The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-16
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: : The Play;
:. MISUNDERSTANDING

A SUIT OF SABLE" was presented |
Il last night by the Belasco-Thall |
Company, and despite the coun-
ter attraction of the Shriner concert |
at the hotel, a fair house was waiting
expectantly when the curtain went up
on the rollicking comedy. with its mi
nor strain of pathos and tragedy.
The play is a clever production of
Charlotte Thompson. portraying with
rare truth the life of wllful ana
dashing, but generous hearted girl,
whom a stern parent and rigid aunt
try to curb with the customs and man
ners of centuries ago, leaving no ave-
nue. Of genuine pleasure open for the
un-loving and spirited creature who
has broken the rule of long line or
respectable ancestors by being born
with red hair and the accompanying
traits of character. After returning
from nine years of school the wilfuf
Dorothea upsets the house and throws
the aged servants into confusion with
unheard of pranks. Driven to rebel
| lion by particularly hard dlscipiine,
she plans an escapade which creates
| a sensation. Persuading her friend,
! Helen Kruger, and an ancient 1afnily
maid to assist her, she steals away
and impersonates vaudeville dancer
| who has been engaged to perform be-
I fore a bevy of club men at the rooms
of her cousin, Jack Willoughby, with
/ whom she Is secretly In. love. Jack
! does not know of the plan, and is hor-
rified to discover his. cousin dancing
! in the costume of an actress BEFORE
his friends She whispers, telling him
not to make a scene. and he acts ac-
cordlngly, but the stern father, in
! company with the scandalized aunt
| appear and there is Il grand denoue-
| nent Dorothea is taken home and
shut up, pending Judgment. She Is
informed tina. she Is to be sent back
to school and declares that she will
not GO She writes a letter accepting
the proposal of a man she does not
love, thinking it the only way 70 get
out of the predicament.
She has been mis-ied as TO JACK $
affections for her by hearing that he
carried over his heart the picture OF
another woman, whom he one day in
tended to marry. This picture Is, IN
reality. that of Dorothea, and hap
by ending comes about by an oppor-
tune discovery of the fact, Jack taking
upon himself the responsibility of
marrying the girl who IL regarded by
her family as being incorigible, but
whom he has read Alright in tnat ne
believes her only in need or being I'M
derstood and loved.
Miss Roberts gave the leading role
the dash and liveliness requisite to the
character, and preserved the person
atty of the part with her usual art.
Her costumes were, as always, LAVISH
and becoming. The dance in the
moonlight at the clubrOom just before
the denouement, was given with the
graceful abandon natural to the girl
who dared to do as she pleased re-
CARELESS of consequences. Mr. Hender-
son, as Jack, did SHINE plendid acting
in the third act, where he talks to
DorotheaS father in defense of Doro-
! thea, and hits home in such manner as
to compel the stern old gentleman to
listen and go away thinking. Mr.
} Montaine took the part of the father
and acted it we'll Miss Razeto. as
Mile. Cliquot, the dancer, and supposed
, double of Dorothea, presented a dupli-
cate back to the audience in the dress
ing-room scene. while philOSophlZ1ng III
: forcible vernacular. She gave very
good representation of the vaudeville
queen hardened to criticisms and Law
ish presents alike. Miss Howe did the
silent grandeur and dignity of Aunt
Matilda in her own characteristic
way, provoking applause with every
: step of her silent marches across thu
stage Jack Morris, In the role OF VIII
lie Lead, was typical ''chappy," ant
his makeup merited the compliment
of Dorothea, who told him he was 6
lovely fellow and had eyes like hel
kitten. Paul Gerson, as Robert Nc
: name of Bob" Clarence Arper, az
Joyce, the household butler, made the
most of his few eloquent words, "trou-
Bile is brewin'," and made a hit witt
every prediction. Allan Dunno also
acted.
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