The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06

| a,1r@ soubrete chic which no Ameri- ! can actrass has more than initiated. ] 0na of their merits is the fault Of ther had FngItsn. Fritzi from Berlin speaks with a German accent and Anna from Paris with French one; they would lose value if they were-to get our iinSo nat; and most positively they ilast. noe put any fat on their present cuLss s..a9i, They mus keep their devttry physic1ils delieate and not broaden their humor visibly. However, don't worry. the s5O. .OO0 or so put into 3 new play TUT each looks like safe investment. .
 The salient thing by Anna Held 1n l "ASiss Innocence" it seems to me, is heF trayesty of the title. She purportS " he a pupil at a school secluded on ah
 island in the Mediterranean Sea. Men
 -a shooed off. and Anna, having sbeen
 there since babyhood. has never seen
 ona of them Maidenly innocence tbrouqh absolute ignorance Is time- worn from stage repetition. Not ion- Fer chan two or three years ago, a mite oT a Marguerite Clarke was sucn an unknown creature with De won ny '.a., ner in an extravaganza; hut nave yo1 ever seen what a phenomehon v. ns, nhJstication Marguerite looks 70 po
 Ts so set her up in your mind Tor com trast as you recall Anna asking yOu ta coroe and play with herr or teliihb ,,o,, that she can't make her eyes "
 Rave. The aeademy's ground a
 thronred by schoolgirls in white lIoSA- IT.. on 0raduation day Anna comes aLnVns ..l tbsm and soon iS left alone 70 Do trUded on by the Charles BigeloW "I
 truueu % ,1,,s S ana nose plus. She asks in
 ,.,order what he is. A man, he says. E1S
 SoISs her hand, encircles her walst'
 irtssss her mouth, and she inquires wny SA doas such things; also, why sns iiIras them with her eyes shut better than when she looks at him.
 Ths Lawrence D'orsay who doesnt | h.,,a to make up for a handsome Eng | Itsh swell nor increase his drawl ot | crawl is the second intruder Ano ~
 exclaims that if Bigelow was q man | r,Orsav isn't. The same sort or thlnS
 s',S ha so different. She is patted ana
 Lveoed hv DOrsay, like BigeloW, out
 Sc to kissing her, he won't do that. pe- | ca,,.a tt seems too much like taking candy from O child Now. all this Whli"' 1 Arnass eyes are misbehaving. and sne ia tenuting the fellows to play ~lth her; and when they grow fono she say, S,, to the audience in song. flease 'ei' me what they mean anu III no'tn,,n | "T ,vant to be naughty" l don't oeheVe .hors is any actress more amusing 70
 sa,.s soIlrE ar less to others than this l .o Anna Held; and to another por-
 stan of tbe public she Is piquant, unique
 .S.oious a curiosity. neither liked nor
 StsiITed Tn her present assumption or
 a Tnow-nothing girly. this woman wttn
 a know-all aspect is rather IuhhS n'-
 tie joke.
 Arra and some of her schoolmates go
 4. porJs for a vacation. So does tne
 sohoo1rnIstress. whom Emma Janvler
 sseatSss the usual man-graboer. The | stage is set spaciously Tor the AopaEo, onA of the newer Parisian resorts ' o1
 nsst- midnight gaiety. Anna helo
 opening nights in New forK are soe,ess 'seS functions; oh. my, yes qulle .. ao ss thA big occasions at grand opers 2
 ett,, certain differences. for, althouEn | -'sIsa Iinas of carriages reached
 s tba block at Miss Innocence
 aLo ris. In the Smart Set wasn't hlgnet
 tte. tbe sink was low into the SWlp
 Sa4 what I mean is that the theatrS
 @ @oe.. .ra,1ded with women who wore the
 wa Is,Sast oF clothes. and the assembiagS
 ,,,boie was representative of Gotn-
 an,'s very liveliest life all alive. ..
 ks each relay of chorus giris enCereo
 .hn Abhaye, headed by several osau l-
 t;ss of inc show-girl grade, the ieaaerS
 1,ere recognized and vlsoPously ap- nlauded by their acquaintanees ous iS a | front. These celebrities were ss.I',. ae
 aod ieweIed extravagantly, some or
 aLn an staga pictures might have been
 ahotographed from mansin dinners
 pacentions or balls of Fifth Avenue SO tsr as the shapes and textures or ap-
 nareI went. Mixed in with the qulte | eorrect clothes were exaBgeratlons oA
 shaath gowns so snug of skirts tna''
 ,,,,er one tall. slim wearer toppled over' she had to be lifted to her feet. In thls