Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-27
MAUOE ADAMS
IN WHAT EVERY
WOMAN KNOWS"
Performance at the Newark.
Proves Anew Her Brilliant
Personality Is Growing.
MUSES. AND GRACES TAKE
UP ABODE AT PROCTOR'S
At All Other Show-houses Side.
Splitting Laughter Is Pre-
vailing Condition.
KHAGGIE wYLIE says of cherm
mi that IL a woman has 1t she
d1acrs& naoA an.+h;.- H.. -

AGGIE WYLIE says of cherm
lVI that II a woman has II she
doesn't need anything else, and
IL she hasn't It nothing else will do
her any good.
Maude Adams, who plays the canny
Maggie In ]. M. Barrie's little comedy
What Every Woman Knows" at the
Newark Theatre this week, is the en-
bodiment of this wonderful. elusive
quality. Also she has a very geo h
sht Z of the aforementioned en- :
thing else" Item, one persuasive,
musical voice; item, one slender, grace
ful body, and item, one face into which
a sunbeam flew Inc stayed. She plays
directly on ones heart-strings. does t is
little lady, making them sing or weep
as she chooses, and as often es not
compelling them to do both at once.
What Every Woman Knows" is a
kindly comedy. With whimsical GER
tainty Barrie has drawn a picture Of
his serious-minded c~ountrymen that
causes many a chuckle to rise to thu
surface. but at no time is there a sug
gestion OF attempt to ridicule The
fact that one cannot help laughing at
the little absurdities of these sol M
Scots in no way interferes with the
warm friendliness one soon feels
toward them.
Maggie Wylie and her three big
Scotch brothers live together. TIE
brothers adore their little sister and
are worried much because she is rap
idly approaching the border-line OF
spinsterhood. One night they find In
their best parlor young John Shand,
who has entered their house like a thief
to CLEAN the knowledge for which he
hungers from the "ten yards of the
worlds best books that adorn one side
of the room. Manfully John confesses
and defles them to do their worst. His
honesty and courage win their admira-
ton, and after a consultation they agree
to advance f300 for his education If at
the end of five years he will agree to
marry little Maggie, providing she Is
willing. At first Maggie fatly refuses,
but the funny side Of 1t strikes her, and
1t is not long after that that she
agrees.
Five years later John Shand is a sue
cessful man. Upon his election to Par
lament Maggie bravely offers to re-
lease him, tearing up the legal docu-
ment that bound them. But honest
John considers "a bargain q bargain"
and takes Maggie to London with him.
And how she subtly puts life into his
speeches and helps him In a hundred
and one little ways, even guiding him
safely through the channels of an af-
fair with a beautiful titled woman. until
at last his stupid eyes are opened and
he sees in Maggie the wonderful little
woman she is, from the basis of ON Of
the prettiest stories that has unfolded
itself on q Newark stage for a a
day.
Her Personality waxing Greater.
Maude Adams is growing. Each year
she gives to her adoring public some
thing more of her brilliant, sympathetic
personality. Her Maggie Wylie is a
witch of a thousand charms. who makes
the big, stupid John dance to the tune
she plays, and whose sense of humor
is always ready to save her when
Johns Inconsistencies of her existence
is brought home too forcibly.
In the big scene in the third act Miss
Adams exhibits a most comprehensive
knowledge of how not to everyday.
She lives the scene as Maggie Wylie
would live 1t were she real, not as
Maude Adams might. And II Is TINS
ability to get a clear mental picture OF
the character she wants to draw and
Their carefully to stay inside of it's outer
lines that is largely responsible for her
effectiveness.
Miss Adams ts fortunate in having
such an excellent leading man as Ar
thur Byron. His portrayal of the studi-
GUS, egotistical John Is full of the
humor tina is felt rather tina seen.
The three brothers are excellentiy
played by r. Peyton Carter, David
florence and Fred Tyler. Their
quaint speeches are given with a burr
that is not overdrawn. This fact is
~oommendable because they have so
many opportunities to exaggerate these
serio-comic characters. Dorothy Dorr
appears to advantage as the Comtesse
de la Briere, who takes up Maggie
when she goes to London, and does