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Show B; I !! lPith the Wirsi;-flighted K 1 I j I' i D'ORSAY. Bf j 1 I j ft lias been said 'that Lriwranoe tD'Qnsay is HH I 1 1 ' I the only person who can perceive the Sffferenae HB j; 1 III j between the Eftrl of Pawtucket and D'Orsay off S1' I II tho stage, though he takes much pride in the as- K I ' ! , sertion that there is a difference, and much less WM J t v" ! exaggeration when he is what liberty-taking V I I I Americans designate as a "plain-clothes-man." !d ' I f ' Certainly he startled a few of us when he jl ? ' walked into the buffet after the theatre, and re- j I n marked, "Aw a dry Mawtinl." Our backs were ' 1 II l turned when he entered, and his remark sounded H!' I jf A Ike an eouo from the stage, coming back like Mm ' I j I I , an old tune a day or two after you have heard an B J 1 I opera. H j I f I And whIle he waited for the American cocktall, HI jil j he tugged his English moustache, and rolled his H I iff? eyes aDPut the place just as he had a few mo- Hi if I' ments before in the Turkish room of the Waldorf. Hi 1 1 i The face was the same; nothing had been washed HSJ j off In the transition from the green room to the H I I j "Mawtini" room, and if there was anything V f I changed In the voice or the mannerisms, surely ft 1 I D'Orsay was the only one who could discover the H , I ! distinction. 1,1 And that is why "The Earl of Pawtucket" is f , I , the delightful success it happens to be. It is a ; j?! I l man with a mannerism all his own, and is su- 111 J i cessful principally on that account, just as Stuart III J' " Robson's "Henrietta" depended so much on thaj Mi! I Jjl I ' excruciating whoop w"-h which Robson would end Lanr ill it i JlIs llsPIn sentences. ' HI' IB I Certainly Mr. Thomas knew Mr. D'Orsay very Wul 4' IB I ' I WeI1 1)efore he wrote nIs comedy about him, and H? IB I' I that perliaps relIeved him of much of the labor H III 1 incident to the construction of the play for his Hf I HI t character was present, and it was probably easier HLj I jil to write with the model before him, don't you B 111 ' know. Hf fjf ' The humor of dialogue, and situation is rich HI III in the extreme, and while 'the character of the Hf IK I Earl cannot be said to be new to the stage, it HI jff I has never before been done so well, nor has there, H vn I 1 been the opportunity, for never before has there Er HI I j been such a vehicle to carry It. And all that H h! I D'Orsay and Thomas have done has been finished H j Jil by the perfection in detail of the stage dressing, Hf fij f for KIrke La Shelle is a stickler for t':at sort of H fl I I thing. M 'In ' I Tlie men tha comPany supporting Mr. D'Or- Hl H i) say were splendid in every particular with most Hr 8 H Jj of the honors due Ernest Elton as "Wllkins, but H IB the women al1 short of what was required, though Hj I I j that was so little that their lack of ability was not H A If unpleasant. "The Earl of Pawtucket," the best K3 a V offering of the new year to date, closes tonight, jl f i - an(i lf you haven't seen it take the opportunity. fla,HIIii ! ' ' "'" i i iniiii i |