The Washington times., 1912-04-02
Julia Murdock Predicts Big Success
For "a Romance of the Underworld"

TO practice, addresses the court and
tries to gain time In which TO help his
friend. Doris goes upon the witness
stand, and her testimony gains a respite
OF one week for her brother 1t Is ip
this court room scene that Mr. Arm
strong introduces his types, as pictur-
esque gathering of crooks as one
could get together in many days. Dur
ing the intervening time, before new
trial had, certain untrue evidence is
given the prisoner, and this gives them
another setback However, McDermott
reaches the conclusion that there must
mony that he and Richard stood on a
street corner on the day OF the sup
posed acceptance of the bribe. During
the progress of the second trial, thun:-
derstorm breaks over the city, and
plunges the court room In darkness.
Doris happens TO think of the state Of
the weather on the day when this al
legged conversation with O'Leary took
place, and suggests to McDermott that
the weather bureau be called up, with
the result that II Is discovered that
three inches of rain fell that day:
OF course, Richard is freed. o,Leary
and his gang are rushed to the Tombs
TO protect them from the angry demon
strations of the crowd in the court
room, and McDermott. whose love for
Doris has led him to superhuman ef-
forts, wins her hand.
Blinn Is Typical
Criminal Attorney.
Mr.. Bllnn plays the role of McDer-
mott, the newspaper reporter, who be-
came lawyer, In a manner that could
not be improved upon, from the time he
appears in the criminal court room
looking for his first case to the time
when, as an alert, clever, successful at
torney for the defense, he tears down
the tissue of intrigue that has been
built up about the victim, and clears
him of the charge of accepting a bribe
and saves him from term In the pen.
Miss Calvert, who plays the role of
Doris, the girl who believes in him.
feeling somehow that he is the only man
who can save her brother acts with
apparent unstudied naturalness and lack
of effort that lends force to the part.
She has n charming personality, and an
attractive voice. both of which are fac
tors in her success
Sharing honors with these two are
Ralph Theodore, as Martin, newspaper
man, and Norman Phillips, as Sleath,
another newspaper man. They are
regular reporters, and when this is said,
II means that these two gentlemen have
grasped the true note and have given
the public something II has never had
before-real, genuine newspaper report
ers-the only ones l have ever seen
reporter who does not adopt a brusque
walk, Jump about like supplejack, talk
a great ideal in very loud voice anu
whip out a note book in which he in
dustriously takes notes every few sec
onds. The real reporter never does any
of these things, and II the public had
nothing else to thank Mr.; Armstrong
for. debt is due him Tor giving us t"o
honest to-goodness reporters.
Several good character bits are given
by the others of the company, notably
those OF James A. Marcus, as Mike
OLeary. contractor and politician;
Jacob Lusk. as Slippery Jake" a con-
stitutional thief; Dago Annie his girl
played by Miss Elsie Berold; Judge
Dorth of the criminal court, By George
B. Miller; Leonard Ide, as Cummings,
third assistant district attorney: Dur
rell, a copper. played by Walter II;
Long: Podesta, by Ben ]. Piazza, and
Levita. his wife, by Anna Mcdonald;
Maggie, his wife. by r. J. Moye and
Luray Euntley: Charles Griffin, as a
dope f1end: Elsie Berold, us a shop
Inter; Herman Rowland. delicatessen
dealer. JULIA MURDOCh.
Tomorrow Miss Murdock will review
"OYer Night" now being produced at
the Belasco Theater.