The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-19
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G. H. Broadhurst's great play, "Why Smith Left Home,' will be presented
 at the Hyperion tonight and Saturday night There will be matinee Satur-
 day. The Bridgeport Union says of this play: The audience which saw this
 merry play at the Park City theater last evening went there in the expec-
 tation of laughing-and laughed. Like What Happened to Jones" and Twin
 Saints" and Willie Golfers MT. Smooth" the play does not make any
 attempt at serious intent, but relies
 upon the vexatious misunderstanding which its characters get into, to furnish
 the laugh-motives. Maclyn Arbuckle
 was John Smith, jolly, desirous of a
 quiet home and withal thoroughly in
 love with his own wife-personated by
 Miss Brandon Douglas, who has a strikingly "Langtry- -esque" face. An nie Yeamans, who has made the role of 'Lavinia Daily, who is a lady and knows it. famous in England and this country, probably was the most inter- esting of the players, and she fully sat- isied any expectations which might have been raised. Her style of Irish servant girl-totally different from all others. Rose Snyder was command ing wife and Fred W. Peters an obed- tent husband, according to stage tradi- tions. MT. Peters had an especially good accent. Dan Mason, who will be remembered as the sleepy butler with Willie Collier in MT. Smooth was this time cast as an impetuous Ger man nobleman; and M B. Snyder and H. F Roberts were satisfactory as rather gay old major and newly wed- ded Annapolis cadet, respectively. An- ita Bridger, whom the programme an nounced as "touchingly clever" because of her habit of turning osculatory er- TOTS to financial betterment, was statu- esque and demure as occasion demand ed. Gertrude Roosevelt was petite as the newly-wedded one and Blanche Carlyle and Mrs. M. A. Eberle competed the capable cast. With the facial ex- pressions of MT. Arbuckle and Miss Yeamans to entertain them, the audi ence might easily vote collectively-as they doubtless did individually-that "Why Smith Left Home was alto gether happy day. The advance sale has been large Prices, matinee $1, 75 and 50 cents; night, $1,5o, s1 and 75 cents. f9E
 The story of the play, Children of the Ghetto" begins immediately on the rise of the curtain, therefore it is very essential that the audience be in their seats not later than S:10, earlier if pos sible. The Principal players are as fol- lows Wilton Lackaye. Robert Edeson, William Norris, Gus Wenburg. Adolphe Lestina, Gus Frankel Emil Hoch, Fred Lotto, Henry Dolan, Rosabel Nor rison, Mime. Cottrelly. Ada Dwyer, Ma bel Taliaferro, Louise Muldener, Ada Curry, Laura Almosnino, Ellen Burg and Alice Evans. The play will be seen at the Hyperion theater next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, January 23 and 24. Seats on sale Saturday. Prices, s1.50 s1 and 75 cents.
 Miss Annie Russell will make her second visit here as a star at the Fly perion on Friday evening, January 26. The new play she is now presenting, Miss Hobbs, has been running at the Lyceum theater, New York. for the past twenty weeks with great success.
 That popular gem, The Girl From Maxims," will be presented at the Hy- perion theater Saturday evening, Jan uary 27, by the original cast which is headed by Josephine Hall and w. J. Ferguson