The Washington times., 1906-09-11
COLUMBIA.
Madge Carr Cook in "MTs. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Patch"

III aQge carr look IN MIS- " 4SBS U
the Cabbage Patch"
Mrs. Wigs ie back in town-''Nlrs.
Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" the plain.
p4ttiraat philosopher OF the ''po white
quarter II "A squaId louisville suburb
ana with her Loyey Mary Ais. Hay,
Ar Stebbins. the Biography named
little Wiggses. and all the rest Of them.
They registered AT the Columbia last
night fo- q weeks stay and were vel
coined by an audience which made up
m enthusiasm what IL lacked in num-
bers.
When II was FIRST proposed TO drama
tie Mrs Wiggs-oue of the lucky ana
.abIe strokes of recent American hteTa-
ture-many felt that il was a mistake
that she would have been better left
between covers But almost from the
grst performance 81 was realized That
rne decentralization as presented by Lieb-
Ier q Co, was not. as had been feared,
, drssrration Of the chief character
Mrs Anne Crawford FleXneT has not
merely dramatized Alice Hogan Rice
story. bus she has entered into the very
soul ana splrlt Of Mrs, Wiggs, and
afsdze Carr Cook clothes that splril
very appropriately i'm flesh and blood
II is not snowy part. but IL certainly
is svmpatht1lc, and if laughter and
tears are indications OF success Mrs
Wigs was as big a success last night as
She WAS during her previous visits here.
She is one Of those immortal Dickens
like characters that get into the hearts
,f the public. an optimistic philosopheF
~ Hs.a. NH
praacbing II. Quaint and ioqHaeious
/ she makes of adversely a practical joke
lana INDUCES in only Just enough pathos
! to keen her heart tender. II is de-
IUcI0usly American character, and warm
hearted Kentucky American al that, and
Mrs. Cook docs not act the part, she Is
lit.
For the rest of the characters one
might wish that they were not ault'
/ so grotesquely eccentric. Ihey oNerae
lii They are funny, but couldn't they
Ihe that without being SUCH parodles oi
/ humanity as Vivian ogden is as 10
1 Mis- HAY, OF Helen Raymond as mrs
! EichOru The Mis- HaEy OF The doom
| h Datient little monochrome OF a
woman. whose outlook is as persist entry
/ dark as Mrs. VICES Is rosy. SHS u
at once humorous and possible. Inc me
/ Mis- HaZy of the boards last HIsi' "oa
Z
! Which is equally true or Cnares al
/ tors Mr. Stubbins. To bee sure ne mas
( the advantage of taking himself as
/ Joke and he's certainly funny one
/ ais fan from grace leaves one Fellecl,
/ ing that "a drunk must come hALuial
/ tn nen. There have been al least htty,
seven varieties on the stage ln me l5s,
/ ren wears an Of them funny and al
Of them well done. -.-,t.fe
I Me Taliaferro makes an acceptance
md very pretty Lovey Mary. and the
children who make up a large part 81
/ ne casf arc a. clever and wei trained
/ - ee one need wish 10 see. But attef
Is1i il is Mrs Wigs, nrst last ana al
/ ~ lime. who makes things go-A1Ta-
/ yt-fs,,gz who goes through life with hes
/ &c roIorcG sncctacles well busted. ATs.
! Sx-i,,as who rightly says Of herself, "I'Vt
I &c ~ practice to put all my Wor-
/ ries down in the bottom Of my heart
/ I'm ain ON the lid and smile Her face
I5sV be homely-AIrs. Wiggs' of course,
/ - Mrs Co0kfst-but it's wreathed in
...bet a face needs most-smiles." An0
eiDca that's her philosophy her audience
/ Isst nIght should have satisfied her
/ ffSor really. as an antidote 70 blues Mrs,
/ wigs can be confidently recommended.