Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-14
BIG PRODUCTION OF CELEBRATED
MORALITY DRAMA GIVEN
AT THE oDEoN.
OPENING PERFORMANCE
GREETED sY BIG HOUSE
Practically Capacity Audience Wit.
nessss Play Monday Night, With
That's Masrane in Title RoIe-Edna
Porter in Same Role This Afternoon,
and Miss Masrane Again Tonight.

That love abides only thru truth
therefore must be one and inseparaple
that youth and beauty are but f1eetlns
shadows; that flattery deludes and en-
snares, and that love is not found In
wealth-these and many more are the
lessons taught in "Everywoman the
morality drama of the century, APP
pearing for the first time here at 1he
Odeon Monday night.
An audience that was practically
capacity witnessed the opening nlSht
performance, and was thoroughly sat
listed with the production.
An Artistic Performance.
A most artistic performance in every
way was gwen 10y the large compaE!
( that Henry W. Savage has put on the
road after long and successful runs IN
! the larger cities. That's MaSrane' d
most clever actress of reputation III
the east. heads the company in the
title role, and appeared in the rols al
the opening performance here. Edna
Porter occupied the same role at the
matinee performance this afternoon
and Miss Magrane VIII appear again
! tonight
Story Of "Everywoman.'
! Walter Browne. author of the NOD
/ crn morality play of ''IGver: woman.
gained his inspiration, no doubt, from
the old Elizabethean morality OF
! "Everyman, presented in this coun-
try a few seasons ago with Eolth
WINNIE Mathison IN the title role
! Early in its career the play Was
criticized ra Their Sharply on tiie
ground Of faulty construction ana ae-
fciencies from a literary standpoint l.
} The authors friends answered 'nis
! criticism with statement that INC
/ production was not written as Htei
| ary masterpiece, but for stage pitS
entation. One glaring misuse OF 'he
I kings English was noticeable IN 'iie
lines of Youth in the presentation last
night. vet the rough edges nave oeeh
/ taken off since the piece was orlslhans
nro6uced. The author never liVed TO
see the success of MS WORK. anu oieu
while the play was first being enacted
! in New York City.
Deals With Womankind.
womankind in general is the 'helne
{ around Which the alleSory is pui!l.
! ..F.yerywoman, the personi11cf'loil VI
wnn,ankind. is in quest for true ioNe'
and leaves her homo to mo her hii's'
She is warned by Nobody ana ruin
before she starts the quest, truth az
tempting to show her King Love Tue
First in her own home. But Every
woman will not listen. she mas seen
( Fiattery in her mirror, and ne mas
turned her head. Surrounded by her
three friends. Youth. Beauty. ana MOO
cstv F,verywoman decides TO seek Love
in the playhouses Of the big cites.
No1estv alone demun, Youth and
| Beautv persuading her that there Love
| will be found.
| Eyervwoman goes to New YORK ana
becomes a star. She meets Blum anu
Stuff. Wealth, Passion, and Wltless'
Age. Greed. Self. Vanity, and Vice she
is approached by Passion, whom she
mistakes for Love. Modesty, VINO mas
! forsaken her in the theater appears
and warns Der against PASSION anu
! not 10 mistake him for Love. Neatl"
DISCUSSES himself as Love, ana wants
to marry her, but insists that 1out"
and Beauty always remain with hei
1 Conscience, Eyerywoman' mana fhaio
en-, appears to Everywoman during hei
struggles. Beauty, worn out by dlssi-
patton, dies. Time comes in and leads
away Youth. and poor Everywoman is
left alone. without her old friends. she
again seeks Wealth, who spurns her
because she has lost Youth ana
Beauty, and before her eyes accepts
Vice. Truth appears on the scene. dis
guised as she was in the beginning, az
a witch and unfair to look upon
t.verywoman accepts her offers o.
charity, and Truth throws off hel
mask. showing her beauty. She takes
F,veryw oman back TO her own home
where King Love the First the son oi
Truth, has kept the long vigil during
Everywoman's absence, and is await
ing her return.