Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-16
AND MARYLAND GAZETTE

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of the young man of 'unimpeachahl,
character" was clever indeed. Mis-.
Steele looked particularly handsom,
in white broad cloth gown a la mode
with French touches of black. and tin,
black buttons. and large black pic
ture hat faced with velvet in Ameri.
can Beauty tints. Besides looking
handsome she acted well. Her non.
challant manner in dealing with the
young man who had tampered with
four hearts besides her own, was char.
acteristic of the Clever" girl who
had the dots land dashes, tool for
that matter. on him, and who had kept
notes and dates and Photographic
scenes that she dared fiaunt in his
face in defiance. as evidence of his
/ five-fold perfidy and falseness as a
/ love-maker. Miss Steele was grace
| ful. natural, easy and elegant and
| her part was admirably.
| But what of the one man in the
cast-Mr Eugene Iglehart. So much
has been said of Mr.. Iglehart's good
acting (for he has been seen in anna
teur theatricals many times) that
there remains little more to saw. He
is always good. He not only speaks
his lines "trippingly on the tongue. :"
but his acting is good and there is
always action when he is on the stage.
Mr.. Iglehart is one of the few male
amateurs who knows what to do with
his hands, and he is always at ease
before the footlights. His impersop-
alton of Harold Bentwell was excel
lent, and he won deserved applause.
The curtain raiser was great success
and prepared the way for the other
good plays to follow.
Following the curtain raiser, farce,
came the one-act play by Miss Gil
man, entitled Something to Vote
For. This was far more preten-
tious and the cast large one, includ-
ing many without speaking parts, of
the Just club women" The play tells
the story of women who were anti
suffragists and belonged to a club of
which Mrs. Carroll was president.
They were about to witness a test of
milk regulated by a Milk Trust, of
which one James Billings was presi-
dent. 1t seems that the Trust had
been selling different brand of milk
to the poor from that sold to the
rich, and profting thereby at the
sacrifice of poor babies lives.
A Suffragist--a woman doctor
from Colorado, knows of the scheme.
and when bottle of milk to be
tested is placed on the table she
substitutes the brand for the rich
for the brand for the poor, as sold
by the Milk Trust, and, at the same
time, marks in red ink 500 bill
which she gets the president of the
Trust to change for her. Develop
ments arise when the $10O bill is offer
ed as a bribe to the young inspector
(Lieut. J. A. CampbelD and he ac-
cepts it lust this once and the
money is a silent witness against the
president of the Milk Trust, whose
tested poor milk shows starch and
impurities. not to say dirt and germs.
The Woman Suffrage doctor, from
Colorado, convinces her audience of
political schemes, the schemer even
selling deleterious milk for his own
agrandizement, where, if women had
the votes as well as men, women
would look into these things and save
the babies lives. At points in the
play the acting was splendid and the
scene intense. Mrs. Redgrave, cast
as Mrs. Carroll, social leader and
president of the Anti-Suffrage mans
club, was superb her acting faultless.
She made every little gesture tell
and her impersonation of the charac-
ter showed studied effect.
Mrs. Theodore Woolsey johnson,
as the Doctor from Colorado, woman
suffragist, interested in pure milk,
held the mirror up to nature. She
was the typical business woman and
professional woman combined. Her
action at all times quick, careful and
clever, and her exchange of the milk
bottles and other little details showed
familiarity with stagecraft and minor
details that but few amateurs pos
sess. Mrs. Johnson was convincing
and she convinced others as to the
worthiness of the cause she represent
ed-Votes for Women-to protect
the babies and the mother as well.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson was the
handsome, stylish aud up-to-date sec
retary of the club. She was not seen
to take. many notes.. but she filled the
bill and was as pretty as a picture"
in her summer picture hat.
| Mrs. Gilbert F. Coleman, as cor
responding secretary of the club, was
fascinating and her acting was as
uusal, above criticism. She had a
small part, but made the most and
the very best of it.
As the "rich and impressive anti
Mrs. j. Shiles Crockett, wife of Dele
gate Crockett, of the Legislature.
filed all necessary requirements and
| with handsome stage presence and
elegant Costume, she made a pleas.
ing, impression and a favorable one.
doing the very best with only small
speaking part.
Cast as "Mrs. Marco" the little
woman from the poor district, Mrs.
Rosario de Munoz Morrison was mag.
nifcent. Indeed, Mrs. Morrison
made the hit of the evening. If the
prolonged applause at the close of her
part in the program is indicative of
the splendid impression she made
with the large audience. Clad in