Show I 1 i I 1 I 1 theatrical I 1 MARY MANNERING AT THE GRAND betsy a delightful personage as portrayed by the gifted actress Ac treas cast of characters betsy petterson Pat torson mary mannering D bilza liza MoiL monroe roe her friend helen maebeth macbeth miss ellen Massen bird chaperone to girls and aunt of betsy f maude tuiner gordon etta altan a mulatto niall mail gertrude clemens f t aunt hannan a cook clard clara lester captain jerome bonaparte brother of napoleon F rank gallmore napoleon bonaparte donavar te john NV webster ebster william Patter patterson soil beisys Bet father herbert carr john C calhoun who loves betsy dellmont Cel lmont barkland sir henry blake edward trevor henry clay william balfour george preston a young american J mchenry I 1 st ale are sent to america by napoleon eon in charge of ceroi jerome e nicholas judels pippin a boy clarence williams I 1 Ep ephriam briam a colored servant jarr james jes A dickson captain a la cigale george Chil christy sty I 1 sailor on a la cigale Au augustine justine lewis probably the most pronounced shortcoming I 1 of glorious betsy presented by mary mannering with a finished capable compana company last night is its I 1 length four acts in which to culminate a love affair Iia ha hanily Vily finies that I 1 of necessity the story must be drawn I 1 out dangerously near the thin line of insipidity I 1 so delightful was wag betsy however 1 that time was of little consequence with a less gifted actress such aai an assertion bertion n would be too muth much of a compliment aliment to be fair but when candor urges purges praise it should be measured out with the full contents of an impartial appreciation there is a charm char in in gesture when it comes fit and natural aural fascination in and rapture sture in eyes that express what the blips lips sound I 1 it appeared to me as I 1 watched miss mannering that she ahe was the rounded product ot of tile the stage the smooth shill akell tul ful actress that experience turns out when inherent qualities are preserved I 1 and developed in harmony with what must bo be slightly unnatural back of the foot lights there was grace jn in her movement slie she did not waste her energy ergy in ua elui eleb 0 bosc O sc needless change of position and unnecessary inflection she acted las as nearly as a young girl high spirited and in love could act bound boun dbY by the limitation of time position and lack of minute detail it was not often last night that tile the actress enveloped tile the girl it was glorious betsy naive coy impetuous coquettish womanly inconsistent sla si yet loyal as true as love itself and constant through separation I 1 to the man she phe loved I 1 miss alias mannering not 0 only interpreted a bewitching betsy but she proved that she fine could turn from the frivolity of at a moment to tile the most serious us thing in the life of any woman it ai was just a touch of emotionalism in the third act that drew a sharp contrast ast in the minature nature of getsy betsy yet et it was as sufficient to establish miss alls s Man versa bality sho she could have cried out ilya hys aUy writhed with an in affect affected ed 1 agony but she and it was because she knew the fine point between betwee m reality and unreality that her betsy was so human so fresh so femininely I 1 philosophical through and through the company i was splendid frank Gill gillmore moro as aa I 1 jerome Y brome bonaparte was 1 excellent axcel lent SUP f port to ali miss ss mann mannering ering he spoke keMs his english with a delicious me accent ent made love as a man and not the brother of I 1 an emperor and did not poison tile et ef 1 feet of his portrayal w with ith excessive I 1 politeness and bowing as most actors do when trying to depict a frenchman helen macbeth as E eliza liza monrae and herbert carr as william paterson atterson were accey acceptable tabled i of the play nothing unusual can bo be g said aid it is brig bright litin in places but never for jun an instant does the author conceal I 1 |