The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-19


0eralamr Is quite stubborn. osr-
eianr Is NerX faithful Geraldine i
. alouaHHlN charming American Htfi
end Macy MHnnelina e. e. aaad Oar-
alaine, ana at her first appearance
a the Grand enetR Rouse last Uiaht
she aeaffA q social snceeaA and
stellar triumph. cNda fiteh should
nat have named hts play fhe stub
hetnnrsz ~ arraiAlue." the ftst
Nafa Hitnnid aaNr been Faithful
mss While Geraldine Is stubborn
Yfvesh &c suit an tbe inteuis ana
ha'resea nf a PLAYWRIGHT hunting
- res Ass nteee. the pisA II moth.
Us w0Ha of leaa thar an tnatheasis
ef udeHty, asa Cor aannrlaht faith.
falneSt 60 "a lagef who Is forever the
Nietlm af uuuendoes ana BLACK
gaertink % .mlends. sha makes
tHN patient Penelope ~ ola hook Ike
= eeissy Island caaurt
Alias MauneafnK l. not a creative
kehtu& and heF power dives not 10 in
snYrlonlng her part with a halo At
Individuality that vii tgrvvsr shlna
- q TIVE ~ constructive art rhe
secfvt af her auvcesa rather lies IT,
tee sweet personality 90 the woman
the absolute unaffeetcdusas With
Which She caFfins herself up0n the
HaHHH w. A#"A = AsHANttA#aH aAL thai
tars, hut pheasant captivating
voice. a winning amtia and = dlstin-
Huished air and a magnetism that
sweeps an hefure a. Her uaaVcuif ats
are the emhadimeHl 81 ease aud
graco. In the love episodes % the
play eha has the uinsoute nesa ~
julia MAfloWe. the quiet dignity Of
AaSias Eilhot. two widely different
tYpcs ~ the feminine vetaf,sa Of
Eeos. tassshrF with a Naivvte all her
oWn.
shs has exesilent support IN Ar
thar Byron. the Hungarian oount
Nhe - taQch ntaiignef Hero
tnfeughou, the play. but triufnphs
as All good heroes ia IN the ems.
Hffcns perfect mastery % the Oft.
ficultle~ Of the German tiaiect ~ enc
81 the artistic features % the plaf.
Tfink q this tnans an American.
fsAyfns the part OF a iitlsd foreigner
pho " trying e. pour gut hia souls
dexosien % the object 90 HIS love IN
haittnz. umpiux Enkliah at Whe
1ass AT the critical time. furEelS the
rlxat ~ogd. ard aus may ina sine
the wiae range ~ aHEi-ciHnAsss afz
f9Eded by tha part fghen "a sapahiy
handled a. Il IA by Ryron.
Ryrost. ~ the waYs has stnrret
nnad Byron, who wan itureis IN
*A-laHs the reasisanf
Mrs. Thomas Whlffen. "a Gerald
mes aunt. shares fuii heoafs with
Miss NaunWFtak aud At Hyfon. ae-
Httle h2s not seen ta years thp part
ef an elderly woman PLAYED with
sueh compelling power. and yet Mira
Nhiffrn has little chance Ia show
her real strength IN such 4 rela as
IRE aunt % Geraldine she u cur
tinaaiiy reminding the audience or
faieniiaf f~sefsw hshiud every
Nard she uttefs every maVe she
makes. and osss = rather insiined 70
u sorry that size hasn't greater op-
rursunlttas IN tas play
The part II wi Thafnrsan. the
girl frNu BUTTE. Mont, a ehiid 4
ths hreSHy west and = paiseser u
n4-so-dAls si&nlE u well t4ken -
sun Archer Tie rest % The east a
VEL selected
AZ for the play, Il opens with
scsn@ aboard an Atlsntie liner and
ths satleucs - fntKo1uecsA . a SYM
pasium AZ - 3tskasss. levsslrkaszz
ghd houesiek,seaS, and 10 in onFn-
fnrtahle god uaturea frame u tntnd
~ once There l. maoniighE for the
tovesick. sweile ard bsi,aws for TIE
s~a.ick and a distant shore fog the
hauisSick. al ~ beautifully blended
thas no enc dsfes asa fnr more
- y.s S...sse- tsssss, ~
ssssafis iHfSS asfsii iif0 fiE4Ta aEf
q hardly WORTH the tlsns ard effort
wasted N p1ttlax q On, There are
about six possible feaannN. bat not
ore snfftcieut sor having u there al
all n stNrs VI Thompson = ehaa1s
20 WoFk a iot - polifa slang out Of
her system. a zrase widow : chAnrs
a. disseminate safne dainty bits Of
scandal ant The sauesky vplesi Ma
ri0n uarainef a chAncv 70 invite
trirkhags ffnm thu gallery atiA pit
with her Irritating and raHpy fai-
setfose. ard u doesn't carry the A.
tien % the place VERY much nearer
q naneuufnnatigu either. Clyds Fitch
R2a a SEASON for Il. bat taae fasia
thaf ~ might saFr s1fxet the dfft.
cuIt8es NJ a FuoF~ effective dramatic
effnafiaa sn souse ether WaF. TIE
tfstfuducffrn - thr sa=eallsd Hun
xerian orchestra in the last act q
nta0 q little below what one might
expect Ia a play 50 Admirably staged
o. AT other ways. ~ caaid haFr he~st
male much better without much
traable. The whining tones % .
twp-Aoilar fiddle and the rasufiin
eroans- sf an Old has Wal excite
fIsirth rather than admiration. a
r-AI orehassr4 would have answered
the purposes 81 art uach lssttsr.
Annfher feature that rather trtrs