The Washington herald., 1906-10-14

&c had the happiness Of being her hus-
band, 10 which he expediti0usly consents
IN the belief that the inHdelty was COM
mitted during the reign Of his successor
lie naturally gloats over the discontinue
Of the jealous second husband, and eggs
tn the domestic row by all means in his
power by bTayely certifying every state
ment the wife makes IN her efforts TO eX-
tricate herself from the embarrassment
and placate her excited second spouse
When the affair is explained at last 1t
does turn out that the joke is on the first
husband. and the sudden complete re-
versal of the conditions by which the
passions Of the offended husbands are ex-
cited provokes a storm Of merriment at
the close.
] saw the piece on Wednesday night and
the theater was crowded, showing that
the favorable notices which the comedy
had received had stamped it with success.
The piece for two acts is IN the best
vein Of Sardou when he turns 70 comedy.
The process Of sterilization had made
some points a little obscure, but the dia-
logue was so brilliant the situations so
striking. and the acting so delightful that
as a whole the performance merits all the
praise IL received from the press. The
last act was not quite Up 10 the merit OF
the first two. but these carried you along
I
interest that one hadn't the heart 10
cayi
OF course. a Sardou comedy is Ike d
delicate watch. You may take it to pieces.
but II takes an expert matchmaker to
put It together again, and whoever re-
iaXed the tension Of the handspring in
order 70 make it tick a little less noislly
did not succeed iH making Il keep as
good time as when Il left the Sardou
| workshop. However. 10 amount OF tin
ker!ng could keep it from going. and so
the delicate mechanism kept every one
amused.
Miss Harmed. OF course, played the in
teresting divorced. She injected Just
! enough fizz into The role 20 be rs full OF
/ sparkle as a glass OF champagne. and
with il all she had q delicacy and a re-
fnement OF grace 10 score an unqualified
victory over the hearts Of her audience.
Those who saw her IN The Light that
Lies In Woman's Eyes" Of sacred memory
must be conscious how charming she IS In
/ comedy. and all the resources Of her viva
cious temperament and the nicetes OF her
polished method are brought into play in
/ THE Love Letter" She is supported By
an admirable company, IN which William
Courtenay as husband No. !, and ". J.
Ferguson, as husband No. Q together
I with Miss Eleanor MOretti. Albert Gran.
and Percy Lynd?l. each for himself and
in his own way scored beautifully.
BeIasco's new play is called Tie Rose
of the Rancho" with the scene aid in
Caiifornia, while the Spaniards were stiI
in control Of that section Of the country
II is a romantic drama dealing with
black-eyed senoritas and picturesque
men Of the serape and sombrero and the
sialwart forms Of the invading Amer
leans. II will not be a star play, but the
cast viii be a notable one IN that Il in
cludes Hamilton Revele, who originated
the role OF Cosse in "Du Barry" Charles
Richman, George Losee, Harry Benrimo.
J. W Cone. and Frances Starr The latter
Is q talented girl who succeeded Minnie
DuDrec IN THE Music Master" and was
selected by Belasco TO play the heroine
Ia his new play. The piece is an adapta-
ton Of "Juanita," by Richard Watson
Tulley. which was tried by a Western
stock company last year, and has had
the undivided attention OF Belasco for
the past three months to make II meet
his requirements. II viii sustain its
initial production in Boston about the
( middle Of next month Rehearsals be-
gan this week at the Belasc0 Theater.
Charles Dillingham; announces that he
will bring out Mrs Carter some time in
November in cleo" by Edwin Milton
Royle. author Of "The Squaw Man"
Nothing is known as 20 the details except
that Cleo Is q modern play. with scenes
laid IN this country and in France. It
VIII be the FIRST time that Mrs. Garter has
appeared in a modern character since
her first stage venture.
met the handsome and weII-groomed
Robert Hiliard or Forty-second street
Yesterday He vas in a pertIrbed state
Of mind. and approached me with the
air OF man who greets o long-los;
friend. He was really I'm distress. An
interruptions transforming Western
star had pre-eupted the title which Hill
lard had selected for his new play. and
he asked me with much pathos in his
voice % submit a. list OF available titles
that would take the place Of the one
he had regretfully Co forego I promised
tO submit a list to him by mail at the
Lambs Club, and he gave me q 20-ceEt
cigar as a token Of his appreciation
While preparing for his new play, in
which love and Wall street play i'm
pOrtant parts Robert has all the vaude-
Vile th1aJeTs after him 10 continue play
/ ing his little dramatic sketch. IN which
he has made "A hit the name Of which
escapes me for the moment As we were
talking "a boy was leading a fine young
Jersey bull and three ponies up To the
stage door Of HammeTstein's ''Theater Of
1 Varieties where they are appearing
twice d day in a pastoral playlet Hi
lard fastened his eyes on yne well-kept
Ike stock, then. with a comprehensive
wave of the hand and a twinkle in his
eyes. he said: ''Fellow-artists OF miner
and bobbed around the corner.
Irene Bentley has been selected to ap-
pear in the part of the princess in 1.-THE
Belle of Mayfair" which has been play
ing IN London for some time, and had
Edna May as the heroine. until she
abruptly left the cast from a sense Of
injustice IN which Mr.. Charles Frohuan
sustained her CALAMITY.
Guy Standing began his career as q
star at Atlantic City Monday evening.
in Macpherson TurnbuHs comedy-draraa,
"a Society Policeman" which is said to
tell sympathetic and appealing story
Standing plays q young stock broker
who suffers financial adversely and be-
comes one of the mounted policemen in
Central Park His young wife. reared
In aftiuenCe. shares her husbands pow
erty. and an IagO-like scoundrel comes
upon the scene and cndeavors to separate
the young couple by destroying the wife's
honor in the cast is Blanche Stoddard
and ". II. Post.
Hamilton Revelle WHO is the cmbodi-
ment OF a polished modern Englishnlan.
was born in Madrid. His mother was n
Sp9niSb wou1av ard his fotba- vr.,s f,o,-,