The sun., 1908-08-23
"ALLFOR AGIRL" ENTERTAINS
THE SAME MAY BE SAID OF
DoUGLAS FAIRBANKS,

which AFTER All Is the Function OF Plays
and Actors-A Comedy Rather Than
Drama and Concerns q Young Woman
VINO Has Absolutely Too Much Money.
The third new star to be introduced in
this three .wesks-old theatrical season.
Douglas Fairbanks, made his bow last
night at the Bijou Theatre in Rupert
Hughes's play. "Al for Girl and, like
the others. came through with colors fly
ing. Not that Mr.. Fairbanks has become
a great actor; he hasn't Nor has Mr.
Hughes written play that will make much
Of dent in theatrical history. Between
them they supply simply a good evenings
entertainment. and in that they achieved
rrobably all they set out to do.
The play might better have been called
a comedy for its success will come as q
result of the fun and the bright lines rather
than through skill Of dramatic construo-
ton. Nj. Hughes, who was forced to
make the inevitable speech to the bowling
first nighters, admitted that the playwright
sometimes constructs his work from old
and well seasoned timbers Some Of them
show in his new play: but after all. what
does ii matter?
His theme is the difficulty of being girl
with 100000 900 and finding the right sort
Of fellow with whom to share it. His hero
inc is BEST with fortune hunters. Their
work is so coarse that she mistrusts the
motives of any man who shows an inter-
est in her That comes out in the first act,
as does the fact that the hero. youngster
whose father went broke in Wall Street.
hasn't cent and almost considers marry
ing for money.
As for the rest OF the act, which Ia the
poorest in the play, it serves simply to in
troduce number of conventional char
acters, most Of whom happily disappear
immediately.
OF course the young gentleman who Is
broke eventually marries the young lady
with all the money. 1t may be something
of strain on the cre1ulity of those who
are hypercritical when the author sends
the girl into the wids of New Hampshire
to pose as a poor typewriter, hoping to find
the one who will love her for herself alone
especially as tho young gentleman, too. Is
pretending to be the possessor OF a s25 a
week salary when he wins her, but II makes
pretty love story and>it,s interesting and
amusing even If not always convincing.
Mr.. Fairbanks, OF course, Is the young
ster. His acting is straightforward and
forceful, although the part does not call
for any great show OF dramatic skill. His
youthful enthusiasm was real, he made
love as though he meant 1t and his smile
was delight. He also made the most Of
the humor in his lines and got an especially
good response from his audience when he
remarkei: tom Lawson has II right.
The only way to make big money Is to take
small amounts from lot Of people,
He also had one about hard times that
hit Sure, business is looking up he re-
marked, after he had lost his SIS a week
job and was about to be evicted from the
fat 10 which he took his millionaire wife,
because he was too proud to use a cent Of
her money. Its so fiat on its back 1t
can't look anywhere else
An actress who is not at all well known
to New Workers, Miss Adelaide Manola,
takes the leading feminine part. Her act
ing was always pleasant and she created a
distinctly favorable impression. OF the
others Miss Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh made
middle aged matchmaking society woman
true to life and Miss Jane Corcoran added
much to the gayety Of the piece. Her pic
ture Of saleslady on vacation. which
suggested Gertrude Quinlan in THE Col
lege Widow just bit although a trife
overdrawn, had its delicious moments such
as the one when she assured fainting girl
that bottle Of gin, which she ran to get,
was the real, imported article which was
given to her by a gentleman frien' Of
hers who was a smuggler.
It's bright, pleasant little play, this
-All for Girl Lots Of people who 60 to
be amused rather than to approve Of the
elevation Of the drama will like it i'm
mensely.
Mrs Jack Gardner brought a party OF
twenty friends from Boston to attend the
opening To-day they will be entertained
at the Westchester Country Club and will
return IL, Rc,stop In tho evening