The Washington times., 1901-09-01

howled to his hearts content and wher
the galleryite is pleased who shall SAY
that the play is not good? THE Road t.
Ruin is what Is technically known as
| thriller" and on witnessing II he who
could not be thrilled by the many hair.
breath escapes and >'screepy" situations
| which the play presents is indeed dead tC
all sense of human feeling. There was
the terrible struggle on the window ledge
| betwec the hero and the villain, and the
sickening fall of the latter to unknown
depths, followed by the heroic rescue by
| the Jew of the hero and his sweetheart
| track
The role of Wanda, the bold adven-
turess in THE Road to Ruin" is a par
| tiCularly ungrateful one, for she has the
! ill will of the audience from start to
finish. and instead of being greeted by
| thunderous applause at her many en-
frances she is met with Kisses and other
| unmistakable evidences of disapproval of
her mode of existence. Grace Wolvin.
who played Wanda in the production at
the Academy, admitted n Times repre-
sentative to her dressing room during an
afternoon performance last week. When
asked If she objected to the attitude of
the audience toward her, the actress said
No. don't mind that in the least; L
rather expect it. But my grievance is on
the other side of the footlights Every
body gets a chance some time during the
performance to step all over me, and my
gowns are being ruined and
=
me in the face. That sounds lust
like woman, doesn't 1t? But that S
for being a wicked woman and plotting
against your fellow creatures. This is
my first experience with what is known
as a rough heavy but / like the part in
spite of the fact that there is so much
to play against. have been off the stage
for little over a year and my voice is
in very bad shape through having to use
it so roughly in this part. We were all
very nervous Monday night and unfor-
tunately interpolated little realism by
shooting the leading man in the leg. We
had to summon a surgeon and altogether
| felt very much like real desperado.
But il was purely unintentional hit and
with the consent of the leading man the
management decided to eliminate 1t from
all subsequent performances"
Miss Wolvin was quite distressed over
the accident despite the fact that her au-
diences believe her to be so wicked.
Which particular charm will recon-
mend itself as the chief one of The
Liberty Bellies cannot be told in view Of
the fact that the first production of the
musical comedy is yet to be seen, but
certain It is that greater variety of
girls" could not have been brought to-
gether had the author. Harry B. Smith,
penetrated to the ends of the earth and
beyond. There is the school girl. the ath-
letic girl and the one who reads novels.
Then the slangy girl, the poetic girl, the
prim girl and the hungry girl, the girl
who suffers the lisping girl. and the girl
who plays practical jokes. while the New
York girl. the Philadelphia girl, the
Southern girl, with their sisters and
cousins, and aunts, from Cuba, Japen,
and Italy. will present an array of femin-
unity to stir the heart of the most blase
first nighter.
1.-The Liberty Bellies" will he seen here
at the Columbia Theatre September %
with the following cast: Eta Butler.
Sandol MiIliken, I.Otta Faust, Crissie
Carlysle. Augusta Close. Edna Hurter,
Marie Lamour Margaret Walker, Pauline
Chase. Grace Kimball, Dorothy Lester,
Edith Barr. Marie Twohey. Helene Lucas,
Violet Jewell, Laura Stone. Ida Burns,
Elsie Ferguson, Esther Lyons, Cyril
Scott John Slavin, Harry Gilfoil and J.
c. Marlowe. i; will be seen that boys
are not so numerous. but the few who
have had the good fortune to be dropped
among this bevy of loveliness will doubt
less appreciate their luck and contribute
their share to the success of The Liberty
Bellies" s