The Washington times., 1906-10-14

I, may be hat it is the attempt to rem
der IL decent that makes il lifeless. t.
IS certainly loosely written and tire
some. and provides tame denouemeut
fOr the complications of tLe first two
acts.
Ac for Miss Harmed. il is "a long tm"
since she has played SO charmiugly- a.
famous French actress once sai1 that
the iirst principle of woman ought 60
0e 10 look pretty Miss Harmed certainly
epIies th9t principle, and combines
with her pretti=c5s considerable stage
experience. She has never appeared
younger or sIeUdercr or more attractive
Al tim IS s'- rc-ea!s traces Of her recent
eNageorarious in manner, but ou tie
whole she IS Urevailngly simple 1lIuraL
ana sVmpJtheJielIy humorous. It is %
matter for conEraluiatiou that -le mas
quiz the field OF hectic em5tiouaIssm ana
.lstCria iu Which slC has been Ilspurt-
iug aelSrlt for tEc last few years. anu
lu which sEe was m best but O. COPY Of
others who did a bat thing better. auI
returned I'd li-lr comedy tnGgd with
tDuch-lnJ-so sentiment Iu which earlier
~ HeF career sAc distinguished herself
Monday nialt brought Richard earle
ana THE Spring Chicken % paly's 10
replace Marrying Many" c,ow Mary
uoes not pretend 10 Doe 81 s.. c.. bst she's
more FUN l ave minutes JHau "Tac
sil.ns Chicken" is iu q whole evening.
IL Is "a eouElumerate sort az an 0ferine.
First it Has French "Cogu'n Gc Friu-
temps -ucn George Grossuuta mals g..
ever into English as 'Thc Spring chick
cnf' now 10 has been Ameriear.zed by
ana for Richard CaI-. IIlt ls earle
Ias substituted jokes or Dis cvu for
ElielisH Jokes auU songs oE uIs oNu Ia.
i@neIisH soHes. IloE au accounts they
needed it FrIuE Daniels SAW tile pro-
cucIion iu --auo.u. auG said il was too
WaTnT Ior dim. u- Angels announced
it.aud guessed agIin-a good guess. too.
HHuf ai accounts
The play starts ont vltr q stor,.
which is lost iu tae shuttle before the
FIRST act is well under way ana then fuSf
drifts along lu aE entertainlue sort of
way until i- ls II O'Clock and time I'D
80 home What plot there Is and most
OF The situations Liuse upon The old
theme which always hubs uD En- the
AsHier French plays-husbauds who
start ont 70. a. good time without tAeir
wives ana set caught ass often as ocga-
sion requires
Sir. Carrie himself ia droU. aIss Emma
JaaA..r is a remarkably good edition of
NWlaIFpe, and Miss Bessie Mccoy and
Miss Blanche ueyo arc-Ia "a word
shocking fine dancers. Both are uIluh.e.
both manage to dlnuse that utozieatiu-
atmosphere ot uauglunes $50 necessary
i1 really effective musical comedy
dancing girl, and the ,wo are refreshing
lr different iu type and method They
are --e spice of the ulsl iu tais the sec
oud warming over With uelr help it
is more than NkeIy Co promote cheer
fuiness ola broadway for some time
10 come.
Monday night also saw the fasco of
am alleged farce" Barbara Millions
iu which Lillian Russell is starriur.-It
is Lcr first attempt at comedy divorced
from song. and it is truly a sad affair
Iu-"Lady TeazIe' She save evidence of
rather surprising capacity for comedy
and with the ghost Of a show she might
have succeeded as "a comedy star But
she was hopelessIy handicapped. sBar-
har4s AuIlIUas." from the French Of Ie
Croisset. were undoubtedly tainted
money, and iu the attempt 10 deodorize
them Paul H. Potter has made a forced
na,, unhappy, slvorIess farce Of il. The
only real hearty laugh is occasioned by
Mr.. Reeves Smiths asking. Have YOU
ever. thought of marrying" and Miss
RusseiIs answering, "Oh. once or
twice"
Miss Russell has her perennial good
looks. and a new wardrobe To set ii or.
But her versatility seems 10 run en-
tireIy To gowns.
Dolly Dollars" is back on Broad
way. at the New York Theater. but
with Blanche Ring instead OF Lulu
CHASER i'm the stellar role Ii gives
her more of show than any part she
has had, and she takes such advantage
Of 1T that no one misses Lulu particu-
IarIy.
"Alr Hopkinson" is also with us
once again, with Dallas Wexford stW
playing Happy. and most of the old
company which made slch a Init last
season supporting him.
Rose Stahl says au revoir and not
good-by T. New York tonight She had
to move her Chorus Lady" from the
Savoy to s,le way for "Barbarl's Nil.
lions" and she has been nuius On a
vacant week at the Garrick. She might
have remained Tor long run. and aI-
ready many of her admirers are i'm.
qulrlug when she is coming back
Tonight Yvette GuilberJ and Albert
CueyaIier are showing New York
what it FEELS like 70 Doe ouc-uieht
stand They are giving "a single per-
1ormauce - Nine. Guubert OF her
"Chausonnettes.' ChevaIier Of his Cock
uey ballads. CheyaIier has added sew