The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
CHILDRENN GROVNUPS' PLAY
an sTAR MD CAST IN "ALEAS
Js@WY VALENTINE"

Audtence WOUOefs ~ HNetr CEFefueae
Snd FSrgeIs fsr the Time Tnat They
Are Nss FUN FHaiGed AesOrs-Mlss
AIna aesssey . 5-VesrsOsd Heroine.
4 modern m'racl~-a stage miracle.
that 's-wRs performed a. Wallsck 8
Theatre Yesterday afternoon
The wonder workers were children, who
gave 'Ahas Jimmy Valentine for the
bensA' ~ the Working Girls Summer
Home. Nothing remarkable. you say.
about children giving a playH That's
true enough, hut when a leading woman
Of and = leading man Of scarce twice
that age. supported nv a company whose
ages ranged IN between. manage in some
way 70 overcome the disadvantage Of
scenery and stage setting built for grown
ups and succeed IN making you forget
the personality ~ the actors m the inter
est Of the action then there 10 some ex-
cuse IN believing that the unexpected has
once more proved the saying
Albert Cowles. who drilled the children.
must have worked = miracle Of HIS own
to secure the absolute perfection OF move
ment for the premier Of his players. The
audience that crowded the theatre had
no idea. however. what was about TO hap
up disclosing the scene IN the Warden's
ofice At Sing Sing there was evident IN
the applause the note OF patronage which
grownups give 10 children. WdrdsR
Handler william h. WardI was very
businsssIks prison keeper, and people SAID
How clever- a. he went about he work
A. an actor-ot building up the -atmos-
phere- 81 that act Then came the LisU-
4. H.
Moore. and Mrs. Webster oI the Gate of
Hope Soclety. accompanied hy Rose
Lane. tho Lieutenant -Ciovcrnor'S niece.
Miss Alma Sedley. the Seven-ysar-old
leading woman Of the children cast.
Miss Ssdley 10 member IT the regular
company, in which shc plays child's
part.
The dinninutive stature of the warden's
visitor set on by the real yrOwnup gowns
they wore. started "A nipple IT laughter. but
the PLAYERS were IIndistITbed. The COM
mrnts didn't get beyond the how clever
stage in that first act. although the ciev-
prn,'zs dld get little on ones nerves
when Dick nc Rat. "A sneak thief with
paralyzed sIde. played by Thomas Tobin.
limp.d INTO the wartsn's oftics and de-
mnnstrated his skill at lock picking
Then there were Blinky Dduis. "A fnTger.
played Ivy John Collier. and BW Avery. an
old offender. made very real 10y irving
=
play began To wear ~ a. they performed
Their stunts undeT the watChful eve Of
the Warden and Doyle tJohn Hines, de
| teCttye who wnrIld have made the Ce.,ral
ONO recognize ITSELF And h~forr the
curtain went down the s,Idience had
seem Donald C;allahcr. Also a child tn the
gro0nups' play, a. Jimmy lGicHGH'.
THE spell begins To- work ia the second
, act. where JtBsIRy ldi"HfiH' tn"W out
+ II nriron IN ~" ('ov"rnoT- pardnn>
II.
| hany and - found hy his old Is,l-. Red
J .JOclVH ,Clar"nCe Rockefeller and Blu
tU'ry Jimmy has turned straight and
, his odd pals arr trying - show hiIn the inn
! possible fight that IL before HIM and a.
lure ham tack a. his I'D life There were
curtain calls without uupibcr. There
were al-o floWerS and the grace with which
JtEfuB iuirnhH, received them and dis
tributS,i hem tp hls loldinR woman and
their support brought NOR" .ppl ,tI-e.
until finally pptwcssn curtains rorn. ono
lifted Mise Ss,il-v 80 table top, whore
she boyv,-f gracioti-ly 10 her audience.
IN. thlrd act found Jimmy Valentine
- 'h' F~-l-T1 ut cashier ~ ~" hA'k "
which Rose i1HC's father was president
l'r'sidsni is1ns a. AL kahul. ~ n'sIt gray
wHf-arr- and th" most "urrrrt - trock
,.s.F- made q mrSt admirable stage
fat hst u Vs- here that Miss ~s-6is'y az
rr-t Cpnvtilsssi AMI then held her audi
surs m respectful awe by her portrayal
p Y
woman IA love With jimmy EdieHfiHs
tud Wiling e. help han uut with the
urtTtug
Bur Dogis has besn following Jimmy
l0i'HuHF who really had been a hank
burLltr amt dangerous one. InasmuCh
a. he could work the combination ~ a
b4uk vault by the sens. 0f touCh. and has
'rlCat HIM To- the place where he - -liN-
InG -traIgh, A. this point Bobby and
kwy Ross's brother and sister. played
uy Philip Traub and lssonie Fluga rath.
have q -~ssns ~ t. Themselves IN which
they are themselves with great siiCCe~t
Jsrlmv ldisRftHS -liCGesC- IN pa rtlv
throwing Dsiscfirc Doyle ~ the track and
Dogl' goes away saying that h. has al
ways wgnted - $50 Jimmy laisatiHS AZ
work A. Doyle gosS otI' Red .j0clgn, who
D. now -hg hank Waterman. riIshes IN
~ sac that EI'v has h'.sn locked M the
vault
Nv thi- time the sprll Wa fully cast and
the audience forgot or fslf aa son like.
the Wrlud snatiC situation - they real
ryrt 'naf DoyiC had heard Red call Jimmy
IrI'HGHS bv M DID name and that Jimmy
Wa going ~ usa hi- I'D skill IN opsning
tho vault
that children were playing IN that last
art whscr Jimmy TdI"HfipF struggles with
the lock ~ the great vault II was very
real ami very thrilling. and the women
~ the audience who fJimbled for their
haudker-hiefs forgot that JfwTy and Red
were only clever children
Atisr he pretty lover-' tableau ~ the
end there were moro curtain calls and
then everybody went out - sNcla i'm gain
about how clever y had sll he~n