The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-13

Gayle L. Young, arrives to interview Miss
Rebecca Luke. Miss Rogers's aunt. Miss
Helen Z. Higbie, he is at once taken for
'tMr. Bob and given no chance to eX-
plain his identity. Wonderful indeed are
the complications which ensue before mat
tiers are Strengthened out. All Of the play
ers did exceedingly we'll. rejecting credit
upon their ability as we'll as upon the
coach, George Paxton, of New York. The
efforts of Gayle Young and Miss Laura
Plume, who played the stage-struck maid,
Patty. kept the audience In laughter until
the curtain tell. Roger Young as Jen-
kins, the butler. ably assisted Patty in
some of the funniest scenes.
Wrongly addressed invitations to a din
ner form the nucleus of the plot of ''The
Veneered Savage" The Duchess OF Did
dlcsex, Mrs. f.. Martin P%hillippi. at the
request CT her son. invites to dinner the
Dayton girls of Chicago, Miss Edna N.
Crane AID Miss Dorothy Conant. She
then writes to her dear friend, Lady
Sophie, asking her to come and meet the
girls, and erjoy herself at their expense.
for she is quite sure that they are with
out culture, and are typical wild Western
specimens. The girls receive Sophie's let
Ter and decide to revenge themselves, so
they attend the dinner in leggins, short
leather skirts and sombreros, with a won
derful display of knives and pistols at their
belts. Entering the duchess's drawing
room they cut capers that greatly alarm
that exponent OF English dignity. her con-
sentative daughter and her timid son. tell
ing them most remarkable yarns about
the rrslries Of Chicago. ctc., ending by
revealing their identity and covering their
hostess with confusion.
OF particular merit was the acting Of
Miss Dorothy conant. of Orange. Mrs.
Phillippi made a charming duchess. giving
the character Just the tone il needed. The
play was as satisfactory as Mr.. Bob"
which is saying a great deal.
The complete cast of Mr.. Bob is given.
Reliecca Luke, a maiden lady. Miss Helen
T. Higbie; Jenkins, Miss Rebecca's butler.
Roger Young; Patty. Miss Rebecca's maid,
Miss Laura S. Plume; Katherine Rogers,
Miss Rebecca's niece, Miss Matilda G.
Dodd; Philip Royson, Miss Rebecca's
nephew, George Fl. Chase; Marion Bryant,
Katherine's friend, Miss Irene II. Higbie;
Robert Brown, clerk OF Benson G. Benson,
Gayle J.. Young.
The characters in "The Veneered Savage
were as follows: Lou Dayton, a Chicago
belle. Miss Edna NJ. Crane: Madge Dayton,
her younger sister, Miss Dorothy Conant;
Dick Majendie, cousin to the sisters. Rolfe
r. Booraem. the Duchess of Diddlesex,
Wis. =. HidlAlH fulllppl. Lazy Fanny, mgr
daughter, Miss Antoinette Q. Scudder; Lord
Algeruon Penryhn, her son, Morris T.
Weeks; lackcy, w. Clark Symiugton.
Those In The boxes and in the audience
were as follows: Mrs. W. Campbell clark's
box was occupied by Mrs. Uzal McCarter,
Mrs. Robert McCarter. Miss Eleanor Me-
Carter, aud Miss Isabel McCarter, Mrs.
l,Clark not being present. as the family IL
in mourning. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Head
! 1oxs Attn a,...ntnl "a BA~ .@t4l. Ar, a..I Me-
George Barker as their guests. Mrs. John
o. Nichols was also one of the box holders,
and her guests were Mrs. John S. Miller
and Miss Lucretia Miller.
Others in the audience were Mr.. and Mrs.
William r.. Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Marsh Riker, Miss Marie Riker. Franklin
Conklin, jr., Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Wright
Clark, Miss Dodd, Miss Elizabeth Carter,
Mrs. Albert o. Headley, Mrs. Henry B..
Billings. Miss Sarah Wheeler, Mrs. Henry
G.. Atha, Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Field.
Mrs. Edgar w. Heller. Miss Florence
Conger, Mrs. Andrew ]. Hedges,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Riker. Mr..
and Mrs. ~Spaulding Frazer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward W. Scudder. Mr.. and Mrs.. James
Lawrence Ogden, General and Mrs, Jc-
seph w. Plume. Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey
Tichenor. Robert O'Gormnn. the Rev.
Louis Shreve Osborne, Miss Elizabeth Os-
i 0VtHtf ~ ~ hA1h y - 81 tSstEN - -"
My. end Mrs. Howell G. Lord. Miss Con-
dict. Miss Louise e. Poihemus, Miss Amy
Crane. DR.. and Mrs. Charles j. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Toqng. Miss Aheel,
Dir. and Mrs. Adelbert b. Twitcheil. Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Child. jr., MIR. and Mrs
Andrew Van Blarcom. MI. and Mrs. Fred
erick Heath Douglas, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Heath Peters, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Gordon Taylor. DR.. and Mrs. L. Eugene
Holiister, Mrs. S. Howell-Jones. Mrs.
Within F. Field. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Erie
Moody and MIR. and Mrs, Chauncey 6.
Coles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Cool Downing. Mr..
and Mrs. Frankland Briggs. Mr.. and Mrs
x. Aivah Wilkinson, Miss Louise Wash
ington. Mrs. Martin Dennis, Mr.. and Mrs
Gilbert Potts. Mr.. and Mrs. J. LaWrence
Roges Mrs. Austin McGreKor. Miss
Dorothy Mccregors Mr.. and Mrs. Graham