The Washington times., 1910-01-04
The Man of the Hour"
Still Popular in the
Capital.

Evidently. George Broadhursts play
Of modern politics. The Man OF the
Hour" has lost none Of its popularity
with the average theatergoeT- Despite
other attractions IN the Capital last
night. which tended to reduce somewhat
the attendance IN all theaters. a fair
sized audience greeted the play at the
Columbia, and il was its third visit 70
Washington, too.
The play Itself Is as good as ever Il
is just as applicable today as when Il
was written five years as2, In that II
shows up the political game as II is
played, and perhaps viii be played for
some time TO come, in any large city.
It abounds with virile action and grip
ping scenes; IN TACT i borders closely
upon the meIodramatiC At times This
Is no more than is to be expected, per
haps. when il is remembered that the
author has woven his story about e
young mayor who is elected by the in
terests,' and who is expected after the
election, since he was dragged frors
obscurity. 70 cOmpIscentIy deliver me
goods
Young Mayors Career.
The young mayor, however, has a
mind Of his own. and starts of by veto
ing a grab franchise bill, even though
the fortune Of the girl lie loves has
been invested in the property through
the Vaccinations OF a rascaIIy uncle
guardian Then follows the fight be-
tween the mayor and the bosses" q
villainOus crew that would make a still
bigger hit in some Of our leading meIo-
drama houses. OF course. the mayor
wins How he does il car De told bv the
players at the Columbia, az that's their
Job
The play is one that carries itself
"a q no h1H m q
clever construction. Il mast be said.
however. that the cast With welcome
exceptions Interpreting The Man Of the
hour SUneTS by CcmpdrlE1g with those
companies appearing here in former pro-
auctions John :. Robertson except for
me TACT that he Is almost ITO youthful
in appearance, plays acCepuabiy the
young mayors part. once eSSayed BY
Douglass Fairbanks and Cyril Scott.
respectively He has a cleau-Cut re-
freShtug manner that assisted material
~ IN making one forget the snoTtconl-
lugs OF other members Of III, cast Much
praise. too. Is due 10 the surque work Of
James PDelan. q ward leader and the
mayors friend, q role taken care OF by
John @ Sparks. As an Irish politician Mr.
Sparks seemed as natural as the Bow
cry Incidentally hes the sworn enemy
OF .Hcrr1Eaur the machine leader. and
this gives the latter more 0ppOrtrniry
10 buster and bully. which the char
acter Of H7rTLgau is supposed mainly
60 do
J. A Marcus, Blusterer.
As a blusterer J. A Marcus has q high
batting average. and he handled the
HorTiEan role as well as one might wish
Mark 7 Wilson carries on his h9uors
Wen in a juvenile part Bernard Cava-
uaUEl, however. did the one big piece
or acting, limited as he was to just one
chance Mr. CavanauEh's work IN the
Remuneration scene OF the final act was
eXceilenuy done, and received great ap-
piause-
the feminine roles are but passabIy
played. although Virginia Irwin IS
real dainty iuEeuae. Alma Powell who
plays the main feminine role Of Dallas
Wainwright, was just n bit too meIo-
dramatic She looks the part how
ever, and wore such beautiful cIoJhes-
7. H 7.