The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

their parting has come.
he pleads TO be given another chance
but the trial 20 which he has subjected
her has shown Emma that he has no
love or consideration for her, and she
viii leave him.
She puts on her hat. He tries 10 re-
strain her. but in an impressive scene she
reveals ali her disappointment and brok-
en- hopes that had centered on him. and
with sadness in her heart. she leaves the
room TO go to her mother. while the hus-
band sinks gcto a chair with wild look
IN his eyes and the curtain falls
The imagination supplies the rest. It is
not difficult TO form a mental picture OF
the after events which bring Jimsey and
Emma together in logical fUlfllment OF
the law of natural selection, and OF Capt.
Williams being received as a welcome
guest at their fireside
Such Is the story OF this very rational
exposition OF cOntempOraneOus life that
made a forcible appeal 70 a eaIlous first
night audience.
IN Nearly a Hero" which has come
to the Casino this week. with Sam Bar
nard as Ludwig Knoedler. a poor tailor
in a cOstuming establishment in which
lot Of pretty show girls have their plans
and specifications, for dresses taken.
Harry B. Smith has provided a more or
less conventional book with sundry Incl
dents and episodes that appealed siren
uOusly 70 the regular Casino patrons who
demand plenty Of snowy effects, whirling
dances. and music that can be whistIed,
which is TO say music reminiscent and
familiar. De KOven is credited with the
latter. though for prudential resEons. per-
haps, his name did not appear on the
playbill.
Nearly a Hero" is not 10 be regarded
as unit, but rather as thing of many
parts fitted together into a mosaic. in
which knOedleT finds himself involved
at various times with a deceiving hus-
band. an irate wife. a sentimental female
who dotes on him, and a whole bevy Of
pretty girls whom he measures for cos
tunes. KnOedler makes the mistake OF
passing himself of as the person who
extended a helping hand 70 a drowning
man, bat gets into even deeper water
when the discovery IS made that the res
eued man has been robbed. The role OF
Knoedler throws Sam Bernard into bold
relief in a line Of distorted comedy that
Is particularly his own. II makes little
difference by what name the character
Is called. In the last analysis II reveals
Bernard as a cOmical person who ap-
peals irresistibly TO ones sense Of the
ridiculous The Shuberts have been pro
verbally lavish n the production as re-
CARDS effects and color. Il Is handsomely
staged and provided with an excellent
cast. in which Ethel Levey is prominent,
ard which includes Ada Lewis.
At the BijCu. Henry Ludlow concluded
his two weeks engagement In Shake
spearean roles tonight as Richard III
This new actor has had the advantage
Of appearing both as ShylOck and Rich
ard in the complete and costly produc-
lions left BY the late Richard Mansfield.
surrounded by an exceptionally strong
company. He has made a favorable i'm
preston without being able 20 convince
the critics that he has an evangeiiZing
mission in spreading the truths OF Shake
speare- But not 10 have failed where
better-known actors have stumbled and
gone down into the dust OF defeat. is
something 70 say for him by way OF in
cidental comment which he may lay TO
his soul IS fiattering JUNCTION.
At the Stuyvesant David Warfield ap-
peared again for the first time this sea-
son in The Music Master 10 an over
flowing house. showing that the senti-
mental comedy in which he p0rtrays the
role OF the lovable old Barwig has lost
none Of its popularity in spite OF its two
years sOjOurn on Broadway. The piece
has never been seen under quite the IA
vorable conditions which the paIatiaI
Stuyvssant affords. with its roomy stage
and practical COnVenienceS nor has tie
production suffered by reason OF the few
changes in the cast, with Reuben Fax
as the man who ran away with the old
music masters wife and child. James
Lackaye as Costello. the dime museum
manager; Taylor Holmes as the German
boy in love with "Chenny." or the Italian
who now consumes the spaghetti az the
bohemian supper in Barwig's room. Marie
Bates is back In her old role OF Mrs
Houston. and Antoirette Walker is again
playing her niece. Antoinette Perry. who
followed Frances Starr in the role OF the
daughter and who has been playing the
heroine in a Grand Army Man" is also
In her former place as Herr Won Barwigs
daughter.
The actors Of the Irish National Thea
ter changed their bill on Monday night
at the Savoy, and presented The Rising
OF the Moon" a patriotic Irish one-act
piece. as a curtain raiser 10 the farce.
Twenty Days in the Shade. with better
results than "A Pot Of Broth. their open
ing bill, last week. The latter piece is by
Lady Gregory. leader in the Yeats cult
for the renaissance Of Irish literature.
and deals with the escape Of an Irish
prisoner from an English fortress. The
playlet Is acted by four persons. all men.
but in spite Of the absence Of any sex
Nv obi Lew Nr~-
ton OF the audience admirably.
Arnold DAILY and his company have re-
turned 10 town and VIII take off two
weeks for fresh rehearsals and rest. Ny
Mamie Rose has been rechriStened The
Regeneration. Ostensibly 10 Indicate the
spirit OF the action better than through
the medium OF the title under which the
piece has been presented in Cincinnati
and elsewhere. Minor changes are to be
made in harmony with criticisms ex-
pressed on the road. and on March 3
The Regeneration will be presented at
a Broadway theater-
It was to be expected that Mrs. Camp
bell could not score more than a success
d'estime in Electra in New York
Moreover. Il was evident that the Garden
Theater was the last place OF amusement
in the city where popular following
could be established fer anything other
than a musical comedy provided the nov
city of il appealed as widely as The
College Widow" which is the only pro-
duction that has defied the "hoodoo" Of
that house
When Mrs Campbell gave her profes-
sional matinee last week, the police had
TO make way 20 the box Office. and
hundreds were turned away. But appli-
c.nts for seats had only to present their
professional cards at the box to have
them indorsed; no dollars passed over
the counter The navf,ors r,,blfo ..,,-,s