The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-04

Hsnrietta Croen.sn In her procesuss -
vAmpiring IN sham" She psrsonifka<
that very numerous young woman wbos.
with silk desires and cotton rssourtesy
with the. tastes- Of wealth and the r6s
strictions Of comparative poverty. up-
dertakss by faisities and deceptions. tx
float along on the social stream unttk
rimony. sHenrietta - y fscile coms-
dienne. arr that fact was regarded By
Geraldine Bonner and Elmer HarriG
when they seemed play for her. The
first act displays her In . nat, the
adornmsntsr Of which---As she tells
gleefuliy--she has wheedied from ad~
mirers a. gifts. For instance. there n
a costly clock. she got that. after be~
Ing late At an appointment with . NAM
by casing at II in mop window ana
saying: Bless me--Tm half an hour
tardy. Ny clock IL worn out. vow
know, and so ] couldn't tell the timesy
win you let me send this one home
TO you?" he said. and In falling Il she
added: He was . Scotchman, too:"
which tickied the audience terribly.
II Is the end OF . month. and the belt
10 runs frequently by bill, collectors
but they don't worry Henrietta, for.
she makes II diversion to bambooxla
them. She expects to have . wealthy
husband soon, and what does II mats
ter IL she does owe $4,000 that she can't
pay till then? In tho meantime, sh6
calls herself Miss Sponge and Miss
Graft, but never Minis vampire--ae
least, not until she needs 70 choose be-
tween Q millionaire sutton whom she
doesn't love and monsyiess ono whom
she does love- Well. she thinks she
has the family heirloom pearls. her
dead fathers wedding gift to heE
mother. and nhe decides to sell them.
h.r -
suitor: but on taking the jewel box out
of storage she finds that her father
long ago substituted limitations, and
she 10 without any resources At alk
while her lover isia denunciatory ds-
spiser of people who keep up social
pretsnsions by means Of sham.
Il lis q pity that Sham" tapers in In
stead of brosdsning. and dissipates III
Interest In weakly happy climax. tbs
young woman's debts are paid BY rich
relatives, thus enabling her to marry
the right man conscientiousiy. A new
last act should be written right on
for as II IL, Henrietta Crosman IL dne-
ly entertaining from $3.50 to 1915. and
with good matter to last up TO II hars
However, she doesn't slump with tho
authors, and at the point Of the high-s
est achievement she emits her habit
nal crossword.
Henrietta Crosman started with Au~s
gustin DAILY and soon became 30 much
duplicate Of Ada Rehan a. . daah-
away comedienne OF the legitimate
grade that there wasn't room for her
there. During some ensuing years. she
acquired uncommon facility with, Wssg
tern resident aud touring stock CONS
panies. Her advent In New York AZ am
exploited actress was in mistress
Nell" where In the exuberance OF am
Irish young lady she leaped through
window to escape her enemies. crying.
"To hell with all Of yezi" Hadn't Les-
ter wallack's habit OF interpolatings
one profane word In each Of his gem
tlemaniy roles warranted her in givs
ing an expletive explosion for o cii-
max? The next comedy noteworthy
with her was Kitty BeIiairs." and
therein, as another lady with Irish ac-f
cent and vim, she gave startling xest
to an acts end with Damn you air.
I guess she has come 20 regard cuss
word as her mascot. Anyway, on de-
Gliding in Sham" to be no longer
vampire. but TO honestly buy all she
consumes. she cries cut 70 her cians-
oring creditors: TIL pay every damned
one OF your