Arizona republican., 1906-12-26
MTTY'S MARRIAGE
 A JOLLY INCIDENT
A Charming Little Comedy Presented to Appreciative Audiences by a Most Talented Company.

The Marriage of Kitty, as presented
 at the Doris opera house yesterday
 afternoon and last evening. was a most refreshing dramatic production. The
 story is one of the most delightful lit tie comedies one ever listened to. It
 only requires small cast and the peo-
 pie furnished by Jules Murry for this
 company are not merely stage folks
 but are actors and actresses.
 The story is a little one and most readers may know it but it wont take long to tell it. Kitty an orphan. very close to the fraZzled end of her fath- CTS estate appeals to her godfather. John Travers, solicitor. for a means i of livelihood, willing to do anything in | the world, providing It's just what she likes. Immediately thereafter Travers is appealed to by his young friend Sir Reginald Belsize, who to fulfill his fathers will and secure his wealth
 must marry, and the bride must be anybody but Peruvian widow he has formed an attachment for. against his fathers wishes. Travers obIiges all by arranging with Kitty to marry Belsize but not live with him and at the end of a year, to secure a divorce, when
 Belsize, after securing the money. can marry his Peruvian charmer. The lat ter who has just arrived in London. is introduced to Kitty, who is made up
 in the most unattractive manner. to disarm the southern woman's jealousy,
 and the plan is approved by all con cerned in a mutual council in Travers' London office. A private wedding fol-
 lows and Kitty who happened to be
 human and really in search of a nice husband put her best foot forward.
 Presto, Kitty and Belsize find them selves really" in love and desirous of making the alliance a lasting one. the Peruvian woman becomes wildly jeal- ous and has to fall back on an old flame that she had formerly held over the head of Belsize in the most threat ening way. It ended that way and it is supposed that Kitty and Belsize lived happy ever after, the telegraph dis patches having announced nothing to the contrary.
 Miss Florence Gear as Kitty is d de- light. A decided blond. pretty and petite and of the most charming man ner. Also the entire story is in a par Tor or dining room setting and success requires the most exacting qualities of mood, manner and graceful uncon- sciousness that every tone and gesture is make believe. It is one of those lit tie stories that presented by a company of amateurs or awkward stage people would be a veritable bore but delin- eated by talent with the perfection of naturalness. is a constant moving pie ture of human sentiment. The scenes change with the rapidity of the second hand, from jest and a crossfire of repartee. through the varying moods of filtration. sentimentality. diplomacy and feminine strategy. to the crowning success of love. not as a reward for some heroic deed or the price of posi- tion and wealth. but just sincere hon est affection. They love because they want to and can't help it. They really didn't mean to and tried not to. but mo- body could blame them for being happy, the more when they couldn't help it.
 In all this Kitty was but one. Sir Reginald as depicted by Harry Roche | was fine He is a bit of an adven- | turer at first but down at the bottom he is all heart and soul and these quail | ities are personified in a mighty fine | looking young man. as graceful as any ! of his kind He is just as much at i home as one could be and just as awk- l ward and ridiculous as one would have to be to live his story. All seriousness at the bottom he is a reservoir of fun. | a riotous mixture of honest sentiment | ality and wit. The solicitor of course | has a hard part to play. Constantly | taxed to keep things going smoothly | between Belsize and Kitty he is some | times at his wits end to regulate the Peruvian lady who was burning up | with passion for BelsiZe, and his | money. she discovered that bluffing | and jealously would not work her ends. | Franklin Hall, as the solicitor, is built | for one part, a veritable diplomat and | a man of genius, while Miss Baird as | the Peruvian lady was most charm ingly at home. She best showed her | self possession when she pictured her | lack of it and while her part in the | drama appeals less to the sympathy of the audience. her accomplishment can not be overlooked.
 Milo Belden and Miss Hazel Chapple | in minor parts completed the cast of a | really excellent company. The after noon performance was not largely at tended owing to the fact that most | people had a turkey engage ment but a good house was present in | the evening and it was entertained in the most satisfactory manner. Should | Kitty ever come to Phoenix again, for any of her succeeding marriages, if she is the same Kitty, both she and her friends will be royalty welcomed.