Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-26
Laughter in Its Jolliest
Mood at Local Theatres
Fun Lets Itself Loose at Shu-
bert's in Little Miss
Brown"
SWEETNESS PERSONIFIED;
THAT'S MADGE KENNEDY
She Leaps Into the Hlarts of
All and Stays There to
the End.

!
Dull care had no place in the Shu.
bert Theatre last night when 'little
Miss Brown" arrived in town, fol
she quickly dispelled all gloom, turn
ing grouchiness into laughter.
Little Miss Brown" will remain
at the Shubert during the entire
week, and if the performance of last
night can be taken as criterion the
theatre will be crowded, laughing
applauding scene of mirth and hap
| piness.
But a few times during the entire
play was there occasion for anything
but mirth, and in those scenes OF
love and despair the large audiences
sympathy crossed the footlights to
the little girl whose journey to the
home town of her f1ance ended with
all but pleasure.
Her Life n Round of Troubles.
Getting into trouble seemed to be
the misfortune of Little Miss Brown.
as played by Miss Madge Kennedy.
and from the moment of her arrival
at the hotel office until the final cur
tain trouble" was the by-word.
Her winsomeness won for Miss Ken
nedy the heart of the audience be-
fore she had spoken a word. and
that the play would meet with the
approval of the theatregoers of this
city was evident.
The piece is from the pen of Philip
Bartholomae, author of "Over Night,
but In his latest offering Mr.. Barthol-
omae has outdone his former success
and established himself as one of the
leading playwrights of the farce
comedy type.
Turning back to Little Miss
Brown" whose greeting by the day
clerk and house detective was any
thing but pleasant, she being refused
a room when she arrives at the noe
turnal hour and tells Of the theft of
her handbag with her money.
She Is Suspected by the Clerk.
Suspicion is uppermost in the
clerks mind, and as one of the other
hotels of the town had suffered heav-
lily from a scandal he was bent upon
saving his job and the reputation
of the hostelry by which he was en-
ployed.
Downcast by her failure to secure
a place to sleep during the night
until she can call her flance on the
phone in the morning, Little Miss
Brown goes to corner seat In the
hotel office, and there is met by the
'hello" girl, who tells her to wait
until the night clerk is on and then
tell him she expects her husband in
the morning.
A Mr.. Dennison has engaged the
parlor suite for himself and wife, and
Mrs. Dennison is expected first.
When the night clerk comes on duty
Little Miss Brown approaches him
and is mistaken for Mrs. Dennison.
Too tired to explain, she permits the
mistake to go unexplained and Is es-
corted to the apartments Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennison.
And Then Fun Breaks Loose.
Shortly after Mr.. Dennison arrives,
and from then on the trials and
Of Little Miss Brown are a
continuous round OF cares until the
of Robert Mason clGlrs
the name of the little lady and
dart finds a target in her
heart and the heart of the man who
believed in her when her fiance
doubted her.
The cast, in its entirely, is excep-
clever, and to select any one
for especial merit would be difficult
task. Miss Kennedy, as Little Miss
Brown, was sweetness personified,
and quickly won a warm spot IN the
hearts of all present.
The performance Of last night was
a benefit for the Jewish Sisterhood
an organization established to finance
the Day Nursery. About dozen
misses acted as
flower girls and over $500 was real
zad nv the performance.