The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-13

a New star
sFarbara FstefchIe.~ presented by
: capable company beaded ~ q STAG
Or more than the ordinary merit.
oprusd a. the seafxie thrater last
nirht for q weeks run Tbs play
itself - one Of the most bezufifui on
H. American stage Thers y the
prett,est kind of a love story run.
nfnx through the plot II n the osd
ta1s q the love of q Southern girl
far = Northern officer against whom
her father has . d<ep-seAted hatred
There Is something about u that -
different from the others. however.
II does not end A. one would sup
pose or wish The Northern officer
h shot IN battle by the brother OF
the g1rf he iose.- The g.ri Barbara
IL finally killed By a maniac who has
guns crazy through love Of her. sne
dies while waving the flag Of the
Union nom the balcony Of her home
IN whsch her lover has just died. In
this scane the nag incident, made Ia
NOUS BY the poem OF Whittier. 10 de-
picted-
Few actresses have attained the
success OF Mary Elizabeth Forbes. the
star Of the cast last night. In the
short time that she has been on the
stage. One year ago she Was play
Iue maid parts with the Neili com
pany. BY her own work she had
brought herself up- Miss Forbes
has b personality that II all her own
Her acting n simple and natural.
There are no false moves. nor arti-
fetal gestures. and yet she holds
the attention Of the audtence when
ever she appears ON the stage. Last
night she had a severe cold and her
voice was not good. but with this ex-
ceptfon her work stood out alone. A
brilliant future is predicted for this
actress by all who have watched her
meteoric rise from the ranks.
The star would saline in stronger
company than the cns now with her
although the company has very few
weak pSints- The role Of Mr.
Fsristehie n taken by Louis n. Nor
rfson. who will he remembered AZ cns
Of the Ralph Stuart Company. HI.
Interpretation Of the part Of the ole
Southern gentleman WAS good Bes'
sic Stuart Bacon Was very clever a,
Sue and looked very pretty. One o.
the best pieces OF work in the pia;
was that OF Royal d. Tracy. whs
plays the crazy boy. Wilfred J.
Rogers as Captain Trumbul coult
Improve considerably. Some Of hi
work in the first part of the play I
stiff In the last act he does ver'
well. 49,
"Finniasn's Bali"
"FInnigan's BalI' IN a roarlni
1augf1-producing farce. There In no
the semblance Of plot 20 the Who'll
thing and the management does no
claim that there Is. There Is fur
however. in every line. Not only d
the two stars. Edward +. Gallaghe
and J. ]. Barrett, create ell kinds O
nm. hut the cast Is made up Of peo
pIs Who were evidently selected 70
their Iaugh-msking ability. The com
psry In the piece this year IL full
eouaI 70 that brought out here by tn
clever corn sdians, Murray and Macl
Thers isn't another face In the worl
like that Of ollie MACK. but Ml
Jarrett has a very good counterfeit
HIS comedy ~ clean and for the mos
part original.
There were no Jokes that are reali'
c1d and but few had passed thei
second reading. The antics or Nj
Yarrstf az FinniRan were simply sid
~rl5fffnx. Mr.. Gallagher playel
rssey in manner very similar 4
<ref a Murray, who was seen her
~ fhe play with Ollie Mack He de
s.fcts the better class frishman in
~beie-soulea and hearty manner an
hts jokes never fan TO bring out
IasRi1. -,
framp. There always han 70 De
tramp IN a farce, ana u there ~
ss,zt.rr~' n has 70 be taken goo
80 7. J. Flynn put on AN
@fnr speciality that WIS called bscl
ref< dozen mines. II ie q novelt'
stself and almost srsnfh fhs pae@ o