Judge — March 28, 1885 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. Stetson has instituted a new order of things at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. On and after this date prices for seats at this house will depend upon the quality of the entertainments, Mr, Stetson being the arbitrator to decide on the merits or demerits of the varie tractions. Mr. Stetson’s fine artistic taste, his erudi- tion, and his raro good judgment, enables him to ‘size up” with remarkable accuracy the true market value of any show on earth, ** Over the Garden Wall” (as played here this week by Mr. and Mrs. George S. Knight) is evidently to be considered both now and hereafter, a cheap show, one dollar being the price for the best seat in the hous A high toned piece like “ We, Us, & Co,” will bring one dollar and a half, while the rice of an orchestra chair when stars like Salvini, Modjeska, Bernhardt,etc., are before the footlights, will be two dollars. This is doubtless a very good scheme—“‘if it works,” but in order to make it work the big guns ought to sign a contract not to play at any dollar and a half theatre afterward. High prices, large audiences, and artistic performances prevail at the Star, but this is the last week of Mr. Irvingand Miss Terry’ engagement. fn “ Much Ac Miss Terry shincs supreme. Benedick and his Malvolo being about the most uninteresting of all his impersonations, Indeed, what leading actor, or tragedian in our own country would ever select the character of Malvolio for himself? It is not even what is called in popular parlance a star part, and yet Mr. Irving plays it with as much earnestness and attention to detail, as though it were Shylock, Hamlet, or Louis x1. Malvolio is nevertheless a thankless part, in which Mr. Irving’s mannerisms are very apparent, and his tendency to over-elaborate the character becomes exceedingly wearisome. Miss Terry, on the other hand, invests the parts of Viola and Cesario with such a strong personality that she in reality becomes both the hero and the heroine of the comedy, and she shines resplendent from the first to the last scene. We have had other Violas, one (Adelaide Neilson, most beautiful and altogether lovely) but we have never had a daintier or a more charming one than Ellen Terry. As for the play itself, we hardly recognize it as the same comedy that was given at the Fifth Avenue Theatre a few years ago when Robson and Crane undertook to star the parts of Sir Andrew Ague Cheek, and Sir Toby Belch, and the lovely scenery, the gorgeous costumes and interiors that Mr. Irving has shown us have been like glimpses of fairy land. At Wallack’s, “‘ Diplomacy” has succeeded * Impulse,” and the old play has been re- vived with three of the orignal characters in the cast, viz, Mr. Wallack, Miss Coghlan and Mme. Ponisi. At the Casino, ‘‘Die Fledermaus” has followed close on the revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. “‘Gasparone” continues at the Standard. | Mr. Palmer and the Mallory’s have buried | the hatchet, and Mr. Palmer now appears as | manager in chief of this good little theatre, | which will, we fear, soon lose its highly | moral presti; That wicked in the “Private Secretary” was apparently the beginning of all the trouble. But a short distance ‘‘ across lots” from the Madison Square theatre is the Madison | Square Garden, and here the ‘Greatest Show on Earth” is now in full blast. Jumbo still lives, and so does the alleged two hun- | dred thousand dollar sacred white elephant. At Kostar and Bial’s, Vanoni and Louise Lester are charming the beer drinkers. “*Michaell Strogoff” has reached the Thi Avenue theatre, while Salsbury’s ‘Troub: dours have succeeded ** The Sha ran” at Harry Miner’s Peoples theatre. If the Academy of Music has not been turned into a dime museum, it has re: something very near it, for this wee! Corinne Opera Co.” is advertised to appear there, admission ten cen “* Reserved seats at a slight advance.” Comment is unnecessary, A NOTED pricst, he came to us, We have learned to love him At first we all addressed him as ~The Rt. Reverend Cape. But soon we Wh ns to be mori And now th Mons Is always spoken found another way— ly see Brown—*' VW Jones to-day Jones— was Tiff-any tha: is far wo Vell, Jones, any tif! with Mrs, , Brown, onthe contrary. It , and Fatherly Advice to a Coachman. My dear Wopsey, since you have rather startled us with the good news of your getting to be a coachman there in the city, it be- hooves your old daddy to give you’a little advice. We are very glad that at last you have succeeded in reaching the very highest seat in society, for I assure you there is none above it. I remember you used to talk about being president, but we had no idea you would ever get to be acoachman. But we can’t always tell what is in store for us, and we are all very proud of you, and hope that you will not be so stuck up as to neglect or forget us, and in return we will do nothing to diagrace you. But are you fully aware of the great dangers surrounding your position, and the many allurements which will be offered, on which to throw yourself away? You have the character of your noble calling to maintain, and we hope you will not forget it. Why, only last week a coachman in this city ran off and married avery beautiful and refined young lady of sentiment, who has onl an income of ten thousand a year, and they'll eventually bring up in the poor house, of course. “We hope you will be very careful and not let yourself ‘go so cheaply’ as that, | You move in the best society, being a neces- sary member of it, and aon’t you get foolish and be led or influenced to marry outside of it. You have every chance in the world, and remember that the Count and foreign nobleman business is now played out in this country, and thecoachman at Jast steps to the: front, und occupies the place which properly belongs to him. I believe there is to bea Lill passed for knighting the whole order, and making them the first aristocracy of the land. ‘There will be a general scramble to marry you, but do not tuke the first one that comes along. Inquire into the old man’s finuncial standing, and n well what kind of a dis- position he owns, and see how much money SELFISHNESS Mrs. Wicains—“ Save me, save me Mr. Wicotns—“ No; your life is PERSONIFIED. first 1” insured, and mine is not.” comicbooks.com