Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-05
Search of Blue Blouse in "The
Million ConyuIses Sfu-
bert Audience.

IVE the ShuDefl last nlSht, Nheh
THE Million" a farce in four
acts, from the French, by NJ NJ. Berr
and Gillemaud, presented by Henry
w. Savage, made its initial bow TO a
Newark audience. The capable players
composing the cast gave the series of
amusing incidents with such lightning
rapidity that the onlookers We're
! caught up in the wihrlwind of action
and had no time to inquire the why
and the wherefore. Events awaited no
mans pleasure, and he who permitted
his mind to wander from the footl gifts
for an instant was speedily informed
of the fact that h had missed some
thing by the Increased laughter Of his
neighbor.
This farce, even more han others Of
the same class, depends for it's exist
ence upon a succession of impossible
happenings. Each of these happenings
concerns an old blue working blouse,
the property of the sculptor. Ramon
Andrade. The finding of this blouse
becomes the chief aim in life of most
of the stage people, not because of any
intrinsic value of the coat. but because
snugly resting in one of the pockets, all
! unconscious of the commotion it is
causing, is a winning lottery ticket.
The search for the ticket begins soon
after its owner, Andrade, discovers
tina it has won the grand prize. The
telegram announcing the good fortune
is followed by q general w~reckage of
the studio furniture and furnishings
by the sculptor and mis- friends. When
the first hilarity of joy has spent itself
the question OF the whereabouts of the
ticket presents itself. Andrade remem-
bers placing it for safe-keeping in the
pocket of his working blouse and Bea-
trice Lind, a piano teacher, visiting
the studio, recalls at the same time
that she gave the blouse to q burglar
who, pursued into the studio by the
police, puts On the sculptor's working
blouse n cap as a disguise. AS he
made a hasty exit he assured Beatrice
should she ever need anything. !
even to a slice of the moon, she could
obtain it by calling for him at a GER
tain address on the Bowery.
With this clue Andrade and his
friends, Lorimer Walsh. a medical stu
dent, and Charles Burt, a reporter, on
promise of half the moun of the win
ming ticket to the finder. set out in
search of the blue blouse. They ar
rive at the Bowery address just after
the blouse is sold to an opera singer
and just in time for two of them to be
arrested by officers who. in search of
Beatrice's burglar, raid the shop.
Their next visit is to the home of
the purchaser of the blouse, FREDERICK
Donatelli. where they learn that the
blouse has bee mistaken by an ex-
pressman for his own property and
has vanished into the regions of trunks
n suit cases. Upon it's return by
the expressman, Beatrice, who has
come TO accompany the tenor, suggests
that her friends wait under the window
until she hrows the blouse out to
them. She succeeds insgetting it from
the singer and throws it out the win
dow, only to see 1t land in a passing
taxi. She and her friends give chase
to the machine to a roadhouse on Pei
ham road. Here, through the burglar,
who, disguised as a colored waiter. is
still pursuing the profession he so
dearly loves" the lottery ticket lie
restored to Reatrice.
Her sutton, AZ sculptor, is again
in possession 81 81 fcket without the
painful noces0iF 81 dividing with
either of his who, in their
eagerness to o. sired reward,
prove that - OF money is
stronger than Tia -. friendship.
Although the ca5t Uniformly good,
the principal honors must be divided
between Taylor Holmes, as Lorimer
Walsh, the medical student, n Will
lam Burress. as Frank Porter, alias
THE Baron" the noted criminal. The
medical student with the mean dis
position and the tongue that under
the strain of rvousne finds it i'm
possible to take the straight and mar
row path through the maze of Ian
guage never failed to get his round of
laughter. Mr.. Holiness performance
is of the finished variety that reaches
It's height in easy, spontaneous acting,
free from the least sign of effort. From
the rise to the fall of the curtain il
retains its uniform excellence.
William Burress's chief asset is his
ability to L DISCUSSES at a mo-
ment's notice and to take to himself
the mannerisms of the wig aud suit
of clothes he happens to be wearing
at any particular time. His versatility
in playing five distinct characters in
four short acts is a very clever phase
OF dramatic work. Paul Ker is a
typical italian opera singer, with a
tSlhPVi dlucut. IlS singing is q matter
of fact and not merely one of magma
ton.
Irene Fenwick as Beatrice Lind is as
winsome and charming a leading lady
as any that has pleased local theatre
goers this season. Her acting through
out the play is characterized by
naturalness and simplicity. Eugene
O'Brien is very good as Ramon An
drade, the sculptor, and EuIalia Jen-
sen equally so as Francesca Roversi.
the artists model.
If you enjoy farces you will be high
" entertained by THE Million" The
audience, which taxed the house to its