The Washington times., 1914-01-06
Review of Weeks Offerings At the Different Ihees the Capital W
HER OWN MONEY" IS
EVERYDAY PROBLEM

Just when the audience was going to
rise and ''hurrah" Julia Dean for an
admirable display of spunk at the Be-
lasco Theater Monday night, Mark
swan, the author, interviewed with his
facile pen. The word he wrote was
LOU" and it called back a prideful
husband and permitted an unquenchable
love to assert !tself. Which seems to
be the proper termination of all plays
of the present day, even though in
the instance of Her Own Money" a
faring yellow banner looked down from
the balcony and encouraged Miss Dean
to assert her Independence with these
words: We demand an amendment to
the Constitution. Enfranchise women"
Her Own Money deals with a theme
that affects every household, and It If
handled admirably. The financial rela-
ton Of married people is the subject
the dramRtist has chosen. and he de-
picts with convincing accuracy many OF
the petty difficulties that hasten the
tragedy of so many married lives all be-
cause there was not the proper under
standing about money between the hus-
band and wife. In Lewis Alden and his
wife two people are seen immersed IN
the deepest and sincerest love, but In a
twinkling they crash against the rock
of pride. Alden has his business affairs
to engross his attention. He gives his
wife money when she asks for 1t, and
usually he asks the natural, IL unpar-
donable, curiosity of the average busi-
ness man, what she is going to do with
1t. The necessity for asking for 1t. and,
likewise the accounting requested,
prompts the wife to inform the husband
how she would like to feel independent
He responds with the statement:
Whats yours is mine and what's mine
Alden tells his wife he needs e 700 to
swing a real estate deal, and she tries
to assist him without his knowledge.
She remembers a loan in the first days
of their married life that still Is un-
raid. Her 5000 comes from scrimping
and pairing throughout the years OF her
and she Is saving It for q
little home In the country. She feels
sure IL she offers II, Alden will accept
and perhaps not pay It back, so she
asks Harvey Beecber. their neighbor, to
take her money and lend II to Alden,
feeling sure that If the transaction is
with q man. Alden will pay the debt
promptly. The deal is successfully con-
and Alden pays Beecher an
additional $500 for the loan. The pass
ing of the check t. Mrs. Alden is wit /
messed by the suspicious Mrs. Beecher,
who creates a scene, the outcome of
which finds Alden, with his pride mas
tering his better sense, leaving his wife. I
The final act shows Mrs. Alden's chick I
ems winning ribbons and her bank ac-
count from the little farm in the as
cendancy. A year brings the desired
change in the husband, who returns. |
hat in hand. for forgiveness. His fee
he goes out the gate, the heart of the
wife triumphs over the mind and the
simple, though ELOQUENT word Lou"
Ieunites the couple.
Sweetly appealing as the devoted wife
tcfore the crises comes. Miss Dean i'm
rediately demands admiration. She
thinks as well as speaks her part, and
her manner of presentation added nat |
uralness to the role. The climax OF
the second act found Miss Deans emo
ton suppressed in a way that was de- |
lightful. The huge bouquet Uf flowers
that was sent to the star was only one
expression of the delight Selt by the
audience over the admirable work of |
this Washington favorite.
Lione4 Adams as the husband was sin
cere and convincing. Mabel Carruthers |
as Mrs. Beecher. whose pickering Illus |
trates one phase of some married lives, |
ELECTED plenty Of laughs from the audi |
ence. and Walter Wilson, as her hus-
band. was a delight Miss Helen Lee
vas agreeably ingenious Bs Mildred. |
whose love affair with Phillips Tead, q |
brisk young real estate dealer, provided |
a delightful contrast to the woes and /
troubles OF the two married families. |
Maud Durand was an altogether natural 1
Coiored servant. The scenic iIIvestiture |
Of the play was of the usual high |
standard Of ShubeTt productions.
The following suffragists witnessed
the production: Miss Lucy Burns, Mrs. |
John J. White. Miss Ruth Moves, Mrs. /
Raymond Morgan, Mrs. Christian Hem
ick. Mrs. ellison Gardner. Miss Grace /
Needham. Miss Edith Goode, Mrs.
Martha Pier Tagg, Mrs. Jesse Hardy
StGbbs. and Mrs. George OdeI. Mr..
Gardner and Mr.. OdelI also were in the
party.