The Washington herald., 1907-04-21

cence. She protests against his suspicious.
Does be want prcof2 Yes. Here al Of
Gino's letters. He wants to kiss her But
she defends herself @No. be must be abb
s0iuteiy convinced. He pursues her
around the room 20 insist on his kiss, and.
laughing ike two children, they run into
her room just as Gmo is ushered ia
For moment. vain man, Gino plumes
himself on his success She viii receive
him. lie looks in the glass admringly al
himself. and says. We'll, why not %
Then he sits down 10 wait. As he sits
there he hears giggling in the next room.
He cocks his ear. More giggliHg. He
grows thoughtful Sounds Of cooling and
kissing He rises slowly 4 change has
come over the spirit Of his dreams. He
sees that he is evidently de tr0D and tip
toes slowly across the room toward the
door. This is all very comical. Two faces
are for moment seen in the aperture u
the half-ODen door back Of him-tWO very
happy faces. and they are laughing. laugh
ing mischieVi0usly. or perhaps even ma
iiciously, AT him. He does not turn
around. He opens the door and goes out,
very erestfallen, very much disillusioned.
with scornful laughter ringing in his ears,
and the curtain falls.
II was q decided triumph for Nazi-
nova. whose tTopic beauty youthfulness,
and playful temperament find a natural
outlet in this role Of Nina, into which she
knows how. 70 weave all the wit, grace,
and vivacity Of a Frenchwoman- Il was
also hit for Guy Standing. whose sense
OF comedy. save that he occasionally
allowed il 10 become little obviously
farcieal, was httingiy denoted in the va
ried moods Of the role.
Yet what / mean by saying that tie
playing OF the comedy lacked the true
Gaelic spirit. was even true OF Standing.
! Possibly no other American actor, except
/ John Mason. could get so much out IF
I GinO, but il was nevertheless evident
that the AnglO-Sax0n temperament, with
its more serious conception. encounters
natural obstacles in depicting the frivoli-
/ ties Of the Latin nature, and while
/ Standing acquitted himself Eith flying
/ cOiors-and it must even be said that he
/ was persuasively, If not seductively in
/ teresting-Mr. Forrest. as the husband.
/ only wrecked himself in trying even re-
motely 20 linn the subtleties Of the COM
/ edy in the important part which fell 10
! his share. Il IS quite conceivable why
/ John Blair was taken out of the role at
| the last moment II is part that few
men could play with credit 10 themselves
50 as 70 preserve the sympathy and do
/ justice to the delicate tTacery Of the
/ character
The comedy seems to appeal with spe-
eiai interest 10 the feminine element,
judging by the way in which they patron
lie the performance. and it is evident that
the Russian actress has established a
fashionable clientele for herself in a line
OF plays that depict varied sides Of
] wOman's nature
In the spring the actors fancy lightly
-urns TO thoughts Of legal recourse, to
vary the old rhyme. for this appears 10
be truly the mad season FOR damage suits.
Sarah BeTuhaTdt set the style by suing
the World for libel. Walter n. Lawrence
has sued Henry DiXey, Hilda Spong has
sued Walter Lawrence, Alice Fischer has
brought action against her manager,
Elsie Janis has been restrained from ap-
pearing in vaudeville and leaving The
Vanderbilt Cup TO De contested for By
I others. and Hattie Williams has sued a
magazine. There are others but these
are the mort important cases Dixey LEFT
The Man on the Box very abruptly IN
Iowa to resume his vaudeville dates. ard
must account TO his manager for breach
OF contract Hattie Williams objects 20
I
in The CiTcle-the rest are suing for sal
aries under contracts which were cur
tailed by unsuccessful starring ventures.
With the stars ga such cOmmOu0n. the
earth may well tremble. and more earth
quakes may be looked for.
! have it on good authority that Mar
garet Anglin. after all viii undertake
starring tour of Australia next season
This is the last week of THE Great DE-
vide" at the Princess, where 1t has been
running since last September. On May i
she sails for Europe Her contract calls
/ for her appearance in Australia for six
teen weeks. II everything is satisfactory.
she may extend her engagement indefi-
/ uitely. Her departure viii be regretted.
| and is looked upon as a false step by
some Of her friends. who point out that
Miss Anglin has made a brave uphill night
for recognition, and by sheer grit has at
last obtained an enviable professional
position She has few. if any, rivals a
a young and attractive emotional actress.
5 and she has gained A large following.
Such clientele is acquired only by slow
degrees. The public is tickle and "out
Of sight out of mind" This seems to be
/ the time when she should remain TO take
advantage of what she has gained.
No one need be surprised TO hear that
, Charlotte Walker will be under the man
| agement of David Belasco next season.
Z It is understood from friends Of the
actress that Miss Walker has reached
an amiCable understanding with Henry
Miller. her present manager. by which
she is to be released to Belasco for d
term Of years. The report has not been
| confirmed by the Belasco offices. and is
/ so far confined 10 inside theatrical circles.
but it has a strong appearance of proba-
bilty, and will most likely be made pub
: lie in a short time.
Early in the week the schuberts an
nouneed that they would bring Noveli
back next season for "a tour of sixteen
{ weeks of the leading cities of the United
States. The actor is announced to come
over with an augmented company, and
r with scenery specially prepared to meet
the requirements Of American theaters
regarding safety from FIRE. This order
initiated somewhat against the harmony
E Of his perf5l mances here recently. as lie
was not permitted TO use his own scenery.
I and scenery had 10 be imprOvised for
E every play. II is said that he will have
4 a repertoire Of 100 pieces, but I can mag
[ Inc him in nothing better than "Shyloek
The Good-natured Bear" Louis II, 20
Poor People, and Papa Lebbonard %
which show his range admirably.
FRED. p. sCHRAEDEg-
5 Hitehccek's New Song.
q san Francisco papers report that
S Raymond Hitchcock has made hit
7 with q ,,as,- eons 81, .s-Fbe VouIpe Tour