The Washington times., 1912-03-12

italian mother Of the child has changed
her mind and wants her baby back in
stanter.
Hustled on Trail
For Another Baby.
Poor old Jimmie is again hustled out on
the trail Of another one. He borrows half
Of pair Of the washerwomans twins,
and has just appeared on the scene with
IL when Harvey reappears with Baby
NO. l. There is but one eXplanat ton
twins! Subsequently the third baby,
brought, and Hardy is told that he is
the father of triplets The ctnspirators
explain that they wanted TO break 1t to
MIN gradually.
The arrival of the Italian mother Of
baby No. l and the Irish father OF
babies NO. and 3, and a couple OF
policemen, the latter of whom charge
Jimmie with kidnaping and baby farm
ing, and few other crimes, follows
The editice OF lies is upset, and poor
fiardy's only satisfaction is the re-
conciliatiOn with his wife, Ioie. She
being thoroughly cured of the habit Of
telling little white lies for no apparent
purpose, promises TO reform, and every
thinS ends happily.
In the hands of less accomplished
and charming actress than Miss Mar
eXcruciatingly funny plot and lines,
might have proved a failure. She Is
past mistress of the art of tincsse, and
manages to pass over the thin places
her, as the husband, is Ernest Glcndin-
ming. Walter Jones is the Jimmie
jerks, and Miss Agnes DcLaine is
Aggie, Jim's wife. The entire success
four capable people, to whom nothing
but the highest praise can be given.
There are nine people in the cast in
Guiding Miss Marie Falls, as Rosna
of the small red worm" as Zoie
calls the first infant to whom she be-
comes foster mother; Molly Haines, as
Maggie O'Flaherty, the washerwoman's
daughter; Jack Darlington and Sidney
Anderson as policemen, and Michael
O'Flahorty, as a father. Then, too,
there is the telephone, which one must
not forget, for 1t, too, plays a leading
part in the. farce of Baby Mine" so
important, in fact. that one wonders
sometimes what the author would have
done had the play been written before
the time that telephones were invented.
Production Staged
With Beautiful Effect.
The play is beautifully staged, espec-
ially acts two and three, showing Zoic's
boudoir. Zoic confesses early in the
play that she likes pink, and this bou-
dor carries out her declara ton 1t has
'iII pllIhSSl hdN H. anu TIE DlnkCSl sun
set and the pinkcst strawberry ice
cream and the pinkest crab apple orch
ard backed entirely off the map when
It comes to pinkness. Everything in
the room Is pink. Zoie's negliSee, worn
over pink lingerie, the bed is adorned
with a pink bow of huge dimensions,
the baby's cradle is pink, the shades on
the candles are pink, the carpet, cur
tains. chairs, tables, dressing cases,
cushions, rugs, comforts and even the
sheets on the bed are pink, serving to
set off the Dresden china beauty of
Miss Clark to perfection.
As q delightful close to an evening of
thorough enjoyment is the program
presented by the Russian dancers. NJ
Mikail Mdrdkin, Mile. Lydia Lopou-
koWa, and Mile. Bronislowa Pajitzkaia,
present six numbers, including the
3acchanale, by GlauZinOw, the famed
Bow and Arrow dance. in which Mord-
kin is seen alone; the Polka &ylophonc,
and Anitra's dance. from the Peer Gynt
suite. JULIA MURDOCH.
Tomorrow Miss Murdoch will review
"Rebecca of Sunnyhrook Farm" which
is being played in the New National.