Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-11

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has succeeded in filing the Herald
Square theater the past three months
leaves that popular playhouse for
Brooklyn where 1t will be presented
at the Shubert theater.
The Boys of Company b." a milf
tary comedy by Rida Johnson Young.
follows "The Lion and the Mouse"
at the Lyceum theater next week.
Mr., Arnold Daily and capable COM
pany are the fun makers.
Miss Ethel Barrymore, scored a
signal success as Stella Degex In
Captain Robert Marshall's farcial
romance His Exoellenoy the Gov
ernor," on Thursday evening, at the
Empire theater. The change of the
actress from the part OF charwoman
to that Of Stella, the light hearted
heroine of Captain Marshall's ro-
nance presents her in broadly con-
trasting roles. Bruce McRae played
the part of the governor and Jack
Barrymore that of Captain Carew.
On Monday evening the win ].
Block Amusement company present.
ed for the first time here in the New
York theater THE Land of Nod" an
extravaganza in two acts, the bool.
OF which has been written by Frank
r. Adams and William M. Hough.
and the music by oseph Il. Howard.
To this was added an "Operatic Out
bust" termed "The Song Birds"
which has been written by George V.
Hobart, and musically illustrated by
Victor Herbert.
kyrle Bellew appeared on Monday
evening at Wallack's theater In the
new modern play. "a Marriage of
Reason" written by j. Hartley Man
ners, and founded by arrangement
on Mrs. Arthur Kennard 3 novel.
The Second Lady Delcombe." The
story of the piece deals with n par
ticularly opportune subject-the pos
sibility of happiness in the marriages
of convenience that have now become
so common between rich American
women and impoverished English
men of title. II Is presented I'm four
acts, with three scenes. representing
the paddock OF the Goodwood racing
track in England on Cup day. the
grounds of Delcomb Abbey and the
library in the abbey. Kyrle Bellew
impersonates Lord Delcombe. an easy
going good-natured, half cynical and
wholly warm hearted man OF tho
world A lord by birth. he Is almost
pauper through circumstances. and
his own early extravagances. He
meets n very attractive, travelled.
brilliant little woman from Chicago.
Rita Forrest, played by Miss Fannie
Ward, who is glove trotting with a
chaporone. She becomes interes ed
In him and he in her, and at the end
OF the first act they have a proposal
scene that is quite unlike anything
In the whole range OF comedy drama
He proposes and she accepts. on the |
one hand. she Will become Lady Del
combe with the vast social prestige |
OF that position. and on the other
he will have command OF her inn
mense financial resources. There 4
to be no sentimentality on either side
and from FIRST TO last Il Is 10 be "a
marriage OF reason"
THE Lilac Room" the English
dramatic comedy In which Amelia
Bingham and her company opened al
Joe Webber's theater "Wednesday
evening was written by Evelyn
ireenleaf Sutherland and Beulab
Marie Dix, authors OF "The Road 10
Yesterday" The scenes of "The
Lilac Room" are laid In provincial
England, and the characters. with the
exception OF the one played by Miss
iingham, are mainly artistrocratic
English men and women who live (.
Ives of refinement. AT the time OF
he piay,howeyer. the even tenor OF
heF way Is marred by a series OF ,
ntoward incidents. which upset the
laeid current Of their existence. and
'hich would have resulted dlsas-
rously for all concerned, save for
ne timely presence OF a witty, plain ,
poken resourceful and fascinating
.merican woman. The latter. Inn
ersonated by Miss Bingham. Crap
les with the situation IN a MASTER
~ but thoroughly feminine manner.
iFaightens out the trangled skeln.
nd Incidentally wins for herself q
usband' helps Scotland Yard cap
IRE a couple OF notorious crooks.
nd brings together a pair OF lovers J
no were In imminent danger OF
nal separation. The comedy OF the