The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

tor discovers that ne mas weak neart,
puts him under treatment and in the
end wins the love of his patients mis-
tress.
+ Dr. Bristol wishes to announce his en-
gagement to the world, and Ethel, that
her former lover may not hear Of the
matter from others, breaks the news
personally with the result that the artist
dies Of heart, failure.
The wedded1 1ife of Ethel and Dr. Bris-
tol is disturbed by the wife of the dead
artist, who has been engaged as house
keeper. This woman deliberately sets
about sowing the seeds OF jealousy and
suspicion. The doctor discovers his
wifes infidelity and a suspicion that she
is yet playing double drives him from
the house. The curtain falls upon the
grieving wife who has paid THE Price, 1"
but hopes against hope that the doctor
will return.
Miss Ware, as a LorelI. the loved of
men, fails. She neither displays the
vivacity nor the voluptuousness that
inevitably grace the part. Harrison Hun
ter, as Dr. Bristol. supplies a much
wanted histrionic touch, and carries OF
what honors must be accorded the cast.
"The Wife Hunters"
Prettier girls. dancing, stage pictures,
costumes. and all that goes to make a
show glitter are seldom seen on Broad
way than those presented by Lew Fields
in The Wife Hunters" at the Herald
Square.
According TO the programme. Edgar
Allen Woolf wrote the text, while Messrs
Anatole Friedland and Malvin Franklin
composed the music. Neither book nor
music is remarkable for originality or
brilliancy. but as long as the dancers
Ind ha
the original, Of course-are allowed full
swing. Miss Carus scintillates in slang of
all possible descriptions. and Louis Simon
falls all over the stage, the audience ap-
plauds everything and calls for more.
There is supposed to be a story to the
play. A young man, who must find
wife in two hours, makes up to every
thing in sight. including the most un-
promising material Those who are too
awful he turns over to his valet, a part
played with an exuberance of comic
spirit by Louis Simon. What happens in
the end does not seem to matter much.
Miss Emma Carus, as one of the women
candidates, has the part of a coy young
thing whose slang never fails. Her ad-
vice to women concerning the dangers Of
taking on weight earns roars Of laughter.
In both acts there is dancing of more
than usual spirit by the uncommonIy
Hence by Mr.. Park and Miss Decker. Mr.
Ned Wayburn, with whom Mr. Fields
collaborated in the production of the
piece, deserves more than a passing word
Of credit for his part in Transforming the
Herald Square into a picture Of great
beauty.
"The Three Lights"
For any one who has attended the
manifold plays of alleged humor recent
ly staged in New York. to attempt to
administer justice to The Three
Lights" now Pickering dimly at the
Bijou. is an utter impossibility 1t may
judicial unfairness. that The Three
Lights" is billed as a comedy, and that
May Robson and Charles T. Dazey are
accused of its authorship
Aside from this comment we venture
to express our wonder over the deplor-
able lack of perspicacity that led Miss
Robson. a really cleve- actress, to ap-
pear in such a vehicle. THE Three
Lights" may conquer fields afar, and the
consensus of opinion Is that its success
will be in exact ratio to its distance
from Manhattan.
E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe have
opened a four weeks engagement at the
Manhattan Opera House with Mac
beth" AS a stellar attraction" these
great Shakespearean artists seem to be
and their return to New York affords
ample opportunity for the devotees of
the bard of Avon to steep themselves
in his work