Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-11-30
GEORGE IS
At HER BEST IN
A W0MhN5 WAY
Dainty Star Charms Audience al
Newark Theatre in Thompson
Buchanan's Clever Comedy.
ATTRACTIVE NEW BILLS
AT OTHER PLAYH0USES
Vaudeville and Rurlesque Shows
Present Features That
Draw Big Crowds.

A S the wife in "A Yoman's Way,
~ Miss Grace George appears in a
role that might AVE been made
70 or6er for her, so we'll suited is II to
The particular kind of comedy in which
Sic INDUCES. Each new vehicle finds
this Young woman in better form.
Though her comedy is not of the sort
10 make n weep tears of merriment,
itsis cutie sufficient to scare away the
most determined crouch and replace
itlwitI a humorous viewpoint regard
ing things in general
Trace George Is one Of those actresses
~ whom pretty clothes seem a part.
Her versatility has never been put TO
much OF. a test. 1t would be interest
ing TO see her without a drawlnS-room
or a. reception hall as a background
III a role other than that of the dainty
sheltered, carefully nurtured woman,
which part she plays with something
very much like perfection. h has
literally crown up in these pretty
racefal roles. The enacting of an
ethers type of woman might prove the
deciding test of her ability.
II is /. remarkable little wife that she
portrays in this clever play by Thomp-
sen Buchanan. Several years before,
while she was a Nassar student. she
ana her husband were the principals in
d Romantic automobile elopement. Soon
after they settled down to the prosalc
routine of everyday life, they began to
find thai their particular interests lid
not jibe. The opening of the play finds
them living almost as strangers in thelr
own house. Mrs. Stanton nnds that
hec husband is interested, too much in
terested, in q fascinating southern
woman, to whom the wives of her Ad-
mirers signify nothing. Mrs. Stanton
loves her husband in spite of his indis-
cretions-he has carelessly allowed nm
self and Mrs. Blakemore, the south
erner. to meet with an automobile acci-
dent, the details Of which hav been de-
voured with great relish by the papers
and determines to rewin his loyalty and
love by allowing him to make COMPARE
SONS under his own roof
Accordingly she invites Mrs. Blake
more to dinner at her home. 1t devel-
OPS that all of the men present lave at
one time or another been particularly
interested in the southerner. Just as
Mir. Stanton's eyes are beginning to
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ous ffirtation-prearranged-with one of
her pre-nuptial admirers. His discov-
cry that he is wildly Jealous makes him
realize that after all he loves his wife
as much as ever, if not more. II
southern widow retiresl as gracefully as
hg discontinue will permit n the
final curtain falls on a contrite hus-
band and a forgiving little wife, whose
eyes twinkle wisely over his shoulder.
Through alle this the author has
sprinkIed bright lines and biting social
repartee with liberality. The scenes
IN which the newspaper reporter, played
excellently by Elwood Cromwell, figure.
Hre most realistic. 1t Is a peculiar fac-
most all of the women in the cast
been made more worth while than
the men. with the exception of the
old admirer. Howard Stanton,
The husband: Edward Morris. a law