Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13

would-be murderers. as the burglar is
idealized in alias Jimmy Valentine.
Nor does the audience find itself in suffi-
cient sympathy with the crooked char
acters of 1.-The Greyhound" to regret. In
the last act that most of them meet with
their just reward. This is due to the
fact that the Poll Players pa nstak.ngly
present their parts.
If Mr.. Mark Kent in the title role, were
to be less repellent as confidence man
or if Miss Lolita Linthicum. as Deep Sea
Kitty, showed less of the. vicious char
acter. it is certain the moral sense of the
audience might be twisted. and some
members of it. in the glamour of the last
crooks whose lives are unfolded In the
course of their hunt for money might get
a little of it to repay them for the great
effort they put forth.
There is always a good deal of discus
sion about the propriety of plays dealing
with crooks which lack a moral. The
Greyhound will probably have it's share
Of that among the Poll audiences this
week. for certainly no moral is pointed.
The play is. instead picture of men and
women and manners and it serves the
principal purpose of all plays-it is en-
PERTAINING. There is a wealth of incident.
eliminating in a game of poker at the
end of the third act which places in the
hands of a poor young lover large sum
of money needed by him for the purpose
of following abroad the girl he loves and
whom he finally wins. Notwithstanding
the Vaccinations of the crooks and the
opposition of her mother.
This scene takes place in the smoking
room of one of the most famous of the
ocean liners, as do all the other scenes
except those of the first act. which is
laid in a boarding house in San Fran
cisco. The play is well staged. and one
unconsciously absorbs. in listening to it's
drift, the impression intended to be ere
ated of long distances far places and I'M
usual events.
Some Of the best work OF the evening
was done by Helen Tracy. as Mrs. FOs-
ter Allen of many millions. although the
principal female part fell to Miss Linthi-
cum as Deep Sea Kitty, and she took
every advantage of her splendid oppOrtu-
mites. Miss Jewel has little to do except in
the first act, and last night unfortunately
the audience chose to regard comic
the events leading to tragic scene.
Thurlow Bergen had more opportunity
than the leading lady. Miss Jewel. and
was effective. Frank Shannon, as CraW-
ford Alexander. alias Whispering Alec. a
! fOrger was very good, as was Thomas
Williams, as Pale, Face Kid, card sharp.
Academy.
| The Convict's Daughter at the
Academy Theater last evening after a
series of misadventures and disappoint-
ments. finally reached the happy end
| ing. to the apparent qualification of the
audience. The play, which is one Of that
| type of mc.odramas SO popular a few
years ago. lost nothing of it's original
| interest in the hands of the Academy
Stock Company.
| In order to get within his power a girl
! he loves and at the same time disgust
| her true lover. villain tells the girl
she is the daughter of an escaped convict
| who happens to be at her home. although
| he believes otherwise. As he knows
! the convict has escaped from prison. he
| holds him. too, in his power. The con-
| vict however, learns that he is really
4 the father of the girl, and when the
| schemer tries to win the girl by threat
ening to send her father back to prison
4 unless she marries him, the father
| of any crime. Later he makes a SEN
| sational escape, proves his innocence
ard the girl marries the man she loves.
| Fred Hand, as the convict, has the
! principal role and handles it in an eff
| cient manner. and James Blacaadder, in
/ the difficult portrayal of the VILLAIN, man.
| ages to get himself hated in the proper
manner Miss Grace Childers. as 1.-The
| girl lave a charming Characterization.
!, Edgar Murray. jr.. as Jack Warburton.
/ was good. Miss Rose Cameron. as a
| housemaid kept the audience laughing.
| Others in the cast all proved their ability.
Cosmos.
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