Evening star., 1909-01-31

I'm Old Edam," is Miss Anna Marble,
another of the family. In private life
She is Mrs. Charming Pollock.
THE SCOTCH S"-"1n Glas-
gov on my opening night says Rose
Stahl. describing her experiences abroad.
the little dresser came TO me and said:
My certy, the folk in the gallery were
well behaved this ncht An there wasna
chorus DOT there either,''
What chorus?' | asked wonderingly.
Why. this is the furst week they
havena had the chorus. three Eurls on
each side OF the stage. SO that when the
lads in the gallery dinna like the act they
can throw bottles an things at the
chorus and not hurt the actors and
actresses
And / felt proud that at the end of
two weeks. before "a dour Sctoch audi
encc. to think that they did not throw
bottles at me.
When | asked them in London and
In Glasgow why they liked my Chorus
Lady 50 much they would invariably
say: Its so American, you know.
ORIGIN OF OTIS SKINNER'S PLAY
The dust of years had settled upon Bal
zac's novel, "Menage de Garcon." when in
1896; a French playwright NJ. Emile
Fabre. seeing dramatic possibilities in
t'tN p''h, Iiotttutd 40 tuIH II illlO al
play. As in most of the works of the
author of the fOmedie Humaile there is
minimum of actual drama in ''Menage
de Garcon-' But the bold playwright by
utilizing the essence of the story. succeed
ed III evolving a romantic play that not
only stuck close to BalZacs ideal, but
had intrinsic dramatic worth. Even an
ardent Balzac devotee needs to have his
memory refreshed about the plot and
characters of 'Menage de Garcon. The
central figure is beautiful young girl, a
'rabouilleuse, or crab-fsher. in provin-
cial French idiom. Making this charac-
ter the dominant one in the play, NJ.
FabTe was successful in enlisting the
sympathies of the management of the
Theater National de fOdeon who saw a
great acting part for their leading wom-
an, Nine. Andree Megard in the role of
Flora BraZier. the crab-fisher. The play
achieved a run of seven months. thanks to
Nine. Megard's brilliant performance and
also NJ. Gemier'S acting the Bonapart-
ist hero, Philippe Bridau.
\ CLERGYMAN'S CRITICISM-The
Salvation Army in New York. righteously
quick To take advantage of the sensation
al success of Salvation Nell" at the
Hackett Theater, had corps of soldiers
around the entrance of the theater every
night al II O'Clock. and throughout the
enga agement clergymen of all denomina-
tionS formed not the least interested sec
tion of the enthralied audiences. One of
these clergymen, in speaking of the per-
formance. said:
ITO me one OF the most rema rka ple
things in this play is the character OF
Jim. Salvation Nelrs lover and the father
of her child
IN spite of the fact that YOU see him
almost kill man in one scene and knock
his woman senseless in another. the hu-
man side of the brute is 50 wonderfully
depicted by Mr.. Blinn that before the la CT
act is over you have nothing but tre-
mendous pity for him He is no mere
BIZ Sykes. this man, but a human brute
with a very lkeable side to him. To me
that scene where he and Neil sit huddled
together on the tenement house doorsteps.
and Nell reminds him of that one and
only day they had spent in the country
years and Years before, is a prose idyl