Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-11
Francis Wilson E~ndearstHimself
to Audience, Both as4Au-
thor and Actor.
EVEN HIS GROUCHY GROWLS
HAVE RING OF GOOD NATURE
But Then, How Can He Help 1t,
B~Iue-eyed Baby Davis
Is So Lovely.
THE CAST

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farce in three acts. by Francis Wilson.
Thomas Beach. whose dislike of
childrn is the jest and distress
of his friends. ...... Francis Wilson
Martin Dale, his friend and legal
adviser .........C ,ence Handysi, ,
Theodore Harjes, a club friend.....
Richard Gordon
Colonel John Calvert, Martha's
uncle ............ Thomas Il. Tracy
Forbes, Beach's butler.
e. Soldene Powell
Mrs. Brookfeld West...,............
Mrs. Ogden Child
Wtnifred West, her daughter. ......
Edna Bruns
Mrs. Emily Streator, Toms aunt.
Eleanor Barry
Martha,Calyert Beach, Toms niece,
Baby Davis
tColoredsmammy May Davis
liNurse Beatrice Shaw
Another nurse. Hobert
--tkins, a policeman. Harold Merriam
Someone has said something some
where to The effect that the pen Is
rnightier than the sword. But We're the
host to be overcome an array OF bache-
lors, obdurate and supposedly impreg-
nable, one would make an amendment
and say that a baby is mightiest of all.
That is. after seeing "The Bachelors
Baby" that light phaeton OF comedy
farce that Is bearing Francis Wilson
along the road of fame as one of our
most pleasing and best comedians. And
one would say a phaeton because that
is a comfortable vehicle which runs
smoothly, is we'll vanished n shin
ing and is not easily upset, but reaches
it's destination safely over roads made
smooth by It's own cushioned wheels,
and added interest must perforce be
attached to this especial conveyance
because Mr.. Wilson himself is the plan.
ner and builder.
The delightful play. pretty and light
as air, rides straight to the heart or
man or woman, young or old, because
OF it's one motif-the love of a little
child, a love which is instinct in all or
us, not excepting the selfish bachelor,
twho would have us believe. through
two joyous acts at least, that children
in the house were not blessings but
I%"'conniption fits"
Mr.. Wilson Deserves
The stamp of emphatic approval
which the crowded Newark Theatre set
upon Mr.. Wilson'S efforts as an author
last night, and the great success which
has attended the long run or the play
in New York, causes one to speculate
upon the possibility or probability OF
| other actors and actresses entering
into this field where so few OF them
thus far have ventured to tread. Al
any rate, Mr.. Wilson should be thanked,
not only by the children OF whose cause
| he Is the champion. but by the grown
ups. to whom he has given a blithe-
some, thoroughly delightful evening 8
entertainment. see-sawing from the
| verge of pathos 10 uproarious merrl-
mant. with the stress on the merriment
side.
The story is this: Thomas Beach,
bachelor and clubman. In loVe with a
charming girl, whose views do not CO.
incide with his own Is the sworn
enemy of children. He has reached
this astonishing frame Of mind through
various mishaps caused by theif
FRANKS, and by the irony of tate, and
/ the untimely death of brother and SIS
ter-in-law, is made guardian OF a
5-year-old neice. Complications are
introduced by jeering friends, his own
obduracy, his aunt, a man who turns
mn as the little girls maternal uncle
the girl who was a former hancee OF
this same uncle. and her mother, who
has n keen eye and ear for scandal
How he stamps and roars. in his ef-
forts to make us believe he would like
to feed all the juvenile kingdom with
potassium cyanide. and how he Is final
ly overcome in a bloodless battle by
the enthusiastic ana frequent hugs OF
the small bone of contention herself
who wanted to know what the bones
of horses were made Of" should be
left for the lucky ones who will see
the play this week to find out. Their
discoveries will be happy ones.
Mr.. Wilson is at his own joyous best
as the growly bachelor, but his growis
emitted In his soft modulated voice
quite failed to convince one of theii
sincerity. And 1t was for this and his
always happy personality that one
could listen to them with complete de-
light. knowing that they would soor