New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-16

RV ACTON DAVIES.

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By ACTIN uAN lL9'
aTbe Elder SON 10y Lucienne Ne
liz vas originally produced IN raLls
snioyed a long run. the reason
~ 4 not hard 90 see even Sl'er ohC
~ watched the Interpretation OF II
.5;,h was offered az The fIa&houSe
-, richt Il Is as essentially French
;,s stmosphprC and pom; OF view as
p.,rre Volts "Thc Secret Of Pollcni-
..nsp which. owing 20 Mr.. James n,
aseketts good sense, was produceG
80 in IFS French setting tt'eriy
nike as these TWO plays are theE Sug
rsseeach other ir one respect a. leeS t.
Eeh deals win me me o. Wy gu, III
rith al its jars ana SoIQpIlya'i'itlS, S,1
5sals With 1t entirety IRON a. 80
,aiat Of view. Last hlgh' IL was a''Su
(, an English companE ana not .!
~ means a good English compah! AZ
s1t. II there is one country on t3S
hs Of the earth that ihe iraglIS ll''ic
pnpiIesiions eI lils gel.Sa.S PIG ,yoS
.9i II that couhi'! - I'll sI",iN 80
rDessihle 70 @c'eps IT, ~ s".k;,,,od
q m3lsdversl2h Oh S1 'u.I1S 49,
ION Robertson Tea anu sSuCei VI " '..S
kssause everything mat Is o.eNtI anu
sgt Of the way ola nov III INV wv
lnFliSh situation al all TIL.
Here IS the play IA a "oIu' "Isuou'
many Of It's ln'I sac alli'''Sa az. a., O''a'
Ng Niliougnoy' Wioo"' WIN :"
gown-up fanny % Sl''Iiv.; ;."S &c, La
red again. hei ne" HoSO"l,S - ~,
ever, VINO also mas a sLV"i' go -
elder son OF her MS. nHso'Iiiu ~ 70
70 England Unexpectedly aL.tL many
years. HIS mother mas neg ieeS'u 10 ~
form him that she mas hau ,it''c
laughter by heT second hlSIr'ase. " ne''
Wlloughby. the SON. arrives uneAPeVl.
,ily his little stepsIster' VINO mas ]ust
accidentally broken a vase, Is nloIhs
from her syenging elders Oehihu d
ehair. The eldest son MAKES Hls en-
;Iane' ana Is nieI oniy gy lne Ulu ,. a. :
lener' MhcH -',e ~" ash 81 ia
hs motner ana At4 Husoaiu IN, Sii
gardener remarhs' succincIly' " eil'
iheyye been planting. men Iie mar,
q thirty-odd finds himself G0hIrolteu
yith lis little stepsister. lie recOg-
aiiss her instantly by net l'N SI;r's 20 20
Is mother. IHlS scent tne ma, ntI;nc,
ls lIsi ACT went .o' ~. " $500.
a' night because NJ NJ man -
shs played the son, IN his scene OF
esgnition, was as hard as nalis' ne
safsener' too ial!eC 70 give sign ~, ,I''a,,Ce
bis important niue scene, j nc 1uI p
IAN iell fatty on d scene W2'ch' prop
sry acted, might have scored rs point.
All sorts Of difficulties and compilca-
Tons arise between the warning IAN
lies, but finally all tne members %
De two families become G INV
eayesdroppers TO scene IN "hIch they
zee the mother masking love 70 her new
lasoand, ana Tor the i.ist tlihe !
ATns upon all OF them rom INC V'o
'a 70 the youngest, ihat Shc Is mot az
al the angel which they have all I'M
lgned her, but merely q woman not
90 old yet 10 crave and long for love
That in nutshell is the little play.
Rs just bit Of thistledown at pest
bsi Interpreted as II was last night II
could not hold ITS audience, me pes
nat could be SAID OF the actresses "a ii
hat they were conscientious. Not all
ne men were absolutely bad. ROBERT
Adams, who played the second son;
vas distinctly 90 however: lie iaileo
70 BY INTO the EugilSh environment d.