The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24
.....PLAYS At TIE THEATRES THIS WEEK..

I tains no problem. no Q~sst!on Of seq
! dominance. but 10 absolute In the purity
| OF its sentiment. the uplift OF its mora.
the poetry Of its romance. 4 genuine
man tAkes An interest In . simple g.T:.
lie anticipates her w1Sh 70 be ssns INTO
the world TO 90 educated. a2d IA Hn
great goodness a-ouses IN the ssart OF
, tho girl something greater snan mere
affection. an owe mastering love. In
fact, juno expects all aianS chat Hale
will marry her. and whom she expresses
the great love she oeass him, ana ne
tells he. he cannot think Of arrings.
poor little June imagines she isn't
good enough for him and. pitifuiiy dis
illusionect she sends for her father to
come aud take her away from the
school in which Hale has placed her.
June's return to the cabin in the noun
tain causes gossip. and when she re-
fuses to marry her Cousin Dave the
feud starts between the Faiins and
Tollivers. and a Falin kills a Tolliver.
Hale. who has started q reform
movement In the Gap. gets his police
together and comes to the lonesome
Pine to find the murderer. Young
Dave shoots at the policemen as they
come up the trail. hitting Hale's chum.
Berkeley. Hale goes TO June's cabin
10 find Dave. who has been concealed
by June In a bedroom June denies he
is in tho place, ana Serklcy. who has
been carried into the cabin suffe rims
from a gunshot wound. denies that
Dave Is the nan who shot him Hale
leaves the cabin. believing that he and
June are permanently estranged. The
following morning. Berkeley. who is
not seriously wounded. leaves the
cabin to fnta Hale. whom he encoun-
ters staining in the shadow Of the
Lonesome Pine. He halls June. who
comes out dressed as Jack Hale first
saw her. baresooted, and dressed in
homespun. The humor OF the situation
appeals to both. and they are drawn
together at tho foot OF the lonely tree.
where they sit and wait for the old
justice Of the peace to come and mar
~ them.
Miss Charlotte Walker plays the role
OF June. and she is well suited to por-
tray the most delightful stage char
acter We have had in a long time. She
is supported by an excellent company.
Henrietta Crosman. TAanksgivfng At
traction. l
Conjecture is rife as to where THE
Real Thing enters into the latest We
hicle which pre- eninently fits Henrietta
Crosman and in which delightful
comedy she will be seen at the Academy
Thursday and Friday. with matinee
Thursday.
Society need carry no smelling salts.
for there will not be a single recourse
to them save when the gentlest flash
of humor thrusts a witt!cism into it's
side. The anticipated suggestiveness
of title does not materialize. There
may be many conjectures just what
The Real Thing" in this sugar coated.
but not homeopathic. lesson play Of
Catherine Cushing's is. To that extent
she lives up to her announced unbelief
in stage lessons unless they be dis
guised in gaily covered coatings that
temper the dose
There are those who will lay an in
slant finger upon the elusive real thing
by declaring it is tho new woman"
which the play teachea Miss Crosman.
as the widow, appears as the real thing
in moderntty and breaches the philoso-
ply Of real thingness of her sister that
the latter may save TO herself the
companionship Of her husband This
philosophy IL that q woman can't ne
glect her mind, forget her face and
slight her figure for the tidineos Of
housekeeping and" eh1BAren raising and
keep pace in the comna1aderfe- with
man. ~ #.- 81. :
But even with this Interpretation Of
THE Real Thing will be noticed thai
Miss Crosman waves no harinS banner
nor carries no militant brief for the
emancipation OF women II oman
cipation 1t Is to be called. the widow
charges the forging to the wearers
OF the bonds. &c..
Kate. the widows" sister. VINO mar
ries Dick Grayson, was the tennis
champion OF Iinsboro. She had q
sweet soprano voice. swan, rooe. play
ed whist and read a. . girl, br1ae and
wife before the two babies came. She
abandoned all the charms tor which
Grayson had wooed her to beseow all
her time upon her homo and her child
rem. leaving her husbands recreation
hours TO the tender care OF . sixteen
year old pretty underUtudy.
The first kiss start0 the fireworks
The wife doesn't see II, but the widow
does. She doesn't preach. but tips a
warning to the self-de10ded sister.
She follows the order with advice. then
instructions, and finally commands
The wife becomes rs9eneraeed In dress
and mind. again becoming the compsn-
ION Of her husband and losing none Of
The qualities OF motherhoo1.
The regsnerated Kate 0rAyson I'M
doubtedly - the real thing In q wife
and mother Miss Croonan In the part
Of the widow sparklss WITH an e0er-
vescence which her numerous philo0o-
ply moraiizes that . wife must have.
- wife has got to do q lot" she
says IL she dont somebody else
WIN"
Lltsle TAe0Ave.
The old English costume picture
play. The Two Orphans. - the o0ering
a. the Little Theatre Monday. The
story Of the picture 10 too familiar 60
all to be rspsa4sd here end e 10
enough to say chat none Of the osaut'-