The Washington herald., 1906-10-15
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

ADOO La - AlFD LII LIZ.
New York, Oct 1L-Sueh four ac-
tresses as are newly gulsed in Broadway.
such a variety Of distinctions. Esanor
Robson and Virginia Harmed. equally
talented, but one delicateIy subtle TO al
most the point Of weakness, and the other
broadly graphic with an approach 10
Ieoarseuess. Lillian Russell, with plentiful
beauty and scant ability, and Margaret
Anglin. with an abundance Of ability and
4 lack of beauty And the plays they
have chosen 10 suit their individualities
iare distinguished in authorship BY the
names Of Victorien Sardou. William
Vaughn Moody, Francois de CrGisset, ana
Israel Zangwill-
Current extravaganza nils many stages
with young women averaging pretiier
than Miss Robson, and makes them dis
port in al manner of aTtful sensualities'
yet If there were any way 10 decide ihe
bet I would risk money that Marjorie, DE-
her plain cap and gown Of nurse, ye5
instinctIv with maidenly rosueTy and
frclic as she fools her blinded patient, is
to more people a captivating sight than
any hundred sirenic endeavorers. The
reason OF the difference is that she looks
genuine and good while they iook bogus
and bad Israel ZangWil may be ao-
sogbod in Zionism, and the project ot re-
storing mis- race 20 Jude5. but nc iinds
timc-at a royalty Of TO la per cent ol
tho gross roCciDts-tO make Eleanor Rob
son. with mo- imD-ODricty a very ictcu-
/ ing snow girl Besides. she is The heroine
Of a trivial but buoyant story
beauty. and Lille Lanstry, the English
/ beauty. arc on simultaneous exhibition
7 in Broadway. Comparative observation
can't De helped. is il impolite to cflti-
else actresses faces? Their visagcs as
much as their voices. are part of their
professional outfits Mrs. Laugtry's face
was seen last week, 20 be lightly marked
| by tiaIe, the outlines hardened little
I but the skin as smooth ard fair as ever.
I Miss RusselTs face has not been out OF
I New T0rks sight one year in the last
twenty-five. and "a slow change might
F pass unnoticed but Il close study of It,
as shown now in "B1rbaras Millions.
discovers even less alteration than is yIs-
+ ible in Langtrys Lillian beats Lille in
/ the preservation Of the most Photographed
I two faces on earth. Her complexion is
/ false with IL smearing of pink and white
and daubs OF red and black. and her hair
/ IS yellow with bleach, bat in the features
there is no hint of sassiag cheeks or dou-
bling chin. no crow s-lcet are at the eyes
or lines at the mouth, and one uses a
glass in vain TO fEd a sign OF aging.
/ Her form has added matrons S right 90
I its girls proportions. but she can face q
camera as beautifully as ever.
/ The ThaW-White tragedy is on the stage
now. ard it seems that while We have
been right To think of Stanford White as
a satyr of the theatrical forests in quest
ct unwary maidens, we have been wrong
/ o. regard Harry Thaw as q faun hunting
those same woods. The matter Is cleared
up and the duty Of the jury simplifed in
a Ai,H5naires Revenge" tt seems that
Evelyn Nesbit was an innocent simDletCu
when She FIRST went 10 Whites studio.
( ghlt she disIiked champagne So much th8-
he could hardly persuade her To drain
one glass with opium i'm IT, and that
Thaw. coming iu and suspeetlug there
was duped and dopcd sirl behind q
screen, turned down tue Hight 50 that hc
might not be suspected of curiosity as
( 10 who she was. c9wed the knlfe-hrandish-
/ Ing White with Il pistol and sent Evelyn
/ home in cab 90 her mother
a mighty fine fellow was TEaW. good
/ Eumored, warm-hgartcd. and most cunsiG-
crate Of women. especially his mother and
sister, and when hc married Evelyn Die
/ thought she had been "a model of proDriety
/ while posed for artists. lie knew notL-
/ ing naughty that she had ever done
/ for fact she was absolutely guileless;
and Jhat IS why. don't YOU see. that lhe
LnWrittan law gave the husband right
! to kin The man who spoke impoItelv a.
such IN iTrepTCachablc wife
/ THIS new view OF the case So lightens
Ithe gloom Of iJ that those who knew Th2U
+ IN the Tenderloia IS wei as they did
/ White, and go up 20 Harlem 70 see them
acted on the stage. can't help laughing
with the theGtcT's habitual audience. The
. impersonator Of Thaw goes through his
+ part reSolutely vita a sober faee bu,
/ ~ hite's viE1iE3us sncers merge into COZ
vert smiles behind his mustache. and Ev-
elyn pretty mouth. With nothing 90 hid,
behind twitches with the effort 10 keep ies
corners from turning up instead Of stay
ing pulled down and 1 have an idea
that the author. Hal Reid. regarded his
work as q 5urie-qCe Of mel1dlama and a
theatrical joke, else why did he put into
d., as a comic character. a playwright
4 Augustus Gillette Thomas, who sought e
save himself from thc alIlshouse by WRIT
ius a play for Ereiyn Ncs5itt to act in
LLaW D. the fiction declined the offer. bu
= i'd Is too prosperous 10 have taken q
. commission from him in fact Then why
oh, why, didn't he avail himself Of th,
ample material Tor a rJusing melodram,
on tie White-ThaM-N -Nesbit subiectg
FRANKLIN IFET.FS