Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
Miss BrowneIl and Mr.. Stork at
Shubert's-"Girl from Rec
. tors" at Newark.

Miss Mabel Brownell, the idol of the
| Orpheum Theatre for the past two
seasons, will star at the Shubert The
atre with her husband, Clifford Stork,
for four weeks beginning Saturday
afternoon, August 30. That the en-
gagement will appeal to theatre
goers is indicated in the advance
booking, which is of record nature.
Miss Brownell, who only returned
from Europe with her husband last
Tuesday, will be seen first in that
highly successful comedy, "Elevating
Husband" which by a singular CO.
incidence inaugurated the season at
the Newark Theatre last September.
In addition to the attraction offered
by her inimitable acting, there Is a
further feature of interest in the fact
that Miss Brownell will wear several
of the beautiful new gowns which she
has brought with her from Paris.
"Elevating a Husband" is the play
written by Miss Clara Lippman for
her husband, Louis Mann, which took
so well in New York that 1t outran its
stay at the Liberty, was transferred
to the Criterion and then continued
to draw crowded houses at the Grand
Opera House. 1t is a delightful do
subtle humor develops into something
approaching tragedy-a play to laugh
at, but at the same time a play that
will bring tears to many eyes.
Charles Sample is q young mer-
chant who has established three, five
and ten cent stores and is we'll on the
way to making fortune out of them.
At his boarding-h house he meets a
pretty music teacher far above his
intellectual level, falls in love with
her and marries her. The uncouth
manner of her husband Jars on the
wife and she determines to elevate
him" To that end she entertains a
hungry and impecunious pack of
sham literary folk, who find
amusement in deriding the husband
of whose hospitality they are par
taking While the so-called pol
ishing' is in progress the merchant
learns that Herbert Duncan, his
wife's rejected sutton, and VINO is
the manager of Samples stores, has
not only sought TO ALLEVIATE her af-
fections, but has actually lost his
employers capital by specializing
with it in Wall Street. Then the
worm turns. In scene of great
power Charles Sample banishes the
parasites from the house and then
himself leaves home. For two years
he stays away, then, having edu-
Gated himself by self-study, he re-
turns to the boarding house where he
first met his wife.
In a scene of tender reconciliation
both find happiness, and the end of
the play sees them about to begin
anew with what had been saved from
the wreck. The numberless admirers
of Miss Mabel Brownell may well
imagine how much this gifted actress
makes of the part of Charles Sam
pies wife. The portrayal will add
to an already enviable reputation.
| Clifford Storl1 will be seen in one of
those congenial roles which he al
ways handles with such finesse. In
cluded in a carefully selected cast
is another old Orpheum favorite in
Edward Van Sloan. And one more ia
vorite who will appear is Miss Flo
renee Burroughs. "Elevating Hus-
band" will run from August 30 to
september 6, and intending visitors
TO the Shubert Theatre will do well
to make sure of their seats.