Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

Nearer TO current interest WAS Ahe
Poor Little Rich Girl slightly suggest
Ing the fairy pan;omiIne greatly inau-
enced by such recent Great ons as Peter
Pan. and the curious French play. "A
Good Little Devil
And away up m the foreground; In adj
vance even Of advanced thought was
Rachel Crother's parental and corrective
comedy, Young Wisdom.
There has been an interesting cycle In
pIa making within cay recoiecti n Inc
problem play announced a social d.ncui-
~ II was the problem W thout solution
the declaration that there is soIneth ne
serious nd difficult to be WORKED out
The purpose pay followed. l. sought
20 propose remedies or az least TO pc NJ
gu tie fallac es and shams that must o.
abandoned before the problems could DC
inte..igent'y handled.
Now comes the play Of protest. which
assumes that the purposes have gene
awry and that popular thought has been
following swift ezra ic pace, without
reliable knowledge as TO It's destination.
II is a difficult task which Mss Crotb-
.rs assumes In YOU'VE Wisdom. FatTec
and mother are not interest ng In the en-
yironuent of the footlig.ts. whose ac-
cepted mission il is 10 gloss HE $ ouii
places with humorous veneer or 10 cover
~ RI atscuise the harsh outlines Of sor-
row and nisfor une with pathoS and 70
NANCE as wy covers the neglected ru n.
Father. and mother have lately become
-hs snort of the drama ways. The gray
vyirsed- Characters have with PIT ent Tor
bearance been ssrvipy as rantaioon ior
any clown or harlequin whose natural
gifts included a rhetorical sap-stick
s'Milestones" bade them back up and
make room for the rising genera lon. Ana
the n cture was Ia d TO resent. for the
rising generation IL trfns uNcn the
scene Is as da MY and graceful as Column
bine herseIf-even when forsaking the
studied PAGES Of the traditional dance t.
en- age in the tanCo or in barefoot ASST
ctsrn. IT pointed out boldly that the oil
people rad proved failures in mapping
cut courses tn assure happiness. II de
manded that TIE ycune he given turn
at the problem Of avert'n~ the domestic
disaprointr~ert which 'nsidiously leads
TO the problematic triangle.
Mites rro.he~s in her new comedy as
.,,rss .Sat the vcune peouIe are even
r,o-. ,eb,e 70 create havoc IN anplvi-g
,beo-tes Of hr-oan rapp'ness than their
alder. who have rsd at least passing
glimpse of the workings OF human event
=, g. an ,,ir-+'ce to seYnrre Wisdom"
az an en.a-'a'n-'e-t 10 discuss V IN 80
ssr.o-s a vein II vs. such sna-k''ng COM
edv nat " r~a~ he enaoved without re-
rard ~ its effort tn induce more con-
se-va.,ve ,sna % thouUht It's character
drawing IL enc The cast afford'np opnor-
tun,+,es FOR geographically co-npatent COM
ranv with Miss Fdith and Mss Mabel
Taraeerro In the two corsn'cuous femi-
nine roles II the satire stn~s. there Is
always the LAUGH 70 modify the smart IN
a wav that sho,,Id maize the piece enjoy
abe even 70 tho -,ost sensitive advocate
of Fvervth'ng-wh'ch- The ma" 10
not cvr'cai II on,v points ont that WIS
dom Ike so much else. may be the better
for little ripening
The o,d query ''Hnw old ia Anne?' has
been sunersedes The question now is
How old is Viola Dana?' 1.-THE Poor
hshed a. q thing OF jov and beauty that
any novel ines of comment must be
sought In connection With matters OF un-
important detail. Miss Dana Is neither
the infant prodigy that some considered
her nor the mature exponent OF Theatre
Illusion that even more complimentary ad
rnirers thought she must be. Miss Dana
IS seventeen years Of age.
One OF the most remarkable qualities %
The Poor little Rich Girl is It's consist
snce OF form. II also Is Protest Plav."
seeking to recall ReckIessness to tho
ideals OF the home The auditor who
cares to go beyond the charming whimsi-
caiities which at times glorify the de
sp,sed and neglected pun into thing OF
allegoricai beauty. may find peculiar In
terest In the fidelity with which the oper.
atoms OF child mind are represented In
addition TO this the snatches Of CONVEX
sation around the bedside. which intrude
into consciousness during delirium. are
reproduced with marvellous exactness
Only In one instance does this consistency
faltsr and at that. the instance Is one Of
the cleverest in the play. The plumber
who. finding himself possessed Of wealth
picks up the Society Bee when the moth.
er drops It, Is a fne satiricaI figure: too
good perhaps. to lose even though that
line OF highly developed thought would
not occur to a sick child trying to puzzle
its way through a maze OF colloquialisms.
u Is a trihing comment-but so much has
been said OF 1.-The Poor Little Rich Girl.
that there are onl tribes left on which "a
hang a passing observation.
PHILANDER JOHNSON
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gentlemen, with your KIND permission
Mr.. Price desires to add ess you:
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nit TO frankly expia n wha to a
pect. and what not to expect In The
Argyle Case which Mr.. HiEard Dras
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problem Of hygiene II does no, touc,
uron eugencs. which some Uniforms !
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