The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

| 4 pair OF Anna Held eyes, and write two
or three popular songs as a side line.
must have genius "Clarice" was kept
out of New York for a long time Per
haps the author had some misgiving
about the experiment London. which
/ accepted him in Sherlock Holmes. -
I would none Of "Clarice," but he seemed
10 have injected some Of his own hypO-
dermIcs Of vitality into .he piece. and
II was his vehicle all last season on the
road Here 1t is at best a success
destime.
Clay Clement Jared no better in his
new offering, sam Houston" at the
Garden Theater. The attraction was
brought here by special train from Omaha
! to til the time Of The Stolen Story, p"
which changed managers and went on the
road.
The Houston play gloriies the hero Of
/ Texas. but 1T is theatric and in many
respects uudTamatic. while the principal
character Is drawn with less regard for
natural effects and the truth of history
than with an eye 10 providing q suitable
! vehicle for Mr.. Clement, who is at once
the star and co-author with John Nc
/ Govern and Jesse Edison. There is not
enough directness ia the character Of
/ Houston as presented. and as he appears
al the Garden Theater he is little more
| than tumble of odds and ends
Guy Standings starring tour in "a
! Society Policeman" apparently, is de-
suned 10 be cut short From all accounts
the play has not proved satisfactory. and
is TO be abandoned. Standing will shortly
/ be seen in New York as the leading man
in The Love Route. OF which Odette
Tyler has been the bright particular fea-
I ture. and which has seemingly scored in
the West. This Will be the attraction 10
\ open the new Lincoln Square Theater. on
/ StXty-siXth and Broadway set for the last
\ day OF the month Last summer Miss
! Tyler and 1IT. Standing were conducting
/ rival stock companies in Washington. 50
I thar their artistic conjunction in the near
future VIII have "a peculiar interest In
/ the mean time the search for a suitable
vehicle for Mr.. Standings starring tour
will continue
/ / wonder how many people who have
admired Standing in THE Duel and with
| John Drew in THE Second in Command.
are aware that be Is one Of tho most ex-
pert water color painters In New York
and that the work of hts brush is highly
esteemed by COnuoiSseurs2 William
Furst. the composer. showed mo several
exquisite samples of his skill hanging In
his nat. among which was d nnc twilight
river view. with several largo scho0ncrs
dimly outlined against the evening sky
Blanche Bates IS preparing TO celebrate
the i00th performance OF THE Girl of the
Golden West" The event transpires on
the 9th OF October. and will doubtless be
/ commenorated in some fitting manner at.
the Belasco Theater, where she continues
z IN
sold-oUt houses. The premiere occurred in
Pittsburg October {. 1898. and the play
came into New York in November after Il
few weeks in Baltimore. Washington and
Philadelphia Ii was interrupted for only
four weeks during the summer. in order TO
give the company a muCh-needed vacation
/ With matinCs and extra performances
the run has extended into one of the
longest known in New York for years u
will so 10 Boston in November TO make
room for The Rose Of the Ranch.
which IS now in active rehearsal
Meanwhile THE Hypocritcs." His
House IN Order" and THE Lion and the
Mouse" are running steadily along. 10 be
counted among the substantial successes
Of the season.
The little Madison Square Theater. where
Hazel Kirke" "EsmeraIda." Young
Mrs winthrop" and May Blossom"
passed into history twenty-five years age.
was filled with a representative frst-night
audience Wednesday evening TO see Miss
Nillson make her initial essay as a star i'm
Rachel Crothers four-act drama. The
Three of Us, a dainty little play without
heroics, but brimful of sentiment and
quiet emotional effects delightfully."- inter
preted by well-balanced company. which
includes Henry Kolker. Frederick Trues-
dell, John Wesley. Stanley Dark, Eva
Vincent, and Jane Peyton
Tho scene is laid in "A Nevada mining
town, but the play characterizes me still
lifc-the home Iifc-cf this Western COM
munity picturing the soul struggle Of peo- |
pie instead of the stirring events and
rugged features of Il mining camp. ana
giving back its atmosphere rcfiexively
through the windows Of CoZiiy furnished
and modestly furnished frame or adobe
cabins. And all very realistically and
truthfully to nat1re-so Faithfully, Indeed. /
that none but an author who has passed /
little OF his life in an unsightly log cabin I
with a Steinway piano and plush curtains |
on the inside could nave written it.
The title is derived from the name Of
the mine which is held in common by /
Rhy- Glenn, ana sonny" Macchegney /
Rhy is the name of the girl played by Miss /
Nilsson: Glen and sonny are her two
brothers. mere lads and they are holding
on to the mine from hope that il will some
day realize their dead fathers prediction I
of ultimately proving a small bonanza.
The plot. in spite of a certain cOnven- i
tionality, is handled in an unconventional 1
manner. and the characters are so much
more like flesh and blood than those OF 4
the average drama, that The Three of /
Us moved people to tears and completed I
its premiere under circumstances Of \ +
complete triumph.
The unconventiOnality OF the treatment
is shown in the scene where Stephen 4
surprises Rhy in Beresford's luxuriously
furnished room at night Beresford asks
her TO hide but she refuses. and tells
him TO open the door and admit Stephen /
Again, when the two men prate Of their
duty To protect her. and she upbraids
them for their pitiabIe show of chivalrv
and declares she viii protect herself. But /
the big scene comes in the last act. when +
Rhy appeals 10 her brother Glenn to give |