Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

- osrF of the most interesting and
important offerings of the current
season have been reserved for the
II time of wear when the popular
fancy turns TO thoughts of out
door sport. A work of so much literary
importance as 1.-The Typhoon'' is worthy
of presentation under more advantageous
conditions. 1t is a remarkable study of
sociological, chronological and political IN
terests. 1t is the only drama of recent
years to extract thrill OF genuine IN
terest frcm a topic pertaining to interna-
tional relarions. Il is one Of the dramas
which undertake. to convey information
as well as to sfreuse interest. 1t is due
almost entirely to .Mr. Walker White
sides excellent acting that the emotional
appeal is not submerged by the close
ANALYSIS of the attitude of the Japanese
toward the more modern civilizations that
constitutes the real foundation Of the
plot.
The desire to utilize the appeal to pop
ular attention that the stage exercises
for the purposes of impressing thoughts
of practical Importance to the social
scheme Is always present in the mind
of the player who possesses ideals. Mrs.
Faske has made many productions whose
object was to reconcile serious thought
and public entertainment. THE High
way" may have been intended as an up
lift of some kind but its effect is de-
stroyed. as is usually the case with pur-
pose plays, by tisSeaeSsity of resorting
to customary methods oSlsholding sym
pathetic interest The feA~ipe Of 'The
Highway drifts from fr14sst Inclination
to a respected career entirely af>rsiI, and
is in no sense an example. either esti-
mable or horrible
A brand-new production at this time of
year is obviously in the nature of an ex-
pertinent with a view to securing ma
terial for next season. THE Love
Leash" with a remarkably good cast,
clever plot and an atmosphere of comedy
that glows with genial human sympathy,
neither boisterous nor satirical, was pre-
sented for the first time on any stage
Monday night by as badly scared a troupe
of PLAYERS as was ever assembled. Only
the superb poise due to individual ex-
perience among members of the cast pre-
vented the dialogue from drifting into in
over clearly and amazingiy. in spite of
glaring deficiencies in the most elemental
details of stage management, and THE
Love Leash" should be heard from again.
PLAYWRIGHT, BUT NO POLITICIAN.
Whether it be dramatic license or ig-
norance of conditions, Mr.. Sheldon mas
in THE High Road committed an OBJ
yious anacnronlsm. The play turns
largely upon the efforts Of wealthy
capaladst-puDlisner to force a candidate
for the PRESIDENCY to abstain from enorts
in behaII or woman workers. On the eve
of the presidential election. only three
or four days, IN iact, before the voting,
he springs q. surprise IN the form OIL
charges against the candidate involving
the iatters wiIe. A resoiuIlon is about
to be introduced in the SeiaA&e of the
United SlaleS, at his command for an
Investigation INTO the campaign funds OF
the candldate, and IN the last act most
dramauc situation Is AFFORDED by the cap
itaAisI'S enQeavor to get washington on
long distance IN order to direct the In
troducuon or the resolution the next day
while the candidates wife is debating
her own statement TO the press. Mr.. Snei-
don has entirely overlooked the fact that
never in the history Of the United States
has the Senate ban in session within a
few days Oh a presidential election. -
A REUNION PLANNED-The weeks
engagement of "Snobs'' will be sort Of
old nome week reunion for several MEM
bers OF the company. Aside from the
fact that Mr.. Camp will be the guest of
his cousin, Senator Sheppard during the
engagement, samuel w allack, the man.
aser, was born and bred IN this city and
is the brother OF the widow OF
Ha TX the
T.lanIc- Another member OF the COM
pany who was Tor years a resident OF
tins city is Charles A Shaw. VINO Will
be the acting manager OF the attraction
at the Academy. A number or parueS
and receptions nave been Planned for the
former residents of the city curing their
stay here. ana also for Mr.. Camp by ais
cousin, Senator Sheppard. VINO will en-
terrain several parties or his associates
and colleagues during the weeks engage
ment with theater parties.
AN EXCLUSIVE ALGERIAN.-Mme.
Faddma, the Algerian dancer with me
Garden of Alan," asserts that the free
dom American women are SO proud OF
does not compensate for the many add
vantages her own country offers OF course,
this heing her second year in America
she has become accustomed to American
ways, but freedom from conventionality
as Americans practice it, she abhors- Her
religious wants she finds are supplied by
one of the Arabs now with the company.
Services are held quite regularly. The
Arabs are deyout Mohammedans and be-
fore they would consent TO leave Moroc-
CO il was stipulated that a priest must
accompany them, and that freedom from
religious interference must be guaranteed
them. Again the Arabs with the COM
pany restrict their diet to a limited num-
Der of eatables. Lamb is the only meat
they care for Not SO with Faddma; she
has taken liking to chicken fried,
boiled or broiied- Her after-dinner COT
fee and the afternoon tea she consumes
comes from her own dear Morocco. When
FaddnA first came to America she missed
her Turkish pipe and tobacco more than
anything else, but that difficulty she has
overcome ny installing a pipe and bowl
in a corner of her living room, where she
contentedly puffs away and forgets the
many annoyances that free America Of
fers to foreigners whose method or life
differs SO much from their own
NEW LECTURER< Y THE FIELD
Mr. Hugh ODonnell, forffeTly business
manager of the Philadelphia Press. has
Just resigned to take up travel lecsuring.
| He leaves Philadelphia almost fmmedi-
ately 10 circumnavigate the Globe, and
he will spend the next six months In
touring Ireland. Palestine, the Balkan
states. the countries of the Mediter-
ranean Panama and Yellowstone Park.
He will probably be heard next SEASON
in a series of five lectures. Mr.. Don
capacity with the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
the Minneapolis Tribune. the Chicago
Record Herald, the Minneapolis Journal
and the Philadelphia Press. Associated