The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-08

Bachelors Baby" which he presented
at the Criterion theater. For a play
written by its star this was remark
ably well balanced.
Mr.. Wilson played Thomas Beach,
bachelor and child hater. A five-year-
old girl is thrust upon him by the
death of twin brother. Gradually the
child wins his heart A love story of
another sort also has Beach for its
central figure. 1t is a wonder that
even a hardened bachelor like Beach
could have withstood for a moment
the winsomeness of Martha Calvert
Beach, played by a little boy called
Baby Davis on the program.
Wilson was Wilson, no one else, as
Tom Beach, but the parts peculiari-
ties fitted like a new glove and the
union was thoroughly satisfactory.
+, George EASTWOOD. whom William
Morris is sending over his circuit Is
! the one great vaudeville catch Of the
season. HIS versatility 10 uihiihisSN
and he goes from beau brummel to
| the tough making distinct scores In
! all of his representations. He bids
[ fair to be another Harry Lauder mon
ey-maker for his enterprisng mana
ger.
| Having ben acted at the Stuyvesant
| theater for nearly a year, it might be
assumed that Eugene Walters "The
Easiest Way" had been seen by every
one in New York interested in that
kind of a play Nevertheless it's
transfer to the Academy of Music
brought out an audience that almost
filled the big house.
(! The acting was the same as it has
been at all times, with Miss Frances
Starr as Laura Murdoch" and Ed
ward H. Robins, Joseph KiKlgour and
William Sampson as her chief assist
ants.
| Fannie Ward has scored heavily in
| the emotional role of Muriel Van AL
! len in the new play Van Aliens
| Wife" by Forrest Halsey and Lee
Arthur, the first performance of which
| was given in Rochester last week.
Heretofore Miss Ward has played only
the lighter dramatic roles before Amer
! lean audiences, but in London, where
she has appeared in heavier roles,
brilliant future was predicted for her
| by the critics. In ivan Aliens Wife"
every demand made upon her for the
! strong, virile acting that the part re-
| CURES. Her achievement means the
rise of a young and beautiful emo
| tional actress, a dearth of whom is
| so noticeable today on the native
stage.
| Frank Daniels in '"The Belle of
| Brittany" at Days theater bids fair
/ to have even a greater success than
| that enjoyed by James T. Powers last
season at the Casino in Havana,
which was also an English musical
production Americanized under the
| Shubert management In fact "The
Belle of Brittany at Daly's may be
described as the legitimate successor
of Havana" as the English musical
! comedy success Of the new theatrical
| year in the American metropolis. Mr..
Daniels. in all his long and successful
career, has never before had a part
so thoroughly legitimate and so abso-
lutely suited to his methods. THE
| Doggie and the Bone sung by Elsa
| Ryan and chorus of ''postillions" is
undoubtedly going to take the place of
as the song hit of the current season.
| New York has never seen any mu-
steal comedy spectacle to compare with
Lew Fields production of 1.-THE Mid
night Sons which opened in the
balmy days of June and which will
still be here through sleighing time.
1t broke the records for openings at
the Broadway on the very first night,
and it has continued record wreck
ing career ever since.
The entire class of ~ at FOrdham
Law school attended the performance
| of His Name On the Door," which is
playing at the Garden theater, to get
F'rand Lords sidelights on legal meth
DDS, as he. had written them in his
play of fake insurance.
The Lieblers have selected "A
| Certain Parry as the name for the new
comedy by Edward W. Townsend and
F'rand Ward O'Malley, in which Mabel
| Hite will be seen as a star. Rehearsals
begin this week. In the cast will be
her husband, Michael Donlin, known
to every baseball fan in the country
as Mike
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