Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-26
BelascO.

An audience that taxed the capacity
of the Belasco Theater and included
members of the first family in the land
last night found "Pomander Walk a
delightful and enhancing place IN
which to sojouTn for an eveninG-ih
fact il seemed to wish that the Visit
might he prolonged indefinitely me
dwellcrs of ia : i'm the five little houses
that fill up the length of that crescent
shaped. typically quaint niue EhS
lish street in suburb OF LONDON OUT
Chiswick way" were 50 interesting De
cause of their quaint fOibles. their
aristocratic memories. their petty and
amusing jealousies and their romances.
past and present that every one even
the audience. was richtfully jealous Oh
the "neiGhborhocd visitor.
The designation of ''Pomander walk
in the program as "a comedy makes
one who has seen Louis y. Parker s
latest stage gem search for another
and more expressive word 10 describe
''Pomandcr Walk" with its quiet hunoF
and its amusing characters.
There is but little of fun uproarious IN
this cornedy-fantasy. hut there * arnuse-
ment that makes eyes twinkle ana Iiis
the heart with satisfied enjoyment an
through the quantity unusual situations
the clever dialogue Of high literary merit
and the varied characterizations. In It's
picture il is reminiscent of that delight
full novel Crawford
..Pom3 nder Walk is a portrait. rather
than n play OF course. there is plot
of the romantic type that keeps up the
interest without dema ndinS close atteh-
ton But it is the picture of contented
life when the costumes were of pleasing
oddity and the manners were even more
whimsical, as shown in ii little neiShbor-
hood OF five households. where memories
of past triumphS. of fights under NeiSoh
and of tcastS to the ''P and w mean
ing tho Prince OF WaleS-relieVcd the
monotonv OF life unGev the elm. and OF
watching tho 'eycsOrc' fishing in Inc
neighboTing Thames
Every one of the dwcllcrs in 'PomandCr
Walk possesses delightfully."- interest
ing personality, and the few who came
TO visit them added to the picturesque
ness of the types and the lie AuHrdi
Sir Peter AntrobUs was made by George
Giddens a ChivalrouS and Yet hlsh-teni-
pered old salt who dominated the Walk.
and whose vocabulary was humorouSlH
punctuated by such sea slang as BnSteI
nv paint" I.ennoX Pawle, as Jerome
Brooke Hoskyn, who in the eyes of the
walk dined out every evening. but VINO IN
reality served at dinners out every even
ing was most ludcrous in his pompous-
ness.
Sayle and Marjolaine Lachesnats, Edgar
Kent and Dorothy Parker were delight
fully refreshing Miss Parker played her
part so naively and with such freedom
from studled nlanHtiiSiiio t'io' "'o
admiration of her audience quite as tl-
fectiVeIv as she Won the heart OF the
dashing Young lover Cynthia Brooke gave
to the role of Nine. Lucie lachesnaiS
much matronly grace and charm
In fact. the whole company of EnSnsh
PLAYERS is so capable that there was not
a mar to the entire performance 1t was
a quaint conception of the author-the
'eyesore'' who became so pltiful a
spectacle fishing and fishing with mar!
a catch. that the hearts o. the audience
leaped with joy when the squirming flsh
at the end of his line seemed to pro-
nounce benediction on the happy culmi-
nations of the romanceS.