Arizona republican., 1911-04-20
AUNT MARY" COAQUERS
 4 LARGE AUDIENCE FAMOUS COMEDIENNE BRINGS POPULAR PLAY TO THE
 ELKS Enthusiasm Greets Her Appearance, and Verdict is Unanimously
 -"Grcat"

IL Is seldom one meets q person
 TAo Can De Irut.IuIIy described III O4.e word For some undsual people d phrase lS necessary, Tor others d parooraph, ana as the quality O. tho lndlNluual decreases lAe iengIn OI the ueunluUn increases. II II Is ever | possiDle 10 paint persons inuivId- | uailty, character ana Whole person.
 anty m a sIngle word, everyone who
 saw Miss May Robson in The Re
 JuyenaJion oI Aunt Aary" last nIght
 at the ElAs theatre will be ready to admit that in her case the word
 would have to be-charming Miss i Robson Is charming, d delightful and ] vivaciOus comedIenne who carries 1 her art to the extreme of lightness
 without causing il to lose the i'm l pressiveness Of depth.
 | When The ReJuvenation of Aunt { Mary is to be discussed there is but one thing to do.-Forget the play, and talk about the actress who ere ated the role of the sweet ingenious,
 old New England lady,-who is not, | by the way, as interesting as Miss ' Robson herself in real, everyday life. | Miss Robson was the play, a state
 ment which may seem to cast reflec- | tion upon her support, but nothing | of the kind is intended. Every mem | Der of the cast was good, but it was the star who made the lines i sparkle, and it was for her appear anCe that the audience waited when | she was off the stage. In every act the burden of the comedy feil | to her, and she bore 1t off trium- phantly, fully equal to the demands of her eceedingly difficult part,-al-
 ways fresh and animated. Her merry spirit went out among .the audience. and her bright glances, in some strange manner, convinced the spec tators that for one evening they
 were to have the pleasure of seeing. in its full development, the rich art of an actress whose life was-strang- | est of all things exactly what it ought to be. and those who admired her | character work most, were not able
 to forget, or cease studying the wo- man underneath. for
 Miss Robson is a veteran of the stage. As the reporter climbed down stairs last night to interview her,-and he knew. after hiving seen her on the stage that
 Aunt Mary would not refuse him a moments conversation, - he met Jack" in the hall. Telling him his crrand, Jack" agreed instanter to arrange the interview. He opened his boyish throat and sang out-for all the world like the real Jack of i the play-"Mother', and a very sweet voice answered here. In a moment 1 the reporter was introduced to her, as she stood in her elaborate, old | fashioned gown, such gown as
 might have come from an old, old trunk after being laid away for a | hundred years in rose leaves.
 During the conversation that fol- | lowed il developed that Miss Robson was not Jacks" mother, or the mother of any of the other young scamps on the cast. But because l they loved her, and looked up to ] her and-just because they couldn't | help it-every man on the cast called her Mother" She liked to hear the word. and it might be safely ven
 tured.-more than that-it must be stated as fact that the so called | bad influences of the stage" are
 not to be found in any company in which May Robson is cast. Her per sonality drives out everything but art and goodness, and-perhaps this is one of the things that make her charming
 Looking brightly at the interviewer
 she said, You have a delightful au- dience. I like to play before them" IL was evident that she did for she looked happy. The applause of the audience, and their repeated curtain calls. meant a great deal to her. It