The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
Acndcmy-"I.ndy Windcrmcrc's Fam
Hiiou-Binck.
toionini-N nude Vile.
Empirc-Mininturc Musical Comedy.
orphcnm--TnbIold AIusicni Comedy.
Little Observation-Disclosures



Having presented hrst In "A Wo-
mans Way" a comedy OF to-day. then.
IN The Dawn OF TO- MORROW" u
dream OF day 10 come. the Lucille
La Verne Company offered at tho
Academy of Music last night. IN Lady
Winderincres Fan q play OF yester
day.
i3u, Of = yesterday that st,l sparkles
and giitters. for, I'm spite OF IT'S un-
modern sol'loquies and the frequent
sttltedness Of its heavier moments,
oscar Wilde's play abounds in bright
epigramrnotic lines OF keenest satire.
often bitter. often cynical bat always
amusing. the product OF mind jhat
shonc like polished steel. though
twisted dcformed. distorted.
And. last night. it served to ecaiI
very happy yesterday. since it was
employed as a vehicle 10 bring back
before theatre going richmond in per
son one most warmly cherished in its
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Garter.
When the curtain rose disclosing
Miss Carter standing alone upon the
stage, greeting was extended 10 her
that must have warmed the very
cookies OF her heart. accustomed though
she must be to adulation. and. through
out the play she must have fel, the
wages of personal welcome that swept
up TO her from the friendly house
This, too. in spite OF a most trying
and unsympathet!c part. AS Lady Win
dcrmere. Miss Carter assumes the role
OF n very young very foolish married
the singing tongues that tell her
falsely OF her husbands indiscretions
determines to create a nice little single
standard of her very own. and rushes
off TO the apartments of one Lord Oar
linEton. who, for mis- part. bothers not
Ia,
and has already besought her to adopt
his unconventional ideas.
II VIII doubtless be remembered that
the object OF Lord Windermere's sun
posed attentions is, in reality. his wife's
mother, much more SHINING than sIuned
against who has been virtually black
mailing Windermcre into giving her
large sums OF money. a pretty bad
lot. but, when she learns that her
daughter has attempted to follow in her
own Footsteps she becomes again the
mother. and hurrying TO Darlington's
rooms, saves Lady Windermere by
sacrificing the shreds of her own repu-
tation.
This is the big scene OF the play. and
all the bieness. the sympathy, and the
opportunity lie in the part OF the
mother, AIRS. Erlynne. played by Lucille
La Verne. The daughter, Lady Win
dermere, has nothing TO do, save to
adopt meekly and tearfully the self
sacrificing plan of her mother
The rest OF the play Is largely com
edy, not of situation. hut of flashing
wit Time and again, lines that have
become quotations are tossed from
character to character. Feed the
brutes" How hard good women can
below weak bad men can be-" ~
can resist everything except tempta-
ton remind one that all familiar quo
tations arc not from the classics"
In
opportunity OF the season as the
Duchess OF Berwick. and seized il in
stantly. She played the part for
straight comedy. and made 1t stand out
conspicuously by reason of it's clever
conception and quick, clean perform
ance. Frederick Beane again proved
himself the versatile, easy, polished
actor. skilled and schooled by expc-
rience and training, in part that
would be lost or murdered by an in
competent man, that of Lord Augustus
playing it as artistcnlly as lie has
played every part that has been as
signed him this season. Pcrcival
Aylmer. the stage director, has so
much other work upon him, and, be-
sides. so thoroughly looked and moved
as one accustomed TO going out" that
he viii be forgiven having fumbled his
few lines.
The new recruit to the company.
Louise White said her Yes mamma
with an unvarying and charming dis
play OF beautiful white teeth, and re-
ceived her novitiate roses with n mod
esty that caused her bushes to appear
through her makeup. w. d. G.