The Ocala evening star., 1910-11-22

The Frolics of 1910 as presented by
the Peruchi-GypZene Company Of
Tampa at the Temple Theater last ev-
ening was a very clever and entertain
. ing production II was all that was
claimed for il and every member Of
the company acted their parts in an
admirable manner and left nothing
wanting TO make the piece about per-
feet From the rising TO the going
down Of the curtain in the last act
there was not dull moment and those
who went certainly received the worth
of their money and left an impression
that should give this excellent COM
pany crowded houses for the remain
ing two nights.
! The story deals with the divorce
question in France, which SO agitated
and wrought up the chambers of
deputy in the years past and made the
rest Of the staid world sit up and take
notice. much of it with a shudder. in
! loosening the sacred tied of matri-
mony.
In word il was case of a charm
ing young woman who married a man
her senior in years and given up TO a
public career and therefore neglected
his wife and into her life came the at
tentions of her husbands cousin. a
dashing youth. who sought an affinity
! in the person of the charming and
captivating Miss Mabel Gypzene.
The husband discovers the situa-
ton and scenes follow. tragic and
amusing in their delineation. The
husband upbraids the fair wife. who
resents il and maintains that he knows
all and she only a little and desires the
same freedom the man. This he re-
is discussed in all its phases and all
of the company become deeply inter
ested and most of them for it, Then
the ambitious. but distracted husband.
instead of-calling for pistols and cof-
fins for two. to wash off his dishonor
assumes a new tact. agreed to sep
aration and in the presence of the
wife and her lover consult divorce
laws and how to obtain it. The lovers
20 into ecstasy. but il is only for a
moment, for instead of it coming
about. he wins back his wifc'S love and
ii is done all naturally and bcauti-
fully that it stirS the audience to its
deepest depth and in the end makes
the ardent lover feel and act like thirty
cents.
The scene where Miss GypZene. as
Cypdinne. tells her husband how the
signals We're given to meet her lover
in the home of the wife. his approach
es, the touching of her fingers with his
lips. then the wrist, the love bite on
the arm. the kiss on the neck and VIII t
then. said the now intensely interest ed
husband Oh. said the charming wiz.
that was all. The throwing of the love
letters. The reading of only one: that
was enough. Oh, that was cOnSummate te
acting. The facial expressions they
played over the beautiful face of the
: wife and those that made the blood
mount TO her temples and receded & )
rapidly, were indeed moments of Won
der. The audience sat up to take note.
And last the cafe scene. where man
and wife dine. The advent of the lover
and his final discontinue and the real
iZation of man and wife that though
married three years they had only
lived fifteen days with but single
thought and two hearts beat as one.
OnStrated anew that thought that whi lie
true love does not always run smooth
Vet it in the end triumphS and makes
the audience and the world happier
because of the triumph of that Su-
preme virtue love. Again we say the
company is good one. acted the play
superbly and sent away its audience
delighted. What more could you ask
Of any play, any company. Tonight
the roaring farce. "A Romance Above
the Clouds" Give them a packed house