The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-25
AT THE PLAY.

Walter Brown, the author of
''Everywoman," died on the eve of his
first dress rehearsal, and never re-
allied, perhaps that he had written
the most interesting play of the CEN
tury-a symbolic production of high
interest and few Inconsistencies. The
music is by George Whitefield Chad
Wick, once director of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music, and COM
poser of ''Tabasco,' a comic opera of
some note The program simply
states, Henry w. Savage offers 'Ev-
erywoman.' The play is not CLASH
fled. 1t might be an opera or NOR
atty play-or both; it might be a
drama OF what is grossly termed a
Spectacular production
It's the story of Evedywoman, who
accompanied by Youth, Beauty and
Modesty, leaves her home in a garden
to search in the city for the King of
Love. Nobody, who has the prologue,
warns her. Nobody, by the way, fur
nishes all that is best and worst in
the performance; his character is
somewhat contradictory, but full of a
sharp wit and some rather subtle
irony. Truth, a witch, tries to dis
suade Everywoman from her quest,
but Flattery, who appears in her mir
ror, lures her away. She becomes a
metropolitan star, worshiped by all her
world of jewellers. In the theater
she has lost Modesty, but has made
friends with wealth and passion. Time,
the theater call boy, is also pursuing
her.
The third scene-there are five
shows a lavish banqueting room in
Everywoman's apartments. Beauty,
who has been dropping, dies. In a
mad spirit of recklessness Everywoman
gives herself to Wealth, who has re-
manned after the supper to entice
her. Some ambitious press agent de-
with each company of Everywoman-
a chef whose sole occupation is to ar
range for the banquet. Certain it is
that Greed devoured grapes with a
relish, and Everywoman's chatting dish
smoked invitingly.
New Years eve at midnight-that
was the fourth scene, showing the wild
riot of snowy New York holiday.
Everywoman. deserted by all but
Youth, cringeS in a corner while the
mad jewellers whirl by Youth is spent
by Time and Everywoman, spurned
by all, follows Truth back to the home
in the garden, where King Love is
waiting and Modesty knocks at the
door.
The characters were all excellent.
Adele Blood, who reads the strange
role of Everywoman, was understudy
to Jane Oaker, who created the part.
The play comes intact from New
York and had a long run in London,
where it was altered only by the elm
ination of Puff, a press agent. The
English don't understand American
journalism.
The play has some local interest,
not only because Miss Oaker has Wis
tied in Topeka, but because Marion
Bradbury, who has the part of Self,
whom everybody loves best in the
world" is Topekan. She is the
guest of her uncle William Bradbury,
1901 Topeka avenue. Miss Bradbury
was educated in Kansas, has been on
the stage only three years, and posed
as Self for the first time this season.
The audience liked the performance
last night The principals could not
have been better, and the details were
as perfect as one expects from a Saw
age production The piece should play
to capacity houses for the three re-
naming productions. Emily Colo
way has the part of Everywoman, in