Evening star., 1912-11-12
Belasco.

| After an evening of genuine enjoyment.
/ N which laughter is asked 20 supply the
| place of thought and in which admira-
| ton replaces the propensity to solve
problems. there will be man. who will be
cstified in the belief that Philip Barthol-
mae who will be remembered for his
cHghtful play, over Night has solved
le problem Of creating genuine Amer
an farce. free from suggestion At the
.,elasco Theater. yesterday evening.
Little Miss Brown kept an unusually
large and representative audience laugh
| ing for more than two hours. Further
more, the women entered as heartily into
effort to conceal 1t. for it was pure.
| wholesome blend of genuine laugh-mak-
| ing comedy splendidly presented by
competent cast that created it.
1t all had to do with a demure Dut
frank little Miss Brown, who took a rail-
way journey to meet her fance and
failed. because she was careless in the
use of the word tomorrow" in her tele-
gram apprising him Of her arrival Sne
| had many troubles, none of them of her
own seeking. and yet some of which put
| her in a sad plight. She could be naive
or frank; she could laugh or cry, or do
almost anything demure. sweet.
thoughtless girl might be expected to do.
she discovered her fiance did not love
her, because love means trust, respect
and understanding" she knew how to tell
him so with a culver in her voice and to
surrender her engagement ring.
To the title role Miss Madge Kennedy
brought every requirement. In addition
to personal charm and beauty she was
the reflex Of what the author of the play
| most needed to properly tell its story.
and she was assisted In her task by four
teen players. every one of whom seemed
to know precisely what should be said
and done in the roles they impersonated.
There was the grouchy day clerk of the
| hotel, who refused to receive Miss Brown,
although 1t was late at night, because she
was alone and chiefly because ) cents rep
| resented the sum total of her wealth. her
| satchel having been stolen at the station
Tom Lemonier. the knowing hotel porter.
who not even once overstepped the bounds
| in an effort at funmaking: Miss Rae
| Bowden. the telephone girl of a type that
| rang true, even X 1t was bit slangy at
! times; Miss Terese Deasle, the aunt of
Mr.. Dennison; Charles Stanley. her hus-
band. who wanted to see his nephew love
| his wife and kiss her in public, even
when she wasn't there: Douglas Joss.
the fresh bellboy, and Sidney Macy, the
| fat, unsuspicious night clerk.
And then there was Miss Elsie Hitz.
! the demure daughter of the hotel pro-
prietor, who had a way of saying good
n-i-g-h-t'' without going. especially to
young Philip Dennison. cleverly portray
ed by Richard Taber. who knew how to
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even with the most tirnid and proper OF
young maidens. Miss Olive Harper
Thorne made good Mrs. Dennison. who
did not like 1.-The looks of things and
| thought of divorce: George Paunccfort.
her lawyer. was adequate In that as well
as in the role of the suspicious fiance. and
John Bowers, as the husbands lawyer,
satisfactorily trusted little Miss Brown
until his faith in her finally enmeshed
him with the melody of Mendelssohn $
ndd Mo-. h,,% f.v,I4 n
efficient in the role of the husband with
lot of trouble on his hands through
no fault of his own, was that sterling
| player William Morris. Three acts of five
scenes are needed to present, the laugh,
| able situations. but there isn't dull
moment in any of them.
Chase's.
"And They Lived Happy Ever After
| a travesty on word-values, is providing
Chase's with more than it's fair share of
| fun In this literally novel farce the
characters of manuscript take form
and construe the plot with wooden
| exactness that contrasts hilariously with
the high-fown effusions of the author
who sits at table and reads his story
aloud. f--descriptive moon acts with a
levity calculated to surprise the weather
UuIcs.u, TIE Nlilu Whistles rag tlne ana
a lamp goes out-through the door. Con-
rad Cantzen, as the self-fanous author:
| Clay Clement, jr., most rema rka BILE
| hero: Helen Du Bois. dear old
| MOTHER who looks young enough to be
her own child; Frances Shannon, whose
! loveliness proves fatal to all concerned.
and James Mace as a scoundrel who
stands around stolidly and lets the hero
do all his "scoundreling' for him until
| the stage looks like a morgue, make up
| the cast of one of the cleverest and fun.
n1est bits of nonsense in the annals Of
vaudeville.
| The Clairmonts did astonishing things
on ladder in midair, Closing with a
wheellike evolution in which each per-
!. former stood on his head. Harry Devine
and Belle Williams worked ambitiously
| to please in. 1.-THE Salesman and the
/! Drummer" and Nick Hufford and Dell
Chain captured recalls for their clever
| absurdity, THE 'Cullud' Parson and the
| Minister Man."
| Theodore Bendix and his symphony
players. Messrs. Michel Bernstein, jacques
Shore and Arthur Bernstein, presented a
program of classic excellence in which
| the works of eminent composers were in
terSpersed with pOtpOurri Of Irish melo-
| dies arranged by Mr.. Bendix. who pre-
| sided at the piano. A concerted rendi-
ton of my Rosary" was given in response
to final demand for an encore Harry
| Linton and Anita Laurence shared their
merrimeat with the audience in a skit
called "The Piano Store" which intro
duced realistic rainstorm. and Frank
Coombs and Ernest Aldwell, who have
splendid voices. sang solos and duets
that ranged from jubilant ragtime to
| Silver Threads Among the Gold" The
animated weekly showed current events
of the worlds week. and the pipe organ
recital entertained, as usual, during in
termission.