The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-14
EVER THE MARRIAGE PROBLEM
TRE "Ras GHTERS 90 10. DC.
PONT'' STTHE COnEDFTHElTRg

mS,euxs P1sy Bs.Olaylna Amssans bsRevt
% tsarvy o. GSgos aaa G<t sssasy %
'he same Tlms Prsseaaea Cissesig
~ No.. living and aatss tlaehnsg.
isarsnSs irving did a koosi SiiaS fsE
himself when hs decided 10 put Engsns
Rrieuxs play. Les Trois Ftlles Dc Mon
aieur Dupont into English and play H.
True. he might have found that by tfans-
lating Frrnch -argot' into AmsFicAa
slans. instead Of the lingo % the Mile
End road. u would have come In q little
move hanClily Tor the audience and for
the stmoaphere. hut no great harm was
done. Anyhow the audience which saw
the presentation % tho piece by Mr..
Irving. Miss Hackney and a good con-
pnny last night at the Comedly ThestTe.
seemed 10 chjoy itself heartily.
There are enough situations and hints
% situations outside to furnish . loug
programme. No attempt h made on the
programme - characterize the play as n
comss,y. hut IL iS one in spite % that.
and not a bit farcical. according 20 \ man
who sce;ned To know the dinorosics lie
twcga the two.
Tie three daughters of Monsieur
Dupont arr q source Of great vexaiion
to their father. who n q printer. and who
has hopes Of obtaining q Government
contract. The eldest daughter. ARgrIs.
having committed an indiscr-tiOn. has
been driven from home. and mas gone
to Paris some seventeen years before
the story opera. CdrOiiRs has seemed 10
appeal 10 TO man. aud in ON an old maid.
julie. much younger. AMI the daughter ,
OF . second wife. e getiing along IN the
that Intoain Nairas, has great expscta- |
tons through ~ uncle. Hgsares that
he rets the Goverc ment contract ressTrsd I
70 he can give her a suitable dot. makes I
the arrangement with MOaStsur ana
Hrs hsiSss' the y oaps I man SSFe ms
depicting the method of ARE nging ner-
riaae settlements among the French \
The uncSe has loet all hts
money. bui Dupont dos not know e. ana
believing he 70 making AZ least me Eree,
alliance FOR his family he throws III all
the money he he's. his country ho'Iss.
aud = promssory mote for the nosnt /
81 the printing contract, After the I
marriage Jaiis decides that she 10 NOT
hsppy and she almost breaks mp the
family by expressing an opinion of her ,
own. when the printing contract falls !
through thcre 10 q general throwing on /
OF illusions. Then Caroiips. the plain
one inherits q fortune ~ her own. bst \
tho presence ~ tH1~is u needed 90 setsis
tho inheritsno". Her father dos no.
know how tn receive her Cays'iias turns
from her in 'corn.
row between AEionfa and Jsfst
Furnishes strong ecene IN the thiru
act. which leaves tables and chairs over
turned and JWiie lying on the hoor. When i
Jsl,e decides ca leave her husband Caro-
lfns pictures the terrOrs % single life.
Then CarOiiRs n discovered 10 have gwen
u 900 FRANCS % her Inheritance TO COay-
'AsFoH. her fathers clerk. N the lSelsef
hat he will marry her. Her Illusion
goes when her father infOFma her that
rOsrfhes'H u living with woman who
has borne him two children. When
JHiiS says she IL going out into the word
IN spite % all u n AR0sis's turn. ann
IL settled In tho ba~t way q
10 cOnvcntionalities. as the audience u
efi 70 suppose.
Miss HPcknev as .Jalie gave n sym
pathetic impersonation 81 the girl who
wishes to think for herpelf. hghte for her
lights and then gives m 20 the phIlo~cphy
n others OF the other women. Mics
Dorothy Dorr ~ the unvirtuous ARgets
roc the best reception. Mis- Emily
Nskeman a. the old maid sister Caro-
tRs had a most ungra;eful part To play.
,nd though she did well the wonder was
why she had made herself up
. be so unnecessarily plain. " not abso-
utely hideous Mis- Jehreys Lewis.
Y 10 pieyOi MmS MairauI. ekvillainess
u the p1ece was forcible. 90 say the
lesst
Mr. Irving. who took the part OF Nom
,ieay Dnp pom the crafty end selfish parent.
Sas a little nervous 90 first. but soon got
more natural. Charles Millward. - An
ORiR. wss excellent ~ a selfish young
iandy who only looks for money from
marriage and ! Hooker Wright vas an
,Ncsllent henpecked Nor SisHr Mairca
sho asserts himself when everybody else
las got things into n muddle. takes com
nand OF his wife end the sit'E ton. and
lelps Co straighteu matters out -
II seemed 90 he the general opinion that
lftsr everything gets 60 running smoothly
he play will stand chance 81 settling