The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
An7uSeSs1enfs
"The sauayv Man."

A creditable presentation of The
 Squaw Man" was all but marred at
 The Grand last night by the inoppor- tune and uncalled for boisterous ar- pIauding. Carpets have not yet been placed between the seats and ma jority of those present used their feet
 with such extraordinary vigor and regularity, with seemingly little res gard for stimulus, that the players themselves were visibly annoyed. Of course, every one knows that sincere applause Is expressed by handciap- ping.
 1t would be unjust to MT. Jewett, who had the principal role, to employ comparison. William Faversham was good as Jim Carston. Henry Jewett was good as Jim Carston, and just as good in his way as Faversham. MT. Faversham was more the breezy West erner, Mir. Jewett more the semi- phlegmatic subject of the "right Lit tie Isle" Mir. Faversham was support ed by Q splendid company, with all of the scenic appurtenances. Some of the effect of the piece suffered at the hand of Mr. Jewett's fellow players.
 "The squaw Man" Is notN altogether new here. But its second bid for pop uiar favor seems to have been of such degree of success as to place it among the staple plays of the American stage. To keep the American spirit, the un- cultured West has ever been source of the keenest interest. Where lives there a man who at some period in his boyhood days has not felt his pulse quicken at the mention of the name of Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Pawnee Bill. Deadwood Dick, even. and the Diamond Dicks of fiction as well? In The Squaw Man" none of the human in- terest that stirred the soul of the youth has been neglected. It has, rath CT, been intensified with a mod ernixed story, starting in England and ending in Americas west. It is the story of the self sacrifice of no- bie nature in Jim Carston, supplement- led with all of the herofcs necessary to accord needed thrills. At times the patflos approaches the intense, and the comedy IS original and altogether ra- tturai. &
 < MF. . Jewett fills the part of Jim Carston creditablY. A Title more fire in theg first act, which seems to fall flat for, lack of action. would material ly increase the forthcoming interest.
 In this opening act, where the plot is laid, the objectionable applause last night seriously interfared with the de- velopment of the narrative. Rain was rattling down on the tin roof of the stage, clearly audible to the audience, and the modulated reading of the play CTS was none too distinct.
 Mir. Jewett was especially successful in the second act where his acting cast off the dAmper placed in the first Even here, however. little more en- thusiasm and fire would have helped the interest.
 : Charles Chappelle was distinctly the hit of the performance. His was the part of the biz, honest, sympathetic. brave and simple foreman. He por- trayed the character so often seen in the Vest and known to all of the South--a man of almost childish sim plicity in all save natures philosophy: a man who would find speech impossi- ble in the presence of women, but who could tell the quaintest joke imagina- ble in the face of the gravest danger: q man who seldom loses temper. but who never forgets to resent an insult
 Charles Lawrence, as Henry Wynne- gate. was depressing. Perhaps the in. adequacies of this character would not have been so noticeable were it not that he was the pivot around which .entered the early action of the piece.
 Miss Susan Lee as Diana was ac- ceptable in a role that was not al- together difficult.
 GawIey Herbert as Sir John Apple gate was altogether satisfactory and amusing.
 The remaining members of the com pany sufficed.
 Brown of Harvard" will be the at- traction at The Grand Friday evening.