The Washington herald., 1912-06-18
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
THE BELAsco.

s'The Way 10 Win a woman"
That the lapse of years since the nrs
production Of Jerome K. Jerome's three
act comedy. The Way to Win
Woman" at the Lyceum Theater. New
York. by Daniel Frohman's permanen
stock company, has not been suficien
to dampen the theatergoer's interest II
the question propounded and answered II
the piece, was evidenced last night b.
the cordial reception accorded its pres
entation by the Butterfeld Players at the
Belasco Theater.
The story Of the play Is an appealing
one. II has to do with a common temp
tation, and therefore elicits the sympathy
/ OF the audience at the start.
A young English lawyer, Dick Halwarc
by name. has only himself to ofel
Madge Carruthers, a fashionable girl.
whose expensive tastes might make q
man OF large fortune hesitate. She
seorns his idea Of love in cottage,
declaring that she cannot marry a man
who has less than s50o.O00 a year
Shortly before her refusal Of his pro-
posal young Halward comes into posses
sion Of a large trust fund. left the young
adopted son Of Dan Graham, Halward' 8
chum, by the boys father. who had
died in Mexico. unknown to Archie Phil
brick, the son, or TO Dan Graham, his
adopted father.
With the trust money comes the ovsr-
whelming temptation OF rthe lawyers
life. Its retention means the winning Of
hadge. Giving II over to young Archie
Philbrick means the loss Of the girl for
ever. Halward yields to the temptation
to keep quiet about the money, and be-
comes known as the inheritor OF q large
fortune, and wins the consent OF the
girl, for whom he has sacrificed honor,
to become his wife
. II is not, however, until an accident
makes detection probability, and Hal
ward is about TO commit suicide, that
Madge learns the truth about the money
and sees that she has placed a false es-
innate upon the value Of gold. II Is not
until the man who loves her has suf-
fered the degradation Of confession that
she realizes that she loves him for him
self, loves him enough to forsake home,
friends, and a life Of luxury 10 90 with
him to new land to begin all over
again on a real and honest basis
In contrast to the serious love Of Dick
Halward and Madge Carruthers is the
irrepressible, joyous AFFAIR OF the heart
engaged in by young Archie Philbrick.
the adopted son OF Dan Graham, and
real heir to the fortune, and pretty lit
tie Enid Elthick, a guest OF the Car
ruthers, roles to which Everett Butter
field and Jessie Glendinning brought the
spirit Of youth, with all its charming.
II impractical. dreams
But II is the main love theme. with its
interlinking tragedy OF temptation, as
portrayed last night with dramatic in
tensity by Arthur Ritchie in the role OF
Dick Halward, and Jane Marbury as
Madge Carruthers that gripped the at
tention Of the Belasco audience.
Walter Wilson was assigned the role
OF Dan Graham, the self-appointed pro-
tector Of the welfare Of the orphan boy,
which he presented with sincere sym
pathy and absorbing earnestness, max
ing the part stand out forcibly.
As Duve, the travelling artist who was
instrumental in turning suspicion upon
Dick Halward. Charles Lane gave a dig
nified and satisfactory performance.
Frederick Forester as Valentine Car
valho, the wealthy suitor for the hand
OF Madge Carruthers; Nina Melville in
the part OF the girls worldly minded
mother; Pearl Havlin as a servant girl:
Holland Hudson as DR.. HaIward, and
E. P. Van Hise in a minor role complet-
ed the cast J. C MANI