The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-28

UH
 In oluETT, PEABODY & %. N
 M 4aters of c'usss and Moro,rA shirtt W
 In good fortune, Mrs. wiggs is the con
 fidant. She is the hub, the others the
 spokes. A homely character, a good
 divider. with a "heart as big as all
 outdoors.'' her prevailing spirit of op-
 timism triumphs over all diffculties. conquers all sorrows.
 Mrs. wiggs Is matchmaker She
 engineers the marriage of the disap-
 pointed-iE-life Mis- Hazy. and then
 when the matrimonial venture seems to have worked out badly, it is Mrs. Wiggs
 who plans and executes the removal of
 the erring husband from the neigh
 borhood. by way of the empty box car.
 It is Mrs. Wiggs who brings together
 Miss Lucy, the christmas Lady" and MT. Bobb. the young lovers from the upper worl l. who have taken an in terest In the residt nts of the cabbage patch when they are estranged, She is always the angel of happiness, who
 mites the estran5ed, and who pours oil of calm upon the troubled waters of her little world.
 Mrs. Wiggs big of heart. With scarcely enough to provide for her
 own. she takes in the friendless Lovey | mary and little Tommy. With homely l sympathy she consoles the disa'nsolate. With diplomacy sine adjusts the diff fsrences of her geographic family, and when she herself is irreparably wrong ed, she forgives her erring husband. and takes him hack to her home. It would not be tair to skim over the play, however lightly, without
 mmenting upon the splendid acting
 of the little children in the cast. Mrs :. Wiggs's Sunday School class is some thing new, not only in it's conception,
 but in the manner in which it is ex-
 ecuted Like the other persons in the
 cast, the most that can. be said, the
 highest praise, is that they were true
 to fife,
 The stage settings of the play round
 ed out the circumference of complete
 ness. There was nothing out of place,
 nothing lacking The interior
 pher of the cabbage patch," and
 the unlovely outdoor perspective of the neighborhood in wn!ch she lived, were In tone. Even the town pump. the point around which the gossip of the cabbage path, centered. was in It is to be deplored that Mrs wiggs was not given a more hearty welcome by the theatre goers of Montgomery.
 A good sized audience attended the production last night, and applause
 was frequent But there were many
 vacant seats in the house. and that
 at one of the best plays that has ap- peared on local stage this season. For those who went. however, there is Che satisfaction that they saw not only a l good play. but a play thoroughly ad-
 mirable in every way, play that is
 one of the best ever presented in the South.
 It is but repeatIng what has so of-
 ten been said in these columns to add that whenever Liebler and Company stand sponsor for an entertainment 1t l Is complete to It's last detail and tho
 excellent produceds have shown rarely | good judgment in their selection of artists to present Mrs. WiREs of the
 Cabbage Patch"
 Richard casble in +The Mayor of To- | kio" at the theatre Thursday night. NIT. Taylor at BIJOu. That Albert Taylor has the ablest
 repertoire company that has played in
 Montgomery this season was evidenced last night by the presentation at the Bijou Theatre of Nat Goodwin's we'll known comedy drama, .'The Cowboy 1 and the Lady,"
 The talent displayed by the players | is far superior to that of stock com panies that have visited the city. and the IaNOT they nave HltN Wllf III NlOIll- | gomery is due not only to the ability and personnel of MT. Taylor, but as much
 to the merit of the players he has gath cred around him.
 An audience of fairly good propor- tions was at the pretty little play house last night, but a filled house
 would not have been too great a com pliment to the quality of the enter tainment,
 AF n1a daxr
 North, the hero It might be said that there is little room for improvement in the portrayal by Mir. Taylor A more muscular looking man might fill the picture better, but MT. Taylors earn estness and his quiet naturalness made the audience forget that his stature was too slight.
 There was no fault to find with the four female members of the company.
 Each one of them played her part well
 and received the plaudits of the audi ence. Miss Frankie Kane as Mrs Wes- ton, the heroine, was graceful, emo tionaI and presented typically refined
 woman, while Miss Nettie Woods, as Molly Larkin. the coquette, was pretty and natural. As lass of tender years, Midge by name, Miss Nell Paul was pe- culiarly suited to the part The eccen- tric comedy character of Lulu Prisslms
 was very entertainingly played by Miss | Althea Davis.
 Among the men in the cast, the one
 who furnished the most fun was Clar- ence Oliver, as the sheriff He was es- pecially good in his makeup and direct | Western methods.
 Walter Ayres as Quick Foot Jim, the | villain; Bertram Bracken as Weston, | villain of higher order. and George l Murdock and Sam Victor as two love- stricken and faithful cowboys, ali con tributed to make the performance
 success.
 | Mir Taylor and his company played | to large audience a matinee yester-
 day afternoon. when College Chums"
 was presented It is 1nc comedy,
 and the audience of ladies was enthu- l siastic.
 | The company will close its engage
 ment in Montgomery with matinee this afternoon and another performance
 tonight The play for thls afternoon
 will be The Lady Of Lyons, and for
 tonight The Private Secretary BiiOu Matinee Today, 3 p. m. i Albert Taylor Presenting sLady of LyOn."
 GENERAL WRIGHT SPEAKS.
 DepreeRteS Talk of Independence of the Philippines. Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 2T.-GeneraI