The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-07
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 "If A girls good she's good anywhere, but when she's trying to get along on twenty per and the girl next to her in the dressing room comes down to the show every night in benkine buzz wagon, with ermine capes and dia- monds as big as oysters, it amt reii- zion so much as firm grip on home and mother that keeps her handing out the icy eye to the man behind the hank roll"
 phy. intensely human and of 1907 ad- aptation that makes The Chorus Lady" such a dramatic comedy, and with Rose stahl dispensing 1t. such success.
 Capitar City society, augmented by the influx Of chivalrous statesmen now sojourning here. greeted Mss Stahl. and her very capable company of play CTS. in larger numbers than 1t is the custom to assemble at the historic play house where. as legend has 1t. Joseph Jefferson superintendent the carrying of the bod. For the first time this season every box was occupied, and the audience was fully appreciative.
 When Miss Stahl started on the road with this success 1t was freely predicted that the one-night stand towns would not take kindly to it; that they. have not been educated to 1t; that they are not familiar with the conditions which it exploits. Nonsense
 
 visit to the big puddle can instruct many of tho so-called wise ones in the real life around the old town. espe- cially fin the chorus element of the character exhibited in Miss stahl's pcr- trayaL
 It is possible for all of us to sit through a play and pick out unrealities. awkward situations, "sagings in the middle" etc.. mo matter how keen the human interest may be sharpened, no matter how intensely dramatic the slt- nations, or how cleverIy devised are the stage effects. ",The Chorus Lady is not perfect as to a set story. If fl
 were 1t would not be the success that The play itself approaches perIlously l near the morbid, which only whets the | interest. no matter how cultured the audience. One is reminded, in most | startling manner, of a famous scene exploited during trial in New York which attracted the attention of the | entire country. This Is when Nora is alone with Dick Crawford in his apart
 ment. The dramatic effect Is intense | It builds up the nervous energy until | 1t is finally touched off in the fourth | act when the two sisters are alone and when Dan and Patricia are to- l gether. An. what a scene, and how
 few were there in that large audience who did not feel an eXcusable inclina-
 tion to admit tear which
 No radiant pearl which created for
 tune wears;
 No gem that twinkling hangs from
 Beautys ears.
 Not the bright stars which Nights blue arch adorn,
 Nor rising suns that gild the vernal
 morn,
 Shine with such lustre as the tear that Down Virtues many cheek for others
 woes"
 The Chorus Lady Is superlatively modern and distinctly American. It takes one into the inmOst recesses of the life of those bespangled beauties the spot light. It is the gorgeous spec tacle rob bed of it's gilt and tiusel, its lights and melody.
 Miss Stahl. as Patricia, or Pat, the wise chorus girl, protecting an inno- cent sister has scored such a success that next season she will go to Lon don with the same company now ap- cynical, but acute and discerning cho- rus girl. capable of taking care of her self anywhere and under all conditions. Miss Stahl has. chosen a role that Is certain to appeal to all classes, from however different standpoint. She IS thoroughly natural in the part, and from the moment she comes on until occasion of keen delight. In the dra- matic climaXes she is especially strong, and in denouncing Crawford in the third act, she brought such fire into play that the audience applauded again
 Alice Leigh. as Mrs. o'Brien was al- together natural. but her voice was modulated. especially when DIayinE before filled house.
 Eva Dennison was captivating as Nora the innocent sister of Patricia, and won unstanted applause. Giles Shine as Patrick OBrien, was capa- ble, and Francis Byrne. as Dick Crawr ford, displayed a keen appreciation Of the part of a man about town with the modern inclination towards chorus girls, especially of the innocent kind. Tine scene in the third act was most artistic and natural.
 Wilfred Lucas. as Dan Mallory, Pa tricia's lover was a part of the part. Mir Lucas does not fall into the fault so common with players in portrayals of this nature ovordeing it
 There's a lesson in "The Chorus Lady" and a strong one. It dispels a long existing opinion that chorus girls are worse than they are. It in- dicates what real good is beneath the rough exterior. the self lf-assertiveness, th e siangy, breezinsss that is so often mistaken for immortality.