The Washington times., 1906-10-21

sweet songs and little children on the
one hand. and speeches Of dead and
gone politics. forgotten issues and war
| oratory. There is a hard working war
| drama mob, which cheers and shouts
| Justify: a couple OF nice. tame battle
/ horses. with suitably dusty riders; a
tiny yellow-haired waif, with bobbing
| curls and nice white stockings But the
| Alamo is forgotten. The war cry OF
half a century ago falls on cold ears.
Mr- Clement works manfully, but in
! effectively, and his supporting company,
though large. does not, with the excep-
ton OF Marie Taylor as Rearing
Kate" help him much.
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An Unexpected Success.
] Wednesday saw the reopening OF the
Madison Square Theater. with Tho
! Three OF U.s. a new play, written by
Miss Rachael Crothers. a new play
wright, played by Miss Carlotta Ninson,
one Of the many new-made stars Of this
! uncommonly stellar period, and pro-
/ duced by George Foster Platt. a new
| conner among Broadway producers.
/ And this novel aggregation has made
good II is Western mining play. but
not the conventional Western mining
! play presenting the melodrama Of out
| of-doOr life in e mining town. II pic
| lures instead the winter home life OF
small circle OF tenderfoots from the
Eastern States and England: no red
| shirts, no whisky. no shooting irons,
| just the fourth wall removed from three
| commonplace rooms, and a lot Of COM
| monplace people living out their lives
| quietly. yet with the pulse Of actual
| ity and occasionally the thrOb OF tense
emotion.
II is the sort OF thing HoweIIs might
| have written had he gone in for play
! writing-not with the large appeal Of
''The Great Divide" but as austerely
simple and bravely true.
Rye @acchesney. played by Carlotta
Nillsoh. IS a girl of flesh and blood,
/ sympathetic. wise and unselhsh 10y
al 10 her word though given unadvised-
/ y, independent n action and heroic in
/ her independence. She Is an Eastern
/ girl. an orphan who, with her two
! younger brothers, Is waiting in power
/ " 10 dispose Of their joint inheritance.
| the Three or U.s. mine. Rye's sweet
/ heart makes his long awaited strike.
which affects a neighboring claim also,
and tells her OF il. Her shiftless broth
| er. Glenn, overhears the Information and
sisters personal honesty, estrange her
from her sweetheart and even COM
promised her character II all comes
right. OF course. and IN a very inter
esting way.
She plays il well. and is supported BY
a capable company, who make one feel
the pinch OF poverty, the corrosion OF
| hope deferred, the moments OF love and
/ joyful anticipation, the disappointment
| of Illustration, doubt, misUnderstand-
/ ing. disJrust, and recrimination
| Frederick Truesdell, Jane Peyton,
| and Eva Vincent share the hOnors with
| Miss Nillson.
The Measure OF a Man." which was
to have opened Thursday night at Web
| er's Theater, was postponed until to-
/ night on account Of the illness through
ptomaine poisoning OF Miss Nary Hall,
| who plays one Of the leading parts
! The Measure Of d Man" is d new play
/ by Cora Maynard. produced by Nixon
3 Zimmerman. 1t opened in PhLadel-
phia a few weeks ago and was well re-
| celved in the Quaker city. Its animat-
ing motive IS the c0nnicJ OF ideals-the
/ bitter war between two welI-known
| varieties OF honor. business and
| private" The severest criticism at its
/ opening was that IL "sags grievousIy Ia
the middle" but that defect has prob
ably been remedied. II is played by a
| capable company headed by a quartet
| Robert DrOuet. L. NJ. Holland. Percy
| Haswell, and Mary HalI-who are in
| themselves a guarantee OF excellent act
| ing. Holland plays the part OF Christ
| cpher Guthrie. said 10 be modelled on
the character Of John d. Rockefeller.
"The Stolen Story" Again on.
THE Stolen Story is not to be per-
manently retired after all. This will be
| good reading 10 many who were inter
| ested in the play. and were correspond
| ingly disappointed TO learn that for
| some Unexplainable reason Manager
Savage had summarily discarded H. II
has been withdrawn from the Garden
| Theater, but James w Allison has
| bought ii from Mr.. Savage and will
/ produce IL in Shubert houses. This
week it has been playing at the ShuDert
| Theater, Brooklyn, with its entire New
/ York cast-Jameson Lee Finney, Joseph
| NJ. Sparks, r. Peyton Carter. Dorothy
| Tenant, Beverly Sitgraves, and all the
/ rest OF them-and seems TO have done
well.
George Cohan has seen the error OF
his way. Popularity" his first at
| tempt at a non-musical play. having
shamelessIy heiied its name, is 10 be
| be withdrawn and made over into
musical play. George believes in giving
the people what they want-and Yes
the boy that can do 1t. too!-since they
want music In his shows he's quite
ready to obige. Nothing approaching
| "a mean disposition" about George
Lillian Russell does not seem 20 have
Jared any better than Cohan In her