The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-01
TWO WEN TRADED sOtLs.
They're In The Other Feaie~.' In which
Ptay Thomas jefferson sppears.

Piay Thomas jefferson &ppears-
The difficulty with play dealing with
the occuli has always been to present this
feature. which is most pften the very main
spring Il the action in such manner that
the audience can understand 10. For this
reason drsriatic value IL ,f,en Questioned
and comparatively few drarnatists haze
cared 10 make the attempt. George Tot
ten Smith has, however, gwen pretty free
play tn an accredited Indian belief IN
Tn. Other Fellow which had its initial
presentation at the Bijou last night. and
produced n farce Of the type that Ia less
familiar to-day than IL was decade ago
and that while lacking in I,any qualities
Of Success has some amusing situations
and lines
Tho pieCs ~ the vehicle for the New
, York appearance this season of Thomas
Jefferson Mr. Jefferson. while having
the leading character. that of Whon
Sri''. has what could IN" scarcely called
a star part The author has followed too
closely the lines OF farce tn give such dis
tinction To any III the roles and has thus
Afforded all Of the members IT the COM
pany a very good chance. That some OF
them did not take full advantage OF their
opportunities. detractsd MEASURABLE from
the interest OF the piece
All the tangies Of The Other Fellow.
and there IL a full farce allowance of them.
come from the fact that the souls OF
WHfon Swift. a man OF business and
speculaior and OF Theodore Button.
physician. are changed through Ch1d
Sudddh. a teacher learned in the Hindu
my sticism While he Was able TO send
the two souls wandering through space
n. was not able 10 bring them back
He made one Try and the soul OF Button
entered the body OF Suift then he made
another effort ana succeeded in capturing
Srin's soul. but lodged IT In Button $
body
What made matters so bad for both
was that Button had most devoted
, sweetheart and SUIT had a wife. who
had just arrived at his home after iong
residenc" abroad Then the physician
had some interesting casss that must
b. attended To and the speculation had
several big deals that could Tot progress
without his manipulation.
80 many explanations were necessary
that at times the piece was very talky
This was especially the case IN the first
act. Then when the action got wei! under
headway there seemed TO be no clearly
defined reason for much OF ftissiness and
! hurrying around But When the s,tua
tions came with some degree Of natural
ness they Were amusing and met with "A
hearty reception from a friendly audi
cnce
; II the character 81 the two men had
been more strongly marked ~ might
have helped "ut the deception in the
change IL the two souls Bui the greatest
Lack was that Of spontlneity and this
deficiency initiated more than anyt hing
else Perhaps. sgains; the piece being an
unqualified success
Miss Josephine Victor was quite pleas
ing a. NrS. Suit doing well What WAS
required Of her Miss Marguerite Snow
as EciSy and Miss Condor a. 1ru-e Tan
. n.r were acceptable.
Gerald Harcourt as F"f'rH was much
letter in the last act than in the earlier
acts. Russell Bassett managed TO get
quite full share NJ laughs out Of the
character Of the nervous old sp-culator
S1sders,iH