The Washington herald., 1912-11-12
THE BEIAsco.
.sLittIe Miss Brown"

.sLtttle Miss Brown"
II Wednesday had only been Thursday
all would have been well. Little Miss
Brown" would have met her fiance, and
there would be no tale to tell; but 1t
wasn't and she didn't, and hence Philip
Bartholomae's amusing three-act farce,
as presented at the Belasco last evening
by. william A. Brady and Philip Barthol-
omae, Inc.
Mr.. BarthoIomae, you remember, was
the young man who was responsible for
over Night" and in Little Miss
Brown" he has again been successful
in hitting the bulls-eye OF popular ap-
proval, possibly not quite SO squarely as
with his maiden effort, for Little Miss
Brown is as light and as inconsequenttal
bit of laugh melting situation and
dialogue spread over three-acts as can be
imagined, yet he hits II primarily be-
cause Of the irresponsible spirit OF youth
that runs rioting through the action
Combine youthful effervescence with
something a little different in plot, add
few portraits of people you know, and
like TO have fun with, the princely hotel
clerk for example-remember the funny
one with the voice and the red cap in
"Oyer Night" the one in Little Miss
Brown" is, IL anything. more amusing
make your various characters lines what
the audience likes to think Is typical, and
your situations laughable, IL impossible,
and YOU are bound TO bring forth good
entertainment This is what Mr.. Bar
tholomae has done in Little Miss
Brown.
Little Miss Brown" came to town late
one Wednesday night. OF course, the
poor dear little girl thought It was
Thursday when her fiance was to meet
her or she wouldn't have come. but hav-
ing arrived she just had to stay some
where, and none of the hotels would
take the little miss malone and at that
hour of the night-think of the rules.
The day clerk who was just then about
to depart might have lost his job But
the night clerk. he was large and fat
and easy, especially when prompted by
the telephone girl. Little Miss Brown
told him she was expecting her husband
And. OF course, the Sver-ready porter
mistood her for Mrs. Dennison. for
whom apartments had been reserved and
whose husband was expected. And there
you are.
Now. naturally, Mr.. Dennison arrives
on the scene. finds the charming little
miss occupying his apartments and tries
his best to get her out before his wife
gets in. which OF course, she does, and
again, there you are, or possibly II
might be better TO say there they were.
At that they didn't stay long. for
several other complications put in an
appearance consisting of a rich uncle
and aunt who Insisted that Little Miss
Brown was Mrs. Dennison, and the real
Mrs Dennison her mother. and the day
clerk. now turned house detective. who
was strongly OF the opinion that Little
Miss Brown was possessed OF much
jewelry that didn't belong TO her
And all of which made things merry
the third act and up to the
final curtain when Little Miss Brown
decided that it was about time for her
to find a little joy in life. and announced
a long term partnership. but not with
her late intended, he having proved a
fiasco as a finance.
To Madge Kennedy, clever young
woman whose forte is farce, go the
honors of the performance Suffice il
to say that Miss Kennedy'S Little Miss
Brown is even more effective than her
Mrs. Percy Darling of over Night
and those who enjoyed the latter will
know that this is fulsome praise. Ned
\. Sparks scores with a ludicrous per-
fOrmance as the Day Clerk. a superior
being with all the humorous attributes
OF an undertaker's assistant. and Will
lam Morris is an effective laugh producer
as Richard Dennison. Olive Harper
Thorne as Mrs. Dennison. Rae Bowden. |
who made a hit of a bit in the first
act as the telephone girl, Richard Taber, |
Elsie Hitz, and Tom Lemoner. the pOr-
ter. offer excellent support.