Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-25
Love and Ambition Mixed
with Fun on Local Stages
"Neyer Say DE-" at Shubert's,
a Sure Cure for
Blues.
GOLFERS COUNTENANCE
AMAZES BY IT'S MOBILITY
Each Lineament Engenders
Laughter and Keeps Audi
ence in Roar.

William Collier, at the Shnbert
Theatre. presented his one-part farce,
"Never Say Die" last night. A large
and brilliant audience applauded the
star and regarded with indulgence
the efforts of the other personages
on the stage to amuse them. In the
case of Miss Paula MARI Mrs. Col
lIer this was not difficult. She was
charming and dainty, and If at
times she regarded her husband with
a very fair semblance of calm dis
dain, not at all disguised in her love-
ly eyes, it is not to be wondered at.
When the humorous actor surveys
those in the front" he must often
say to himself, What fools we NOR
tails bel" But when people go to see
a farce they expect to laugh, and to
find something at which to laugh.
Mr. Collier never disappoints his au-
dience. His methods, though they
are always the same. invariably ap-
near novel, because he has the spirit
of the true actor of whatever type,
and his whole heart is in his work
There is spontaneity in his humor
and skill in it's expression. Such adj
iuncts of the human kind as he per-
mits to grace the stage upon which
he acts serve only as foils to his own
role. however, and their presence Is
hardly more noticed than is the fur
niture of the scenes of his produc-
lion. The sincerity of his idiocy, the
foolish complacency OF his faclal
grimaces, present a picture at which
one must laugh from very surfelt
of contemptuous amusement. There
is also an ingenuity and novelty
bout the farces of Mr.. Collier that
make them of some intellectual value,
If they are not pictures of life they
are at least illustrative of some OF
The incidents of life, which lead one
sometimes to admit, as a wise man
said, that we are never as happy or
az unhappy as we suppose. Folly,
also, Is a great teacher of men, and
many a lesson has been taught under
the guise of a Jest that would never
otherwise have been learned. Men,
distressed, oppressed, never at rest,
will halt in their misery to listen to
the laughing philosopher when the
countenance of the sage would make
them turn away in pain and loath-
ing.
In Never Say Die the generous
conception of young millionaire
who would aid a friend by pursuing
a course supposed to end in the grave
for himself conveys an idea ennobling
to the mind, even though the method
of it's development be farcical and
exaggerated, and MIR. Collier knows
well how to add touches of unexpect-
ed light and human kindness to his
stage pictures.
The incident of his beautiful little
son Buster and his dog Herman Is
charming. The boy, it is plain to
see. is of the essence of the stage,
and as for his face, it might well
serve as a model for a Del Sarto.
Miss Leigh Wyant, as La Cigale,
was another attractive and piquant
incident in the farce, and Mr.. Nicho-
las Judels, as Verchesi, Dionysius
Woodbury's chef. acted his part in
spirited manner with a French ac-
cent that was a lesson in itself. II
one would laugh. the best advice
that can be given is, see Never Say
Die"