Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-12
TRUTH TELLING TAUGHT
MORAL LESSON TOLD BY FIN
ISHED PLAYERS.



brilliant 10 Us Dialogue, gFapbieaiIy
truthful IN It's manr r. - Depicting tbe
everyday regime. especially 10 the
smart set--a play that showed keeu
insight ~ the writer into charaeter
81 human beings. the portrayal -
which was delicate and artistic, was
that comedy The Truth, written IN
clyde Fitcbfs usual vein. aud beasing
tie. eaTuarks - that popular PLAY
wright. which was produced iere last
night 1T the colonial Theatre.
II T. useless to say the splendid i'm
DFeesiOD made OU tie rather small. bus
quite apyffeiaflve asdIenfe was due
u the convincing nagyrainees ~ t8e
central character. Nfs. Clara Blood
good. whose presentation - fise char
acteT was Thoroughly artistic. 1iTs.
BIoJdg0od - 81 = class ~ hers@lf.
and II IL Bof nDkiUd - say she ont
ranks Amelia Bingham and others ~
like exaifed stamp.
Ars. Di00dgOod - = fascinating
aelTess. hose work ~ Dfeky karslsf
j. altogether sdmffabIe and this wor@
abODnds wiib iBngmerzDie touches
nbiel reyfal ber defleafe skill ~ Al
artist. -l5e - charming and u - quite
impossible for the audffnee NOT ~ D.
30 aIWbAtNV WIN M Ab@ ItN[ -
original and thu GIIen1es which is
nuIfse. j. worked % with great skill.
Ten peOpIe cOmp0se the ezsf AMI each
~ pfaisewOTfbY - degree.
9fs. BIOOdg0Od, - the lying wife
stands out eiezneBt AID sparkling
will br1lilaney and sl5e plays her TART
Alfh = spirit and dzsb that are aItf,-
geflJeg eapffyatiaz, Tie play r. iasci-
mating from start - DDisb ~ fts
Jiebtiess II touch and is charming
artlessness. DUeh ~ which - doe -
the dslftness q Nfs. EjOOdgOod' >
touch. Few women - the stage could
handle tie pzn lBst ~ the SAM way
~ Ms. ElODdgOOd does.
Tie story - big viii Dogposs ard
IL las = faY-SszegiDg moral and vide
interest for all. The truth - ~ al
times handled 10 earejessiy. Lies are
tod 80 0fteD that one 5eeOnges zeeDs-
toned ~ telling them zD1 fOggets D.
- lying, The play - basel DpOn the
lying first Gbs, then little white lies.
flgen atsOefOns black ones - = WOMAN
the wife ~ = man rho - tie s0Cl -
truth ard honor and vino bates lies %
even Gf,s. The lying wife 1eayes =
fabric 81 lies out ~ tie whole cloth.
which fabric finally ensbFOuds her
and comes mighty near being her min.
sing witb some people - disease
worse than measles OE scarlet lever
snd unlike appendicitis. the surgeons
knife cannot cure IL. Becky WaEdeF
had the disease IN its worst forra.
IN everyday life Ne haze met Becky
WardeT, 30 have you, and the char
acter assumed By Clara BlOodg0od
Is not 0veTdrawn.
The play IS near the perfect in It's
good. clean, wholesome comedy In-
depreciation that II viii iingsT IN
the memory Of the delighted audienre
for some time TO come ~ Miss
Zelda Sears, IS Gencvieve Crespigny.
the woman out Of the pale Of society.
but who has money and eDdeay0rs
to marry the old rue, gambler and
betting father Of Becky, too much
cannot be said. She interpreted her
part most thoroughly and as the
Lady who takes a few paying
guests her acting vas superior and
convincing. As stephen Roland, Mr..
Emerson rose superior TO the charac-
ter by his finished acting, and Mrs
Sam Sothern, as Eve aud Miss
Thurber as Larua Fisher, were strik
ingly convincing and natural.
Mr.. William cOurtenay as Tom, the
aggrieved husband who hates a lie.
was ideal. He unf0Ided his dramatic
talent artisticaIly and naturally and
proved his particular talent to be facial
expression where the the strongest
scenes demanded it. Mr. Courtenay Is
a refreshing change from the average
actor hero of the play. Indeed the
star is supported by an exception ally
good cast and the performance Was All
emphatic success. The Truth j. a
powerful demonstrating drama IL
shows that polite lying is not con-
fined to any elias or condition Of men
and women. it teaches that any depar-
ture from the truth is a lie and the
way of the transgressOr IS hard
II not only teaches this lesson but
also another just as good that perhaps
some people in the audience may have
over looked. 1t IS. Don't try 10
smooth out other peoples domestic
difficulties and never attempt to act A.
peacemaker between a lady-killer
husband and jealous wife, If you
do the chances area in the ease with
Becky Warder, yOI viii lose the
friendship of both, TO say nothing Of
getting into trouble yourself. Mind
your own business is a lesson that
all women and most lien find II diff
cult TO learn. If Mr. Fitch ; drama
would only do something in this line
OF reform what a boon il would prove
to suffering humanity. And Temem-
Der
What a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice TO deceive