The Washington times., 1907-02-03

Tor all she has meant to rs in the past.
| but for a present and superlative enjoy
ment. She is stiu an artist of eonsum-
mate presence and authority and she is
still a woman of unique and supeTlatiVe-
| Is potent endearment-whose person
atty charms. whose smile is the qulnt-
essence OF clear and spontaneous
sirlhood, in whose eyes beatitude is shot
through with womanly caprice and wOm-
anly huRaor.
AS for the play. Captain Brassbound's
Conversion" is the last Of the three
bound together as plays for Puritans
TO reach the American stage. 1t is
farce il is satire, il is comedy and melo-
drama OF the unique Shaw brand. per
VeTsely sane, brilliantly irrational, and
with rather more of sentiment than Mr.
shaw generally puts into his work. Miss
Terry is charming. her support is thor
oughly capable. her play j. witty and
amusing. As "a consequence, Captain
Brassbound's Conversion" viii be con-
tinued for another week. and Good
Hope" and -Oidheld' will be postponed
for the third and final week of Miss
Terry's engagement.
Miss Terry. by the way. is much ex-
ercised over tnl manner in which a
pleasantly IN which she INDUCED upon
her arrival here has been received ana
is inclined To doubt the existence of the
famed American sense Of humor She is
reputed TO have said that she would not
so beyond the Mississippi or below the
Mason and D.Xor line on this her fare
well, tour OF The country, because she
considered these portions OF our country
unciviliZed. Although the lady has en-
phatically denied ever making any such
statement, and We are all bound 10 be-
lieve her. the editorial writer's Of ''un-
civilized America are writing columns
20 prove that they and their fellow
jewellers without the pale are not bar
barians.
Mr.. Sydney RosenTeld. one Of the most
fertile ana tireless OF our writer's. has
accomplished many things IN his time
end II has finally remained for him To
successfully dramatize a foOtbath. This
interesting event was placed before the
public view on Monday evening at the
Criterion Theater by Miss Lulu CHASER
and highly gifted supporting company
under the direction OF Charles Duling-
ham, in a smartly written comedy OF
the period called ''The Aero Club" Ia
this piece Mr.. Resented satirizes the
current craze for ballooniug and Incl
dentally winds an entertaining story
around the adventures OF a young girl
from the West. who. in an endeavor 10
butt into society goes up in a ball
loon with a cheerful masculine aeronaut
and remains in suspension all night over
a lake which will enEulf them il they
descend, and above which they cannot
rise very far owing TO "A leakage IA the
airships gas bag. in this predicament.
and in order 10 maintain their position
above the surface of the water. the
young people throw overheard as many
articles as they can spare, even 70 p0r-
lions of their clothing. ana when they
are rescued in the morning there's the
making C fine scandal supplemented
on the part Of the Western girl by a cold
in the head. This is where the footbath
episode comes in, and il is certainly one
of the most highly diverting of the in
cldents that have recently found their
way 10 the stage. In The Aero Club"
Miss Chaser finds ample opportunity for
Tie expression Of her fine comedy tai
enJs but leaves US with a sense OF re-
greet that she has determined 10 abandon
singing IN public Perhaps she will re-
consider AT some time or other. eXer-
cising her feminine privilege of chang
ing her mind. In her support IN the
Resented comedy there are such players
as Fritz Williams, James Bradbury.
William Sampson, Frank Lamb. Marion
Abbott. Ada Gilman. Olive Windham.
and numerous others worthy OF more
extended comment than can be bestowed
within the limitations Of this correspond
ence.
Tuesday night Jeanne dare. the
second play or the SOthern- Aiarlowe
repertoire, was put on at the Lyric,
and, while it is rather an improvement:
on John the Baptist" ana mas muck
To recommend II from the literary a.
from the spectacular view point. in its
dramatic aspect IL is not particularly IN
teresting. Which is not saying that II
will not interest enough people TO pack
The house for the week that II remains.
Thursday the Garden Theater after
having been dark for three nights, since
the departure or 1.-THE S:adent Ktne." !
with "The Little Michus,"
which has proves distinctly worth while |
II has 10 its credit a two years run /
IN London. and for its present American /
production particularly good company. |
The music IS unusually good so good /
that II had crossed the water in ad- /
vance OF the piay. and was fairly fami- 1
liar to its New York audience George 1
Graves is new 10 Broadway, and ne /
made an instantaneous hit So did
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