The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-19

ington Square. where she bumped the
door Of the best mans apartments He
certainly was the best man to so to.
With hot and cold towels. ammonia.
q short nap and what not else. he
brought Genevieve around enough that
she could pronounce her own name
fairly clearly. But she couldn't re-
member the bridegroom's name. She
dld recollect that she was due to be
married the next day. and she moaned
that she must be sobered up in time.
We have often had farces about 'the
morning after" but THE Wedding
Day" IS. think. the first treatment
OF II. The bride-elect could take no.
thing but q sip of coffee for break
fast. and was indeed sore perplexed.
For you must understand that. much
as r-e-m-o-r-s-e and a headache
troubled her. the mental distress was
worse. The best man, In reward for
his treatment" had made her promise
not to go through the ceremony max
ing her his friends wife until she
had told that worthy man Of her cock
tall weakness.
In the cold dawn of the morning
after. Genevfeve renigged. She dared
not tell him. Yet she feared to meet
the best man II she had not confess-
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bridegroom and the butler-for Van
derbilts and Astors Invariably call the
butler In to all their more intimate
family conferences---that she was too
III to ego through with the elaborate
wedding planned. She proposed marry
ing her afianced quietly. and starting
away Immediately She said she was
ill-and without doubt she was. In
deed. she frequently wrung her hands
and held her head. and finally almost
tainted. At that her aunt endeavored
to force glass Of sherry on her. She
shuddered at the idea-you bet she
did. The hero. too, was tactless en-
ough to advice her to take a bracer
and go through with the ceremony"
The best man never would have been
SO clumsy.
Is Thrown Down. y
Presently that member Of morals
and banisher of buns-appeared and
gave Genevieve a good talking to. He
told her he had always loved her.
but that the spectacle Of his divinity
'plastered," had killed his love. He
gave her a right good sketch of how
she looked. She was bowed In shame
and said she would make the confess
sion he demanded. In the last act.
while the choir boys and arganist re-
hearsed the wedding music in an adj
joining room. the white-robed bride
made her confession. And--would you
believe 1.-THE bridegroom threw her
down. But the best man always ready
for an emergency--stopped right up
and said he'd marry here rum or no
rum. OF course. he wouldn't be re-
gular bridegroom, but just q volunteer
But Genevieve said she would marry
no man until she had cured herself of
her weakness. and. fiinging wide the
doors. the bride walked in to the as
sembled guests to tell them all bets
were OFF.
1t Is easy to guy this drama by a
novice, Jessie TrimbIe. And in IT'S pre-
sent form 1t deserves nothing better.
But even In the face or all the ridi-
Guile. Miss Trimble has brought down
upon her head. / dare declare that her
scenarfo--as distinct from her finish
ed play was good. The interest Is
cumulative. the characters develop
with the plot: the story is logical and
human. and the illustrative incidents
are generally well chosen. This ap-
plies to the scenario, you understand
But the author SO lacks in expert
ence-both In playwrighting and the
life she undertakes to depict-that as
1t stands her play is joke.
The theatrical fad OF the mode has
become a variant of an old Christi
mastide custom. For ever so many
years. and nobody knows why. vocal
lists. musicians. elocutionists. and 9TH
or monologuers have come out of OBJ
security during the month Of winter
holidays. The difference this year IS
that dramatic pantomimists. whose
antics have caught our fashionable
women's fitting fancy have added
themselves to the turkey hunters.
That phrase means, In stage diction.
actors who go transforming to get
chances at holiday good cheer.
The new dumb art stunters range
from Loie Fuller, Isidora Duncan and
Ruth st. Denis, whose daring nudity
In classical dances have described as
drawing crowds to the biggest thea
tres. down to a patnter who uses
girl model in his studio lectures on
painting; to a college professor who
utilizes his daughters fine figure to
illustrate his lessons in anatomy; and
to a dime museum which beats In
novelty all other sights in barefoot
dancing with q four-iegged woman.
This quadrupedal ballet artists extra
pair Of limbs grow small from her
chest, and she makes them dance on
"a little platform suspended from her
shoulders, while with her full-grown
two she dances stockingless on the
Hoor. Art and nature mutually freak
lsh. Ell? And 1 guess II provides the
last word that needs to be written. for
awhile anyway, about the fad OF live
art with the life OF.
Dancers on the Boards.
Meanwhile. the ballots of the two
grand opera companies. and of the
lyric section at the New Theatre, have
out their best feet forward-those be-
longing to premiere danseuses I'm
ported for this season. And these Ie-
ultimate and traditional mistresses of
the ballet can do more with their.
highly cultured feet than take the
stockings off. Not fiat-sole. but on
tip-toe. they do the graceful things
that Ellsler and Bonfanti used for the
enchantment OF our ancestors. They
do look obsolete, however, in their
distended short skirts. Adeline Ge-
nee. England's pet dance artist of the
orthodox school, puts on and of these
old-style fun frooks in her many
shifts for The Silver Star" extrava-
ganza. And Dazzle, formerly an oper-
attic premier. now Joins the Christmas
entertainers.
Dazzle didn't make her American de-
but with that NAME nor with any 9TH
ar that she may have borne in Europe,
hut as The Girl In the Red Domino.
red mask covered her face from
nose to brows. Her features are ugly.
but that wasn't the main reason for
hiding them. although 1t may have
supreRfed naw mathOd of exololta-