The evening world., 1911-12-13
AND OUT
OF THE
THEATRES
By CHARLES

nY her nns work in Mixed Mar
nege." not to mention other things
che has done. Miss Sara AIlgood
eAooy groves herself the queen Of the
tMGA Players. As Mrs. ,Rainey. the
W1eo Old woman Of the people uttering
~ ample philosophy that Is yet 80 pro-
f0and IN expression of life. this actress
maAss the present performance at Max
me ED'ott's Theatre an artistic treat.
Archuf Jinclair Is equally ilfelike "a
NE bisoted husband who. enraged upon
hnding that his son IL determined to
marry . Catholic girl. withdraws the
influence ne had exerted to keep peace
betv cen Catholic and Protestant work.
meo In Q bitter strike. The riot that
fenows II laid at his door, which. IN
fact y bombarded with sticks and
steaeA But he holds Nora responsible.
because she has refused to give up
stthsr his son or her religion. and when
the gtfl sfeps outside and 10 killed By q
SNy shot he still mumblss obstnately.
II know I was right"
Much more wonderfully drawn. how
ever. and far moro human 10 the old
We. In her the author. st. John q.
vine. has created q real character.
VA I Mrs. Rainey says about men and
o = NC happiness and religion and
life In general must be heard to be ap-
Drsciated. and above oil heard from tbs
lips Of Miss Ailgood. who plays this
homeiy peacemaker with poignant sim
plidty. Experience has taught the
patient old woman that men must be
treated - children. m she turns aside
every harsh argument with q soft
word usually one that 10 mellow with
humor.
All differences. religious or otherwise.
mean very little TO her. There's some
people % different from each other that
they never find It out" Her husband
hsars this. but II Is lost upon him. He
doesn't realize that she has devoted
her life to the thankless job OF taking
care Of him.. He sees her constantly al
work, only to reflect IT'S a queer. easy
time women have darning socks. It's a
pastime for you"
The violent ending Of the play would
seem less forced II the old man instead
Of the girl were shot. But this Is a
small matter compared with the broad
human quality and the natural humor
ot mixed Marriage" And when alls
said aud done It must be confessed that
Miss Cathieen Nesbitt. who plays Nora
charmingiy. may in every sense be con-
adered . beautiful sacrifice.
WITH the spotlight beating hercsly
w upon her. Nine. Mella Mars. al
most rs short as her song-stories
aod with her black hair dashing down
from one side to meet q raised eye
brow. stands out as a rather curious
hgurs II the Winter Garden. II this
Interesting little woman from Vienna
seems less at home han the adaptable
CAIN in the big Gus at Fiftieth street.
she at any rate demonstrates that she
10 a. artist along the lines made famil-
lar here . long time ago by Yvette
Guilbert. Her husband. Bella Laszky.
who has set to music the poems that
make UP the brief programme. sits at
the plano almost like q craven image.
but Nine. Mars Is thoroughly alive TO
the dramatic possibilities OF the differ
ent numbers. one Of which Is In Ger
man. Both in face and voice she Is
capable Of a wide range Of expression.
But In spite OF the novelty Of her per-
formance 1t Is seriously to be doubted
whether the Winter Garden Is the
proper place for her.
n LITTLE German may be q dan
~ gerous thing in other places
than the Winter Garden, as this
note from Charles Nirdllnger. author Of
Tho First Lady in the Land" goes to
show: please Lea me tell you that
Dolly does not tell the Dutch Minister'S
wife hat she looks out of sight. What
Dolly says Is that her gown Is
ausgezeichend. / see. OF course. how In
distinct utterance might confuse the
hearer. But won't you kindly free me
Of the charge of using twentieth century
slang in an eighteenth century playT"
With all due apology, I'm tempted to
ask Mr.. Nirdlinger why he does not say
"a nineteenth century play? Jefferson,
as he must know. was President from
1901 to 1909.
r ENABLE himself to attend the New
York performance of a we'll
known farce which was doubtful.
NHurI08 rTOIlHldH u season or SO ago
sent three we'll known theatrical mana
gers to Its performance with the request
that each visit him separately after
ward with a verdict upon the enter
tanning qualities Of the play. Said one
manager: ITS he funniest farce I've
ever seen. l never laughed so much
in my nfe." What Is It all about?''
asked Mr.. Frohman. Well. you know
was the answer. 'it's Just a farce. but
it's swfuily funny" Said tho second
manager: ITS q scream. l nearly fell
out OF my seat" Then tell me some,
thing funny in IT, asked Mr.. Frohman.
"Oh, well. ! can't do that. but It's a
very funny farce" Said the third man.
ascr: IT ache from laughing. Really.
nearly died" what made you
laughf" said Mr.. Frohman. "oh. it's
so funny, you know" was the only an
swAr II don't know. l Just laughed
An RIGHT; here o all are" concluded
Mt. Frohman. This Is what l think.
1t isn't q good farce because not one
Of you car tell me why I should see
It.. It's only tho play that causes laugh
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