The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-19
PAUL GILMORE COMING
Popular Actor TO Present The Mummy
and the Hummips Bird in
Fargo Friday Night.

Minneapolis Tribune: The local
critics, who were complaining, not so
long ago, that Manager Scott was Of
fering nothing Of better calibre )r ar
tistic value than musical comedy in his
series Of attractions at the Metropoli-
tan this season, will have to rest on
their oars and sit back while they
admire such plays as The Mummy and
the Humming Bird. played by a pop
ular young romantic actor, are OF a
kind that Minneapolis playgoers sell
dom see. being of a somewhat delicate
fabric. 1t is to be hoped that plays
of such exceptional merit will attract
sufficient patronage to warrant more
Of them being secured by the manage
ment.
The audience at the opening per-
Torrance Of The Mummy and the
Humming Bird. last night, was very
appreoiative. Mr.. Gilmore proved his
right to his reputation, and Isaac Hen
derson's social drama was enthusiasts
tically received.
The play abounds in speeches that
are not only witty and full of epigram,
but furnish food for thought as we'll
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They are not merely helps to the ac-
ton or interpreters OF 1t. There are
mental problems to face in The Mum
my and the Humming Bird, and last
nights audience enjoyed following
Lady Lumley, the neglected, and Lord
Lumley, the unintending neglector,
through their solution Of these difficul-
ties. The story is a simple and we'll
defined one, and strikes an answering
chord in the experience or observation
VI everyone.
Lord Lumley, the scientist absorbed
In his studies. Is less at fault than
most men against whom the charge of
neglect is made. and more completely
submerged In his work than most. The
other elements are all average, but
each case must have some individual
points, to make it interesting and
real The wife Is an average woman
perhaps little below the average. She
has one tremendous outburst OF speech
and emotion, in which all her pent up
misery and her sense OF the injustice
of her position are expressed. The
speech is an admirable one, and Miss
Kathryn Hutchinson who plays Lady
Lumley, reads 1t with the overwhelrn-
ing hopelessness that best interprets
the woman.
The action of the play is logically
worked out, and has not many devel-
opments out of the ordinary, while
always possessing interest. The william
Is made to describe his own punish
menr, as in the days OF good Haroun
AL Raschid. A novel feature is the
dinner OF Lord Lunley and the stray
italian musician in the first act.
The code of signals developed be-
tween them delights the. audience at
every step and when Giuseppe finally
tells his tragic story by means Of signs
and his own Sicilian language, there
Is storm of delighted applause. The
part is admirably played by Paul Ter
hume. who combines the dramatic value
of it with restraint that must win adj
rniration. A bit Of melodrama Ii
brought in when Giuseppe makes
known to Lord Lumley the departure
OF his wife by means OF the siphon.
coin, water bottle, ETC., that stood for
various things in the feast OF the first
act
Paul Gilmore as the mummy" the
absorbed scientist, plays with discre-
tion, and never for a moment loses the
character OF the atmosphere OF 1t. One
must protest that he Ii far too good
looking to waste as a scientist, and
hopes that Alice continues to keep him
awake In that unknown period after