The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-16
THE FAIR COED
AND ELSIE JANIS
BECK0N MERELY
Newark Theatre Offers Roguish
Comedy Of Western College
~, Life for Next Week.

- Isle JANIS in George AIDES latest
college comedy, The Fair Co
Ed" which viii open at the New
ark Theatre on Monday night, added
lustre to her previous achievements for
many weeks of last season in New
York. and the consensus of opinion
! seemed to be that Charles B. Dilling-
hams youngest star had not only de-
veloped along the lines of her art to
ia very noticeable extent since she was
" seen in THE Hoyden." but that Mr..
had written the. best play which
Aahad come from his pen since 1.-THE Col
lsge Widow" of joyous memory
THE Fair COED with Miss Janis in
4 the title role, Cynthia Bright, ran for
q surprising number of weeks in New
York which. according to accepted
form, loves Tenderloin sophistication in
its musical comedy, and another lot
of weeks in Chicago, which loves its
George AIDE. There is nothing of Broad
way sophistication in 1.-The Fair CO.
~ Ed" however; it is a little story Of the
affairs Of very young, very cheerful,
eubIimely confident, young people who,
according to their own idea, are serv-
ing time in Bingham College until the
achievement of a degree puts their i'm
patient toes upon the high road which
leads out to the wonderful places OF
the great world.
Bingham College is a "fresh-water'
institution of learning which has just
e adopted the policy of the ~co-education
of the sexes in order to claim a con-
Z ditional endowment by an "old grad,
Is who s%tipulaues that his only daughter
shall be the first girl student enrolled
and that when she takes her degree
and marries, she shall marry a young
gentleman who has also taken his de-
gree from Bingham. In view of the
circumstances that the entire under
I graduate body and part of the faculty
y promptly fall in love with cynthis
Bright. that damsel ha a surprisingly
good time during the four years she
IS supposed to be pursuing the genius
,tutelary.
Gustav Luders. who furnished the
score of 9TH Prince of Pilsen," has
! supplied the music to Mr.. AIDES lyrics
Miss Janis in the role of Cynthis
Bright, is said to have taken full ad.
vantage of the greatest opportunity
that has come her way since the bril-.
liant little wonder-child of vaudeville
was translated to stardom by way Of
LIS fai4QCI ia &uR AZ SOoiiie
HsmiIton's bright little Franco-Amer-
lean play. 1.-THE Hoyden." Qualified
critics. basing their judgment upor
Miss Janis's handling of some difficuli
situations in 1.-THE Fair Cold" havt
predicted for her all sorts of higf
achievement along the lines of legiti'
mate comedy when her age and her ar
are a bit ripper.
NJ I1iJipobop prop1icaG fhn cam.
production so highly praised in New
York and a cast differing in but one OF
two non-essential particulars from thu
l~nriginal. The principal artists in tn,
support of Miss Janis are Arthur Stan
q fezd. Inez Bauer. Sidney Jarvis, Edgar
u Halstead. Althea Francies, David Todd
4 Marion Mills. Gilbert Douglas. James
Elise Steele, Harry Depp ant
q Harry Wood. There will be a Satur-
\ day matinee only during Miss Janis
o Encouragement.