The sun., 1908-09-13

confident. aggressive, laughterless JohT
Shand il Is impossible to imagine. -.
In the eeoond act six years have passed
John Shdad has Just won q Parliamentary
seat at Glasgow. Poor 5fdeoie's heart
misgives her, though she has read and
studied to keep up with him all these years.
She fears he win not want TO marry heg
and offers to tear up the document bind
ing him.
But the dogged John has no fears.
doubts or aualms. He does not love her.
but he cares for no one else. 30 he pro-
claims her his affianced wife to all his
supporters and constituents.
In the third act at the Shdnd's London
house the expected happens. The strong s.gs
career. dallies with suffragettes, makes
speeches on votes for women and is looked
upon as a rising young. politician. But
II is Maggie who gives him the ideas and
the humor he thinks all his own.
John has been caught by the beauty OF
a certain Lady Sybu Ldsenby and fanoies
himself violently, in love with her. He gives
declaring his passion. At this precise
moment the Wyiies come up from the
country and are confronted by the news
that John ,is going to ruin his career by
running of with Lddy SvbH.
1t is then that the justly infuriat ed
james Wyhe hurls at his brother in law
the offensive epithet .Englishman!" What
son who knows, one person who keeps her
head. Little Maggie, brokenhearted. over
come with her woe. is determined to save
her husband. ... 49,.
, She does not cry or rave or have hys-
terics. She simply arranges that John
shall spend fortnight at the country
honse OF a friend and that Lady StSa sa
country the pair Of lovers get absolutely
sick OF each other and John discovers
that he cannot write the speech required
Of him.
/. BY mutual consent the ardent lovers
agree to separate and John finds that
Maggie, who is plain and six years older
than he Is. had all the time been his in
follows and the curtain falls when Maggie
tells her husband that every woman
knows woman was not made from mans
third rib but from his funny bone -
The play was most enthusiastically
received and calls for Barrie resounded.
but he would not come forward. Amer
leans were much in evidence. Maude
the part of Maggie, which no doubt she
herself will play. Edna May was eheered
by the gallery when she made her ap-
pearanoe in her box and she rose and
bowed to them. Another recipient OF
cheers from the house was Winston
Churchill when he and his fiancee were
discovered.
The same evening @The King Of Ca
donia" at the Prince of Wales's Theatre
followed the approved fashion set for
musical comedies and pleased an audi
ence which in spite Of the counter at
traction of Barrie's play was fairly nu-
merous.
On Friday Richard Golden produced
"The Old Firm" at the new but some
what i'll fated theatre. the Queens. As
this play is said to have had two Amer
lean trials under the name first Of "Old
John" and then of -the Other House
and was failure both times. 1t Is diff
cult to understand why its authors. the
Messrs. Paulton and it's star. Mr.. Golden.
should have thought II stood chance
in London. However, they tried 1t and
it was we'll received. though no one looks
for run Of any length for it. The gen
eral English opinion is that it would
suit the provincial towns better than it
does London.