The Washington times., 1910-02-01
Miss Taliaferro the Bright
Spot in "Springtime"
ar Columbia.

Love has worked all Of the miracles
! since the world began"
Love-pure. simple. and refreshing
the sole theme Of the dainty play
! ''SpTiuEtiue." which made its first p
/ pearance in Washington last night az
tthe Columbia without Miss Ma 81
Taliaferro there could be no "Spris g
time save for Il brief season
Written by Booth Harrington and
Harry Leon Wilson, the play has little
/ 20 recommend il except its simplicity
the purity of its lines and It's appealing
/ love story The cast Is not uniformly
good, hr- despite this Miss TalIafcTr0
mad one glad one came and interested
iT the plot itself. despite the fact that
iu this age OF material facts it is hard
90 imagine such AT all-p0weTfui love on
such short notice as thai Of Madeleine
and Gilbert
Louisiana Is Setting
TIE story IS laid IN Louisiana. when
Jackson was nGhtinC the British and
the CreOIeS Of Louisiana were decidedly
unpopular with rouEG-aUd-reaGE AurrI-
cans Of that section Madeleine fs gHe
LauEhteT OF n De Eaiette. engaged 90
her cousin. whom she has never seem
10y d family arrangement Little more
than a child, knowing nothing cf love-
she listens. open-eyed- TO gallant
speeches az their first meeting, and de-
gided onhaHd that he is q decidedly
nice old gentleman" 4 Et-le later
tired by her romp In the garden she
falls asleep on couch. and the fairy
steele the son % nesga boring piaufH"-
Il is a case Of love at first sight love
all-compe.iu and hi1tly. not rea'.z-
ing what it meant. she follows him
When he learns Of her bpt~othaf 20 her
cousin ne leaves the house IN a lit OF
bOyish anger
Steele has enlisted with q COMPANY nr
sEarp-s1uoters- and when she finds him
HHH rHH 30 "a
TO start for the front. She refuses 10
leave him, and follows him until they
force her 10 turn back When she re-
turns 10 her home unconscious Of EaE-
ing done wrong. her father up5raids her
bitterly putting a zcalors construction
upon her action
Then comes the false report OF her
lovers death. and fer d time sine be-
comes a miniature OnheIis. waU5er5u-
about and habhIing Of Gilbert Later ne
returns and ali ends merrIly-
Miss TaIiaferro Scores.
As Madeleine. Miss TaIiaferro has
role that fits her admirably a sweeter.
simpler little girl than was Madeleine
could not be imagined When the
awakening comes after her first kiss,
she pUrtraEs the woman and tEC Eirl
combined. But 90 IS when she hears rf
Gilbert's death that she IS seen i0 a new
light Heavy work is demanded. and
the little actress rises 70 the occasion
Possibly the most noticeable feature
Of '-SDrlnEtime.' If Hiss TaIiafeTro be
left out Of the reckoning is its stage
setting Nothing has been overlooked,
and the scenic effects get a hand
every time the curtain rises for an act
In the supporting cast Father O-Nara-
played By Joseph Brennan. proved q
bright light and his unaffected brouEe
is q delight The role Of the vouthfGI
lover IS taken by William Har-ican,
whose work I'm the early part % the play
was MS best William 2. Mack as the
father and Samuel Forrest. as 1Ea
cousin. a uiId-ua uneTed william vino
does not offend with his Shortcomings.
old creditable work so far as thew
were given ODpoTtUnity- Miss Mary
FabeT gave a very pleasing presenta-
ton OF LAcadienue, despite the fact
that the character seems a little out Of
place IN its surroundings The minor
roles are filed acceptably. While Miss
IaliaceTTo has not the same Cppo-t1I-
mites she had In Polly Of the Circus -
as she is best known here. she leaves no
Ears IN her work through which a rrf+f-
ctsm of her portrayed oC Madeleine
'o"id mo IL s way NJ IT. n