The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-10-19

scription. The fond mamas expressed
volubly and audibly their indignation
at the interruption. The judges has
tily sought a secluded spot and rem
dered their decisions Several hun
dred females, accompanied by an equa
number of infants who arrived a few
minutes later, vented their anger in
no mild terms upon the judges and
did not hesitate to say that the arrest
was a ruse to cheat their offspring OF
the prizes.
Among The Theaters.
Any one who has the opportunity to
see Wagenhals & Kemper's production
of "A Midsummer Nights Dream" with
Annie Russell in the role of Puck
and fails to avail himself of it is
guilty of crime. 1t is one of the most
satisfactory Shakespearian presenta-
tions l have ever witnessed. Every
part is capably filled, and the setting
is delight to the eye. Miss Russell
| has always been noted for that art
lessness that is the highest form of
art, and as Robin Goodfellow she adds
to it an archness that is simply be-
witching. She sings and dances with
a sweetness and grace that would win
her an enviable place in comic opera.
The fairies with whom she consorts
are not clad in the conventional white
carleton and gilt-spangled wings, but
wear the green and russell hues of the
woods or the gayer ones of the flow
ers. When they come tripping and
flying on the stage with weird, Groom
ing note it is difficult to realize that
only score of feet away is the din
of Broadway, and that one is not in
the forest near Athens in a mythical
era. In company of such excellence
it is no easy matter to single out any
one for special praise, yet | am going
to undertake such task. John Bun
ny, who impersonates Bottom" is a
comedian of unusual merit whose
work would almost evoke laughter
from a wooden post. The incidental
music from the scores of Mendelsohn,
Grieg, Schumann, and Mcdowell is
exquisitely rendered. At the con-
clusion of Miss RusselPs engagement
at the Astor Theater, Viola Allen will
appear there in "Cymbeline." No
American actress has attempted the
character OF "Imogene" since the death
of Margaret Mather Miss Allen is
temperamentally fitted for this part.
With one exception, Grace George
has been fortunate in securing plays
that suit her and that please the
public. Clothes the work of Avery
Hopwood and Charming Pollock, is such
a play. Is possess two such quail
fications to win the favor of women,
upon whose approval the success of
any play depends. heart interest
and a display of beautiful gowns. The
plot is minus bewildering complica-
tions, and the lines are unusually
bright. Miss George as usual, is sweet,
ingenious, and good to look at. She
handles the gay and pathetic situa-
lions with equal skill. Her role is
that of "Olivia Sherwood who at the
death of her father, a supposedly rich
man, finds herself penniless except for
the income derived from some mining
stock which he had deemed worthless |
but which his lawyer, Arnold West, as
sures the girl has become valuable.
She has a struggle to keep up APP /
pearances in the fashionable set in |
which she moves, aud seems inclined |
to take the advice of her feminine &C i
quaintances and contract a wealthy /
marriage. Richard Burbank, reputed |
to be a millionaire appears upon the I
scene, and Immediately yields to her /
charm of face and manner. To COM
plete her conquest of him it is es-
sential that she have new gown to
wear to fancy dress ball to be given
by his aunt, and to obtain the money
for it she, at the suggestion of Arnold
West sells some of her Red Star min
ing stock, announcing that she will
repurchase it when she gets her rich
West is living apart from
his wife. A few moments before the
expected proposal from Burbank,
West tells her that he has loved her
or years and will obtain a divorce
rom his wife to marry her This
'evelation of the true character of the
nan whom she had believed her
ather's and her own best friend dis
,usts her with her pun pose toward
therefore when he offers
himself she refuses, only to realize
Ifter he is gone that she loves him.
1t the ball she makes this clear to |
lin, but in the midst of their happi-