South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-15

NEW YORK. oct 15.-"Yees," re-
marked Richard earle, TO the stage
manager during one Of the rehear
sails Of The Doll Girl. I like my
part lpuff. puff very much-very
much (ouch.) indeed. But 1 do just
a little DIT loonD wish we were doing
II for tpardon me, till / get my breath)
the moving pictures. don't you know"
And why FOR the moving pictures ?"
QUeriCd the :. N.
Because" replied Mr. Garlic. when
murder is 10 be committed, for the
films. they substitute dummy for
the person who plays the part"
The bit of business TO which Mr.
earle so plainuveiy referred is a lead
ing feature of the musical comedy in
which earle and Hattie Williams are
featured. Miss Williams, a strong
and athletic young woman, seizeS the
attCntuated Garlic and throws him
around the stage for some five up
rOariOuS minutes. she slams him,
and bangs him, and thumps him, and
maUls him. Outside of vaudeville ac-
robatics, nothing quite like it is TO be
seen
The audience enjoys it immensely.
So does Miss Williams. 10 all appear
ances. As for Carle-you see him
which was taken during rehearsal
In the regular show, he takes off his
! glasses, puts them in a sheet iron case,
/ and Duts the case in his pocket. when
il is time for the man-handling to be-
gin. His air seems one of reslgna-
| ton. rather than joy.
One Of the most beautiful perform
| ances ever seen on any stage IS Arthur
Hopkins production of Longfellow's
! "Evangeline", at the Park theater.
AS Thomas W. Broadhurst has
shaped the famous poem, for stage
presentation ii takes the form OIL
series OF pictures portraylnS the NlclS-
STUDIES OF the Arcadian lovers, with
the LongfellOw text followed as close
~ as possible. Many thousand dol
! lars must have been spent on the
scenery and stage emects, which are
truly marvellous. Edna Goodrich has
the title role.
Local critics commented caustically
on the fact that Hopkins presents
'Evangeline as poetic spectacle
rather than d drama. hopkins has
issued a reply in which he alleges
| that the piece conforms to the new
standards of the drama in Europe,
and that il is the ignorance and pro-
vincialism of the critics, rather than
tie form OF his offering, which IS to
/ be lamented.
The newest odoriferOus play Is
Today, originally presented in Id
dish on the lower East Side a. style &.
George Broadhurst put IL into Eng
lish.
1t is the story of "a bankrupt nus
band. a fnery- loving wife, and an
apartment on Riverside drive, where
ladies' DESTROYS of picking up "A little
pin-moncy are summoned by tele-
phone when their presence IS desired
The husband. after losing ms
wealth. becomes agent for the build
ing in which this apartment Is located
He finds his wife'S photograph on a
table. suspects the hlrrlble truth, gets
the mistress of the apartment 10 SEM
for the guilty woman, and slranSles
her nearly to death. when she answers
the summons.
In the original Yiddish he strangled
her entirely To death, which really
would he more satisfactory, and would
add only a tribe TO the plays general
unpleasantncss.
George Scarborough, ex-secret ser
vice man. and author of The Lure >
wrote "Aat Bay, a melOdrama which
is TO be seen at the seth ST. theater
and which promises TO be a success.
! IL is commonly reported that Augustus
Thomas put il in shape, although
his name does not appear on the
program. The acting of Guy stand
| ms. Crystal Herne and the entire cast
does a lot for the play.