The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
Academy-Ethcl Barrymore, In s'Siid-
Channel. matinee and night.
Bijou-.The Turning Point matinee
and night.
Lubln-vaudeyillc.


One Performance In Thousand.
Until last night we stay -at- home $
had been accustomed to think of Ethel
Barrymore as a tall. slender youn
girl, who played charrningly and de-
nghtfully. but lightly. Now We know
that she is woman grown, ana an
emotional actress OF great power.
There remains the personal attractive.
ness, the magnetism. but there is ADDED
the ability TO feel. to convey, to sink
deep irlo the hearts of an audience the
sombH. tra .s,.s Of Toes PES, lie. -. ,,a
for school girls. Ii deals with an ugly
, side OF life, but 80 deft, so refined, SO
brilliant is the pen OF the master
craftsman who wrote 1t that there Is
not one word to shock or startle. II
simply tells of life, and in a manner
that grips and holds the listeners
very heart. And in the smallest de,
tail Pinero has shown the master h and
that is his. Even the name of the
unhappy woman, Zoe. means life" and
should betoken happiness and the JOY
of living, and the misery OF II all Is
in sharp and bitter contrast With the
word.
Theodore Blundell and his wife, Zoe.
have been married fourteen years at
the time the play opens. After years
Of striving; they have attained an en-
1iable position, but they nave Z, urrlr rite,
and she has allowed herself to be-
come surrounded by those she calls
tame robins" men who amukc ana
entertain her. The chief OF these is
good head of hair, who shells of soap"
Blundel and his wife have Just about
reached the point which their close
friend. the Hon. Peter Mottram. de-
where the waters are rough. and where
one must remember that only a short
distance away is the smooth sea, With
eontentment and even happiness. when
4 fI,<a,. Afx,,y ,{-xy<
scene between the husband and wife
and Blundell leaves the house. Then
The pathetic tragedy begins to unfold
Zoe goes to Italy. and is followed by
being seen about London with Mrs
Annerly. "a baby-faced woman. who
has been divorced by her husband. and
In her lonely grief and madness, she
torgcts and fails. After a few weeks
she returns to town, and the Honorable
ge ess head si Of hair who smeis Of use Soaps S
She humbles herself and goes to the
apartment of her husband, who Is also
confessed his wrong and is about to
take her In his arms when she stops
him, She has forgiven him. with a
shudder. and then she lets him know
of her failure. Immediately the situa-
,scene-the two standards ar insisted
upon--and she leaves, convulsed with
Ilhysterical sobs and laughter. Then to
the apartments of Ferris. who has Just
become engaged to a young girl. to
say that she will marry him. after hav-
ing tatly refused short time be-
| fore.
Blundell and Mottram follow She
goes into another room. There is a
discussion and an asreement, and Far:
| ris enters the next room to find ant
| lead her out In moment he returns
he can't find her. The scene, grows
l tense: a servant enters with blanchec
| face With the announcement that there
1 has been an accident. The men rusl
| to the balcony, many Nights above the
I street, and they see. a
1t is impossible. in q limited space, t,
give even an idea of the intense. en-,
! thralllng, powerful and dramatlt
strength OF this performances. and
whenTit comes to speaking Of the com
pany, it is hard to be moderate;
/ Miss Barrymore herself was beyond
criticism Attractive, eEsy and world
u II her ghtsr bits, ghs vas strong
scenes and they We're, many Whel
she laughed, hystelrcally, or sobbed
1 eyes of half of the audience. and al