The Washington times., 1913-10-30
PEG 0 MY HEART"
COMING TO BELASCO
J. Hartley Manners Comedy of
Youth Is Attraction for
Next Week.

Peg O. My Heart" is to be next
weeks offering in the BeIasco Theater.
with nle usual matinees. This J. Hart
ley Manners comedy of youth will be
seen, with Laurette Taylor in the ador-
able role of peg" and with a metro
politan cast.
prises and delights of the last two sea-
sons. Tried out in the West originally
| by Oliver MorSco, everyone predicted
1or ii 4 brief run when it saw the light
of Broadway, but for once they were
mistaken.
The lines OF the play are bright. the
plot is engrossing, and the chief char
Gcter. Peg, is the sweetest little bit Of
naive humanity that ever reached cir
cumspect old England via the Irish
route, interrupted with brief stay in
New York.
Peg isn't like any other chara cter on
the stage. She has the brightness and
wit of the Irish, with heart as tender
as her tongue is sharp. She is a wise
little person, too, and she has a keen
capacity for pain. which she is too
plucky to show, only to those who un-
uerstand and like her, and at first
such friends are few. To Jerry, her
comrade, she tells more than to all the
rest, not knowing that Jerry is lord
of high degree. She is snubbed and
sighted. she is ridicuIed and scolded.
but, with il all. she holds her own,
never letting her proud lip culver or
her bright eyes grow dim, at least not
when those who illtreat her are near.
There is love story of sweet sim
plcity, but il is the character of Peg.
with her naive sayings, her keen wit
and humor. and above all the clean
illness of the entire performance, that
has made the piece SO successful.
The east embraces Miss Elsa Ryan,
Henry Stanford, Mrs. Fanny Addison
Pitt, Gilbert Douglas, Lillian Keller:
Frank Burbeck, Lewis Broughton and
Vida Mari Moore.
Miss May Robson will come to the
Columbia Theater with a new comedy,
Mrs. Mat Plummer," by James Forbes,
beginning Monday next, with a popular
matinee Saturday.
Miss Robson has proved a genius for
the expression of humor and eccentric
ity, through her characterization Of an
old mother who, all her life, has been
accustomed to country ways. On going
to New York city to live, she discards
her old-fashioned ways and ill-fitting
clothes. that she may appear to the
best advantage for the sake of her dear
ly beloved son. The old lady laughing
ly submits herself to many tortures,
which are excruciatingly funny to the
audience.
The play contains clean. wholesome.
and legitimate humor well within the
natural tendencies of an eccentric actress
to portray.
Miss Robson is well known here for
her splendid work in The Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary" and "A Night Out" In
her cast for this season will be recog- |
nized some old-time favorites. Paul
Decker, Lewis Parmenter, Hamilton
Christy, Walter Turner, Roy Zabriskie, !
Eddie Leaman, Evelyn Warden, Rosa /
mond Carpenter. Edith Conrad, Geral- |
dine Griffith, and others.
All the world loves a thrilling detec- I,
tive story, whether between book covers |
or upon the stage. Robert Hilliard, !
appearing at the National next week, |
has stirring detective play in THE !
Argyle Case" In its writing Harriet !
Ford and Harvey J. Higgins had the |
cooperation of Detective William ]. !,
Burns. His own methods of criminal |
We're followed in solving !
the twin mysteries that are the founda- I,
ton of an intricate and suspense-com- !
pelling plot.
Mr.. Hilliard. who has given many |
clean-cut and graphic characterize !
tions to the stage. reveals his skill I
from new angle, as Asche Kayton, a ,
fascinating and consistent type of |
American detective. quite different |
from the fantastic French and English |
detectives of fiction. He is not a po- !
liceman- but a scientific investigator |
of the Burns type, without any attempt |
to show the Burns personality. Nor are
the incidents of the play those of any !:
actual Burns cases. They are worked /