Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-03
PLAY at the Newark Still Leaves
Audience Craving to
See 1t Again.
VAUDEVILLE'S GILMAN
REACHED AT PR0CTOR'S
In Other Show-houses Thurston,
Pretty Girls and Tragi-Com-
edy Hold Forth.
THE BACHELORS BABY
By Francis Wilson.

Tfomas Beach, whose dislike OF
children is the jest and distress
of his lend 49,. Francis wilson
Martin Dale, his friend and legal
adviser. .........,L Louis Masseh
Theodore Harjes, a club friend
Colonel John Calvert, Martha,s
uncle. .....,.." Thomas +, tracy
Forbes, Beach's butler
q. Soldene Powell
Mrs. B%rookheld West. Alma chester
winifred West, her daughter,
Edna Bruins
Mrs. Emily steator, Toms aunt,
Eleanor Barry
Martha Calvert Beach, Toms
niece. JAWS
Colored nanny. DaNls
Nnrse. Grace Moore
Another nurse
Atkins. a policeman -. Harold Merriam
There is an old adage tucked away
somewhere in the archives of old say
ings.' apropos of the pudding n It's
eating. The test of a theatrical dish
offered up for our delectation, whether
n he dessert, or salad of the lobster
variety, or the piece de resistance, lies
q bit farther on-the appetite fer more.
The simple fact that this is the thlra
wear in which Francis Wilson. best
beloved of u middle generation OF
comedians, he of gentle humor n
parentheticaI legs, has appeared in a
play of his own concoction, is proof
enough of the skill of the chef, n the
p%alatability of his chef d'ouvre,
An attempt to classify it on the
starry menu ends in the conclusion
that 1t is a whole feast in itself. The
Bachelors Baby does not stale, nor
does time play any tricks with its in
finite variety, and let us hope that 1t
will realize the fondest wish of Peter
Pan. that delightful morsel of child
hood. and never grow up.
In writing the f~arce-comedy, which is
paving Newark "A second visit this
week at the Newark Theatre, Mr.. VIII
son had in mind, perhaps, the teach
ings of Mr.. Roosevelt on the matter
of children in the home, their desir-
ability, and the welcome which they
sometimes do not receive. and into tais
theme he has stirred proportions OF
humof and pathos, and allurement, so
well blended that the moral is OBJ
sorbed unwittingly, yet none the less
surely.
The story rs familiar of a grouehy
old bachelor who possesses an unac-
countable a~ntipathy for children, for
no logical reason except hat he
doesn't. He is In love with a charming
girl who will not marry him because
of his determination to have no chill
dren about, and consequently he is
miserable, and manages to bring al
those around him to the same state.
Consideration enters his lonely 90
abode in the form of a little child. left
by a brother. together with a goodly
sum of money, which latter will be his
If he win assume the care of the little
girl. His complete c~apitulation and
surrender, and the episodes attending
Herewith form the action OF the piece.
The end is inevitable, and quite as it
should be.
Mr.. Wilson brings to the role Of the
fussy bachelor all the freshness and
u~nstudied charm with which his per-
~sonality is enriched. and he creates
fun with as much evident enjoyment
as though il was the opening season
Of his play and not the third. He has
been wise enough to retain the original
excellent company, almost in its en-
tirety. chief of which in interest is
Baby Davis, who though becoming
gradually elongated as to limbs, is Just
as successful as eve in winning yhe
heart of her reluctant uncle, and i'll
cidentally of each and every one of the
audience. Miss Bruins was a charming
sweetheart, and the other members Of
the cast were altogether satisfactory.
The enthusiasm was so marked that
Mr.. Wilson vas forced to respond with