The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-27
FUN IN OUR FLAT.
Mrs. kusgravess Comedy at the
Seattle Theafer.
MISS sAnckEa m FIRST PLACE,
= Good Play to Raise Hearty I.snefl
French spy'' AT cors1ray.s.

Mrs. Musgravess comedy Our Flat
MAS shorugSisly enjoyed by q fair sized
audience III the Seattle fheatsr last even
Ing. The play IL full OF new ana startling
situations and IL very funny Tn4 nrst acs
Il gcQf introduction 70 the iaugfrabie
scenes Of the second. where the furnlfare
men carry of everything ia the parior OF
she struggling young ooaple. and so form
the basis OF some 81 the cleyerest work
ever done Oh tins comedy stage The fan
ali clusters round the lmprovise4 furnl-
ture. which Is 10 fsss 10 appearance shar
sast eveGsag The audience greeted with a
round OF applause the finishing touches
given By Margery Sylvester and her SER
want Bella As Mrs. Sylvester remarks:
They say you can't make bricks without
straw. but when lovely woman stocps
10 deception, it's wonderful what she can
do az a pinch.
A little batntub neatly araped as a chair
a. the innocent source Of complications RI
dicuioux as they are amusing. One by one
the various characters fail victims. as
they uEwsttingIy drop down into the at
sractiye-lookIng piece of furniture: but
tnis chair is by no meas ssse=e. and Its
companion pieces contribute their part 10
the general fund of mirth.
With the close OF thia act comes the
dawn Of the young peoples prosperity.
and the play ends happily for ali.
Miss Emily Bancker I'm the role of Mar
gerry Sylvester Ia perfectly at home, and
her Interpretation IL quiet. finished and
effective. She seems peculiarly adapted
60 the part. and makes an Ideal wife TO
the uould-hs tragedy dramatist Reginald
Sylvester. repressntating a woman who.
though she cannot cook, has wit enough
10 write a comedy and rescue her home
from the clutches of namberIess creditors.
Miss Baneker introduces two taking
songs. one comic. Il Didn't Think He'd
DO II. but He Did," and the other senfs-
mentEi. 90, Come. NJ Lave. TO Me-"
While abe does not possess voice at all
sema-ksh.e. she renders the latter song In
say that especially catches the audi
ence. The reason for her success In this
particular seems 10 be perfect enunciation
and the rrolons1ng Of the closing strain
into a soft. sweet note that shades into
melody.
The support II of unqucsiioned excel
lenee. George w. Parsons plays Reginald
Sylvester with much dash and spirit.
Philip III. Riley as Clarence fane, an uf-
successful actor With great head OF
fiufYy hair. Ia fiveIiness itself. His dane
ing Is the speciality feature of the third
act. Nell Seully, the Nathaniel Glover
from the Star theatsr. puts great life into
the play. and appears in strong contrast
with the gruff Mr.. Mcf.allum of w. II.
Wallis. Miss Lee Jarvis does her share
OF fun-making as Bella, the servant. Lucy
Aeculom, Elise Clayment and Madame
yolaat are well portrayed By Miss Marion
Van CORTLAND. Miss Vesta Day and Mlss
Anita yerno. The only sticks in the play
sre exactly in the right plaee-the three
til-mannered furniture employees, Who
strip the pleasant little room until Il looks
as IL a cyclone had passed through. ''onr
Fiat, VIII be given its last representation
in Seattle this evening.