The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-24

harem, Miss Doro gives an impersonaton
which on account Of its strong exotic ele-
ments and her own limitations fails Of
wholesale appeal. With the original
novel 10 serve as a Baedecker 10 guide
one TO a clear comprehension Of the action.
IL Is ineligible enough. no doubt; but as
"a play it has too many eXtraneous fea-
lures which are not clearly understood
and hardly worth the trouble of learning
20 understand They are little too for
eign TO be thoroughly enjoyable.
Miss Doro is an interesting young
woman and she must have material IN
her above the ordinary
The first that average theaterg0ers re-
member having seen OF her was six
yeare ago in THE Millionaire" with the
late Jerome Sykes. She was pointed
out at that time as the girl with eyes
like Anna Held's. They were big eyes.
wistgul eyes. appealing eyes, mischievous
eyes-and kind OF splendid eyes. and they
were more conspicuous than her role In
that musical comedy.
But she used her eyes only for business
purposes and as a medium for reaching
out" She reached out so successfully
that she was able 20 profit by the vogue
Of some comedians when they begin 10
show signs OF growing age-of associst-
ing with them some very young and pref
" female person 10 whom they can make
love In the play. ] trust / am not mis-
understood as throwing out any innUen-
does. which is far from the truth. but
she became William Gillette's leading
woman and appeared for several seasons
by his side in his own comedies with
tolerable success.
In London William Bourchier made
The Morals Of Marcus" the vogue. but il
was done without a star and was played
quite as well as it is over here, according
TO those who have seen both perform
ances.
The Christian Pilgrim" in which Hen
rietta Crosman began her New York en-
gagement recently, closes tonight at the
Liberty. The announcement marks one Of
/ the tragic episodes OF the season, so full
Of tragic episodes and replete with fail
ures. 1t was one Of the most ambitious
/ efforts OF the season and inspired high
! hopes Nothing more pretentious has
| been tried out since this inauspiciOUs year
began AS a production il stood for the
/ best, and as an investment Il ran up into
/ the neighborhoOd Of SO, COO. II one thinks
| OF that sum put into house and lot In
! stead Of canvas. paint. wooden frames,
and music and talk. il Is possible to IS
Jablsh q scale by which its magnitude
may be fairly appraised.
/ No wonder Miss Crosman wept bitterly
when the Unassailabie logic Of the sitUa-
/ ton presented itself 20 her mind and she
read failure" IN the gaps Of empty
! benches TO which she was called on q
| appear. and everything showed that she
/ had ambiUOusly overshot the mark VII
| liam Furst alone received $500 for com
l posing the music, and Tyrone Powers
I Miss Crosman's leading support. got S3Ct
A week salary. The actress threw the
/ best efforts OF her career into the enter
I prise and artistically reaped everything
I that could possibly be reaped. But the
I theme did not appeal People Of taste
/ were profoundly impressed by the pro
I duction and the performance. but the
I general public stayed away.
FRED f. SCHRADER.