player IS Jefferson De Angels Miss Katie
Barry. who will long be remembered the FL
Fl of "A Chinese Honeymoon is also in the
cast. The plot of the new comedy-for il Is said
10 have plot. strange as that may appear
takes the characters from California TO Japan
and back again. involving them. of course in