Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

- difficulty of finding suitable SUD sue,
Il a ject for his pictures to go OUT anu
paint the first thing he saw Inc
obvious moral of this. of course. is that
there is nothing in nature not worth
students care This applies TO human ma
.ure as well as to the externals of existence
with which the brush and palette deal Mr.
Charming Pollock appears to have followed
this In his selection Of the back yards OF
Washington as a locale for his play The
Little Gray Lady" The chief objection to
MI PoIlock's selection of the theme Is that
it is premature. Washington has yet to
be pictured in literature as the center OF
public interest that 1t really Is. It's more
dignifed and Impressive aspect has not yet
been properly exploited. After It's recep-
tions rooms with all their whirf Of sociai
animation and human interest and its coun-
ell chambers with all their mighty influence
on the destinies OF the world have been pic
tured. IT will be time enough to rummage
among Its back fences. 1t Is not until the
more important and serious aspect of a
subject, unless the subject be one of native
fr!volity, has been discussed that the con-
sideration Of its minor details should claim
attention.
Having selected his topic, however. Mr.
Pollock works it out with delightful tidel-
tty TO fact He does not make it appear
that the back yards of Washington are
essentially different from those Of almost
any other community. Boys climb fences
and people take their knitting out on the
back stoops wherever these institutions ex-
Est Only the fiat jewellers are denied these
iuxuries. Nor are the people whom he por-
trays recognizable as distinctively local
type. This phase of society is common to
all communities. The plot does not even
require the redemption division of the
treasury as an essential feature. for theft
and search might be an incident of any
post Office in one of the larger cities The
characters are well studied and admirably
portrayed although they are common
pace types which require every now and
then a tinge of caricature to give them in
dividuality. Any suggestions concerning
commonplace characters treated in spirit
OF carlcature need cause Mr.. Pollock no
uneaglness. for critics have offered the same
objection 10 the work OF no less an author
than Charles Dickens. The Little Gray
Lady is & production Of so many excel
fences that 1t may be taken as an absolute
guarantee of much good work from Mr..
Pollock in the future, work of the kind
that Il strongly needed and that only
few writer's are competent to perform
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A real good show, with Eddie Foy as
co-aeciarl-lr-chief, put In an appearance az
the Belasoo Theater last week, bat didn't
finger long. '"The Earl ard the Girl pre-
sen-s Foy in an aspect which would have
been deemed Impossible not long ago. Toys
cIovnipgs. though popular in the west
were slow in making an impression In TINS
part Of the country. Now ne is one of the
pets Of Broadway and is appearing in
Play which contains almost enough con-
secutIye interest to warrant a claim that
It is a plot Foy is in no danger of being
dazzled The proximity of a plot Is dan
Eerous thing for many comedians. 1t
breathes a contagion which produces wierd
Authorizations. once within the influence
OF & plot the comedian begins to see things.
lshyloek is q favorite vision, but as a rule
he runs through the entire gallery OF
classic specters from Bottom, in ''Mid-Sum-
,Tuar Nights Dream" to king Lear" Foy
Is the same drou frankly unintellectual en-
teTtailer that ne was when he frolucked il
.eztraTeganza, under the management or
Dave Henderson. He steps out Of the
.stsEe picture and back again, with no re-
gard whatever for the dramatic conssten-
.cies and even does a few steps on the top
sof the Orchestra leaders plano when the
spirit moves him. He is as jolly and ire
FsponsbIe row in his stage foolery as he
was wf1en story was told In his early
career Of how his mother criticised his per-
fornLancg His mother called him Danny,
and Il was with great difficulty and per-
Euaeiou She went to see him act. After the
performance she said: Il hear you get
money for doing that" Il do" was the
answer Good boy, Danny said she,
''Fool them as long as you can"
The performance of the Rogers Brothers,
or, to be more exact. of a Rogers Brother.
6fnco one of the team WAS unfortunately
3nc1paCitated by Illness. brought forth an
attendance which fully attested the popu-
lar!ty Of this whimsical series of globe
frottinS demonstrations. The Rogers
brothers have become institution and
tLel- plans for the future, which contem-
plate an appearance under their own man
agerent, Will be observed with interest by
many thousands Of laugh lovers
The Lillian Blauvelt Opera Company,
which wss to present the Rose Of Al
ha-1bru," decided 10 dlsband just before
Searhtrg this ,ft,-- The word .'rosc" does