Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-17
PAID IN FULL"

There are but seven characters ln this realistic play of American life, Paid in Full" but each one of the characters, so true to every day life, enacts a story of his ors her own, that interests and often startles you, because of it's realism. It is con ception, that only the vivid and i'm aginative brain of a newspaperman could conjure up. Eugene Walter, the author, disguised nothing in his writing of the play, neither in the language used, nor in the sugges- tiveness of the plot. There was no attempt to avoid flippancy of ex- pression and all were allowed to live their characters, without the polish ing process, which has sent many a good play to the waste basket. There was no mincing of words and each character, was rounded out in just
 the mold intended by the author and with more than the usual blunt. ness of expression and impression It was the story of the poorly paid employe, trying to keep up appear ances in society, who at last yields to temptation and robs his employer. It showed him to be vacillating weak and shallow cad, who would sacrifice the woman, who had strug- gled so hard to make man of him, in order to protect himself. It brought out the womanly woman, who discovered too late how degrad- ed man may become, even to the selling of her honor to prevent his punishment. It deveioped charac'
 ter of rugged honesty, true friend !, ship, big and noble of heart, who
 would stick to the last ditch. Il pictured another character of rug.
 gedness, rough, bad in spots, but
 withall an under current of goodness
 that only a pure woman penetrated
 James Montgomery. who by the way is a brother of Montgomery
 of the Red Mill'' company, played
 the character of Joseph Brooks, the weak and unprincipled husband. Il
 was cleverly done and called for un.
 usual ability in dramatic way. Il
 was a difficult character to bring out the result desired by the author, but
 the crowded theater last evening 1 was convinced that the character was truthfully and carefully portrayed Emma Brooks, his wife, was in the
 hands of Jane Kennard. Miss Ken. mark has been seen here in other productions, but 1t is doubtful, if she ever really made any better success
 of any part than the one of last
 evening. Whether as the loving and rx,i fz ni 1 mortified woman, as she discovered her husbands perfidy, or in the pa
 thetic scenes, where her honor was
 at stake and in her final farewell
 she made the story so realistic, tha, her audience lived her part with her William Conklin in the character oi James Smith, the big. good natured i friend of the family, had a congen. ial role, that shot rays of brightness
 into the gloom and many times dis. pelled the shadows that were gradu ally creeping over the home, he wat striving to protect. Edwin Maynard i in the character of Captain Vii.
 Hams, had perhaps as difficult 2 character to portray as any in the
 cast. He was the rough, uncouth
 none too moral South Pacific trader
 honest to the laxt penny, with {
 heart of flint, until good woman | reached him. It was peculiar character too, just as were all O l them. It was this peculiarity O
 conception. that makes the play sC
 interesting and so attractive. Jessi, Ralph Tn the character of Mrs liar
 ris, Craig Randall as Beth Harri! l and Herbert Marion as Sato, the Ja ! -nanese valet all did well